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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,lock,gate,gates,locks,at the,eastern,end,of the,Forth & Clyde,canal,beside,The,Kelpies,with,the,lock gates,and,chamber,in the,foreground
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3F58GE9 - . Canal lock gates and drained or lowered lock chamber at the eastern end of the Forth & Clyde Canal beside The Kelpies at The Helix, Falkirk, Scotland. The photograph looks along the canal infrastructure with lock gates and masonry or concrete chamber in the foreground, recording the working water-control structures that connect inland navigation with the River Carron and the wider Forth estuary system. The Forth & Clyde Canal opened in the late eighteenth century as a coast-to-coast waterway linking the Firth of Forth with the Firth of Clyde and played an important role in Scotland's industrial transport network before declining with competition from rail and road. After closure to through navigation, the canal was restored as part of the Millennium Link project and reopened in 2001, reconnecting central Scotland's waterways. The nearby Kelpies, two monumental steel horse-head sculptures designed by Andy Scott and completed in 2013, stand as a contemporary gateway to the canal and celebrate the heavy horses that once hauled boats and supported Scottish industry. This image is suitable for editorial coverage of Scottish Canals, lock engineering, canal maintenance, drained waterways, inland navigation, industrial heritage, water management, restoration, regeneration, The Helix, The Kelpies, Falkirk tourism, civil engineering and leisure boating. The exposed lock chamber and gates provide a useful view of canal infrastructure normally partly hidden by water, making the photograph relevant to maintenance, conservation and engineering stories as well as tourism. It also documents the juxtaposition of historic transport infrastructure and modern public art that has helped transform the eastern approach to Falkirk into a major visitor destination. It also suits features on water levels, canal closures, engineering inspections and the maintenance needed to keep historic waterways navigable and safe.
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,255A9897,Stubshaw Cross Heritage Garden,entrance,Bolton Road,Ashton-in-Makerfield,Wigan,England,UK,green,garden,heritage,community,gate,arch,ironwork,landscaped,local,history,neighbourhood,regeneration,volunteers,horticulture,public,space,planting
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EKP08X - . Stubshaw Cross Heritage Garden entrance off Bolton Road in Ashton-in-Makerfield, Wigan, England, UK. Photographed on 30 May 2026. The recorded location is Bolton Road, Ashton-in-Makerfield, Wigan, Greater Manchester, England, UK. A decorative green metal arch marked HERITAGE GARDEN frames the gated entrance to a small landscaped community space, with houses and planting visible beyond. The modest gated entrance and decorative ironwork give the garden a strong local identity and make the scene useful for stories about community-led improvements, environmental enhancement and the preservation of neighbourhood heritage. For community project, the historical context is that heritage gardens preserve designed landscapes, planting traditions and local memory in a form that changes with every season
Community-run gardens can also reclaim small or neglected sites as places for interpretation and public use. Looking at local heritage, the longer history is that local place names and small landmarks can be as significant to community history as nationally famous buildings
Streets, neighbourhood businesses and informal attractions offer reference points that may vanish during redevelopment or rebranding. For community project, the 2026 context is that community gardens are increasingly valued for biodiversity, wellbeing, volunteering and local identity, particularly in urban areas where accessible green space is limited. In 2026, local heritage remains relevant because current place-making policy increasingly emphasises distinctive local identity rather than generic development, so small landmarks and community businesses can become significant parts of how an area is represented. Useful related concepts include historic garden, horticulture, public garden, garden restoration, visitor attraction, urban green space, garden history, local history, place identity, townscape, streetscape, local landmark, urban change, regeneration, and local character.
Bolton Road, Ashton-in-Makerfield, Wigan, Greater Manchester, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,new,3.26,Italy,Italian,airport,non-Schengen,common,third,country,fingerprint,scanning,facial,recognition,Entry Exit System,EES,security,smart,border,borders,technology,passenger,processing,registration,delays,queues,scanner,gate,Polizia di Frontiera,post Brexit,post-Brexit,identity verification,passenger flow,arrivals hall,departures,vision,surveillance,passport control
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3ECEEBD - Blue automated passport control eGates stand in a glass-walled Italian airport border control area for non-Schengen passengers, showing the increasingly digital nature of European travel, immigration and frontier management. The Reco 3.26 branded machines are used for automated border control and passenger flow management, with passport scanning, biometric identity checks and registration points linked to facial images and fingerprints. For travellers from outside the EU and Schengen area, including many UK passengers after Brexit, the first-use enrolment process can mean extra time at the border as a digital record is created and checked. The scene is commercially useful for illustrating airport queues, travel delays, biometric surveillance, immigration technology, border security, smart borders, post-Brexit travel, EU Entry/Exit System processes, passenger processing and the practical reality of automation in busy terminals. The equipment is clean, blue and modern, but the image also hints at the tension between faster digital journeys and the inconvenience caused when new systems require unfamiliar steps, staff guidance or repeated registration. Visible scanners, kiosks, barriers and eGate lanes create a documentary view of contemporary airport infrastructure rather than a staged technology display. The indoor lighting, polished floor and queue barriers suggest a controlled terminal environment, likely at arrivals or departures where non-Schengen travellers pass immigration checks. The photograph has strong editorial value for stories on EES implementation, biometric data privacy, passport control modernisation, identity verification, Schengen external borders, airport capacity, holiday travel disruption and the everyday use of computer vision in public-sector security. It can also support broader features on border automation, data protection, UK and EU travel rules, delayed passengers, airline pressure and changing international air travel.
Blue Reco 3.26 automated passport eGates at an Italian non-Schengen airport border, using biometrics
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,IMG_0687,easyJet mobile boarding pass,Catania,Manchester,flight,smartphone,airport,easyJet,CTA,MAN,airline,app,digital,travel,boarding,pass,QR,code,passengers,check-in,technology,inside,interior,gate,gates,departure
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EFHRH2 - . easyJet mobile boarding pass for a Catania to Manchester flight displayed on a smartphone at an airport. Photographed on 26 April 2026. The recorded location is Catania Airport, Sicily, Italy. The app screen shows the airport codes CTA and MAN together with a QR-style boarding code while passengers sit in the departure area behind the phone. Mobile boarding passes have largely replaced printed tickets for many passengers and are a familiar part of modern low-cost airline travel. For air transport, the historical context is that commercial aviation expanded dramatically after the Second World War, turning airports into complex transport systems of terminals, fuel infrastructure, baggage handling and air-traffic operations
Aircraft types and airline branding can date a scene precisely. Looking at paper artefact, the longer history is that graphic design turns practical information into a visual object
Typefaces, layout and printing methods can identify a period or brand, while small paper items preserve prices, slogans and events that may otherwise leave little physical trace. For air transport, the 2026 context is that aviation remains under pressure to reduce emissions while meeting strong demand for passenger travel
Sustainable aviation fuel, fleet efficiency, airport capacity and the cost of decarbonisation remain prominent policy and industry issues. In 2026, paper artefact remains relevant because physical comics, manuals and vouchers now coexist with apps, e-books and online instructions
Their material form has growing relevance to collectors, design history and nostalgia. Related search language includes airport apron, ground handling, airline operations, aviation industry, airport infrastructure, travel technology, aviation emissions, printed ephemera, poster, stamp, typography, print history, consumer culture, retro design, visual communication, and collectable.
Catania Airport, Sicily, Italy
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,_681IMG_2230,wrought-iron,gate,wooden,coffins,interior,funeral,undertaker,funerary,burial,memorial,display,arched,ornate,metalwork,architecture,heritage,tradition,solemn,mourning,death,cultural,religious,historic,craftsmanship,indoor,decorative,wood,entrance,chapel,Copenhagan,in the crypt beneath,Christians Church,Copenhagen
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3F3WND2 - . Decorative wrought-iron gate with wooden coffins visible inside an interior, Copenhagen - wooden coffins in the crypt beneath Christians Church. Photographed on 28 May 2025. The recorded location is Germany. The image shows ornate black metalwork beneath an arched opening, with polished wooden coffins visible beyond the gate. The scene suggests a traditional undertaker, funerary display or historic interior connected with burial customs. Its visual interest lies in the contrast between the curving ironwork, warm interior lighting and the solemn subject matter of funeral furnishings and memorial culture. In relation to local history, historical context shows that ecclesiastical buildings are both active places of worship and repositories of local evidence
Churchyard monuments, carved stone, stained glass and plaques offer material for genealogy, architectural history, religious practice and remembrance. As of 2026, the position for local history is that many historic churches face the practical challenge of maintaining listed fabric while remaining active community buildings, visitor attractions and venues for worship, music and local events
Conservation, heating costs and new uses are therefore part of the modern story of these ancient places. Additional natural-language search terms include ecclesiastical architecture, parish church, Christian heritage, sacred art, religious symbolism, church interior, place of worship, architectural conservation, faith community, historic fabric, religious heritage, _681IMG_2230, and architecture. Additional subject vocabulary includes heritage, mourning, death, cultural, craftsmanship, and indoor. Seen through stained glass, the earlier context is that ecclesiastical buildings are both active places of worship and repositories of local evidence
Churchyard monuments, carved stone, stained glass and plaques provide material for genealogy, architectural history, religious practice and remembrance.
Germany
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,site,railway station,Central Birmingham,West Midlands,England,UK,B4 7XG,Rishi Sunak,cancellation,cancelled,to,Leeds,HS2,high speed,two,works,at,construction,leg,scrapped,train,trains,infrastructure,project,rest of,announcement,Levelling Up,gate,gates,contractors,sub-contracting,PLC,private,road,secure,security
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2T00PD4 - High Speed 2 (HS2) is a planned high-stock-photo/gotonysmith-Speed.html?sortBy=relevant&pseudoid=237DAF28-A4ED-4448-8173-C0E81ABEEC6F Target=_Blank>speed railway line and network of passenger train services in England. It will consist of a new railway line between the West Midlands and London, with a branch to Birmingham, and a network of train services that will use the new line and existing conventional track to reach their destinations in the Midlands, Northern England, and Scotland. HS2 will be Britain's second purpose-built high-speed line, the first being High Speed 1, which connects London to the Channel Tunnel. The majority of the project is planned to be completed between 2029 and 2033. A 2019 review of the project, as then planned, estimated that it would cost up to £87 billion
however, this is estimated to have risen to approximately £100 billion in 2023.
The new line will run between London Euston railway station and Fradley in southern Staffordshire, with stations at Old Oak Common, in northwest London, and Birmingham Interchange, near Solihull. There will be spurs to a planned station in central Birmingham and a junction with the West Coast Main Line (WCML) at Handsacre, near Lichfield. The rolling stock will run at a maximum speed of 360 km/h (225 mph) and will operate on both HS2 track and existing conventional track
On 4 October 2023 the Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced that Phase 2 would be abandoned and that responsibility for the Euston connection would be removed from HS2 Ltd
Curzon St, new HS2 railway station, Central Birmingham, West Midlands, England, UK, B4 7XG
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,site,railway station,Central Birmingham,West Midlands,England,UK,B4 7XG,Rishi Sunak,cancellation,cancelled,to,Leeds,HS2,high speed,two,works,at,construction,train,trains,infrastructure,project,rest of,announcement,gate,gates,contractors,sub-contracting,PLC,private,road,secure,security
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2T00PD5 - New Canal Street
In preparation for the construction of HS2 Curzon Street station, there will be a partial closure on New Canal Street, Birmingham city centre.
New Canal Street, between Curzon Street and Fazeley Street, will be closed to all traffic, cyclists and pedestrians from 13 August 2023.
There are recommended walking and cycling diversions routes.
If you are travelling from Millenium Point, BCU and Eastside City Park the most direct diversion route follows the footpath around Masshouse Lane or the Clayton Hotel. Then it continues along Moor Street Queensway, around to the left to Moor Street and Park Street back on to New Canal Street.
There is also a diversion route along Curzon Street, around Curzon Circle roundabout and onto Lawley Middleway to Montague Street. You then follow Montague Street to the junction of Fazeley Street.
Travel tips
You will still be able to get to where you need to go, but consider the following:
Plan ahead and leave more time for your journey. If you travel around New Canal Street you may need to allow more time for your journey.
Think about your options. The partial closure of New Canal Street will mean that you may need to plan an alternative route. Please familiarise yourself with recommended walking and cycling diversion routes.
Curzon St, new HS2 railway station, Central Birmingham, West Midlands, England, UK, B4 7XG
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,ER,WA4,Cheshire,England,UK,WA4 6JX,automatic,site,sites,gate,communications,OpenReach,entry,entrance,access,mast,aerial,sign,signs,rust,rusty,rustings,sunny,bright,PSTN,Network,Switch Off,In,2025,public switched,telephone network,fibre,solutions,ADSL,max,21CN WBC,enabled
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RX17T9 - 21CN WBC
This exchange is 21CN WBC enabled
ADSL Max
The Stockton Heath exchange has been enabled for ADSL Max since March 2006
ADSL
The Stockton Heath telephone exchange in Warrington was enabled for ADSL in September 2000
Ofcom Classification
The BT exchange, Stockton Heath is classified by Ofcom as:- Market 3.
PSTN Network Switch Off In 2025
The first stage Openreach propose to facilitate the retirement of their public switched telephone network (PSTN) is to issue 'Stop Sell' dates for specific telephone exchanges. Once a 'Stop Sell' date has passed, communication providers (CP's) will be unable to order any copper based products if a fibre solution is available at the customer's premises. Accepted fibre solutions include FTTP and SOGEA/SOGFast.
Impacted product and services that will be unavailable beyond a 'Stop Sell' date include WLR3 analogue, ISDN 2, ISDN 30, LLU SMPF, SLU SMPF, Narrowband Line Share and Classic products.
Openreach have identified 581 specific 'FTTP Priority Exchanges' that will be the first to receive 'Stop Sell' notices, see below.
Openreach have not identified the Stockton Heath Exchange as a 'FTTP Priority Exchange' and the 'Stop Sell' date will be September 2023.
