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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,IMG_9803,parcel,delivery,doorstep,home,parcel security,package,theft,online,shopping,courier,last,mile,consumer,rights,branded,cardboard,left,visibly,subscription,box,beer,drinks,obvious,doorsteps,alcohol,craft beer,subscriptions,boxes,example,issue,house,entrance,last mile,practice,practices,complaint
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FC8BPA - A Beer52 subscription box has been left openly on a doorstep outside a red front door, with the branding and wording on the packaging making it immediately obvious that the contents relate to beer. Unlike a plain unmarked parcel, the box advertises its likely contents at a glance, making it a strong editorial illustration of visible alcohol delivery, poor parcel security and the risk of opportunist theft. The scene reflects a common customer frustration with unattended home deliveries that are neither placed in a genuinely safe location nor concealed from public view. In this example the parcel sits squarely on the doormat, fully exposed and easy for a passer-by to notice, remove or interfere with. The image is useful for stories about ecommerce, subscription commerce, craft beer retailing, courier performance, doorstep delivery standards and the growth of direct-to-consumer alcohol sales. Beer52 is widely known in the UK as a craft beer subscription service, and the branded case underlines how subscription packaging can create additional security concerns when couriers leave it outside in plain sight. The photograph also raises broader editorial themes around proof of delivery, customer service, parcel visibility, weather exposure, final-mile logistics and the expectation that deliveries should either be handed to the recipient, left with a neighbour or placed in a secure nominated safe place. Because the contents are clearly beer, the image can additionally be used in discussion of home alcohol delivery and the wider issue of age-restricted goods being left unattended rather than positively received. Overall, this is a clear, real-world visual example of an obvious branded parcel left insecurely at a domestic property, illustrating home alcohol delivery, online retail convenience, subscription box culture and the vulnerability of packages left openly on the doorstep.
England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,255A2680,Homelessness,tents,Lincoln Square,Manchester,city,centre,England,UK,statue,modern,office,buildings,rough,sleeping,housing,crisis,poverty,temporary,shelter,inequality,public,space,welfare,support,services,urban,social,exclusion,accommodation,Andy Burnham,tackling,tackle,homelessness,eradicate,house,street
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EM1WC2 - Homelessness tents in Lincoln Square, Manchester city centre, England, UK, beside a statue and modern office buildings. A cluster of brightly coloured small tents occupies the paved public space around the monument, creating a stark contrast with the polished commercial architecture behind. The photograph provides a strong editorial illustration of rough sleeping, temporary shelter and visible homelessness within one of Britain's largest and wealthiest city centres. It is suitable for coverage of homelessness, rough sleeping, housing crisis, temporary accommodation, poverty, cost-of-living pressures, social exclusion, public space, Manchester housing policy, local government, support services and urban inequality. The tents and prominent civic setting show how housing insecurity can become highly visible in regenerated commercial districts, raising questions about welfare provision, affordable housing, mental health support, outreach services and the use of public spaces. The vivid tent colours make the human impact difficult to overlook against the formal stone and glass surroundings.
Lincoln Square, Manchester, Greater Manchester, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,795IMG_5439,Gardynes,Land,Dundee,Scotland,clock,1932,High,Street,historic,listed,architecture,Town,House,heritage,time,commemorative,Gardyne
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3E5TC1C - 1932 commemorative clock on Gardyne's Land, 70-73 High Street, Dundee, Scotland, UK. The photograph is a contemporary editorial record of the subject and its surroundings at 70-73 High Street, Dundee, Scotland, UK. Visible signage, lettering, architecture, street furniture, transport infrastructure, public art, commercial branding or landscape details are retained where present, giving the image value both as a description of the immediate scene and as a reference for how the place looked at the time of photography. The clock attached to Gardyne's Land dates from 1932 and was designed by William Wallace Friskin. It is surmounted by a small model of William Adam's 18th-century Dundee Town House and carries the inscription linking 1732 with 1932. Gardyne's Land itself forms part of a rare surviving group of historic buildings in Dundee's High Street. The image has wider editorial relevance for local history, heritage, tourism, transport, retail, planning, regeneration, business and social change where those themes apply to the subject. It can support news and feature coverage as well as retrospective comparison if the building, business, artwork, service, route or streetscape is altered, redeveloped, rebranded, closed or otherwise changes in future. The composition also preserves small visual details that are easily lost over time, including materials, signs, logos, road or rail features, shopfront treatment, public-realm design and the relationship of the subject to neighbouring buildings or open space. This makes the photograph useful not only as a straightforward location image but also as a documentary record of everyday urban and cultural life.
70-73 High Street, Dundee, Scotland, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,IMG_0500,Cameo Cinema,foyer,Tollcross,Edinburgh,Scotland,UK,film,listings,Anatomy of a Fall,Godzilla Minus One,Fallen Leaves,independent,cinema,historic,movie,screenings,arts,venue,nightlife,heritage,audience,entertainment,picture,house,marquee,signage,programme,films,interior,visitors,culture,tourist,attraction,art arthouse
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3F0EE5M - . Cameo Cinema foyer in Tollcross, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, with film listings for Anatomy of a Fall, Godzilla Minus One and Fallen Leaves. Photographed on 16 December 2023. The recorded location is Cameo Cinema, 38 Home Street, Edinburgh EH3 9LZ, Scotland, UK. The historic independent cinema is one of Edinburgh's best-known film venues and retains a distinctive traditional foyer and marquee-style display. Visitors stand beneath the bright signage while the red and gold interior details reinforce the classic cinema atmosphere. The image also documents the physical presentation of film programmes and screening times in an era increasingly dominated by online booking and digital promotion. Within the history of cultural venue, independent cinemas have repeatedly adapted to television, home video and streaming by emphasising specialist programming, events and the communal experience of film. In relation to escape room, historical context shows that commercial entertainment continually reinvents itself through new technologies and formats, from cinemas and video rental to escape rooms, themed attractions and interactive gaming. For the story of notice, it is useful to note that wayfinding developed from painted names and fingerposts into standardised road, rail and public-information systems
Local signs still retain distinctive typography or bilingual wording even within increasingly consistent national standards. Against the 2026 backdrop for cultural venue, film exhibition mixes digital projection with increasingly diverse programming, while the survival of older cinemas is closely tied to operating costs and local audience support. As of 2026, the position for escape room is that experience-led leisure such as escape rooms and themed attractions competes alongside streaming and gaming for discretionary spending, making town-centre entertainment an important part of the post-retail economy.
Cameo Cinema, 38 Home Street, Edinburgh EH3 9LZ, Scotland, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RG8YRW - Hale is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Halton, Cheshire, England with a population of 1,800. The village is north of the River Mersey, and just to the east of the boundary with Merseyside. It is 2+1⁄2 miles east of Speke in Liverpool, and 4 miles south-west of Widnes. The nearby village of Halebank is to the north-east.
Historically part of Lancashire, until 1 April 1974 the area formed part of the Whiston Rural District.
The population of the parish is stable with a population of 1,898 (2001 census), 1,841 (2011 census) and 1,800 (2021 census).
John Middleton (15781623), the Childe of Hale, was reputed to be nine feet, three inches tall, or 2.8 m. His cottage and grave are located in the village. Just outside St Mary's Church was a wooden carving of the Childe Of Hale that is said to have been life-sized. It was replaced in 2013 by a 3-metre bronze statue by sculptor Diane Gorvin
Middleton was born in the village of Hale, near Liverpool. According to contemporary accounts and his epitaph, he grew to the height of 9 feet 3 inches (2.82 m) and slept with his feet hanging out the window of his house.
Because of his size the landlord and sheriff of Lancashire, Gilbert Ireland, hired him as a bodyguard. When King James I stopped by in 1617 to knight Ireland he heard about Middleton and invited both of them to the court, which they accepted in 1620. Middleton beat the King's champion in wrestling and in doing so broke the man's thumb. He received £20, a large amount of money in those times. Jealous of his wealth, Middleton's companions mugged him or swindled him out of his money while he was returning to Hale. Middleton died impoverished in 1623. He was buried in the cemetery of St Mary's Church in Hale. The epitaph reads, Here lyeth the bodie of John Middleton the Childe of Hale. Nine feet three. Borne 1578 Dyede 1623. He is likely one of the tallest people in history. If these height markings are accurate, he would surpass Robert Wadlow's stature
St Marys Church, Church End, Hale village, Halton , Merseyside, England, UK, L24 4WB
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RG8YTA - Hale is a village and civil parish in the Borough of Halton, Cheshire, England with a population of 1,800. The village is north of the River Mersey, and just to the east of the boundary with Merseyside. It is 2+1⁄2 miles east of Speke in Liverpool, and 4 miles south-west of Widnes. The nearby village of Halebank is to the north-east.
Historically part of Lancashire, until 1 April 1974 the area formed part of the Whiston Rural District.
The population of the parish is stable with a population of 1,898 (2001 census), 1,841 (2011 census) and 1,800 (2021 census).
John Middleton (15781623), the Childe of Hale, was reputed to be nine feet, three inches tall, or 2.8 m. His cottage and grave are located in the village. Just outside St Mary's Church was a wooden carving of the Childe Of Hale that is said to have been life-sized. It was replaced in 2013 by a 3-metre bronze statue by sculptor Diane Gorvin
Middleton was born in the village of Hale, near Liverpool. According to contemporary accounts and his epitaph, he grew to the height of 9 feet 3 inches (2.82 m) and slept with his feet hanging out the window of his house.
Because of his size the landlord and sheriff of Lancashire, Gilbert Ireland, hired him as a bodyguard. When King James I stopped by in 1617 to knight Ireland he heard about Middleton and invited both of them to the court, which they accepted in 1620. Middleton beat the King's champion in wrestling and in doing so broke the man's thumb. He received £20, a large amount of money in those times. Jealous of his wealth, Middleton's companions mugged him or swindled him out of his money while he was returning to Hale. Middleton died impoverished in 1623. He was buried in the cemetery of St Mary's Church in Hale. The epitaph reads, Here lyeth the bodie of John Middleton the Childe of Hale. Nine feet three. Borne 1578 Dyede 1623. He is likely one of the tallest people in history. If these height markings are accurate, he would surpass Robert Wadlow's stature
Hale village, Halton , Merseyside, England, UK, L24 4WB
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RCDJ39 - image shows the upper frontage of the former Bee Hive Inn, located at 44 High Street in Northwich town centre, Cheshire. The red-brick building retains prominent raised lettering reading Greenall Whitley & Co , identifying it as a former tied house of the well-known Cheshire and Lancashire brewery.
Greenall Whitley was founded in Warrington in the eighteenth century and became one of the North West's most significant regional brewers and pub owners. By the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the company operated hundreds of tied public houses across Cheshire, Lancashire, and North Wales. The Bee Hive Inn formed part of this estate and served generations of local residents as a traditional town-centre public house.
Architecturally, the building reflects late Victorian or Edwardian pub design, with a shaped gable, red brickwork, and strong street presence intended to signal permanence and respectability. Such design features were typical of brewery-owned pubs built or remodelled during this period.
The Bee Hive Inn has since closed as a licensed premises and the building has been repurposed for commercial use, reflecting wider patterns of pub closures and high-street change across the UK. Despite this, the surviving brewery signage and facade detailing preserve a visible link to Northwich's social and brewing history.
The photograph documents the layered history of a former public house, illustrating the transition from traditional pub culture to modern commercial reuse within a changing town-centre environment.
44 High Street Northwich, Cheshire, England, UK, CW9 5BE
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Keywords: 2023,July,British,UK,England,GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,the,house,fence,fencing,building,build,track,view,stacked,waitlist,clubhouse,hotel,hotels,hospitality,and,accommodation,offerings,offering,investing,investment,VVIP,VIP,guest,guests,BRDC,profit,profitability,rental,income,trackside,residences
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RCC5T7 - More at https://oversteer48.com/escapade-silverstone/#:~:text=Escapade%20Silverstone%20is%20a%20development,live%20in%20them%20full%20time.
How much does an Escapade Silverstone house cost?
Escapade Silverstone prices start at £850,000 for a countryside 2 bedroom property and go up to £2.2m for a trackside 4 bedroom property.
