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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,The Man-Machine,22 May,electronic,music,synth-pop,krautrock,live,concert,poster,art,digital,montage,over,venue,retro futurism,futuristic,science fiction,German,band,Dusseldorf,city,artwork,show,graphic,electronic pioneers,music image,gig,history,heritage,illustration,conceptual,neon,figures,four,members,post-industrial culture,visual music culture
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EJD09M - A stylised digital montage inspired by Kraftwerk's performance at O2 Apollo Manchester on 22 May 2026. The background features the distinctive curved facade of the Apollo at Ardwick Green, Manchester, while a large flying saucer hovers above the entrance in a deliberate visual reference to ˜Spacelab', the celebrated track from Kraftwerk's 1978 album The Man-Machine. In front of the venue stand four glowing electronic figures in the group's familiar performance formation, rendered in neon-like turquoise lines that echo the clean, technological aesthetic long associated with Kraftwerk's stage design and visual identity. The image was made in daylight but treated in a dramatic monochrome and cyan palette, creating a retro-futurist mood that suits the band's pioneering electronic legacy. Official venue listings confirm that Kraftwerk played O2 Apollo Manchester on Friday 22 May 2026 as part of their UK tour, giving the picture clear documentary relevance as well as graphic impact. The Apollo, on Stockport Road at Ardwick Green, is one of Manchester's best-known music stock-photo/gotonysmith-Venues.html?sortBy=relevant&pseudoid=237DAF28-A4ED-4448-8173-C0E81ABEEC6F Target=_Blank>venues and adds local resonance to an image that links German electronic modernism with the city's own rich musical history. This artwork is useful for editorial pieces on Kraftwerk, electronic music, synth-pop, krautrock, live concerts, visual stage design, retro futurism, music heritage and Manchester gigs. It can also support features on The Man-Machine, classic album culture, science-fiction imagery in popular music and the enduring influence of tracks such as ˜Spacelab'. For stock image buyers, the value lies in the combination of a recognisable Manchester landmark, a named international act, strong futuristic symbolism and a clear concert date. The result works as a striking conceptual illustration of Kraftwerk's machine-age aesthetic arriving at one of the North West's iconic live venues. It also evokes cold-war futurism and space-age pop graphics.
O2 Apollo,Stockport Road, Ardwick Green, Manchester, England, UK, M12 6AP
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,London,England,UK,British,TV,English,HQ,office,offices,at,SW1P,SW1P 2TX,4,Headquarters,design,corner,of,the,Chadwick Street,channel,four,corporation,logo,Westminster,outside,exterior,broadcast,broadcasting,SW1,city,centre,streaming,on-demand,tele,entrance,British TV,broadcasters
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2T35BXP - 124 Horseferry Road is the Grade II listed headquarters for the British television broadcaster, Channel 4. It is located in the City of Westminster, London and includes 100 residential apartments. The building was opened on 6 July 1994 and was designed by Richard Rogers and Partners.
After a selection process during the autumn of 1990, Channel 4 invited three architectural firms to take part in a competition to design their 15,000 m2 (160,000 sq ft) headquarters building on the south-eastern corner of Chadwick Street and Horseferry Road in a mixed development area of Westminster. The site consisted of an abandoned 10 m (33 ft) deep basement of a proposed 1970s post office building. The architectural brief also incorporated a requirement for a residential development of two blocks of flats including 100 apartments, an underground car park and a small public landscaped park. The three firms chosen were Bennetts Associates, Richard Rogers and Partners and James Stirling.
The Richard Rogers Partnership was chosen from the shortlist. This was the first major building that they had designed since the Lloyd's building (1978-1986). Construction began in 1990 and was completed in 1994. It was built on a design and build basis. The building consists of two four-storey office blocks that are connected to a central entrance block in an L shape. The entrance has a concave glazed wall. The building is finished in grey steel cladding, which is perforated by red-ochre steel struts. John Young, the project architect, said that the colour was taken from a paint sample provided by the City of San Francisco: it is the same colour as the Golden Gate Bridge.
The building was listed at Grade II by Historic England on 23 March 2023
124-126 Horseferry Road, London, England, UK, SW1P 2TX
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,UK,Sherwood Drive,Milton Keynes,Buckinghamshire,MK3 6EB,MK3,at,the,data,into,in,to,graph,1,2,3,4,5,one,two,three,four,five,visualisation,of,information,example,3D,1-5,make sense,maths,mathematics,logo
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PGJ2FD - . An identifiable period record of Bletchley Park, Sherwood Drive, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England, UK, MK3 6EB in 2023, retaining practical detail and local context that distinguish documentary photography from a generic illustration. The image documents The Art of Data - making Sense of the world exhibition, at Bletchley Park, Sherwood Drive, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England, UK, MK3 6EB. Further facets of the scene include community identity, shopfront economy, local history, specialist shop, small business, customer footfall, documentary photography, historical comparison, changing streetscape, local enterprise, street-level business, place identity, town-centre trading, and retail property. The modern context includes continuing discussion of consumer spending, town-centre regeneration and the resilience of specialist shops in an online retail economy. As a dated visual record of Bletchley Park, Sherwood Drive, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England, UK, MK3 6EB, the frame retains landscape treatment and surrounding development, making it especially useful if refurbishment subsequently changes the scene. A second descriptive layer includes high-street commerce, changing land use, local character, public realm, contemporary social history, independent retail, visual archive, and bricks-and-mortar retail. Elements such as Milton, Bletchley, Sherwood, world, and making add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. The period setting at Bletchley Park, Sherwood Drive, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England, UK, MK3 6EB helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. Another useful connection is consumer spending and the resilience of specialist shops in an online retail economy without losing the local specificity of Bletchley Park, Sherwood Drive, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England, UK, MK3 6EB.
Bletchley Park, Sherwood Drive, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England, UK, MK3 6EB
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,UK,L2,Merseyside,history,historic,1914-18,1918,patriotism,war,Great Britain,by,Walter Gilbert,1924,Gilbert,sculpture,consisting of,four,soldiers,clustered,around,an,artillery,piece,wounded,and,being,comforted,by a,nurse,summit,Britannia,holding,a,small,child
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2P6JHDJ - PRO PATRIA
1914 - 1919
in remembrance of members of the liverpool exchange
newsroom, who gave their lives for right and freedom
and whose names are recorded on the adjoining tablets
and of those sons of members who laid
down their lives in the same great cause
in gratitude also to all members and sons of members
who served their country
during the war
the names of all are recorded
in the book of service
Exchange Flags, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L2 3YL
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,UK,Eurovision,2023,city,centre,host,A,Liverpool,John,Paul,Ringo,George,Pete,Stuart,McCartney,Lennon,Matthew Street,Exhibitions,Ltd,trading as,Fab4,Fab,Four,L2,L2 6RE,red,white,Cavern,walks,walk,fans,fanatic,icon
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2P6JJWF - . This scene at Mathew Street, Liverpool, England, UK, L2 6RE in 2023 forms part of the visual history of the locality, documenting the named subject together with aspects of how the area looked and functioned at the time. The main point of reference is A Unique and authentic Beatles Museum, memorabilia at the Liverpool Beatles Museum, Mathew Street, Liverpool, England, UK, L2 6RE. The wider scene also brings together town-centre trading, changing streetscape, bricks-and-mortar retail, small business, local character, local history, changing land use, before-and-after reference, historical comparison, social history, customer footfall, contemporary social history, everyday life, and specialist shop. In present-day coverage, the subject reaches into footfall and online shopping, not least because of how commercial property costs affect small retailers. The image fixes lettering, decoration and surface detail within Mathew Street, Liverpool, England, UK, L2 6RE at one identifiable point, providing a benchmark against redevelopment. The wider setting retains connections with local enterprise, specialist retailer, high-street commerce, documentary photography, commercial frontage, retail property, public realm, and visual archive. The recorded references to authentic, Unique, Liverpool, Mathew, and Beatles preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. The wider setting at Mathew Street, Liverpool, England, UK, L2 6RE matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. The scene further reflects footfall and the resilience of specialist shops in an online retail economy within the real-world context of Mathew Street, Liverpool, England, UK, L2 6RE. Its period value extends to store closures and the contribution of independents to distinctive high streets within the specific setting of Mathew Street, Liverpool, England, UK, L2 6RE.
Mathew Street, Liverpool, England, UK, L2 6RE
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,tree,trees,forest,woods,fall,sycamore,brown,of,colours,color,colored,decay,decaying,falling,apart,disintegrating,season,seasons,four,colors,The Fall,greens,yellows,fallen,leaf,leaves,seasonal,autumnal,contrast,contrasts,big,large,sycamores,nature,Wood
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K9GAJ8 - . Made at England, UK in 2022, this photograph records a real place and moment, preserving details that may later be altered by redevelopment, rebranding, changing ownership or different public use. The principal subject is Autumn sycamore leaf, green, yellow and brown shades of colour. The setting additionally reflects local character, street-level business, shopfront economy, bricks-and-mortar retail, commercial frontage, high-street commerce, changing land use, before-and-after reference, specialist retailer, local history, community identity, archival record, specialist shop, and customer footfall. Current relevance extends to business rates and town-centre regeneration, particularly through the resilience of specialist shops in an online retail economy. As a dated visual record of England, UK, the frame retains equipment and working practice, making it especially useful if changing commercial priorities subsequently changes the scene. The photograph additionally reflects everyday life, documentary photography, period detail, independent retail, town-centre trading, retail property, social history, and regional identity. Details involving shades, green, colour, Autumn, and brown make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. A later view of England, UK may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. A further contemporary connection is business rates and the resilience of specialist shops in an online retail economy within the real-world context of England, UK. The wider significance includes store closures and the resilience of specialist shops in an online retail economy within the specific setting of England, UK. Another strand within the photograph is footfall and how shopfronts become short-lived records of changing businesses as part of the longer story of England, UK.
England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,UK,Penny Lane,pennylane,Merseyside,L18 1DE,L18,the,Beatles,and,&,Beatle,Fab,four,red,word,font,music,album,cover,wall,song,Penny,Ln,Lane,street,famous,fan,fans,tourism,tourists,attraction,travel
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K0GF90 - Penny Lane is a road in the south Liverpool suburb of Mossley Hill. The name also applies to the area surrounding its junction with Smithdown Road and Allerton Road, and to the roundabout at Smithdown Place that was the location for a major bus terminus, originally an important tram junction of Liverpool Corporation Tramways. The roundabout was a frequent stopping place for John Lennon, Paul McCartney and George Harrison during their years as schoolchildren and students. Bus journeys via Penny Lane and the area itself subsequently became familiar elements in the early years of the Lennon“McCartney songwriting partnership. In 2009, McCartney reflected:
Penny Lane was kind of nostalgic, but it was really [about] a place that John and I knew ... I'd get a bus to his house and I'd have to change at Penny Lane, or the same with him to me, so we often hung out at that terminus, like a roundabout. It was a place that we both knew, and so we both knew the things that turned up in the story.
Lennon's original lyrics for In My Life had included a reference to Penny Lane. Soon after the Beatles recorded In My Life in October 1965, McCartney mentioned to an interviewer that he wanted to write a song about Penny Lane. A year later, he was spurred to write the song once presented with Lennon's Strawberry Fields Forever. McCartney also cited Dylan Thomas's nostalgic poem Fern Hill as an inspiration for Penny Lane. Lennon co-wrote the lyrics with McCartney. He recalled in a 1970 interview: The bank was there, and that was where the trams sheds were and people waiting and the inspector stood there, the fire engines were down there. It was reliving childhood
Penny Lane, Moseley Hill, South Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L18 1DE
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,bar,pub,Twisted Wheel,Footsteps on the dance floor,Hopback,Crop Circle,Osset,Mystic,beer,beers,award winning,awards,best,village,hall,ale,Merlins Gold,real ale,pump,handpull,traditional,on,a,Cheshire,England,UK,Thorn,Arclid,community,hop back,WA4,four,pumps,4
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JTYFA4 - . This scene at Stretton Road, Appleton Thorn, Warrington, Cheshire, England,UK,WA4 4RT in 2022 forms part of the visual history of the locality, documenting the named subject together with aspects of how the area looked and functioned at the time. The image documents ATVH, Appleton Thorn Village Hall, CAMRA real ale pumps on a bar, Stretton Road, Appleton Thorn, Warrington, Cheshire, England,UK,WA4 4RT. Another layer of the photograph includes customer-facing leisure, licensed hospitality, food-and-drink business, social history, visual archive, traditional hostelry, hospitality economy, street-level dining, changing streetscape, local history, community identity, local character, farm produce, and period detail. From a 2025-onward perspective, business rates and pub closures are closely linked to this subject, alongside how familiar pubs and restaurants shape neighbourhood identity. The wider contemporary story combines weather extremes, supply chains and the importance of domestic grain to food and brewing supply chains. As a dated visual record of Stretton Road, Appleton Thorn, Warrington, Cheshire, England,UK,WA4 4RT, the frame retains signage and branding, making it especially useful if redevelopment subsequently changes the scene. The wider setting retains connections with arable farming, summer fieldwork, historical comparison, barley cultivation, local social venue, documentary photography, before-and-after reference, and food supply chain. The combination of Village, pumps, CAMRA, Stretton, and Thorn anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. For Stretton Road, Appleton Thorn, Warrington, Cheshire, England,UK,WA4 4RT, the photograph contributes to a cumulative visual history in which changes in use, signs, access and appearance can be traced over time. The view records details of everyday use before later change alters the scene. The image fixes evidence of changing use as a date-specific reference.
