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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,Underground,roundel,logo,historic,railway,metro,public transport,Transport for London,graphic design,red circle,blue bar,heritage,British design,wayfinding,urban transport,England,UK,icon,branding,London transport,The tube,tube,London Underground history,old Tube sign,historic roundel London,Edward Johnston Underground,Frank Pick,vintage,transport branding,British railway,corporate identity,red U Underground sign,way out,pointing hand,design history,urban transport symbol,lost,old railway sign
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FF6PWE - Historic London Underground signage showing a large red U above the word UNDERGROUND, with a traditional Way Out fingerboard and pointing hand mounted above. The design belongs to the long visual history of the Tube, whose famous roundel grew from efforts to make station names stand out clearly amid platform advertising. Transport for London dates the first Underground bar-and-circle device to 1908, when a red enamel disc and horizontal blue name bar were introduced at station platforms. During the early 1910s the Underground name was increasingly combined with the symbol as the network developed a stronger common identity. Publicity manager Frank Pick then commissioned calligrapher and typographer Edward Johnston to create a distinctive company typeface. Johnston's lettering was incorporated into a revised symbol in 191617, helping establish one of the most recognisable transport identities in the world. The familiar red ring crossed by a blue bar developed from this work and became deeply associated with London itself, while later standardisation brought consistent signs, maps, posters and station architecture across the system. This photographed sign differs visibly from the modern standard roundel, using an emphatic red letter U and dark lower panel, making it useful as an example of historic or heritage-style Underground branding rather than contemporary TfL signage. The Way Out sign above adds another layer of period transport design, using a pointing hand to direct passengers before modern pictograms and standardised wayfinding became dominant. Such surviving or recreated signs evoke the development of corporate identity, typography and passenger information on the world's oldest underground railway. For editorial use, the image connects London transport history, railway heritage, graphic design, branding, public signage and the enduring cultural status of the Tube as a symbol of the British capital.
London, England, United Kingdom
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,IMG_6580,London Underground,TfL,Transport for London,Underground roundel,Tube,sign,London,neon sign,roundel,public,transport,red,blue,iconic,logo,urban,railway,symbol,rapid,transit,metro,subway,icon,British,design,signage,neon,lighting,branding,city,travel
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FDX262 - . A stylised neon version of the London Underground roundel, using the familiar red circular bar and blue name panel associated with the Tube and Transport for London. The glowing treatment separates the transport symbol from ordinary station signage and turns one of London's most recognisable visual identities into decorative illuminated art. The image can illustrate the capital, public transport, urban mobility, transport branding, British graphic design and the enduring cultural recognition of the Underground symbol The image is particularly useful as contemporary visual evidence because the signs, finishes and operating context are all time-sensitive The photograph has an additional documentary value because neon and specialist entertainment signage can disappear quickly when leases change, buildings are redeveloped or licensing conditions alter. Soho in particular has long mixed adult businesses with theatres, restaurants, clubs, shops and residential property, creating a streetscape where commercial identities can be unusually dense and short-lived For researchers, the strongest search routes are the proper name, town or district, visible activity and the wider policy or consumer theme represented in the frame Seen as urban visual culture, the lettering is as important as the business being advertised. Neon tubes, handwritten-style scripts and deliberately provocative wording create instant associations with nightlife, sexuality and entertainment, while also preserving a fragment of commercial design that may later become historical evidence of a changing district The original file wording also identifies searchable details including London TfL Underground roundel sign neon, which have been retained as metadata evidence where they accurately describe what is visible The image is suitable for editorial, documentary and archive licensing where an authentic contemporary British setting is preferable to a generic illustration.
London, England, United Kingdom
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,and,West Midlands,music,gallery,Black Sabbath,galleries,poster,frontman,rock,legend,heavy metal,iconic,icon,Prince of Darkness,history,heritage,solo,career,cultural,tourism,free,temporary,fan,attraction,album,artwork display,awards,retrospective,popular culture,Back to the Beginning,concert,death,2025,posthumous,sign,indoor,Ozzy Osbourne Birmingham exhibition
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3F511A6 - A freestanding promotional panel for Ozzy Osbourne: Working Class Hero stands inside Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery in Chamberlain Square, Birmingham, West Midlands. The poster features a large portrait of Ozzy Osbourne dressed in black beneath the distinctive Ozzy Osbourne logo and the words WORKING CLASS HERO. Visitors can be seen beyond the sign among illuminated display cases and exhibition galleries beneath the museum's high arched interior. The free exhibition opened on 25 June 2025 and was created to celebrate the solo achievements, global awards and career of Birmingham rock icon Ozzy Osbourne, together with album artwork connected with the original Black Sabbath line-up. It was timed to coincide with the historic Black Sabbath homecoming and Back to the Beginning concert at Villa Park on 5 July 2025, when Osbourne performed with Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Bill Ward. Ozzy Osbourne, born in Aston, Birmingham, in 1948, became internationally famous as the vocalist and frontman of Black Sabbath before establishing a hugely successful solo career. His career and the band's industrial Birmingham roots became central to the city's reputation as the birthplace of heavy metal. Osbourne died on 22 July 2025 aged 76, after which the exhibition also became an important place for fans to remember and celebrate his life and musical legacy. Birmingham Museums subsequently extended Working Class Hero because of public demand, with the exhibition scheduled to remain on display until 27 September 2026. The museum presentation includes awards, memorabilia and material reflecting Osbourne's solo career and the artwork of the original Black Sabbath era. The photograph records the prominent Working Class Hero publicity display within the museum, with members of the public moving through the gallery behind it. This is an indoor scene, so no sky or outdoor weather conditions are visible.
Museum & Art Gallery, Chamberlain Square, Birmingham, West Midlands, England, UK, B3 3DH
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Keywords: Gotonysmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,silo,tank,painted,icon,decorated,detergent,washing,powder,soap,industrial,industry,heritage,manufacturing,history,railway,West Coast Main Line,WCML,closed,demolished,former,architecture,closure,brownfield,redevelopment,site,chemical,Crosfields,blue,white,Joseph Crosfield,soap-making,data centre,British,North West,landmark,demolition,programme
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3E424C3 - Decorated silo tanks rise above the stock-photo/gotonysmith-Former.html?sortBy=relevant&pseudoid=237DAF28-A4ED-4448-8173-C0E81ABEEC6F Target=_Blank>former Lever Brothers and Unilever detergent factory at Bank Quay in Warrington, a familiar industrial landmark for passengers arriving at Warrington Bank Quay railway station on the West Coast Main Line. The white silos, painted with blue Persil-style washing symbols, recall the town's long association with soap, detergents and chemical manufacturing. Warrington's Bank Quay area was central to British soap production, with Crosfields developing a major soap works and Lever Brothers later linked to the site before the growth of Unilever. The factory became strongly associated with household laundry brands including Persil and Surf, and for decades its large blue buildings and decorated storage tanks formed part of the everyday view from train platforms and passing rail services. Recent reports describe the former Unilever site at Bank Quay as around 130 years old, once at the heart of Warrington's historic soap-making industry, and now set for redevelopment as a major data centre following closure and demolition plans. The photograph is commercially useful for stories about industrial heritage, Warrington manufacturing, Lever Brothers, Unilever, Persil, detergent production, factory closure, brownfield redevelopment, railway views, data centre development and the changing use of prominent industrial sites. It can also illustrate the way brand imagery and functional infrastructure become local icons, remembered by commuters, visitors and residents even after production has ended. The silos' height, repeated cylindrical forms, ladders, platforms, weathered paint and blue decoration give the scene strong documentary value for industrial architecture, urban history, business change, chemical works, regeneration and the loss of traditional manufacturing employment. As a stock image, it records a distinctive Warrington landmark at the point where soap-making history, rail travel and post-industrial redevelopment meet.
Decorated silo tanks at the former Lever Brothers and Unilever Persil factory beside Warrington Bank
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,Hugh Alan Cornwell,Hugh Cornwell live,Hugh Cornwell Chester,former Stranglers singer,Stranglers frontman,British singer songwriter,English rock musician,singer guitarist,British,punk rock,new wave,post punk,music,punk,icons,generation,1970s,icon,heritage,rock,history,live,gig,concert,performance,guitarist,on stage,singer at microphone,electric guitar performance,intimate,music venue,small,venue,grassroots,black and white,monochrome,stage lighting,20th Nov
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EDM00R - Black and white live music photograph of Hugh Alan Cornwell performing at The Live Rooms in Chester, Cheshire, on 20 November 2022 during his UK tour for the album Moments of Madness. Cornwell is pictured singing into a microphone while playing electric guitar, with stage lighting picking out his face and instrument against the venue's exposed brick wall. A drum kit and microphone stand are visible behind him, while dark audience silhouettes along the lower edge reinforce the close, intimate atmosphere of a small indoor rock concert. Cornwell was the original singer, guitarist and principal songwriter with The Stranglers, the British group associated with the late-1970s punk and new wave era, before leaving in 1990 and continuing as a solo recording and touring artist. His Stranglers-era songwriting and performances are associated with enduring songs including No More Heroes, Peaches, Golden Brown, Always the Sun and Strange Little Girl, giving later solo appearances strong relevance to British punk, post-punk and new wave music history. The Chester concert formed part of the November and December 2022 Moments of Madness tour, following the release of the ten-track album in October that year. The photograph documents an established British singer-songwriter continuing to perform new material alongside a musical legacy stretching back to the 1970s. The monochrome treatment, hard stage light, guitar, microphone, amplifier equipment and brick backdrop create a direct documentary view of grassroots live music rather than a large arena production. It can illustrate Hugh Cornwell's solo career, former members of The Stranglers, veteran rock musicians, British music heritage, punk and new wave history, live touring after the Covid-era disruption, independent music venues, Chester nightlife and the continuing cultural role of smaller concert rooms in bringing established performers close to audiences.
New WCHG affordable homes at Woodhouse Lane, Wythenshawe, Manchester, designed with sustainable tech
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Keywords: old,stadium,ground,Everton,FC,football,club,Goodison Road,Liverpool,Merseyside,England,UK,L4 4EL,GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,L4,Goodison Rd,soccer,blue,blues,park,Walton,area,English,Premier League,Evertonians,Blues,bluenoses,bluenose,Farhad Moshiri,badge,icon,iconic,stand,side,architecture,ticket touts,tickets,Everton stadium
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2R55HW2 - Everton Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Liverpool that competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football. The club was a founder member of the Football League in 1888, and has, as of May 2023, competed in the top division for a record 120 seasons, having missed only four top-flight seasons (193031, 195152, 195253, and 195354). Everton is the club with the second-longest continuous presence in English top-flight football, and ranks third in the all-time points rankings. The club has won nine league titles, five FA Cups, one European Cup Winners' Cup and nine Charity Shields.
Formed in 1878, Everton won their first League Championship during the 189091 season. After winning four more League championships and two FA Cups, the club experienced a post-Second World War lull until a revival in the 1960s. A period of sustained success came in the mid-1980s, when Everton won a further two League championships, one FA Cup, and the 1985 European Cup Winners' Cup. The club's most recent major trophy was the 1995 FA Cup.
The club's supporters are colloquially known as Evertonians or Blues. Everton's main rivals are Liverpool, whose home stadium at Anfield is just under one mile away from Everton's home at Goodison Park
the two clubs contest the Merseyside derby. Everton have been based at Goodison Park since 1892, having moved from their original home at Anfield following a disagreement over its rent. The club's home colours are royal blue shirts with white shorts and socks.
Goodison Park is a football stadium in the Walton area of Liverpool, England, 2 miles (3 km) north of the city centre. It has been the home of Premier League club Everton since 1892 and has an all-seated capacity of 39,414.
Goodison Park has hosted more top-flight games than any other stadium in England. It has also been the venue for an FA Cup Final and numerous international fixtures, including a semi-final match in the 1966 World Cup
Goodison Road, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L4 4EL
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,public,services,travelling,street,cheap,cheaper,travel,yellow,Merseyside,at,Royal Court,14A,10814,England,UK,L1 1EP,L1,St,SM66 VBV,SM66VBV,14,Kirby,bus station,route,routes,icon,iconic,atlantic,tower,St Johns,double,deck,decker
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2X9BPBE - This documentary stock image shows Transport in Liverpool, Merseyside, public bus service 14A Kirby - United By Music, at Royal Court, Roe St, England, UK, L1 1EP - Stagecoach SM66 VBV. The row metadata places the subject at Roe Street, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L1 1EP. The spreadsheet date indicates 14 May 2024, so the picture can also work as a time-specific archive record. Plainly, the image is useful because it shows travel, transport, bus, service, buses, United By Music, Liverpool, Kirby, with search-relevant terms including travel, transport, bus, service, buses, United By Music, Liverpool, Kirby, Stagecoach, Roe, public, services, travelling, street. Transport pictures are especially useful because they show the infrastructure and passenger experience behind policy debates about connectivity, reliability and regional investment. Liverpool carries a global identity built from port history, music heritage, football, tourism, nightlife and regeneration. Images from the city centre and Cavern Quarter speak to both Beatles pilgrimage and the everyday economy of bars, visitors, streets and signs. Transport images are useful because they show the lived reality behind policy debates about public transport, reliability, fares, regional connectivity, disabled access, climate goals, commuter patterns and the social value of buses and railways. It has strong value for publishers needing authentic documentary imagery for news pages, blog articles, council reports, social media graphics, presentations, magazine features and local-history explainers. Historically and socially, this kind of image can help connect past and present: older streets, civic institutions, transport systems, shops, signs, political messages or public services are not frozen museum pieces, but part of how people understand modern life, local identity and economic change.
