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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Stockton Heath,Warrington,Cheshire,UK,WA4,house,property,household,renter,rent due,rent,pay,paying,the,day,landlord,waiting,hiding,from,budget,costs,UC,dont forget,star,asterisk,handwriting,black,ink,marker,council,housing,PRS,Private Rented Sector,shared owner,shared owners,InsideHousing,renters rights act
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PPKP6E - The words Rent Due are handwritten prominently on a calendar, creating a conceptual image of the regular financial pressure faced by tenants across the UK. The close-up composition and bold reminder turn an ordinary diary entry into a symbol of housing costs, household budgeting, rent arrears and anxiety about meeting an essential monthly payment.
The photograph is relevant to calls for a wider national debate about increasing rents and the long-term affordability of housing. Average private rents have continued to rise across the UK, although the annual rate of growth has slowed. In May 2026, the average UK private rent reached £1,383 per month, £44 or 3.3 percent higher than a year earlier. The average in England was higher at £1,442 per month.
Social tenants face a different system, but rents can also rise annually. From April 2026, registered social landlords in England are generally permitted to increase social and affordable rents by up to Consumer Prices Index inflation plus one percentage point. This provides landlords with greater certainty for maintaining existing homes and financing new construction, but it also means repeated increases for tenants whose wages or benefits may not rise at the same rate.
A meaningful public debate would need to consider more than whether rents should simply be frozen or allowed to increase. It would need to address the relationship between rents and household incomes, housing benefit levels, landlord maintenance and borrowing costs, the financial viability of housing associations, private rental supply and the chronic shortage of genuinely affordable social housing.
The calendar reminder represents the point at which national housing policy becomes a personal household deadline. For tenants already managing energy bills, food costs, transport and debt, another rent increase can reduce disposable income, increase the risk of arrears and threaten housing security. The image is suitable for editorial coverage of rents
Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 1NN
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Keywords: HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,National Waterways Museum South Pier Road,Ellesmere Port,Cheshire,England,UK,CH65 4FW,CH65,drawing,paper,design,spectacles,glasses case,ink,inkpot,traditional,old fashioned,oldfashioned,drawing office,drawings,contract,contracts,geometry set,equipment,scrolls,pen,pens,inks,stamp,stamps,technical,color,colour,coloured
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K3080N - . This dated editorial view of National Waterways Museum, South Pier Road, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, England, UK, CH65 4FW in 2022 captures more than the immediate subject, retaining clues about local use, design, activity and change. The location is represented through Old fashioned draughtsman's desk, blueprint, engineering drawing, pencils, instruments, rule, office desk ink & tools. The wider scene also brings together civic architecture, visual archive, place identity, historic narrowboat, mixed-use redevelopment, public-realm investment, urban regeneration, boat museum collection, canal transport, contemporary social history, social history, towpath landscape, changing streetscape, and working waterway. Today's relevance is strengthened by heritage conservation, biodiversity and the continuing question of the transition from freight transport to leisure and heritage use. From a 2025-onward perspective, public-realm investment and planning are closely linked to this subject, alongside how public investment can reshape pedestrian movement and evening activity. As a dated visual record of National Waterways Museum, South Pier Road, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, England, UK, CH65 4FW, the frame retains building condition and alterations, making it especially useful if replacement signage subsequently changes the scene. The location also brings in commercial redevelopment, public realm, town-centre renewal, inland transport history, period detail, historical comparison, canal heritage, and historic townscape. Elements such as blueprint, tools, pencils, drawing, and fashioned add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. The wider setting at National Waterways Museum, South Pier Road, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, England, UK, CH65 4FW matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned.
