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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,city,centre,West Yorkshire,England,cast,metal,pavement,drainage,inspection,ironwork,street,iron work,historic,furniture,sanitation,Yorkshire water,engineering,urban,infrastructure,public,health,history,heritage,Victorian,Edwardian,industrial,hidden,detail,details,old,trade name,local maker,iron foundry,lettering,municipal,sewerage,streetscape
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EJ120E - Close-up of a cast iron pavement grid or drainage cover in Briggate, Leeds, carrying the raised lettering C. Wooler & Son, Sanitary Engineers, Leeds . The black and white detail photograph shows rough worn metal, patterned anti-slip bars, weathered surface texture and historic maker's lettering, turning a small piece of street furniture into a record of local engineering, public health and infrastructure. The image is useful for editorial coverage of Leeds urban history, Victorian and Edwardian sanitation, drainage, cast iron manufacturing, street ironwork, public realm, city centre heritage and overlooked material evidence beneath pedestrians' feet. The wording sanitary engineers reflects a period when urban growth, sewers, water supply and public health improvements were central to civic life. Firms supplying grids, drains, covers, pipes and related metalwork helped make dense commercial streets safer, cleaner and more functional. Briggate is one of Leeds's best-known shopping and commercial streets, so the survival of this marked grid links modern retail and pedestrian life with the practical infrastructure of an industrial city. The photograph has strong stock value for themes around hidden heritage, local makers, engineering trades, iron foundries, drainage systems, urban archaeology, street furniture, utilities, conservation and public health history. The monochrome treatment emphasises the raised text, pitted metal, highlights, repeated rectangular tread pattern and worn surface, giving the image an abstract graphic quality as well as documentary interest. It can illustrate features on Leeds history, old trade names, city centre detail, pavements, drainage, sanitation, municipal improvement and the quiet survival of industrial craftsmanship in everyday streetscapes. With no wider street view visible, the image should be captioned from the readable lettering and supplied Briggate context rather than treated as a precise street-number location.
Briggate, Leeds city centre, Angel Inn Yd, Leeds LS1 6LN
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,IMG_6121,Hackney,London,England,UK,museum,cabinet,zebra,deer,animal,heads,display,oddities,macabre,culture,art,attraction,interior,tourism,unusual,heritage,of,mounted,animals,head,wildebeest,African,Africa,eccentric,weird,hidden,quirky,fine art,natural,history,E8,parlour
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3F9CX0C - Interior taxidermy display at the Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities, Fine Art & Natural History, 11 Mare Street, Hackney, east London, England, UK. Mounted animal heads including antelope and other horned mammals surround a zebra head and a wildebeest beneath a hand-painted sign reading Viktor Wynd's Wunderkabinett, creating the deliberately theatrical atmosphere of a traditional cabinet of curiosities. The museum is the home of The Last Tuesday Society, an eccentric arts organisation brought to London in 2006 by artist and collector Viktor Wynd and David Piper. The Society opened premises in Mare Street in 2008, initially combining Viktor Wynd Fine Art on the ground floor with Viktor Wynd's Little Shop of Horrors, a basement curiosity shop conceived somewhere between sculpture, theatre, museum and shop. The project evolved into a permanent Wunderkabinett filled with objects chosen for their strange, beautiful, macabre, uncanny or absurd qualities rather than conventional museum classification. Today the venue describes itself as a Museum of Curiosities, Fine Art & Natural History and draws on the pre-Enlightenment tradition of the Wunderkammer or cabinet of wonders. Its collections range across taxidermy, natural history, skulls, skeletons, entomology, human hair, occult objects, old dolls, curios, artworks and supposed mythical creatures, including its Cabinet of Monsters. The museum deliberately rejects a conventional chronological or scientific narrative, instead presenting a dense and idiosyncratic collection intended to provoke wonder and curiosity. Above the basement museum is the Absinthe Parlour, while the site also hosts exhibitions, talks, performances and unusual events. This photograph captures the distinctive maximalist interior and taxidermy aesthetic that has made Viktor Wynd's Hackney museum a cult London attraction associated with outsider art, curiosity collecting, the macabre, alternative culture and unconventional tourism.
Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities,11 Mare Street, London E8 4RP,
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3F4NRPN - The richly decorated burgundy and purple shopfront of The Last Tuesday Society and Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities, Fine Art & Natural History stands illuminated on Mare Street in Hackney, East London. Photographed during the evening, the narrow frontage glows with intense pink light from the display window, drawing attention to shelves filled with unusual collectables, decorative objects, figurines and assorted curiosities. Elaborate white scrollwork surrounds the windows and doors, while ornate hand-painted lettering identifies the building as a museum of fine art, natural history and curiosities.
The distinctive exterior reflects the unconventional character of the independent museum inside. Established at the Mare Street premises in 2008, the site originally contained Viktor Wynd Fine Art and a basement curiosity shop known as Viktor Wynd's Little Shop of Horrors. Following a crowdfunding campaign, it was transformed into a museum, events space, café and cocktail bar, opening in its expanded form on Halloween 2014.
The museum takes inspiration from the historic European Wunderkammer or cabinet of curiosities, presenting an intentionally eclectic collection rather than following conventional museum classification. Its displays encompass natural history, taxidermy, fine art, occult material, unusual artefacts and objects associated with folklore, collecting and eccentricity. The premises also house The Absinthe Parlour, helping make the venue an unusual destination within Hackney's nightlife and cultural scene.
The dramatic illuminated window, handcrafted signage and highly individual frontage make the building a striking example of independent creative enterprise and alternative culture in contemporary East London. It has become a left-field visitor attraction for people seeking unusual museums, hidden London destinations and experiences away from the capital's mainstream tourist trail.
Fine Art & Natural History, 11 Mare Street, Hackney, London, E8 4RP
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Merseyside,England,UK,yellow,sunglasses,for,Eurovision,2023,A-B,Liverpool,L3 9RQ,L3,Costa,machine,let,lets be,hearing you sing,hear you sing,hear you singing,Tescos,branch supermarkets,security,hide,hidden,sensor,sensors,summery,summer,sunny,sun,sunflower,sunflowers,costa,coffee
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2R24XG3 - . Tesco sign, Liverpool Lets Hear You Sing for Eurovision, Merseyside, England, UK, L3 9RQ. Photographed on 12 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 A-B, City change.html?sortBy=relevant&pseudoid=237DAF28-A4ED-4448-8173-C0E81ABEEC6F Target=_Blank>Exchange, Old Hall St, Liverpool, L3 9RQ, adding precise geographical context for editorial, documentary, travel and local-history searches. Key searchable subjects associated with the scene include Merseyside, yellow, sunglasses, Eurovision, A-B, Liverpool, L3 9RQ, Costa, machine, let, lets be, hearing you sing, providing natural SEO coverage without losing the specific documentary identity of the photograph. The wording and graphic design are important parts of the image, preserving contemporary language, typography, branding or campaigning material that may later disappear or change. Architecturally, the scene records the form, materials, scale and public-facing character of the built environment, making it useful for coverage of design, planning, conservation, development and urban identity. The image has value for architectural and place-based research because buildings and interiors can be refurbished, repurposed, demolished or substantially altered, while streets and public spaces also evolve. Prominent wording, signage, posters, logos or other graphic material gives the photograph additional documentary value because it records how an organisation, campaign, business or place communicated with the public at that moment. Text and branding visible in a streetscape can be especially useful for editorial comparison after rebranding, closure, redevelopment or policy 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. The scene contributes a specific, place-based record rather than a generic illustration.
A-B, City Exchange, Old Hall St, Liverpool, L3 9RQ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JJGFNF - . Photographed at Soho square , Soho, London, England, UK, W1D 3QN in 2022, this detailed editorial image records the subject within its real surroundings and preserves a specific stage in the life of the location. The image documents Gateway to summer crowds in Soho square park , Soho - Entertainment District, London, England, UK, W1D 3QN. The image also relates to open-air leisure, public realm, summer city life, community recreation, before-and-after reference, documentary photography, everyday street life, family recreation, community life, urban change, regional identity, local identity, seasonal outdoor activity, and local history. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with heatwaves, family access and how active public realms support footfall and neighbourhood vitality. The modern context includes continuing discussion of street safety, commercial change and how ordinary street scenes become valuable records as businesses and infrastructure change. The image fixes equipment and working practice within Soho square , Soho, London, England, UK, W1D 3QN at one identifiable point, providing a benchmark against new ownership. Further associations within the scene are urban gathering place, changing streetscape, contemporary social history, public-realm activation, social landscape, everyday life, contemporary city life, and local character. The recorded references to Entertainment, summer, District, Gateway, and crowds preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. By fixing the subject within Soho square , Soho, London, England, UK, W1D 3QN, the image preserves more than the headline object or building: it records part of the locality's everyday history. Another useful connection is heatwaves and the importance of inclusive spaces that serve residents as well as visitors in a form that can be compared with future views of Soho square , Soho, London, England, UK, W1D 3QN.