Stretton Road, Appleton Thorn, Warrington, Cheshire, England,UK,WA4 4RT
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Wales,welsh,BR,British Rail,transport,travel,excursion,journeys,journey,train,excursions,travelling,English,England,Cornwall,Cornish,railway,rail,town,advert,mixed,mix,of,4,four,North Wales,UK,1952,1962,Cymru,old fashioned,communications,trips,notices,notice board,noticeboard,GWR
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JRA4HC - Four framed examples of British railway advertising and printed ephemera are displayed together at Llangollen Railway station in North Wales. The upper pair are colourful destination posters promoting rail travel to the Cornish resorts of Penzance and Newquay. The Penzance design shows the harbour, rooftops and waterfront beneath a blue sky, while the Newquay image presents sweeping beaches, cliffs, sea and a swimmer wearing a red bathing cap. Both use bold place names and idealised holiday imagery to encourage passengers to travel by train.
The lower frames contain more functional railway notices. One advertises weekday day-excursion bookings from Birkenhead and Liverpool, using a timetable-style layout of destinations, fares and journey information. The other promotes the Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod, held over several July days, with restrained typography and the limited colour palette typical of mid-twentieth-century publicity. Together, the four pieces show how the railway marketed national holiday destinations and regional leisure events.
The posters date from the post-war period, including examples associated with 1952 and 1962, when British Railways used commissioned illustration, strong lettering and carefully composed scenery to sell rail travel. Such material is now collected as railwayana and valued for its graphic design, social history and nostalgic view of British tourism.
The display is at Llangollen Railway, a volunteer-run standard-gauge heritage line operating through the Dee Valley between Llangollen and Corwen over part of the former Ruabon to Barmouth route. The preserved station gives the advertisements an appropriate historic context, linking the visual culture of the national network with present-day steam and diesel operations. The framed arrangement records changing styles of transport promotion, seaside leisure, excursion travel and cultural tourism in Britain during the 1950s and 1960s.
Llangollen Railway Station, Abbey Road, Llangollen, Denbighshire, North Wales, UK, LL20 8SN.
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,15,Gloucestershire,England,UK,GL5 3AQ,growth,dog,doggie,haircut,haircuts,fur,care,treat,dogs,expense,expensive,costly,recession,cutting,back,cut,jokey,humorous,funny,name,named,for,a,four,legged,friend,friends,Kaya Underhill,puppies,pets,services
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JMA8BT - . This dated editorial view of 15 Russell St, Stroud, Gloucestershire, England, UK, GL5 3AQ in 2022 captures more than the immediate subject, retaining clues about local use, design, activity and change. The image documents The Underdog, jokey name for a canine grooming shop - 15 Russell St, Stroud, Gloucestershire, England, UK, GL5 3AQ. Further facets of the scene include archival record, before-and-after reference, local trading, street-level business, commercial streetscape, everyday life, changing streetscape, changing land use, historical comparison, local enterprise, retail property, visual archive, local history, and shopfront economy. The wider contemporary story combines footfall, town-centre regeneration and the resilience of independent shops in an online retail economy. Small period details of equipment and working practice at 15 Russell St, Stroud, Gloucestershire, England, UK, GL5 3AQ may become more significant with time, particularly following altered transport patterns. The wider setting retains connections with social history, small business, commercial frontage, independent retail, local character, bricks-and-mortar retail, customer footfall, and specialist retailer. The recorded references to canine, Underdog, grooming, Russell, and Stroud preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. The period setting at 15 Russell St, Stroud, Gloucestershire, England, UK, GL5 3AQ helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. Its period value extends to footfall and the resilience of independent shops in an online retail economy in a form that can be compared with future views of 15 Russell St, Stroud, Gloucestershire, England, UK, GL5 3AQ. The image fixes details of everyday use for later comparison. It also preserves evidence of changing use within the wider story of 15 Russell St, Stroud, Gloucestershire, England, UK, GL5 3AQ.
15 Russell St, Stroud, Gloucestershire, England, UK, GL5 3AQ
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Gloucestershire,centre,England,UK,GL5,the,William Thomas Sims Clock,in,Stroud town centre,clocks,square,landmarks,junction,of,4,four,and,illuminated,lighted,philanthropist,businessman,time,history,historic,grocer,monument,William Sims,public,monuments,English,thriving,successful,district,council,DC
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JMD5W3 - IN A WAY Stroud's Four Clocks share the blame for the county's shortage of hospital beds.
When philanthropist and businessman William Thomas Sims willed £1,000 to the town to provide an illuminated clock in 1917 he made a proviso.
If the Stroud Urban District Council did not want the clock, the money would go : ...unto the trustees of Gloucestershire Royal Infirmary at Gloucester for the purpose of endowing a bed therein and otherwise for the benefit of the institution.
The wealthy Mr Sims also left £2,000 to be invested into a trust fund which would provide Christmas dinners for Stroud's poor.
Though Mr Sims died on June 29, 1917 at the age of 79 the clock was not finished for almost four years.
The Stroud Journal recorded the completion of the 'imposing' structure in February, 1921
It is generally admitted that the tower is a very handsome addition to the architecture of the town, it reads.
The clock is meeting a long felt want in the town.
In the late 19th century William Sims owned a grocery, wine and spirit merchants in the High Street in the building which is now the TSB bank.
A fact that the obituaries curiously neglect to mention is that he also ran a lower class of Victorian off-licence, the ale and porter store, in Russell Street as a side line.
He was a widower and his only child died well before Mr Sims himself so he was left with no close family to whom he could pass on his possessions and considerable fortune.
During his life he was an active member of the community and something of a civic leader, signing up for duties with many worthy causes.
A councillor on two separate councils and member of the town's Board of Guardians, the Local Board of Health and Painswick School Board he certainly kept himself busy and was well known as a nonconformist Liberal and protector of the poor.
He retired around the turn of the century and left Stroud to live out his days as a country gent somewhere in the Forest of Dean.
Stroud, GL5 3DY
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Keywords: GotonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Whispering,knight,country,countryside,Warwickshire,England,UK,OX7 5QB,Rollright,stone,stones,monument,history,historic,whispering,knights,portal,dolmen,burial,chamber,fence,gate,outside,exterior,cloudy,sky,British,English,classic,four,upright,large,fallen,capstone
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JKMPX1 - Four hundred metres east of Stone Circle, and probably predating it by over 1000 years, the Whispering Knights is a 'portal dolmen' burial chamber that consists of four upright stones and a large fallen capstone. The so-called ˜portal' facade is formed by three stones that look like a giant doorway facing down the hill and it was probably intended to be seen from that side. Originally there were two or three more uprights to support the capstone which would have been placed on top, possibly at a rakish angle, to form a table-like 'dolmen' structure. At one time it was believed to be part of a long barrow, but excavations in the 1980s suggested that it is more likely to have been free-standing and intended to impress. The very large pillar-like stone on the left of the portal is the largest of all the Rollright Stones, and with the capstone in place on top (as it was until the 18th century) the chamber would have been even more striking. It is estimated that using rollers, levers and sledges it may have taken over 60 people to move and erect the stones. It is thought that there would have been a low platform of small stones round the sides and back.
By analogy with other such monuments, the Whispering Knights was probably one the earliest funerary monuments in Britain, perhaps built around 3,800 BC and the c.2m square chamber would have contained the disarticulated bones of several individuals. Early Neolithic, Beaker and early Bronze Age pottery found in the immediate vicinity suggests that the tomb was venerated over many centuries and a piece of human bone washed out from the chamber was radiocarbon dated to c.1700BC.
The monument got its name as part of the legend about the king and his army who were outwitted by a witch and turned to stone: because of the conspiratorial way in which the portal stones lean towards each other, the stones are said to be the treacherous knights conniving against the king, though others think they are praying.
Little Rollright, Long Compton, Warwickshire, England, UK, OX7 5QB
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,England,UK,Hereford,Herefordshire,historic,HR1,HR1 2AA,four,inside,the,interior,building,buildings,Hightown,High Town,glass,ornate,beautiful,wine,water,drinks,drink,on,a,tray,4,glassware,glasswares,vessel,vessels,item,artefact,artifact
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JPF7HG - . Photographed at Hightown, Herefordshire, England, UK, HR1 2AA in 2022, this detailed documentary image records the subject within its real surroundings and preserves a specific stage in the life of the location. The defining feature is Hereford glassware, four medieval glasses, Black and White museum, Hightown, Herefordshire, England, UK, HR1 2AA. The locality and subject together evoke local history, museum object, period detail, heritage interpretation, decorative metalwork, social-history object, visual archive, antique object, before-and-after reference, contemporary social history, material culture, historical comparison, regional identity, and local character. In present-day coverage, the subject reaches into local history and heritage interpretation, not least because of the value of craftsmanship and material evidence in a digital age. Small period details of commercial use and occupation at Hightown, Herefordshire, England, UK, HR1 2AA may become more significant with time, particularly following new construction. The subject also sits alongside changing land use, historic material culture, local-history evidence, community identity, public realm, commemorative object, historic inscription, and documentary photography. Elements such as Hightown, museum, glasses, medieval, and Herefordshire add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. Around Hightown, Herefordshire, England, UK, HR1 2AA, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. The scene further reflects local history and the value of craftsmanship and material evidence in a digital age without losing the local specificity of Hightown, Herefordshire, England, UK, HR1 2AA. The scene captures a trace of local identity for future local research. The period view preserves a local visual benchmark before later change alters the scene.
Hightown, Herefordshire, England, UK, HR1 2AA
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Herefordshire,HR1,9,Hereford,England,UK,HR1 2NW,city centre,county,four,4,floors,4 storeys,metal roof,traditional,historic,heritage,history,buildings,decayed,decaying,distinctive,olde,worldly,attractions,streets,older,part,parts,canopies,canopy,balcony,Castle St
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M07ABT - House. Early C19. Brick
hipped Welsh slate gable roof
brick
lateral stack and ridge stack.
EXTERIOR: 4 storeys and cellar
2-window range: French windows
under verandah with sheet metal roof
6/6 sashes
3/3 sashes
gauged brick flat arches
C20 coped parapet. Entrance to
right: 2-panel door and swagged fanlight, with round-headed
panelled reveals and moulded wood flat hood on pilasters. Left
returned side: tier of 2-light casements under rendered
lintels
brick modillion eaves. Right returned side: stucco to
cornice at 2nd floor level
tier of casements from 1st floor.
Rear: 2-light casements to 1st floor
two 6/6 sashes
2-light
casement to gable
segmental arches.
INTERIOR: dogleg staircase with stick balusters. 3rd floor:
2-panel door to wall cupboard
2-panel doors. 2nd floor: C19
fireplace
6-panel doors and architraves
architraves to
windows. 1st floor: 6-panel doors and architraves
ceiling
cornice. Ground floor: coved ceilings. Cellar: mainly
stone-lined.