Can you live in them?
This is where it gets interesting. The Escapade Silverstone development is designed to be an extension of Silverstone's current hospitality offering and as such they are fully managed by Silverstone circuit themselves, right down to the matching furnishings.
If you purchase one of the properties you can live in it for a pre-determined number of days each year. Go over that number of days and you have to pay a nightly room rate to stay in your own property, albeit at a 35% discount over standard rates.
You can stay for 30 nights multiplied by the number of bedrooms in your property. If you have a 4 bedroom trackside residency, you have 120 bedroom usage nights' per calendar year that you can stay.
During the major events at Silverstone, nightly bedroom usage rates are multiplied by a preset factor. At the F1 the nights are multiplied by 5, and all of the bedrooms in the property are assumed to be used regardless of how full it is.
So if just one couple stays in a 4 bedroom trackside suite for 3 nights at the F1, they would use up 60 (half) of their yearly bedroom usage nights.
an investment with petrolhead perks
Owning one of the Escapade Silverstone properties is like a cross between owning an AirBnB and a Timeshare.
Think of the whole Escapade development as a hotel complex. Now think of the money to purchase one of the properties as an investment in the hotel. As a perk of your investment you get a number of free' night's accommodation in the property with incredible views of the circuit, as well as a number of other bonuses including free access to Silverstone events, free access to the Escapade clubhouse
Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone, Towcester, Northamptonshire, England, UK, NN12 8TL
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RCC5T9 - More at https://oversteer48.com/escapade-silverstone/#:~:text=Escapade%20Silverstone%20is%20a%20development,live%20in%20them%20full%20time.
How much does an Escapade Silverstone house cost?
Escapade Silverstone prices start at £850,000 for a countryside 2 bedroom property and go up to £2.2m for a trackside 4 bedroom property.
Can you live in them?
This is where it gets interesting. The Escapade Silverstone development is designed to be an extension of Silverstone's current hospitality offering and as such they are fully managed by Silverstone circuit themselves, right down to the matching furnishings.
If you purchase one of the properties you can live in it for a pre-determined number of days each year. Go over that number of days and you have to pay a nightly room rate to stay in your own property, albeit at a 35% discount over standard rates.
You can stay for 30 nights multiplied by the number of bedrooms in your property. If you have a 4 bedroom trackside residency, you have 120 bedroom usage nights' per calendar year that you can stay.
During the major events at Silverstone, nightly bedroom usage rates are multiplied by a preset factor. At the F1 the nights are multiplied by 5, and all of the bedrooms in the property are assumed to be used regardless of how full it is.
So if just one couple stays in a 4 bedroom trackside suite for 3 nights at the F1, they would use up 60 (half) of their yearly bedroom usage nights.
an investment with petrolhead perks
Owning one of the Escapade Silverstone properties is like a cross between owning an AirBnB and a Timeshare.
Think of the whole Escapade development as a hotel complex. Now think of the money to purchase one of the properties as an investment in the hotel. As a perk of your investment you get a number of free' night's accommodation in the property with incredible views of the circuit, as well as a number of other bonuses including free access to Silverstone events, free access to the Escapade clubhouse
Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone, Towcester, Northamptonshire, England, UK, NN12 8TL
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2R9J0BM - William Mulholland (September 11, 1855 July 22, 1935) was an Irish American self-taught civil engineer who was responsible for building the infrastructure to provide a water supply that allowed Los Angeles to grow into the largest city in California. As the head of a predecessor to the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, Mulholland designed and supervised the building of the Los Angeles Aqueduct, a 233-mile-long (375 km) system to move water from Owens Valley to the San Fernando Valley. The creation and operation of the aqueduct led to the disputes known as the California Water Wars. In March 1928, Mulholland's career came to an end when the St. Francis Dam failed just over 12 hours after he and his assistant gave it a safety inspection.
William Mulholland was born in Belfast, Ireland, part of the United Kingdom. His parents Hugh and Ellen Mulholland were Dubliners and they returned to the city a few years after William's birth. His younger brother, Hugh Jr., was born in 1856. At the time of Mulholland's birth, his father was working as a guard for the Royal Mail. In 1862, when William was seven years old, his mother died. Three years later his father remarried. William was educated at O'Connell School by the Christian Brothers in Dublin. After having been beaten by his father for receiving bad marks in school, Mulholland ran off to sea
Mulholland envisioned Los Angeles growing much larger. The limiting factor to the growth of Los Angeles was its water supply, because it has a semi-arid climate with unreliable rainfall. If you don't get the water, you won't need it, Mulholland famously remarked.
Mulholland shared the vision of a much larger Los Angeles with Frederick Eaton, the mayor of Los Angeles from 1898 through 1900. They both worked together in the private Los Angeles Water Company in the 1880s. Eaton and Mulholland realized that the large amount of runoff from the Sierra Nevada in Owens Valley could be delivered to Los Angeles through gravity
203 Donegal Street, Belfast., Northern Ireland, UK, BT1 2FL
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PGAYHB - SU 9743 NW SU 9643 NE 13/130 and 12/130
GODALMING HIGH STREET (north side) Nos 74, 74A, 76 and 76A
(Formerly listed as Nos 74 (Gateway), 74A, 76 (Country House Curtains) and 76A, previously listed as 28 and 29)
18.12.47
GV II*
House or inn, now two shops and two flats. Dated 1663, altered C19 and C20. Bargate rubblestone with red-brick dressings. Plain tile roof. Two storeys with attic
four bays. Two C20 shop fronts, not of special interest, and panelled door on left (to No 76A). Ground and first floors each have moulded brick cornice, with tile weathering, above a band of raised, brick, ovals and lozenges, first floor cornice rising at centre into segmental pediment (broken by rainwater pipe).
Windows have flat brick arches and are of three lights to first floor, two lights to attic, all with mid-C19 decorative square- and polygonal-paned glazing. First floor has strapwork panels between windows, pendant finials to ends, and more elaborate central panel with oval datestone. Attic originally had four gables, with strapwork, these joined up in C19 to form coped parapet ramping down at each end
three old rainwater heads. Very large multiple-flue, central ridge stack.
Rear: ground-floor, masked by late C19 addition (which is not of special interest), has round arched door on right (to No 76A). First floor has strapwork decoration
wood-mullioned three-light windows with flat brick arches, right-hand window retaining two diamond-leaded lights, left-hand window masked by addition (not of special interest)
stepped cornice.
Attic: four gables, each with header-brick-arched, two-light windows,those on right having iron casements with saddle bars and diamond-leaded glazing, the left-hand gable masked by later stack.
Left return (visible from rear) has the left-hand gable strapwork and cornice as rear
on ground floor a blocked former doorway and window with an inserted doorway on right
a three-light window former floor
gable has over-sailing, brick-banded
76 High St (northside) , Godalming, Waverley, Surrey, England, UK, GU7 1DU
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2P91TPT - . A grounded documentary photograph made at Queen St, Barry, South Wales, UK in 2023, combining the immediate subject with evidence of the surrounding streetscape, public realm, business activity or local character. The frame specifically shows View down Queen St, Barry, looking east towards Staceys House, Barry ( Y Barri ), Vale of Glamorgan, South Wales, Cymru, UK. The frame also records themes of everyday life, night-time economy, archival record, social history, real-ale culture, local history, visitor hospitality, beer-led hospitality, licensed hospitality, traditional pub, hospitality economy, local social venue, community drinking venue, and documentary photography. Today's relevance is strengthened by consumer spending, tourism and the continuing question of pressure on hospitality margins in the mid-2020s. Small period details of public access and movement at Queen St, Barry, South Wales, UK may become more significant with time, particularly following new ownership. The wider setting retains connections with cask-beer tradition, community identity, historical comparison, before-and-after reference, traditional ale house, contemporary social history, licensed trade, and regional identity. The combination of Barry, Cymru, House, Glamorgan, and Wales anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. The period setting at Queen St, Barry, South Wales, UK helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. The scene further reflects consumer spending and pressure on hospitality margins in the mid-2020s when considered against later change at Queen St, Barry, South Wales, UK. Its period value extends to business rates and the value of historic pubs to tourism and local identity without losing the local specificity of Queen St, Barry, South Wales, UK. The period view preserves part of the area's social history within the wider story of Queen St, Barry, South Wales, UK.
Queen St, Barry, South Wales, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Merseyside,city,centre,England,UK,L1,The,Dispensary,L1 2SP,87,Renshaw Street,Tetley,house,Cains,Cain,Robert,Eurovision,2023,night,evening,nights,evenings,history,historic,the,real ale,boozer,window,windows,interesting,pub co,pub company,owner
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2MA7NJN - Most serious drinking pubs in Liverpool have a bit of heritage about them: they are fixtures as familiar as street lamps and go back decades. Somewhat surprisingly, this is not so with The Dispensary. It sprang up just a decade ago from the shell of an old man's boozer, The Grapes, on the corner of Rapid Hardware Street and Oldham Street in an area that is quietly renowned as a real booze and curry lovers' jackpot.
Pharmaceutical items, fixtures and fittings from old chemist shops, Liverpool University and the Liverpool Pharmaceutical Society abound in an effort to give it a traditional pub atmosphere and visually evoke a Victorian dispensary. It certainly did the trick for real-ale lovers CAMRA who voted it English Heritage pub refurbishment of the year 2000 and also Merseyside pub of the year.
Cains tenants Pauline Keady-Williams and husband Dave run The Dispensary, prescribing a cure-all for the world's ills in the shape of medicine on tap from the Upper Stanhope Street brewery, this week finding itself in dire financial straits with administrators being called in this week.
Why go there?
It serves arguably the best beer in town, if they do say so themselves, although Dominic Hornsby, from the nearby Fly In The Loaf, would doubtless disagree.
Who goes there?
The Dispensary's main allure seems to be for chaps, in there to either marvel at their chosen pint in solitude (I come here to hide from the wife, one un-pictured punter told us) or to philosophise in small huddles about the state of the world, occasionally all pausing to marvel at that pint again.
87 Renshaw St, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L1 2SP
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M3677M - Haggis (Scottish Gaelic: taigeis) is a savoury pudding containing sheep's pluck (heart, liver, and lungs), minced with onion, oatmeal, suet, spices, and salt, mixed with stock, and cooked while traditionally encased in the animal's stomach though now an artificial casing is often used instead. According to the 2001 English edition of the Larousse Gastronomique: Although its description is not immediately appealing, haggis has an excellent nutty texture and delicious savoury flavour.
It is believed that food similar to haggisperishable offal quickly cooked inside an animal's stomach, all conveniently available after a huntwas eaten from ancient times.
Although the name hagws or hagese was first recorded in England c. 1430, the dish is considered traditionally of Scottish origin. It is even the national dish as a result of Scots poet Robert Burns' poem Address to a Haggis of 1786. Haggis is traditionally served with neeps and tatties, boiled and mashed separately, and a dram (a glass of Scotch whisky), especially as the main course of a Burns supper.
48 Cockburn St, Jackson Close, Edinburgh EH1 1PB
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K9GG3R - . Recorded at Grappenhall Heys, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 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 defining feature is New house building site, Grappenhall Heys, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4. The locality and subject together evoke shopfront economy, specialist retailer, period detail, visual archive, changing streetscape, commercial frontage, archival record, specialist shop, community identity, retail property, documentary photography, public realm, customer footfall, and local history. Today's relevance is strengthened by business rates, town-centre regeneration and the continuing question of how commercial property costs affect small retailers. Future viewers can use this scene from Grappenhall Heys, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 to compare local activity and public use with whatever follows after altered transport patterns. The subject also sits alongside local enterprise, before-and-after reference, changing land use, small business, historical comparison, contemporary social history, place identity, and regional identity. Elements such as building, Grappenhall, and house add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. The period setting at Grappenhall Heys, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 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 business rates and how commercial property costs affect small retailers without losing the local specificity of Grappenhall Heys, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4. A further contemporary connection is commercial rents and the contribution of independents to distinctive high streets in a form that can be compared with future views of Grappenhall Heys, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4.
