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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,255A1456,Ashton-under-Lyne,run down high street,Tameside,Greater Manchester,shopfronts,urban decline,high street,regeneration,vacant shops,commercial property,town centre,retail decline,post-industrial,deprivation,empty units,street scene,England,UK,retail,British retail,shop,business,consumer,shopping,storefront,commercial,economy,editorial,neglected,deserted,forgotten
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FCW675 - . Run-down commercial street and ageing shopfronts in Ashton-under-Lyne town centre. Peeling paint, older signage and tired façades make physical decline the main subject, providing an unvarnished record of the pressures facing parts of the traditional town centre. Ashton-under-Lyne is one of the principal town centres of Tameside in eastern Greater Manchester. Its streets retain a dense mix of Victorian and twentieth-century commercial buildings, banks, markets, small independents and vacant or altered shopfronts. Like many traditional English centres it has faced competition from out-of-town retail, online shopping and changing leisure patterns. Photographs of individual premises and tired streetscapes provide useful evidence for stories about regeneration, vacancy, adaptive reuse, local enterprise, business rates and the uneven fortunes of post-industrial town centres. The location is Ashton-under-Lyne, Tameside, Greater Manchester, England. This geographical detail helps distinguish the subject from similar businesses, buildings or scenes elsewhere and gives the photograph stronger value for local, regional and comparative stock-photo/gotonysmith-Editorial.html?sortBy=relevant&pseudoid=237DAF28-A4ED-4448-8173-C0E81ABEEC6F Target=_Blank>editorial use. Details that might seem mundane at the moment of photography can later help date a streetscape or explain how a service was delivered, which is one reason straightforward editorial documentation remains useful to archives and publishers. As an editorial stock image, it also records the typography, branding, materials and street-level visual language of its period, details that can become historically valuable as shops, products and public infrastructure are altered or replaced. The photograph is particularly useful where a story needs an identifiable real-world example rather than an abstract illustration, because the surrounding details place the subject in an ordinary British or European setting. This makes the photograph a useful piece of contemporary editorial documentation.
Ashton-under-Lyne, Tameside, Greater Manchester, England
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2P4JWHM - . An on-location photograph from Seel Street, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L1 4BH in 2023, showing the named subject as part of a wider social, commercial, cultural or physical setting rather than as an isolated object. The image documents Old derelict Victorian building, Seel Street, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L1 4BH. The frame also records themes of urban artwork, creative district, street creativity, contemporary mural, public art, visual street culture, historical comparison, graffiti heritage, regional identity, documentary photography, community identity, period detail, everyday life, and mural culture. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with graffiti policy, temporary works and the role of murals in defining creative neighbourhoods. As a dated visual record of Seel Street, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L1 4BH, the frame retains local activity and public use, making it especially useful if redevelopment subsequently changes the scene. Further associations within the scene are street-level design, creative placemaking, temporary artwork, local character, local history, changing streetscape, contemporary social history, and changing land use. Details involving building, Merseyside, Liverpool, derelict, and Victorian make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. For Seel Street, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L1 4BH, the photograph contributes to a cumulative visual history in which changes in use, signs, access and appearance can be traced over time. The setting also helps illustrate graffiti policy and the role of murals in defining creative neighbourhoods within the real-world context of Seel Street, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L1 4BH. It also preserves details of everyday use within the wider story of Seel Street, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L1 4BH. That local specificity strengthens the long-term documentary value of image 2P4JWHM.
Seel Street, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L1 4BH
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,UK,Warrington,Cheshire,England,aged,machine,trailer,rusted,rusty,farm,roller,equipment,in,a,field,WA4,Grappenhall,WA4 4SH,brown,wheel,steel,tool,vintage,forgotten,agri,collapse of agriculture,ridged,machinery,unprofitable,closures,sold,farmyard,collapse,poor,productivity,idle
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M3JBR6 - . An identifiable period record of Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 4SH in 2022, retaining practical detail and local context that distinguish documentary photography from a generic illustration. At the centre of the view is Abandoned rusty farm roller equipment, Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 4SH. The surrounding context encompasses town-centre trading, historical comparison, retail property, customer footfall, everyday life, archival record, high-street commerce, small business, independent retail, visual archive, local history, community identity, commercial frontage, and place identity. The wider contemporary story combines store closures, consumer spending and how commercial property costs affect small retailers. The archival value lies partly in recording landscape treatment and surrounding development around Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 4SH before new ownership alters the character of the place. The wider setting retains connections with contemporary social history, specialist shop, specialist retailer, changing streetscape, local character, before-and-after reference, bricks-and-mortar retail, and public realm. Elements such as Abandoned, rusty, roller, Grappenhall, and equipment add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. For Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 4SH, the photograph contributes to a cumulative visual history in which changes in use, signs, access and appearance can be traced over time. Another strand within the photograph is store closures and how commercial property costs affect small retailers within the specific setting of Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 4SH. The setting also helps illustrate store closures and the resilience of specialist shops in an online retail economy as part of the longer story of Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 4SH.
Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 4SH
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,graffiti,on,bridge,gate,Tinky Winky Wanka,Moore,Cheshire,England,UK,WA4 6T,WA4,Teletubbies,character,characters,BBC,series,heritage,old,olden,days,past,past times,blue sky,blue skies,out,outside,exterior,disused,forgotten,fenced,off,low,bridges
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JWB54K - Teletubbies is a British children's television series created by Anne Wood and Andrew Davenport for the BBC. The programme focuses on four differently coloured characters known as the Teletubbies, named after the television screens on their bellies. Recognised throughout popular culture for the uniquely shaped antenna protruding from the head of each character, the Teletubbies communicate through gibberish and were designed to bear resemblance to toddlers
Tinky Winky (played by Dave Thompson and Simon Shelton in the original series and by Jeremiah Krage in the revival series) is the first Teletubby, as well as the largest and oldest of the group. He is covered in purple terrycloth and has a triangular antenna on his head. He often carries a red bag.
Moore Ln, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 6T
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Keywords: @hotpixuk,@Hotpixuk,GoTonySmith,CW5,lock,boatyard,boat yard,boats,barge,Nantwich Marina,Chester Road,Cheshire,England,CW5 8LB,basin,barges,yard,blue sky,canal,canals,Shroppy,Union,waterway,waterways,memorial,in,memory,never,not,forgotten,tree,died,2019,commemoration at,by,towpath,tow path,Canal and River Trust,Canal & River Trust
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JNHKBD - . An identifiable period record of Nantwich Marina, Basin End, Chester Road, Nantwich, Cheshire, England, CW5 8LB in 2022, retaining the practical detail and local context that distinguish a documentary photograph from a generic illustration. The subject captured here is Damson tree Jenny Brand 1948-2019 commemoration at Nantwich Marina, Basin End, Chester Road, Nantwich, Cheshire, England, CW5 8LB. Further facets of the scene include before-and-after reference, roadside transit, local character, social history, surface public transport, documentary photography, transport accessibility, public transport stop, public transport information, community identity, bus infrastructure, local history, local bus network, and changing streetscape. The wider contemporary story combines decarbonisation, accessibility and the challenge of maintaining reliable services outside dense city centres. Future viewers can use this scene from Nantwich Marina, Basin End, Chester Road, Nantwich, Cheshire, England, CW5 8LB to compare commercial use and occupation with whatever follows after refurbishment. A second descriptive layer includes historical comparison, archival record, period detail, bus route infrastructure, place identity, regional identity, public realm, and local mobility. The recorded references to Chester, Brand, 1948-2019, Damson, and commemoration preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. The wider setting at Nantwich Marina, Basin End, Chester Road, Nantwich, Cheshire, England, CW5 8LB matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. The setting also helps illustrate decarbonisation and how local bus services affect access to work, education and healthcare when considered against later change at Nantwich Marina, Basin End, Chester Road, Nantwich, Cheshire, England, CW5 8LB.
Nantwich Marina, Basin End, Chester Road, Nantwich, Cheshire, England, CW5 8LB
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Keywords: @Hotpixuk,Hotpixuk,GotonySmith,England,UK,M1,NQ4,47 Ducie St,Manchester M1 2JW,bar,pub,demolition,lost pub,losing,losing our pubs,city centre,city centre pubs,closed,pubs,bars,the,Jolly,Angler,derelict,forgotten,lost,Victorian,building,buildings,public houses,chain,outside,exterior,entrance,entrances,Manchesters,Ancoats,lettering
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2J880E8 - The Jolly Angler, Ducie Street. Another Manchester pub sold and to close.
But with a bit of effort, could this classic old pub be still saved?
The Jolly Angler is to close after Christmas 2020. This place defined the hidden away pub, lost in the streets between Piccadilly Station and Great Ancoats Street. Now it's been sold.
It's a proper old Ancoats pub that would have, once upon a time, been on a street of terraced houses amidst workshops. It's a cute place, just a couple of rooms, with a bit of architectural fancy in its Ducie Street lower façade. The opening times have been as hidden away as its location, lost somewhere between Monday and Saturday. It often seemed potluck to find it open.
It's right to be sentimental about the loss of old pubs
Yet when it has been open, it's been a great experience
friendly, a laugh and with a real fire too. There have been occasional folk nights - often with a definite Irish accent. It's always very jolly although I can't remember many anglers being in, not that I asked.