Roe Street, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L1 1EP
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Keywords: HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,EDN,Scotland,capital,arts,theatre,theatres,dusk,night,evening,in the,under threat,lost arts jobs,panto,Capital Theatres statement on Coronavirus,closures,performances,events,box office,Tollcross,Edinburgh,film,movie,movie house,movie theatre,temporarily closed,temporary closure,iconic cinema,icon,classic,EH3,Solo A Starwars Story,2001 A space Odyssey,Auld Reekie
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2D9466G - . A location-based documentary photograph from The Cameo 38 Home Street Edinburgh, Scotland,UK, EH3 9LZ, useful both for its immediate subject and for the smaller period details around it. At the heart of the image is Cameo Cinema,Home Street,Tollcross,Edinburgh - Solo A Starwars Story,2001 A Space Odyssey. Beyond the immediate subject, the image contains elements of night-time economy, licensed trade, archival record, before-and-after reference, social meeting place, historical comparison, changing streetscape, urban change, leisure venue, social landscape, community identity, documentary photography, food-and-drink business, and social history. Today's wider story includes staffing pressures, local footfall and the practical question of changes in food, drink and leisure spending. Future viewers can use this scene from The Cameo 38 Home Street Edinburgh, Scotland,UK, EH3 9LZ to compare transport arrangements and public activity with whatever follows after closure or conversion. The photograph additionally reflects neighbourhood pub, hospitality venue, local drinking place, public realm, local character, built environment, customer-facing hospitality, and traditional ale house. Details involving Tollcross, Cameo, Odyssey, Starwars, and Story make the image more specific than a generic illustration and strengthen its local or historical value. The period setting at The Cameo 38 Home Street Edinburgh, Scotland,UK, EH3 9LZ helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. The location additionally provides evidence for staffing pressures and changes in food, drink and leisure spending in a form that can be compared with future views of The Cameo 38 Home Street Edinburgh, Scotland,UK, EH3 9LZ. A further contemporary connection is staffing pressures and the survival of community meeting places within the real-world context of The Cameo 38 Home Street Edinburgh, Scotland,UK, EH3 9LZ.
The Cameo 38 Home Street Edinburgh, Scotland,UK, EH3 9LZ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JP0K4N - Large monochrome mural of Ian Curtis, singer and lyricist of the influential post-punk band Joy Division, dominates the gable wall above a convenience store at 86 Mill Street in Macclesfield, Cheshire. Manchester-based street artist Akse P19 created the portrait from a 1979 photograph by music photographer Kevin Cummins. The completed artwork was formally unveiled on 26 March 2022, with Joy Division co-founder and bass player Peter Hook attending alongside local representatives. Funded by Cheshire East Council, the mural gives one of Macclesfield's best-known musicians a prominent public memorial in his home town and stands opposite the bus station, visible to residents, visitors and music tourists.
This elevated view looks downhill along the busy town-centre street, placing the vast black-and-white portrait within an everyday urban setting of independent shops, signs, vehicles and pedestrians. A barber's pole and letting boards project from the right-hand buildings, while green Cheshire hills rise beyond the rooftops in bright summer sunshine. The contemplative image of Curtis above the colourful commercial street makes the building a striking cultural landmark on local Joy Division heritage trails.
Curtis was born in Stretford in 1956 but grew up and lived in Macclesfield, where he developed strong personal associations and was later buried. Joy Division emerged from the Greater Manchester music scene in the late 1970s, releasing the landmark albums Unknown Pleasures and Closer through Factory Records. Songs including Love Will Tear Us Apart, Atmosphere and Transmission established the group's enduring international reputation. Following Curtis's death in May 1980, the remaining members formed New Order. The mural links Macclesfield's traditional identity as a Cheshire market and former silk town with its internationally recognised place in British post-punk history, attracting fans who visit locations connected with Curtis and the band.
Mill Street, Macclesfield, Cheshire, England, UK,SK11 6NN
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,UK,Eurovision,2023,city,centre,host,A,Liverpool,John,Paul,Ringo,George,Pete,Stuart,McCartney,Lennon,Matthew Street,Exhibitions,Ltd,trading as,Fab4,Fab,Four,L2,L2 6RE,red,white,Cavern,walks,walk,fans,fanatic,icon,icons,group,music
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2P6JJPH - . This scene at Mathew Street, Liverpool, England, UK, L2 6RE in 2023 forms part of the visual history of the locality, documenting the named subject together with aspects of how the area looked and functioned at the time. The main point of reference is A Unique and authentic Beatles Museum, memorabilia at the Liverpool Beatles Museum, Mathew Street, Liverpool, England, UK, L2 6RE. Another layer of the photograph includes historical comparison, archival record, local character, regional identity, period detail, social history, music memorial, place identity, memorial culture, popular-music heritage, everyday life, documentary photography, local history, and community identity. For current editorial use, grassroots culture and venue closures provide additional context, especially through the importance of documenting club and dance-music history. For later comparison, the photograph preserves equipment and working practice at Mathew Street, Liverpool, England, UK, L2 6RE, details that may look very different after redevelopment. The photograph additionally reflects community tribute, club-music history, place-based commemoration, public realm, local remembrance, cultural memory, regional music heritage, and contemporary social history. The combination of Mathew, authentic, Liverpool, Unique, and memorabilia anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. A later view of Mathew Street, Liverpool, England, UK, L2 6RE may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. The setting also helps illustrate grassroots culture and the importance of documenting club and dance-music history without losing the local specificity of Mathew Street, Liverpool, England, UK, L2 6RE. The record includes details of everyday use for future local research. The frame retains evidence of changing use before later change alters the scene.
Mathew Street, Liverpool, England, UK, L2 6RE
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,city,centre,Northern Ireland,UK,23,2023,Dalts23,murals,painting,art,ice,hockey,landmark,street art,icon,team,success,successful,logo,Stena Line Belfast Giants,yellow,crane,in,background,professional,champions,Elite Ice Hockey League,EIHL,Odyssey,arena,mythical warrior,Finn McCool,refreshed,primary,M3,Queens Quay
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2R9J0HW - . Belfast Giants graffiti from Dalts 23, riverside, Titanic Quarter, within sight of the H&W Harland & Wolff cranes Samson and Goliath & SSE Arena. Photographed on 24 June 2023. The recorded location is M3 Underpass, Queens Quay, Titanic Quarter, Belfast , Northern Ireland, UK, BT3 9DB. The Belfast Giants (known officially as the Stena Line Belfast Giants due to sponsorship) are a professional ice hockey team based in Belfast, Northern Ireland. They compete in the UK's Elite Ice Hockey League (EIHL) and are the current champions for the 7th time in their history. They play their home games at the SSE Arena (formerly known as the Odyssey Arena). Since their inception in 2000, the Giants have won fourteen major honours, including seven British league championships, three British championships by winning the play-offs, and five Challenge Cups. The background to artwork is that street art and murals are especially valuable as temporary cultural evidence because they may be painted over or lost during redevelopment
Photographs preserve both the artwork and its relationship with the surrounding neighbourhood. Within the history of turnstile, cranes and construction access systems are symbols of large-scale building and industrial work
Dockside cranes originally served cargo handling, while building cranes and controlled turnstiles reflect the organisation and safety requirements of modern sites. In relation to passenger ferry, historical context shows that maritime gateways connect island and mainland economies, carrying residents, visitors, freight and vehicles while also supporting fishing, leisure craft and tourism
Older waterfront buildings often survive beside modern ferry infrastructure, making port landscapes unusually layered records of economic change. Current 2026 context around artwork is that public art is closely connected with regeneration, tourism, identity and debate about representation
Murals and sculptures can become visitor landmarks.
M3 Underpass, Queens Quay, Titanic Quarter, Belfast , Northern Ireland, UK, BT3 9DB
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Keywords: old,stadium,ground,Everton,FC,football,club,Goodison Road,Liverpool,Merseyside,England,UK,L4 4EL,GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,L4,Goodison Rd,soccer,blue,blues,park,Walton,area,English,Premier League,Evertonians,Blues,bluenoses,bluenose,Farhad Moshiri,badge,icon,iconic,stand,side,architecture
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2R55HW0 - Everton Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Liverpool that competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football. The club was a founder member of the Football League in 1888, and has, as of May 2023, competed in the top division for a record 120 seasons, having missed only four top-flight seasons (193031, 195152, 195253, and 195354). Everton is the club with the second-longest continuous presence in English top-flight football, and ranks third in the all-time points rankings. The club has won nine league titles, five FA Cups, one European Cup Winners' Cup and nine Charity Shields.
Formed in 1878, Everton won their first League Championship during the 189091 season. After winning four more League championships and two FA Cups, the club experienced a post-Second World War lull until a revival in the 1960s. A period of sustained success came in the mid-1980s, when Everton won a further two League championships, one FA Cup, and the 1985 European Cup Winners' Cup. The club's most recent major trophy was the 1995 FA Cup.
The club's supporters are colloquially known as Evertonians or Blues. Everton's main rivals are Liverpool, whose home stadium at Anfield is just under one mile away from Everton's home at Goodison Park
the two clubs contest the Merseyside derby. Everton have been based at Goodison Park since 1892, having moved from their original home at Anfield following a disagreement over its rent. The club's home colours are royal blue shirts with white shorts and socks.
Goodison Park is a football stadium in the Walton area of Liverpool, England, 2 miles (3 km) north of the city centre. It has been the home of Premier League club Everton since 1892 and has an all-seated capacity of 39,414.
Goodison Park has hosted more top-flight games than any other stadium in England. It has also been the venue for an FA Cup Final and numerous international fixtures, including a semi-final match in the 1966 World Cup
Goodison Road, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L4 4EL
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2NCX0NB - The Beano (formerly The Beano Comic, also known as Beano) is a British anthology comic magazine created by Scottish publishing company DC Thomson. Its first issue was published on 30 July 1938,[1] and it became the world's longest-running comic issued weekly in 2018, publishing its 4000th issue in August 2019.[2] Popular and well-known comic strips and characters include Dennis the Menace, Minnie the Minx, The Bash Street Kids, Roger the Dodger, Billy Whizz, Lord Snooty and His Pals, Ivy the Terrible, General Jumbo, Jonah, and Biffo the Bear.
The Beano was planned as a pioneering children's magazine that contained mostly comic strips, in the style of American newspaper gag-a-days, as opposed to the more text story based Story papers that were immensely popular before the Second World War. In the present, its legacy is its misbehaving characters, escapist tales and anarchic humour with an audience of all ages. Beano is a multimedia franchise with spin-off books and Christmas annuals, a website, theme park rides, games, cartoon adaptations, and a production company.
Dundee (Meadowside). 2 Albert Square Dundee, Scotland, DD1 1DD
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2R1WX5E - . Stone embossed Liver Bird, on Martins Bank office building, Water Street, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L2 3SP. Photographed on 12 May 2023, this spring image records the subject in its real-world setting and provides a contemporary visual reference for the place, activity, object or organisation shown. The recorded location is 4 Water St, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L2 3SP, adding precise geographical context for editorial, documentary, travel and local-history searches. Key searchable subjects associated with the scene include Merseyside, Liverpool, L2 3SP, stone, embossed, Liver Bird, LiverBird, office, ornate, history, historic, design, providing natural SEO coverage without losing the specific documentary identity of the photograph. Architecturally, the scene records the form, materials, scale and public-facing character of the built environment, making it useful for coverage of design, planning, conservation, development and urban identity. The image has value for architectural and place-based research because buildings and interiors can be refurbished, repurposed, demolished or substantially altered, while streets and public spaces also evolve. The frame provides a detailed documentary record of the subject as it appeared at the time of photography, preserving the surrounding context as well as the principal feature. Its value is both descriptive and editorial, allowing the scene to illustrate news, features, local history, travel, social change and retrospective comparison. Visible or contextual elements such as architecture, signage, branding, public realm, transport infrastructure, street furniture and everyday activity help establish a strong sense of place where they form part of the scene. The photograph can also support future before-and-after use if the building, business, service, streetscape, transport operation or public space is later altered, redeveloped, rebranded or closed.
4 Water St, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L2 3SP
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JCW1WA - . An identifiable period record of India Buildings, Water Street, Liverpool, Merseyside, L2 0UD in 2022, retaining the practical detail and local context that distinguish a documentary photograph from a generic illustration. The frame specifically shows The Liverpool HMRC, HM Government, India Buildings offices, India Buildings, Water Street, Liverpool, Merseyside, L2 0UD. The locality and subject together evoke changing streetscape, townscape record, local landmark, conservation interest, documentary photography, period streetscape, archival record, everyday life, place identity, heritage landmark, local character, urban change, changing land use, and heritage asset. Current relevance extends to adaptive reuse and heritage conservation, particularly through the value of distinctive buildings and street furniture to local identity. In present-day coverage, the subject reaches into local identity and public-realm change, not least because of the relationship between public space and local social life. As a dated visual record of India Buildings, Water Street, Liverpool, Merseyside, L2 0UD, the frame retains signage and branding, making it especially useful if new ownership subsequently changes the scene. Further associations within the scene are period detail, architectural character, contemporary social history, everyday street life, public realm, visual archive, contemporary city life, and conservation architecture. The recorded references to India, Liverpool, Government, Water, and offices preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. The period setting at India Buildings, Water Street, Liverpool, Merseyside, L2 0UD helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. The frame retains a point of historical comparison as part of India Buildings, Water Street, Liverpool, Merseyside, L2 0UD's history.
India Buildings, Water Street, Liverpool, Merseyside, L2 0UD
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JDDR5M - . This scene at 151 Dale Street, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L2 2AH in 2022 forms part of the visual history of the locality, documenting the named subject together with aspects of how the area looked and functioned at the time. The subject captured here is Ex Blackburn Assurance Art-Deco building, 151 Dale Street, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L2 2AH. The subject also carries associations with community life, pedestrian environment, documentary photography, urban social history, contemporary city life, period detail, social history, period building, historical comparison, urban change, heritage landmark, public realm, period streetscape, and everyday life. From a 2025-onward perspective, energy retrofit and adaptive reuse are closely linked to this subject, alongside the value of distinctive buildings and street furniture to local identity. The wider contemporary story combines local identity, footfall and the documentary importance of recording everyday urban environments. The archival value lies partly in recording building condition and alterations around 151 Dale Street, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L2 2AH before replacement signage alters the character of the place. The surrounding story also includes townscape record, city-centre activity, social landscape, archival record, conservation architecture, historic streetscape, architectural detailing, and conservation interest. Elements such as building, Art-Deco, Assurance, Merseyside, and Blackburn add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. A later view of 151 Dale Street, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L2 2AH may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. The view records a point of historical comparison for later comparison. Image 2JDDR5M also remains a dated record of 151 Dale Street, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L2 2AH.