Soho square , Soho, London, England, UK, W1D 3QN
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JJGFNK - . This scene at Soho square , Soho, London, England, UK, W1D 3QN in 2022 forms part of the visual history of the locality, documenting the named subject together with aspects of how the area looked and functioned at the time. The subject captured here is Summer crowds in Soho square park , Soho - Entertainment District, London, England, UK, W1D 3QN. The setting additionally reflects interactive public realm, urban change, city-centre activity, public-realm activation, archival record, urban leisure, pedestrian square, family recreation, urban gathering place, city-centre public space, regional identity, everyday street life, documentary photography, and townscape record. For current editorial use, climate resilience and urban cooling provide additional context, especially through the importance of inclusive spaces that serve residents as well as visitors. Current relevance extends to public-realm change and commercial change, particularly through how ordinary street scenes become valuable records as businesses and infrastructure change. The archival value lies partly in recording street furniture and boundaries around Soho square , Soho, London, England, UK, W1D 3QN before closure or conversion alters the character of the place. The subject also sits alongside community life, social history, local identity, seasonal outdoor activity, street-level documentary, social landscape, period detail, and changing land use. Details involving Summer, square, crowds, Entertainment, and District make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. For Soho square , Soho, London, England, UK, W1D 3QN, the photograph contributes to a cumulative visual history in which changes in use, signs, access and appearance can be traced over time. The record includes a local visual benchmark as part of Soho square , Soho, London, England, UK, W1D 3QN's history.
Soho square , Soho, London, England, UK, W1D 3QN
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JJGFT1 - . Photographed at Soho square , Soho, London, England, UK, W1D 3QN in 2022, this detailed editorial image records the subject within its real surroundings and preserves a specific stage in the life of the location. The main point of reference is Summer crowds in Soho square park , Soho - Entertainment District, London, England, UK, W1D 3QN. Another layer of the photograph includes pedestrian square, city-centre activity, urban gathering place, public-realm activation, townscape record, local character, family recreation, community recreation, contemporary social history, city-centre public space, historical comparison, changing land use, urban change, and urban leisure. From a 2025-onward perspective, inclusive design and heatwaves are closely linked to this subject, alongside how well-designed public spaces encourage informal play and social activity. The wider contemporary story combines community use, local identity and how ordinary street scenes become valuable records as businesses and infrastructure change. For later comparison, the photograph preserves signage and branding at Soho square , Soho, London, England, UK, W1D 3QN, details that may look very different after changing commercial priorities. Further associations within the scene are interactive public realm, pedestrian environment, summer city life, regional identity, local history, urban social history, archival record, and contemporary city life. Details involving square, Summer, Entertainment, crowds, and District make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. Around Soho square , Soho, London, England, UK, W1D 3QN, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. The view records evidence of changing use for later comparison. The image fixes evidence of earlier appearance within the wider story of Soho square , Soho, London, England, UK, W1D 3QN.
Soho square , Soho, London, England, UK, W1D 3QN
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Keywords: @HotpixUK,HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,UK,England,Soho,busy,W1,city,centre,green,space,open,entertainment,people,full,of,1681,picnics,picnic,in,British,English,relax,relaxing,crowds,crowd,families,sitting,down,sit,tree,trres,outdoors,hidden,garden,corner
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JJGFT5 - . Recorded at Soho square , Soho, London, England, UK, W1D 3QN in 2022, the image fixes a recognisable subject and its environment at one point in time, giving later viewers a reliable basis for comparison. The frame specifically shows Summer crowds in Soho square park , Soho - Entertainment District, London, England, UK, W1D 3QN. The locality and subject together evoke period detail, local character, social landscape, before-and-after reference, urban social history, regional identity, public realm, archival record, pedestrian environment, seasonal outdoor activity, contemporary city life, social history, urban leisure, and urban gathering place. The modern context includes continuing discussion of heatwaves, public-space design and how active public realms support footfall and neighbourhood vitality. For current editorial use, local identity and commercial change provide additional context, especially through the relationship between public space and local social life. As a dated visual record of Soho square , Soho, London, England, UK, W1D 3QN, the frame retains equipment and working practice, making it especially useful if redevelopment subsequently changes the scene. The subject also sits alongside interactive public realm, summer city life, changing land use, visual archive, townscape record, changing streetscape, street-level documentary, and local history. Details involving square, District, Entertainment, Summer, and crowds make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. Around Soho square , Soho, London, England, UK, W1D 3QN, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. The location additionally provides evidence of heatwaves and how well-designed public spaces encourage informal play and social activity in a form that can be compared with future views of Soho square , Soho, London, England, UK, W1D 3QN.