Listing NGR: SO5122939747
9, Castle Street, Hereford, Herefordshire, England, UK, HR1 2NW
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Keywords: GotonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,city,integrated,Contact,less,LU,cost,costs,and,tube,map,of,living,struggle,with,average,travel,transport,zones,zone,two,three,four,1,2,3,4,5,around,the,capital,expense,expenses,commuting,cards,inflation,pricing,public transport
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JJX0GG - . Photographed at Paddington, Bayswater, London, England, UK in 2022, this detailed editorial image records the subject within its real surroundings and preserves a specific stage in the life of the location. The photograph centres on Contact, less, contactless credit cards and London Underground Oyster card and tube map with average annual income salary. The wider scene also brings together everyday street life, local history, urban change, historical comparison, townscape record, community life, regional identity, urban social history, archival record, changing land use, documentary photography, before-and-after reference, period detail, and social history. From a 2025-onward perspective, commercial change and public-realm change are closely linked to this subject, alongside the relationship between public space and local social life. For later comparison, the photograph preserves materials and architectural details at Paddington, Bayswater, London, England, UK, details that may look very different after changing commercial priorities. The subject also sits alongside community identity, city-centre activity, changing streetscape, place identity, local identity, pedestrian environment, everyday life, and public realm. The combination of salary, contactless, credit, Oyster, and income anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. The period setting at Paddington, Bayswater, London, England, UK helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. A further contemporary connection is commercial change and how ordinary street scenes become valuable records as businesses and infrastructure change without losing the local specificity of Paddington, Bayswater, London, England, UK. The view records part of the area's social history as part of Paddington, Bayswater, London, England, UK's history.
Paddington, Bayswater, London, England, UK
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Keywords: GotonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,city,integrated,Contact,less,LU,cost,costs,and,tube,map,of,living,struggle,with,average,travel,transport,zones,zone,two,three,four,1,2,3,4,5,around,the,capital,expense,expenses,commuting,cards,inflation,pricing,public transport
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JJX0J3 - . Recorded at Paddington, Bayswater, London, England, UK in 2022, the image fixes a recognisable subject and its environment at one point in time, giving later viewers a reliable basis for comparison. The main point of reference is Contact, less, contactless credit cards and London Underground Oyster card and tube map with average annual income salary. Further facets of the scene include changing land use, contemporary city life, local identity, everyday life, contemporary social history, place identity, archival record, urban social history, community identity, visual archive, community life, period detail, street-level documentary, and pedestrian environment. Current relevance extends to street safety and local identity, particularly through the documentary importance of recording everyday urban environments. As a dated visual record of Paddington, Bayswater, London, England, UK, the frame retains landscape treatment and surrounding development, making it especially useful if redevelopment subsequently changes the scene. The photograph additionally reflects social landscape, everyday street life, urban change, local history, city-centre activity, documentary photography, before-and-after reference, and townscape record. References to Underground, credit, Contact, annual, and Oyster give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. A later view of Paddington, Bayswater, London, England, UK may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. Another strand within the photograph is street safety and the documentary importance of recording everyday urban environments within the specific setting of Paddington, Bayswater, London, England, UK. The setting also helps illustrate commercial change and how regeneration alters the character of familiar places as part of the longer story of Paddington, Bayswater, London, England, UK.
Paddington, Bayswater, London, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,London,England,UK,The,NW1,listed,easymoney,easy money,Broad Walk,Sir,Cowasjee Jehangir,marble,industrialist,from,Bombay,India,history,city,heritage,historic,icon,iconic,architecture,buildings,famous,popular,walk,walking,four,tourist,tourism,royal,park,parks
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M107JE - The Ready Money Drinking Fountain is a four-sided granite and marble gothic drinking fountain that gets its unusual name from Sir Cowasjee Jehangir, whose nickname was Ready Money. It is located in the centre of the Broad Walk.
Ready Money was a wealthy Parsee industrialist from Bombay who donated it to The Regent's Park in 1869 as a thank-you for the protection that he and fellow Parsees received from British rule in India.
The sculpture contains 10 tonnes of Sicilian marble and four tonnes of red Aberdeen granite. It was unveiled by Princess Mary of Teck, later Queen Mary after whom Queen Mary's Gardens are named.
Regents Park, North London, England, UK, NW1
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,Hotpixuk,@Hotpixuk,welsh,Cymru,region,regional,leaflet,yellow,pit,pits,leaflets,Welsh,Wales,collieries,colliery,National,Coal,Board,miner,smile,winding,pithead,head,model,South Wales,1970,1970s,NUM,union,mineworkers,mineworker,4,four,poster,history,historic,hotpix.org.uk
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JAGDC8 - . An identifiable period record of South Wales, UK in 2022, retaining the practical detail and local context that distinguish a documentary photograph from a generic illustration. The photograph centres on NCB, National Coal Board, South Wales region leaflets - Blaenavon, Markham, Abernant, Nantgarw, Windsor Colliery. The locality and subject together evoke local history, before-and-after reference, industrial archaeology, urban fabric, period detail, contemporary social history, local character, local landmark, historic freight equipment, archival record, period streetscape, working-industry history, architectural detailing, and public realm. The wider contemporary story combines skills heritage, manufacturing decline and how surviving industrial objects become evidence of vanished working practices. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with heritage conservation, planning control and how historic fabric can be retained while places adapt to modern use. The archival value lies partly in recording building condition and alterations around South Wales, UK before different community use alters the character of the place. Further associations within the scene are traditional structure, historical comparison, industrial artefact, production infrastructure, manufacturing heritage, architectural character, conservation interest, and period building. Details involving Wales, region, National, Markham, and Windsor make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. Around South Wales, UK, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. Another useful connection is skills heritage and the reuse of former industrial land and buildings within the real-world context of South Wales, UK. The image fixes a trace of local identity for future local research.
South Wales, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK,water,pubs,bars,Bell Lane,Thelwall,WA4 2SU,WA4,for,dog,dogs,friendly,bar,beer,barrel,tap,doggy,drink,drinks,doggy friendly,dog friendly,mans best friend,four,legged,friend,friends,watering hole,water barrel,butt,supply,keep,cool,your
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2C5R3AK - . This carefully observed view of Bell Lane, Thelwall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 2SU fixes a specific place, use and moment for later historical comparison. The defining feature is Doggy Ale, ale for dogs, Pickering Arms, Bell Lane, Thelwall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 2SU. The wider scene also brings together leisure venue, public realm, place identity, local character, social history, contemporary history, documentary photography, customer-facing hospitality, archival record, licensed premises, social landscape, beer-led venue, local drinking place, and visual archive. The present-day relevance extends to pub closures and staffing pressures, while a wider concern is whether local venues can remain commercially viable. Small period details of signage and branding at Bell Lane, Thelwall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 2SU may become more significant with time, especially following different community use. Other connected aspects are regional identity, urban change, town-centre leisure, community hostelry, neighbourhood pub, before-and-after reference, night-time economy, and local history. Details involving Pickering, Thelwall, and Doggy make the image more specific than a generic illustration and strengthen its local or historical value. The surrounding context at Bell Lane, Thelwall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 2SU matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. Its period value extends to pub closures and the loss or conversion of familiar licensed premises as part of the longer story of Bell Lane, Thelwall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 2SU. The location additionally provides evidence for business rates and the survival of community meeting places when considered against later change at Bell Lane, Thelwall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 2SU.
Bell Lane, Thelwall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 2SU
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K41KRG - Mad Hatter tea party, Warrington Edwin Russell's sculpture in Golden Square, Warrington. Created from granite and depicting four classic Lewis Carroll characters (Alice, the Mad Hatter, the Sleepy Dormouse and the March Hare), the piece cost £25,000 to create and was unveiled By Princess Diana on a visit to the town with HRH Prince Charles in 1984.
27 Old Market Place, Warrington WA1 1QB
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,4 speed,16,33,45,78,rpm,spin,rotating,spinning,tone,arm,playing,a 12,album,1960,four,speed,music,tracks,track,compact,vacuum,valves,pick up,cartridge,stylus,Garrard,deck,vintage,classic,speeds,78rpm,disk
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K3XN98 - The Garrard Engineering and Manufacturing Company of Swindon, Wiltshire, was a British company that was famous for producing high-quality gramophone turntables. It was formed by the jewellers Garrard & Co in 1915. The company was sold to Plessey, an electronics conglomerate, in 1960. During the period 1976-1978, Garrard developed demonstrators of the novel video disc technology. Although the team recognised the future potential of this data storage technology, Plessey chose not to invest. After several years in decline, Garrard was sold by Plessey to Gradiente Electronics of Brazil in 1979 and series production was moved to Brazil (Manaus). The remaining Garrard research and development operation in Swindon was reduced to a skeleton operation until completely shut down in 1992. Then, Gradiente licensed the Garrard name to Terence O'Sullivan, who operated as Loricraft Audio, in 1997.
Between 1992 and 1997, the Garrard brand name was licensed to other companies in the US, which imported electronic items built by different, unrelated Far Eastern manufacturers. These included Garrard branded cassette decks, CD players, stereo receivers, portable radio/cassette players, portable Walkman type cassette players, serial-port printer cables, universal TV/audio remote controls, and other miscellany, including turntables that had no connection with any original Garrard design.
In 2018, Cadence Audio SA, who also own the British turntable and tonearm manufacturer SME Limited, took ownership of the Garrard brand and registered trademarks when they purchased Loricraft Audio Ltd. The business was restructured to run under the name of Garrard Turntables UK Ltd.
England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,Somerset,south West England,UK,England,secure gate,Tayhope,secure,security,power supply,Page 1 of 50Health and Safety ExecutiveKeeping electrical switchgear safeHealth,Health and Safety Executive,Keeping electrical switchgear safe,HSE,electrical switchgear,safe,electrical supply,access,access to switchgear,secure gates,secure locks,locked securely,heavy,steel,hardened,substation,Multi-lock,system,multilock,four,4,lock,locks,padlock,padlocks
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy R9GTH2 - . A contemporary documentary view sets out the social and built context of Bridgwater, Sedgemoor, Somerset, South West England, England, UK, TA5 2AP, as recorded during 2018. The principal recorded subject is Secure gates, gate security using multiple locks and padlocks, Tayhope Multi-lock system, on a sub-station gate, Western Power distribution,Bridgwater. Other closely connected aspects of the subject are heritage navigation, lock operation, passenger railway, civil engineering structure, inland navigation, rail modernisation, intercity travel, working waterway, riverine landscape, medical facility, medical services, and transport interchange. Current debate around ageing lock and bridge infrastructure often combines flood resilience, heritage conservation and the practical challenge of protecting blue-green corridors. In the mid-2020s, station investment is increasingly discussed through accessible travel and town-centre connectivity, with attention turning to better links with buses and trams. For present-day editorial use, health-service estates can also illustrate debates about appointment availability and waiting lists, particularly where these affect modernised facilities. Documentary value is strengthened by the precise setting at Bridgwater, Sedgemoor, Somerset, South West England, England, UK, TA5 2AP, where even ordinary details of frontage, equipment, signs, traffic or public activity may disappear as the area evolves. The surrounding story includes hydraulic control, clinical care, rail transport, healthcare workforce, industrial waterway heritage, health infrastructure. Further recorded details include substation, secure power supplies, gate security locks. The scene also carries the language of treatment access, health system, commuter transport, rail mobility, navigation channel, regional rail, railway operations, local health services, trackside infrastructure, and train travel.
Bridgwater, Sedgemoor, Somerset, South West England, England, UK, TA5 2AP
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,stocks,wooden stocks,High St,Gt Budworth wooden stocks,cobbles,cobbled,restraining,devices,device,public humiliation.,village,wood,wooden,torture,ankles,wrists,4,four,feet,four feet,two people,two person,stock,English,British,traditional,punishment,punishments,ritual,villages,crime,humiliation,humiliations,CW9 6HF,CW9
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy R9GT3E - The stocks were employed by civil and military authorities from medieval to early modern times including Colonial America. Public punishment in the stocks was a common occurrence from around 1500 until at least 1748. The stocks were especially popular among the early American Puritans, who frequently employed the stocks for punishing the lower class.
In the American colonies, the stocks were also used, not only for punishment, but as a means of restraining individuals awaiting trial.
The offender would be exposed to whatever treatment those who passed by could imagine. This could include tickling of the feet. As noted by the New York Times in an article dated November 13, 1887, Gone, too, are the parish stocks, in which offenders against public morality formerly sat imprisoned, with their legs held fast beneath a heavy wooden yoke, while sundry small but fiendish boys improved the occasion by deliberately pulling off their shoes and tickling the soles of their defenseless feet.