White St, Stockton Heath, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 6JX
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,Warrington,England,UK,based,lane,end,WA4,Unit 2,Station Court,Cheshire,WA4 2GW,sign,developing,site,sites,Limited,gone,into,bankrupt,gate,gates,enters,enter,projects,insolvency,firm,Quantuma,affordable,homes,scheme,schemes,collapsed,contractor,unsecured,creditors,L&Q,Jigsaw Homes,Onward
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2R72E6N - Leading contractor developer for the social housing sector, Lane End Developments Construction, has gone into administration.
The Warrington-based business operates across the North west of England and Wales.
Managing directors of insolvency firm Quantuma Jeremy Woodside and Frank Ofonagoro, both of the firm's Manchester office, have been appointed joint administrators.
The company was set up in 2016 and has built more than 1,100. It currently has live projects on 17 different sites - which aimed to create 1,700 new homes - employing 118 staff.
Current projects include delivering a 177 affordable homes scheme in Llandudno in partnership with ClwydAlyn and a 60 home scheme with Torus in Wigan.
In its last financial year, to the end of May, 2022, the company generated revenues of around £81m with a pre-tax profit of nearly £250,000.
Mr Woodside said:This is obviously a very difficult and uncertain time for the company, its employees and suppliers, and its wider stakeholders.
We're currently working alongside potential funders and senior management to assess the options available to them to restructure Lane End Developments Construction and allow it to continue to operate and deliver housing projects.
The contractor had been developing schemes with a string of housing associations, including L&Q, Jigsaw Homes and Onward, when it announced its collapse in April.
At the time, the three landlords said they were disappointed and concerned about the firm's collapse, but none were named in the list of creditors that are owed money.
The administrator's proposal shows that for the year end of 31 May 2022, Lane End had a turnover of more than £81m, but its profit for the year was less than £178,000. Tangible assets were just over £1m.
Unit 2, Station Court, Stockport Rd, Thelwall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 2GW
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,Warrington,England,UK,based,lane,end,WA4,Unit 2,Station Court,Cheshire,WA4 2GW,sign,developing,site,sites,Limited,gone,into,bankrupt,gate,gates,enters,enter,projects,insolvency,firm,Quantuma,affordable,homes,scheme,schemes,collapsed,contractor,unsecured,creditors,L&Q,Jigsaw Homes,Onward
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2R72E6T - Leading contractor developer for the social housing sector, Lane End Developments Construction, has gone into administration.
The Warrington-based business operates across the North west of England and Wales.
Managing directors of insolvency firm Quantuma Jeremy Woodside and Frank Ofonagoro, both of the firm's Manchester office, have been appointed joint administrators.
The company was set up in 2016 and has built more than 1,100. It currently has live projects on 17 different sites - which aimed to create 1,700 new homes - employing 118 staff.
Current projects include delivering a 177 affordable homes scheme in Llandudno in partnership with ClwydAlyn and a 60 home scheme with Torus in Wigan.
In its last financial year, to the end of May, 2022, the company generated revenues of around £81m with a pre-tax profit of nearly £250,000.
Mr Woodside said:This is obviously a very difficult and uncertain time for the company, its employees and suppliers, and its wider stakeholders.
We're currently working alongside potential funders and senior management to assess the options available to them to restructure Lane End Developments Construction and allow it to continue to operate and deliver housing projects.
The contractor had been developing schemes with a string of housing associations, including L&Q, Jigsaw Homes and Onward, when it announced its collapse in April.
At the time, the three landlords said they were disappointed and concerned about the firm's collapse, but none were named in the list of creditors that are owed money.
The administrator's proposal shows that for the year end of 31 May 2022, Lane End had a turnover of more than £81m, but its profit for the year was less than £178,000. Tangible assets were just over £1m.
Unit 2, Station Court, Stockport Rd, Thelwall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 2GW
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2R72E70 - Leading contractor developer for the social housing sector, Lane End Developments Construction, has gone into administration.
The Warrington-based business operates across the North west of England and Wales.
Managing directors of insolvency firm Quantuma Jeremy Woodside and Frank Ofonagoro, both of the firm's Manchester office, have been appointed joint administrators.
The company was set up in 2016 and has built more than 1,100. It currently has live projects on 17 different sites - which aimed to create 1,700 new homes - employing 118 staff.
Current projects include delivering a 177 affordable homes scheme in Llandudno in partnership with ClwydAlyn and a 60 home scheme with Torus in Wigan.
In its last financial year, to the end of May, 2022, the company generated revenues of around £81m with a pre-tax profit of nearly £250,000.
Mr Woodside said:This is obviously a very difficult and uncertain time for the company, its employees and suppliers, and its wider stakeholders.
We're currently working alongside potential funders and senior management to assess the options available to them to restructure Lane End Developments Construction and allow it to continue to operate and deliver housing projects.
The contractor had been developing schemes with a string of housing associations, including L&Q, Jigsaw Homes and Onward, when it announced its collapse in April.
At the time, the three landlords said they were disappointed and concerned about the firm's collapse, but none were named in the list of creditors that are owed money.
The administrator's proposal shows that for the year end of 31 May 2022, Lane End had a turnover of more than £81m, but its profit for the year was less than £178,000. Tangible assets were just over £1m.
Unit 2, Station Court, Stockport Rd, Thelwall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 2GW
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,red,flights,Budapest,to,Manchester,flight,Jet2,digital,boarding pass,boarding,app,on,an,a,BUD-MAN,BUD,MAN,package,holiday,holidays,you,can,trust,Buda,Pest,ticket,tickets,LS898,gate,departure,gates,problem,failed,issue,issues
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PYTFXB - . Jet2 digital boarding pass app on an iphone, BUD-MAN, Budapest to Manchester flight, map of Buda and Pest LS898. Photographed on 1 May 2023, this spring image records the subject in its real-world setting and provides a contemporary visual reference for the place, activity, object or organisation shown. The recorded location is Budapest Airport, Hungary, adding precise geographical context for editorial, documentary, travel and local-history searches. Key searchable subjects associated with the scene include red, flights, Budapest, Manchester, flight, Jet2, digital, boarding pass, boarding, app, BUD-MAN, BUD, providing natural SEO coverage without losing the specific documentary identity of the photograph. The transport setting gives the image wider relevance to mobility, infrastructure, roads and public transport, travel behaviour, local connectivity, logistics and the relationship between vehicles and the built environment. It can illustrate planning, transport policy, accessibility, congestion, public investment and the changing technologies and services used to move people or goods. The digital or smartphone element makes the image suitable for coverage of mobile technology, apps, online services, privacy, communications, cyber security, consumer behaviour and the way everyday tasks increasingly move onto handheld devices. Screens and interfaces also provide a dated record of contemporary technology, useful for later comparison as software, services, security warnings and mobile user experiences change. The frame provides a detailed documentary record of the subject as it appeared at the time of photography, preserving the surrounding context as well as the principal feature. Its value is both descriptive and editorial, allowing the scene to illustrate news, features, local history, travel, social change and retrospective comparison. The composition retains practical contextual detail for news, feature, documentary, educational and historical use.
Budapest Airport, Hungary
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Lincolnshire,England,UK,centre,summer,tower,historic,Gate,square,town,LN2,2,gateway,Castle,castle square,church,of,the,minster,St Marys Cathedral,cathedrals,Anglican,bishop,Early,Gothic,style,Remigius de Fécamp,Remigius,grade I,listed,building,architecture,street,tourist,attraction
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PNA0WK - Lincoln Cathedral, Lincoln Minster, or the Cathedral Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Lincoln and sometimes St Mary's Cathedral, in Lincoln, England, is a Grade I listed cathedral and is the seat of the Anglican Bishop of Lincoln. Construction commenced in 1072 and continued in several phases throughout the High Middle Ages. Like many of the medieval cathedrals of England, it was built in the Early Gothic style.
Some historians claim it became the tallest building in the world upon the completion of its 160 metres (525 ft) high central spire in 1311, although this is disputed. If so, it was the first building to hold that title after the Great Pyramid of Giza, and held it for 238 years until the spire collapsed in 1548, and was not rebuilt. Had the central spire remained intact, Lincoln Cathedral would have remained the world's tallest structure until the completion of the Washington Monument in 1884. For hundreds of years the cathedral held one of the four remaining copies of the original Magna Carta, now securely displayed in Lincoln Castle. The cathedral is the fourth largest in the UK (in floor area) at around 5,000 square metres (54,000 sq ft), after Liverpool, St Paul's and York Minster. It is highly regarded by architectural scholars
the Victorian writer John Ruskin declared: I have always held ... that the cathedral of Lincoln is out and out the most precious piece of architecture in the British Isles and roughly speaking worth any two other cathedrals we have
When Lincoln Cathedral was first built, William the Conqueror granted the parish of Welton to Remigius in order to endow six prebends which provided income to support six canons attached to the cathedral. These were subsequently confirmed by William II and Henry I
2 Exchequer Gate, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England, UK, LN2 1PZ
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,small,team,local,GU7,town,centre,Waverley,Surrey,England,UK,GU7 3DU,stations,red,gate,gates,Fire and Rescue,and,rescue,service,engines,vehicle,vehicles,@SurreyFRS,SurreyFRS,FRS,crew,crews,strike,strikes,emergency,engine,Safe and Well Visit,equipment
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PGJWX2 - . This authentic period view of Bridge Rd, Godalming, Waverley, Surrey, England, UK, GU7 3DU in 2023 preserves the main subject alongside smaller contextual details that can acquire greater historical value as places and uses change. The image documents Godalming community fire station, Bridge Rd, Godalming, Waverley, Surrey, England, UK, GU7 3DU. Further facets of the scene include social history, changing streetscape, urban rail transport, railway branding, mass transit, commuter travel, historical comparison, integrated transport, place identity, local character, everyday life, regional identity, contemporary social history, and trackside heritage. From a 2025-onward perspective, rail reform and fares are closely linked to this subject, alongside the reshaping of Britain's passenger railway in the mid-2020s. Future viewers can use this scene from Bridge Rd, Godalming, Waverley, Surrey, England, UK, GU7 3DU to compare signage and branding with whatever follows after different community use. The surrounding story also includes transport interchange, documentary photography, rail modernisation, visual archive, rail corridor, public realm, rail mobility, and rail infrastructure. References to Surrey, Godalming, station, Bridge, and Waverley give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. The period setting at Bridge Rd, Godalming, Waverley, Surrey, England, UK, GU7 3DU helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. The image also provides a reference for rail reform and how rail stations anchor city-centre mobility and regeneration when considered against later change at Bridge Rd, Godalming, Waverley, Surrey, England, UK, GU7 3DU. Another useful connection is fares and the role of public transport in reducing congestion and emissions without losing the local specificity of Bridge Rd, Godalming, Waverley, Surrey, England, UK, GU7 3DU.
Bridge Rd, Godalming, Waverley, Surrey, England, UK, GU7 3DU
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Yorkshire,England,UK,refurbished,YO1,North Yorkshire,YO1 6FA,Skeldergate,redevelopment,city,centre,flats,property,real estate,warehouses,The,apartment,rail,rails,railings,gate,pier,piers,1875,flat,apartments,wharf,wharfs,Bonded,Bonding,warehouse,history,historic
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2KF6RR7 - Formerly known as: Bonded Warehouse SKELDERGATE. Warehouse, and attached walls, railings and gate piers bounding yard to north-west. Dated 1875. By George Styan, City of York Surveyor. MATERIALS: pink mottled brick in Flemish bond with polychrome brick dressings
ashlar plinth, banded in blue brick, forms river front revetment
hipped roofs of Welsh slate. Yard wall of brick with ashlar coping
cast-iron railings. Ashlar gate piers. EXTERIOR: 3-storey 7-bay river front, with paired 2-storey 3-bay fronts to left. 3-storey range: centre bay, between giant pilasters, has C20 glazed door on ground floor, and original lifting doors on upper floors. Ground and first floor windows in flanking bays are segment-headed, with moulded brick architraves and ashlar sills, beneath arches of moulded brick with ashlar inserts
small-pane glazing incorporates central top-hung opening panels. First floor windows recessed over shaped panels of contrasting brick. Second floor windows are round-arched and radial-glazed, over sill band. Moulded eaves string course beneath frieze of shallow shaped panels of contrasting brick, and ashlar eaves band. Low parapet rises over centre bay as segmental pedimented gable between panelled piers flanked by volutes. Urn finials to piers and pediment. Carved panel in gable depicts the arms of the City of York. Paired 2-storey fronts have C20 glazed doors on ground floor and original lifting doors on second floor. Fenestration detail repeats that on 3-storey front. Roof parapet stepped-up to form plinth surmounted by ball and pedestal finials over junction of fronts. Left return: 2 storeys, 5 bays, outer bays convex on plan. Centre bay, between giant pilasters, has blind window on each floor, and arcaded eaves corbel table of ashlar and polychrome brick. Fenestration in flanking bays repeats that on river front, while end bays have blind windows. Eaves frieze, cornice and parapet continue from river front, with curved gable over centre bay
Terry Ave, York, North Yorkshire, England, UK, YO1 6FA
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Wolverhampton,city,centre,West Midlands,England,UK,1209,stall,stalls,shopper,at,open,air,veg,WV3,WV3 0NL,entrance,gate,bike,logo,brand,blue,entry,established,1204,charter,markets,Wolverhampton market,Wolverhampton markets,containers,area,space,district,travel poster
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M6GAR6 - . This authentic period view of Market Square, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England, UK, WV3 0NL in 2022 preserves the main subject alongside smaller contextual details that can acquire greater historical value as places and uses change. The image documents Entrance at City Of Wolverhampton market, Market Square, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England, UK, WV3 0NL. The setting additionally reflects regional identity, small-business culture, high-street commerce, street-level trading, local character, period detail, independent retail, place identity, changing streetscape, local enterprise, historical comparison, archival record, shopfront economy, and bricks-and-mortar business. From a 2025-onward perspective, brand consolidation and consumer spending are closely linked to this subject, alongside the role of independent businesses in maintaining active town centres. Small period details of signage and branding at Market Square, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England, UK, WV3 0NL may become more significant with time, particularly following redevelopment. The location also brings in contemporary social history, documentary photography, consumer retail, community identity, customer footfall, retail property, visual archive, and changing land use. Elements such as Midlands, Square, Wolverhampton, Entrance, and market add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. A later view of Market Square, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England, UK, WV3 0NL 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 brand consolidation and how commercial property shifts between retail, leisure and residential use as part of the longer story of Market Square, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England, UK, WV3 0NL. The view records period character before later change alters the scene.