Soho square , Soho, London, England, UK, W1D 3QN
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,City,centre,NW,North West,England,UK,Manchester Town Hall,townhall,repair,repairs,2022,1877,major,update,to,this,architectural,building,architecture,progress,masterpiece,planned,closed,Grade 1 listed,hidden,covered,up,Manchester,M2 5DB,M2,developed,maintained,being,improved,improvements
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JG7N5R - Our Town Hall
Winter 2018
The Town Hall closed in January 2018 so that work could begin on the Our Town Hall Project.
At the very heart of the city, Manchester's Grade 1 listed Town Hall is a much-loved landmark, where we gather at important times to honour and celebrate, to welcome visitors and to do business. It's where we host civic guests, international delegations, Mancunian weddings and special events. It's where we celebrate those who've been awarded the Freedom of the City.
But “ having opened in 1877“ the building was showing its age, so we started a major update to this architectural masterpiece to protect and improve it for Manchester and the nation, and lovingly restore it. See the Project Introduction page for more background, including our original film.
Autumn 2022
Now that we're halfway through the construction phase of the project, we thought it was a good time to make an update film that shows some of what's been done so far, what we still have to do and - in particular - share some views of what the building looks like inside at the moment.
A6042, Manchester, England, UK, M2 5DB
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Keywords: @Hotpixuk,HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,UK,England,yellow vest,vest,Hidden,London,by The London Transport Museum,on a tour,Piccadilly Circus tube station,West End,member,underground,museum,museums,service,tourist,tourism,attraction,attractions,capital,city,centre,Hidden London,guides,staff,experience,experiences,sights,sightseeing,in,the,tour,tours
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AE02EH - . This period scene at Piccadilly Circus tube station,West End, London,England,UK 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 Hidden London Guide,by The London Transport Museum, on a tour, Piccadilly Circus tube station,West End, London,England,UK. The scene additionally carries associations with social history, trackside infrastructure, changing land use, public realm, changing streetscape, railway heritage, rail mobility, railway branding, rail corridor, archival record, passenger railway, local history, local character, and public transport network. Today's wider story includes integrated transport, decarbonisation and the practical question of making rail simpler and more dependable. From an archival perspective, the scene fixes small features of identity that written records may overlook in the immediate surroundings of Piccadilly Circus tube station,West End, London,England,UK. The wider local story also touches on rail modernisation, documentary photography, station environment, transport interchange, visual archive, historic context, community identity, and everyday life. The recorded references to Hidden, Transport, Museum, Piccadilly, and Guide preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. By fixing the subject within Piccadilly Circus tube station,West End, London,England,UK, the image preserves more than the headline object or building: it records part of the locality's everyday history. The wider significance includes integrated transport and making rail simpler and more dependable when considered against later change at Piccadilly Circus tube station,West End, London,England,UK. Another strand within the photograph is rail reform and preserving railway heritage while modernising the network without losing the local specificity of Piccadilly Circus tube station,West End, London,England,UK.