National Waterways Museum, South Pier Road, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, England, UK, CH65 4FW
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Keywords: HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,National Waterways Museum South Pier Road,Ellesmere Port,Cheshire,England,UK,CH65 4FW,CH65,drawing,paper,design,spectacles,glasses case,ink,inkpot,traditional,old fashioned,oldfashioned,monochrome,Black & White,Black and White,drawing office,drawings,contract,contracts,geometry set,equipment,scrolls,pen,pens,inks,stamp,stamps,technical
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K3080T - . Made at National Waterways Museum, South Pier Road, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, England, UK, CH65 4FW in 2022, this photograph records a real place and moment, preserving details that may later be altered by redevelopment, rebranding, changing ownership or different public use. The frame specifically shows Monochrome old fashioned draughtsman's desk, blueprint, engineering drawing, pencils, instruments, rule, office desk ink & tools. The locality and subject together evoke boat museum collection, towpath landscape, waterborne freight, canal transport, inland navigation, historic narrowboat, town-centre renewal, historic townscape, before-and-after reference, architectural character, heritage boating, social history, industrial waterway history, and industrial navigation. The modern context includes continuing discussion of flood resilience, waterway maintenance and the value of canals as both historic infrastructure and blue-green corridors. For current editorial use, adaptive reuse and planning provide additional context, especially through the value of reusing existing buildings rather than wholesale demolition. The archival value lies partly in recording transport arrangements and footfall around National Waterways Museum, South Pier Road, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, England, UK, CH65 4FW before closure or conversion alters the character of the place. The photograph additionally reflects built heritage, historical comparison, changing land use, public realm, community identity, waterway conservation, urban fabric, and changing streetscape. Elements such as tools, drawing, blueprint, instruments, and Monochrome add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. The wider setting at National Waterways Museum, South Pier Road, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, England, UK, CH65 4FW matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned.
National Waterways Museum, South Pier Road, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, England, UK, CH65 4FW
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,city centre,Merseyside,England,UK,Levelling up,Northern Powerhouse,Liverpool,why,are,tattoos,everyone,so,popular,for,in,Liverpool city centre,store,designs,design,ink,inked,teardrop,tear drop,Chinese calligraphy,body modification,artists,artist,machine,rites of passage,rite of passage,Flash,sheets,cosmetic,tribal culture
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JDDR61 - . This authentic period view of 23 Cheapside, Liverpool , Merseyside, England, UK, L2 2DY in 2022 preserves the main subject alongside smaller contextual details that can acquire greater historical value as places and uses change. The principal subject is Why are tattoos so popular, shop for tattooing in Liverpool city centre, 23 Cheapside, Liverpool , Merseyside, England, UK, L2 2DY. The frame also records themes of townscape record, visual archive, town-centre economy, local character, local identity, documentary photography, before-and-after reference, period detail, local history, archival record, city-centre activity, changing streetscape, changing land use, and community identity. In present-day coverage, the subject reaches into commercial rents and brand consolidation, not least because of how physical shops adapt to online competition. Today's relevance is strengthened by regeneration, commercial change and the continuing question of how regeneration alters the character of familiar places. The image fixes public access and movement within 23 Cheapside, Liverpool , Merseyside, England, UK, L2 2DY at one identifiable point, providing a benchmark against redevelopment. The photograph additionally reflects community life, social history, bricks-and-mortar retail, urban change, regional identity, street-level documentary, place identity, and consumer retail. References to Liverpool, popular, Cheapside, tattooing, and tattoos give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. By fixing the subject within 23 Cheapside, Liverpool , Merseyside, England, UK, L2 2DY, the image preserves more than the headline object or building: it records part of the locality's everyday history. Its period value extends to commercial rents and the role of large retailers in town-centre and edge-of-centre economies in a form that can be compared with future views of 23 Cheapside, Liverpool , Merseyside, England, UK, L2 2DY.