151 Dale Street, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L2 2AH
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JHBJPX - City Hall is a building in Southwark, London which previously served as the headquarters of the Greater London Authority (GLA) between July 2002 and December 2021. It is located in the London Borough of Southwark, on the south bank of the River Thames near Tower Bridge. In June 2020, the Greater London Authority started a consultation on proposals to vacate City Hall and move to The Crystal, a GLA-owned property in Newham, at the end of 2021. The decision was confirmed on 3 November 2020 and the GLA vacated City Hall on 2 December 2021. The Southwark location is ultimately owned by the government of Kuwait.
History
City Hall was designed by Norman Foster and was constructed at a cost of £43 million on a site formerly occupied by wharves serving the Pool of London. It opened in July 2002, two years after the Greater London Authority was created, and was leased rather than owned by the Greater London Authority. Despite its name, City Hall is not in and does not serve a city (according to UK law), often adding to the confusion of Greater London with the City of London, which has its headquarters at Guildhall. In June 2011, Mayor Boris Johnson announced that for the duration of the London 2012 Olympic Games, the building would be called London House
The building has an unusual, bulbous shape, purportedly intended to reduce its surface area and thus improve energy efficiency, although the excess energy consumption caused by the exclusive use of glass (in a double facade) overwhelms the benefit of shape. Despite claiming the building demonstrates the potential for a sustainable, virtually non-polluting public building
The building is located on the River Thames in the London Borough of Southwark, as part of the extended pedestrianised South Bank. It forms part of a larger development called More London, including offices and shops. The nearest London Underground and National Rail station is London Bridge
Kamal Chunchie Way, Southwark, London , England, UK, E16 1ZE
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PKA5GG - . John Culshaw's Liver Bird mural, painted on the iconic, Liverpool Wedding House building, 3-4 Great George Pl, Liverpool, England, UK, L1 7AG. Photographed on 1 April 2023, this spring image records the subject in its real-world setting and provides a contemporary visual reference for the place, activity, object or organisation shown. The recorded location is 3-4, Great George Place, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L1 7AG, adding precise geographical context for editorial, documentary, travel and local-history searches. Key searchable subjects associated with the scene include Merseyside, 3-4, L1 7AG, painted, street art, streetart, iconic, building, Wedding, house, Great George Pl, weddings, providing natural SEO coverage without losing the specific documentary identity of the photograph. Architecturally, the scene records the form, materials, scale and public-facing character of the built environment, making it useful for coverage of design, planning, conservation, development and urban identity. The image has value for architectural and place-based research because buildings and interiors can be refurbished, repurposed, demolished or substantially altered, while streets and public spaces also evolve. Prominent wording, signage, posters, logos or other graphic material gives the photograph additional documentary value because it records how an organisation, campaign, business or place communicated with the public at that moment. Text and branding visible in a streetscape can be especially useful for editorial comparison after rebranding, closure, redevelopment or policy change. The frame provides a detailed documentary record of the subject as it appeared at the time of photography, preserving the surrounding context as well as the principal feature. Its value is both descriptive and editorial, allowing the scene to illustrate news, features, local history, travel, social change and retrospective comparison.
3-4, Great George Place, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L1 7AG
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PKA5M6 - Sir Giles Gilbert Scott OM RA FRIBA (9 November 1880 8 February 1960) was a British architect He was noted for his blending of Gothic tradition with modernism, making what might otherwise have been functionally designed buildings into popular landmarks.
Born in Hampstead, London, Scott was one of six children and the third son of George Gilbert Scott Jr. and his wife, Ellen King Samson. His father was an architect who had co-founded the architecture and interior design company Watts & Co. in 1874. His paternal grandfather was Sir (George) Gilbert Scott, a more famous architect, known for designing the Albert Memorial and the Midland Grand Hotel at St Pancras Station
In 1901, while Scott was still a pupil in Moore's practice, the diocese of Liverpool announced a competition to select the architect of a new cathedral. Two well-known architects were appointed as assessors for an open competition for architects wishing to be considered. G. F. Bodley was a leading exponent of the Gothic revival style, and a former pupil and relative by marriage of Scott's grandfather
In 1903, the assessors recommended that Scott should be appointed. There was widespread comment at the nomination of a 22-year-old with no existing buildings to his credit.
In 1910 Scott realised that he was not happy with the main design, which looked like a traditional Gothic cathedral in the style of the previous century. He persuaded the cathedral committee to let him start all over again (a difficult decision, as some of the stonework had already been erected) and redesigned it as a simpler and more symmetrical building with a single massive central tower instead of the original proposal for twin towers. Scott's new plans provided more interior space. At the same time Scott modified the decorative style, losing much of the Gothic detailing and introducing a more modern, monumental style
Liverpool Anglican Cathedral, St James Mt, Church of England Cathedral of the Diocese of Liverpool,
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JKGJNC - . This location-specific image from Regent Street, London, England, UK, W1B 3AB in 2022 provides a visual record of the subject in everyday context, useful for both contemporary editorial work and later historical comparison. The main point of reference is London Underground Signs at dusk in central London, Piccadilly and Regent Street, London, England, UK, W1B 3AB. Another layer of the photograph includes everyday life, community noticeboard, documentary photography, local information board, changing streetscape, community identity, contemporary social history, historical comparison, instructional sign, street furniture, navigation aid, changing land use, wayfinding marker, and period detail. For current editorial use, accessibility and clear communication provide additional context, especially through the importance of clear wayfinding in public and transport environments. The image fixes public access and movement within Regent Street, London, England, UK, W1B 3AB at one identifiable point, providing a benchmark against conservation work. Further associations within the scene are directional sign, visitor guidance, local history, place identity, route marker, archival record, public-facing notice, and local character. The combination of Signs, Underground, central, Piccadilly, and London anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. Around Regent Street, London, England, UK, W1B 3AB, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. The wider significance includes accessibility and the importance of clear wayfinding in public and transport environments as part of the longer story of Regent Street, London, England, UK, W1B 3AB. Another strand within the photograph is inclusive design and the importance of clear wayfinding in public and transport environments when considered against later change at Regent Street, London, England, UK, W1B 3AB.
Regent Street, London, England, UK, W1B 3AB
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,UK,England,St James Mount,Merseyside,L1 7AZ,Jesus,Christ,icon,icons,on,high,at,with,palms,palm,for,meal,Anglican,city,centre,tourism,attractions,gold,the,last,supper,disciples,twelve,golden,scene,frieze,altar,altars
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PJNEXX - . Recorded at St James' Mount, Liverpool , Merseyside, England, UK, L1 7AZ in 2023, the image fixes a recognisable subject and its environment at one point in time, giving later viewers a reliable basis for comparison. The image documents Last supper frieze, on high altar at Anglican Cathedral, St James' Mount, Liverpool , Merseyside, England, UK, L1 7AZ. The locality and subject together evoke Christian heritage, ecclesiastical art, everyday life, contemporary social history, visual archive, community identity, local history, heritage worship space, social history, sacred architecture, archival record, parish history, before-and-after reference, and documentary photography. Current relevance extends to heritage conservation and energy use, particularly through how churches combine active worship with heritage and community roles. As a dated visual record of St James' Mount, Liverpool , Merseyside, England, UK, L1 7AZ, the frame retains transport arrangements and footfall, making it especially useful if refurbishment subsequently changes the scene. Other useful contextual ideas include sacred space, public realm, place identity, changing land use, historical comparison, historic church fabric, faith community, and religious heritage. Elements such as Mount, altar, Cathedral, Liverpool, and supper add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. By fixing the subject within St James' Mount, Liverpool , Merseyside, England, UK, L1 7AZ, the image preserves more than the headline object or building: it records part of the locality's everyday history. The scene further reflects heritage conservation and how churches combine active worship with heritage and community roles when considered against later change at St James' Mount, Liverpool , Merseyside, England, UK, L1 7AZ. The frame retains evidence of changing use as part of St James' Mount, Liverpool , Merseyside, England, UK, L1 7AZ's history.
St James' Mount, Liverpool , Merseyside, England, UK, L1 7AZ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2P4JXJ8 - Radio City Tower (also known as St. John's Beacon) is a radio and observation tower in Liverpool, England, built in 1969 and opened by Queen Elizabeth II. It was designed by James A. Roberts Associates in Birmingham. It is 138 metres tall, and is the second tallest free-standing building in Liverpool and the 32nd tallest in the United Kingdom.
When considering the height of the building, it has a 10m long antenna on the roof, making it the tallest structure in Liverpool (including antennas).
As testament to the importance of its design, which was described by Historic England as embodying the technological bravura and spirit of the space age , the building was listed at Grade II in November 2020.
The tower takes its name from the main radio station that operates from it, Radio City and its sister station Greatest Hits Radio Liverpool & The North West
125 St George's Way, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L1 1LY
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2NYNE7N - The Museum of Liverpool in Liverpool, England, tells the story of Liverpool and its people, and reflects the city's global significance. It opened 2011 as newest addition to the National Museums Liverpool group replacing the former Museum of Liverpool Life. The museum is housed in a new purpose-built building on the Mann Island site at the Pier Head.
The museum, which was designed by architects 3XN and engineers Buro Happold and built by Galliford Try at cost of £72 million, provides 8,000 square metres of exhibition space, housing more than 6,000 objects. It has flexible spaces that regularly change to enable National Museums Liverpool to show more of their collections. It was opened to the public on 19 June 2011. in January and February 2017, the museum was closed for two months for essential works
From 10 to 12 December 2021, the museum hosted the G7 summit of foreign ministers
The museum displays are divided into four main themes: The Great Port, Global City, People's Republic, and Wondrous Place, located in four large gallery spaces. On the ground floor, displays look at the city's urban and technological evolution, both local and national, including the Industrial Revolution and the changes in the British Empire, and how these changes have impacted the city's economic development. The upper floor looks at Liverpool's particular and strong identity through examining the social history of the city, from settlement in the area from Neolithic times to the present day, migration, and the various communities and cultures which contribute to the city's diversity
Graving dry dock, Albert Dock, Pier Head, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L3 4AF
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JBXJWK - . This dated documentary view of England, United Kingdom in 2022 captures more than the immediate subject, retaining clues about local use, design, activity and change. The scene records Old Style original BLMC - British Leyland Motor Corporation Ltd, Mini Italian Job edition. The locality and subject together evoke historic frontage, community identity, period streetscape, local history, historic streetscape, documentary photography, heritage landmark, local character, architectural detailing, contemporary social history, everyday life, period detail, visual archive, and conservation architecture. The wider contemporary story combines redevelopment pressure, maintenance and the value of distinctive buildings and street furniture to local identity. Small period details of equipment and working practice at England, United Kingdom may become more significant with time, particularly following replacement signage. The subject also sits alongside changing streetscape, before-and-after reference, historical comparison, changing land use, public realm, place identity, built heritage, and architectural character. The combination of original, Italian, Style, British, and edition anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. For England, United Kingdom, the photograph contributes to a cumulative visual history in which changes in use, signs, access and appearance can be traced over time. The image also provides a reference for redevelopment pressure and how historic fabric can be retained while places adapt to modern use in a form that can be compared with future views of England, United Kingdom. Another useful connection is redevelopment pressure and how historic fabric can be retained while places adapt to modern use within the real-world context of England, United Kingdom. The scene further reflects maintenance and the value of distinctive buildings and street furniture to local identity within the specific setting of England, United Kingdom.
England, United Kingdom
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JBXJN2 - . Photographed at Mike Gregory Way, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA2 7NE in 2022, this detailed editorial image records the subject within its real surroundings and preserves a specific stage in the life of the location. The subject captured here is The face of Brian Bevan, made of primrose & blue bricks at Warrington Wolves Halliwell Jones Rugby Stadium, Cheshire England,WA2 7NE. Other connected aspects include urban change, regional identity, everyday life, townscape record, place identity, local identity, social landscape, social history, community life, city-centre activity, contemporary city life, public realm, changing streetscape, and visual archive. In present-day coverage, the subject reaches into public-realm change and community use, not least because of how ordinary street scenes become valuable records as businesses and infrastructure change. The image fixes signage and branding within Mike Gregory Way, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA2 7NE at one identifiable point, providing a benchmark against changed technology. The wider setting retains connections with urban social history, contemporary social history, local character, archival record, changing land use, street-level documentary, local history, and pedestrian environment. Elements such as primrose, Brian, Bevan, bricks, and Wolves add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. For Mike Gregory Way, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA2 7NE, the photograph contributes to a cumulative visual history in which changes in use, signs, access and appearance can be traced over time. The location additionally provides evidence of public-realm change and how ordinary street scenes become valuable records as businesses and infrastructure change without losing the local specificity of Mike Gregory Way, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA2 7NE. That local specificity strengthens the long-term documentary value of image 2JBXJN2.
Mike Gregory Way, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA2 7NE
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Dublin,city,centre,Eire,Ireland,boozer,Temple Bar,Temple Lane South,Dublin 2,exterior,bars,pubs,famous,D02 N725,47-48,47-48 Temple Bar,art,artwork,Dublin2,man,male,icon,iconic,Bill,William,Sir,bronze,metal,outside,profile,view,in profile,in,the
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2MCGAW9 - William Temple was born the son of the Leicestershire man Anthony Temple, whose family name was said to descend from the Knight Templars, a once powerful monastic order during the Crusades, but which was outlawed by Pope Clement V. The rituals and the secrets of the order survived and many of the Knight Templars families came to prominence in 16th-century England when Protestantism was embraced. He was educated at Eton College and passed with a scholarship to King's College, Cambridge, in 1573. In 1576 he was elected a fellow of King's, and graduated with a B.A. in 15778 and M.A. in philosophy in 1581. He became Master of Lincoln Grammar School that same year. Though originally destined for the law, he became a tutor in logic at his college. In his logic readings, wrote a pupil, Anthony Wotton, in his Runne from Rome (1624), he always laboured to fit his pupils for the true use of that art rather than for vain and idle speculations. He accepted with enthusiasm the logical methods and views of Petrus Ramus, and became the most active champion of the Ramists in England.