Market Square, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England, UK, WV3 0NL
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Gloucestershire,England,UK,GL50,Market St,GL50 3HU,metal,entrance,entry,to,the,Memorial garden,memorial,iron work,rose,garden,gates,urban,parks,park,lower,high st,high street,cast iron,gate,fence,fencing,open,space,spaces,green,trees,nature,town centre
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M6YFEM - Winston Churchill Memorial Garden is a small urban park discreetly tucked behind the Lower High Street shops. The gardens have a number of historical elements such as the formal rose garden, pergola, clipped yew avenue and St Mary's Mission building. It is still possible to see some of the headstones along the northern perimeter wall. Find out more about the history of the park.
Rose garden
In the centre of the rose garden stands a drinking fountain which is surrounded by words, phrases and simple line drawings gathered from local children and adults to symbolise how they feel about the gardens. The images are pressed into blue engineering bricks, once used on the railway line that runs parallel to the gardens. The project was jointly funded by Cheltenham Borough Council, the Lower High Street Partnership and the Regional Arts Council.
Play area
The fenced play area with its woodland trail, living tree sculptures and spring bulbs has a variety of new play equipment. The play equipment was chosen by pupils from Gloucester Road Primary School and provides play facilities for a wider age range. New equipment includes a multi-activity unit, roundabout, inclusive play springie, swings, a pole spin and talk tubes.
Informal recreational area
The area south of the play area is used for informal recreation. The eastern boundary has been planted with native dog rose and wild flowers to enhance the urban park for wildlife and people alike.
Market St, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, UK, GL50 3HU
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M4CAG3 - The Peak & Northern Footpaths Society (PNFS) is a UK registered charity which was formed in 1894. The purpose of PNFS is to monitor, protect, and improve the footpath network of the North Midlands and North West of England, including the Peak District National Park. The organisation is the oldest existing regional footpath society in the England.
The Peak District & Northern Counties Footpaths Preservation Society was established on 16 August 1894 in the Young Men's Christian Association Hall, Peter Street, Manchester (now St George's House). It had evolved from The Manchester Association for the Preservation of Ancient Public Footpaths, which was founded in 1826.
PNFS has over 150 volunteer footpath inspectors who are assigned to parishes across the counties of Cheshire, Derbyshire, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, Merseyside, Staffordshire, South Yorkshire and West Yorkshire. They walk along their parishes' footpaths periodically to check for any problems, which they report to the local authority responsible for the footpaths concerned. PNFS often helps the authorities to fix problems promptly. Local authorities in the region are legally obliged to notify PNFS of any proposals affecting rights of way, in order that PNFS can uphold the interests of walkers.
PNFS signpost near Baslow in Derbyshire
The charity has installed over 600 numbered signposts and built dozens of footbridges as part of its ongoing programme to improve walking routes in the region. The first cast iron signposts were erected in 1905 and 20 are still standing from before World War I.
PNFS publishes a quarterly magazine called Signpost.
The Irregulars group of the Long Distance Walkers Association (LDWA) organises a programme of weekly walks and in 2019 it became affiliated to PNFS.
In 1994, UK Parliament passed a motion congratulating PNFS on its centenary for its work over 100 years, improving access to the countryside.
Marple, Stockport, England, UK, SK6 5DT
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Yorkshire,England,UK,LS24,High Street,Tadcaster,North Yorkshire,LS24 9SA,group,English,John Smiths bitter,bitter,John Smith,nitrogenated Extra Smooth,product,beers,Backhouse & Hartley,brewery,Courage,products,including,Amstel,Kronenbourg 1664,entrance,gate,No Nonsense,No-Nonsense,Yorkshire Bitter,building,architecture,Magnet Pale Ale,Magnet,brewhouse,lager,offices,chimney
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K3JX34 - John Smith's Brewery in Tadcaster, North Yorkshire, England, produces beers including John Smith's, the highest selling bitter in the United Kingdom since the mid-1990s.
The majority of John Smith's sales are of the nitrogenated Extra Smooth product, although a cask conditioned variant is available nationally. A stronger variant called Magnet is also available in the North East of England. John Smith's Cask and Magnet are produced under licence by Cameron's in Hartlepool.
John Smith acquired the Backhouse & Hartley brewery in 1852. Following a series of acquisitions in the post-World War II period, the company became one of the largest regional brewers in the country, operating over 1,800 licensed premises. The company was taken over by Courage in 1970 who extended distribution of the brewery's products into the South of England. Courage was acquired by Scottish & Newcastle in 1995, and the operations were purchased by Heineken in 2008.
John Smith's Extra Smooth and Original are produced at the Tadcaster brewery, as well as a range of Heineken products including Amstel and Kronenbourg 1664. With a 38 million litre capacity, the brewery is one of the largest in the country.
John Smith's became well known for a series of highly successful No Nonsense-themed television advertising campaigns, featuring the dour Yorkshireman character Arkwright during the 1970s and 1980s
The brewery brews 3.8 million hectolitres annually (1.3 million of which is John Smith's beer), and employed around 300 people in 2008. It has two keg lines, two bottle lines and one canning line. It currently brews and packages the ale brands John Smith's Original, John Smith's Extra Smooth and Newcastle Brown Ale, and the lager brands Foster's, Kronenbourg 1664 (Kronenbourg is a Carlsberg-owned brand brewed under license by Heineken in the UK), Amstel and Tiger
High Street, Tadcaster, North Yorkshire, England, UK, LS24 9SA
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K3JX59 - Taken on 26 Sep 2022, this photograph shows John Smiths, Tadcaster brewery, High Street, Tadcaster, North Yorkshire, England, UK, LS24 9SA. The thumbnail shows brewery architecture, gates, signs, brick elevations or the edge of the street, anchoring the description in brewing heritage, industrial buildings, commercial identity and the visual character of Tadcaster. Tadcaster is a long-established Yorkshire brewing town on the River Wharfe, and its streets still carry the visual imprint of beer production, coaching routes, stone buildings, flood risk and local trade.
John Smith's is one of the best-known names in British beer, and the Tadcaster site connects the modern drinks market with an older world of maltings, brewhouses, brewery gates and industrial employment. For stock photography use, the value is in the precise subject: John Smiths, Tadcaster brewery, High Street, Tadcaster, North Yorkshire, England, UK, LS24 9SA. It can support articles and publications about British beer heritage, brewery architecture, pub culture, beer branding, industrial employment, hospitality history, Yorkshire brewing, traditional ale, drinks industry commentary, town-centre heritage, as well as more specific searches using Tadcaster, Tadcaster brewery, brewery, John Smiths, brewer, Heineken, historic, history, beer, company, Yorkshire, LS24, High Street, North Yorkshire, LS24 9SA, group, English, John Smiths bitter. The composition also gives space for tighter crops, captions, web thumbnails, report illustrations and social media use, while the Alamy reference 2K3JX59 and the row caption help connect the image to a real place rather than a vague concept. The picture can be used by writers covering heritage, conservation, planning, tourism, retail, transport, public services, nostalgia, local identity, architectural survival, industrial change and the way familiar objects or building
High Street, Tadcaster, North Yorkshire, England, UK, LS24 9SA
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RCDXE4 - Whitby Swing Bridge is a pedestrian and road bridge over the River Esk in Whitby, North Yorkshire, England.
The River Esk has been crossed by bridges at this location for centuries. A grant made by King Edward III in 1351 allowed the collection of tolls for the maintenance of a bridge. By the mid 1550s the tolls averaged around £6 per annum (equivalent to £2,421 as of 2021).
In 1629 an agreement was made by the justices in the North Riding to replace a wooden bridge with one which included moving parts. This was later replaced by a drawbridge, built in 1766 at a cost of £3,000 (equivalent to £444,000 in 2021), and later in 1835, the first swing bridge was opened designed by Francis Pickernell
The River Esk has been crossed by bridges at this location for centuries. A grant made by King Edward III in 1351 allowed the collection of tolls for the maintenance of a bridge. By the mid 1550s the tolls averaged around £6 per annum (equivalent to £2,421 as of 2021).
In 1629 an agreement was made by the justices in the North Riding to replace a wooden bridge with one which included moving parts. This was later replaced by a drawbridge, built in 1766 at a cost of £3,000 (equivalent to £444,000 in 2021), and later in 1835, the first swing bridge was opened designed by Francis Pickernell
Current bridge
Bridge during an opening
By the early 20th century the limited 45-foot (14 m) clearance of the 1835 bridge was restricting the size of vessels which could be built up-stream of the bridge. A replacement swing bridge was commissioned by Whitby Urban District Council. It was designed by J. Mitchell Moncrieff, later President of the Institution of Structural Engineers. As work progressed on the west side of the river bank to set a pivot for the bridge to swing, a seam of coal 10 inches (250 mm) thick was struck at 26 feet (7.9 m) below the water level. The foundations had to be sunk to a depth of 32 feet (9.8 m) below the low water mark for a secure foundation.
Bridge Street, Whitby, North Yorkshire YO22 4BG
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JYTBTB - . Made at Long Millgate, Manchester, England, UK, M3 1SB 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 image documents Chetham's School of Music, Chets, gateway, Long Millgate, Manchester, England, UK, M3 1SB. Further facets of the scene include urban regeneration, social history, urban fabric, historic townscape, archival record, fan tourism, commercial redevelopment, changing streetscape, public-realm investment, contemporary social history, historical comparison, tribute venue, architectural character, and public realm. The wider contemporary story combines housing pressure, adaptive reuse and the tension between preserving local character and creating modern commercial space. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with night-time economy, music tourism and the enduring commercial appeal of Beatles imagery. Small period details of signage and branding at Long Millgate, Manchester, England, UK, M3 1SB may become more significant with time, particularly following different community use. The location also brings in local history, cultural nostalgia, changing land use, local music culture, mixed-use redevelopment, documentary photography, popular-music heritage, and community identity. References to gateway, Chetham's, Music, Manchester, and Chets give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. By fixing the subject within Long Millgate, Manchester, England, UK, M3 1SB, the image preserves more than the headline object or building: it records part of the locality's everyday history. The scene further reflects housing pressure and the tension between preserving local character and creating modern commercial space when considered against later change at Long Millgate, Manchester, England, UK, M3 1SB.
Long Millgate, Manchester, England, UK, M3 1SB
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Lancs,Lancashire,England,UK,FY1 5DD,Rigby Road,Tramtown depot,depot,tour,tours,history,historic,gate,to,heritage,Fylde,Transport Trust,transport,home,of,mixed,fleet,restored,vehicles,electric,tramways,tramway,traditional,operations,HQ,headquarters,resort,vacation,vacations,Blackpool trans
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JRM39K - Blackpool Heritage Trams are a mixed fleet of restored vehicles that run on the Blackpool Tramway, which runs from Blackpool to Fleetwood on the Fylde Coast in Lancashire, England. The line dates back to 1885 and is one of the oldest electric tramways in the world.[1] It is operated by Blackpool Transport (BT) and is the last surviving first-generation tramway in the United Kingdom. Excluding museums, it is one of only a few tramways in the world to still use double-decker trams.
Most services on the line are now operated by a fleet of modern Bombardier Flexity 2 trams, but a Heritage Tram service using the traditional trams operates on Bank Holidays, select weekdays and weekends from January to December, as well as during the Blackpool Illuminations.
The Heritage fleet is a large fleet of vehicles that were mainly retained from previous generations of the town's tramway operations, as well as some from other locations. They are now operated by Blackpool Heritage Tram Tours between Pleasure Beach and North Pier as standard and can be caught at the 'Heritage Tram Tours' stops, identifiable by a green circular sign.
Rigby Road, Tramtown depot ,Blackpool , Lancashire, England, UK, FY1 5DD
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,graffiti,on,bridge,gate,Tinky Winky Wanka,Moore,Cheshire,England,UK,WA4 6T,WA4,Teletubbies,character,characters,BBC,series,heritage,old,olden,days,past,past times,blue sky,blue skies,out,outside,exterior,disused,forgotten,fenced,off,low,bridges
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JWB54K - Teletubbies is a British children's television series created by Anne Wood and Andrew Davenport for the BBC. The programme focuses on four differently coloured characters known as the Teletubbies, named after the television screens on their bellies. Recognised throughout popular culture for the uniquely shaped antenna protruding from the head of each character, the Teletubbies communicate through gibberish and were designed to bear resemblance to toddlers
Tinky Winky (played by Dave Thompson and Simon Shelton in the original series and by Jeremiah Krage in the revival series) is the first Teletubby, as well as the largest and oldest of the group. He is covered in purple terrycloth and has a triangular antenna on his head. He often carries a red bag.