Grappenhall Heys, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K56PF4 - . This authentic period view of 48 Lichfield St, Wolverhampton, West midlands, England, UK, WV1 1DG in 2022 preserves the main subject alongside smaller contextual details that can acquire greater historical value as places and uses change. The principal subject is The Posada bar, 48 Lichfield St, Wolverhampton, West midlands, England, UK, WV1 1DG. The subject also carries associations with licensed trade, regional identity, local social venue, changing land use, pub heritage, local history, community identity, public realm, historical comparison, visual archive, real-ale culture, local character, period detail, and contemporary social history. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with tourism, business rates and the survival of pubs as both businesses and informal community spaces. The image fixes public access and movement within 48 Lichfield St, Wolverhampton, West midlands, England, UK, WV1 1DG at one identifiable point, providing a benchmark against later reinterpretation. Further associations within the scene are licensed hospitality, place identity, night-time economy, everyday life, visitor hospitality, beer-led hospitality, documentary photography, and historic hostelry. The combination of Posada, midlands, Lichfield, and Wolverhampton anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. The period setting at 48 Lichfield St, Wolverhampton, West midlands, England, UK, WV1 1DG helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. Another useful connection is tourism and pressure on hospitality margins in the mid-2020s when considered against later change at 48 Lichfield St, Wolverhampton, West midlands, England, UK, WV1 1DG. The scene further reflects pub closures and pressure on hospitality margins in the mid-2020s without losing the local specificity of 48 Lichfield St, Wolverhampton, West midlands, England, UK, WV1 1DG.
48 Lichfield St, Wolverhampton, West midlands, England, UK, WV1 1DG
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,old,pubs,closed,The,ex-,with,sign,redeveloped,2,Derbyshire,UK,ghost sign,long-term Closed,Closure date,lost,disappeared disappearing,bar,bars,pub,public,houses,house,converted,history,historic,heritage,feature,features,losing,CAMRA,keeping,open
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K1NRJG - . The ex-Grey Mare pub with ghost sign, 2 Glossop road, Charlesworth, High Peak, Derbyshire, England, UK, SK13 5EZ. Photographed on 17 September 2022. The Grey Mare was situated at 2 Glossop Road. This pub has now been converted to residential use. In historical terms, public houses form a distinctive part of British social history, combining licensed drinking, hospitality and community life
Older pubs can reveal changing fashions in brewing, tied houses, coaching routes, urban development and leisure, while modern bars show how the licensed trade continues to adapt. As background, public wording is part of the visual landscape
Direction signs, warning notices, painted advertisements and engraved plaques show how authorities and businesses communicated before digital screens and app-based information became widespread. Historically, historic objects and places gain meaning through survival
Materials, craftsmanship, inscriptions and later alterations can reveal how a building, machine or everyday item was made, used and valued, while preservation decisions show which parts of the past communities choose to retain. During 2026, pub survival is a live issue, with government support including a 15% business-rates relief for eligible pubs and live-music venues in England during 2026/27, alongside wider debate about closures, property costs and the value of pubs as community assets. Against the 2026 backdrop, digital wayfinding is widespread, but physical signage remains essential for safety, accessibility and identity
Historic notices and ghost signs are also increasingly appreciated as part of the character of streets and buildings. Against the 2026 backdrop, pub survival is a live issue, with government support including a 15% business-rates relief for eligible pubs and live-music venues in England during 2026/27, alongside wider debate about closures, property costs and the value of pubs as community assets.
2 Glossop road, Charlesworth, High Peak, Derbyshire, England, UK, SK13 5EZ
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,old,pubs,closed,The,ex-,with,sign,redeveloped,2,Derbyshire,UK,ghost sign,long-term Closed,Closure date,lost,disappeared disappearing,bar,bars,pub,public,houses,house,converted,history,historic,heritage,feature,features,losing,CAMRA,keeping,open
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K1NRJJ - . The ex-Grey Mare pub with ghost sign, 2 Glossop road, Charlesworth, High Peak, Derbyshire, England, UK, SK13 5EZ. Photographed on 17 September 2022. The Grey Mare was situated at 2 Glossop Road. This pub has now been converted to residential use. Historically, british pubs evolved from inns, taverns and alehouses into licensed social institutions that have long served as meeting places, drinking houses, music venues and landmarks within town and village life
Their architecture, signs, interiors and evolving names often preserve layers of local commercial and social history. In the longer view, street signs, shop fascias, notices and inscriptions combine practical communication with graphic design
Typefaces, colours and wording can identify an era, organisation or local custom, making close photographs valuable for social, transport and commercial history. The wider historical story is that earlier buildings and artefacts provide tangible evidence that written records cannot fully replace
Their wear, construction, signage and setting help researchers understand local history, design, industry and social life across different periods. In 2026, in England the sector remains under pressure from operating costs and business rates, although eligible pubs and live-music venues receive a 15% business-rates relief/27
That makes historical and contemporary pub photographs particularly relevant to coverage of hospitality, community assets and evolving town centres. Current 2026 relevance comes from the fact that much public information has moved onto smartphones and digital displays, making older fixed signs and printed notices increasingly useful as evidence of how people once navigated places, bought services and followed rules. Relevant synonyms and subject phrases include public house, licensed premises, hostelry, bar trade, real ale, cask ale, beer culture, local pub, historic pub, nightlife, licensed trade, town-centre leisure, and lettering.
2 Glossop road, Charlesworth, High Peak, Derbyshire, England, UK, SK13 5EZ
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Keywords: GotonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Gloucestershire,village,Cotswold,England,UK,Freehouse,the,pubs,writer,author,GL6,Slad,Slad Rd,Stroud,GL6 7QA,sign,Laurie Lee,Cider with Rosie,authors,famous,tourist,tourism,attraction,pub,bar,bars,overgrown,plant,plants,ivy,horse,free,house
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JM9NX2 - Laurie Lee was an English poet and writer, celebrated for his internationally acclaimed childhood memoir, Cider with Rosie'. Lee was a regular visitor to his local pub and referred to it with great affection. He is buried in the Slad Churchyard and a walker's route around the village of Slad is dedicated to him by name.
The Woolpack is the proud custodian of the Laurie Lee beer bottle collection and a cabinet dedicated to his written works, as part of our tiny book shop.
Slad, Slad Rd, Slad, Stroud , Gloucestershire, England, UK, GL6 7QA
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,UK,falgs,flagpoles,flagpole,summer,blue,sky,skies,of,flying,London,W1,view,views,Big Ben,clock,and,house,houses of parliament,from,HOC,HOL,panorama,wide,image,tourist,tourism,attraction,evening,building,buildings architecture,colour,colourful,color,colorful,Kier Starmer
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JJEPMG - Parliament Square is a square at the northwest end of the Palace of Westminster in the City of Westminster in central London. Laid out in the 19th century, it features a large open green area in the centre with trees to its west, and it contains twelve statues of statesmen and other notable individuals.
As well as being one of London's main tourist attractions, it is also the place where many demonstrations and protests have been held. The square is overlooked by various official buildings: legislature to the east (in the Houses of Parliament), executive offices to the north (on Whitehall), the judiciary to the west (the Supreme Court), and the church to the south (with Westminster Abbey).
Location
Buildings looking upon the square include the churches Westminster Abbey and St Margaret's, Westminster, the Middlesex Guildhall which is the seat of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom, Government Offices Great George Street serving HM Treasury and HM Revenue and Customs, and Portcullis House.
Roads that branch off the Parliament Square are St Margaret Street (towards Millbank), Broad Sanctuary (towards Victoria Street), Great George Street (towards Birdcage Walk), Parliament Street (leading into Whitehall) and Bridge Street (leading onto Westminster Bridge)
Parliament Square, Westminster , London, England, UK, W1
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M07A7P - . This location-specific image from Parliament Square, City of Westminster, London, England, UK SW1 in 2022 provides a visual record of the subject in everyday context, useful for both contemporary editorial work and later historical comparison. The scene records Parliament Square sign, City of Westminster SW1, Big Ben clock of the UK houses of parliament, London, England, UK SW1. The wider scene also brings together city branding, London cityscape, towpath landscape, local history, inland boating, urban tourism, changing land use, working waterway, iconic London transport, archival record, heritage tourism, heritage boating, visual archive, and local character. In present-day coverage, the subject reaches into flood resilience and biodiversity, not least because of the transition of industrial waterways toward leisure and heritage use. Today's relevance is strengthened by air quality, housing pressure and the continuing question of how familiar London symbols function as global shorthand for Britain. For later comparison, the photograph preserves local activity and public use at Parliament Square, City of Westminster, London, England, UK SW1, details that may look very different after changing commercial priorities. A second descriptive layer includes regional identity, managed navigation, public realm, canal infrastructure, Westminster landmark, blue-green corridor, capital-city heritage, and period detail. The recorded references to houses, Parliament, Westminster, Square, and clock preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. By fixing the subject within Parliament Square, City of Westminster, London, England, UK SW1, the image preserves more than the headline object or building: it records part of the locality's everyday history. The scene captures details of everyday use within the wider story of Parliament Square, City of Westminster, London, England, UK SW1.
Parliament Square, City of Westminster, London, England, UK SW1
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,London,Westminster,Whitehall,England,UK,SW1A,tourist,SW1A 2BE,history,historic,building,architecture,house,ground,site,ceremonial,stabling,parade,Admiralty,Citadel,admiralty,extension,Horse Guards,British,sunny,attraction,tourists,travel,destination,Great Britain,pomp,ceremony,capital,city,empire
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M07A9C - Horse Guards Parade is a large parade ground off Whitehall in central London. It is the site of the annual ceremonies of Trooping the Colour, which commemorates the monarch's official birthday, and the Beating Retreat.
Horse Guards Parade was formerly the site of the Palace of Whitehall's tiltyard, where tournaments (including jousting) were held in the time of Henry VIII. It was also the scene of annual celebrations of the birthday of Queen Elizabeth I. The area has been used for a variety of reviews, parades and other ceremonies since the 17th century.
The adjacent Horse Guards building was once the Headquarters of the British Army. The Duke of Wellington was based in Horse Guards when he was Commander-in-Chief of the British Army. The current General Officer Commanding London District still occupies the same office and uses the same desk. Wellington also had living quarters within the building, which today are used as offices
The parade ground is open on the west side, where it faces Horse Guards Road and St James's Park. It is enclosed to the north by the Admiralty Citadel and the Admiralty Extension building, to the east by Admiralty House, William Kent's Horse Guards (formerly the headquarters of the British Army) and the rear of Dover House (home of the Scotland Office), and to the south by Kent's Treasury building (now used by the Cabinet Office), garden walls of 10 Downing Street (the official residence and office of the British Prime Minister) and Mountbatten Green before the Foreign and Commonwealth Office's west wing. Access to the south side is restricted for national security.
On the east side, Horse Guards Parade is normally accessible to the public from Whitehall through the arches of Horse Guards
A number of military monuments and trophies ring the outside of the parade ground, including:
To the west, beside St James's Park, the Guards Memorial, designed by the sculptor Gilbert Ledward in 192326
Horse Guards Rd, Whitehall, London , England, UK, SW1A 2BE
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,London,Westminster,Whitehall,England,UK,SW1A,tourist,SW1A 2BE,history,historic,building,architecture,house,ground,site,ceremonial,stabling,parade,British,sunny,attraction,tourists,travel,destination,Great Britain,pomp,ceremony,capital,city,empire,clock,tower,clocks,clocktower
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M07A9E - Horse Guards Parade is a large parade ground off Whitehall in central London. It is the site of the annual ceremonies of Trooping the Colour, which commemorates the monarch's official birthday, and the Beating Retreat.
Horse Guards Parade was formerly the site of the Palace of Whitehall's tiltyard, where tournaments (including jousting) were held in the time of Henry VIII. It was also the scene of annual celebrations of the birthday of Queen Elizabeth I. The area has been used for a variety of reviews, parades and other ceremonies since the 17th century.