Piccadilly Circus tube station,West End, London,England,UK
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Keywords: Pottery,Sugar,Jar,sweet,Delft,Delf,style,Netherlands,Holland,royal,Royal Delft,factory,sugars,sweets,pot,pots,classic,kitchen,art,authentic,ceramic,dangers,over,consumption,overconsumption,too,much,in,diet,spoonfuls,high,carbohydrate,Sucrose,Dutch Delft,blue & white,Blue and White,too much,GoTonySmith,bleu,for,sale,painted,recipe,dessert,candy,sweets,soda,sodas,porcelain,corn,syrup,obesity,obese,fat,fatty,fattening,food,hidden,monosaccharide,monosaccharidess,disaccharide,disaccharides,taste,artificial,sweeteners,sugarcane,sugarbeet,Obesity,infant,tooth,dental,carries,caries,diet,dietary,intake,reducing,dieting,container,vessel,jars,close,up,closeup,close-up,word,the,zucker,Diabetes,type,type1,type1,Azucar,Sucre,Sukker,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Too much sugar,Delft Blue,Delft White,For Sale,Corn Syrup,Table Sugar,Hidden Sugar,Hidden Sugars,Sweet taste,Sweet tasting,artificial sweeteners,Sugar Beet,high in sugar,high in sugars,infant Obesity,Child Obesity,Tooth Decay,reducing sugar,reducing sugar in diet,The word Sugar,Type 1,Type 2,Word Sugar,The Apprentice
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy F7DC8D - Sugar is the generalized name for sweet, short-chain, soluble carbohydrates, many of which are used in food. They are carbohydrates, composed of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen. There are various types of sugar derived from different sources.
Simple sugars are called monosaccharides and include glucose (also known as dextrose), fructose and galactose. The table or granulated sugar most customarily used as food is sucrose, a disaccharide. (In the body, sucrose hydrolyses into fructose and glucose.) Other disaccharides include maltose and lactose. Longer chains of sugars are called oligosaccharides.
Chemically-different substances may also have a sweet taste, but are not classified as sugars. Some are used as lower-calorie food substitutes for sugar described as artificial sweeteners.
Holland
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy EBFWG3 - Tower Bridge is a bridge in London. It crosses the River Thames near the Tower of London. The north side of the bridge is Tower Hill, and the south side of the bridge comes down into Bermondsey, robbie, an area in Southwark. It is far more visible than London Bridge, which people often mistake it for. If large boats need to sail under Tower Bridge, the two halves of the bridge lift up to let it under. Many tourists go to London to see the Tower Bridge.
When it was first built, Tower Bridge was the bridge. Bascule is the French word for a see-saw. The bascules are the surfaces raised to allow tall ships to pass through: this happens about 900 times per year. The bridge's deck can be raised to 83deg from the horizontal. Tower Bridge is one of London's most famous sights.
The City of London Corporation held a competition for the design in 1876. Over 50 designs were entered, and in 1884 Horace Jones and John Wolfe Barry's design was chosen.
Workers began to build the Tower Bridge in April 1886 and the bridge was opened in 30 June 1894.
In June 2012, the bridge was highlighted on the route of Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee Pageant on the Thames
Thames at St Catherines Dock, Tower Bridge, London, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy EBFWG9 - Tower Bridge is a bridge in London. It crosses the River Thames near the Tower of London. The north side of the bridge is Tower Hill, and the south side of the bridge comes down into Bermondsey, robbie, an area in Southwark. It is far more visible than London Bridge, which people often mistake it for. If large boats need to sail under Tower Bridge, the two halves of the bridge lift up to let it under. Many tourists go to London to see the Tower Bridge.
When it was first built, Tower Bridge was the bridge. Bascule is the French word for a see-saw. The bascules are the surfaces raised to allow tall ships to pass through: this happens about 900 times per year. The bridge's deck can be raised to 83deg from the horizontal. Tower Bridge is one of London's most famous sights.
The City of London Corporation held a competition for the design in 1876. Over 50 designs were entered, and in 1884 Horace Jones and John Wolfe Barry's design was chosen.
Workers began to build the Tower Bridge in April 1886 and the bridge was opened in 30 June 1894.
In June 2012, the bridge was highlighted on the route of Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee Pageant on the Thames
Thames at St Catherines Dock, Tower Bridge, London, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DG3857 - The current North Bridge is 525 feet (160 m) long and has three spans of arched girders each 175 feet (53 m) feet in length. It is 75 feet (23 m) wide. It was constructed from 1894“1897 by Sir William Arrol & Co., which company is also noted for construction of the Forth Bridge. The design of the ornamentation was by the City architect of the time, Robert Morham.
The foundation stone was laid on 25 May 1896 by the then Lord Provost (the Rt. Hon Andrew McDonald, with Masonic ceremonial. A medal[3] was struck commemorating the opening of the bridge on 15 September 1897.[4] The medal shows a view of the bridge with trains underneath and on the obverse a bust of the by then knighted Sir Andrew McDonald, Lord Provost.[5]
K.O.S.B. Memorial by Birnie Rhind, North Bridge
Situated on the bridge is a war memorial, by sculptor William Birnie Rhind which memorialises soldiers of the King's Own Scottish Borderers killed in campaigns between 1878 and 1902.