England's Statute of Labourers 1351 prescribed the use of the stocks for unruly artisans and required that every town and village erect a set of stocks. Sources indicate that the stocks were used in England for over 500 years and have never been formally abolished.
High St, Great Budworth, Northwich, Cheshire, England, UK, CW9 6HF
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,row,sport,youth,2018,Cheshire,North West England,UK,river Mersey,Mersey,teamwork,teams,Warrington Rowing,rowing course,learn to row,Warrington learn to row,junior,seniors,boat,skull,skulling,boats,sail,sailing,sailing on the river,ready,preperation,preparing,quad,four,4,Mersey River,waits,wait,waiting
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy PC2FXE - . A place-specific photograph documents the social and built context of Howley lane, Mersey River, Cheshire, North West England, UK, WA1 2DN, in an image captured in 2018. The documentary focus is WRC men launching a quad, at Warrington Rowing Club 2018 Summer regatta, Howley lane, Mersey River, Cheshire, North West England, UK. Further features of the subject include managed watercourse, waterside infrastructure, screen-based interaction, information technology, canal heritage, app-based service, industrial waterway heritage, navigation engineering, mobile internet, hydraulic control, digital technology, and civil engineering structure. The wider contemporary story of towpath use now includes long-term maintenance funding alongside ecology and habitat protection, while policy and investment increasingly consider keeping historic infrastructure operational. Current debate around consumer technology often combines digital exclusion, privacy and the practical challenge of more services delivered through phones. Documentary value is strengthened by the precise setting at Howley lane, Mersey River, Cheshire, North West England, UK, WA1 2DN, where even ordinary details of frontage, equipment, signs, traffic or public activity may disappear as the area evolves. The resulting scene connects with riparian setting, online identity, waterway maintenance, connected society, mobile computing, inland boating. Other local associations include sailing on the Mersey, rowers. Further aspects present in the subject include waterborne transport, heritage navigation, navigation channel, technology adoption, towpath environment, online service, inland navigation, digital interface, cybersecurity, and digital access. Seen from a 2025-onward perspective, waterside heritage also connects with heritage conservation, flood resilience and efforts aimed at keeping historic infrastructure operational.
Howley lane, Mersey River, Cheshire, North West England, UK, WA1 2DN
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy PC2GNJ - . A local-history photograph shows the social and built context of Howley lane, Mersey River, Cheshire, North West England, UK, WA1 2DN, in documentary coverage dating from 2018. The source caption identifies Mens quad team at Warrington Rowing Club 2018 Summer regatta, Howley lane, Mersey River, Cheshire, North West England, UK. The location also connects riparian setting, boating infrastructure, cybersecurity, inland boating, heritage navigation, online identity, software platform, screen-based interaction, consumer electronics, mobile computing, inland navigation, and online service. Modern coverage of waterside heritage frequently reaches beyond the immediate scene to questions of flood resilience, volunteer involvement and protecting blue-green corridors. Seen from a 2025-onward perspective, connected devices also connects with digital exclusion, reliable connectivity and efforts aimed at stronger digital authentication. Small period details preserved at Howley lane, Mersey River, Cheshire, North West England, UK, WA1 2DN may become historically important as commercial occupants, public services, infrastructure and the built environment change, making the image useful for retrospective editorial coverage. The surrounding story includes mobile internet, managed watercourse, digital transformation, navigation engineering, connected device, app-based service. Further recorded details include yellow, yellow boat, yellow hull, sailing on the Mersey, rowers. The scene also carries the language of hydraulic control, navigation channel, towpath environment, river management, waterway maintenance, working waterway, networked technology, digital technology, industrial waterway heritage, and technology adoption. For present-day editorial use, navigation maintenance can also illustrate debates about flood resilience and waterside regeneration, particularly where these affect maintaining safe navigation.
Howley lane, Mersey River, Cheshire, North West England, UK, WA1 2DN
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,wood,building,wooden,Fire station,pano,rescue,fire service,A50,Cheshire,North West England,UK,WA13 0TE,England,Fire Rescue,Fire and Rescue Service,Fire Rescue Service,interactive,lifeskills,education,centre,life skills,interactive lifeskills,education centre,interactive lifeskills education centre,four,themed zones,four themed zones,learning programmes,learning,programmes,educate,architecture,impressive,circular,design,firefighters,fighting,fire
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy P6336G - Helping you and those you care for stay safe, keep healthy and be happy. That's our objective at Safety Central, Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service's interactive lifeskills education centre at Lymm near Warrington.
Our stunning £4.5m indoor village - with its four themed zones - provides a truly immersive learning environment, where people of all ages can develop the skills and knowledge they need to stay safe and well at home, on the road in and in our community. We share an impressive circular building with Lymm Fire Station, so visitors also get the chance to see firefighters in action, undertaking their specialist training.
Cliff Lane, Lymm, Warrington WA13 0TE
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,wood,building,wooden,Fire station,pano,rescue,fire service,A50,Cheshire,North West England,UK,WA13 0TE,England,Fire Rescue,Fire and Rescue Service,Fire Rescue Service,interactive,lifeskills,education,centre,life skills,interactive lifeskills,education centre,interactive lifeskills education centre,four,themed zones,four themed zones,learning programmes,learning,programmes,educate,architecture,impressive,circular,design,firefighters,fighting,fire
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy P63373 - Helping you and those you care for stay safe, keep healthy and be happy. That's our objective at Safety Central, Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service's interactive lifeskills education centre at Lymm near Warrington.
Our stunning £4.5m indoor village - with its four themed zones - provides a truly immersive learning environment, where people of all ages can develop the skills and knowledge they need to stay safe and well at home, on the road in and in our community. We share an impressive circular building with Lymm Fire Station, so visitors also get the chance to see firefighters in action, undertaking their specialist training.
Cliff Lane, Lymm, Warrington WA13 0TE
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,wood,building,wooden,Fire station,pano,rescue,fire service,A50,Cheshire,North West England,UK,WA13 0TE,England,Fire Rescue,Fire and Rescue Service,Fire Rescue Service,interactive,lifeskills,education,centre,life skills,interactive lifeskills,education centre,interactive lifeskills education centre,four,themed zones,four themed zones,learning programmes,learning,programmes,educate,architecture,impressive,circular,design,firefighters,fighting,fire
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy P63375 - Helping you and those you care for stay safe, keep healthy and be happy. That's our objective at Safety Central, Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service's interactive lifeskills education centre at Lymm near Warrington.
Our stunning £4.5m indoor village - with its four themed zones - provides a truly immersive learning environment, where people of all ages can develop the skills and knowledge they need to stay safe and well at home, on the road in and in our community. We share an impressive circular building with Lymm Fire Station, so visitors also get the chance to see firefighters in action, undertaking their specialist training.
Cliff Lane, Lymm, Warrington WA13 0TE
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,wood,building,wooden,Fire station,pano,rescue,fire service,A50,Cheshire,North West England,UK,WA13 0TE,England,Fire Rescue,Fire and Rescue Service,Fire Rescue Service,interactive,lifeskills,education,centre,life skills,interactive lifeskills,education centre,interactive lifeskills education centre,four,themed zones,four themed zones,learning programmes,learning,programmes,educate,architecture,impressive,circular,design,firefighters,fighting,fire
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy P6337F - Helping you and those you care for stay safe, keep healthy and be happy. That's our objective at Safety Central, Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service's interactive lifeskills education centre at Lymm near Warrington.
Our stunning £4.5m indoor village - with its four themed zones - provides a truly immersive learning environment, where people of all ages can develop the skills and knowledge they need to stay safe and well at home, on the road in and in our community. We share an impressive circular building with Lymm Fire Station, so visitors also get the chance to see firefighters in action, undertaking their specialist training.
Cliff Lane, Lymm, Warrington WA13 0TE
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,wood,building,wooden,Fire station,pano,rescue,fire service,A50,Cheshire,North West England,UK,WA13 0TE,England,Fire Rescue,Fire and Rescue Service,Fire Rescue Service,interactive,lifeskills,education,centre,life skills,interactive lifeskills,education centre,interactive lifeskills education centre,four,themed zones,four themed zones,learning programmes,learning,programmes,educate,architecture,impressive,circular,design,firefighters,fighting,fire
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy P6337R - Helping you and those you care for stay safe, keep healthy and be happy. That's our objective at Safety Central, Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service's interactive lifeskills education centre at Lymm near Warrington.
Our stunning £4.5m indoor village - with its four themed zones - provides a truly immersive learning environment, where people of all ages can develop the skills and knowledge they need to stay safe and well at home, on the road in and in our community. We share an impressive circular building with Lymm Fire Station, so visitors also get the chance to see firefighters in action, undertaking their specialist training.
Cliff Lane, Lymm, Warrington WA13 0TE
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,wood,building,wooden,Fire station,pano,rescue,fire service,A50,Cheshire,North West England,UK,WA13 0TE,England,Fire Rescue,Fire and Rescue Service,Fire Rescue Service,interactive,lifeskills,education,centre,life skills,interactive lifeskills,education centre,interactive lifeskills education centre,four,themed zones,four themed zones,learning programmes,learning,programmes,educate,architecture,impressive,circular,design,firefighters,fighting,fire
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy P63384 - Helping you and those you care for stay safe, keep healthy and be happy. That's our objective at Safety Central, Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service's interactive lifeskills education centre at Lymm near Warrington.
Our stunning £4.5m indoor village - with its four themed zones - provides a truly immersive learning environment, where people of all ages can develop the skills and knowledge they need to stay safe and well at home, on the road in and in our community. We share an impressive circular building with Lymm Fire Station, so visitors also get the chance to see firefighters in action, undertaking their specialist training.
Cliff Lane, Lymm, Warrington WA13 0TE
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,wood,building,wooden,Fire station,pano,rescue,fire service,A50,Cheshire,North West England,UK,WA13 0TE,England,Fire Rescue,Fire and Rescue Service,Fire Rescue Service,interactive,lifeskills,education,centre,life skills,interactive lifeskills,education centre,interactive lifeskills education centre,four,themed zones,four themed zones,learning programmes,learning,programmes,educate,architecture,impressive,circular,design,firefighters,fighting,fire
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy P63389 - Helping you and those you care for stay safe, keep healthy and be happy. That's our objective at Safety Central, Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service's interactive lifeskills education centre at Lymm near Warrington.
Our stunning £4.5m indoor village - with its four themed zones - provides a truly immersive learning environment, where people of all ages can develop the skills and knowledge they need to stay safe and well at home, on the road in and in our community. We share an impressive circular building with Lymm Fire Station, so visitors also get the chance to see firefighters in action, undertaking their specialist training.
Cliff Lane, Lymm, Warrington WA13 0TE
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,wood,building,wooden,Fire station,pano,rescue,fire service,A50,Cheshire,North West England,UK,WA13 0TE,England,Fire Rescue,Fire and Rescue Service,Fire Rescue Service,interactive,lifeskills,education,centre,life skills,interactive lifeskills,education centre,interactive lifeskills education centre,four,themed zones,four themed zones,learning programmes,learning,programmes,educate,architecture,impressive,circular,design,firefighters,fighting,fire
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy P6338N - Helping you and those you care for stay safe, keep healthy and be happy. That's our objective at Safety Central, Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service's interactive lifeskills education centre at Lymm near Warrington.
Our stunning £4.5m indoor village - with its four themed zones - provides a truly immersive learning environment, where people of all ages can develop the skills and knowledge they need to stay safe and well at home, on the road in and in our community. We share an impressive circular building with Lymm Fire Station, so visitors also get the chance to see firefighters in action, undertaking their specialist training.
Cliff Lane, Lymm, Warrington WA13 0TE
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy MGMJWH - . An identifiable period record of the recorded location in 2018, retaining the practical detail and local context that distinguish a documentary photograph from a generic illustration. At the centre of the view is Unilever Persil plant at Warrington Bank Quay. The image also relates to historic streetscape, conservation interest, public realm, period detail, regional identity, heritage landmark, contemporary social history, everyday life, local history, urban fabric, adaptive reuse, period building, historic townscape, and cityscape history. Today's relevance is strengthened by maintenance, tourism and the continuing question of the balance between conservation, retrofit and modern accessibility. The image fixes street furniture and boundaries within the recorded location at one identifiable point, providing a benchmark against changing commercial priorities. Further associations within the scene are changing streetscape, local character, period architecture, conservation architecture, visual archive, before-and-after reference, historical comparison, and place identity. The combination of Unilever, plant, and Persil anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. Image MGMJWH still provides a clear period benchmark for Unilever Persil plant at Warrington Bank Quay, preserving details of design, wording, material, use or presentation that may later change. The scene further reflects maintenance and how historic buildings acquire new uses as cities change as part of the longer story of the recorded location. Its period value extends to redevelopment pressure and the balance between conservation, retrofit and modern accessibility when considered against later change at the recorded location. The location additionally provides evidence of planning control and keeping older buildings useful without erasing their distinctive character without losing the local specificity of the recorded location.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HDEYME - The Europa Hotel is a four-star hotel in Great Victoria Street, Belfast, Northern Ireland. It has hosted presidents, prime ministers and celebrities.