William Temple's first sight of Ireland came as he landed at Howth in April 1599 to take up his position as secretary to the new lord lieutenant, Robert Devereux, and 2nd Earl of Essex. It was a baptism of fire as their first great task was to suppress a major rebellion of the native Irish tribes who had now united with the Anglo-Normans. While Essex campaigned around the country, Temple stayed behind in Dublin that summer relaying news of military deployment and successes to the Royal Court, Essex, once Elizabeth's most trusted confidant and intimate advisor, now became the unappreciated and maligned viceroy falling foul of the ageing queen. Both he and William Temple were ignominiously recalled to London that same autumn.
47-48 Temple Bar, Dublin 2, D02 N725, Ireland
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Eire,Ireland,tourist,travel,art,crest,motto,and,painted,lamps,crests,Obedientia Civium,Urbis Felicitas,scale,depicts,Justice,the obedience of the citizens produces a happy city,three,castles,three castles,3,sword,representing,Irish,icon,iconic,symbol,symbols,Dublin crest,Dublin crests,post,lamppost,history,historic,repainted,the,standard
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2MG3YEA - Dublin's Coat of Arms is the identifying emblem of the city and has been in use, in one form or another, for at least 400 years. The full Coat of Arms shows three burning castles on a shield, flanked by two female figures
One of the female figures holds a scale and depicts Justice (without the usual blindfold), the other has a sword representing Law, while each holds an olive branch. Below the shield on a scroll is the city's motto, Obedientia Civium Urbis Felicitas, which translates as the obedience of the citizens produces a happy city.
The origin of the Coat of Arms is unknown, but there are numerous theories, including:
The castles are watch towers outside the city walls.
The castle is Dublin Castle and is repeated three times because of the mystical significance of the number three.
The castles are not castles but represent three gates into the ancient Viking city.
Dublin city, Eire, Ireland
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2MG3YEC - . This scene at Dublin city, Eire, Ireland in 2019 forms part of the visual history of the locality, documenting the named subject together with aspects of how the area looked and functioned at the time. The subject captured here is 1988 Dublin decorated embossed and painted lamppost, city centre, Eire, Ireland - sponsored by Sun Alliance Ireland. The broader subject matter reaches into historic townscape, contemporary social history, changing land use, traditional materials, archival record, adaptive reuse, Highland gateway retail, destination shopping, Scottish food culture, place identity, architectural detailing, local produce retail, urban fabric, and tourist town economy. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with embodied carbon, heritage conservation and keeping older buildings useful without erasing their character. The modern context includes continuing discussion of local business, seasonality and the seasonal pressure faced by tourism-dependent businesses. Small period details of lettering, decoration and surface detail at Dublin city, Eire, Ireland may become more significant with time, particularly following redevelopment. The location also brings in everyday life, Scottish visitor economy, historical comparison, before-and-after reference, conservation architecture, changing streetscape, local speciality shop, and period building. Elements such as Ireland, centre, painted, decorated, and Alliance add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. Around Dublin city, Eire, Ireland, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. Another strand within the photograph is embodied carbon and keeping older buildings useful without erasing their character in a form that can be compared with future views of Dublin city, Eire, Ireland.
Dublin city, Eire, Ireland
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2MG3YGY - Dublin's Coat of Arms is the identifying emblem of the city and has been in use, in one form or another, for at least 400 years. The full Coat of Arms shows three burning castles on a shield, flanked by two female figures
One of the female figures holds a scale and depicts Justice (without the usual blindfold), the other has a sword representing Law, while each holds an olive branch. Below the shield on a scroll is the city's motto, Obedientia Civium Urbis Felicitas, which translates as the obedience of the citizens produces a happy city.
The origin of the Coat of Arms is unknown, but there are numerous theories, including:
The castles are watch towers outside the city walls.
The castle is Dublin Castle and is repeated three times because of the mystical significance of the number three.
The castles are not castles but represent three gates into the ancient Viking city.
Dublin city, Eire, Ireland
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M95NHF - Radio City Tower (also known as St. John's Beacon) is a radio and observation tower in Liverpool, England, built in 1969 and opened by Queen Elizabeth II. It was designed by James A. Roberts Associates in Birmingham. It is 138 metres tall, and is the second tallest free-standing building in Liverpool and the 32nd tallest in the United Kingdom.[2]
When considering the height of the building, it has a 10m long antenna on the roof, making it the tallest structure in Liverpool (including antennas).
As testament to the importance of its design, which was described by Historic England as embodying the technological bravura and spirit of the space age , the building was listed at Grade II in November 2020.
The tower takes its name from the main radio station that operates from it, Radio City and its sister station Greatest Hits Radio Liverpool & The North West.
At the top of the tower was a luxury 5 star revolving restaurant, the facade and floor of the restaurant revolving as one unit, while the roof of the restaurant was used as an observation platform for visitors. There are 558 stairs up to the top, and two lift shafts with lifts reaching the top in 30 seconds.
The tower is structurally independent of the adjacent shopping centre, with a simple foundation onto sandstone. Originally it was built as a chimney of the heating system of the shopping centre [1].The foundation is 60 feet in diameter, 17 feet deep and begins 40 feet below Houghton Street. It has a tapering shaft that was built using slip-formed concrete. The crows nest structure at the top was then added after the shaft was formed.
The original restaurant closed in 1979 for health and safety issues. It was re-opened, with a reduced capacity and additional fire prevention measures, during the early 1980s. The restaurant was eventually re-fitted as a Buck Rogers space-themed restaurant in 1983, but closed again due to lack of business. After this the observation deck and the restaurant remained closed.
1 Houghton St, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L1 1RL
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M84K9R - Though an earlier license had existed on part of the current site of The Temple Bar, we can directly trace the existing license back to 1835 when enterprising publican, Cornelius O'Meara, Grocer, Tea, Wine, and Spirit Merchant acquired the blossoming location at the corner of Temple Lane and adjacent to Samuel Figgis, Porter Merchant, who ran his thriving brewing business here. The city of Dublin was experiencing something of an economic renaissance at this time and Temple Bar was idyllically laced between the river and the administrative centre of Dublin.
O'Meara was a committed publican intent on spreading his wings. He also ran another pub at No. 1 Wood Quay. This was then at the epicentre of Dublin 19th century rag trade. O'Meara's two nearest neighbours were Christopher McCauley, Hat Manufacturer, and Edward Loman, Hatter.
O'Meara served almost a decade at the Temple Bar Pub before he sold out to James Farley, Grocer and Spirit Merchant in 1844. James Farley knew the business here very well, having made but a short journey from 38 East Essex Street where he had operated as a Provisions dealer. James Farley's reign at this old hostelery was of brief duration.
The Great Famine was raging across the country with unprecedented horror and devastation when William Cranston, a much respected Dublin publican, took the wheel in 1847.
During the middle to late 1850s, a new wave of Provisions, Dealers and Dram Grocers had infiltrated the Temple Bar area. They operated the practise of dram-drinking'. The Dram Grocers allowed customers to buy spirits in an off-sales liquor store capacity and illegally consume them on the premises behind screens and makeshift partitions. This practice created much financial hardship for the authorities and regular or legitimate vintners (wine merchants).
William Cranston was a member of the License Trade delegation who traveled to lobby the British Parliament in Westminster, London, in 1863 to have this practice forbidden
47-48 Temple Bar, Dublin 2, D02 N725, Eire, Ireland
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Keywords: Republic of Ireland,GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Eire,Ireland,pub,inn,tavern,47-48 Temple Bar,Dublin 2,D02 N725,legendary,venue,tourist,tourism,beer,garden,premises,icon,drinking,history,boozer,Est1840,trade mark,authentic,Irish,cultural,heritage,Dubliner,Dubliners,Whiskey,range,entrance,to,door,doors
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M84KAB - Though an earlier license had existed on part of the current site of The Temple Bar, we can directly trace the existing license back to 1835 when enterprising publican, Cornelius O'Meara, Grocer, Tea, Wine, and Spirit Merchant acquired the blossoming location at the corner of Temple Lane and adjacent to Samuel Figgis, Porter Merchant, who ran his thriving brewing business here. The city of Dublin was experiencing something of an economic renaissance at this time and Temple Bar was idyllically laced between the river and the administrative centre of Dublin.
O'Meara was a committed publican intent on spreading his wings. He also ran another pub at No. 1 Wood Quay. This was then at the epicentre of Dublin 19th century rag trade. O'Meara's two nearest neighbours were Christopher McCauley, Hat Manufacturer, and Edward Loman, Hatter.
O'Meara served almost a decade at the Temple Bar Pub before he sold out to James Farley, Grocer and Spirit Merchant in 1844. James Farley knew the business here very well, having made but a short journey from 38 East Essex Street where he had operated as a Provisions dealer. James Farley's reign at this old hostelery was of brief duration.
The Great Famine was raging across the country with unprecedented horror and devastation when William Cranston, a much respected Dublin publican, took the wheel in 1847.
During the middle to late 1850s, a new wave of Provisions, Dealers and Dram Grocers had infiltrated the Temple Bar area. They operated the practise of dram-drinking'. The Dram Grocers allowed customers to buy spirits in an off-sales liquor store capacity and illegally consume them on the premises behind screens and makeshift partitions. This practice created much financial hardship for the authorities and regular or legitimate vintners (wine merchants).
William Cranston was a member of the License Trade delegation who traveled to lobby the British Parliament in Westminster, London, in 1863 to have this practice forbidden
47-48 Temple Bar, Dublin 2, D02 N725, Eire, Ireland
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Ireland,Eire,Irish,Dublin 2,D02 NX25,brass,bronze,metal,street,art,embossed,face,memorial,culture,the arts,heritage,history,entertainment,walk of fame,icon,iconic,literary,writer,pavement,sidewalk,portrait,plaque,of,poet,Kavanagh,Twin ironies by which great saints are made,The agonising pincer,jaws of heaven,On Raglan Road,Tarry Flynn
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M8DJE4 - Patrick Kavanagh (21 October 1904 30 November 1967) was an Irish poet and novelist. His best-known works include the novel Tarry Flynn, and the poems On Raglan Road and The Great Hunger. He is known for his accounts of Irish life through reference to the everyday and commonplace
Patrick Kavanagh was born in rural Inniskeen, County Monaghan, in 1904, the fourth of ten children of James Kavanagh and Bridget Quinn
Kavanagh's first published work appeared in 1928[7] in the Dundalk Democrat and the Irish Independent. Kavanagh had encountered a copy of the Irish Statesman, edited by George William Russell, who published under the pen name AE and was a leader of the Irish Literary Revival. Russell at first rejected Kavanagh's work but encouraged him to keep submitting, and he went on to publish verse by Kavanagh in 1929 and 1930. This inspired the farmer to leave home and attempt to further his aspirations. In 1931, he walked 80 miles (abt. 129 kilometres) to meet Russell in Dublin, where Kavanagh's brother was a teacher. Russell gave Kavanagh books, among them works by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Victor Hugo, Walt Whitman, Ralph Waldo Emerson and Robert Browning, and became Kavanagh's literary adviser. Kavanagh joined Dundalk Library and the first book he borrowed was The Waste Land by T. S. Eliot.
Kavanagh's first collection, Ploughman and Other Poems, was published in 1936. It is notable for its realistic portrayal of Irish country life, free of the romantic sentiment often seen at the time in rural poems, a trait he abhorred. Published by Macmillan in its series on new poets, the book expressed a commitment to colloquial speech and the unvarnished lives of real people, which made him unpopular with the literary establishment. Two years after his first collection was published he had yet to make a significant impression. The Times Literary Supplement described him as a young Irish poet of promise rather than of achievement
Fleet St, Temple Bar, Dublin 2, D02 NX25, Eire, Ireland
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Ireland,Eire,Irish,Dublin 2,D02 NX25,brass,bronze,metal,street,art,embossed,face,memorial,culture,the arts,heritage,history,entertainment,walk of fame,icon,iconic,literary,writer,pavement,sidewalk,portrait,Kerry,and my heart says the kingdom,Kerryman,sportswriter,sports,journalist,Irish Press,Evening Press,The Sunday Press
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M8DJE9 - Con Houlihan (6 December 1925 4 August 2012) was an Irish sportswriter. Despite only progressing to national journalism at the age of 46, he became the greatest and the best-loved Irish sports journalist of all
Over a lengthy career, Houlihan covered many Irish and international sporting events, from Gaelic football and hurling finals, to soccer and rugby World Cups, the Olympics and numberless race meetings inside and outside Ireland.
He was a journalist with the Irish Press group writing for The Irish Press, Evening Press and sometimes The Sunday Press, until the group's demise in 1995. He wrote the Tributaries column and Evening Press back sports page Con Houlihan column
Houlihan died in the morning of 4 August 2012 in St James's Hospital in Dublin. Often considered one of Ireland's finest writers, he left behind a legacy of immense sports journalism that spanned over 60 years. A minute's silence was observed in his memory ahead of Kerry's All-Ireland Senior Football Championship quarter-final defeat to Donegal at Croke Park the following day. His last column, in which he wished Katie Taylor well, was published the day after his death.[6] His funeral took place on 8 August 2012
A bronze bust of Houlihan was unveiled in his hometown of Castleisland in 2004. In 2011, a bronze plaque was installed outside The Palace bar in Dublin. The sculpture is in the foyer of The Bank pub on College Green. Cons Corner and a Bronze Bust with a quote are in The Palace Bar.