23 Cheapside, Liverpool , Merseyside, England, UK, L2 2DY
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Keywords: @Hotpixuk,HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,UK,England,Stencil art in Brick Lane,Stencil art,in,London,art,paper,ink,Renos,stencil,street art,streetart,painted,paintings,spay,can,old,derelict dereliction,abandoned,plastered,covered,completely,paste up,pasteup,pasteups,Victorian,buildings,building,culture,Charles Bradley,forever,Trafford Parsons,desert sessions
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AE02H7 - . This documentary view of Brick Lane, east London, England, UK, E1 in 2019 captures the subject within its actual surroundings, preserving a dated piece of visual history rather than an isolated object study. The view centres on Stencil art in Brick Lane, East London, England, UK, E1. Further facets of the subject include working-industry history, period detail, heritage landmark, social history, historic frontage, documentary photography, community identity, historic context, contemporary social history, industrial material culture, industrial archaeology, architectural character, conservation interest, and historic townscape. The present-day relevance extends to labour history and embodied carbon, while a wider concern is recording industries that shaped northern towns. Current discussion around this subject increasingly includes historic townscape alongside heritage conservation, with particular attention to the role of distinctive architecture in local identity. For retrospective editorial use, the photograph preserves the relationship between the subject and its surroundings within the setting of Brick Lane, east London, England, UK, E1. Further connections include building-material production, conservation architecture, period streetscape, urban fabric, before-and-after reference, visual archive, regional identity, and changing streetscape. References to Brick, Stencil, and London help fix the photograph to its own subject and period rather than reducing it to a generic view. The period setting at Brick Lane, east London, England, UK, E1 helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. Its period value extends to labour history and the relationship between local geology, manufacturing and the built environment within the specific setting of Brick Lane, east London, England, UK, E1. The photograph keeps a local visual benchmark before later change alters the scene.
Brick Lane, east London, England, UK, E1
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Keywords: Republic of Ireland,GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Eire,Ireland,jam,art,factory,Skate,city,skates,skating,The Pieman Cafe,Pieman,cafe,café,connected,ink,tattoo,D02 RX36,building,street art,colourful,centre,sights,vibe,atmosphere,buildings,urban,architecture,creativity,creative,creativeness,sign,signs,artistic
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M84KF8 - . This location-specific image from 14A Crown Alley, Temple Bar, Dublin 2, D02 RX36, Eire in 2019 provides a visual record of the subject in everyday context, useful for both contemporary editorial work and later historical comparison. At the centre of the view is Jam art factory, Skate City, Connected Ink Tattoo, The Pieman Cafe - 14A Crown Alley, Temple Bar, Dublin 2, D02 RX36, Eire. The frame also records themes of licensed hospitality, period detail, mural culture, creative placemaking, beer-led hospitality, street-level design, visual street culture, regional identity, licensed trade, contemporary social history, local social venue, visual archive, local history, and night-time economy. For current editorial use, business rates and food inflation provide additional context, especially through how food, drink and heritage combine in destination pubs. Current relevance extends to tourism and temporary works, particularly through how temporary street art can become an important visual archive. For later comparison, the photograph preserves landscape treatment and surrounding development at 14A Crown Alley, Temple Bar, Dublin 2, D02 RX36, Eire, details that may look very different after later reinterpretation. The location also brings in everyday life, community identity, pub interior heritage, community drinking venue, changing land use, public-house heritage, traditional ale house, and before-and-after reference. The recorded references to Tattoo, Skate, Pieman, Alley, and factory preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. The wider setting at 14A Crown Alley, Temple Bar, Dublin 2, D02 RX36, Eire matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. The record includes a point of historical comparison for future local research. The frame retains part of the area's social history before later change alters the scene.
14A Crown Alley, Temple Bar, Dublin 2, D02 RX36, Eire
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,23 Cheapside,Merseyside,England,UK,L2 2DY,Skin,Ink,sign,Son of Stag,Gethin,tats,tat2,artist,artists,original work,Mersey,Scouse,city,centre,tourist,tourism,attraction,ink,in,the,skin,Forever True Tattoo,Forever,True,Tattoo,front,entrance,exterior,outside
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2DA91GR - Forever True's owner and resident tattooer Richie Clarke has been tattooing in his own establishment since 1995, drawing inspiration directly from the tattooing legends of the late 19th and early to mid-20th century.