It is known as the most bombed hotel in Europe and the most bombed hotel in the world after having suffered 36 bomb attacks during the Troubles.
The hotel, designed by architects Sydney Kaye, Eric Firkin & Partners, opened in July 1971. It was built on the site of the former Great Northern Railway station and stands 51 metres high.
During The Troubles, the hotel, where most journalists covering the Troubles stayed, was known as Europe's most bombed hotel, earning the name the Hardboard Hotel. The hotel was blown up by the Provisional IRA in 1993 and damaged so badly that it sold for only £4.4m.
The Europa Hotel became part of the Hastings Hotels group on 3 August 1993, whereupon it was announced that it would close for the first time in its 22-year history to allow for major refurbishment. Following an £8m investment, the hotel reopened in February 1994. Its first official event was the Flax Trust Ball, a gala evening for 500 local and international dignitaries. President Clinton and First Lady Hillary Clinton stayed in the hotel in November 1995
the suite used by the Clintons was subsequently renamed the Clinton Suite. The presidential entourage booked 110 rooms at the hotel.
Started in early 2008, an extension to the hotel increased the height of a rear wing by seven floors, to twelve floors, and increased bedrooms from 240 to 272. The extension was designed by Robinson McIlwaine Architects and was completed late in 2008
Great Victoria St, Belfast BT2 7AP
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Keywords: Merseyside,England,Matthew,St,Street,sign,statue,statues,FabFour,Fab,Four,shop,shopping,Mersey,side,music,beat,retail,tourism,tourist,local,landmark,cavern,club,bar,pub,john,paul,ringo,George,Cavern walks,Mathew Street,Matthew Street,local Landmark,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,Tony,Smith,UK,GB,Great,Britain,United,Kingdom,English,British,England,L2,6RE,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Images of,Stock Images,Tony Smith,United Kingdom,Great Britain,British Isles,L2 6RE
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy H4HNEA - . This authentic period view of Mathew St, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK in 2016 preserves the main subject alongside smaller contextual details that can acquire greater historical value as places and uses change. The defining feature is Mathew Street,Beatles Cavern walks,Liverpool,Merseyside,England. The wider scene also brings together local trading, period detail, community identity, high-street commerce, commercial streetscape, customer footfall, visual archive, local character, social history, retail property, place identity, contemporary social history, documentary photography, and archival record. In present-day coverage, the subject reaches into town-centre regeneration and footfall, not least because of how shopfronts become short-lived records of changing businesses and branding. For later comparison, the photograph preserves period objects and surrounding context at Mathew St, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, details that may look very different after replacement signage. The location also brings in local enterprise, commercial frontage, historical comparison, specialist retailer, before-and-after reference, street-level business, everyday life, and regional identity. Details involving Mathew, walks, Beatles, Merseyside, and Cavern make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. The wider setting at Mathew St, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. Its period value extends to town-centre regeneration and how shopfronts become short-lived records of changing businesses and branding within the specific setting of Mathew St, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK. The scene captures evidence of earlier appearance as a date-specific reference. The period view preserves period character for later comparison.
Mathew St, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK
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Keywords: Merseyside,England,Matthew,St,Street,sign,statue,statues,FabFour,Fab,Four,shop,shopping,Mersey,side,music,beat,retail,tourism,tourist,local,landmark,cavern,club,bar,pub,john,paul,ringo,George,Cavern walks,Mathew Street,Matthew Street,local Landmark,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,Tony,Smith,UK,GB,Great,Britain,United,Kingdom,English,British,England,L2,6RE,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Images of,Stock Images,Tony Smith,United Kingdom,Great Britain,British Isles,L2 6RE
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy H4HNG0 - . An on-location photograph from Mathew St, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK in 2016, showing the named subject as part of a wider social, commercial, cultural or physical setting rather than as an isolated object. The principal subject is Mathew Street,Beatles Cavern walks,Liverpool,Merseyside,England. The subject also carries associations with everyday life, regional identity, before-and-after reference, specialist retailer, customer footfall, street-level business, bricks-and-mortar retail, public realm, documentary photography, place identity, visual archive, local history, historical comparison, and commercial streetscape. From a 2025-onward perspective, commercial rents and footfall are closely linked to this subject, alongside how consumer spending and property costs shape local commercial streets. Future viewers can use this scene from Mathew St, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK to compare equipment and working practice with whatever follows after closure or conversion. The surrounding story also includes local trading, community identity, local character, contemporary social history, changing streetscape, period detail, local enterprise, and archival record. Elements such as Cavern, Mathew, Liverpool, Beatles, and walks add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. For Mathew St, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, the photograph contributes to a cumulative visual history in which changes in use, signs, access and appearance can be traced over time. The scene further reflects commercial rents and how consumer spending and property costs shape local commercial streets when considered against later change at Mathew St, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK. Its period value extends to store closures and how shopfronts become short-lived records of changing businesses and branding without losing the local specificity of Mathew St, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK.
Mathew St, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK
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Keywords: showing,numbered,button,keys,machine,antique,finance,counting,device,buttons,maths,math,mathematical,addition,adding,Gotonysmith,black,push,calculator,contraption,keyboard,rows,digit,computer,pushers,numbers,desktop,computing,digits,columns,row,key,four,three,two,one,five
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy ED4KYR - . Comptometer - key-driven mechanical calculator showing numbered button keys. Photographed on 20 December 2014. The recorded location is England. The comptometer was the first commercially successful key-driven mechanical calculator. Looking at the subject's development, mechanical calculators, time clocks and electronic valves belong to successive generations of office and industrial technology before solid-state electronics and networked computers became dominant
Their keys, dials, circuits and mechanisms make visible tasks that modern digital systems perform almost invisibly. In the longer view, technical artefacts show how innovation changes daily life: office machines reduced clerical labour, telephones reshaped communication, cameras altered image-making and electronic components enabled broadcasting and computing
Close-up photographs preserve interfaces and designs that quickly vanish from use. Looking at the subject's development, clothing details record both craftsmanship and evolving taste
Tailoring, buttons, fabrics and formal dress can reveal manufacturing quality, social conventions and fashion cycles that move between bespoke production and mass-market clothing. For the 2026 context, calculation, payroll, attendance and communications are largely software-based, while vintage office and electronic equipment survives mainly in museums, collections and specialist restoration
Such objects are increasingly useful for illustrating the material history behind modern digital work. Current 2026 relevance comes from the fact that technology is dominated by connected devices, cloud services and rapid product cycles
Historic hardware therefore provides a useful counterpoint to contemporary debates about electronic waste, right-to-repair, data dependence and the speed with which once-common devices become obsolete. Additional high-relevance terminology includes vintage technology, thermionic valve, vacuum tube, and pre-digital technology.
England
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy ED4KYX - . Comptometer - key-driven mechanical calculator showing numbered button keys in monochrome. Photographed on 20 December 2014. The recorded location is England. The comptometer was the first commercially successful key-driven mechanical calculator. From a heritage perspective, pre-digital equipment provides a physical record of how calculation, attendance recording and electronic control were once mechanised
Comptometer keyboards, clocking-in machines and thermionic valves each represent specialist technologies that required training, maintenance and hands-on operation. The historical context is that everyday technology provides a compact history of design and changing behaviour
Rotary dials, thermionic valves, mechanical keypads, film cameras and early televisions were once ordinary equipment but now illustrate obsolete standards, manufacturing methods and patterns of work or communication. From a heritage perspective, textiles and clothing form part of material culture, linking personal appearance with skilled trades, manufacturing and retail
A close-up can therefore illustrate not only fashion but the techniques and labour behind a garment. As of 2026, calculation, payroll, attendance and communications are largely software-based, while vintage office and electronic equipment survives mainly in museums, collections and specialist restoration
Such objects are increasingly useful for illustrating the material history behind modern digital work. The subject remains topical in 2026 because smartphones, digital services and AI-enabled devices make older mechanical and analogue technologies appear even more distant, increasing their value for editorial comparisons about technological change, repairability, planned obsolescence and digital dependence. Further subject-specific language includes vintage technology, office machine, time clock, vacuum tube, electronic component, pre-digital technology, computing history, and business machine.
England
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Keywords: number,numbers,square,hipstamatic,iphone,mobile,64,sixty,four,sixtyfour,kronenbourg,beer,tonysmith
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 1389939302 - 'View this whole set here. If you do Twitter add me here.
Sixty-four is the number of sexual positions in the Kama Sutra, the square of 8, the cube of 4, and the sixth power of 2. It is the smallest number with exactly seven divisors. It is the lowest positive power of two that is adjacent to neither a Mersenne prime nor a Fermat prime. 64 is the sum of Euler's totient function for the first fourteen integers. It is also a dodecagonal number and a centered triangular number. 64 is also the first whole number that is both a perfect square and a perfect cube.
Since it is possible to find sequences of 64 consecutive integers such that each inner member shares a factor with either the first or the last member, 64 is an Erd\u0151s\u2013Woods number. In base 10, no integer added up to its own digits yields 64, hence it is a self number.
International direct dial calls to New Zealand are prefixed +64 and the Beatles sang about 'When I'm Sixty-Four'.
'Every summer we can rent a cottage
In the Isle of Wight, if it's not too dear
We shall scrimp and save
Grandchildren on your knee
Vera, Chuck, and Dave...'
Sixty Four is the atomic number of gadolinium, a lanthanide. In some computer programming languages, 64 is the size in bits of certain data types. Also old fogeys reading this might stil remember the Commodore 64 (which was actually an 8 bit computer). For chess or draughts, the total number of black (dark) and white (light) squares on the game board. In Russia, 64 is the title of a popular Chess magazine reflecting the link.
The $64,000 Question is an American game show broadcast from 1955\u20131958, which became embroiled in the scandals involving TV quiz shows of the day.
The little fella just reminded me too, that 64 is the maximum stack size in the popular game Minecraft.
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Keywords: A,Day,keeps,the,Doctor,Away,health,healthy,stainless,steel,rack,wet,droplets,of,water,stalks,four,five,4,5,on,grey,gray,fruit,five,a,day,fiveaday,five-a-day,change,for,life,changeforlife,change4life,4life,eat,well,eating,vitamins,portions,portion,each,minerals,and,fibre,fresh,Gotonysmith,@hotpixuk,hotpixuk,five,a,day,5,5aday,fruit,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Low Fat Diet,Five A Day
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DJ7B06 - . Health freshly washed red apples on a drainer An Apple A Day keeps the Doctor Away. Photographed on 23 November 2013. Fruit and veg are a source of vitamins, minerals and fibre which may help reduce the risk of diseases like heart disease and some cancers. We all know that it's important for us to eat a variety of at least five portions of fruit and veg each day. The wider historical story is that food culture links domestic cooking with commercial production, markets, cafés, pubs and regional specialities
Photographs of ingredients, dishes and branded products can therefore support both lifestyle subjects and social-history stories about consumption. From a heritage perspective, health imagery can reveal changing medical practice and public attitudes, from clinical equipment and preventive advice to exercise, diet and smoking
What appears routine in one period can become a record of changing standards, legislation and professional practice. In the present 2026 context, current food coverage frequently combines lifestyle with questions of price, health, sourcing and environmental impact
Older packaging and products also offer useful evidence of how branding, portioning and consumer expectations have changed. As of 2026, prevention remains a major theme in UK health policy, covering smoking reduction, physical activity, healthy diet and earlier intervention
Images of older health practices can help illustrate how advice, regulation and expectations have shifted. Looking at the subject's development, food images can document changing tastes, brands and methods of preparation as effectively as they illustrate a meal
Regional products, traditional recipes, independent food businesses and packaging all carry information about consumer culture and local identity. Other strongly related concepts include food photography, home cooking, local produce, consumer food, food retail, hospitality, nutrition, regional food, food provenance, and culinary culture.