The adjacent Horse Guards building was once the Headquarters of the British Army. The Duke of Wellington was based in Horse Guards when he was Commander-in-Chief of the British Army. The current General Officer Commanding London District still occupies the same office and uses the same desk. Wellington also had living quarters within the building, which today are used as offices
The parade ground is open on the west side, where it faces Horse Guards Road and St James's Park. It is enclosed to the north by the Admiralty Citadel and the Admiralty Extension building, to the east by Admiralty House, William Kent's Horse Guards (formerly the headquarters of the British Army) and the rear of Dover House (home of the Scotland Office), and to the south by Kent's Treasury building (now used by the Cabinet Office), garden walls of 10 Downing Street (the official residence and office of the British Prime Minister) and Mountbatten Green before the Foreign and Commonwealth Office's west wing. Access to the south side is restricted for national security.
On the east side, Horse Guards Parade is normally accessible to the public from Whitehall through the arches of Horse Guards
A number of military monuments and trophies ring the outside of the parade ground, including:
To the west, beside St James's Park, the Guards Memorial, designed by the sculptor Gilbert Ledward in 192326
Horse Guards Rd, Whitehall, London , England, UK, SW1A 2BE
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M0KX3W - The Electric Cinema is a cinema in Notting Hill, London. One of the oldest working film theatres in Britain, it became Britain's first black-owned cinema in 1993, and remained black-owned until it was sold in 2000.
As of 2022, after a couple of changes of hands, the cinema is also known as the Electric Portobello, with a second screen at the old Television Centre at White City called the Electric White City
The Electric Cinema first opened in London's Portobello Road on 24 February 1910. It was one of the first buildings in Britain to be designed specifically for motion picture exhibition, and was one of the first buildings in the vicinity to be supplied with electricity. Its first film was Henry VIII, screened on 23 February 1911.
The venue opened 18 years before talkies became the norm, so had no facilities to broadcast sound. The cinema was soon eclipsed by the huge picture palaces that became fashionable during the 1930s but, despite being shuttered for brief periods, it has remained in almost continual use until the present day.
Designed by architect Gerald Seymour Valentin in the Edwardian Baroque style, it originally opened as the Electric Cinema Theatre, with 600 seats. During World War I an angry mob attacked the Electric, believing that its German-born manager was signalling to Zeppelin raiders from the roof, after nearby Arundel Gardens was hit by a bomb dropped from a Zeppelin
Later, in 1932, the Electric became the Imperial Playhouse cinema, though by this time the Portobello Road area had become run down, along with the rest of Notting Hill. During this time, the venue's nickname among locals was The Bughole.
During WWII the venue was attended by up to 4000 per week, despite the Luftwaffe's night-time bombing raids.[9] During the late 1940s the notorious mass murderer John Christie (18991953) of nearby 10 Rillington Place is said to have worked at the Electric as a projectionist
It is a Grade II* Listed building.
191 Portobello Rd, London, England, UK, W11 2ED
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JHB6RY - . An identifiable period record of the recorded location in 2022, retaining the practical detail and local context that distinguish a documentary photograph from a generic illustration. The defining feature is Key in a door, property rental or sale, private on a mortgage or social housing, on a keyring. The setting additionally reflects changing streetscape, place identity, waterside public realm, waterside leisure, navigation corridor, public realm, canal heritage, urban waterway, period detail, river transport, blue-green infrastructure, regional identity, working waterway, and inland navigation. The wider contemporary story combines climate adaptation, flood resilience and the role of passenger boats in broadening urban transport choices. Future viewers can use this scene from the recorded location to compare street furniture and boundaries with whatever follows after replacement signage. Other useful contextual ideas include local history, local character, everyday life, documentary photography, archival record, riverfront regeneration, historical comparison, and before-and-after reference. Elements such as housing, social, rental, property, and mortgage add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. 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 image also provides a reference for climate adaptation and how waterfronts are increasingly used as public spaces and regeneration anchors without losing the local specificity of the recorded location. Another useful connection is river transport and the growing value of rivers and canals as transport, leisure and environmental corridors in a form that can be compared with future views of the recorded location. The image fixes details of everyday use as a date-specific reference.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JCMKCK - Grappenhall Cricket Club, one of the premier Cheshire cricket clubs in the North-West. played its first game in 1881 on a ground in Bellhouse Lane. The club moved to its current home of Broad Lane in 1892 with a new clubhouse. There have been several new clubhouses built on the existing site with the most recent developments coming in the late 1980's with significant improvements to the facilities in 2011.
In the early days the club played a number of friendly matches. Grappers then played regular fixtures up to the 2nd World War. In 1939, before war broke out, Grappers were founder members of the North Cheshire League but the league was stopped at the start of the war and was never resumed. From the 1960's onwards GCC were members of the Manchester Association which was the prelude to the clubs most successful period.
The 70's & 80's the golden years
In 1981, after a couple of good seasons following promotion to the top division in the late 70's, the 1st XI won the top flight for the first time. One of Grappenhall's best teams, it included some famous Grappers names such as Duncan Martindale, Rick Houghton, Chris Ashton, Neil Titchard, Jim Green, Nick Sharp and a young Neil Fairbrother, only a few years before he headed off for big things with Lancashire and England.
In 1982, the 1st XI went one better, this time winning the league and cup double with the HC Cup Final being one of a number of appearances the club mate at Old Trafford in the 80's. The double was repeated in 1987 with another appearance at Old Trafford, this time with the team including another future Lancashire star and future Grappers captain in Steve Titchard. In the same season, the 2nd XI also tasted success by winning the Worthington Cup. There were a number of other cup successes for the club during this period for the different senior and junior teams, with many a memorable game taking place and the tales still being regaled today.
Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire,England, UK, WA4 3EH
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,Hotpixuk,@HotpixUK,house,Grappenhall,Team,WA4 3EH,WA4,village,Cheshire villages,cricket mural,worlds smallest lady,ball,bowl,bowler,art,County,County League,Neil Fairbrother,Steve Tichard,Richard Green,Duncan Martindale,Steve Bramhall,Gropenhale,world,worlds,smallest,small,lady,ladies,nail,varnish,hand,hands,holding,holds,arts,painting,Grappers,hotpix.org.uk
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JCMKCT - Grappenhall Cricket Club, one of the premier Cheshire cricket clubs in the North-West. played its first game in 1881 on a ground in Bellhouse Lane. The club moved to its current home of Broad Lane in 1892 with a new clubhouse. There have been several new clubhouses built on the existing site with the most recent developments coming in the late 1980's with significant improvements to the facilities in 2011.
In the early days the club played a number of friendly matches. Grappers then played regular fixtures up to the 2nd World War. In 1939, before war broke out, Grappers were founder members of the North Cheshire League but the league was stopped at the start of the war and was never resumed. From the 1960's onwards GCC were members of the Manchester Association which was the prelude to the clubs most successful period.
The 70's & 80's the golden years
In 1981, after a couple of good seasons following promotion to the top division in the late 70's, the 1st XI won the top flight for the first time. One of Grappenhall's best teams, it included some famous Grappers names such as Duncan Martindale, Rick Houghton, Chris Ashton, Neil Titchard, Jim Green, Nick Sharp and a young Neil Fairbrother, only a few years before he headed off for big things with Lancashire and England.
In 1982, the 1st XI went one better, this time winning the league and cup double with the HC Cup Final being one of a number of appearances the club mate at Old Trafford in the 80's. The double was repeated in 1987 with another appearance at Old Trafford, this time with the team including another future Lancashire star and future Grappers captain in Steve Titchard. In the same season, the 2nd XI also tasted success by winning the Worthington Cup. There were a number of other cup successes for the club during this period for the different senior and junior teams, with many a memorable game taking place and the tales still being regaled today.
Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire,England, UK, WA4 3EH
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,M2,1867,pub,52 Cross St,North West,England,UK,M2 7AR,sign,bar,block,House,North West England,history,historic,institution,classic,boozer,Victorian,building,architecture,Black and White,Black & White,mist,misty,chops,smoke,steam,back,signs,bars,street,lane,pubs
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2ADE3KX - . Recorded at James Binney House,52 Cross St, Manchester,North West,England,UK, M2 7AR in 2019, the image fixes a particular place, use and appearance for later comparison as buildings, businesses, signs and public activity change. The location is represented through Mr Thomas's Chop House sign,1867,pub,James Binney House,52 Cross St, Manchester,North West,England,UK, M2 7AR,Black and White. Other connected aspects include period streetscape, cask-beer tradition, changing streetscape, beer judging, hand-pulled beer, licensed hospitality, cityscape history, beer festival scene, local character, urban fabric, regional identity, before-and-after reference, period detail, and heritage asset. Today's wider story includes business rates, beer duty and the practical question of the survival of community pubs. For contemporary context, adaptive reuse and planning control are closely related themes, especially where the issue becomes reusing existing buildings rather than demolishing them. As a documentary source, the scene fixes local appearance, occupation, access and public activity in the immediate surroundings of James Binney House,52 Cross St, Manchester,North West,England,UK, M2 7AR. The wider local story also touches on built heritage, pub trade, period building, changing land use, historic townscape, visual archive, heritage landmark, and historical comparison. The recorded references to House, Binney, Cross, James, and Black preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. By fixing the subject within James Binney House,52 Cross St, Manchester,North West,England,UK, M2 7AR, the image preserves more than the headline object or building: it records part of the locality's everyday history. The record includes a point of historical comparison as part of James Binney House,52 Cross St, Manchester,North West,England,UK, M2 7AR's history. The frame retains part of the area's social history for future local research.
James Binney House,52 Cross St, Manchester,North West,England,UK, M2 7AR
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2A989T4 - We are now over 50% SOLD at Hawthorn Grove! Don't miss the opportunity to own a new Bloor home within this stunning development. Call today to make an appointment.
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Hawthorn Grove Stretton Road Appleton Thorn, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 4RQ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2C9E2PP - . A location-based documentary photograph from Bridgwater, Sedgemoor, Somerset, South West England, England, UK, TA5 2AP, useful both for its immediate subject and for the smaller period details around it. The location is represented through WetherspoonNews Magazine and a Pint of bitter,in a Wetherspoon pub,supporting Brexit. The photograph also carries associations with historical comparison, customer-facing hospitality, night-time economy, social landscape, traditional ale house, government policy, local character, community hostelry, civic debate, democratic accountability, before-and-after reference, party-political communication, public policy, and Westminster politics. Current discussion around this subject increasingly includes hospitality operating costs alongside business rates, with particular attention to the survival of community meeting places. The subject remains useful for current coverage of constituency representation and government priorities, not least because of comparing earlier political promises with later policy. The archival value lies partly in recording ownership and occupation around Bridgwater, Sedgemoor, Somerset, South West England, England, UK, TA5 2AP before later redevelopment alters the character of the place. The subject also sits alongside public realm, neighbourhood pub, constituency politics, beer-led venue, archival record, built environment, community social space, and licensed premises. Details involving WetherspoonNews, Wetherspoon, supporting, bitter, and Brexit make the image more specific than a generic illustration and strengthen its local or historical value. For Bridgwater, Sedgemoor, Somerset, South West England, England, UK, TA5 2AP, the photograph contributes to a cumulative visual history in which small changes in use, signs, access and appearance can be traced over time. The scene remains tied to Bridgwater, Sedgemoor, Somerset, South West England, England, UK, TA5 2AP, image reference 2C9E2PP.
Bridgwater, Sedgemoor, Somerset, South West England, England, UK, TA5 2AP
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4642894818 - 'Walking distance from me.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy RM252Y - The Opera House in Quay Street, Manchester, England, is a 1,920-seater commercial touring theatre that plays host to touring musicals, ballet, concerts and a Christmas pantomime. It is a Grade II listed building. The Opera House is one of the main theatres in Manchester, England. The Opera House and its sister theatre the Palace Theatre, Manchester on Oxford Street are operated by the same parent company, Ambassador Theatre Group.
The theatre opened as the New Theatre in 1912, renamed the New Queen's Theatre in 1915 and as the Opera House in 1920 when it came under the wing of John Hart and his associates of United Theatres Ltd. In 1931 it was bought by, and prospered under, Howard & Wyndham Ltd which had been formed at the Theatre Royal, Glasgow in 1895 by Michael Simons. The group`s managing director A Stewart Cruikshank, headquartered at the group's headquarters in the King's Theatre, Edinburgh was joined on the board by Charles B Cochrane who now became a visiting producer at the Opera House, premiering numerous musicals and revues. The theatre staged the full range of plays, musicals, opera, and pantomime.