Moore Ln, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 6T
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Gloucestershire,centre,England,UK,GL5,gate,the,church,in,of,town,listed,building,architecture,grade II,GL5 1AP,rebuilt,1866-8,1866,Bishop,Dr,Charles Ellicott,architect,architects,Wilson & Wilcox,of Bath,Geo Wall and Henry Hook,Brimscombe,Wall and Hook,carving,Joshua Wall,Anglican,sunny,history,historic,heritage
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JMD5T8 - . An identifiable period record of The Shambles, Stroud, Gloucestershire, England, UK, GL5 1AP in 2022, retaining the practical detail and local context that distinguish a documentary photograph from a generic illustration. At the centre of the view is St Lawrence Parish church, The Shambles, Stroud, Gloucestershire, England, UK, GL5 1AP. The wider scene also brings together Christian iconography, regional identity, local character, visual archive, archival record, changing land use, religious heritage, contemporary social history, local history, faith heritage, place identity, documentary photography, public realm, and religious artwork. Current relevance extends to faith communities and heritage conservation, particularly through how sacred art preserves local patrons, stories and beliefs. As a dated visual record of The Shambles, Stroud, Gloucestershire, England, UK, GL5 1AP, the frame retains public access and movement, making it especially useful if closure or conversion subsequently changes the scene. The wider setting retains connections with church conservation, ecclesiastical decoration, everyday life, period detail, cathedral interior, medieval church setting, ecclesiastical art, and sacred architecture. Elements such as Parish, Shambles, Stroud, Lawrence, and church add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. By fixing the subject within The Shambles, Stroud, Gloucestershire, England, UK, GL5 1AP, the image preserves more than the headline object or building: it records part of the locality's everyday history. A further contemporary connection is faith communities and how places of worship combine active religious use with tourism and heritage within the specific setting of The Shambles, Stroud, Gloucestershire, England, UK, GL5 1AP. The frame retains part of the area's social history for later comparison.
The Shambles, Stroud, Gloucestershire, England, UK, GL5 1AP
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JMD5TB - . This authentic period view of The Shambles, Stroud, Gloucestershire, England, UK, GL5 1AP in 2022 preserves the main subject alongside smaller contextual details that can acquire greater historical value as places and uses change. The main point of reference is St Lawrence Parish church, The Shambles, Stroud, Gloucestershire, England, UK, GL5 1AP. Further facets of the scene include religious artwork, contemporary social history, medieval church setting, stained-glass craftsmanship, everyday life, church conservation, Christian iconography, ecclesiastical art, regional identity, visual archive, heritage worship space, ecclesiastical decoration, cathedral interior, and public realm. For current editorial use, cultural heritage and visitor tourism provide additional context, especially through the conservation challenge of fragile historic glass and stonework. As a dated visual record of The Shambles, Stroud, Gloucestershire, England, UK, GL5 1AP, the frame retains materials and architectural details, making it especially useful if new ownership subsequently changes the scene. A second descriptive layer includes changing streetscape, place identity, faith heritage, community identity, period detail, archival record, historic glazing, and local character. Details involving Lawrence, Shambles, Stroud, Parish, and Gloucestershire make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. For The Shambles, Stroud, Gloucestershire, England, UK, GL5 1AP, the photograph contributes to a cumulative visual history in which changes in use, signs, access and appearance can be traced over time. The wider significance includes cultural heritage and the role of cathedrals as cultural landmarks beyond their congregations within the real-world context of The Shambles, Stroud, Gloucestershire, England, UK, GL5 1AP. Image 2JMD5TB also remains a dated record of The Shambles, Stroud, Gloucestershire, England, UK, GL5 1AP.
The Shambles, Stroud, Gloucestershire, England, UK, GL5 1AP
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,Cotswold,Oxfordshire,England,UK,GL55 6AA,tourist,tourism,attractions,stone,historic,district,at,English,Traditional,summer,blue sky,gate,gateway,arch,gates,gatehouse,lodge,wool,town,history,stonework,ornate,heritage,Gloucestershire,sunny,blue skies,British,famous,popular,Harry and Megan
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JNBY8A - Chipping Campden is a market town in the Cotswold district of Gloucestershire, England. It is notable for its terraced High Street, dating from the 14th century to the 17th century. (Chipping is from Old English cēping, 'market', 'market-place'
the same element is found in other towns such as Chipping Norton, Chipping Sodbury and Chipping (now High) Wycombe.)
A wool trading centre in the Middle Ages, Chipping Campden enjoyed the patronage of wealthy wool merchants, most notably William Greville (d.1401). The High Street is lined with buildings built from locally quarried oolitic limestone known as Cotswold stone, and boasts a wealth of vernacular architecture. Much of the town centre is a conservation area which has helped to preserve the original buildings. The town is an end point of the Cotswold Way, a 102-mile long-distance footpath.
Chipping Campden has hosted its own Olympic Games since 1612.
Chipping Camden, Cotswolds, Cotswold, Oxfordshire, England, UK, GL55 6AA
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,Cotswold,Oxfordshire,England,UK,GL55 6AA,tourist,tourism,attractions,stone,historic,district,at,English,Traditional,summer,blue sky,gate,gateway,arch,gates,gatehouse,lodge,wool,town,history,stonework,ornate,heritage,Gloucestershire,sunny,blue skies,British,famous,popular,Harry and Megan
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JNBY8B - Chipping Campden is a market town in the Cotswold district of Gloucestershire, England. It is notable for its terraced High Street, dating from the 14th century to the 17th century. (Chipping is from Old English cēping, 'market', 'market-place'
the same element is found in other towns such as Chipping Norton, Chipping Sodbury and Chipping (now High) Wycombe.)
A wool trading centre in the Middle Ages, Chipping Campden enjoyed the patronage of wealthy wool merchants, most notably William Greville (d.1401). The High Street is lined with buildings built from locally quarried oolitic limestone known as Cotswold stone, and boasts a wealth of vernacular architecture. Much of the town centre is a conservation area which has helped to preserve the original buildings. The town is an end point of the Cotswold Way, a 102-mile long-distance footpath.
Chipping Campden has hosted its own Olympic Games since 1612.
Chipping Camden, Cotswolds, Cotswold, Oxfordshire, England, UK, GL55 6AA
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,London,10,England,UK,W1D,community,Gate,at,night,nighttime,time,dusk,grand,big,entryway,into,Londons,lively,town,area,district,food,tourists,tourism,W1D 6BZ,asia,lucky,lantern,crowds,people,asians,colourful,gate,gates,illuminated
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M07AAB - The Chinatown Gate is a grand entryway into London's lively Chinatown district and a cultural landmark. Boasting a tile roof and red pillars that lead into a vibrant area of red lanterns, noodle shops and street signs with Chinese script, the Chinatown Gate is a must-visit landmark on your way to explore the cultural area.
Each year, roughly 17 million people pass through the Chinatown Gate to visit the cultural enclave and sample delicious Chinese foods. With attractions and dining for families and solo travellers alike, Chinatown is a popular destination for sightseeing and shopping.
London's original Chinatown dates back to the start of the 20th century, but after the Blitz of World War II, many of the shops and restaurants moved to other locations. The current Chinatown, located off Shaftesbury Avenue, was established in the 1970s. The Chinatown Gate was completed in 2016 and stands as one of the largest Chinese gates in the country.
The Chinatown Gate marks the entry into Chinatown and its bustling restaurants and shops. The gate is designed with ornate features done in a traditional Qing Dynasty style that complements the stone lions, contemporary Chinese artwork and other traditional Chinese entrance points to the enclave
Along with seeing the gate itself, you can explore the wonders of Chinatown after stopping at the landmark. Chinatown features many buildings and streets with traditional dragons and lanterns, as well as street signs with English and Chinese writing.
Chinatown is also a haven for art lovers. You'll find contemporary art sculptures, impressive religious sculptures and the iconic stone lions. Chinatown is especially interesting during events, such as Chinese New Year, which features parades with floats, lion dances and live performances. You'll also see hundreds of red lanterns during the New Year celebrations that make for a spectacular sight
10 Wardour St, West End, London W1D 6BZ, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M07AAD - The Chinatown Gate is a grand entryway into London's lively Chinatown district and a cultural landmark. Boasting a tile roof and red pillars that lead into a vibrant area of red lanterns, noodle shops and street signs with Chinese script, the Chinatown Gate is a must-visit landmark on your way to explore the cultural area.
Each year, roughly 17 million people pass through the Chinatown Gate to visit the cultural enclave and sample delicious Chinese foods. With attractions and dining for families and solo travellers alike, Chinatown is a popular destination for sightseeing and shopping.
London's original Chinatown dates back to the start of the 20th century, but after the Blitz of World War II, many of the shops and restaurants moved to other locations. The current Chinatown, located off Shaftesbury Avenue, was established in the 1970s. The Chinatown Gate was completed in 2016 and stands as one of the largest Chinese gates in the country.
The Chinatown Gate marks the entry into Chinatown and its bustling restaurants and shops. The gate is designed with ornate features done in a traditional Qing Dynasty style that complements the stone lions, contemporary Chinese artwork and other traditional Chinese entrance points to the enclave
Along with seeing the gate itself, you can explore the wonders of Chinatown after stopping at the landmark. Chinatown features many buildings and streets with traditional dragons and lanterns, as well as street signs with English and Chinese writing.
Chinatown is also a haven for art lovers. You'll find contemporary art sculptures, impressive religious sculptures and the iconic stone lions. Chinatown is especially interesting during events, such as Chinese New Year, which features parades with floats, lion dances and live performances. You'll also see hundreds of red lanterns during the New Year celebrations that make for a spectacular sight
10 Wardour St, West End, London W1D 6BZ, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,London,10,England,UK,W1D,community,Gate,at,night,nighttime,time,dusk,grand,big,entryway,into,Londons,lively,town,area,district,food,tourists,tourism,W1D 6BZ,asia,lucky,lantern,crowds,people,asians,colourful,gate,gates
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M07AAG - The Chinatown Gate is a grand entryway into London's lively Chinatown district and a cultural landmark. Boasting a tile roof and red pillars that lead into a vibrant area of red lanterns, noodle shops and street signs with Chinese script, the Chinatown Gate is a must-visit landmark on your way to explore the cultural area.
Each year, roughly 17 million people pass through the Chinatown Gate to visit the cultural enclave and sample delicious Chinese foods. With attractions and dining for families and solo travellers alike, Chinatown is a popular destination for sightseeing and shopping.
London's original Chinatown dates back to the start of the 20th century, but after the Blitz of World War II, many of the shops and restaurants moved to other locations. The current Chinatown, located off Shaftesbury Avenue, was established in the 1970s. The Chinatown Gate was completed in 2016 and stands as one of the largest Chinese gates in the country.
The Chinatown Gate marks the entry into Chinatown and its bustling restaurants and shops. The gate is designed with ornate features done in a traditional Qing Dynasty style that complements the stone lions, contemporary Chinese artwork and other traditional Chinese entrance points to the enclave
Along with seeing the gate itself, you can explore the wonders of Chinatown after stopping at the landmark. Chinatown features many buildings and streets with traditional dragons and lanterns, as well as street signs with English and Chinese writing.
Chinatown is also a haven for art lovers. You'll find contemporary art sculptures, impressive religious sculptures and the iconic stone lions. Chinatown is especially interesting during events, such as Chinese New Year, which features parades with floats, lion dances and live performances. You'll also see hundreds of red lanterns during the New Year celebrations that make for a spectacular sight
10 Wardour St, West End, London W1D 6BZ, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,London,England,UK,gate,archway,lanterns,decorated,celebration,II,British,GB,Great Britain,celebrates,dusk,night,nighttime,Dim Sum,Chinatown,SOHO,W1D 6JH,summer,evening,Chinatowns,Chinese,community,communities,Asian,red lantern,red lanterns,restaurants,Cantonese,eating,eatery
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M0MBDG - . Photographed at 21-22 Gerrard St, Chinatown, SOHO, London, England, UK, W1D 6JH in 2022, this detailed documentary image records the subject within its real surroundings and preserves a specific stage in the life of the location. At the centre of the view is Queen Elizabeth's II platinum Jubilee , Chinese arch, Chinatown SOHO London at dusk, England, UK. The wider scene also brings together capital landmark imagery, regional identity, capital-city heritage, everyday life, city branding, contemporary social history, changing land use, period detail, place identity, iconic London transport, visual archive, London visitor economy, social history, and changing streetscape. From a 2025-onward perspective, air quality and housing pressure are closely linked to this subject, alongside the mix of working city infrastructure with heritage tourism. As a dated visual record of 21-22 Gerrard St, Chinatown, SOHO, London, England, UK, W1D 6JH, the frame retains transport arrangements and footfall, making it especially useful if redevelopment subsequently changes the scene. The surrounding story also includes Westminster landmark, local history, community identity, public realm, metropolitan identity, Thames city view, London cityscape, and urban tourism. Details involving Elizabeth's, Queen, Jubilee, platinum, and Chinatown make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. A later view of 21-22 Gerrard St, Chinatown, SOHO, London, England, UK, W1D 6JH 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 air quality and the mix of working city infrastructure with heritage tourism as part of the longer story of 21-22 Gerrard St, Chinatown, SOHO, London, England, UK, W1D 6JH. The view records evidence of earlier appearance as a date-specific reference.
21-22 Gerrard St, Chinatown, SOHO, London, England, UK, W1D 6JH
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@Hotpixuk,Hotpixuk,WA4,Cheshire,England,UK,gate,village,nursery,nurseries,bush,bushes,shrubs,summer,opening,hours,time,times,new,business,company,companies,firms,firm,fence,site,Broad,Ln,lane,gates,park,plants,wood,small,growing
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JEKRCT - . An on-location photograph from Church Lane ,Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 3EL in 2022, showing the named subject as part of a wider social, commercial, cultural or physical setting rather than as an isolated object. At the centre of the view is Ornate Trees - Church Lane gate , Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 3EL. The subject also carries associations with local history, social history, pedestrian environment, urban gathering place, contemporary social history, public-realm activation, summer city life, seasonal outdoor activity, open-air leisure, changing land use, regional identity, urban change, informal play space, and social landscape. In present-day coverage, the subject reaches into family access and climate resilience, not least because of the growing need for shade, water and cooling during hotter summers. Today's relevance is strengthened by transport, street safety and the continuing question of how regeneration alters the character of familiar places. The archival value lies partly in recording commercial use and occupation around Church Lane ,Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 3EL before closure or conversion alters the character of the place. The wider setting retains connections with everyday life, community recreation, everyday street life, documentary photography, local character, before-and-after reference, interactive public realm, and community life. Elements such as Trees, Church, Ornate, and Grappenhall add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. A later view of Church Lane ,Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 3EL may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. The scene captures a local visual benchmark before later change alters the scene. The period view preserves a point of historical comparison as a date-specific reference.