Fleet St, Temple Bar, Dublin 2, D02 NX25, Eire, Ireland
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,UK,London,NW1 8AF,NW1,168,tourist,north,London bus,red,bus,no,service,to,busy,crowded,crowds,Camden Lock,bridge,with,visitors,rail,famous,icon,iconic,market,Chalk Farm Road,British,infrastructure,transport,town,centre,service 168,route 168
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K16AY7 - . Recorded at Chalk Farm Road, Camden, North London,England, UK, NW1 8AF 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 image documents Famous Camden Lock railway bridge, busy with visitors, with red London Routemaster bus no 168, Camden Town, London,England, NW1 8AF. Other connected aspects include transport accessibility, place identity, regional identity, social history, contemporary social history, local bus network, community identity, roadside transit, archival record, passenger information, local character, changing streetscape, station environment, and industrial railway. The modern context includes continuing discussion of accessibility, reliability and how local bus services affect access to work, education and healthcare. For current editorial use, rail reform and regional connectivity provide additional context, especially through how Crewe's identity remains tied to railway engineering and operations. As a dated visual record of Chalk Farm Road, Camden, North London,England, UK, NW1 8AF, the frame retains transport arrangements and footfall, making it especially useful if conservation work subsequently changes the scene. The location also brings in rail operations, rail transport history, historical comparison, surface public transport, everyday life, public realm, street-side transport, and mechanical signalling. The recorded references to Famous, Routemaster, London, visitors, and railway preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. For Chalk Farm Road, Camden, North London,England, UK, NW1 8AF, the photograph contributes to a cumulative visual history in which changes in use, signs, access and appearance can be traced over time. The photograph keeps a local visual benchmark for later comparison. Image 2K16AY7 also remains a dated record of Chalk Farm Road, Camden, North London,England, UK, NW1 8AF.
Chalk Farm Road, Camden, North London,England, UK, NW1 8AF
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,&,and,exhibition,SEC,river,bank,Clyde,dock,Hydro,crane,disused,giant,Scotland,UK,Scottish,event,campus,G3,Glasgow city,Glasgow,G3 8LD,Glaswegian,Stobcross,Finnieston,summer,SSE Hydro,skyline,pano,panorama,site,venue,exhibitions,conference,conferences,icon,iconic,hotpix.org.uk
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K41KW3 - . A grounded documentary photograph made at Glasgow city, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, G3 8LD in 2019, combining the immediate subject with evidence of the surrounding streetscape, public realm, business activity or local character. At the centre of the view is Glasgow Exhibition Centre, Hydro & Clydeport Finnieston crane, Glasgow city, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, G3 8LD. The frame also records themes of specialist retailer, bricks-and-mortar retail, everyday life, changing streetscape, town-centre trading, local history, contemporary social history, independent retail, place identity, specialist shop, period detail, community identity, before-and-after reference, and shopfront economy. The modern context includes continuing discussion of store closures, online shopping and how commercial property costs affect small retailers. As a dated visual record of Glasgow city, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, G3 8LD, the frame retains street furniture and boundaries, making it especially useful if later reinterpretation subsequently changes the scene. The wider setting retains connections with regional identity, archival record, street-level business, small business, customer footfall, visual archive, changing land use, and local enterprise. Elements such as crane, Clydeport, Centre, Exhibition, and Finnieston add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. The period setting at Glasgow city, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, G3 8LD helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. A further contemporary connection is store closures and the resilience of specialist shops in an online retail economy within the specific setting of Glasgow city, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, G3 8LD. The wider significance includes independent business and how commercial property costs affect small retailers as part of the longer story of Glasgow city, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, G3 8LD.
Glasgow city, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, G3 8LD
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,forest,wood,woodland,famous,Fly Agaric Fungus,icon,iconic,species,fly,Grappenhall,Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK,mature,deciduous,and,coniferous,trees,tree,white,spots,spot,autumn,poisonous,intoxicant,poison,hallucinogenic,properties,Amanita muscaria,heys,ibotenic acid,muscimol.,soma,Georg Heinrich von Langsdorff
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K8RDNG - Amanita muscaria, commonly known as the fly agaric or fly amanita, is a basidiomycete of the genus Amanita. It is also a muscimol mushroom. Native throughout the temperate and boreal regions of the Northern Hemisphere, Amanita muscaria has been unintentionally introduced to many countries in the Southern Hemisphere, generally as a symbiont with pine and birch plantations, and is now a true cosmopolitan species. It associates with various deciduous and coniferous trees.
Arguably the most iconic toadstool species, the fly agaric is a large white-gilled, white-spotted, usually red mushroom, and is one of the most recognizable and widely encountered in popular culture, including in video gamese.g., the extensive use of a recognizable Amanita muscaria in the Mario franchise and its Super Mushroom power-upand televisione.g., the houses in The Smurfs franchise.
Despite its easily distinguishable features, Amanita muscaria is a fungus with several known variations, or subspecies. These subspecies are slightly different, some having yellow or white caps, but they are all usually called fly agarics, and they are most of the time recognizable by their notable white spots. Recent DNA fungi research, however, has shown that some of these variations are not the same species at all, such as the peach-colored fly agaric (Amanita persicina) for example, but the common name 'fly agaric' clings on.
Although poisonous, death due to poisoning from A. muscaria ingestion is quite rare. Parboiling twice with water draining weakens its toxicity and breaks down the mushroom's psychoactive substances
Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,CBE,DL,statue,mural,art work,art,England,squad,Bloomfield Road,Blackpool,Lancs,UK,FY1 6JJ,FY1,painting,Armfield club,painted,gable end,soccer,Right back,rightback,right-back,English,played,player,national,team,Strip,orange,icon,iconic,footballer,old-school,transfer window
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JREBW2 - James Christopher Armfield, CBE, DL (21 September 1935 22 January 2018) was an English professional football player and manager who latterly worked as a football pundit for BBC Radio Five Live. He played the whole of his Football League career at Blackpool, usually at right back. Between 1954 and 1971 he played 627 games in all competitions, scored six goals, and spent a decade as the club's captain. He also represented the England national team 43 times between 1959 and 1966, and captained them in 15 games. He was a member of England's 1966 World Cup-winning squad. After retiring from playing, Armfield managed Bolton Wanderers and Leeds United
Armfield won 43 caps for England between 1959 and 1966, and captained his country on fifteen occasions. He made his international debut on 13 May 1959, against Brazil in front of over 120,000 fans at the Maracanã Stadium. He played in the 1962 World Cup in Chile, where he was acclaimed as the best right-back in the world. He was also voted best right-back in Europe between 1962 and 1964
In the 1966 World Cup final only the 11 players on the pitch at the end of the 42 win over West Germany received medals. Following a Football Association-led campaign to persuade FIFA to award medals to all the winners' squad members, Armfield was presented with his medal by Gordon Brown at a ceremony at 10 Downing Street on 10 June 2009
Bloomfield Road, Blackpool, Lancs, England, UK, FY1 6JJ
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@hotpixUK,Hotpixuk,England,UK,power,station,CEGB,moth,balled,back,in,use,Coal Fired powerstation,Cheshire,cooling tower,cooling towers,dirty,fossil,summer,fields,rape,eco,ecological,nett,zero,netzero,old fashioned,fossil fuels,coal,Powergen,Central Electricity Generating Board,SSE,SSE Thermal,River Mersey,on,coal-fired,power station,icon
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JDJ3XP - Fiddlers Ferry Power Station is a decommissioned coal fired power station located in Warrington, Cheshire, North-West England. Opened in 1971, the station had a generating capacity of 1,989 megawatts and took water from the River Mersey. After privatisation in 1990 the station was operated by various companies, and from 2004 by SSE Thermal. The power station closed on 31 March 2020.
With its eight 114-metre (374 ft) high cooling towers and 200-metre (660 ft) high chimney the station is a prominent local landmark and can be seen from as far away as the Peak District and the Pennines
An application to build Fiddler's Ferry Power Station was proposed in 1962.It was built by the Cleveland Bridge Company between 1964 and 1971, and came into full operation in 1973.There are eight cooling towers arranged in two groups of four located to the north and south of the main building. There is a single chimney located to the east of the main building. One of the station's cooling towers collapsed in high winds on 13 January 1984 and was rebuilt. When it was built, the station mainly burned coal mined in the South Yorkshire Coalfield and transported across the Pennines on the Manchester-Sheffield-Wath electric railway. Later the coal was imported.
Between 2006 and 2008 Fiddlers Ferry was fitted with Flue Gas Desulphurisation (FGD) plant to reduce the emissions of sulphur by 94%, meeting the European Large Combustion Plant Directive. In 2010, the station was being considered for the installation of selective catalytic reduction (SCR) equipment. This would reduce the station's emissions of nitrogen oxides, to meet the requirements of the Industrial Emissions (Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control) Directive. The SCR technology would replace the Separated Over Fire Air (SOFA) technology which was used in the station. The SCR equipment was not fitted due to uncertainty over the future of the plant.
The station was built by the Central Electricity Generating Board CEGB
Fiddlers Ferry Power Station, Widnes Rd, Cuerdley,Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA5 2UT
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,G3,drizzle,Scotland,UK,G3 8YW,pouring,on,the,Clyde,across,and,Clydeport,crane,cranes,river,port,Clydeside,site,venue,exhibitions,conference,conferences,icon,iconic,precipitation,chucking,it,down,dock,docks,blue,blues,night,evening,hotpix.org.uk
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K41KTK - . Recorded at Exhibition Way, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, G3 8YW in 2019, the image fixes a recognisable subject and its environment at one point in time, giving later viewers a reliable basis for comparison. The subject captured here is Pouring rain on the Clyde, across the SECC and Clydeport crane, Exhibition Way, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, G3 8YW. Other connected aspects include retail property, place identity, street-level business, local character, social history, specialist shop, public realm, changing streetscape, local enterprise, commercial frontage, archival record, everyday life, bricks-and-mortar retail, and regional identity. The modern context includes continuing discussion of store closures, consumer spending and the resilience of specialist shops in an online retail economy. The archival value lies partly in recording commercial use and occupation around Exhibition Way, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, G3 8YW before new construction alters the character of the place. The wider setting retains connections with specialist retailer, town-centre trading, independent retail, local history, historical comparison, shopfront economy, high-street commerce, and customer footfall. The recorded references to Glasgow, crane, across, Exhibition, and Pouring preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. By fixing the subject within Exhibition Way, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, G3 8YW, 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 store closures and how commercial property costs affect small retailers without losing the local specificity of Exhibition Way, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, G3 8YW. A further contemporary connection is business rates and how commercial property costs affect small retailers in a form that can be compared with future views of Exhibition Way, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, G3 8YW.
Exhibition Way, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, G3 8YW
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Keywords: @Hotpixuk,HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,UK,England,M2,bar,Manchester,M2 7AR,Cross Street,Mr Thomass,Mr Thomas,tomschophouse,Victorian bar,building,tourist,tourism,attraction,Mancunian,terracotta,block,displaying,motifs,grade II listed building,grade II listed,Thomas Studd,Sarah Studd,history,historic,icon,iconic,pub,pubs,bars,Victorian,ceramic,tile,tiles,public houses
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AE02HX - Sam's was also opened by Thomas Studd, named for his son. Opening on Market Street in 1872, it moved to its current premises, on a backstreet just off Chapel Walks, in the mid-twentieth century. Publicity material from the 1960s reads: In a world of change, we at Sam's Chop House have preserved the best
the quality of food remains constant
the hospitality is just as warm as it was 100 years ago.' But times did change, and after being run as a pub for a while, Sam's closed down in the '90s. It reopened as a second incarnation of a Victorian chop house, with a lovingly recreated interior, in 2001.
Fun fact: Sam's artist-in-residence was Lowry
Head in at any hour and youíll see someone in a rumpled suit, waistcoat and trilby propping up the bar. With one difference: the figure has been dead for 43 years. It's artist LS Lowry, Samís most famous patron, immortalised in brass. A regular for many years, he often gave staff his drawings.
52 Cross St, Manchester,England,UK, M2 7AR
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Keywords: @Hotpixuk,HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,UK,England,London,SE1 2HH,SE1,bar,bars,pub,boozer,21 Druid St,21,Druid Street,real ale,beer,Arthur Wellesley,1st,Duke of Wellington,Anglo-Irish,statesman,soldier,and,Tory politician,politician,the,Iron Duke,icon,iconic,pubs,old,the Marquis of Wellington,21 Druid Street,CAMRA,realale
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AE02FA - Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, KG, GCB, GCH, PC, FRS (1 May 1769 14 September 1852) was a Anglo-Irish statesman, soldier, and Tory politician who was one of the leading military and political figures of 19th-century Britain, serving twice as prime minister of the United Kingdom. He is among the commanders who won and ended the Napoleonic Wars when the Seventh Coalition defeated Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815.
Wellesley was born in Dublin into the Protestant Ascendancy in Ireland. He was commissioned as an ensign in the British Army in 1787, serving in Ireland as aide-de-camp to two successive lords lieutenant of Ireland. He was also elected as a member of Parliament in the Irish House of Commons. He was a colonel by 1796 and saw action in the Netherlands and in India, where he fought in the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War at the Battle of Seringapatam. He was appointed governor of Seringapatam and Mysore in 1799 and, as a newly appointed major-general, won a decisive victory over the Maratha Confederacy at the Battle of Assaye in 1803.
Wellesley rose to prominence as a general during the Peninsular campaign of the Napoleonic Wars, and was promoted to the rank of field marshal after leading the allied forces to victory against the French Empire at the Battle of Vitoria in 1813. Following Napoleon's exile in 1814, he served as the ambassador to France and was granted a dukedom. During the Hundred Days in 1815, he commanded the allied army which, together with a Prussian Army under Field Marshal Gebhard von Blücher, defeated Napoleon at Waterloo. Wellington's battle record is exemplary
he ultimately participated in some 60 battles during the course of his military career.