It closed in 1979 and for five years was a bingo hall. The Palace Trust acquired it in 1984 and returned it to a theatre. In 1990 it was acquired by Apollo Leisure and staged large-scale musicals.
The theatre has a rectangular plan and is built of stuccoed brick with a slate roof. Its symmetrical fifteen-bay facade is in the Classical style with a five-bay centre with fluted Ionic columns. Above the three central bays is a relief of a horse-drawn chariot within a semi-circular arch. The gable has a moulded cornice on brackets. The entrance canopy is a 20th-century addition.
The auditorium has two curved cantilevered balconies with large overhangs each holding 500 seats. Either side of the stage are stacked boxes between pairs of fluted Corinthian columns. The high proscenium arch is decorated with a circular medallion flanked by gryphons.
3 Quay St, Manchester, North west England, UK, M3 3HP
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy H4HMB1 - Cains is a brewery in Liverpool, England, founded in 1858 by Robert Cain. The company merged with Peter Walker & Son in 1921 to form Walker Cain. Peter Walker & Son had a large brewery in Warrington so sold its Liverpool brewery to Higsons in 1923.
Boddingtons of Manchester took over in 1985. In 1990 Whitbread acquired Boddington's brewing operations and closed the then Higsons Brewery in 1990. It was reopened by GB Breweries, who became part of Bryggerigruppen in 1991, and in 2002 was sold to Gardener-Shaw for £3.4 million.
The brewery closed in June 2013 with debts totalling more than £8m
18 Tithebarn Street, LIVERPOOL, L2 2DT
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy H0GDCP - Grappenhall is a suburban village in Warrington, Cheshire, England. It is situated along the Bridgewater Canal, and forms one of the principal settlements of Grappenhall and Thelwall civil parish. According to the 2001 UK census, the population of the entire civil parish was 9,377.
Grappenhall is mentioned in the Domesday Book with the name Gropenhale and with a valuation of five shillings.
St Wilfrid's Church has a carving of a cat on the west face of the tower. This is believed to be Lewis Carroll's inspiration for the grinning Cheshire Cat in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. The church itself was first constructed in 1120, though was rebuilt 400 years later. The church was also, at a time, in the possession of the Boidelle (Boydell) family.
Along with the church, the centre of the village contains two pubs the Parr Arms and the Ram's Head and Grappenhall Hall Residential School (no longer a Residential School) and St. Wilfrid's Primary School. Bradshaw Community Primary School is located north of the village centre.
Parts of the Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes were filmed in the centre of Grappenhall. The village name appears in the title of the song Grappenhall Rag, by the Darwen singer-songwriter Bryn Haworth.
Grappenhall is home to the 25th Warrington East (St. Wilfrid's) Scout Troop. There is also a cricket ground, which is the home of Grappenhall Cricket Club.
Grappenhall Village, Warrington, Cheshire, England, WA4 3EP
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy F7DDYD - . This authentic period view of Rudheath, Northwich,Cheshire,England,UK in 2015 preserves the main subject alongside smaller contextual details that can acquire greater historical value as places and uses change. The location is represented through Bread cooler in bakery food factory, Northwich,Cheshire,England, UK. The wider scene also brings together regional food culture, comfort food, popular cuisine, changing streetscape, everyday cuisine, hospitality food service, period detail, before-and-after reference, traditional takeaway, place identity, street food culture, everyday life, archival record, and historical comparison. For current editorial use, nutrition and food inflation provide additional context, especially through the enduring appeal of traditional takeaway meals. For later comparison, the photograph preserves street furniture and boundaries at Rudheath, Northwich,Cheshire,England,UK, details that may look very different after changing commercial priorities. The subject also sits alongside food heritage, British food tradition, local character, public realm, local dining tradition, social history, classic British meal, and documentary photography. The combination of factory, cooler, Northwich, bakery, and Bread anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. A later view of Rudheath, Northwich,Cheshire,England,UK may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. Another strand within the photograph is nutrition and how familiar dishes remain cultural shorthand for British food as part of the longer story of Rudheath, Northwich,Cheshire,England,UK. The setting also helps illustrate food inflation and the pressure of food and energy prices on small hospitality businesses when considered against later change at Rudheath, Northwich,Cheshire,England,UK. Image F7DDYD also remains a dated record of Rudheath, Northwich,Cheshire,England,UK.
Rudheath, Northwich,Cheshire,England,UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy F7DDYR - . An identifiable period record of Rudheath, Northwich,Cheshire,England,UK in 2015, retaining practical detail and local context that distinguish documentary photography from a generic illustration. The scene records Bread cooler in bakery food factory, Northwich,Cheshire,England, UK. A broader reading of the photograph includes community identity, contemporary social history, local dining tradition, British food tradition, regional identity, archival record, historical comparison, traditional takeaway, everyday life, hospitality food service, local history, food heritage, everyday cuisine, and comfort food. Today's relevance is strengthened by nutrition, consumer spending and the continuing question of the pressure of food and energy prices on small hospitality businesses. For later comparison, the photograph preserves materials and architectural details at Rudheath, Northwich,Cheshire,England,UK, details that may look very different after new ownership. The wider setting retains connections with classic British meal, regional food culture, changing streetscape, period detail, visual archive, food-and-drink heritage, public realm, and before-and-after reference. References to bakery, Northwich, cooler, Bread, and factory give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. By fixing the subject within Rudheath, Northwich,Cheshire,England,UK, the image preserves more than the headline object or building: it records part of the locality's everyday history. The location additionally provides evidence of nutrition and the enduring appeal of traditional takeaway meals when considered against later change at Rudheath, Northwich,Cheshire,England,UK. A further contemporary connection is nutrition and how food signs and shopfronts become part of urban cultural identity without losing the local specificity of Rudheath, Northwich,Cheshire,England,UK.
Rudheath, Northwich,Cheshire,England,UK
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Keywords: Expensive,water,house,boat,boats,luxury,UK,Two,bedroom,bed,property,rightmove,sunny,yacht-houses,yacht,houses,house,Hampton,Wick,UKhousing,River,homes,bridge,bridge,bridges,2 bed,Panther Quay,Property Crisis,GoTonySmith,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,River Thames,three,3,riverside,riverscape
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy F7DE01 - Designed to provide the best of the land on the water the yacht-houses are modelled on modern streamline motor yachts yet appointed to allow high ceilings, excellent natural light, picture windows on the upper floor and wrap around windows on the lower floor.
From their secure residential moorings, they afford excellent views up and down the river with minimal windows on the side to allow almost complete privacy. Lighting is enhanced by shards of roof window that allow daylight along the sides. This, the middle of the three vessels, is also air conditioned and designed to compliment their unique setting. The superb Kingston town centre is a short walk away and Hampton Wick (over ground) is the closest station.
Panther Quay, Kingston upon Thames, West London, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy F7DE04 - Designed to provide the best of the land on the water the yacht-houses are modelled on modern streamline motor yachts yet appointed to allow high ceilings, excellent natural light, picture windows on the upper floor and wrap around windows on the lower floor.
From their secure residential moorings, they afford excellent views up and down the river with minimal windows on the side to allow almost complete privacy. Lighting is enhanced by shards of roof window that allow daylight along the sides. This, the middle of the three vessels, is also air conditioned and designed to compliment their unique setting. The superb Kingston town centre is a short walk away and Hampton Wick (over ground) is the closest station.
Panther Quay, Kingston upon Thames, West London, England, UK
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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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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy EY5KEJ - . The Hop Pole Pub,49 Horsemarket Street Warrington, Cheshire,England, UK WA1 1TS next to bus station. The photograph was taken on 16 July 2015. 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 The Hop Pole, Pub, 49 Horsemarket Street Warrington, Horsemarket Street, Hoppole, hop, pole, bar, sign and sun, 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. This particular view is catalogued under Alamy image reference EY5KEJ, distinguishing it from other photographs of the same or related subject.
49 Horsemarket Street Warrington, Cheshire,England, UK WA1 1TS
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy EY5KEX - . The Lord Rodney pub, Winwick Rd, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK WA2 7DH - an ex-festival ale house. Photographed on 16 July 2015. The recorded location is 67 Winwick Rd, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK WA2 7DH. It used to be the Tetley Brewery Tap, From a real ale haven to a grubby, keg, dingy hole. In historical terms, public houses form a distinctive part of British social history, combining licensed drinking, hospitality and community life
Older pubs can reveal changing fashions in brewing, tied houses, coaching routes, urban development and leisure, while modern bars show how the licensed trade continues to adapt. As background, the modern real-ale movement helped preserve traditional cask-conditioned beer and encouraged a new generation of independent breweries
Pump clips and branded labels became an significant part of how drinkers identify constantly changing beers at the bar. The historical context is that architecture records the priorities of the period in which a building was designed: materials, ornament, scale and planning can reveal changing technologies, social status and commercial use
Later alterations and changes of tenant add further layers, so a single façade can embody several phases of local history. During 2026, pub survival is a live issue, with government support including a 15% business-rates relief for eligible pubs and live-music venues in England during 2026/27, alongside wider debate about closures, property costs and the value of pubs as community assets. Against the 2026 backdrop, beer culture combines traditional cask ale with craft brewing, cans, keg products and lower-alcohol choices
Photographs of older handpumps and brewery equipment help trace that evolution. For the 2026 context, beer culture combines traditional cask ale with craft brewing, cans, keg products and lower-alcohol choices
Photographs of older handpumps and brewery equipment help trace that evolution.
67 Winwick Rd, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK WA2 7DH
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DHGYA2 - . Copper wear in the kitchens at Dunham Massey NT property Cheshire England UK. Photographed at Dunham Massey, Altrincham, Cheshire England UK. The photograph was taken on 15 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 scene is closely associated with Copper, wear, kitchens, Dunham, Massey, copperwear, kitchen, hall, national and trust, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. The photograph is relevant to homes, residential streets, domestic architecture and the everyday details that shape the appearance of British housing. It can support editorial features about housing, addresses, front doors, neighbourhood identity, home ownership, renting, property condition, postal delivery, security and suburban or urban streets. Doors, windows, numbers, letterboxes, gardens, walls and other domestic details can provide a recognisable visual shorthand for home and residence without relying on a staged interior. As a dated record, the image can also be useful for local history and later comparison as properties are altered, refurbished or redeveloped. Search themes include housing, homes, front doors, addresses, letterboxes, house numbers, residential streets, property, neighbourhoods, renting and home ownership. Small domestic details can become useful archive evidence when properties are refurbished, altered, renumbered or 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. It can be used in newspapers, magazines, books, websites, documentaries, heritage projects and retrospective features where geographical accuracy and period detail matter.
Dunham Massey, Altrincham, Cheshire England UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DHGYA8 - . Copper wear in the kitchens at Dunham Massey NT property Cheshire England UK. Photographed at Dunham Massey, Altrincham, Cheshire England UK. The photograph was taken on 15 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 scene is closely associated with Copper, wear, kitchens, Dunham, Massey, copperwear, kitchen, hall, national and trust, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. The photograph is relevant to homes, residential streets, domestic architecture and the everyday details that shape the appearance of British housing. It can support editorial features about housing, addresses, front doors, neighbourhood identity, home ownership, renting, property condition, postal delivery, security and suburban or urban streets. Doors, windows, numbers, letterboxes, gardens, walls and other domestic details can provide a recognisable visual shorthand for home and residence without relying on a staged interior. As a dated record, the image can also be useful for local history and later comparison as properties are altered, refurbished or redeveloped. Search themes include housing, homes, front doors, addresses, letterboxes, house numbers, residential streets, property, neighbourhoods, renting and home ownership. Small domestic details can become useful archive evidence when properties are refurbished, altered, renumbered or 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. It can be used in newspapers, magazines, books, websites, documentaries, heritage projects and retrospective features where geographical accuracy and period detail matter.