The owners were one of the big Greater Manchester four trad brewers, Hydes (with the others being Robinsons, Holt and the oldest of all, Lees.) We've asked Hydes for an interview and are awaiting a response but this site and the older, often it must be said, hideous surrounding buildings, have been surrounded by Manchester city centre's expansion.
This area is ripe for development and thus the site of the Jolly Angler and those around have been plucked. Whether this is Hydes cashing in we'll have to wait and see when they come back to us. Maybe it's anything but, but we'd like to know.
More at https://confidentials.com/manchester/the-jolly-angler-manchester-pub-to-close
47 Ducie St, Manchester, England, UK, M1 2JW
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Warrington,WBC,South Warrington,Cheshire,North West England,UK,Old,gardens,garden pots,stack,group,terra cotta,terra-cotta,clay,earthenware,porous,natural terracotta pots,natural,terracotta pots,discarded,old,pots,pot,traditional,corner,many,of,ceramic,forgotten,dirty,vintage,reusable,flower flowerpot,flowerpots
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy T3RF4J - Terracotta, terra cotta or terra-cotta
Italian: baked earth, from the Latin terra cocta), a type of earthenware, is a clay-based unglazed or glazed ceramic, where the fired body is porous. Terracotta is the term normally used for sculpture made in earthenware, and also for various practical uses including vessels (notably flower pots), water and waste water pipes, roofing tiles, bricks, and surface embellishment in building construction. The term is also used to refer to the natural brownish orange color of most terracotta, which varies considerably.
This article covers the senses of terracotta as a medium in sculpture, as in the Terracotta Army and Greek terracotta figurines, and architectural decoration. Asian and European sculpture in porcelain is not covered. Glazed architectural terracotta and its unglazed version as exterior surfaces for buildings were used in Asia for some centuries before becoming popular in the West in the 19th century. Architectural terracotta can also refer to decorated ceramic elements such as antefixes and revetments, which made a large contribution to the appearance of temples and other buildings in the classical architecture of Europe, as well as in the Ancient Near East.
In archaeology and art history, terracotta is often used to describe objects such as figurines not made on a potter's wheel. Vessels and other objects that are or might be made on a wheel from the same material are called earthenware pottery
the choice of term depends on the type of object rather than the material or firing technique. Unglazed pieces, and those made for building construction and industry, are also more likely to be referred to as terracotta, whereas tableware and other vessels are called earthenware (though sometimes terracotta if unglazed), or by a more precise term such as faience.
Cheshire, England, UK
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Keywords: 1876,1934,Lancashire,England,UK,on,wall,mounted,wallmounted,brick,fredwood,forgotten,hero,1907,deaths,local,goods,train,station,wagons,Dukinfield,rail,train,trains,TMB,GoTonySmith,metropolitan,borough,runaway,disaster,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy EY5KD4 - Fred Wood (1876-1934) In honour of a forgotten hero, who on this day in 1907 undoubtedly prevented the deaths of hundreds of local workers when the couplings broke on a heavily laden goods train as it approached this station. Over 50 laden wagons sped back down the line heading towards Dukinfield Station and an occupied 'workers' train. Turning the points, he forced the runaway train onto a track towards Dukinfield goods yard, narrowly averting a major disaster.
Stalybridge Station, Tameside,Manchester, England, UK
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Keywords: halls,and,brewing,company,limited,hare,brown,yellow,log,on,Thames,in,a,wall,mounted,name,adopted,by,Allied,Breweries,Great,Britain,British,beer,ale,animal,rabbit,Square,ceramic,plaque,made,up,of,four,tiles,illustration,of,a,hare,and,4,Abingdon,Bath,Street,st,OX10,7HH,OX107HH,gotonysmith,forgotten,past,old,traditional,english,Camra,real,unique,classic,Oxford&West,oxon,oxfordshire,county,country,registered,office,in,Staffordshire,southern,england,english,attractive,logo,trademark,trade,mark,Jubilee,House,Second,Avenue,Burton,Upon,Trent,DE14,2WF,Burton-Upon-Trent,DE142WF,high,st,street,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DA8AA0 - . Halls Oxford & west Brewery Co Ltd Tiled Sign on an old pub exterior, now a house in High st, Dorchester on Thames OX10 7HH. Photographed on 5 July 2013. The recorded location is High St, Dorchester-on-Thames , Oxfordshire, England, UK OX10 7HH. Dorchester Abbey, formally the Abbey Church of St Peter and St Paul, stands on a site with Christian associations stretching back to the early medieval period. The present church contains major medieval fabric and later restoration, with monuments, stained glass, chapels and decorative work accumulated over centuries. The village itself developed beside the Thames and the River Thame, giving its churches, old post office and historic street details strong local-history value. Looking at the subject's development, the modern real-ale movement helped preserve traditional cask-conditioned beer and encouraged a new generation of independent breweries
Pump clips and branded labels became an important part of how drinkers identify constantly changing beers at the bar. Historically, british pubs evolved from inns, taverns and alehouses into licensed social institutions that have long served as meeting places, drinking houses, music venues and landmarks within town and village life
Their architecture, signs, interiors and evolving names often preserve layers of local commercial and social history. In the longer view, street signs, shop fascias, notices and inscriptions combine practical communication with graphic design
Typefaces, colours and wording can identify an era, organisation or local custom, making close photographs valuable for social, transport and commercial history. For the 2026 context, independent brewing and cask ale remain important parts of British beer culture, but producers and pubs face pressure from energy, ingredients, tax and changing drinking habits
The sector also continues to experiment with low-alcohol products and new styles.