Church Lane ,Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 3EL
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Keywords: @Hotpixuk,HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,UK,England,E1,Spittalfields,building,listed,grade II,East End,London,gate,gates,beer,Truman,ale,ales,old,history,historic,brewery chimney,Truman Chimney,Chimney,tower,clock,industry,factory,brownfield,brown field,Victorian,outside,exterior,yard,yards,redeveloped,preserved,retail
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AE02BC - . An authentic period view of 91 Brick Ln, Spitalfields, London,England,UK, E1 6QR in 2019, showing a subject whose value extends beyond the immediate scene into local history and changing social context. The main subject is Truman Brewery gates and brewery chimney, old brewhouse,Brick Lane,East End, London,England,UK, E1 6QR. The surrounding context brings together historic townscape, archival record, British brewing tradition, historic frontage, independent brewing, historic context, everyday life, community identity, real-ale culture, built heritage, regional identity, contemporary social history, pub trade, and local character. For contemporary context, hospitality costs and beer duty are closely related themes, especially where the issue becomes the cultural role of real ale and regional brewing. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject sits within continuing debate about historic townscape, heritage conservation and the contrast between preservation and redevelopment. With the passage of time, the image retains small features of identity that written records may overlook within 91 Brick Ln, Spitalfields, London,England,UK, E1 6QR. The subject sits alongside adaptive reuse, heritage asset, documentary photography, festival bar service, changing streetscape, changing land use, historical comparison, and cityscape history. Elements such as brewhouse, Truman, gates, chimney, and London add documentary specificity and may become more useful when compared with later records. By fixing the subject within 91 Brick Ln, Spitalfields, London,England,UK, E1 6QR, the image preserves more than the headline object or building: it records part of the locality's everyday history. A further contemporary connection is hospitality costs and the tension between heritage drinking culture and changing consumer habits within the real-world context of 91 Brick Ln, Spitalfields, London,England,UK, E1 6QR.
91 Brick Ln, Spitalfields, London,England,UK, E1 6QR
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Keywords: @Hotpixuk,HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,UK,England,E1,Spittalfields,building,listed,grade II,East End,London,gate,gates,beer,Truman,ale,ales,old,history,historic,Truman Buxton,Truman and Buxton,Truman & Buxton,signs,signage,metal,entrance,over,brewing,golden,gold,Hanbury,Buxton,Trumans,brand,trademark
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AE02C5 - . This period scene at 91 Brick Ln, Spitalfields, London,England,UK, E1 6QR in 2019 provides a visual reference to the named subject and the wider commercial, social, cultural or physical environment around it. The view centres on Truman Brewery gates and brewery, old brewhouse,Brick Lane,East End, London,England,UK, E1 6QR. The surrounding context brings together cityscape history, drinks hospitality, historic commercial architecture, local history, regional identity, hand-pulled beer, real-ale culture, built heritage, licensed hospitality, period detail, contemporary social history, community identity, architectural character, and archival record. In the mid-2020s, staffing pressure and pub closures keep the subject current, particularly through the economics of beer festivals and licensed venues. The subject remains useful for current coverage of heritage conservation and energy retrofit, not least because of reusing existing buildings rather than demolishing them. As a documentary source, the photograph preserves the way the place functioned before later physical or commercial change within 91 Brick Ln, Spitalfields, London,England,UK, E1 6QR. Other useful associations include changing streetscape, community drinking venue, beer judging, historic townscape, traditional masonry, pub trade, independent brewing, and heritage asset. Details involving Truman, London, Brick, brewhouse, and Brewery give the scene useful specificity and strengthen its local, cultural or historical identity. The surrounding context at 91 Brick Ln, Spitalfields, London,England,UK, E1 6QR matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. The image also provides a reference for staffing pressure and the economics of beer festivals and licensed venues in a form that can be compared with future views of 91 Brick Ln, Spitalfields, London,England,UK, E1 6QR.
91 Brick Ln, Spitalfields, London,England,UK, E1 6QR
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Keywords: GotonySmith,UK,Scotland,city,city centre,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,stall,G1 5DX,Calton,G1,The Barras,East End,signs,seedy,Glaswegian,covered markets,notorious,Glasgow,red,red sign,world,famous,Scottish,market,markets,history,historic,area,stalls,bargains,bargain,retail,entrance,outside,gate,gates,entrances,hotpix.org.uk,trader
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AAEHT4 - . Made at 242 Gallowgate, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, G1 5DX in 2019, this photograph records a real place and subject in context, allowing later viewers to compare what has survived, changed, closed, moved or been replaced. The principal point of reference is The Barras, Gallowgate, East End, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, G1 5DX. The surrounding context brings together venue rules, visual archive, social history, commercial streetscape, commercial frontage, high-street commerce, access-control notice, urban commerce, public realm, period detail, town-centre economy, changing streetscape, place identity, and contemporary social history. Current discussion around this subject increasingly includes consumer spending alongside hybrid working, with particular attention to the rapid turnover of shopfronts and trading names. From a 2025-onward perspective, the scene also connects with customer management, child safeguarding and how public spaces communicate rules quickly and visibly. With the passage of time, the frame records a particular stage in the life of the location at 242 Gallowgate, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, G1 5DX. Other useful associations include regional identity, bricks-and-mortar retail, operational signage, public information notice, local trading, changing land use, site information, and community identity. Elements such as Scotland, Barras, Glasgow, and Gallowgate add documentary specificity and may become more useful when compared with later records. By fixing the subject within 242 Gallowgate, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, G1 5DX, the image preserves more than the headline object or building: it records part of the locality's everyday history. The scene further reflects consumer spending and the rapid turnover of shopfronts and trading names in a form that can be compared with future views of 242 Gallowgate, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, G1 5DX. The view records evidence of earlier appearance as a date-specific reference.
242 Gallowgate, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, G1 5DX
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Keywords: @HotpixUK,HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,UK,Scotland,City Centre,Strathclyde,city centre,East End,fence,gate,Calton,railings,keep out,levelling up,decline,of,manufacturing,closed,industry,industries,sector,declining,abandoned,long,recession,economic,GDP,industrial,base,business,businesses,plan,basket case,sick man of Europe,bust,Brexit,barriers to trade,investment
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2ABJGCN - . An on-location image from the recorded location in 2019, useful both for the specific subject shown and for the evidence it retains about local identity, design, use and everyday life. The location is represented through Brownfield land,abandoned factory, metal railings , fence , gate, Barrack Street, Calton,Glasgow,Scotland,UK,. The locality and subject together evoke production works, industrial archaeology, visual archive, democratic accountability, industrial supply chain, constituency politics, traditional building materials, contemporary social history, public realm, public policy, production technology, changing streetscape, civic debate, and public administration. The subject remains useful for current coverage of labour history and manufacturing history, not least because of recording industries that shaped northern towns. Today's wider story includes infrastructure, cost of living and the practical question of tracking how priorities change after elections. For local-history research, the view documents the combination of built form, activity and local identity around the recorded location. The wider local story also touches on party-political communication, regional identity, government priorities, community identity, archival record, period detail, engineering heritage, and working-industry history. The combination of metal, Calton, Brownfield, Glasgow, and factory anchors the image to a recognisable activity, place or moment. Around the recorded location, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. Another strand within the photograph is labour history and the historical importance of everyday manufactured objects and materials within the specific setting of the recorded location. The image also provides a reference for electoral accountability and preserving campaign language that can quickly date as part of the longer story of the recorded location.
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Keywords: HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,Cheshire,England,Warrington,UK,WA4 4QX,Thorn,Warrington Villages,autumn,Epeltune,Bawming the Thorn,Bawning the Thorn,Thorn Cross HM Prison,YOI,Young Offenders Institute,HMS Blackcap,HMS Black cap,villages,ward,boundary,boundaries,enter,entering,gate,fence,fences,Lumb Brook Rd,Lumb Brook Road,Grappenhall Ln,speed,limit,limits,lane,road,Rd
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2A989X2 - Appleton Thorn is a village in the borough of Warrington in Cheshire, England.
Appleton appeared in the Domesday survey as Epeltune,meaning the tun where the apples grew.
Bawming the Thorn
Each June, the village hosts the ceremony of Bawming the Thorn. The current form of the ceremony dates from the 19th century, when it was part of the village's walking day. It involved children from Appleton Thorn Primary School walking through the village and holding sports and games at the school. This now takes place at the village hall. The ceremony stopped in the 1930s, but was revived by the then headmaster, Mr Bob Jones in the early 1970s. Bawming the Thorn occurs on the Saturday nearest to Midsummer's Day.
Local schoolchildren dance around the tree in the style of a maypole chanting verses to the tune of Bonnie Dundee, with the following repeated chorus:
Up with fresh garlands this midsummer morn,
Up with red ribbons on Appleton Thorn.
Come lasses and lads to the Thorn Tree today
To bawm it and shout as ye bawm it Hurray!
Bawming means decorating “ during the ceremony the thorn tree is decorated with ribbons and garlands. According to legend, the hawthorn at Appleton Thorn grew from a cutting of the Holy Thorn at Glastonbury, which was itself said to have sprung from the staff of Joseph of Arimathea, the man who arranged for Jesus's burial after the crucifixion. Thorn Cross (HM Prison) is in Appleton Thorn, on the site formerly occupied by Royal Naval Air Station HMS Blackcap, a wartime aircrew training and aircraft repair airfield. There are a number of graves of aircrew who died at HMS Blackcap, mainly in flying accidents, in St Cross churchyard, known locally as the war graves.
Grappenhall Ln, Appleton Thorn, Warrington WA4 4QX
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,org,The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints,England,The Church of Jesus Christ,Church of Jesus Christ,Latter Day Saints,Temple Way,Preston,UK,PR6 7EQ,PR6,Mormon Church,The Mormons,Mormons,church,religion,faith,cult,flowers,book,of,churches,religions,American,US,USA,Lancs,center,centre,Lancashire,entrance,gate,door,drive,driveway,hotpix.org.uk
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K43PND - . Recorded at Temple Way, Hartwood Grn, Chorley, England, PR6 7EQ in 2019, the image fixes a recognisable subject and its environment at one point in time, giving later viewers a reliable basis for comparison. The defining feature is Preston England Temple, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Mormons in North West England, UK. The wider scene also brings together community identity, social history, period detail, local character, visual archive, documentary photography, ecclesiastical architecture, Christian heritage, public realm, parish history, heritage worship space, religious heritage, religious landmark, and ecclesiastical art. Current relevance extends to energy use and historic fabric, particularly through the importance of church buildings to genealogy and local identity. For later comparison, the photograph preserves transport arrangements and footfall at Temple Way, Hartwood Grn, Chorley, England, PR6 7EQ, details that may look very different after new construction. A second descriptive layer includes faith community, regional identity, sacred space, before-and-after reference, church interior, contemporary social history, historic church fabric, and archival record. Details involving Mormons, Church, Preston, Latter, and Temple make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. A later view of Temple Way, Hartwood Grn, Chorley, England, PR6 7EQ 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 energy use and the importance of church buildings to genealogy and local identity when considered against later change at Temple Way, Hartwood Grn, Chorley, England, PR6 7EQ. The setting also helps illustrate accessibility and how sacred spaces adapt to changing attendance and wider community use without losing the local specificity of Temple Way, Hartwood Grn, Chorley, England, PR6 7EQ.
Temple Way, Hartwood Grn, Chorley, England, PR6 7EQ
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Keywords: HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,SDC,Sedgemoor,Sedgemoor District Council,South West England,England,UK,South West,town,lamp,lantern,ironwork,Gate,arch,iron arch,st Mary,church,Anglican,religion,religious,town centre,Grade I listed building,listed buildings,listed,building,architecture,deanery of Sedgemoor,the Virgin,William Briwere,TA6,Bridgwater,Somerset,historic,Bridgewater,tower
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AFMKHJ - The Church of St Mary in Bridgwater, Somerset, England was built in the 13th century, and has been designated as a Grade I listed building. It is dedicated to Saint Mary, the Virgin.
The building is on the site of an earlier church which was rebuilt by William Briwere in the early 13th century.
St Mary's church has a north porch and windows dating from the 14th century. During the 15th and 16th centuries chapels were added, modifying the nave and the chancel extended.
In July 1685, during the Monmouth Rebellion, the Duke of Monmouth watched from the tower as the forces of King James II assembled, at Westonzoyland, under the command of the Earl of Feversham prior to the Battle of Sedgemoor. The spire, which was built in 1367, is 114 feet 7.5 inches (34.938 m) high and sits on top of the 64 feet (20 m) tower. The spire was split by lightning in 1814 and repaired the following year. On the face of the tower is a clock installed in 1869 replacing earlier clocks which had been on the tower since 1393. Within the tower are eight bells. The oldest bell dates from 1617 with further bells being added through the 17th and 18th centuries. The most recent bell is the Tenor which dates from 1868 and was cast by John Taylor & Co.
Between 1849 and 1851 major renovation work, by Dickson and Brakspear of Manchester, included the removal of the galleries and box pews
they were replaced by regular pews. Between 1877 and 1878 further alterations were made, and in 1888 the walled up arch between the nave and the tower was opened. In 1902 a vestry was added. In 1937 more alterations were made and the decoration of the Sanctuary simplified.