Dunham Massey, Altrincham, Cheshire England UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DHGYC5 - . Panorama Green Room Dunham Massey, NT, Near Altrincham, Cheshire, England, UK. Photographed at Dunham Massey, Altrincham, Cheshire, England, UK. The photograph was taken on 15 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 interior viewpoint records fittings, surfaces, decoration and spatial details that help show how the premises or public space was arranged when photographed. 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 Panorama, Green Room, Dunham Massey, Near, Dunham, Massey, chandelier, wide shot, Pano and wide, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. The photograph is relevant to homes, residential streets, domestic architecture and the everyday details that shape the appearance of British housing. It can support editorial features about housing, addresses, front doors, neighbourhood identity, home ownership, renting, property condition, postal delivery, security and suburban or urban streets. Doors, windows, numbers, letterboxes, gardens, walls and other domestic details can provide a recognisable visual shorthand for home and residence without relying on a staged interior. As a dated record, the image can also be useful for local history and later comparison as properties are altered, refurbished or redeveloped. Search themes include housing, homes, front doors, addresses, letterboxes, house numbers, residential streets, property, neighbourhoods, renting and home ownership. Small domestic details can become useful archive evidence when properties are refurbished, altered, renumbered or redeveloped.
Dunham Massey, Altrincham, Cheshire, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DHGYHJ - . The Great Hall, Dunham Massey, in the evening. NT near Altrincham, Cheshire, England, UK, WA14 4SJ. Photographed at Dunham Massey, Altrincham, Cheshire, England, UK, WA14 4SJ. The photograph was taken on 15 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 low-light or evening setting is part of the subject, bringing illuminated signs, windows and street lighting into the documentary character of the scene. The interior viewpoint records fittings, surfaces, decoration and spatial details that help show how the premises or public space was arranged when photographed. The scene is closely associated with The Great Hall, Dunham Massey, in the evening. NT, chandelier, paintings, Dunham, Massey, National Trust, fire place and Pottery, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. The photograph is relevant to homes, residential streets, domestic architecture and the everyday details that shape the appearance of British housing. It can support editorial features about housing, addresses, front doors, neighbourhood identity, home ownership, renting, property condition, postal delivery, security and suburban or urban streets. Doors, windows, numbers, letterboxes, gardens, walls and other domestic details can provide a recognisable visual shorthand for home and residence without relying on a staged interior. As a dated record, the image can also be useful for local history and later comparison as properties are altered, refurbished or redeveloped. Search themes include housing, homes, front doors, addresses, letterboxes, house numbers, residential streets, property, neighbourhoods, renting and home ownership. Small domestic details can become useful archive evidence when properties are refurbished, altered, renumbered or redeveloped.
Dunham Massey, Altrincham, Cheshire, England, UK, WA14 4SJ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DHGYHW - . Silverware plate and trays at Dunham Massey house NT property, Altrincham, Greater Manchester, England, UK. Photographed on 15 September 2013. The recorded location is Dunham Massey, Altrincham, Cheshire, England, UK. Commissioned by Lord Warrington for the Great Bedchamber at Dunham Massey. Archambo was an eminent Huguenot goldsmith.
Provenance. Formerly in the collection of George Booth, 2nd Earl of Warrington (1675-1758)
now at Sotheby's. As background, historic interiors combine architecture with material culture
Furniture, clocks, silverware, screens, organs and decorative schemes can reveal craftsmanship, status and institutional use in ways that a façade alone cannot convey. In the longer view, museums and heritage attractions turn surviving objects and places into interpreted public history
Displays, reconstructed rooms and preserved machinery can place everyday artefacts within broader stories of work, domestic life, conflict, design and technological change. Against the 2026 backdrop, restoration projects increasingly emphasise retaining significant interiors as well as façades, making earlier photographs useful evidence when rooms are refurbished, repurposed or opened to visitors. Current 2026 relevance comes from the fact that heritage attractions increasingly combine physical collections with digital interpretation and events, but the authenticity of original objects and settings continues to be central to their appeal. From a heritage perspective, interiors preserve details that exterior photographs cannot show: furniture, fittings, decorative finishes and room layouts reveal how structures were actually used
Such features are often altered during refurbishment even when the outside remains unchanged. As of 2026, restoration projects increasingly emphasise retaining significant interiors as well as façades, making earlier photographs useful evidence when rooms are refurbished, repurposed or opened to visitors.
Dunham Massey, Altrincham, Cheshire, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DDXKRW - The Albert Dock is a complex of dock buildings and warehouses in Liverpool, England. Designed by Jesse Hartley and Philip Hardwick, it was opened in 1846, and was the first structure in Britain to be built from cast iron, brick and stone, with no structural wood. As a result, it was the first non-combustible warehouse system in the world.
At the time of its construction the Albert Dock was considered a revolutionary docking system because ships were loaded and unloaded directly from/to the warehouses. Two years after it opened it was modified to feature the world's first hydraulic cranes. Due to its open yet secure design, the Albert Dock became a popular store for valuable cargoes such as brandy, cotton, tea, silk, tobacco, ivory and sugar. However, despite the Albert Dock's advanced design, the rapid development of shipping technology meant that within 50 years, larger, more open docks were required, although it remained a valuable store for cargo.
During the Second World War, the Albert Dock was requisitioned by the Admiralty serving as a base for boats of the British Atlantic Fleet. The complex was damaged during air raids on Liverpool, notably during the May Blitz of 1941. In the aftermath of the war, the financial problems of the owners and the general decline of docking in the city meant that the future of the Albert Dock was uncertain. Numerous plans were developed for the re-use of the buildings but none came to fruition and in 1972 the dock was finally closed. Having lain derelict for nearly ten years, the redevelopment of the dock began in 1981, when the Merseyside Development Corporation was set up, with the Albert Dock being officially re-opened in 1984.
Today the Albert Dock is a major tourist attraction in the city and the most visited multi-use attraction in the United Kingdom, outside of London. It is a vital component of Liverpool's UNESCO designated World Heritage Maritime Mercantile City and the docking complex and warehouses also com
Albert Dock Liverpool , Merseyside , England , UK L3 4AA
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DB0JH1 - Inscription from stonework in the George & Dragon Inn, Great Budworth
Nil Nimium Cupito Mee 1722
The George and Dragon is a public house in the village of Great Budworth, Cheshire, England. It is designated by English Heritage as a Grade II listed building.
Great Budworth is a village that was formerly in the estate of Arley Hall. In the later part of the 19th century, its owner, Rowland Egerton-Warburton, undertook a campaign to restore the village and render it picturesque in Victorian eyes.
The George and Dragon was at that time a simple three-bay Georgian inn. In 1875 Egerton-Warburton commissioned the Chester architect John Douglas to undertake the restoration. Douglas added tall rubbed chimneys, mullioned windows and a steep pyramidal turret
On each side of the porch is an oak post-and-rail fence inscribed with a number of sayings. Above the inner door is a stone containing a verse written by Egerton-Warburton. Internally, in the bar, is a stone inscribed in Latin and the date 1722
George & Dragon, High Street Great Budworth, Northwich, Cheshire UK CW9 6HF
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DDJNK3 - Brympton d'Evercy (also known as Brympton House) is a manor house near Yeovil in the county of Somerset, England. It has been called the most beautiful house in England, a country noted for fine country houses. In 1927 the British magazine Country Life published a set of three articles on the house, in which Christopher Hussey, near the start of his 50-year career as an architectural authority and documenter of British country houses, described Brympton d'Evercy as the most incomparable house in Britain, the one which created the greatest impression and summarises so exquisitely English country life qualities. His articles remain the only detailed account of the house, which in its long history has belonged to six families: the D'Evercys, the Stourtons, the Sydenhams, the Fanes, the Weeks (19922008), and the Glossop family in 2008. Building was begun by the D'Evercy family about 1220 and proceeded slowly into the 18th century. For 750 years it remained little known or recorded. For a few years after the Second World War it held a boys' school, before being reclaimed by its owners as a private house. This it remains, although it is occasionally hired out as a location for filming or a hospitality event.
Brympton d'Evercy from the south around 1722 by Jan Kip and Leonard Knyff.
The house is part of a complex consisting of the mansion, its stables and other outbuildings, the parish church and a puzzling building known as the Priest House. Little remains of the original D'Evercy manor built between 1220 and 1325, as the present house has evolved on the same site.
Brympton d'Evercy was listed in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Brunetone, meaning brown enclosure, from the Old English brun and tun.
The village of Brympton is larger today than at any time in its history. Until the 20th century, it barely qualified as a village, having been deserted in the 14th century. It consisted only of a few cottages scattered along the long drive to the secluded mansion.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DDJNNY - Brympton d'Evercy (also known as Brympton House) is a manor house near Yeovil in the county of Somerset, England. It has been called the most beautiful house in England, a country noted for fine country houses. In 1927 the British magazine Country Life published a set of three articles on the house, in which Christopher Hussey, near the start of his 50-year career as an architectural authority and documenter of British country houses, described Brympton d'Evercy as the most incomparable house in Britain, the one which created the greatest impression and summarises so exquisitely English country life qualities. His articles remain the only detailed account of the house, which in its long history has belonged to six families: the D'Evercys, the Stourtons, the Sydenhams, the Fanes, the Weeks (19922008), and the Glossop family in 2008. Building was begun by the D'Evercy family about 1220 and proceeded slowly into the 18th century. For 750 years it remained little known or recorded. For a few years after the Second World War it held a boys' school, before being reclaimed by its owners as a private house. This it remains, although it is occasionally hired out as a location for filming or a hospitality event.
Brympton d'Evercy from the south around 1722 by Jan Kip and Leonard Knyff.
The house is part of a complex consisting of the mansion, its stables and other outbuildings, the parish church and a puzzling building known as the Priest House. Little remains of the original D'Evercy manor built between 1220 and 1325, as the present house has evolved on the same site.
Brympton d'Evercy was listed in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Brunetone, meaning brown enclosure, from the Old English brun and tun.
The village of Brympton is larger today than at any time in its history. Until the 20th century, it barely qualified as a village, having been deserted in the 14th century. It consisted only of a few cottages scattered along the long drive to the secluded mansion.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DDJNPK - Brympton d'Evercy (also known as Brympton House) is a manor house near Yeovil in the county of Somerset, England. It has been called the most beautiful house in England, a country noted for fine country houses. In 1927 the British magazine Country Life published a set of three articles on the house, in which Christopher Hussey, near the start of his 50-year career as an architectural authority and documenter of British country houses, described Brympton d'Evercy as the most incomparable house in Britain, the one which created the greatest impression and summarises so exquisitely English country life qualities. His articles remain the only detailed account of the house, which in its long history has belonged to six families: the D'Evercys, the Stourtons, the Sydenhams, the Fanes, the Weeks (19922008), and the Glossop family in 2008. Building was begun by the D'Evercy family about 1220 and proceeded slowly into the 18th century. For 750 years it remained little known or recorded. For a few years after the Second World War it held a boys' school, before being reclaimed by its owners as a private house. This it remains, although it is occasionally hired out as a location for filming or a hospitality event.
Brympton d'Evercy from the south around 1722 by Jan Kip and Leonard Knyff.
The house is part of a complex consisting of the mansion, its stables and other outbuildings, the parish church and a puzzling building known as the Priest House. Little remains of the original D'Evercy manor built between 1220 and 1325, as the present house has evolved on the same site.
Brympton d'Evercy was listed in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Brunetone, meaning brown enclosure, from the Old English brun and tun.
The village of Brympton is larger today than at any time in its history. Until the 20th century, it barely qualified as a village, having been deserted in the 14th century. It consisted only of a few cottages scattered along the long drive to the secluded mansion.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DDJNRC - Brympton d'Evercy (also known as Brympton House) is a manor house near Yeovil in the county of Somerset, England. It has been called the most beautiful house in England, a country noted for fine country houses. In 1927 the British magazine Country Life published a set of three articles on the house, in which Christopher Hussey, near the start of his 50-year career as an architectural authority and documenter of British country houses, described Brympton d'Evercy as the most incomparable house in Britain, the one which created the greatest impression and summarises so exquisitely English country life qualities. His articles remain the only detailed account of the house, which in its long history has belonged to six families: the D'Evercys, the Stourtons, the Sydenhams, the Fanes, the Weeks (19922008), and the Glossop family in 2008. Building was begun by the D'Evercy family about 1220 and proceeded slowly into the 18th century. For 750 years it remained little known or recorded. For a few years after the Second World War it held a boys' school, before being reclaimed by its owners as a private house. This it remains, although it is occasionally hired out as a location for filming or a hospitality event.