At the southern end of the bridge (where it meets the Royal Mile and South Bridge, in the Edinburgh's Old Town) are substantial buildings whose main entrances are at carriageway level but which also have entrances in the valley below. Those on the west side are The Scotsman Hotel, former headquarters of The Scotsman newspaper, alongside a block of commercial premises and flats (Royal Mile Mansions). That on the east housed Patrick Thomson's department store from 1906 until 1976 when its then owner the House of Fraser rebranded it as Arnotts department store. The store closed in 1981 and the building was redeveloped as a hotel and smaller shops.
At the northern end of the bridge, where it meets Princes Street in the New Town, on the west side is the Balmoral Hotel, originally built as the North British Hotel, the North British Railway's hotel serving Waverley Station, which lies below. On the east side is Waverley Gate, originally the Edinburgh General Post Office, now
Northbridge Edinburgh Scotland UK EH1
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DG38H8 - . Mr Harold & Sons shop in the Argyll Arcade Victorian Glasgow shopping mall , Scotland, UK. Photographed at 30 Buchanan Street, Merchant City, Glasgow, Scotland UK G2 8BG. The photograph was taken on 29 August 2013. This editorial stock image documents the subject as it appeared at that time, preserving a clear record of the place, its appearance and the everyday details surrounding it. The scene is closely associated with Harold, Sons, shop, Argyll, Arcade, hidden, off, track, places and visit, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. The scene is relevant to retail, shopping, consumer behaviour, town and city centres, independent businesses and the changing appearance of the British high street. It can support editorial stories about shops, shopping centres, retail architecture, store branding, local commerce, vacancies, regeneration, consumer spending, tourism and the pressure on traditional bricks-and-mortar businesses. Shopfronts, signs, windows, displays, arcades and surrounding public realm provide useful visual context for how retail space is designed and experienced by pedestrians. The photograph also acts as a dated record of a business or shopping location, valuable when premises later change hands, rebrand, close or are redeveloped. Search themes include retail, shopping, shopfronts, consumer behaviour, high streets, town centres, commercial property, independent business, branding and changing local economies. A dated view of a shop or shopping environment gains extra archive value when businesses rebrand, close, move or when premises are redeveloped. 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. The view is firmly rooted in a real location rather than a constructed studio setting.
30 Buchanan Street, Merchant City, Glasgow, Scotland UK G2 8BG
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DED40P - . A hidden gem, Tollbooth Tavern seen through Sugarhouse close , Canongate, Royal Mile , High St , Edinburgh Scotland UK. Photographed at Edinburgh Old Town, Lothian, Scotland EH1. The photograph was taken on 26 August 2013. This editorial stock image documents the subject as it appeared at that time, preserving a clear record of the place, its appearance and the everyday details surrounding it. The scene is closely associated with Edinburgh, Scots, Tollbooth, Tavern, Canongate, through, Sugarhouse, Scottish, Scot and independance, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. This documentary view is relevant to buses, public transport, local mobility, passenger information and the practical experience of travelling without a private car. It can support editorial coverage of bus services, rural and urban connectivity, stops and shelters, timetables, accessibility, transport policy, local authority provision and the challenges of maintaining useful services across communities. Roadside details, signs, shelters, vehicles and surrounding streetscape give picture buyers useful context about how bus transport is encountered at ground level. The photograph therefore has value both as a record of a specific place and as broader visual material about sustainable transport, everyday journeys and local connectivity. Search themes include buses, bus stops, passenger transport, timetables, local mobility, accessibility, public transport policy, rural or urban connectivity and sustainable travel. The surrounding road environment helps show how public transport infrastructure fits into the communities and streets it serves. 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.