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Keywords: 54,fiftyfour,fifty,four,number,numbers,integer,integers,square,hipstamatic,iphone,railway,platform,Lime,St,Limest,Liverpool,city,England,UK,GB,Great,Britain,TonySmithThatHousingITGuy,TonySmith,F16TOE
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 1226051514 - 'View this whole set here. If you do Twitter add me here.
Fifty Four is a 19-gonal number. Twice the third power of three, 54 is a Leyland number. An Holt graph has 54 edges.
Xenon has the atomic number 54. To phone Argentina, use the prefix +54.
Studio 54 was a popular New York nightclub from 1977 until 1981 when it was sold by founders and creators Steve Rubell and Ian Schrager. It was called the most famous nightclub of all time and was a sophisticated, groundbreaking multi-media visual extravaganza. It continued to operate as a nightclub until 1991 by other owners.
Located at 254 West 54th Street in Manhattan, New York City, the space was originally the Gallo Opera House, opening in 1927, after which it changed names several times, eventually becoming CBS radio and television Studio 52. Since November 1998 it has been a venue for the Roundabout Theatre Company and is still called Studio 54, but is no longer a nightclub. A separate restaurant and nightclub, called 54 Below, operates in the basement of the famed venue
This shot is from Liverpool Lime Street station in England. International viewers will remember that beat combo of four lads from that city. If travelling by train to see the Cavern or other places touched by their lyrics, this might be where you will arrive. Rest assured, just 40 minutes away is another city, home of Graham Nash, The Bee Gees, 10cc, Buzzcocks, Joy Division, New Order, A Certain Ratio, The Smiths, The Fall, Happy Mondays, 808 State, Doves &
Oasis if you need a wider musical heritage. Did i mention we have some great pubs too?
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Keywords: Roman,Christ,The,King,throne,four,beasts,apostles,Matthew,Mark,Luke,John,symbolic,artist,artistic,tourist,tourism,building,architecture,listed,work,St,Merseyside,England,UK,Mt,Pleasant,Liverpool,L3,5TQ,west,door,L35TQ,mount,Paddys,Wigwam,Mersey,Funnel,paddys,Gotonysmith works reliefs in fibreglass by Mitchell,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DRH7TN - Frederick Gibberd was the architect who won the competition for the design of the Roman Catholic Cathedral of Liverpool. As I understand, he queried why so many of his staff were not staying on as they usually did in the evening - he was told because of the competition. When told about the work, he decided there and then to enter - the rest is history.
Door art are reliefs in fibreglass by Mitchell
Mt Pleasant, Liverpool, England UK L3 5TQ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DRH7W3 - Frederick Gibberd was the architect who won the competition for the design of the Roman Catholic Cathedral of Liverpool. As I understand, he queried why so many of his staff were not staying on as they usually did in the evening - he was told because of the competition. When told about the work, he decided there and then to enter - the rest is history.
Door art are reliefs in fibreglass by Mitchell
Mt Pleasant, Liverpool, England UK L3 5TQ
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Keywords: Roman,Christ,The,King,throne,four,beasts,apostles,Entry,Mark,Luke,John,symbolic,artist,artistic,tourist,tourism,building,Frontice,listed,work,St,Merseyside,England,UK,Mt,Pleasant,Liverpool,L3,5TQ,west,door,L35TQ,mount,Paddys,Wigwam,Mersey,Funnel,paddys,Gotonysmith,works,reliefs,in,fibreglass,by,William,George,Mitchell
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DRH7WC - Frederick Gibberd was the architect who won the competition for the design of the Roman Catholic Cathedral of Liverpool. As I understand, he queried why so many of his staff were not staying on as they usually did in the evening - he was told because of the competition. When told about the work, he decided there and then to enter - the rest is history.
Door art are reliefs in fibreglass by Mitchell
Mt Pleasant, Liverpool, England UK L3 5TQ
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Keywords: Roman,Christ,The,King,throne,four,beasts,apostles,Matthew,Mark,Luke,John,symbolic,artist,artistic,tourist,tourism,building,architecture,listed,work,St,Merseyside,England,UK,Mt,Pleasant,Liverpool,L3,5TQ,west,door,L35TQ,mount,Paddys,Wigwam,Mersey,Funnel,paddys,Gotonysmith works reliefs in fibreglass by William George Mitchell,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DRH7WJ - Frederick Gibberd was the architect who won the competition for the design of the Roman Catholic Cathedral of Liverpool. As I understand, he queried why so many of his staff were not staying on as they usually did in the evening - he was told because of the competition. When told about the work, he decided there and then to enter - the rest is history.
Door art are reliefs in fibreglass by Mitchell
Mt Pleasant, Liverpool, England UK L3 5TQ
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Keywords: Edinburgh,Scotland,UK,united,kingdom,GB,Great,Britain,names,remembrance,day,world,war,wars,structure,cenotaph,name,hero,heroes,in,gotonysmith,Highland Light Infantry,Scots Guards,thistle,thistles,crests,Midlothian,Dalkeith Park War Memorial,regimental,Royal Scots,four,park memorial,Kings park,carved,Gordon Highlanders,list,of,fallen,men,soldiers
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DG375F - . The Dalkeith park war memorial Midlothian. Photographed at Dalkeith , Midlothian, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. The photograph was taken on 28 August 2013. This editorial stock image documents the subject as it appeared at that time, preserving a clear record of the place, its appearance and the everyday details surrounding it. The scene is closely associated with Dalkeith, park, war, memorial, Midlothian, remembrance, War Memorial, WWI, Edinburgh and names, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. The photograph has direct relevance to remembrance, commemoration, war memorials, civic ceremony and the public spaces used to remember military service and loss. It can support editorial features about Remembrance Sunday, Armistice commemorations, poppies, cenotaphs, wreath laying, local military history, veterans and civic participation. Inscriptions, floral tributes, flags, stonework, surrounding streets and temporary commemorative displays can provide important documentary detail for historical and news use. A dated image of a memorial is especially valuable because ceremonies, wreaths, signage and the surrounding public realm change from year to year. Search themes include remembrance, cenotaphs, war memorials, poppies, veterans, civic ceremony, military history, Armistice and public commemoration. Temporary wreaths, poppies and ceremonial displays can make one year's view materially different from another, increasing the archive value of the photograph. The combination of a named subject, precise location and capture date gives the image particular value to editors who need a real, identifiable place rather than a generic illustrative photograph. It can be used in newspapers, magazines, books, websites, documentaries, heritage projects and retrospective features where geographical accuracy and period detail matter.
Dalkeith , Midlothian, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
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Keywords: Warrington,Rugby,League,Wolve,Wolfs,history,sporting,historic,world,cup,2013,Samoa,New,Zealand,match,game,venue,for,football,professional,statue,Primrose,and,hall,of,fame,inductee,Wilderspool,gotonysmith,Jones,Halliwell,Rugby,stadium,Winwick,Road,Warrington,WA2,7NE,United,Kingdom,WA27NE,Australias,100,Greatest,Players,(1908""“2007),which,was,commissioned,by,the,National,Rugby,League,and,the,Australian,Rugby,League,to,celebrate,the,codes,centenary,year,in,Australia,Bevan,went,on,to,be,named,as,one,of,the,wingers,along,with,Ken,Irvine,in,Australian,rugby,leagues,Team,of,the,Century,Announced,on,17,April,2008,the,team,is,the,panels,majority,choice,for,each,of,the,thirteen,starting,positions,and,four,interchange,players,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DCYTDH - Brian Eyrl Bevan (1924“1991) was an Australian professional rugby league footballer of the 1940s, 50s and 60s who became the only player ever to have been inducted into both the Australian Rugby League Hall of Fame and British Rugby League Hall of Fame.
An Other Nationalities representative winger, Bevan scored a world record 796 tries, mainly for the Warrington RLFC. In 2008, the centenary year of rugby league in Australia, he was named on the wing of Australia's Team of the Century (1908-2007). Bevan was the only player chosen in the team who had never represented Australia in a test match.
Jones Halliwell Rugby stadium, Winwick Road, Warrington, WA2 7NE United Kingdom
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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: 34,thirty,four,thirtyfour,number,no,lower,men on,men,gay,gay men,3,4,raise,steadily,dial,needle,red,tony,smith,tonysmith,hotpix,hotpixuk,numbers,numberwang,wang,integer,set,dirty,equipment,mine,mining,astley,colliarly
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 9118629599 - 'Thirty Four is the ninth Fibonacci number and a companion Pell number. Since it is an odd-indexed Fibonacci number, 34 is a Markov number, appearing in solutions with other Fibonacci numbers, such as (1, 13, 34), (1, 34, 89), etc..
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35 is the atomic number of selenium.+34 is the code for international direct-dial phone calls to Spain.
Thirty Four is a book by William Hastings Burke about Berlin, Hitler and his bunker.
Amidst the giddy chaos of Berlin, Hitler toys with death in his bunker. The golden boy of Nazism, Hermann G\u00f6ring, looks set to succeed as F\u00fchrer. But his bid for power ends with a cyanide capsule in a gaol cell in Nuremberg. And there story.htm Target=_Blank>history signs off on Hermann. Yet buried in the footnotes sits the extraordinary story of Hermann G\u00f6ring's little brother, Albert.
A defiant anti-Nazi, Albert G\u00f6ring spent the war years busting the persecuted out of concentration camps, smuggling them across borders and funnelling aid to refugees throughout Europe. He did everything to undermine his brother's regime. But by 1944 the Gestapo were hunting him down like a dog. Did Hermann step in and save his brother?
Enter William, a twentysomething from Sydney, Australia, who stumbles upon the tattered pieces of Albert's history. Shelving plans for a Ph.D., William sets off on a three year odyssey across eight countries and three continents to piece together the puzzling life of Albert G\u00f6ring.
Forget staid biography. Think seat of your pants travelogue mixed with a Spielberg eye for storytelling and you start to get a taste for the energy William brings to the page. Delivering the kind of must-read story that turns history on its head, Thirty Four gives us a new hero. Standing alongside Oskar Schindler and Raoul Wallenberg is the G\u00f6ring history forgot.
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Keywords: England,flower,plant,sun,sunny,sunshine,summer,shallow,focus,DOF,depth,of,field,D.O.F.,spring,UK,nature,natural,attractive,blossom,darling,buds,bud,first,garden,gardens,gardening,advice,gardeners,question,time,GQT,radio4,radio,4,four,sweet,cherry,tree,Prunus,avium,courtyards,groves of crab apples,gotonysmith,Prunusavium,Kyoto,sakura,fruit,shrub,tree,plant,shrub,tree,trees,tall,blue,sky,cherry,plum,Prunus,cerasifera,Mirabelle,plums,super,shots,of,life,eco,newlife,redemption,revive,revival,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DGHENE - . White beautiful English flowers and blossoms of spring UK. Photographed at Cheshire, England, UK. The photograph was taken on 02 May 2013. This editorial stock image documents the subject as it appeared at that time, preserving a clear record of the place, its appearance and the everyday details surrounding it. The scene is closely associated with White, beautiful, flowers, blossoms, flower, plant, sun, sunny, sunshine and summer, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. The image has relevance to landscape, countryside, waterways, parks, gardens, environmental quality and the relationship between natural features and nearby settlement. It can illustrate editorial coverage of tourism, walking, recreation, conservation, seasonal change, biodiversity, green space, waterways and local identity. Vegetation, water, paths, buildings, weather and landform provide geographic and environmental context, helping the image work as both a place record and a broader landscape photograph. The documentary approach is useful for archive comparison, showing how a location looked at a particular time and how vegetation, land use or development may change later. Search themes include landscape, countryside, waterways, parks, gardens, environment, green space, tourism, recreation, seasonal conditions and local geography. The location view can also provide a useful baseline for later comparison as vegetation, land use, water levels or surrounding development change. The combination of a named subject, precise location and capture date gives the image particular value to editors who need a real, identifiable place rather than a generic illustrative photograph. It can be used in newspapers, magazines, books, websites, documentaries, heritage projects and retrospective features where geographical accuracy and period detail matter.