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As well as producing his own unique bold tattoo flash, Richie also repaints faithful reproductions of long lost tattoo designs from tattooing's earliest and most influential fore fathers, Bert Grimm, Joseph Hartley, George Bigmore, Tom Berg (to name but a few). Famous names your great grandfather would like to have visited between the bars and brothels (before he met your great grandmother) during shore leave from Singapore, to the Barbary Coast.
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Now thanks to impeccable research, these designs are now available to collect again, repainted with an expert hand as they would have appeared more than half a century ago adorning the walls of tattoo parlours from the sea ports of Europe to the sideshows of Coney Island.
Richie is determined to see these classics live on with a modern audience hungry for original work, Why spend hours trawling the Internet for hours when you could go home with a genuine piece of heritage on your arm, a tattoo is something to be earned not downloaded. Every tattoo told a story, a seasoned veteran, a grieving son, a lost love, and it's no different now, clients still want names of their children, lovers, symbols of life or death, memories or aspirations, but people struggle to find good designs and search the Internet finding images they think are original but in reality probably adorn thousands of others.
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They need to trust the old artists, the names who brought tattooing to the West and fashioned classic designs that forged the modern tattoo world. A good tattoo is forever and should outlive the artist & client and that's what these designs have done. I'm a craftsman first and foremost not a fine artist, a folk artist maybe, part of a long line before me. I'm not trying to reinvent the wheel...
23 Cheapside, Liverpool,Merseyside,England,UK, L2 2DY
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,UK,Edinburgh,Scotland,Lothian,Lothians,City Centre,towards the right,painted sign,wall,Hand,pointing,points,right,Tattoo,shop,tattoo,tattoos,tats,this way,that way,way,to,the,ink,in,skin,have,chose,choice,of,a,skin art,art,for,body
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy RG9868 - . An editorial view records the working environment around Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, in this period view from 2018. Within that setting the photograph concentrates on Hand pointing towards the right, Tattoo shop this way, painted sign on wall, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. The location also connects shopping habits, consumer retail, urban commerce, retail vacancy, customer footfall, retail property, consumer spending, high-street commerce, local trading, city-centre economy, commercial frontage, and storefront culture. Current debate around consumer spending often combines vacant premises, changing footfall and the practical challenge of mixed-use town centres. The date and location give the photograph archival strength: future views of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK may show different businesses, branding, services, architecture, traffic patterns or redevelopment, allowing clear before-and-after comparison. Beyond the immediate subject, the setting involves shopfront economy, retail decline and renewal, commercial streetscape, independent retail, chain-store economy, bricks-and-mortar retail. The scene is further associated with finger pointing, wall sign, tattoos. A more expansive reading adds shopping district, and town-centre trading. The wider contemporary story of commercial property now includes operating costs alongside changing footfall, while policy and investment increasingly consider mixed-use town centres. As the location changes, the frame remains a reference for public-realm details, local business activity, patterns of everyday use, the condition of buildings, and regional identity in a form that can be compared with later photographs. In historical comparison, the image can help trace changes of use, period design, public activity, local character, and the appearance of the built environment as an authentic period reference. The view of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK also preserves another layer of local identity and period change.
Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
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Keywords: @HotpixUK,HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,England,UK,Neon,lights,night,sign,advert,bright,lighting,SoHo,South East England,City Centre,City,tourist,tourism,travel,neon sign,neon signs,evening,night time,music,shady,blue,shop,ink,skin,SoHo backstreet tattooist,SoHo back street tattooist,door,entrance,doorway,fetish,Fendom,XXX,DVD,books,illuminated
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy RMJ3BG - . A local-history photograph captures a moment within the recorded location, in a view made during 2018. The source caption identifies SoHo backstreet tattooist, Central London, England, UK. The location also connects consumer spending, chain-store economy, city-centre economy, independent retail, storefront culture, bricks-and-mortar retail, high-street commerce, local trading, customer footfall, commercial streetscape, retail property, and shopping habits. Modern coverage of high-street retail frequently reaches beyond the immediate scene to questions of vacant premises, changing footfall and bringing empty units back into use. Small period details preserved at the recorded location may become historically important as commercial occupants, public services, infrastructure and the built environment change, making the image useful for retrospective editorial coverage, specifically in relation to SoHo backstreet tattooist. The surrounding context also touches on consumer retail, town-centre trading, shopping district, shopfront economy, retail vacancy, retail decline and renewal. Associated details include Tattoo neon sign, back street, Tattoo Sign, advertising, dusk, neon lights. For present-day editorial use, retail streets can also illustrate debates about online shopping and brand consolidation, particularly where these affect heritage-led regeneration. Taken together, these details make the photograph a useful record of regional identity, patterns of everyday use, local business activity, public-realm details, and the condition of buildings as part of the area's longer social history. The combination preserved here provides evidence of changes of use, the appearance of the built environment, local character, period design, and public activity without relying on a generic or reconstructed view. The view of SoHo backstreet tattooist also preserves another layer of local identity and period change.
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Keywords: @HotpixUK,HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,England,UK,Neon,lights,night,sign,advert,bright,lighting,SoHo,South East England,City Centre,City,tourist,tourism,travel,neon sign,neon signs,evening,night time,music,shady,blue,shop,ink,skin,SoHo backstreet tattooist,SoHo back street tattooist,seedy,dirty,art,fiery,hot,artist,lit,lighted
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy RMJ3BK - . This descriptive scene preserves the social and built context of Soho, London, England, UK, W1, as it appeared in 2018. The documentary focus is SoHo backstreet tattooist, Central London, England, UK. The scene also brings together customer footfall, independent retail, local trading, urban commerce, shopping habits, retail vacancy, commercial streetscape, consumer spending, shopfront economy, shopping district, city-centre economy, and retail property. For present-day editorial use, consumer spending can also illustrate debates about changing footfall and vacant premises, particularly where these affect bringing empty units back into use. Over time, this view of Soho, London, England, UK, W1 can support local-history and planning research by preserving details of appearance, occupation, signage, public access and everyday use that written records may omit. The resulting scene connects with chain-store economy, commercial frontage, high-street commerce, town-centre trading, consumer retail, storefront culture. The record also refers to Tattoo neon sign, back street, Tattoo Sign, advertising, dusk, neon lights. Further aspects present in the subject include retail decline and renewal, and bricks-and-mortar retail. In the mid-2020s, physical shops is increasingly discussed through operating costs and vacant premises, with attention turning to adaptable commercial space. For future comparison, the scene preserves public activity, local character, period design, changes of use, and the appearance of the built environment in a form that can be compared with later photographs. Viewed retrospectively, the photograph can reveal physical infrastructure, commercial identity, community life, signage and branding, and local continuity as an authentic period reference. That gives this view of Soho, London, England, UK, W1 continuing value for local history, retrospective reporting and visual comparison.
Soho, London, England, UK, W1
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Keywords: UK,United,Kingdom,regional,of,online,paywall,pay,wall,old,fashioned,ink,press,printing,print,media,demise,building,traditional,stone,sign,News,sport,business,directories,and,property,for,sale,Doncaster,local,Batley,Huddersfield,Leeds,Print Media,GoTonySmith,Wellington,St,Street,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy EY5KCT - . Dewsbury Reporter Offices, West Yorkshire, England, UK. Photographed at Wellington Street, Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, England, UK. The photograph was taken on 18 July 2015. This editorial stock image documents the subject as it appeared at that time, preserving a clear record of the place, its appearance and the everyday details surrounding it. Signage, lettering, logos, numbers or other visible information form an important part of the record, helping identify the subject and capture contemporary branding or public messaging. The scene is closely associated with Dewsbury, Reporter, Offices, Yorkshire, newspaper, newspapers, decline, regional, online and paywall, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. The photograph gives particular emphasis to signage, lettering, public information, branding or graphic communication in a real-world setting. It can support editorial features about wayfinding, advertising, local identity, warnings, public information, business branding, typography, street design and the visual language of towns and cities. Words, symbols, colours, materials and the physical setting of the sign provide useful documentary detail for researchers interested in how information was presented at the time. Because signs and branding are frequently replaced, repainted or removed, the image also has useful archive and social-history value. Search themes include signs, lettering, typography, advertising, wayfinding, public information, warnings, branding, street graphics and local identity. Because signs are frequently replaced or repainted, a clear dated photograph of wording or graphics can acquire strong archive and social-history value. 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.