21 Druid St, Bermondsey, London,England, UK, SE1 2HH
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Keywords: @Hotpixuk,HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,UK,England,lines,transport,history,historic,traditional,early,1920,signs,roundel,the,1920s,design,icon,iconic,public transport,TfL,trains,tubes,tube,subway,metro,station,stations,mounted,wall,high,entrance,entry,door,outside,red,blue,white,lost
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AE02HK - . This documentary view of the recorded location in 2019 captures the subject within its actual surroundings, preserving a dated piece of visual history rather than an isolated object study. The location is represented through London Underground roundel Sign, London Transport, England,UK. Another layer of the scene includes place identity, public information notice, historical comparison, regional rail, changing land use, social history, visual archive, historic context, compliance notice, behavioural signage, access-control notice, archival record, documentary photography, and railway heritage. From a 2025-onward perspective, the scene also connects with integrated transport, reliability and reducing congestion and car dependency. In the mid-2020s, public safety and customer management keep the subject current, particularly through the role of signs in shaping behaviour without staff intervention. Looking back from the mid-2020s, the frame preserves a particular stage in the life of the location at the recorded site in the recorded location. A second layer of the scene includes visitor instruction, rail modernisation, period detail, contemporary social history, everyday life, rail transport, rail mobility, and regional identity. Elements such as Transport, London, roundel, and Underground add documentary specificity and may become more 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. Another useful connection is integrated transport and linking trains more effectively with other transport when considered against later change at the recorded location. The scene further reflects clear communication and the balance between access, safety and venue responsibility without losing the local specificity of the recorded location.
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Keywords: HotpixUK,@HotpixUk,GoTonySmith,NY,New York,Manhattan,city,city centre,US,Cooper Square,Stuyvesant Square,United States,icon,iconic,history,historic,center,centre,downtown,uptown,Public School Society,education,philanthropist,marble,for,advancement,of,science,and,art,America,New York Citys,free,schools,private,college
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AFK6NJ - Peter Cooper (February 12, 1791 April 4, 1883) was an American industrialist, inventor, philanthropist, and politician. He designed and built the first American steam locomotive, the Tom Thumb, founded the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, served as its first president, and stood for election as the Greenback Party's candidate in the 1876 presidential election.
Cooper began tinkering at a young age while working in various positions in New York City. He purchased a glue factory in 1821 and used that factory's profits to found the Canton Iron Works, where he earned even larger profits by assembling the Tom Thumb. Cooper's success as a businessman and inventor continued over the ensuing decades, and he became the first mill operator to successfully use anthracite coal to puddle iron. He also developed numerous patents for products such as gelatin and participated in the laying of the first transatlantic telegraph cable.
During the Gilded Age, Cooper became an ardent critic of the gold standard and the debt-based monetary system of bank currency, advocating instead for government-issued banknotes. Cooper was nominated for president at the 1876 Greenback National Convention, and the Greenback ticket of Cooper and Samuel Fenton Cary won just under one percent of the popular vote in the 1876 general election. His son Edward and his son-in-law Abram Hewitt, both served as Mayor of New York City.
Cooper Sq. &, E 7th St, New York, NY 10003, United States
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Keywords: original,receiver,technology,medium,wave,scale,old,analogue,transistor,valve,solid,state,solidstate,dial,welsh,London,Hilversum,button,buttons,colored,colour,coloured,tune,tuning,tuner,band,retro,style,icon,brown,cream,creme,ivory,third,Brussels,GoTonySmith,dial,light,1960s,family
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy F7DCXB - Antique Roberts Shortwave, Mediumwave, Longwave radio dial has the strength of a real-world scene: ordinary enough to be believable, but specific enough to support precise editorial use. An antique Roberts radio dial evokes the era when shortwave, medium wave and long wave listening brought news, music, shipping forecasts and distant voices into the home through a single portable set. The object suits stories about broadcasting history, analogue design, domestic technology, nostalgia, radio collecting and the shift from tuning knobs to streaming platforms. The location wording gives the subject enough geographic context for local and regional editorial use while avoiding a generic studio feel. It can work both as a straightforward location record and as a wider editorial illustration of the habits, services, buildings, symbols and small commercial details that shape everyday life.
England, UK
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Keywords: HotpixUK,@HotpixUk,GoTonySmith,NYC,NY,New York,Manhattan,USA,city,city centre,US,09/11,terrorist attack,Memorial,September11,Ground Zero,original,concrete,original concrete,icon,iconic,history,historic,center,centre,downtown,uptown,national,September 11,memorial,museum,inside,interior,exhibit,exhibits,lower Manhattan,911,9-11
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AFK6BC - . An on-location image from One World Trade Center, Manhattan, New York City, NY, USA, North America in 2018, useful both for the specific subject shown and for the evidence it retains about local identity, design, use and everyday life. The subject recorded here is 09/11 - 0911 - National September 11 Memorial Museum,One World Trade Center,Lower Manhattan,New York City, NY, USA - Ground Zero. Another layer of the scene includes historic townscape, period building, historic context, public realm, industrial-community remembrance, community remembrance, architectural character, documentary photography, social history, local character, built heritage, traditional masonry, First World War remembrance, and contemporary social history. For contemporary context, military heritage and local history are closely related themes, especially where the issue becomes the continuing role of Remembrance events in public life. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject sits within continuing debate about planning control, adaptive reuse and keeping older buildings useful without erasing their character. For later comparison, the view leaves evidence of evidence of how the subject fitted into ordinary life within the setting of One World Trade Center, Manhattan, New York City, NY, USA, North America. The surrounding context also covers cityscape history, conservation architecture, visual archive, regional identity, community identity, period streetscape, commemorative memorial, and heritage asset. The recorded references to September, Trade, Center, World, and Museum preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. A later view of One World Trade Center, Manhattan, New York City, NY, USA, North America may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. The image fixes details of everyday use for future local research.
One World Trade Center, Manhattan, New York City, NY, USA, North America
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,UK,GB,North West England,city centre,glass,building,icon,iconic,architecture,Urbis,FIFA,Premier league,league,leagues,UEFA,FA Cup,M4 3BG,Todd Street,national game,sport,sports,collections,admission,charge,charges,goal,NFM,fee,buildings,Manchester Buildings,cafe football,club,clubs,learn,learning,about
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy RPGENE - The National Football Museum is England's national museum of football. It is based in the Urbis building in Manchester city centre, and preserves, conserves and displays important collections of football memorabilia.
The museum was originally based in Deepdale, Preston, Lancashire, but moved to Manchester in 2012.
The idea for what became the National Football Museum goes back to 1994 when Baxi Partnership, a local company, acquired Preston North End Football Club (PNE) and began the redevelopment of Deepdale Stadium. A chance conversation between Bryan Gray, Chairman of PNE, and the Football League, led to a meeting with Harry Langton, the man who over thirty years put together what is now called the FIFA Museum Collection. FIFA recognised the importance of the collection and acquired it from Harry Langton with a view to finding a permanent home. FIFA saw the proposed museum at Preston as an ideal permanent location for the FIFA Museum Collection.
Urbis closed in February 2010 in preparation for an intended opening of the new National Football Museum in summer 2011.[18]
The museum reopened in Manchester on 6 July 2012. The new museum aimed to attract 350,000 visitors per year. It was reported in August 2012 that the new National Football Museum attracted over 100,000 visitors in the first six weeks of opening. By the end of April 2013, the museum reached its 350,000 target, and was attracting 500,000 visitors by 2017. From January 2019, the museum adopted a charging model, while remaining free to city of Manchester residents.
Urbis Building Cathedral Gardens, Todd St, Manchester M4 3BG
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,UK,GB,North West England,city centre,glass,building,icon,iconic,architecture,Urbis,FIFA,Premier league,league,leagues,UEFA,FA Cup,M4 3BG,Todd Street,national game,sport,sports,collections,admission,charge,charges,goal,NFM,fee,buildings,Manchester Buildings,cafe football,club,clubs,learn,learning,about
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy RPGENF - The National Football Museum is England's national museum of football. It is based in the Urbis building in Manchester city centre, and preserves, conserves and displays important collections of football memorabilia.
The museum was originally based in Deepdale, Preston, Lancashire, but moved to Manchester in 2012.
The idea for what became the National Football Museum goes back to 1994 when Baxi Partnership, a local company, acquired Preston North End Football Club (PNE) and began the redevelopment of Deepdale Stadium. A chance conversation between Bryan Gray, Chairman of PNE, and the Football League, led to a meeting with Harry Langton, the man who over thirty years put together what is now called the FIFA Museum Collection. FIFA recognised the importance of the collection and acquired it from Harry Langton with a view to finding a permanent home. FIFA saw the proposed museum at Preston as an ideal permanent location for the FIFA Museum Collection.
Urbis closed in February 2010 in preparation for an intended opening of the new National Football Museum in summer 2011.[18]
The museum reopened in Manchester on 6 July 2012. The new museum aimed to attract 350,000 visitors per year. It was reported in August 2012 that the new National Football Museum attracted over 100,000 visitors in the first six weeks of opening. By the end of April 2013, the museum reached its 350,000 target, and was attracting 500,000 visitors by 2017. From January 2019, the museum adopted a charging model, while remaining free to city of Manchester residents.
Urbis Building Cathedral Gardens, Todd St, Manchester M4 3BG
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,UK,GB,North West England,city centre,building,glass,icon,iconic,architecture,Urbis,FIFA,Premier league,league,leagues,UEFA,FA Cup,M4 3BG,Todd Street,national game,sport,sports,collections,admission,charge,charges,goal,NFM,fee,buildings,Manchester Buildings,cafe football,club,clubs,learn,learning,about
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy RPGENX - The National Football Museum is England's national museum of football. It is based in the Urbis building in Manchester city centre, and preserves, conserves and displays important collections of football memorabilia.
The museum was originally based in Deepdale, Preston, Lancashire, but moved to Manchester in 2012.
The idea for what became the National Football Museum goes back to 1994 when Baxi Partnership, a local company, acquired Preston North End Football Club (PNE) and began the redevelopment of Deepdale Stadium. A chance conversation between Bryan Gray, Chairman of PNE, and the Football League, led to a meeting with Harry Langton, the man who over thirty years put together what is now called the FIFA Museum Collection. FIFA recognised the importance of the collection and acquired it from Harry Langton with a view to finding a permanent home. FIFA saw the proposed museum at Preston as an ideal permanent location for the FIFA Museum Collection.
Urbis closed in February 2010 in preparation for an intended opening of the new National Football Museum in summer 2011.[18]
The museum reopened in Manchester on 6 July 2012. The new museum aimed to attract 350,000 visitors per year. It was reported in August 2012 that the new National Football Museum attracted over 100,000 visitors in the first six weeks of opening. By the end of April 2013, the museum reached its 350,000 target, and was attracting 500,000 visitors by 2017. From January 2019, the museum adopted a charging model, while remaining free to city of Manchester residents.
Urbis Building Cathedral Gardens, Todd St, Manchester M4 3BG
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,UK,England,North West England,Manchester,Salford music,icon,icons,band,bands,Salford bands,building,historic,history,Manchester music,Salford,Mark E. Smith Quote,smoking,smoker,Mark E Smith smoking,interview,8 Clifton Road,Prestwich,bury,Prestwich Art Festival,Akse P19,graffiti artist,Guardian newspaper interview,cigarette,in mouth,post-punk bands,cult,music icon,face
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy RK9X6Y - Mark E. Smith mural - 8 Clifton Road, Prestwich
This impressive mural of the mercurial frontman of The Fall was painted by graffiti artist Akse P19 as part of the Prestwich Art Festival in 2018.
The mural was painted 9 months after the underground rock icon died aged 60 after a battle with lung and kidney cancer, and features Smith smoking a cigarette in typically nonchalant fashion, alongside the quote Fear is something I try not to absorb', from an interview he gave to the Guardian newspaper in 2011.
Smith who was born in Broughton, Salford in 1957 founded The Fall were founded in Prestwich in 1976, and lived in the area for most of his life.
The Fall were one of the most prolific and acclaimed post-punk bands to emerge in the UK, and retained a large cult following right until Smith's death. He was the only constant member of the group that notoriously had a high turnover of members. Smith once wittily remarked if it's me and yer granny on bongos, it's the Fall.
The mural is on the side of the fish and chip shop Chips @ No.8 on Clifton Road.
8 Clifton Road, Prestwich, Bury, M25 3HQ, England
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,UK,North West England,Town,dusk,night,at night,nighttime,Face of wigan at Night,stainless steel sculpture of a face,stainless steel,art,artist,sculpture,of a face,sculptor Rick Kirby,sculptor,centre,town centre,nightlife,night life,night image,steel structure,artwork,icon,iconic,Marylebone,Wigan,Marylebone Wigan,sculpture of a face,face,English sculptor,English,public art,WN1,illuminated,statue
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy RG982H - Face of Wigan sculpture, Wigan
The Face of Wigan is a dramatic 5.5m high stainless steel sculpture of a face, which is destined to become another iconic image of the borough.
The piece is a new take on an old favourite as its creator, acclaimed English sculptor Rick Kirby explains: The face is a play on the many portraits and busts of the good and glorious' that adorn the parks and centres of every town and city throughout Britain.
The sculptured portrait is intended to represent not a single celebrity, but all of the inhabitants of the area, the very people of Wigan. These are the people who make the place what it is today, and indeed have the power to determine what will be the future.
The rear of the piece is a highly reflective surface set at different angles which will mirror fragments of people passing as well as the surrounding landscape.
Mr Kirby is known for a vast collection of striking public art works including Continuum' at Alexandra Park Lake in Hastings and Cross the divide' at the South Bank in London.
Funding for the project totalling almost £80,000 was provided by Modus Properties, developers of Wigan's Grand Arcade shopping centre as part of an agreement with Wigan Council to provide a major piece of public art in the town centre.
Louise Pearson, Development Manager for Modus says: We are delighted to have assisted in the delivery of this important piece of public art. Plus, we're happy to see that it is in a prime location to oversee the next phase of regeneration in the town centre.
Consultation about the piece took place with shoppers and visitors to the town centre over the summer of 2007, with people giving their thoughts and suggestions on a number of designs. At the end of the process, The Face of Wigan was the clear winner.
The Face came to its new home at The Wiend in Wigan town centre on Tuesday (December 9).