Brympton d'Evercy from the south around 1722 by Jan Kip and Leonard Knyff.
The house is part of a complex consisting of the mansion, its stables and other outbuildings, the parish church and a puzzling building known as the Priest House. Little remains of the original D'Evercy manor built between 1220 and 1325, as the present house has evolved on the same site.
Brympton d'Evercy was listed in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Brunetone, meaning brown enclosure, from the Old English brun and tun.
The village of Brympton is larger today than at any time in its history. Until the 20th century, it barely qualified as a village, having been deserted in the 14th century. It consisted only of a few cottages scattered along the long drive to the secluded mansion.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DDJNRR - Brympton d'Evercy (also known as Brympton House) is a manor house near Yeovil in the county of Somerset, England. It has been called the most beautiful house in England, a country noted for fine country houses. In 1927 the British magazine Country Life published a set of three articles on the house, in which Christopher Hussey, near the start of his 50-year career as an architectural authority and documenter of British country houses, described Brympton d'Evercy as the most incomparable house in Britain, the one which created the greatest impression and summarises so exquisitely English country life qualities. His articles remain the only detailed account of the house, which in its long history has belonged to six families: the D'Evercys, the Stourtons, the Sydenhams, the Fanes, the Weeks (19922008), and the Glossop family in 2008. Building was begun by the D'Evercy family about 1220 and proceeded slowly into the 18th century. For 750 years it remained little known or recorded. For a few years after the Second World War it held a boys' school, before being reclaimed by its owners as a private house. This it remains, although it is occasionally hired out as a location for filming or a hospitality event.
Brympton d'Evercy from the south around 1722 by Jan Kip and Leonard Knyff.
The house is part of a complex consisting of the mansion, its stables and other outbuildings, the parish church and a puzzling building known as the Priest House. Little remains of the original D'Evercy manor built between 1220 and 1325, as the present house has evolved on the same site.
Brympton d'Evercy was listed in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Brunetone, meaning brown enclosure, from the Old English brun and tun.
The village of Brympton is larger today than at any time in its history. Until the 20th century, it barely qualified as a village, having been deserted in the 14th century. It consisted only of a few cottages scattered along the long drive to the secluded mansion.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DDJNTG - Brympton d'Evercy (also known as Brympton House) is a manor house near Yeovil in the county of Somerset, England. It has been called the most beautiful house in England, a country noted for fine country houses. In 1927 the British magazine Country Life published a set of three articles on the house, in which Christopher Hussey, near the start of his 50-year career as an architectural authority and documenter of British country houses, described Brympton d'Evercy as the most incomparable house in Britain, the one which created the greatest impression and summarises so exquisitely English country life qualities. His articles remain the only detailed account of the house, which in its long history has belonged to six families: the D'Evercys, the Stourtons, the Sydenhams, the Fanes, the Weeks (19922008), and the Glossop family in 2008. Building was begun by the D'Evercy family about 1220 and proceeded slowly into the 18th century. For 750 years it remained little known or recorded. For a few years after the Second World War it held a boys' school, before being reclaimed by its owners as a private house. This it remains, although it is occasionally hired out as a location for filming or a hospitality event.
Brympton d'Evercy from the south around 1722 by Jan Kip and Leonard Knyff.
The house is part of a complex consisting of the mansion, its stables and other outbuildings, the parish church and a puzzling building known as the Priest House. Little remains of the original D'Evercy manor built between 1220 and 1325, as the present house has evolved on the same site.
Brympton d'Evercy was listed in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Brunetone, meaning brown enclosure, from the Old English brun and tun.
The village of Brympton is larger today than at any time in its history. Until the 20th century, it barely qualified as a village, having been deserted in the 14th century. It consisted only of a few cottages scattered along the long drive to the secluded mansion.
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Keywords: coal,mine,mining,Manchester,lancs,Lancashire,working,works,vertical,shaft,Green,Museum,Chat,Moss,chatmoss,collieries,village,county,council,saved,by,village,A580,east,3,300,hp,twin,tandem,compound,steam,3300,surviving,headgear,house,gates,wide,shot,HDR,seams,Higher,Green,Lane,Tyldesley,Gotonysmith 3300hp Pilkington Colliery Company,trading as the Clifton and Kersley Coal Company,working,collieries,in,the,Irwell,valley,at,Clifton,Higher,Green,Lane,Astley Green,Tyldesley,Lancashire England,UK M29 7JB M297jb
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DE9AD2 - On the edge of Chat Moss, in an area once full of collieries, lies the picturesque village of Astley Green. In the heart of the village stands Astley Green Colliery Museum which, but for the foresight of Lancashire County Council and several leading figures within the community, would have suffered the same fate as the other collieries in the area, total demolition. It was the uniqueness of the 3,300 hp twin tandem compound steam winding engine that brought the demolition to a halt. As the result of the intervention, the museum houses Lancashire's only surviving headgear and engine house, both of which now have listed building status.
The museum occupies some fifteen acres of the Astley Green Colliery site. To the south lies the Bridgewater Canal and Astley Moss, an important mossland site. The low-lying landscape ensures that the museum's 98ft high lattice steel headgear can be seen for many miles, a fitting memorial to days now past.
Higher Green Lane, Astley Green, Tyldesley, Lancashire England, UK M29 7JB
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DE9AEM - On the edge of Chat Moss, in an area once full of collieries, lies the picturesque village of Astley Green. In the heart of the village stands Astley Green Colliery Museum which, but for the foresight of Lancashire County Council and several leading figures within the community, would have suffered the same fate as the other collieries in the area, total demolition. It was the uniqueness of the 3,300 hp twin tandem compound steam winding engine that brought the demolition to a halt. As the result of the intervention, the museum houses Lancashire's only surviving headgear and engine house, both of which now have listed building status.
The museum occupies some fifteen acres of the Astley Green Colliery site. To the south lies the Bridgewater Canal and Astley Moss, an important mossland site. The low-lying landscape ensures that the museum's 98ft high lattice steel headgear can be seen for many miles, a fitting memorial to days now past.
Higher Green Lane, Astley Green, Tyldesley, Lancashire England, UK M29 7JB
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DE9AKM - On the edge of Chat Moss, in an area once full of collieries, lies the picturesque village of Astley Green. In the heart of the village stands Astley Green Colliery Museum which, but for the foresight of Lancashire County Council and several leading figures within the community, would have suffered the same fate as the other collieries in the area, total demolition. It was the uniqueness of the 3,300 hp twin tandem compound steam winding engine that brought the demolition to a halt. As the result of the intervention, the museum houses Lancashire's only surviving headgear and engine house, both of which now have listed building status.
The museum occupies some fifteen acres of the Astley Green Colliery site. To the south lies the Bridgewater Canal and Astley Moss, an important mossland site. The low-lying landscape ensures that the museum's 98ft high lattice steel headgear can be seen for many miles, a fitting memorial to days now past.
Higher Green Lane, Astley Green, Tyldesley, Lancashire England, UK M29 7JB
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4592890162 - 'I passed the Ring O Bells today in Warrington and it looked very spring like with all the tulips and daffidils outside. Unfortunately I could not drop in to sample any of the seasonal ales on offer :-( . Purely in the interests of providing additional information you understand!
The Ring Of Bells is situated in the yard adjacent to St Elphins ( www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/4163626967/ ), Warrington's principle central church. The building is grade I listed in the same manner as the church. Its a fine traditional boozer and watering hole.
There are five constantly changing real ales alongside the usual suspects (lagers, alcopops etc). Dave down there has Cask Marque accreditation and are regularly featured in 'Out Inn Cheshire', our areas CAMRA magazine. The Cask Marque trust website will help you locate the nearest accredited real ale pub to you at www.cask-marque.co.uk/pubs/map.php. there is also an iPhone app (if you have such new fangled things) to do this for you too. Its called CaskFinder.
There is a varied menu at the Ring Of Bells and they have a four star rating from the local council. All the food is freshly prepared and as far as practical from locally sourced ingredients. They don't have Sky Sports, Jukebox, Pool table or other similar distractions from a friendly community atmosphere. If you are in town, drop in for a pint or two. Tell them you read about it here!
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy D8G09N - . This dated editorial view of West Register Place Edinburgh City Scotland UK in 2010 captures more than the immediate subject, retaining clues about local use, design, activity and change. The defining feature is Guildford Arms bar, West Register Place, Edinburgh City, Scotland, UK, EH2 2AA. Another layer of the photograph includes period detail, before-and-after reference, licensed trade, community identity, public realm, traditional pub, changing streetscape, local social venue, everyday life, community drinking venue, night-time economy, archival record, regional identity, and traditional ale house. Current relevance extends to pub closures and beer duty, particularly through the value of historic pubs to tourism and local identity. For later comparison, the photograph preserves signage and branding at West Register Place Edinburgh City Scotland UK, details that may look very different after changed technology. Other useful contextual ideas include historic hostelry, social history, place identity, cask-beer tradition, visitor hospitality, changing land use, real-ale culture, and documentary photography. The combination of Register, Guildford, Edinburgh, and Place anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. By fixing the subject within West Register Place Edinburgh City Scotland UK, the image preserves more than the headline object or building: it records part of the locality's everyday history. The setting also helps illustrate pub closures and the value of historic pubs to tourism and local identity when considered against later change at West Register Place Edinburgh City Scotland UK. The image also provides a reference for changing drinking habits and the value of historic pubs to tourism and local identity without losing the local specificity of West Register Place Edinburgh City Scotland UK. The frame retains details of everyday use for later comparison.
West Register Place Edinburgh City Scotland UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy CF2211 - . Blue Cap historic Pub and drinking place A556 at Dusk , Cheshire , England, United Kingdom. Photographed on 9 February 2010. The recorded location is Blue Cap Hotel, A556, , Sandiway, Cheshire, England, Great Britain. The Blue Cap in Cheshire was named after a noted 18th century foxhound marked with a dark patch on its head. Historically, british pubs evolved from inns, taverns and alehouses into licensed social institutions that have long served as meeting places, drinking houses, music venues and landmarks within town and village life
Their architecture, signs, interiors and evolving names often preserve layers of local commercial and social history. As background, heritage photography is particularly useful where buildings or objects have changed function
A former workplace, shop, transport structure or piece of equipment can become a museum object or landmark, linking everyday history with conservation and interpretation. Historically, 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. In 2026, in England the sector remains under pressure from operating costs and business rates, although eligible pubs and live-music venues receive a 15% business-rates relief/27
That makes historical and contemporary pub photographs particularly relevant to coverage of hospitality, community assets and evolving town centres. Against the 2026 backdrop, conservation is increasingly considered alongside regeneration, climate resilience and adaptive reuse
The value of a historic subject therefore lies not only in nostalgia but in the evidence it provides about materials, local identity and how places change. Relevant synonyms and subject phrases include public house, licensed premises, hostelry, bar trade, real ale, cask ale, beer culture, and local pub.
Blue Cap Hotel, A556, , Sandiway, Cheshire, England, Great Britain
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Keywords: Liverpool,Albert,Dock,Dockside,UK,beatles,city,mersey,merseyside,river,pump,house,pumphouse,wet,rain,dusk,night,low,light,shot,hotpix,hotpixuk,tonysmith,tony,smith,blue,sky,warm,cobbles,stones,cobble,tate,gallery,maritime,museum,this photo rocks,HDR,high dynamic range,town,building,buildings,built,architecture,noche,nuit,sex,sexy
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4309650135 - 'A shot of the Pump House at the Albert Dock, Mersey Quayside, City of Liverpool. It has been a pub for may decades now, an old brick building. Here at dusk during heavy rain. Nice reflections on the cobbles and the wheel in the distance, near the new Liverpool One shopping centre.