High St, Dorchester-on-Thames , Oxfordshire, England, UK OX10 7HH
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Keywords: No,number,on,a,door,peel,peeling,peeled,blue,painting,decay,wasted,aste,forgotten,texture,Manchester,Ship,Canal,MSCC,Latchford,Hut,shed,deep,tory,cuts,cutback,cutbacks,Latchford,Locks,Lock,South,Warrington,Cheshire,England,derelict,gotonysmith great good example of project,gotonysmith,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy D8HW0P - . Highly Textured number 42 On a Peeling Paint Door. Photographed on 2 April 2011. The recorded location is Thelwall lane, Latchford, Warrington, Cheshire, England UK WA4. As background, architecture records the priorities of the period in which a building was designed: materials, ornament, scale and planning can reveal changing technologies, social status and commercial use
Later alterations and changes of tenant add further layers, so a single façade can embody several phases of local history. The wider historical story is that doors, numbers and distressed surfaces are part of the visual archaeology of ordinary streets
Peeling coatings and patina can show material age, previous colour schemes and long use even when the wider building has no formal heritage status. Against the 2026 backdrop, the reuse of existing buildings is increasingly discussed alongside conservation, embodied carbon and town-centre regeneration
Images of older façades and converted premises can therefore illustrate both architectural heritage and the practical pressures of adapting buildings for new uses. In the present 2026 context, interest in adaptive reuse and the character of older buildings has increased attention to patina, repair and whether worn surfaces should be restored or retained
Close details can therefore support design, conservation and urban-texture themes as well as abstract use. From a heritage perspective, buildings are often the most durable evidence of former institutions and businesses
Stonework, brickwork, windows, signs and decorative details can survive changes of ownership and use, allowing photographs to document both architectural style and the evolution of a street. Useful indexing vocabulary includes building façade, historic building, built environment, townscape, streetscape, architectural detail, period architecture, urban design, heritage conservation, commercial architecture, civic architecture, local landmark, and building history.
Thelwall lane, Latchford, Warrington, Cheshire, England UK WA4
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Keywords: Red,Vintage,SM,&,BP,(Shell,Mex,and,British,Petroleum),farm,container,petrol,oil,old,antique,textured,equipment,UK,England,English,forgotten,gem,gems,Cheshire,Countryside,gotonysmith,gotonysmith,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,rust,rusting,metal,steel
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy CF0ME4 - . Red Rusty Vintage SM & BP (Shell Mex and British Petroleum) farm container. Photographed on 23 July 2009. The recorded location is Northwich, Cheshire. In historical terms, heritage photography is particularly useful where buildings or objects have changed function
A former workplace, shop, transport structure or piece of equipment can become a museum object or landmark, linking everyday history with conservation and interpretation. In the longer view, allotments and farms link household self-sufficiency with the commercial food system
Seed varieties, hand cultivation and large-scale mechanised farming provide a visual history of how people grow food and how agricultural practice changes. During 2026, heritage remains economically and culturally significant through tourism, education and place-making, while the cost of maintaining historic fabric creates continuing debate about conservation and reuse. Current 2026 relevance comes from the fact that food security, soil health, biodiversity and climate resilience are increasingly central to UK farming and gardening
Images of crops, allotments and field work can support coverage of domestic food production, sustainable agriculture and adaptation to more variable weather. In the longer view, older structures and artefacts provide tangible evidence that written records cannot fully replace
Their wear, construction, signage and setting help researchers understand community history, design, industry and social life across different periods. As background, historic objects and places gain meaning through survival
Materials, craftsmanship, inscriptions and later alterations can reveal how a building, machine or everyday item was made, used and valued, while preservation decisions show which parts of the past communities choose to retain. Associated subject terminology includes historic environment, local history, period detail, heritage asset, social history, architectural history, and restoration.
Northwich, Cheshire