It will spend up to 18 months in this location before embarking on a tour of different locations in the borough ov
Wigan, England, UK, WN1 1YB
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,Lewis Carroll,Daresbury,Alice In Wonderland,Alice,Parsonage,birthplace,Charles Lutwidge Dodgson,Charles Dodgson,Warrington,Cheshire,UK,author,books,writer,Lewis,Caroll,Carrol,local parson,local parsons son,iron,Morphany Lane,birthplace site,remains,history,historic,birth place,childhood,home,Lewis Carrol,summer,sunny,blue sky,blue skies,icon,iconic
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy PCTAF5 - Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, (27 January 1832 14 January 1898), better known by his pen name Lewis Carroll, was an English writer of world-famous children's fiction, notably Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and its sequel Through the Looking-Glass. He was noted for his facility at word play, logic and fantasy. The poems Jabberwocky and The Hunting of the Snark are classified in the genre of literary nonsense. He was also a mathematician, photographer and Anglican deacon.
Carroll came from a family of High Church Anglicans, and developed a long relationship with Christ Church, Oxford, where he lived for most of his life as a scholar and teacher. It was the Dean of Christ Church, Henry Liddell, whose daughter Alice is widely identified as the original for Alice in Wonderland, though Carroll always denied this.
Several aspects of Carroll's life appear to confirm suspicions that he was a pedophile, though scholars have also made a credible case in his defence. In the absence of hard evidence, the issue of Carroll's hidden private life has provoked a lively debate, especially in recent times.
Dodgson was born in the small parsonage at Daresbury in Cheshire near the towns of Warrington and Runcorn, the eldest boy but already the third child of the four-and-a-half-year-old marriage. Eight more children followed. When Charles was 11, his father was given the living of Croft-on-Tees in North Yorkshire, and the whole family moved to the spacious rectory. This remained their home for the next 25 years.
Morphany Lane, Warrington, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,Lewis Carroll,Daresbury,Alice In Wonderland,Alice,Parsonage,birthplace,Charles Lutwidge Dodgson,Charles Dodgson,Warrington,Cheshire,UK,author,books,writer,Lewis,Caroll,Carrol,local parson,local parsons son,iron,Morphany Lane,birthplace site,remains,history,historic,birth place,childhood,home,Lewis Carrol,summer,sunny,blue sky,blue skies,icon,iconic
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy PCTAF6 - Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, (27 January 1832 14 January 1898), better known by his pen name Lewis Carroll, was an English writer of world-famous children's fiction, notably Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and its sequel Through the Looking-Glass. He was noted for his facility at word play, logic and fantasy. The poems Jabberwocky and The Hunting of the Snark are classified in the genre of literary nonsense. He was also a mathematician, photographer and Anglican deacon.
Carroll came from a family of High Church Anglicans, and developed a long relationship with Christ Church, Oxford, where he lived for most of his life as a scholar and teacher. It was the Dean of Christ Church, Henry Liddell, whose daughter Alice is widely identified as the original for Alice in Wonderland, though Carroll always denied this.
Several aspects of Carroll's life appear to confirm suspicions that he was a pedophile, though scholars have also made a credible case in his defence. In the absence of hard evidence, the issue of Carroll's hidden private life has provoked a lively debate, especially in recent times.
Dodgson was born in the small parsonage at Daresbury in Cheshire near the towns of Warrington and Runcorn, the eldest boy but already the third child of the four-and-a-half-year-old marriage. Eight more children followed. When Charles was 11, his father was given the living of Croft-on-Tees in North Yorkshire, and the whole family moved to the spacious rectory. This remained their home for the next 25 years.
Morphany Lane, Warrington, UK
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Keywords: @Hotpixuk,GoTonySmith,Brexit,fudged brexit,sweet shop,Great Britain,Great Britain Brexit,UK,United Kingdom,Brexit from Europe,A50,Article 50,Silverstone,England,double decker,bus,fudged,symbol,icon,iconic,EU,Brexit fudge,politics,Tory,Brexiters,Brexit transitional period,transitional period,Theresa May,negotiation,negotiations,leaving,leave,post-Brexit,trade,relationship,hard border,Northern Ireland Protocol,NIP,Liz Truss,Connor Burns
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy P87C5J - . This dated editorial view of the recorded location in 2018 captures more than the immediate subject, retaining clues about local use, design, activity and change. The location is represented through The Great British Fudge Company red bus sweet shop, Silverstone, England, UK. The wider scene also brings together period detail, public transport information, commercial frontage, commercial streetscape, high-street commerce, archival record, historical comparison, bus route infrastructure, contemporary social history, visual archive, public realm, transport accessibility, changing streetscape, and place identity. Current relevance extends to integrated transport and decarbonisation, particularly through the challenge of maintaining reliable services outside dense city centres. In present-day coverage, the subject reaches into commercial rents and online shopping, not least because of the resilience of independent shops in an online retail economy. The archival value lies partly in recording equipment and working practice around the recorded location before changing commercial priorities alters the character of the place. The surrounding story also includes shopfront economy, street-level business, local history, local trading, local enterprise, specialist retailer, documentary photography, and street-side transport. References to Silverstone, Company, Fudge, British, and sweet give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. Around the recorded location, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. Another useful connection is integrated transport and the shift toward cleaner buses and integrated ticketing in a form that can be compared with future views of the recorded location. The frame retains period character as a date-specific reference. The scene captures a trace of local identity for later comparison.
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Keywords: Gotonysmith,North West England,UK,Parr,North West,Cheshire,black,marble,WBC,Warrington,Borough,Council,icon,iconic,Charlton,of,Grappenhall,heyes,Grappenhall Heys,gift,gifted,event,art,theatre,town,centre,town centre,victorian,philanthropist,26th September 1895,1895,26/09/1895,James Fairclough,mayor,James,Fairclough,building,architecture,Grade II listed building,English
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy MHM662 - . This dated editorial view of the recorded location in 2017 captures more than the immediate subject, retaining clues about local use, design, activity and change. The photograph centres on The Parr Hall Warrington, Plaque, North West England, UK. The image also relates to regional identity, conservation interest, architectural detail, adaptive reuse, urban fabric, period detail, contemporary social history, local character, public realm, commemorative plaque, everyday life, heritage asset, social-history object, and before-and-after reference. Current relevance extends to local history and provenance, particularly through how everyday objects can survive as evidence of earlier work and domestic life. In present-day coverage, the subject reaches into adaptive reuse and tourism, not least because of how historic buildings acquire new uses as cities change. The image fixes commercial use and occupation within the recorded location at one identifiable point, providing a benchmark against different community use. A second descriptive layer includes museum object, period architecture, antique object, historical comparison, archival record, visual archive, historic inscription, and local-history evidence. References to Plaque give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. A later view of the recorded location 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 local history and how museums turn individual objects into wider stories about place and people within the real-world context of the recorded location. The setting also helps illustrate adaptive reuse and how historic buildings acquire new uses as cities change within the specific setting of the recorded location. The frame retains details of everyday use for later comparison. Image MHM662 also remains a dated record of the recorded location.
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Keywords: Uni,sculpture,University,UMIST,Granby,Row,City,centre,tourist,tourism,landmark,sugar,sweet,sugary,soft,drinks,Nichols,grapes,raspberries,raspberry,label,icon,iconic,factory,site,Vimto fruit drink,drink bottle,Manchester University,Granby Row,Soft Drinks,Soft Drink,Matthew Nichols,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,Tony,Smith,UK,GB,Great,Britain,United,Kingdom,English,British,England,invigorating,ideal,beverage,historic,big,label,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Images of,Stock Images,Tony Smith,United Kingdom,Great Britain,British Isles,Kerry Morrison,Nick Lumb,Acorn Furniture
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy H4EGBM - At Granby Row, 2011, the grapes and raspberries have been restored with the grapes changing from red to green to reflect the ingredients of Vimto, while the blackcurrants have been replaced. A new wooded barrel has been constructed to replace the bottom of the Vimto bottle and new labels have been carved and painted.
The monument was first carved by Kerry Morrison and installed in Granby Row in 1992. Granby Row is the site of the factory where the first batch of Vimto was made by John Noel Nichols back in 1908.
After 19 years of the Manchester weather and attention from city revellers, the monument was in need of a refresh and it has been brought back to its former glory by Nick Lumb at Acorn Furniture in Wrexham.
Granby Row,Manchester,England,UK
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Keywords: original,wireless,receiver,tech,technology,short,long,wave,old,analogue,valve,solid,state,dial,welsh,London,button,buttons,colored,colour,coloured,tune,tuning,tuner,frequency,band,retro,style,icon,wire,less,brown,cream,creme,ivory,third,Brussels,MED,radio,GoTonySmith,radio,dial,model,R500,long,knob,Athlone,Vienna,Third,North,Allouis,49m,41m,metres,metre,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Model R500
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy F7DCXE - . An identifiable period record of the recorded location in 2015, retaining practical detail and local context that distinguish documentary photography from a generic illustration. The defining feature is Antique Roberts Shortwave, Mediumwave, Longwave radio dial model R500. Other connected aspects include city branding, capital-city heritage, capital landmark imagery, metropolitan identity, place identity, everyday life, period detail, local character, before-and-after reference, contemporary social history, London cityscape, documentary photography, social history, and historical comparison. Today's relevance is strengthened by public transport, tourism and the continuing question of how iconic streets and landmarks change while retaining strong visual identity. Future viewers can use this scene from the recorded location to compare public access and movement with whatever follows after closure or conversion. The surrounding story also includes changing land use, community identity, urban tourism, Thames city view, historic London streetscape, changing streetscape, regional identity, and visual archive. Details involving model, Shortwave, Antique, radio, and Roberts make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. The particular scene at the recorded location gives that point a stronger documentary anchor. Another useful connection is public transport and how familiar London symbols function as global shorthand for Britain in a form that can be compared with future views of the recorded location. The scene further reflects urban mobility and how familiar London symbols function as global shorthand for Britain within the real-world context of the recorded location. Its period value extends to air quality and how familiar London symbols function as global shorthand for Britain within the specific setting of the recorded location.
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Keywords: original,wireless,receiver,tech,technology,scale,old,analogue,valve,solid,state,solidstate,dial,welsh,London,Hilversum,button,buttons,colored,colour,coloured,tune,tuning,tuner,frequency,band,retro,style,icon,wire,less,brown,cream,creme,ivory,third,Brussels,MED,radio,GoTonySmith,dial,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy F7DCXK - . Photographed at the recorded location in 2015, this detailed documentary image records the subject within its real surroundings and preserves a specific stage in the life of the location. The location is represented through Antique Roberts Shortwave, Mediumwave, Longwave radio dial. Other connected aspects include regional identity, London cityscape, historical comparison, visual archive, Westminster landmark, archival record, social history, metropolitan identity, local character, iconic London transport, everyday life, changing land use, local history, and urban tourism. In present-day coverage, the subject reaches into housing pressure and heritage conservation, not least because of the mix of working city infrastructure with heritage tourism. The archival value lies partly in recording building condition and alterations around the recorded location before refurbishment alters the character of the place. Other useful contextual ideas include before-and-after reference, place identity, capital-city heritage, city branding, contemporary social history, documentary photography, London visitor economy, and historic London streetscape. Details involving Roberts, Mediumwave, Shortwave, radio, and Antique make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. The photograph from the recorded location links the broader issue back to a specific real place. Another useful connection is housing pressure and the pressure of visitor economies and housing costs on central neighbourhoods within the real-world context of the recorded location. The scene further reflects housing pressure and how iconic streets and landmarks change while retaining strong visual identity within the specific setting of the recorded location. The scene captures evidence of earlier appearance before later change alters the scene. Image F7DCXK also preserves another period-specific detail for later comparison.
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Keywords: Street,Scotland,GoTonySmith,fine,Scottish,tweeds,sign,merchants,and,tweed,tailors,tailor,ladieswear,clothes,clothing,EH1 2JP,EH1,door,doorway,entrance,shop,store,window,rough,woollen,fabric,wool,material,Isle of Harris,Harris,icon,iconic,vintage,new,hipster,hotpix.org.uk
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy ED9ERH - Tweed is a rough, woollen fabric, of a soft, open, flexible texture, resembling cheviot or homespun, but more closely woven. It is usually woven with a plain weave, twill or herringbone structure. Colour effects in the yarn may be obtained by mixing dyed wool before it is spun.
Tweeds are an icon of traditional Scottish, Irish, Welsh and English clothing, being desirable for informal outerwear, due to the material being moisture-resistant and durable. Tweeds are made to withstand harsh climates and are commonly worn for outdoor activities such as shooting and hunting, in England, Wales, Ireland and Scotland. In Ireland, tweed manufacturing is now most associated with County Donegal but originally covered the whole country. In Scotland, tweed manufacturing is most associated with the Isle of Harris in the Hebrides.
The original name of the cloth was tweel, Scots for twill, the material being woven in a twilled rather than a plain pattern. A traditional story has the name coming about almost by chance. Around 1831, a London merchant, James Locke, received a letter from a Hawick firm, Wm. Watson & Sons, Dangerfield Mills about some tweels. The merchant misinterpreted the handwriting, understanding it to be a trade-name taken from the River Tweed that flows through the Scottish Borders textile area. The goods were subsequently advertised as Tweed and the name has remained since
44-46 Victoria Street, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, EH1 2JP
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Keywords: dusk,shot,in,the,winter,december,november,snow,cold,winter,shop,shopping,sales,xmas,Christmas,city,capital,iconic,lights,lighting,lit,up,building,dept,department,store,stores,travel,attraction,place,to,visit,mr,harrod,up,market,upmarket,Brompton,rd,road,gotonysmith,icon,iconic,retail,space,spaces,mall,centre,center,st,street,capitalism,capitalist,system,rich,by,royal,appointment,to,the,queen,royal,family,king,Royal,Borough,of,and,Chelsea,London,store,big,biggest,in,europe,GB,great,britain,Omnia,Omnibus,Ubique,All,Things,for,All,People,Everywhere,tube,warrant,warrants,Charles,Henry,Mo,Mohamed,Al-Fayed,al,Fayed,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DJ7B12 - Harrods is an upmarket department store located in Brompton Road in Knightsbridge, in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, London. The Harrods brand also applies to other enterprises undertaken by the Harrods group of companies including Harrods Bank, Harrods Estates, Harrods Aviation and Air Harrods, and to Harrods Buenos Aires, sold by Harrods in 1922 and closed as of 2011, with plans announced to reopen in 2013.