The interior of the church includes a 13 feet (4.0 m) by 8 feet (2.4 m) painting of the Descent from the Cross of Spanish or Italian origin given to the church by Anne Poulett the Member of Parliament for the Bridgwater constituency in 1775. It was apparently captured when a Spanish warship was taken a prize. The artist is unknown, although it ha
St. Mary St, Bridgwater, Somerset, England, UK, TA6 3EQ
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Keywords: Manchester City Centre,Manchester,City Centre,city,NQ,NQ4,Northern Quarter,North West,England,UK,GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,buildings,streets,Station,Railway Station,Rail,Terminal,Manchester Piccadilly Station,Network Rail,NetworkRail,Tram station,yellow,Entrance,door,doorway,gate,network,M1 2QF,trams,Tram Network,Light Rail,Light Rail Station,logo,Piccadilly Metrolink Stop,Piccadilly Metrolink,stop,Madchester,Andy Burnham
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy RF7KXB - . This descriptive scene sets out the visible identity of the recorded location, in a photograph originating in 2019. The image record centres upon Metrolink Piccadilly Manchester Tram interchange, Fairfield street, Manchester, UK, M1 2QF. Other closely connected aspects of the subject are commuter transport, rail mobility, transport interchange, rail corridor, rail infrastructure, intercity travel, public transport network, trackside infrastructure, regional rail, mass transit, rail transport, and sustainable mobility. For present-day editorial use, passenger rail can also illustrate debates about accessible travel and reliability, particularly where these affect lower-carbon mobility. Over time, this view of the recorded location can support local-history and planning research by preserving details of appearance, occupation, signage, public access and everyday use that written records may omit, specifically in relation to Metrolink Piccadilly Manchester Tram interchange. The broader context includes integrated transport, rail heritage, railway operations, passenger connectivity, train travel, station environment. Other local associations include Manchester Piccadilly Station, Network Rail, NetworkRail, Entrance, Manchester Metrolink, Manchester Piccadilly. In the mid-2020s, passenger rail is increasingly discussed through public ownership and town-centre connectivity, with attention turning to more dependable regional connections. For future comparison, the scene preserves community life, physical infrastructure, local continuity, commercial identity, and signage and branding in a form that can be compared with later photographs. Viewed retrospectively, the photograph can reveal planning and redevelopment, social change, movement through the area, everyday services, and historic fabric as an authentic period reference. The photograph also fixes period appearance in the recorded location as a historical reference.
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Keywords: Manchester City Centre,Manchester,City Centre,city,NQ,NQ4,Northern Quarter,North West,England,UK,GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,buildings,streets,Piccadilly,Station,Rail,Terminal,Manchester Piccadilly,Manchester Piccadilly Station,Network Rail,NetworkRail,Entrance,door,doorway,gate,M1 2QF,M1,rail station,centre,travel,gates,entrance,interchange,refurbished,Manchester Piccadilly and Manchester Oxford Road Capacity Scheme,London road
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy RF7M0D - Manchester Piccadilly is the principal railway station in Manchester, England. Opened as Store Street in 1842, it was renamed Manchester London Road in 1847 and Manchester Piccadilly in 1960. Located to the south-east of Manchester city centre, it hosts long-distance intercity and cross-country services to national destinations including London, Birmingham, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Cardiff, Bristol and Southampton
regional services to destinations in Northern England including Liverpool, Leeds, Sheffield, Newcastle and York
and local commuter services around Greater Manchester. It is one of 19 major stations managed by Network Rail. The station has 14 platforms, twelve terminal and two through platforms. Piccadilly is also a major interchange with the Metrolink light rail system with two tram platforms in its undercroft.
Piccadilly is the busiest station in the Manchester station group with nearly 28 million passenger entries and exits between April 2017 and March 2018, (the other major stations in Manchester are Oxford Road and Victoria). It is the fourth busiest station in the United Kingdom outside London. The station hosts services from six train operating companies. It is the second busiest interchange station outside London, with almost 3.8 million passengers changing trains annually.
Between the late 1990s and early 2000s, Piccadilly Station was refurbished, taking five years and costing £100 million (in 2002), it was the most expensive improvement on the UK rail network at the time. Further improvements and expansion plans have been mooted. In October 2016, a Transport and Works Act application was submitted for the construction of two platforms as part of the Manchester Piccadilly and Manchester Oxford Road Capacity Scheme. As of 2018, this application has not been approved by the government. To allow the station to accommodate high speed services under High Speed 2 proposals, five platforms would be required and the Metrolink station would be reconfigured.
Piccadilly, Manchester, UK, M1 2QF
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Keywords: Manchester City Centre,Manchester,City Centre,city,NQ,NQ4,Northern Quarter,North West,England,UK,GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,streets,Piccadilly,Station,Rail,Terminal,Manchester Piccadilly,Manchester Piccadilly Station,Network Rail,NetworkRail,Entrance,doorway,gate,M1 2QF,M1,rail station,centre,travel,gates,entrance,interchange,refurbished,Manchester Piccadilly and Manchester Oxford Road Capacity Scheme,London road,workers,strike,RMT union,Madchester
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy RF7M0T - Manchester Piccadilly is the principal railway station in Manchester, England. Opened as Store Street in 1842, it was renamed Manchester London Road in 1847 and Manchester Piccadilly in 1960. Located to the south-east of Manchester city centre, it hosts long-distance intercity and cross-country services to national destinations including London, Birmingham, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Cardiff, Bristol and Southampton
regional services to destinations in Northern England including Liverpool, Leeds, Sheffield, Newcastle and York
and local commuter services around Greater Manchester. It is one of 19 major stations managed by Network Rail. The station has 14 platforms, twelve terminal and two through platforms. Piccadilly is also a major interchange with the Metrolink light rail system with two tram platforms in its undercroft.
Piccadilly is the busiest station in the Manchester station group with nearly 28 million passenger entries and exits between April 2017 and March 2018, (the other major stations in Manchester are Oxford Road and Victoria). It is the fourth busiest station in the United Kingdom outside London. The station hosts services from six train operating companies. It is the second busiest interchange station outside London, with almost 3.8 million passengers changing trains annually.
Between the late 1990s and early 2000s, Piccadilly Station was refurbished, taking five years and costing £100 million (in 2002), it was the most expensive improvement on the UK rail network at the time. Further improvements and expansion plans have been mooted. In October 2016, a Transport and Works Act application was submitted for the construction of two platforms as part of the Manchester Piccadilly and Manchester Oxford Road Capacity Scheme. As of 2018, this application has not been approved by the government. To allow the station to accommodate high speed services under High Speed 2 proposals, five platforms would be required and the Metrolink station would be reconfigured.
Piccadilly, Manchester, UK, M1 2QF
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Keywords: Manchester,City Centre,city,NQ,NQ4,Northern Quarter,North West,England,UK,GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,buildings,streets,Piccadilly,Station,Railway Station,Rail,Terminal,Manchester Piccadilly,Manchester Piccadilly Station,Network Rail,NetworkRail,Entrance,door,doorway,gate,London Road,North West England,M1 2QF,signs,historic sign,historic,Victorian,frontage,M1,office,offices
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy RF7M0W - . An editorial view captures the character of the recorded location, in a photograph originating in 2019. The frame is associated with Shipping and Cartage historic sign on frontage of Piccadilly Railway station, London Road, Manchester, North West England, UK, M1 2QF. Further features of the subject include traditional building, rail modernisation, period architecture, heritage asset, integrated transport, road connectivity, transport planning, commuter transport, local transport, rail heritage, passenger railway, and conservation interest. Current debate around integrated public transport often combines reliability, ticketing reform and the practical challenge of renewed station districts. In the mid-2020s, place and memory is increasingly discussed through new technology and business turnover, with attention turning to before-and-after study. For present-day editorial use, traditional structures can also illustrate debates about redevelopment pressure and energy retrofit, particularly where these affect heritage-led regeneration. Documentary value is strengthened by the precise setting at the recorded location, where even ordinary details of frontage, equipment, signs, traffic or public activity may disappear as the area evolves, specifically in relation to Shipping and Cartage historic sign on frontage of Piccadilly Railway station. Beyond the immediate subject, the setting involves road safety, motorway travel, period property, architectural character, mass transit, train travel. The scene also carries the language of roadside environment, sustainable mobility, strategic road network, intercity travel, urban fabric, public transport network, urban mobility, rail transport, vehicle access, and rail corridor. That gives this view of the recorded location continuing value for local history, retrospective reporting and visual comparison, specifically in relation to Shipping and Cartage historic sign on frontage of Piccadilly Railway station.
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Keywords: GoTonysmith,@HotpixUK,sign,No,Dig,Zone,High,Pressure,Pipeline,Walton,England,UK,GB,Transpennine,trail,gate,no digging,danger,gas,oil,services,No Dig Sticker,WA4,12,Eastford Road,Warrington,Cheshire,WA4 6EY,pipes,pipeline,pipelines,buried,signs,notice,warning,pressurised,sunken,sunk
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy MM9A3A - . Photographed at 12 Eastford Rd, Walton, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 6EY in 2018, this detailed documentary image records the subject within its real surroundings and preserves a specific stage in the life of the location. At the centre of the view is No Dig Zone, High Pressure Pipeline, 12 Eastford Rd, Walton, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 6EY. A broader reading of the photograph includes local history, changing streetscape, street-side transport, local bus network, community identity, social history, roadside transit, bus route infrastructure, public transport stop, period detail, local character, public realm, regional identity, and roadside stop. In present-day coverage, the subject reaches into reliability and accessibility, not least because of the shift toward cleaner buses and integrated ticketing. The archival value lies partly in recording local activity and public use around 12 Eastford Rd, Walton, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 6EY before changed technology alters the character of the place. Other useful contextual ideas include passenger transport, changing land use, place identity, everyday life, surface public transport, bus infrastructure, historical comparison, and public transport information. Details involving Eastford, Pipeline, Pressure, and Walton make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. By fixing the subject within 12 Eastford Rd, Walton, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 6EY, the image preserves more than the headline object or building: it records part of the locality's everyday history. Another useful connection is reliability and how local bus services affect access to work, education and healthcare in a form that can be compared with future views of 12 Eastford Rd, Walton, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 6EY. The scene captures evidence of earlier appearance as a date-specific reference.
12 Eastford Rd, Walton, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 6EY
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Keywords: Ringway,night,morning,early,air,International,at,dusk,gate,low,cost,low-cost,scheduled,route,routes,Civil,Aviation,Authority,passengers,Dart,Group,PLC,airline,Executive,Chairman,737,757,Jet2.com,International Airport,Dart Group,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,Tony,Smith,UK,GB,Great,Britain,United,Kingdom,English,British,England,problem,with,problem with,issue with,United Kingdom,Great Britain,British Isles
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HDEYM2 - Jet2.com Limited is a British low-cost airline based at Leeds Bradford Airport, England. It has a fleet of 59 aircraft and operates 216 scheduled routes from nine UK bases and one Spanish base to 58 destinations. Jet2.com is the fourth largest scheduled airline in the UK. Its main base and headquarters is at Leeds Bradford International Airport, with further bases at Manchester, Belfast International, Edinburgh, Newcastle, East Midlands, Glasgow, Alicante and with new bases set to open at Birmingham and London Stansted airports in March 2017. The company holds a United Kingdom Civil Aviation Authority Type A Operating Licence to carry passengers, cargo and mail on aircraft with 20 or more seats.
Jet2.com also operates an overnight cargo-carrying fleet for Royal Mail and offers a charter service through its Jet2charters brand. Sister company Jet2holidays offers ABTA and ATOL protected package holidays with accommodation, transfers and Jet2.com flights to 47 city and sun destinations. Jet2.com had around 4,000 employees as of April 2015.
Ringway, Wythenshaw,Manchester,England,UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy H8FH99 - . Recorded at the recorded location in 2016, the image fixes a recognisable subject and its environment at one point in time, giving later viewers a reliable basis for comparison. The photograph centres on Waiting to cross Knutsford Road Swing Bridge, Latchford,Crossing the Manchester Ship Canal at Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK. The subject also carries associations with everyday life, transport accessibility, roadside stop, English identity, residential flag display, place identity, passenger transport, historical comparison, national emblem, street-side transport, street-level symbolism, national flag display, local bus network, and public realm. The modern context includes continuing discussion of reliability, integrated transport and the shift toward cleaner buses and integrated ticketing. For current editorial use, community cohesion and political symbolism provide additional context, especially through the way familiar symbols acquire different meanings during major events. For later comparison, the photograph preserves signage and branding at the recorded location, details that may look very different after refurbishment. The subject also sits alongside bus route infrastructure, national symbolism, before-and-after reference, public transport information, community identity, local mobility, roadside transit, and civic identity. The combination of Crossing, Knutsford, cross, Waiting, and Latchford anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. The period setting at the recorded location helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. The location additionally provides evidence of reliability and the shift toward cleaner buses and integrated ticketing without losing the local specificity of the recorded location. The photograph keeps evidence of earlier appearance for future local research.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy H8FHA1 - . This authentic period view of the recorded location in 2016 preserves the main subject alongside smaller contextual details that can acquire greater historical value as places and uses change. The image documents Port Warrington, Manchester Ship Canal, Cheshire, England UK. Further facets of the scene include historic streetscape, architectural detail, historical comparison, community identity, everyday life, period building, place identity, historic townscape, heritage landmark, public realm, visual archive, before-and-after reference, archival record, and heritage asset. In present-day coverage, the subject reaches into energy retrofit and maintenance, not least because of how historic buildings acquire new uses as cities change. Small period details of street furniture and boundaries at the recorded location may become more significant with time, particularly following changing commercial priorities. The surrounding story also includes changing streetscape, architectural character, regional identity, built heritage, local character, conservation architecture, social history, and documentary photography. Elements such as Manchester and Canal add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. Around the recorded location, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. The wider significance includes energy retrofit and how historic buildings acquire new uses as cities change without losing the local specificity of the recorded location. Another strand within the photograph is tourism and the balance between conservation, retrofit and modern accessibility in a form that can be compared with future views of the recorded location. The setting also helps illustrate planning control and how historic buildings acquire new uses as cities change within the real-world context of the recorded location.