Cheshire, England, UK
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Keywords: England,flower,plant,sun,sunny,sunshine,summer,shallow,focus,DOF,depth,of,field,D.O.F.,spring,UK,nature,natural,attractive,blossom,darling,buds,bud,first,garden,gardens,gardening,advice,gardeners,question,time,GQT,radio4,radio,4,four,sweet,cherry,tree,Prunus,avium,courtyards,groves of crab apples,gotonysmith,Prunusavium,Kyoto,sakura,fruit,shrub,tree,plant,shrub,tree,trees,tall,blue,sky,cherry,plum,Prunus,cerasifera,Mirabelle,plums,super,shots,of,life,eco,newlife,redemption,revive,revival
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DGHEJ9 - . White beautiful English flowers and blossoms of spring UK. Photographed at Cheshire, England, UK. The photograph was taken on 20 April 2013. This editorial stock image documents the subject as it appeared at that time, preserving a clear record of the place, its appearance and the everyday details surrounding it. The scene is closely associated with White, beautiful, flowers, blossoms, flower, plant, sun, sunny, sunshine and summer, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. The image has relevance to landscape, countryside, waterways, parks, gardens, environmental quality and the relationship between natural features and nearby settlement. It can illustrate editorial coverage of tourism, walking, recreation, conservation, seasonal change, biodiversity, green space, waterways and local identity. Vegetation, water, paths, buildings, weather and landform provide geographic and environmental context, helping the image work as both a place record and a broader landscape photograph. The documentary approach is useful for archive comparison, showing how a location looked at a particular time and how vegetation, land use or development may change later. Search themes include landscape, countryside, waterways, parks, gardens, environment, green space, tourism, recreation, seasonal conditions and local geography. The location view can also provide a useful baseline for later comparison as vegetation, land use, water levels or surrounding development change. The combination of a named subject, precise location and capture date gives the image particular value to editors who need a real, identifiable place rather than a generic illustrative photograph. It can be used in newspapers, magazines, books, websites, documentaries, heritage projects and retrospective features where geographical accuracy and period detail matter.
Cheshire, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DGHEK8 - . White beautiful English flowers and blossoms of spring UK. Photographed at Cheshire, England, UK. The photograph was taken on 20 April 2013. This editorial stock image documents the subject as it appeared at that time, preserving a clear record of the place, its appearance and the everyday details surrounding it. The scene is closely associated with White, beautiful, flowers, blossoms, flower, plant, sun, sunny, sunshine and summer, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. The image has relevance to landscape, countryside, waterways, parks, gardens, environmental quality and the relationship between natural features and nearby settlement. It can illustrate editorial coverage of tourism, walking, recreation, conservation, seasonal change, biodiversity, green space, waterways and local identity. Vegetation, water, paths, buildings, weather and landform provide geographic and environmental context, helping the image work as both a place record and a broader landscape photograph. The documentary approach is useful for archive comparison, showing how a location looked at a particular time and how vegetation, land use or development may change later. Search themes include landscape, countryside, waterways, parks, gardens, environment, green space, tourism, recreation, seasonal conditions and local geography. The location view can also provide a useful baseline for later comparison as vegetation, land use, water levels or surrounding development change. The combination of a named subject, precise location and capture date gives the image particular value to editors who need a real, identifiable place rather than a generic illustrative photograph. It can be used in newspapers, magazines, books, websites, documentaries, heritage projects and retrospective features where geographical accuracy and period detail matter.
Cheshire, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy F0XDX9 - The Brandenburg Gate (German: Brandenburger Tor) is an 18th-century neoclassical triumphal arch in Berlin, and one of the best-known landmarks of Germany. It is built on the site of a former city gate that marked the start of the road from Berlin to the town of Brandenburg an der Havel.
It is located in the western part of the city centre of Berlin, at the junction of Unter den Linden and Ebertstraße, immediately west of the Pariser Platz. One block to the north stands the Reichstag building. The gate is the monumental entry to Unter den Linden, the renowned boulevard of linden trees, which formerly led directly to the city palace of the Prussian monarchs.
It was commissioned by King Frederick William II of Prussia as a sign of peace and built by Carl Gotthard Langhans from 1788 to 1791. Having suffered considerable damage in World War II, the Brandenburg Gate was fully restored from 2000 to 2002 by the Stiftung Denkmalschutz Berlin (Berlin Monument Conservation Foundation).
During the post-war Partition of Germany, the gate was isolated and inaccessible immediately next to the Berlin Wall, and the area around the gate was featured most prominently in the media coverage of the tearing down of the wall in 1989.
Throughout its existence, the Brandenburg Gate was often a site for major historical events and is today considered a symbol of the tumultuous history of Europe and Germany, but also of European unity and peace.
Brandenburg Gate, Tiergarten, Mitte district, Berlin, Germany, Europe
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 6970661310 - 'View this whole set here. If you do Twitter add me here.
4 is the smallest squared prime (p2) and the only even number in this form. It has an aliquot sum of 3 which is itself prime. The aliquot sequence of 4 has 4 members (4, 3, 1, 0) and is accordingly the first member of the 3-aliquot tree.
A number is a multiple of 4 if its last two digits are a multiple of 4. For example, 1092 is a multiple of 4 because 92 = 4\u00d723.
Only one number has an aliquot sum of 4 and that is squared prime 9.
A four-sided plane figure is a quadrilateral (quadrangle) or square, sometimes also called a tetragon. A circle divided by 4 makes right angles. Because of it, four (4) is the base number of plane (mathematics). Four cardinal directions, four seasons, duodecimal system, and vigesimal system are based on four.
A solid figure with four faces is a tetrahedron. The regular tetrahedron is the simplest Platonic solid. A tetrahedron, which can also be called a 3-simplex, has four triangular faces and four vertices. It is the only self-dual regular polyhedron.
Four-dimensional space is the highest-dimensional space featuring more than three convex regular figures.
In Buddhism the four Noble Truths are:
Dukkha \u2013 The Noble Truth of Suffering
Samudaya \u2013 The Noble Truth of the Cause of Suffering
Nirodha \u2013 The Noble Truth of the Cessation of Suffering
Magga \u2013 The Noble Truth of the Path leading to the Cessation of Suffering
The Chinese, Vietnamese, the Korean and the Japanese are superstitious about the number four because it is a homonym for 'Death' in their languages.
Channel 4 is a British public-service television broadcaster which began transmission on 2 November 1982. Although largely commercially self-funded, it is ultimately publicly-owned
originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority (IBA), the station is now owned and operated by Channel Four Television Corporation, a public body established in 1990, coming into operation in 1993. With the conversion of the Wenvoe transmitter in Wales to digital on 31 March 2010, Channel 4 became an entirely UK-wide TV channel for the first time.
The channel was established to provide a fourth television service to the United Kingdom in addition to the television licence\u2013funded BBC's two services and the single commercial broadcasting network, ITV.
Enjoy Four kicks here - www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDu_c5qrnm8
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HEEG6B - Murals in Northern Ireland have become symbols of Northern Ireland, depicting the region's past and present political and religious divisions.
Belfast and Derry contain arguably the most famous political murals in Europe. It is believed that almost 2,000 murals have been documented since the 1970s. In 2014, the book, The Belfast Mural Guide estimated that, in Belfast, there were approximately 300 quality murals on display, with many more in varying degrees of age and decay. Murals commemorate, communicate and display aspects of culture and history. The themes of murals often reflect what is important to a particular community. A mural therefore exists to express an idea or message and could generally be seen as reflecting values held dear to that community.
In Irish republican areas the themes of murals can range from the 1981 Irish hunger strike, with particular emphasis on strike leader Bobby Sands
murals of international solidarity with revolutionary groups are equally common, as are those which highlight a particular issue, for example the Ballymurphy Massacre or the McGurk's Bar bombing. In working class unionist communities, murals are used to promote Ulster loyalist paramilitary groups such as the Ulster Defence Association and Ulster Volunteer Force and commemorate their deceased members. However traditional themes such as William III of England and the Battle of the Boyne, the Battle of the Somme and the 36th Ulster Division are equally common
West Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy D8HCME - Opened on October 15th 1902, our hotel was originally known as the North British. Acclaimed as one of the great railway hotels, it originally boasted 300 bedrooms and 52 bathrooms. It was later renamed The Balmoral ” which means majestic dwelling in Gaelic.
Hotel porters in red jackets used to meet guests off the train at Waverley Station, taking them into a lift and whisking them from the station hall to the reception desk in the hotel.
Our notable guests have included Sophia Loren, Elizabeth Taylor, Paul McCartney, Edward Heath and Harold Wilson. The Queen Mother was a regular for lunch. Her favourite dish was plain roast lamb.
1 Princes Street, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK EH2 2EQ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy D8HCYE - The Guildhall and jail on St Peter's Hill in Grantham was commissioned in 1866 by Mayor Thomas Winter after criminal Jesse Dale, who was serving 15 years for stealing, twice walked out of the town's original jail in 1864.
This original Guildhall and jail building stood on the corner of Guildhall Street and High Street and dated from 1787. After Jesse's second escape, the governor at the time William Mayer was sacked and a government inspector condemned the building. The inmates had to be sent to Lincoln. The site of the demolished Guildhall was bought by the Stamford, Boston and Spalding Bank (later Barclays) and is now home to the Goose at the Bank pub.
On the current Guildhall site was an old school “ The Firs “ housed in a former town house. This and the adjoining land were bought for £2,100. Lincoln architect William Watkins drew up the design for the new building and the work was carried out Mr Wartnaby, of Little Gonerby, for £7,260.
St Peter's Hill, Grantham, England, UK, NG31 6PZ
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Keywords: ( Hyacinthoides ) a blue flower seen in spring,here in Lymm,Cheshire,UK,gotonysmith,beauty,nature,what,to,see,whattosee,tourist,tour,traveler,gotonysmith,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,(Hyacinthoides,to,be,precise),grows,from,bulbs,and,can,be,expected,about,four,weeks,after,daffadils,in,Britain.,By,the,time,they,appear,frosts,should,be,receeding,and,days,getting,noticably,warmer.,Other,common,names,for,it,include,auld,mans,bell,bluebell,calverkeys,culverkeys,English bluebell,jacinth,ring-o,absence,if,suitable,conditions,recur.,The,seedlings,can,flower,in,two,years,from,seed,and,as,a,result,bluebells,can,quickly,spread,to,form,a,carpet,in,suitable,conditions.,In,spring,many,north-western,European,woods,are,covered,by,dense,carpets,of,this,flower,thes,-bells,wilde,hyacint,and,wood,bells,(probably,as,they,appear,in,shaded,woodland,almost,spontainiously.,Bees,are,a,favourite,to,pollinate,these,plants.,Their,black,seeds,may,survive,long,periods,of,time,emerging,after,several,years
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy CF220D - The common Bluebell, here in Lymm, Cheshire, (Hyacinthoides non-scripta to be precise) grows from bulbs and can be expected about four weeks after daffadils in Britain. By the time they appear, frosts should be receeding and days getting noticably warmer.
Other common names for it include auld man's bell, bluebell, calverkeys, culverkeys, English bluebell, jacinth, ring-o'-bells, wilde hyacint, and wood bells (probably as they appear in shaded woodland almost spontainiously.
Bees are a favourite to pollinate these plants. Their black seeds may survive long periods of time emerging after several years' absence if suitable conditions recur. The seedlings can flower in two years from seed and as a result, bluebells can quickly spread to form a carpet in suitable conditions.
In spring, many north-western European woods are covered by dense carpets of this flower, these are commonly referred to as bluebell woods. In my youth that was the common name for a large wood beside the railway commuter line between Hadfield and Manchester. In spring it did produce a carpet of blue.
The presence of large numbers of bluebells is often used as an indicator species to identify ancient woodland, particularly in the East of England and Lincolnshire. It is estimated that 70% of all common bluebells are found in Great Britain.
In the UK the common bluebell is a protected species under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981. Landowners are prohibited from removing common bluebells on their land for sale and it is a criminal offence to remove the bulbs of wild common bluebells. This legislation was strengthened in 1998 under Schedule 8 of the Act making any trade in wild common bluebell bulbs or seeds an offence. So respect the little blue fellows!
Lymm Dam, Lymm, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy D8HD4C - Iona Abbey, now an ecumenical church, is of particular historical and religious interest to pilgrims and visitors alike. It is the most elaborate and best-preserved ecclesiastical building surviving from the Middle Ages in the Western Isles of Scotland. Though modest in scale in comparison to medieval abbeys elsewhere in Western Europe, it has a wealth of fine architectural detail, and monuments of many periods.