Wellington Street, Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, England, UK
![iPod Shuffle2 - Cats In The Cradle - [Lady With Tiger Back Tattoo] 8429920940 girl,lady,female,woman,women,with,tattoo,tattoos,tatoo,tiger,tiger tattoo,tat,blond,beautiful,back,piece,backpiece,tonysmith,hotpix,females,cat tattoo,manchester,ink,skin,ink in the skin,sex,sexy,erotic,babe,bbw,hot,blonds](https://live.staticflickr.com/8373/8429920940_67e4f33d2a_o.jpg/)
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Keywords: girl,lady,female,woman,women,with,tattoo,tattoos,tatoo,tiger,tiger tattoo,tat,blond,beautiful,back,piece,backpiece,tonysmith,hotpix,females,cat tattoo,manchester,ink,skin,ink in the skin,sex,sexy,erotic,babe,bbw,hot,blonds
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 8429920940 - 'Harry Chapin - 'Cats In The Cradle' - Play this track here.
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A track with a tale of what you reap is what you sow.
'Cat's in the Cradle' is a 1974 folk rock song by Harry Chapin from the album Verities &
Balderdash. The single topped the Billboard Hot 100 in December 1974. As Chapin's only number one hit song, it became the best known of his work and a staple for folk rock music.
The song was based upon a poem written by Harry's wife Sandy
the poem itself was inspired by the awkward relationship between her first husband, James Cashmore, and his father, a New York City politician. She was also inspired by a country music song she had heard on the radio. Harry has also said that the song was about his father-son relationship with his son, Josh, saying that 'Frankly, this song scares me to death'.
The song is told in first-person by a father who is too busy to spend time with his son. Though the son asks him to join in childhood activities, the father always responds with little more than vague promises of spending time together in the 'future'. While wishing to spend time with his father, the son starts to model himself on his father's behaviour, hence the verse wishing to be 'just like him.'.
The final two verses are a reverse of the roles, where the father asks his grown-up son to visit, but the son responds that he is now too busy to find the time for his father. The father then reflects that they are both alike, saying 'my boy was just like me.' The song's chorus uses imagery related to childhood Cat's in the Cradle, Silver Spoon, Little Boy Blue, Man in the Moon.
This track was covered by the band 'Ugly Kid Joe' which sold over half a million in Australia. It was also used in the British Government Don't Suffer It, Change it / Despairs In The Cradle campaign in Northern Ireland mid 1980's - www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTWXDY1lJMY
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Cotton,Manchester,industry,factory,mill,history,machines,cloth,manufacture,Lancashire,Victorian,ink,England,Uk,pots,school,office,offices,historic,heritage,moody,old,fashioned,old-fashioned,pen,pens,quill,quills,olden,times,dark,wood,wooden,strict
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2BM3JNT - . An authentic period record of Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK, retaining the practical visual detail that later redevelopment, rebranding or altered use can remove. The view specifically shows Victorian Inkpots, ink, pots, writing, England, UK. The wider scene also brings together documentary photography, social history, visual archive, historic workplace, factory equipment, changing streetscape, production machinery, community identity, local history, factory-floor equipment, place identity, engineering history, industrial artefact, and contemporary history. Today's wider story includes manufacturing history, adaptive reuse and the practical question of finding new uses for substantial older industrial buildings. For later comparison, the photograph preserves materials and construction at Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK, details that may look very different after new construction. Other connected aspects are industrial archaeology, manufacturing infrastructure, regional identity, historical comparison, public realm, urban change, labour history, and everyday Britain. References to writing, Inkpots, and Victorian give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to the named subject. The period setting at Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. Another strand within the photograph is manufacturing history and keeping evidence of working practices that have disappeared without losing the local specificity of Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK. The scene retains a connection with reuse of mills and warehouses and finding new uses for substantial older industrial buildings in a form that can be compared with future views of Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK. The frame therefore remains a dated reference for Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK and the changing story of the subject shown.
Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK
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Keywords: tattoo,cross,mother,mary,tat,tat2,tatoo,tony,smith,tonysmith,hotpix,tonysmithhotpix,hot,pics,picks,hotpics,hotpicks,ink,skin,job,UK,england,man,male,boy,bloke,tony smith photography,tdktony,tdk,tdktonysmith,hotpix.com,#tonysmithotpix,MIS,@hotpixUK,ActiveH,housingtechnology
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 5524231782 - 'Jailbird - 'Primal Scream' - Play this track here.
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Well its taken 90 shots before an excuse for a Primal Scream track.
Primal Scream date from 1982 back in Glasgow, Scotland. The band performed throughout 1982-1984, but their career did not take off until Bobby Gillespie left his position as drummer of The Jesus and Mary Chain. The band were a key part of the mid-1980s indie pop scene, but eventually moved away from their more jangly sound, taking on more psychedelic and then garage rock influences, before incorporating a dance music element to their sound.
The 1991 somewhat Acidhouse inspired album Screamadelica was the one that broke the band into the mainstream. It won the first Mercury Music Prize in 1992. Its best heard in its 2 x LP vinyl incarnation.
Bobby's school friend was Alan McGee, who took Gillespie to his first gig, a Thin Lizzy concert. McGee and Gillespie were heavily influenced by punk rock, and they joined a local punk band, The Drains, in 1978. McGee soon moved south to London, Gillespie staying in SE Glasgow.
The band still tour and I have some shots from w=33062170@N08&
m=tags\' target=\'_blank\'>Manchester December 2008.
Screamadelica (go for the 20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition) is an excellent starting point to get to know the band. Alternatively checkout the Dirty Hits compilation.
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Perhaps prison is not the place to have a strong sex drive. Sex can be a terror. There could also me many straight / gay / homosexual predators wanting others. The lonely sometimes stray from their norm and be curious. Other times it may be for favours. More tabs, blow or less pain.
Pornography probably does not help either, maybe it makes it worse. Members of staff do have sex with inmates, some looking to be seduced, some seducing. Where a guard rapes or assaults a prisoner, the guard generally goes free and the prisoner is prosecuted as a pervert.
Tattoos can have special meanings in prison. A convicts skin canvass can say a lot about him and his history. Some are:
Clocks without hands - Doing Time
Eight Balls - Unlucky, IE behind the 8 ball
One laughing face, one crying face - Play now, pay later
Face of female crying - Someone outside waiting
Swastika covered with a three leaf clover - Aryan Brotherhood
My subject here has not to my knowledge has ever done time. But for the grace of god though, go we....
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 6452733181 - 'Sugababes - 'Angels With Dirty Faces' - Play this track here.
For persons slightly older you may like this, get your baggy gear out and drop some e's.
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Well, the Sugababes, what is there not to like? In 2006, British Hit Singles &
Albums named the Sugababes as the most successful female act of the 21st century with six UK number one singles and eighteen UK top ten hits.
Their number one singles include such songs as 'Freak Like Me', 'Round Round', 'Hole in the Head', 'Push the Button' and 'About You Now'. They have also accumulated five UK top ten albums (four of which have gained at least platinum certification), including chart-toppers Taller in More Ways and Change. The Sugababes have been nominated for six Brit Awards, winning one for Best British Dance Act in 2003.