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Keywords: Castle,gate,Scotland,Alba,Scottish,landmark,famous,tourist,tourism,granite,scene,shot,nightshot,morning,Union,St,street,Sculpture,bronze,Aberdeenshire,stone,cobble,Aberdeen City,City Centre,Union St,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,Tony,Smith,UK,GB,Great,Britain,United,Kingdom,English,British,England,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Images of,Stock Images,Tony Smith,United Kingdom,Great Britain,British Isles
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy GMACC6 - . Photographed at Castlegate,Aberdeen, Scotland, UK in 2016, this detailed documentary image records the subject within its real surroundings and preserves a specific stage in the life of the location. The principal subject is Castlegate, Mercat Cross Aberdeen City Centre, Scotland, at dusk. A broader reading of the photograph includes historical comparison, regional identity, commercial frontage, town-centre trading, high-street commerce, changing streetscape, local character, community identity, changing land use, customer footfall, social history, bricks-and-mortar retail, independent retail, and shopfront economy. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with store closures, town-centre regeneration and the contribution of independents to distinctive high streets. Future viewers can use this scene from Castlegate,Aberdeen, Scotland, UK to compare public access and movement with whatever follows after later reinterpretation. The photograph additionally reflects contemporary social history, local enterprise, period detail, local history, public realm, street-level business, specialist retailer, and small business. Elements such as Aberdeen, Centre, Mercat, Castlegate, and Cross add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. The period setting at Castlegate,Aberdeen, Scotland, UK helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. The image also provides a reference for store closures and the contribution of independents to distinctive high streets in a form that can be compared with future views of Castlegate,Aberdeen, Scotland, UK. Another useful connection is consumer spending and the contribution of independents to distinctive high streets within the real-world context of Castlegate,Aberdeen, Scotland, UK. It also preserves evidence of earlier appearance within the wider story of Castlegate,Aberdeen, Scotland, UK.
Castlegate,Aberdeen, Scotland, UK
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Keywords: Castle,gate,Scotland,Alba,Scottish,landmark,famous,tourist,tourism,night,scene,shot,nightshot,evening,morning,Union,St,street,Sculpture,bronze,Aberdeenshire,stone,cobble,City Centre,Union St,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,Tony,Smith,UK,GB,Great,Britain,United,Kingdom,English,British,England,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Images of,Stock Images,Tony Smith,United Kingdom,Great Britain,British Isles
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy GMACNN - . A grounded documentary photograph made at Castlegate,Aberdeen, Scotland, UK in 2016, combining the immediate subject with evidence of the surrounding streetscape, public realm, business activity or local character. The defining feature is Castlegate, Mercat Cross Aberdeen City Centre, Scotland, at dusk. The frame also records themes of specialist retailer, retail property, small business, independent retail, commercial frontage, public realm, contemporary social history, bricks-and-mortar retail, archival record, street-level business, town-centre trading, place identity, specialist shop, and everyday life. Current relevance extends to consumer spending and independent business, particularly through the resilience of specialist shops in an online retail economy. The archival value lies partly in recording materials and architectural details around Castlegate,Aberdeen, Scotland, UK before different community use alters the character of the place. A second descriptive layer includes historical comparison, changing streetscape, local history, community identity, regional identity, shopfront economy, period detail, and before-and-after reference. Elements such as Cross, Aberdeen, Mercat, Castlegate, and Centre add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. Around Castlegate,Aberdeen, Scotland, UK, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. The scene further reflects consumer spending and how commercial property costs affect small retailers in a form that can be compared with future views of Castlegate,Aberdeen, Scotland, UK. Its period value extends to store closures and the resilience of specialist shops in an online retail economy within the real-world context of Castlegate,Aberdeen, Scotland, UK. The frame retains evidence of changing use for future local research.
Castlegate,Aberdeen, Scotland, UK
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Keywords: Sub,station,sub-station,electricity,Keep,Out,Cheshire,UK,yellow,gate,wire,barbed,Substation Danger,barbed wire,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,Tony,Smith,UK,GB,Great,Britain,United,Kingdom,English,British,England,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Images of,Stock Images,Tony Smith,United Kingdom,Great Britain,British Isles
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy GMA9B4 - . This dated editorial view of Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK in 2016 captures more than the immediate subject, retaining clues about local use, design, activity and change. The location is represented through Substation - Danger Of Death, Keep Out Notice, Norweb Warrington, Cheshire, UK. The surrounding context encompasses wayfinding detail, contemporary social history, regional identity, everyday life, station environment, public information notice, before-and-after reference, regional rail, commercial ephemera, rail modernisation, documentary photography, public transport network, commuter travel, and material sign design. Today's relevance is strengthened by accessibility, integrated transport and the continuing question of the reshaping of Britain's passenger railway in the mid-2020s. From a 2025-onward perspective, digital substitution and accessibility are closely linked to this subject, alongside the survival of physical messages in an increasingly digital environment. The image fixes landscape treatment and surrounding development within Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK at one identifiable point, providing a benchmark against refurbishment. The subject also sits alongside period lettering, graphic street detail, public realm, changing land use, visual communication, urban rail transport, trackside heritage, and transport interchange. Details involving Notice, Substation, Danger, Norweb, and Death make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. For Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, the photograph contributes to a cumulative visual history in which changes in use, signs, access and appearance can be traced over time. Another useful connection is accessibility and the reshaping of Britain's passenger railway in the mid-2020s as part of the longer story of Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK. The period view preserves a point of historical comparison as a date-specific reference.
Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy GJBN2F - Canada House is an Art Nouveau-style office building on Chepstow Street in Manchester, England. Constructed originally as a packing warehouse, the building opened in 1909. Designed by local architect William Higginbottom, the building has features consistent with art nouveau and has a terracotta exterior.
Canada House is one of many warehouses in Manchester alongside Watts Warehouse, Asia House, India House and Churchgate House. Canada House is a Grade-II listed building.
The building was extensively renovated during the 1990s.[2] Tenants of Canada House include English Heritage who have their North West office at the building,[3] sportwear company Puma and a Bannatyne Heath Club
Canada House 3 Chepstow Street Manchester M1 5FW
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Keywords: United Kingdom,UK,Liverpool,Canal,old,new,building,buildings,evening,sunshine,tourist,area,Granary,water,taxi,Armouries,Dock,docks,workspace,cafe,eating,restaurant,boardwalk,pier,newdock,waterside,boat,boats,Leeds wharf,Wharf lock,Great Britain,Leeds Liverpool Canal,Granary Wharf,GoTonySmith,reflection,reflected,mirror,gate,house,office,offices,skyline,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Moody Sky,Lock Gates,Leeds Skyline
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy EY7XR2 - Leeds Dock (formerly New Dock and also known as Clarence Dock between 2001 and 2012) is a mixed development with retail, office and leisure presence in central Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It has large residential population in waterside apartments.
New Dock was built in 1843 and was in service until 1990. The Royal Armouries Museum opened in 1996. New Dock was redeveloped as Clarence Dock, a £250 million mixed-use development between 2001 and 2007. The retail and leisure sector was launched on Saturday 11 October 2008 with fashion shows from celebrity fashion consultant and TV presenter Gok Wan. Leeds Dock now attracts around 1.5 million visitors a year although most of these are due to the proximity of the Royal Armouries Museum. Clarence Dock experienced a turbulent time since launch and is largely viewed as a failure in terms of achieving its initial vision.
It is located by the River Aire next to the Royal Armouries Museum, which faces onto Armouries Square. Leeds Dock's main shopping street, 'The Boulevard' radiates southbound from Armouries Square. Another focal point is 'The Anchorage' at the top of the dock. Clarence House is a 218-foot (66 m) tower containing 227 apartments and six retail units. On completion in April 2007, it became the eighth tallest building in Leeds but is now the twelfth tallest building.
Leeds Dock plays host to an annual Waterfront Festival each June with Dragon Boat Racing centred on Armouries Square.
New Dock, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK
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Keywords: Billy,Island,boat,trip,trips,at,Seahouses,NE,England,Northumberland,Seals,Seal,Golden,gate,Longstone,Lighthouse,Serenity,StCuthbert,St,Cuthbert,shed,ticket,office,offices,tourist,tourism,11am,departure,travel,GB,great,britain,british,maritine,seaside,town,towns,family,fish,Gotonysmith,fishing,hobby,ticket,tickets
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy E6JB60 - . Tickets being sold from Serenity sheds at Seahouses, for Farne Island trips, NE England, UK. Photographed at Seahouses, NE England, UK. The photograph was taken on 08 August 2014. The image metadata records 2 people in the frame. 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 Ticket, sheds, Farne, Island, Trips, Seahouses, tour, Shiel, Islands and Billy, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. The photograph is a documentary record of an identifiable subject and location, useful for editorial, archive, travel, local-history and social-history picture research. It can support features about everyday life, place, public space, local identity, tourism, consumer behaviour and the changing appearance of towns, cities and communities. Visible objects, signs, buildings and environmental details provide contextual clues that make the image useful beyond its immediate subject. As a dated stock photograph it also offers a reference point for later comparison, especially where businesses, streets, public services or local surroundings subsequently change. Search themes include documentary photography, local history, everyday life, place, public space, travel, community identity, social history and changing surroundings. Its specificity makes it more useful than a generic concept image when an editor needs a recognisable real-world subject and setting. 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.
Seahouses, NE England, UK
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Keywords: Billy,Island,tour,boat,trip,trips,at,NE,England,Seals,Seal,Golden,gate,Longstone,Lighthouse,Serenity,StCuthbert,St,Cuthbert,shed,ticket,office,offices,tourist,tourism,11am,departure,travel,GB,great,britain,british,maritine,seaside,town,towns,family,fish,Gotonysmith,fishing,hobby,tour,ticket,tickets
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy E6JB61 - . Billy Shiel boat Tickets being sold from sheds at Seahouses, for Farne Island trips, NE England, UK. Photographed at Seahouses, NE England, UK. The photograph was taken on 08 August 2014. 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 Ticket, sheds, Farne, Island, Trips, Seahouses, Shiel, Islands, Northumberland and Billy, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. The photograph is a documentary record of an identifiable subject and location, useful for editorial, archive, travel, local-history and social-history picture research. It can support features about everyday life, place, public space, local identity, tourism, consumer behaviour and the changing appearance of towns, cities and communities. Visible objects, signs, buildings and environmental details provide contextual clues that make the image useful beyond its immediate subject. As a dated stock photograph it also offers a reference point for later comparison, especially where businesses, streets, public services or local surroundings subsequently change. Search themes include documentary photography, local history, everyday life, place, public space, travel, community identity, social history and changing surroundings. Its specificity makes it more useful than a generic concept image when an editor needs a recognisable real-world subject and setting. 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.
Seahouses, NE England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy E6JB62 - . Tickets being sold from Golden Gate Boat sheds at Seahouses, for Farne Island trips, NE England, UK. Photographed at Seahouses, NE England, UK. The photograph was taken on 08 August 2014. 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 Ticket, sheds, Farne, Island, Trips, Seahouses, tour, Shiel, Islands and Billy, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. The photograph is a documentary record of an identifiable subject and location, useful for editorial, archive, travel, local-history and social-history picture research. It can support features about everyday life, place, public space, local identity, tourism, consumer behaviour and the changing appearance of towns, cities and communities. Visible objects, signs, buildings and environmental details provide contextual clues that make the image useful beyond its immediate subject. As a dated stock photograph it also offers a reference point for later comparison, especially where businesses, streets, public services or local surroundings subsequently change. Search themes include documentary photography, local history, everyday life, place, public space, travel, community identity, social history and changing surroundings. Its specificity makes it more useful than a generic concept image when an editor needs a recognisable real-world subject and setting. 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.
Seahouses, NE England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy E6JB63 - . St Cuthbert boat Tickets being sold from sheds at Seahouses, for Farne Island trips, NE England, UK. Photographed at Seahouses, NE England, UK. The photograph was taken on 08 August 2014. 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 Ticket, sheds, Farne, Island, Trips, Seahouses, Northumberland, StCuthbert, Billy and Shiel, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. The photograph is a documentary record of an identifiable subject and location, useful for editorial, archive, travel, local-history and social-history picture research. It can support features about everyday life, place, public space, local identity, tourism, consumer behaviour and the changing appearance of towns, cities and communities. Visible objects, signs, buildings and environmental details provide contextual clues that make the image useful beyond its immediate subject. As a dated stock photograph it also offers a reference point for later comparison, especially where businesses, streets, public services or local surroundings subsequently change. Search themes include documentary photography, local history, everyday life, place, public space, travel, community identity, social history and changing surroundings. Its specificity makes it more useful than a generic concept image when an editor needs a recognisable real-world subject and setting. 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.
Seahouses, NE England, UK
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Keywords: GB,Great,Britain,Boat,on,the,Sankey,Canal,Reflection,Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK,pano,panorama,wide,shot,widshot,summer,bright,day,Ferry,Tavern,marina,Mersey,safe,haven,safehaven,lock,gates,lockgates,gate,tidal,SCARS,waterway,waterways,restoration,quay,quays,club,pub,gray,ship,gotonysmith vision,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DN6NE9 - . Boat on the Sankey Canal Reflection Warrington Cheshire England UK. Photographed at Sankey Canal, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK. The photograph was taken on 22 September 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 wider composition gives a broader sense of the surroundings, showing the principal subject in relation to more of the streetscape, landscape or public space. The scene is closely associated with Boat, Sankey, Canal, Reflection, Warrington, Cheshire, pano, panorama, wide and shot, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. Beyond the immediate subject, the scene is relevant to British pub culture, licensed premises, real ale, beer tourism and the continuing social role of the traditional public house. For picture buyers, the photograph can support editorial features about pubs and bars, hospitality, independent and managed venues, drinking culture, local heritage, city and town centres, leisure spending and the changing British high street. Details such as brewery branding, pub signage, entrances, windows, bar fittings, beer pumps or period architecture can provide useful visual evidence of how licensed premises present themselves to customers. The image also works as a record of everyday social history, documenting a familiar type of British hospitality venue at a particular moment in time rather than presenting an idealised studio view. Search themes naturally include British pub heritage, real ale and beer culture, licensed premises, hospitality, public houses, local drinking traditions and the role of pubs within town and city life. 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.
Sankey Canal, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK
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Keywords: integer,integers,no,number,46,forty,six,fortysix,series,airport,aeropeurto,Tenerife,travel,flight,flights,tour,tourist,tourists,gate,spain,bag,drop,easyjet,tonysmith,tony,smith
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 1156674151 - 'View this whole set here. If you do Twitter add me here.