The store occupies a 5-acre (20,000 m2) site and has over one million square feet (90,000 m2) of selling space in over 330 departments making it the biggest department store in Europe.
The Harrods motto is Omnia Omnibus UbiqueAll Things for All People, Everywhere. Several of its departments, including the seasonal Christmas department and the Food Halls, are world famous.
87-135 Brompton Road Knightsbridge London, SW1X 7XL, United Kingdom
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Liverpool,L3,Merseyside,England,UK,north,west,neon,signage,icon,venue,location,docks,red,brick,L3 4AA,night,dusk,Gower Street,British,English,letters,lettering,entrance,outside,exterior,blue,hour,UNESCO,world heritage,site,buildings,architecture,Eurovision,2023
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DDXKRH - 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 DDXH14 - . Buddha in the ground floor of the Edinburgh science museum, National Museum of Scotland, Scotland, UK,. Photographed at Chambers St, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. The photograph was taken on 31 August 2013. This editorial stock image documents the subject as it appeared at that time, preserving a clear record of the place, its appearance and the everyday details surrounding it. The scene is closely associated with Buddha, EDN, Edinburgh, National Museum of Scotland, Museum, science museum, Buddha statue, Religious, symbol and religion, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. The photograph is relevant to religious heritage, places of worship, ecclesiastical architecture, local history, faith communities and the conservation of historic buildings. It can illustrate editorial features about churches and cathedrals, worship, monuments, memorials, stained glass, church interiors, architectural detail, tourism, listed buildings and the role of historic religious sites within towns and cities. Stonework, inscriptions, furnishings, windows, towers, memorials and other surviving details can provide useful evidence for architectural and heritage-focused picture research. As a documentary location image it also records the condition, presentation and setting of the site at a particular point in time. Search themes include religious heritage, churches, cathedrals, worship, monuments, memorials, ecclesiastical architecture, conservation, tourism and local history. Architectural and decorative details can also be useful to researchers studying the fabric, furnishings and changing presentation of historic places of worship. 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.
Chambers St, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DECYAY - . Bronze Crucifix Art inside the Canongate Kirk, Edinburgh, Old Town,153 Canongate, Edinburgh, Midlothian,Scotland,UK, EH8 8BN. Photographed at 153 Canongate, Edinburgh, Midlothian EH8 8BN,Scotland,UK. The photograph was taken on 26 August 2013. This editorial stock image documents the subject as it appeared at that time, preserving a clear record of the place, its appearance and the everyday details surrounding it. The 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 Bronze Crucifix Art inside the Canongate Kirk, EDN, Canongate, Church, Cross, Old Town, Bronze, Crucifix, Kirk and Art, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. The photograph is relevant to religious heritage, places of worship, ecclesiastical architecture, local history, faith communities and the conservation of historic buildings. It can illustrate editorial features about churches and cathedrals, worship, monuments, memorials, stained glass, church interiors, architectural detail, tourism, listed buildings and the role of historic religious sites within towns and cities. Stonework, inscriptions, furnishings, windows, towers, memorials and other surviving details can provide useful evidence for architectural and heritage-focused picture research. As a documentary location image it also records the condition, presentation and setting of the site at a particular point in time. Search themes include religious heritage, churches, cathedrals, worship, monuments, memorials, ecclesiastical architecture, conservation, tourism and local history. Architectural and decorative details can also be useful to researchers studying the fabric, furnishings and changing presentation of historic places of worship.
153 Canongate, Edinburgh, Midlothian EH8 8BN,Scotland,UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DED342 - . Really Scottish kilts Edinburgh Scotland. Photographed at Edinburgh Old Town, Lothian, Scotland EH1. The photograph was taken on 26 August 2013. This editorial stock image documents the subject as it appeared at that time, preserving a clear record of the place, its appearance and the everyday details surrounding it. The scene is closely associated with Edinburgh, Scots, really, kilts, scotti, Scottish, Scot, independance, independence and kids, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. The scene is relevant to retail, shopping, consumer behaviour, town and city centres, independent businesses and the changing appearance of the British high street. It can support editorial stories about shops, shopping centres, retail architecture, store branding, local commerce, vacancies, regeneration, consumer spending, tourism and the pressure on traditional bricks-and-mortar businesses. Shopfronts, signs, windows, displays, arcades and surrounding public realm provide useful visual context for how retail space is designed and experienced by pedestrians. The photograph also acts as a dated record of a business or shopping location, valuable when premises later change hands, rebrand, close or are redeveloped. Search themes include retail, shopping, shopfronts, consumer behaviour, high streets, town centres, commercial property, independent business, branding and changing local economies. A dated view of a shop or shopping environment gains extra archive value when businesses rebrand, close, move or when premises are redeveloped. The combination of a named subject, precise location and capture date gives the image particular value to editors who need a real, identifiable place rather than a generic illustrative photograph. It can be used in newspapers, magazines, books, websites, documentaries, heritage projects and retrospective features where geographical accuracy and period detail matter.
Edinburgh Old Town, Lothian, Scotland EH1
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DB0JP6 - . British speed camera sign in front of a summer blue sky, on the A50 main road. Photographed on 17 July 2013. The recorded location is Knutsford Road, Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire WA4 2PL. In historical terms, technical artefacts show how innovation changes daily life: office machines reduced clerical labour, telephones reshaped communication, cameras altered image-making and electronic components enabled broadcasting and computing
Close-up photographs preserve interfaces and designs that quickly vanish from use. The wider historical story is that signs and notices are ephemeral pieces of design that can become important historical evidence
Lettering, logos, warnings and directions record former businesses, regulations, transport systems and public messages that may disappear long before the surrounding property changes. From a heritage perspective, panoramic and atmospheric views place individual landmarks within their wider setting
Light, season and weather affect how architecture and landscape are perceived, while distant development can provide clues to the evolving form of a town or coastline. During 2026, technology is dominated by connected devices, cloud services and rapid product cycles
Historic hardware therefore offers a useful counterpoint to contemporary debates about electronic waste, right-to-repair, data dependence and the speed with which once-common devices become obsolete. In the present 2026 context, 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. Current 2026 relevance comes from the fact that smartphones, digital services and AI-enabled devices make older mechanical and analogue technologies appear even more distant, increasing their value for editorial comparisons about technological change, repairability, planned obsolescence and digital dependence.
Knutsford Road, Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire WA4 2PL
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DB0JX5 - . British speed camera sign in front of a summer blue sky. Photographed on 17 July 2013. The recorded location is Knutsford Road, Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire WA4 2PL. Historically, everyday technology provides a compact history of design and changing behaviour
Rotary dials, thermionic valves, mechanical keypads, film cameras and early televisions were once ordinary equipment but now illustrate obsolete standards, manufacturing methods and patterns of work or communication. 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. In historical terms, landscape photographs record more than scenery: buildings, vegetation, weather, transport and land use combine to show how a place appeared at a particular moment
Repeated views can later become valuable evidence of development, environmental change and shifting patterns of use. In 2026, smartphones, digital services and AI-enabled devices make older mechanical and analogue technologies appear even more distant, increasing their value for editorial comparisons about technological change, repairability, planned obsolescence and digital dependence. 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. The historical context is that technical artefacts show how innovation changes daily life: office machines reduced clerical labour, telephones reshaped communication, cameras altered image-making and electronic components enabled broadcasting and computing
Close-up photographs preserve interfaces and designs that quickly vanish from use.
Knutsford Road, Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire WA4 2PL
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy H2TEGN - This documentary stock photograph shows River Thames Panorama, London, England. The image is centred on St Paul's Cathedral, giving it strong editorial value for stories about London, architecture, tourism, heritage, public realm, night photography and the way the capital presents itself beside the River Thames. The caption and visible treatment indicate wide composition, so the photograph can be used as a real city scene rather than a generic skyline. The wider context includes Sir Christopher Wren's cathedral, City of London identity, baroque architecture, wartime memory and the ceremonial heart of the capital. These are subjects with broad stock-photo demand because they connect recognisable landmarks with themes of history, culture, faith, finance, theatre, regeneration, transport, walking routes and visitor spending. The image can support articles about City of London working life, South Bank tourism, Bankside leisure, London at dusk, cathedral heritage, riverside views, public spaces, cultural venues, urban planning, commercial property and the continuing pull of landmark architecture in news and travel publishing. For SEO and Alamy search, useful composite phrases include London dusk skyline, St Pauls Cathedral evening view, River Thames panorama, Bankside cultural quarter, Shakespeare Globe Theatre exterior, Millennium Bridge London, City of London landmark and Southwark riverside tourism. If the image is black and white, the monochrome style adds a more timeless, architectural feel
if it is in colour, the low-light sky and urban illumination add atmosphere and practical editorial appeal. Its value lies in combining a recognisable subject with a specific viewpoint and mood, suitable for guidebooks, blogs, newspapers, magazines, education, heritage, planning, religion, theatre, travel and city-break content. The picture can also be used to illustrate how London layers old and new together, with cathedral domes, river paths, theatre.
Thames, London, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4704019146 - 'The Grand Pier in Weston-super-Mare, North Somerset, England was started in 1903. It is situated on the Bristol Channel approximately 18 miles south west of Bristol in the seaside town.
It is supported in true victorian fashion by 600 iron piles, and is 400 metres long. Unfortunatly it has form where fire is concerned. It has been damaged by fire on two occasions in 1930 and 2008.
At 01:35 on the 28 July 2008, a fire at the foot of the north tower on the shoreward (eastern) end of the pavilion triggered the privately monitored fire alarm. The Essex-based alarm monitoring company were unable to contact the key-holder by mobile phone and no further action was taken.
It was not until 06:46 that the Avon Fire and Rescue Service (AFRS) was notified, by this time a hefty blaze was under way. It deployed 13 fire engines, special appliances, and more than 85 firefighters to tackle the blaze, but the building was soon destroyed.
Robert Tinker, a Grand Pier employee, was later praised by the fire service as he braved the extreme intensity of the heat from the flames to rush around the side of the building to remove several gas canisters which had been stored within the premises, had these not been removed the AFRS claim that the fire could have been much worse and with the possibility of needing evacuation of local residents and traders.
Preliminary investigations suggested that the fire started due to a number of deep fat fryers which had been located within the area pavilion, however after further investigation this was later ruled out, as was arson. On 22 October a news conference was held by AFRS who announced that despite their efforts the cause of the fire would be recorded as unknown, but that the most likely cause was an electrical fire.
Workmen began dismantling the wreckage on 12th September and a design competition for the new pavilion was won by the Bristol-based Angus Meek Architects' on 15th October. On 7th December it was announced that a slowly rotating 91 metres (299 ft) tall observation tower was proposed along with the new building.
On 12 March 2009, North Somerset Council approved the plans, which are to cost \u00a334 million. The new pavilion is expected to open in the summer of 2010. On 5 August 2009 it was announced that contractors John Sisk &
Son Ltd had been selected to construct the new pavilion and it was hoped that it would be completed by July 2010. These lads are working on the project. Jeff Bonvallet is at the far right.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy EYAX3C - Edinburgh Castle is a historic fortress which dominates the skyline of the city of Edinburgh, Scotland from its position on the Castle Rock. Archaeologists have established human occupation of the rock since at least the Iron Age (2nd century AD), although the nature of the early settlement is unclear. There has been a royal castle on the rock since at least the reign of David I in the 12th century, and the site continued to be a royal residence until the Union of the Crowns in 1603.
From the 15th century the castle's residential role declined, and by the 17th century it was principally used as military barracks with a large garrison. Its importance as a part of Scotland's national heritage was recognised increasingly from the early 19th century onwards, and various restoration programmes have been carried out over the past century and a half. As one of the most important strongholds in the Kingdom of Scotland, Edinburgh Castle was involved in many historical conflicts from the Wars of Scottish Independence in the 14th century to the Jacobite Rising of 1745. Research undertaken in 2014 identified 26 sieges in its 1100 year-old history, giving it a claim to having been the most besieged place in Great Britain and one of the most attacked in the world
Old Town, Edinburgh City, Lothians,Scotland, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy D8HDKK - St Giles' Cathedral, more properly termed the High Kirk of Edinburgh, is the principal place of worship of the Church of Scotland in Edinburgh. Its distinctive crown steeple is a prominent feature of the city skyline, at about a third of the way down the Royal Mile which runs from the Castle to Holyrood Palace. The church has been one of Edinburgh's religious focal points for approximately 900 years. The present church dates from the late 14th century, though it was extensively restored in the 19th century, and is protected as a category A listed building.[1] Today it is sometimes regarded as the Mother Church of Presbyterianism. The cathedral is dedicated to Saint Giles, who is the patron saint of Edinburgh, as well as of cripples and lepers, and was a very popular saint in the Middle Ages. It is the Church of Scotland parish church for part of Edinburgh's Old Town. The current Minister (since 1973) of St Giles' is the Very Reverend Dr Gilleasbuig Macmillan
he will retire on 30 September 2013.
St Giles' was only a cathedral in its formal sense (i.e. the seat of a bishop) for two periods during the 17th century (16351638 and 16611689), when episcopalianism, backed by the Crown, briefly gained ascendancy within the Kirk (see Bishops' Wars). In the mediaeval period, prior to the Reformation, Edinburgh had no cathedral as the royal burgh was part of the Diocese of St Andrews, under the Bishop of St Andrews whose episcopal seat was St Andrew's Cathedral.
For most of its post-Reformation history the Church of Scotland has not had bishops, dioceses, or cathedrals. As such, the use of the term cathedral today carries no practical meaning. The High Kirk title is older, being attested well before the building's brief period as a cathedral.
High Street / Royal Mile, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, EH1 1RE