Edinburgh Old Town, Lothian, Scotland EH1
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DG38K1 - . Concierge security man at Argyll Arcade Victorian Glasgow shopping mall , Scotland, UK. Photographed on 23 August 2013. The recorded location is 30 Buchanan Street, Merchant City, Glasgow, Scotland UK G2 8BG. A better class of security guard in the poshest shopping centre in Glasgow! Looking at the subject's development, physical access control traditionally relied on guards, passes, keys and written instructions
Surviving notices show the routines of secure workplaces and can reveal the culture of secrecy or safety surrounding military, transport and industrial operations. Historically, historic and contemporary architecture can be read as a record of investment, planning and changing urban functions
Civic, commercial, industrial and residential buildings each contribute to the character of a townscape, particularly where older structures are adapted rather than demolished. In the longer view, historic objects and places gain meaning through survival
Materials, craftsmanship, inscriptions and later alterations can reveal how a property, machine or everyday item was made, used and valued, while preservation decisions show which parts of the past communities choose to retain. For the 2026 context, modern security spans both buildings and information systems
Historic signs about passes and restricted entrances therefore illustrate the continuity of access control even though the technology used to authenticate people has changed. In 2026, the reuse of existing buildings is increasingly discussed alongside conservation, embodied carbon and town-centre regeneration
Images of older façades and converted premises can therefore illustrate both architectural heritage and the practical pressures of adapting buildings for new uses. As of 2026, heritage continues to be economically and culturally significant through tourism, education and place-making, while the cost of maintaining historic fabric creates continuing debate about conservation and reuse.
30 Buchanan Street, Merchant City, Glasgow, Scotland UK G2 8BG
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DCYNFJ - . Fingerpost sign, Odcombe Village Hall, Preston Plucknett, Yeovil, Montecute, Lower Odcombe, Somerset, South West England. The photograph was taken on 06 August 2013. This editorial stock image documents the subject as it appeared at that time, preserving a clear record of the place, its appearance and the everyday details surrounding it. Signage, lettering, logos, numbers or other visible information form an important part of the record, helping identify the subject and capture contemporary branding or public messaging. The scene is closely associated with Preston Plucknett, Odcombe Village Hall, Fingerpost sign, Somerset, Lower Odcombe, Montecute, Odcombe, Yeovil, milepost and mile post, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. The image has relevance to landscape, countryside, waterways, parks, gardens, environmental quality and the relationship between natural features and nearby settlement. It can illustrate editorial coverage of tourism, walking, recreation, conservation, seasonal change, biodiversity, green space, waterways and local identity. Vegetation, water, paths, buildings, weather and landform provide geographic and environmental context, helping the image work as both a place record and a broader landscape photograph. The documentary approach is useful for archive comparison, showing how a location looked at a particular time and how vegetation, land use or development may change later. Search themes include landscape, countryside, waterways, parks, gardens, environment, green space, tourism, recreation, seasonal conditions and local geography. The location view can also provide a useful baseline for later comparison as vegetation, land use, water levels or surrounding development change. It can be used in newspapers, magazines, books, websites, documentaries, heritage projects and retrospective features where geographical accuracy and period detail matter.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy D8HF7P - . London Road Bridge at dusk, Close to Piccadilly railway Station Manchester , England UK. Photographed on 5 November 2011. The recorded location is London Road, Piccadilly, Manchester. As background, seasonal and low-light photography can emphasise the relationship between natural conditions and the built environment
Dusk, snow, mist or dramatic cloud often reveal lighting, silhouettes and reflective surfaces that are less apparent in ordinary daylight. From a heritage perspective, britain's railways reshaped towns, industry and passenger travel from the nineteenth century onwards, creating a dense network of stations, goods yards, signalling infrastructure and long-distance routes
Surviving structures, signs and operating equipment now document both railway heritage and continuing public transport. Historically, everyday journeys depend on an evolving network of vehicles, stops, stations and roads
Buses, cars, ferries and trams can become historical subjects within a few years as operators rebrand, fleets are replaced and infrastructure is rebuilt. Against the 2026 backdrop, current interest in climate and place-making gives atmospheric landscape images added documentary value, particularly where weather, coastlines or urban development are prominent. As of 2026, rail policy is especially topical: the Railways Bill is progressing through Parliament and is intended to establish Great British Railways as the publicly owned directing mind for track, stations, timetables and passenger services
Older branded trains and station scenes therefore gain additional documentary value during another major restructuring of the industry. As of 2026, landscape imagery is increasingly used alongside discussion of climate, resilience, tourism and development
Older panoramas can show how skylines, waterfronts and vegetation have changed over a comparatively short period. Additional subject vocabulary includes scenic view, night photography, and seasonal landscape.