The original building dates from 1878 when dockside cranes were converted to hydraulic use. However by 1920 due to the Albert dock being too small for the size of many cargo ships in use, it was mainly utilised for storage.
Regeneration started in 1981.
(2010 week 4)
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Keywords: Christmas,Cacti,Xmas,Purple,flowers,flower,tropical,brazil,holiday,plant,succulent,desert,house,houseplant,december,xmascacti,christmascacti,orchid,cactus,Thanksgiving,Christmas Easter cacti,Easter cacti,Schlumbergera,truncata,nature,natural,history,world,life,HDR,high dynamic range,bloom,flores,blome,muchacha,femenina,de,la,mujer,se\u00f1ora,lady,female,woman,girl,\u5973\u6027\u30e1\u30b9\u306e\u5973\u6027\u306e\u5973\u306e\u5b50,\u592b\u4eba\u5973\u6027\u5987\u5973\u5973\u5b69,fille,f\u00e9minine,femme,dame,hotpix!
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4201858176 - 'The purple of this plants flower is so sensual (considering it lies so dormant all year). Mine always gets a good soaking at the end of November and it generally jolts it into flowering action.
The plant is native to desert areas of Brazil (&
other areas of the americas) and is a succulent beloging to Magnoliophyta, Magnoliopsida, Caryophyllales.
Another macro flower here www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/3811362428/
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Keywords: red,sky,morning,grappenhall,village,england,UK,semidetached,house,houses,semi,detached,street,car,blue,purple,lindi,avenue,lindiavenue,7,7lindi,7lindiavenue,365days,HDR,high dynamic range,tonysmith,tony,smith,Hotpicks,hotpics,hot,pics,pix,picks,hotpix.freeserve.co.uk,noche,nuit,hotpix!,hotpix.rocketmail.com,hotpixuk.rocketmail.com,contact.tony.smith.gmail.com,tony.smith.gmail.com,tonys@miscs.com,tony.smith@mis-ams.com
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4125482227 - 'A great red sky this morning. A bit of a grab shot at about 800asa. as they say, when its gone its gone!
More views of Grappenhall www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/4059561024/in/pool-grappen...
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Keywords: Poole,Dorset,England,UK,night,shot,dusk,BW,Customs,House,Old,nightshot,nightshots,GB,Great,Britain,waterfront,bar,cafe,anchor,Paradise,Street,St,hotpix,hotpixuk,tdk,tony,tdktony,black,white,sepia,toned,mono,monochrome,tripod,tripod shot,long,exposure,long exposure,365days,HDR,high dynamic range,tonysmith,smith,noche,nuit,#tonysmithhotpix
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4050685287 - 'A grade II listed building the Poole Customs House was built in 1814 and is now a rather nice restaurant and bar.
The old customs house on the quay was featured in the 1986 BBC drama, 'The Collectors' with Poole set as the fictional Dorset town of Wrelling. thankfully, there are no plans as yet to release the series on DVD.
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Keywords: Aberdeen Airport,Dyce,Aberdeen,Scotland,UK,gotonysmith,indoors,internal,inside,waiting,area,departure,departures,Dyce,Scotland,UK,plane,gotonysmith,depart,bars,wwaiting,area,waiting,Obar,Dheathain,IATA,ABZ,ICAO EGPD city centre,ADI Limited ltd Aberdeen Airport Dyce Aberdeen,Scotland,UK,This,is,the,hub,for,the,granite,city,serving,oil,rigs,and,workers,in,North,East,passenger,terminal,Scotland,regional,BAA,british,airports,authority,BMI,regional,gates,Broomfield,House,oil,company,charter,flights,to,Scatsta,Eric,Gandar,Dower,East,Fingask,beside,Oldmeldrum,Caisse,de,dépôt,et,placement,du,Québec,and,Special,Investments,that is led by the Spanish Ferrovial Group,gotonysmith,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy CF134W - . Aberdeen Airport interior panorama, Dyce, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK. The recorded location is Aberdeen Airport, Dyce, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK. Aberdeen Airport panorama of the waiting area in departures, Dyce, Aberdeen, NE Scotland, UK. This is the hub for the granite city serving oil rigs and workers in North East Scotland. In historical terms, airline photographs document both engineering and the economics of mass travel
Aircraft type, livery, airport infrastructure and holiday branding show how aviation has evolved through successive generations of jets, low-cost carriers and package-tour businesses. Looking at the subject's development, 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. Looking at the subject's development, interiors preserve details that exterior photographs cannot show: furniture, fittings, decorative finishes and room layouts reveal how buildings were actually used
Such features are often altered during refurbishment even when the outside remains unchanged. During 2026, air travel is again a major part of the UK leisure economy, while the sector continues to face scrutiny over carbon emissions and sustainable aviation
Older jets and airline branding provide useful context for stories about fleet renewal, tourism and aviation's environmental impact. For the 2026 context, 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. In 2026, current interest in climate and place-making gives atmospheric landscape photographs added documentary value, particularly where weather, coastlines or urban development are prominent.
Aberdeen Airport, Dyce, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,cheshire,house,hall,Altrincham,Greater Manchester,England,UK,WA14 1SA,evening,night,lit,up,in,the,success,successful,retail,bars,restaurants,stalls,history,building,indoor,food,foodhall,altymarket,Alty,Trafford,tourist,tourism,visit,visitor,attraction,economy,night time,heritage,independent retail
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JCR530 - Altrincham Market House photographed in the town centre on a summer evening, with warm string lights glowing under a canopy that runs along the side of the building. The scene captures the atmosphere of a modern food and drink venue set within a historic market hall: a red brick structure with large arched windows and a formal gable end, designed for daylight and volume, now repurposed for eating, meeting and socialising. Outdoor benches, planters and simple furniture create an informal terrace feel, while the lighting transforms the space into something inviting and festive, suggesting the early evening period when people start to gather for food, beer and conversation.
The sky shows late daylight rather than full darkness, with a soft blue tone and patches of cloud that read as warm-weather conditions. There are no hard shadows and the light on the brickwork feels gentle, consistent with dusk or the long evenings of late spring and summer. The ground looks dry, with no visible rain sheen, reinforcing the impression of settled weather. This combination of visible hospitality lighting and remaining daylight gives the image strong seasonal cues, and it works well for editorial use where the mood of summer evening in town is as important as the building itself.
Altrincham Market and Market House are widely promoted as a key part of the town's Market Quarter and a flagship example of high street and town centre revival, where historic civic buildings have been adapted to support independent traders and modern leisure. The photograph suits themes such as regeneration, visitor economy, UK food halls, street food culture, independent retail and hospitality, and the way northern town centres are rebuilding footfall by combining heritage architecture with contemporary social spaces. The strong architectural frontage, visible lighting, and uncluttered setting make it a flexible establishing shot for features on Greater Manchester dining, nightlife, and the changing role
Altrincham Market House in town centre, lit with warm string lights on a summer evening, Altrincham,
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,in,the,house,around,home,alarm,time,pain,irritating,change,reset,all,annual,event,to,from,summer time,British,Daylight saving time,DST,October,one,hour,changes,three,3,hand,hands,gain,an,02,00,2am
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PHEJCR - Daylight saving time (DST), also referred to as daylight savings time, daylight time (United States, Canada, and Australia), or summer time (United Kingdom, European Union, and others), is the practice of advancing clocks (typically by one hour) during warmer months so that darkness falls at a later clock time. The typical implementation of DST is to set clocks forward by one hour in either the late winter or spring (spring forward), and to set clocks back by one hour in the fall (fall back) to return to standard time. As a result, there is one 23-hour day in early spring and one 25-hour day in the middle of autumn.
The idea of aligning waking hours to daylight hours to conserve candles was first proposed in 1784 by U.S. polymath Benjamin Franklin. In a satirical letter to the editor of The Journal of Paris, Franklin suggested that waking up earlier in the summer would economize on candle usage
and calculated considerable savings
After synchronously resetting all clocks in a region to one hour ahead of standard time, individuals following a clock-based schedule will awaken an hour earlier than they would have otherwiseor rather an hour's worth of darkness earlier
they will begin and complete daily work routines an hour of daylight earlier: they will have available to them an extra hour of daylight after their workday activities. They will have one less hour of daylight at the start of the workday, making the policy less practical during winter.
Proponents of daylight saving time argue that most people prefer a greater increase in daylight hours after the typical nine to five workday. Supporters have also argued that DST decreases energy consumption by reducing the need for lighting and heating, but the actual effect on overall energy use is heavily disputed
United Kingdom
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Keywords: Sinclair,Sinclairs,shot,street,shopping,GB,Great,Britain,city,blue,hour,window,windows,shop,shops,shopping,centre,center,mall,public,house,cathedral,Harvey,Nicholls,Nichols,Nichol,Sam,Samual,Smiths,pubs,traditional,and,modern,gotonysmith Nicholl,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Mike Ashley,Frasers Group,takeover,rescue
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy D8HFD2 - Dusk view of the Harvey Nichols department store on New Cathedral Street in Manchester city centre, photographed beside the historic Sinclair's Oyster Bar, with illuminated shop windows, street lighting and a deep blue evening sky. The distinctive curved glass and stone frontage of the luxury retailer rises above the pedestrian shopping area, while neighbouring architecture creates a contrast between modern commercial development and older Manchester buildings. The scene records the Manchester branch at a significant moment in the history of Harvey Nichols. On 13 August 2026 the luxury department store group was acquired by Mike Ashley's Frasers Group after entering administration, in a rescue deal that kept the business trading and transferred more than 1,000 employees. Frasers said that integrating Harvey Nichols would require significant restructuring, including a review and possible rationalisation of its store portfolio, organisational structure, operating model and cost base. Chief executive Michael Murray warned that difficult choices could result in a smaller business in the near term while attempting to create a sustainable future for the historic retailer. Harvey Nichols, founded in 1831, had suffered several years of losses before the administration and takeover. Its Manchester store occupies a prominent position close to Exchange Square, Manchester Arndale and Selfridges in one of the city's principal shopping districts. The image can illustrate luxury retail, department store restructuring, business rescue, financial pressure on traditional high street retailers, changing consumer spending, fashion shopping and the continuing transformation of British city-centre retail. Evening illumination, glass façades, commercial signage and the neighbouring traditional pub provide a distinctive Manchester streetscape during the Frasers Group takeover period.
Cathedral st, Manchester, England, M1 UK
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Keywords: red brick railway B&B grand Midland Railway Central railway station,its,northern,Charles,grade,II,grade2,Paramount,Hotel,Group,Barcelo,UK,hoteles,QHotels,Quintessential,summer,blue,skies,sky,French,Restaurant,Mr.,Coopers,House,&,Garden,and,The,Wyvern,Restaurant,pano,panorama,gotonysmith,hotels,fine,tourist,travel,building,wide,shot,wideshot,Peter,Street,and,Lower,Mosley,rown,polished,granite,and,Burmantoft
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DN6N6P - The Midland is a grand hotel in Manchester, England. Opened in September 1903, it was built by the Midland Railway to serve Manchester Central railway station, its northern terminus for its rail services to London St. Pancras. The hotel was designed by Charles Trubshaw in a highly-individualistic Edwardian Baroque style. It is a Grade II* listed building
Lower Mosley St, Manchester, England, UK
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Keywords: 34,Row,city,of,tourism,attraction,ale,house,alehouse,CAMRA,real,royal,Old,Town,brass,outside,Lothians,Scotland,UK,Nicholson,freehouse,company,bar,Chambers,Street,and,George,IV,Bridge,Georgian,houses,scruffy,EH12QE,EH1,2QE,sign,outside,night,GoTonySmith,bars,different,shot,of,near,graveyard,traditional,John,Gray,RIP
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy ED4MNA - Greyfriars Bobby's Bar occupies the ground floor of a row of Georgian houses adjoining the historic Candlemakers' Hall, built in 1722.
The name of the bar is inspired by an Edinburgh legend of a scruffy Skye terrier called Bobby. When his owner died in 1858, Bobby faithfully watched over his grave and was buried alongside his master in the Greyfriars Kirkyard in 1872.
34 Candlemaker Row, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK EH1 2QE