Forty-Six Forty-six is a Wedderburn-Etherington number, an enneagonal number and a centered triangular number. It is the sum of the totient function for the first twelve integers. 46 is the largest even integer that can't be expressed as a sum of two abundant numbers.
46 is the 13th semiprime. 46 is the third semiprime with a semiprime aliquot sum. The aliquot sequence of 46 is (46,26,16,15,9,4,3,1,0).
Since it is possible to find sequences of 46 consecutive integers such that each inner member shares a factor with either the first or the last member, 46 is an Erd\u0151s\u2013Woods number.
Its the atomic number of palladium, number of human chromosomes and the (decimal) value of the ASCII code for the period (full stop).
The number of mountains in the 46 peaks of the Adirondack mountain range. People who have climbed all of them are called 'forty-sixers'
there is also an unofficial 47th peak. Sweden uses 46 as its direct dial code.
(c) Hotpix / HotpixUK Tony Smith - tone@Hotpix.freeserve.co.uk WDCC',
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Keywords: sepia,wedding,marriage,tyrone,julia,field,Codsall,Wolves,Wolverhampton,South,Staffordshire,Throwing,Confetti,Tettenhall,white,dress,traditional,mono,b/w,tony,smith,tonysmith,voluntas,hotpix,tonysmithhotpix,thathousingitguy,tonysmiththathousingitguy,city,town,happy,couple,english,country,church,churches,gate,wwedding
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 7160855907 - 'Anyone who knows me well, knows that I dont generally do weddings.
They have to be special or be occasions for special people. Suffice to say I spent Saturday photographing one such wedding in Tettenhall, near Wolverhampton and Codsall. I jumped at photographing this one and was honoured to be asked along.
Tyrone, you are a diamond, you have found a brilliant lady in Julia. You will have many happy years together I am sure!
Checkout The Falls take on marriage and two kids..
(c) Hotpix / HotpixUK Tony Smith - tone@Hotpix.freeserve.co.uk WDCC',
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Keywords: Chester,city,rushing,around,and,going,about,their,business,in,Street,where,it,meets,Cheshire.,Historic,walled,wall,city,English,england,tourist,shop,gotonysmith,Timber,building,Grosvenor,hotel,mall,malls,pedestrianized,lane,ole,olde,Eastgate,buildings,pedestrianised,river,Dee,Eastgate,East,gate,walls,walled,tour,tourest,authority,tourist,image,best,greatest,interesting,different,slow,motion,shutter,long,exposure,gotonysmith,City Centre,City,Centre,@hotpixUK,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy CF23NK - Eastgate, shown here and Eastgate Clock in Chester, Cheshire, England, stand on the site of the original entrance to the Roman fortress of Deva Victrix. The clock 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. You know you have been on a visit to Chester when you have an image of this clock in your memory card. To avoid this failure of imagination, this photograph was taken from under the clock mechanism.
Eastgate was originally defended by a timber tower. The road running through the gate led to Manchester, then across the Pennines to York. By the 18th century the city walls were no longer needed for defensive purposes and so, rather than being pulled down, they were converted into walkways. The medieval gateways were obstructing the traffic into the city and were replaced by wider arched gateways with balustraded parapets. The first gateway to be replaced was Eastgate in 1768 which was rebuilt as an elegant arch. It was built at the expense of Richard Grosvenor, 1st Earl Grosvenor, and designed by Mr Hayden (or Heyden), the earl's surveyor of buildings.
Eastgate today is a clutch of upmarket shops, Browns Jewellers, banks and the Chester Grosvenor Five Star Hotel.
41-45 Eastgate St, Chester, CH1 1LE
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4201314508 - 'Well the carols and brass band were cancelled at the walled secret garden due to inclement weather. But I did catch this little gem as I trapsed back over to the village.
A lovely clutch of autumn fungi from the walled garden here www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/4023484541/
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DHGYW0 - The ˜jewel in the crown' of Walsall town is, perhaps, its famous Victorian park, The Arboretum, and the setting of that jewel is entered through the historic gateways of a fine old Victorian building “ the main Arboretum Lodge, with its distinctive clock tower.
Once home of the legendary Walsall Illuminations festival of lights enjoyed annually by millions since its inauguration in 1952, Walsall Arboretum itself has its origins in another much more ancient activity in the town “ limestone mining.
The area now occupied by the Arboretum was originally part of Rushall until 1876. Limestone had been quarried in the vicinity since at least the late 18th century, with the Persehouse family demolishing Reynolds Hall so that the very profitable quarrying could continue. However, operations had ceased by the 1840's, leaving two great pits to fill up with water, both from the nearby stream and from springs and general drainage. The larger of the two pits, now lakes, was named Hatherton Lake by 1845, and the fine old row of houses now known as Victoria Terrace just to the north was in fact built as Hatherton Lake Villas by the early 1850's.
Lichfield Road, Walsall, West Midlands, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2CBTEFE - . A location-based documentary photograph from Liverpool Football Club Anfield Road Liverpool, Merseyside,North West England,UK, L4 0TH, useful both for its immediate subject and for the smaller period details around it. The main point of reference is You will never walk alone gates, LFC,Liverpool Football Club, Anfield, Premier League, Merseyside,North West England, UK, L4 2UZ. A wider reading of the photograph includes licensed trade, visual archive, night-time economy, social history, before-and-after reference, town-centre leisure, local character, documentary photography, hospitality venue, historical comparison, customer-facing hospitality, changing streetscape, contemporary history, and public realm. In the mid-2020s, business rates and pub closures keep this subject current, particularly through the survival of community meeting places. As a dated visual record of Liverpool Football Club Anfield Road Liverpool, Merseyside,North West England,UK, L4 0TH, the frame retains street furniture and boundaries, making it useful if new ownership subsequently changes the scene. A second layer of the scene includes social landscape, licensed premises, social meeting place, urban change, local history, everyday Britain, archival record, and leisure venue. The combination of Liverpool, Football, League, never, and Premier helps anchor the frame to a recognisable activity, place or period. The surrounding context at Liverpool Football Club Anfield Road Liverpool, Merseyside,North West England,UK, L4 0TH matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. The location additionally provides evidence for business rates and the survival of community meeting places within the real-world context of Liverpool Football Club Anfield Road Liverpool, Merseyside,North West England,UK, L4 0TH. Image 2CBTEFE remains a dated local record.
Liverpool Football Club Anfield Road Liverpool, Merseyside,North West England,UK, L4 0TH
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2CBTEFM - . A location-based documentary photograph from Liverpool Football Club Anfield Road Liverpool, Merseyside,North West England,UK, L4 0TH, useful both for its immediate subject and for the smaller period details around it. The view specifically shows Bill Shankly,You will never walk alone gates, LFC,Liverpool Football Club, Anfield, Premier League, Merseyside,North West England, UK, L4 2UZ. Its broader subject matter includes changing streetscape, before-and-after reference, contemporary history, place identity, community hostelry, licensed trade, food-and-drink business, night-time economy, public realm, historical comparison, community social space, social meeting place, neighbourhood pub, and local history. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject sits within continuing debate about pub closures, business rates and changes in food, drink and leisure spending. For later comparison, the photograph preserves landscape and surrounding development at Liverpool Football Club Anfield Road Liverpool, Merseyside,North West England,UK, L4 0TH, details that may look very different after later redevelopment. Further associations include regional identity, documentary photography, leisure venue, traditional ale house, social history, local character, everyday Britain, and urban change. Details involving Football, Shankly, Liverpool, Premier, and gates make the image more specific than a generic illustration and strengthen its local or historical value. Around Liverpool Football Club Anfield Road Liverpool, Merseyside,North West England,UK, L4 0TH, apparently routine features can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar street details disappear. The location additionally provides evidence for pub closures and changes in food, drink and leisure spending as part of the longer story of Liverpool Football Club Anfield Road Liverpool, Merseyside,North West England,UK, L4 0TH.
Liverpool Football Club Anfield Road Liverpool, Merseyside,North West England,UK, L4 0TH
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2CBTEFC - Robert Paisley OBE (23 January 1919 “ 14 February 1996) was an English footballer and manager who spent almost fifty years with Liverpool as a wing half, physiotherapist, coach and manager. Due to his achievements as Liverpool manager, Paisley is regarded as one of the greatest English managers of all time. Reluctantly taking the job in 1974, he built on the foundations laid by his predecessor Bill Shankly. Paisley was the first manager, and is one of three, to have won the European Cup three times. He is also one of five managers to have won the English top-flight championship as both a player and manager at the same club.
Paisley came from a small Durham mining community and, in his youth, played for Bishop Auckland before he signed for Liverpool in 1939. During the Second World War, he served in the British Army and could not make his Liverpool debut until 1946. In the 1946“47 season, he was a member of the Liverpool team that won the First Division title for the first time in 24 years. In 1951, he was made club captain and remained with Liverpool until he retired from playing in 1954.
He stayed with Liverpool and took on two roles as reserve team coach and club physiotherapist. By this time, Liverpool had been relegated to the Second Division and their facilities were in decline. In December 1959, Shankly was appointed Liverpool manager and he promoted Paisley to work alongside him as his assistant in a management/coaching team that included Joe Fagan and Reuben Bennett. Under their leadership, the fortunes of Liverpool turned around dramatically and, in the 1961“62 season, the team gained promotion back to the First Division. Paisley filled an important role as tactician under Shankly's leadership and the team won numerous honours during the next twelve seasons.
In 1974, Shankly retired as manager and, despite Paisley's own initial reluctance, he was appointed as Shankly's successor.
Liverpool Football Club Anfield Road Liverpool, Merseyside,North West England,UK, L4 0TH
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2DAPGXM - View of the ornate royal blue and gold entrance gates at Everton Football Club's Goodison Park stadium on Goodison Road in Walton, Liverpool. The metalwork displays the club initials EFC, the foundation year 1878 and Everton's Latin motto, Nil Satis Nisi Optimum , meaning nothing but the best is good enough. Seen beneath a cloudy sky, the gates form one of the most recognisable exterior features of the historic Merseyside football ground and reflect the club's traditional colours, identity and long association with the surrounding community.
The image has added contemporary political relevance following Andy Burnham becoming the Labour Prime Minister in July 2026. Burnham is a lifelong Everton supporter and season-ticket holder whose attachment to the club has frequently formed part of his public identity. His elevation to Downing Street links one of Britain's most prominent political offices with Everton's fan culture and provides an editorial illustration for stories about politicians' sporting loyalties, football and politics, regional identity, supporter representation and the relationship between public figures and their clubs.
Goodison Park opened in 1892 and was Everton men's home for more than 130 years, earning the nickname the Grand Old Lady. The men's first team moved to the new Hill Dickinson Stadium at Bramley-Moore Dock after the 2024“25 season. Goodison subsequently became the home ground of Everton Women, allowing the historic stadium and its famous entrance to remain part of active professional football. The gates therefore represent both Everton's heritage and the changing use of a landmark ground closely associated with generations of supporters in Liverpool and beyond.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2CBTEFF - . A detailed documentary view from Liverpool Football Club Anfield Road Liverpool, Merseyside,North West England,UK, L4 0TH, preserving the appearance and character of the subject at a particular point in time. The photograph centres on You will never walk alone gates, LFC,Liverpool Football Club, Anfield, Premier League, Merseyside,North West England, UK, L4 2UZ. Beyond the immediate subject, the image contains elements of community hostelry, town-centre leisure, local character, documentary photography, social meeting place, built environment, before-and-after reference, licensed trade, social history, urban change, place identity, hospitality venue, local history, and regional identity. Today's wider story includes local footfall, hospitality operating costs and the practical question of the survival of community meeting places. The archival value lies partly in recording landscape and surrounding development around Liverpool Football Club Anfield Road Liverpool, Merseyside,North West England,UK, L4 0TH before refurbishment alters the character of the place. Further associations include community social space, visual archive, licensed premises, leisure venue, social landscape, night-time economy, archival record, and historical comparison. References to Anfield, Football, Premier, League, and Liverpool give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to the named subject. Around Liverpool Football Club Anfield Road Liverpool, Merseyside,North West England,UK, L4 0TH, apparently routine features can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar street details disappear. That also gives the frame relevance to local footfall and whether local venues can remain commercially viable when considered against later change at Liverpool Football Club Anfield Road Liverpool, Merseyside,North West England,UK, L4 0TH. Image 2CBTEFF remains a dated local record.
Liverpool Football Club Anfield Road Liverpool, Merseyside,North West England,UK, L4 0TH
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy H6ETR8 - Castle Square, historic Aberdeen, The Granite city, North East Scotland at dusk, UK is a useful documentary subject because it fixes a recognisable place, object or activity in its real setting rather than presenting it as a staged illustration. Castle Square in Aberdeen at dusk shows the Granite City's austere stone character softened by evening light and urban activity. The subject can support stories about north-east Scotland, oil-city identity, retail streets, night-time economy, civic space, tourism and the resilience of historic centres facing changing commercial patterns. Low light, dusk or night conditions add atmosphere and make the subject useful for evening economy, safety and seasonal weather contexts. The location detail, Aberdeen, strengthens searches for regional features, travel pages, local-history pieces and news use where a named place matters. It would suit newspaper, magazine, web, council, transport, heritage, housing, retail, travel or social-commentary use where a believable, unpolished view of real life is more valuable than a generic illustration.
Castle terrace,Aberdeen,Scotland,UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DECWWK - Old Princes St gas lamp and Kirk.
The Kirk of the Canongate, or Canongate Kirk, serves the Parish of Canongate in Edinburgh's Old Town, in Scotland. It is a congregation of the Church of Scotland.
The parish includes the Palace of Holyroodhouse and the Scottish Parliament. It is also the parish church of Edinburgh Castle, even though the castle is detached from the rest of the parish. The wedding of Zara Phillips, the Queen's granddaughter, and Mike Tindall, took place at the church on 30 July 2011
153 Canongate, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, UK EH8 8BN