London Road, Piccadilly, Manchester
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HEEG4J - Murals in Northern Ireland have become symbols of Northern Ireland, depicting the region's past and present political and religious divisions.
Belfast and Derry contain arguably the most famous political murals in Europe. It is believed that almost 2,000 murals have been documented since the 1970s. In 2014, the book, The Belfast Mural Guide estimated that, in Belfast, there were approximately 300 quality murals on display, with many more in varying degrees of age and decay. Murals commemorate, communicate and display aspects of culture and history. The themes of murals often reflect what is important to a particular community. A mural therefore exists to express an idea or message and could generally be seen as reflecting values held dear to that community.
In Irish republican areas the themes of murals can range from the 1981 Irish hunger strike, with particular emphasis on strike leader Bobby Sands
murals of international solidarity with revolutionary groups are equally common, as are those which highlight a particular issue, for example the Ballymurphy Massacre or the McGurk's Bar bombing. In working class unionist communities, murals are used to promote Ulster loyalist paramilitary groups such as the Ulster Defence Association and Ulster Volunteer Force and commemorate their deceased members. However traditional themes such as William III of England and the Battle of the Boyne, the Battle of the Somme and the 36th Ulster Division are equally common
West Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2R8T9G4 - Passengers at Crewe station now have access to a new waiting room, specifically designed to offer those with hidden disabilities a safe and calm environment.
The Calm Corner is the first of its kind on the rail network. It features the use of grey and green colours in order to give a calming effect, a living wall and plants to complement the colour scheme, specially designed furniture for comfort and relaxation, a child's play table, LED rope lighting that can change brightness to suit all.
It also has screens with old images of Crewe station and town centre to help trigger memories for those suffering from dementia and has a rail point Totem offering helpful advice (EG train and station layout).
It was brought to life through the work of train operators at the station, Network Rail and advice from a number of partner charities.
The idea was first suggested by work experience student, Megan Hughes, who used her own experience of living with Aspergers Syndrome as inspiration for the project.
Passengers using the waiting room can have access to the same support and passenger information they would get elsewhere on the station. However, it will be with the addition of a special totem screen, offering helpful advice such as train times, onward travel information and station layout.
Through ongoing work with Alzheimer's Society, London Northwestern Railway is committed to improving the experience for passengers living with dementia, to help support independent living through the use of the rail network.
The train operator is now working on initiatives to improve staff training as well as implementing small changes at stations that will make a big difference to the experience for passengers.
The ˜memory corner' has been designed to help trigger memories for those who have used Crewe station for many years using a collection of historic photos of the station.
It is hoped this collection can grow, with contributions from passengers, families and other supporters.
Nantwich Road, Crewe, Cheshire, England, UK, CW2 6HR
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy F0G7EF - DDR-era Stasi surveillance and monitoring equipment is shown on display in Berlin, with a small CRT security monitor above stacked analogue cassette tape recorders, control units, switches, dials and recording decks. The dimly lit interior, desk lamp and heavy electronic hardware evoke the practical machinery of Cold War spying, before digital surveillance replaced magnetic tape, cathode ray tube screens and manual monitoring rooms. The equipment is associated with the East German Ministry for State Security, known as the Stasi or MfS, which operated one of the most intrusive domestic intelligence systems in post-war Europe. In the German Democratic Republic, surveillance was used to monitor political opponents, dissidents, church groups, writers, artists, foreign visitors and ordinary citizens suspected of disloyalty to the ruling SED state. The Stasi Museum Berlin is located in House 1 of the former Stasi headquarters in Berlin-Lichtenberg and documents the organisation's role in political repression, intelligence gathering and everyday state control. Displays at the museum include original technology such as bugs, hidden cameras and other surveillance devices, alongside the preserved office of Erich Mielke, the long-serving Minister for State Security. This photograph is useful for editorial themes including East German history, Cold War Berlin, state surveillance, civil liberties, dictatorship, intelligence services, analogue recording, spy technology, political policing, secret police archives, human rights and the legacy of communist rule in Europe. The screen's blue-toned image and the banks of black and silver recording equipment create a strong visual shorthand for covert observation and monitored private life. The scene is indoors, with no weather visible, and appears to be a museum or historical exhibition rather than an operational setting. It records the physical tools of twentieth-century surveillance and the chilling administrative ordinariness of a s
Stasi Museum Berlin, Ruschestraße 103, Haus 1, 10365 Berlin, Germany