In front of the Abbey stands the 9th century St Martin's Cross, one of the best-preserved Celtic crosses in the British Isles, and a replica of the 8th century St John's Cross (original fragments in the Abbey museum).
Iona Abbey, Isle of Iona, Scotland, UK, PA76 6SQ
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4320700068 - 'John is the egg man on Winsford town market. Mondays, Thursdays &
Saturday. Believe me, his eggs are the best!
A friemd called Jane, now resident on the Wirral who I know through photography, although shamefully I have not seen for ages, used to live in \\Winsford (overspill estate for scousers as it was) and she swore she saw the Beatles at the civic hall in her youth. I wish she did as I will never now have the chance.
Did she hear these lyrics sung by the fab four?........
I am he as you are he as you are me and we are all together.
See how they run like pigs from a gun, see how they fly.
I'm crying.
Sitting on a cornflake, waiting for the van to come.
Corporation tee-shirt, stupid bloody Tuesday.
Man, you been a naughty boy, you let your face grow long.
I am the eggman, they are the eggmen.
I am the walrus, goo goo g'joob.
Mister City Policeman sitting
Pretty little policemen in a row.
See how they fly like Lucy in the Sky, see how they run.
I'm crying, I'm crying.
I'm crying, I'm crying.
Yellow matter custard, dripping from a dead dog's eye.
Crabalocker fishwife, pornographic priestess,
Boy, you been a naughty girl you let your knickers down.
I am the eggman, they are the eggmen.
I am the walrus, goo goo g'joob.
Sitting in an English garden waiting for the sun.
If the sun don't come, you get a tan
From standing in the English rain.
I am the eggman, they are the eggmen.
I am the walrus, goo goo g'joob g'goo goo g'joob.
Expert textpert choking smokers,
Don't you thing the joker laughs at you?
See how they smile like pigs in a sty,
See how they snied.
I'm crying.
Semolina pilchard, climbing up the Eiffel Tower.
Elementary penguin singing Hari Krishna.
Man, you should have seen them kicking Edgar Allan Poe.
I am the eggman, they are the eggmen.
I am the walrus, goo goo g'joob g'goo goo g'joob.
Goo goo g'joob g'goo goo g'joob g'goo.
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Keywords: quay,dusk,night,shot,evening,early,Manchester,Media,City,UK,England,GB,Great,Britain,Ship,canal,peel,holdings,gotonysmith,Arch,Pedestrians,M50,3AZ,M503AZ,gotonysmith,Media City UK,Manchester Ship Canal,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,The,Salford,Quays,lift,bridge,or,Salford,Quays,Millennium,footbridge,is,a,91.2-metre,long,vertical,lift,bridge,bridge,spanning,the,Manchester,Ship,Canal,in,Salford,Greater Manchester,England. The bridge,which was completed in 2000,is,near,the,terminus,of,the,ship,canal,at,the,old,Manchester,Docks.,It,links,Salford,Quays,to,MediaCityUK,and,has,a,lift,of,18,metres,allowing,large,watercraft,to,pass,beneath,The,bridge,features,prominently,on,the,backdrop,for,the,BBC,North,West,Tonight,television,news,programme,which,also,shows,The,Lowry,and,MediaCityUK,four,white,tubular,steel,space,truss,towers,with,concrete,counterweights,Christiani,&,Nielsen,as,the,general,contractor,freight,transport,specialist,Econofreight,Mersey,Ferries,operate,the,Manchester,Ship,Canal,Cruise,service,from,Liverpool,to,Salford,Quays,Pier,8,Mancester
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy CEXEH8 - Lowry Salford Quays Millennium Lift Footbridge at dusk, early evening.
The Salford Quays lift bridge or Salford Quays Millennium footbridge is a 91.2-metre long vertical lift bridge bridge spanning the Manchester Ship Canal in Salford, Greater Manchester, England. The bridge, which was completed in 2000, is near the terminus of the ship canal at the old Manchester Docks. It links Salford Quays to MediaCityUK and has a lift of 18 metres, allowing large watercraft to pass beneath.
The bridge features prominently on the backdrop for the BBC North West Tonight television news programme, which also shows The Lowry and MediaCityUK.
Salford Quays Millennium footbridge, Pier 8 Salford Quays, Manchester, United Kingdom M50 3AZ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy CET142 - . Four buttons on a quality suit Tailor tailoring. Photographed on 16 September 2009. The recorded location is England, UK. As background, fashion is often best understood through small details such as buttons, cuts, textiles and finishes
These elements show how garments are constructed and can distinguish bespoke tailoring, formalwear, uniforms or the distinctive styles of a particular decade. From a heritage perspective, industrial heritage links machinery and architecture with the lives of workers who operated mines, mills, potbanks, foundries and factories
As production declined or modernised, many sites were demolished, adapted or preserved, making photographs an important record of manufacturing landscapes and engineering culture. Against the 2026 backdrop, current discussion of clothing often contrasts disposable fast fashion with quality, longevity and skilled manufacture
Tailoring details can therefore support stories about craftsmanship, sustainability and consumer choice. As of 2026, industrial heritage is increasingly tied to regeneration, tourism, conservation and skills education, particularly in former manufacturing towns seeking new uses for historic sites
Preserved machinery and redundant industrial buildings also provide evidence for debates about adaptive reuse and local identity. From a heritage perspective, textiles and clothing form part of material culture, linking personal appearance with skilled trades, manufacturing and retail
A close-up can therefore illustrate not only fashion but the techniques and labour behind a garment. Looking at the subject's development, clothing details record both craftsmanship and evolving taste
Tailoring, buttons, fabrics and formal dress can reveal manufacturing quality, social conventions and fashion cycles that move between bespoke production and mass-market clothing. Useful alternative terminology includes menswear, fashion history, sartorial, garment construction, and quality clothing.
England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy CF23RB - Comsume Less Love More scrawled on a road beacon, Padgate / Birchwood A57 Warrington, Cheshire, UK at Dusk.
Maybe a mantra for our current troubled times?
Perhaps we should worry about our carbon footprint, walk a bit more rather than drive as much? Possibly eat less supermarket food, consume in season and cut down on our food air miles ? Think more about our neighbours, come to think of it, do you even know your neighbours? Some of our prejudges should maybe be put aside, the world's more interesting when it's diverse.
I must have passed this on Orford road coming into Padgate, Warrington Cheshire a few dozen times. To stop at the traffic lights makes you consider these four words a little more deeply. Next time you wait there to follow the A50 or to go to Birchwood following the A574, consider these words.
If you have had any thoughts when passing this, please leave a comment.
Padgate, Birchwood road, Warrington, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2P6JKMB - . Photographed at Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 in 2023, this detailed documentary image records the subject within its real surroundings and preserves a specific stage in the life of the location. The frame specifically shows New development of family sized four bed properties, with scaffolding on a building site, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4. Another layer of the photograph includes historical comparison, everyday life, archival record, period detail, place identity, local history, specialist retailer, changing streetscape, shopfront economy, local enterprise, high-street commerce, town-centre trading, small business, and public realm. For current editorial use, business rates and footfall provide additional context, especially through how commercial property costs affect small retailers. The image fixes building condition and alterations within Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 at one identifiable point, providing a benchmark against closure or conversion. The surrounding story also includes documentary photography, changing land use, bricks-and-mortar retail, commercial frontage, street-level business, contemporary social history, regional identity, and local character. References to building, scaffolding, family, development, and properties give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. By fixing the subject within Cheshire, England, UK, WA4, the image preserves more than the headline object or building: it records part of the locality's everyday history. Its period value extends to business rates and how commercial property costs affect small retailers within the real-world context of Cheshire, England, UK, WA4. The location additionally provides evidence of store closures and the contribution of independents to distinctive high streets within the specific setting of Cheshire, England, UK, WA4. The record includes a local visual benchmark before later change alters the scene.
Cheshire, England, UK, WA4
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DHGYMP - File Under: BLM, Black Statue, Do Black Lives Matter. Figures (including those of other races) like this one, represented the four continents as they were defined in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries: Africa, America, Asia and Europe. By extension they would then stand for ˜the known world'. Statue attributed to Andries Carpentière or Jan van Nost
Dunham Massey Hall , near Altrincham Cheshire England , UK WA14 4SJ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PH9M0Y - . An identifiable period record of 1 Charlotte Rd, Llandudno, Conwy, North Wales, UK, LL30 1RY in 2023, retaining practical detail and local context that distinguish documentary photography from a generic illustration. The main point of reference is The Golden arches, McDonalds Drive-thru sign, Open 24 hours - 1 Charlotte Rd, Llandudno, Conwy, North Wales, UK, LL30 1RY. The image also relates to public-facing signage, period lettering, graphic street detail, historical comparison, everyday visual culture, community identity, documentary photography, social history, historic sign, local history, commercial ephemera, place identity, visual communication, and public information notice. The modern context includes continuing discussion of commercial branding, public communication and how ordinary signs become time-specific evidence of language and design. Small period details of lettering, decoration and surface detail at 1 Charlotte Rd, Llandudno, Conwy, North Wales, UK, LL30 1RY may become more significant with time, particularly following later reinterpretation. A second descriptive layer includes local character, public realm, instructional wording, street-level message, archival record, before-and-after reference, urban typography, and wayfinding detail. The combination of Golden, Drive-thru, Llandudno, Conwy, and Charlotte anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. A later view of 1 Charlotte Rd, Llandudno, Conwy, North Wales, UK, LL30 1RY may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. The wider significance includes commercial branding and the way lettering and materials contribute to local visual identity within the real-world context of 1 Charlotte Rd, Llandudno, Conwy, North Wales, UK, LL30 1RY. The photograph keeps evidence of changing use before later change alters the scene.
1 Charlotte Rd, Llandudno, Conwy, North Wales, UK, LL30 1RY
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Keywords: UK England,English,Great,Britain,British,walled,city,1897,bridge,Roman,fortress,of,Deva,Victrix.,prominent,landmark,landmarks,gateway,diamond,jubilee,of,Queen,Victoria,daytime,daylight,sky,dramatic,openwork,iron,pylons,has,a,clock,face,on,all,four,sides,city,listed,by,English,Heritage,grade,I,gotonysmith,travel,tourist,tourism,CWAC,West,east,local,authority,council,grade1,famous,clocks,history,historic,landmarks,CH1,1LE,CH11LE,st,street,City Centre,City,Centre,@hotpixUK,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DCYF29 - Eastgate and Eastgate Clock in Chester, Cheshire, England, stand on the site of the original entrance to the Roman fortress of Deva Victrix. It is a prominent landmark in the city of Chester and is said to be the most photographed clock in England after Big Ben.
The original gate was guarded by a timber tower which was replaced by a stone tower in the 2nd century, and this in turn was replaced probably in the 14th century. The present gateway dates from 1768 and is a three-arched sandstone structure which carries the walkway forming part of Chester city walls. In 1899 a clock was added to the top of the gateway to celebrate the diamond jubilee of Queen Victoria two years earlier. It is carried on openwork iron pylons, has a clock face on all four sides, and a copper ogee cupola. The clock was designed by the Chester architect John Douglas. The whole structure, gateway and clock, was listed by English Heritage on 28 July 1955 as a Grade I listed building
Eastgate, Chester, Cheshire, England UK CH1 1LE
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy D8HCNH - The stem of Lymm Cross is supported by four pillars and surmounted by gables and finials bearing the legends Save Time', Think of the Last' and We are a Shadow'. There are also three sundials on the West, South and East faces.
Crosses were originally there to remind people of their commitment to God - with the name and sometimes the shape of the structures clearly a reference to Christ's crucifixion.
They have also had many practical uses such as road and boundary markers, memorials and preaching places.
However, the purpose of the one at Lymm is a mystery. Many have commented that it resembles a market cross in a market square but there is no evidence that there has ever been a market there.
Others have suggested it used to be a place of worship before the village had its own church.
Joe added: It is a focal point of the village where everything happens. It is where the town crier does his proclamations and it is a common meeting point.
I recently did some history talks for local schools and all the children knew The Cross and had all played on The Cross.
It gives Lymm a sense of identity and is a prominent landmark for people to associate with.
The Cross, Lymm Village, Warrington, Cheshire, England UK