The second lineup was my favourite. Mutya Buena, Keisha Buchanan and former Atomic Kitten member Heidi Range.
Having already started work on a second album with new member Range, the trio looked for a new record label, eventually signing to Island Records. Their first single on the new label, 'Freak like Me' scored the group their first UK number 1 single. Follow-up single 'Round Round' also debuted on top of the UK Singles Chart and peaked at number 2 in Ireland, the Netherlands and New Zealand. Both singles were certified silver by the BPI.
On the back of the success of the singles, the group's second album, Angels with Dirty Faces, debuted at number 2 on the UK Albums Chart and was later certified triple platinum, selling almost a million copies in the UK alone. It is to date their highest-selling album. In the UK, the third single from the album, a ballad entitled 'Stronger', gained the girls their third consecutive top ten hit in their native country. The track was released as a double-A side with 'Angels with Dirty Faces' in the UK, the latter song chosen as the theme tune to The Powerpuff Girls Movie. A fourth single, the Sting-sampling 'Shape', made the top ten in the Netherlands and Ireland in early 2003.
Tattooing has been practiced for centuries in many cultures spread throughout the world. The Ainu, the indigenous people of Japan, traditionally had facial tattoos. Today one can find Berbers of Tamazgha (North Africa), M\u0101ori of New Zealand, Hausa people of Northern Nigeria, Arabic people in East-Turkey and Atayal of Taiwan with facial tattoos.
In Japan, tattoos are strongly associated with organized crime organizations known as the yakuza, particularly full body tattoos done the traditional Japanese way (Tebori). Many public Japanese bathhouses (sent\u014d) and gymnasiums often openly ban those bearing large or graphic tattoos in an attempt to prevent Yakuza from entering. The Government of Meiji Japan had outlawed tattoos in the 19th century, a prohibition that stood for 70 years before being repealed in 1948.
In the United States many prisoners and criminal gangs use distinctive tattoos to indicate facts about their criminal behavior, prison sentences, and organizational affiliation. A tear tattoo, for example, can be symbolic of murder, with each tear representing the death of a friend. At the same time, members of the U.S. military have an equally well established and longstanding history of tattooing to indicate military units, battles, kills, etc., an association which remains widespread among older Americans. Tattooing is also common in the British Armed Forces.
Tattooing was also used by the Nazi regime in Nazi concentration camps to tag prisoners.
Insofar as this cultural or subcultural use of tattoos predates the widespread popularity of tattoos in the general population, tattoos are still associated with criminality. Tatoos on the face in the shape of teardrops are usually associated with how many people a person has murdered. Although the general acceptance of tattoos is on the rise in Western society, they still carry a heavy stigma among certain social groups. Tattoos are generally considered an important part of the culture of the Russian mafia.
The prevalence of women in the tattoo industry, along with larger numbers of women bearing tattoos, appears to be changing negative perceptions. A study of 'at-risk' (as defined by school absenteeism and truancy) adolescent girls showed a positive correlation between body-modification and negative feelings towards the body and self-esteem
however, also illustrating a strong motive for body-modification as the search for 'self and attempts to attain mastery and control over the body in an age of increasing alienation.
Conspicuous tattoos and other body modification can make gainful employment difficult in many fields.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy D8HF8E - . Richie The Barber, a tattooed faced man at Manchester tattoo convention , England, UK. Photographed on 5 March 2011. The recorded location is Manchester Central, Manchester, England, UK postcode M2 3GX. Richie cuts shot hair only and does a great shave! Looking at the subject's development, workplace portraits and occupational scenes record skills, uniforms, tools and customer service that can disappear as industries modernise
They are useful social-story.htm Target=_Blank>history evidence because they place individual workers within the everyday economy rather than presenting a building or product in isolation. In historical terms, body art is both a craft and a form of self-presentation
Improvements in equipment, inks and hygiene helped professional tattooing expand dramatically from the late twentieth century onwards, while conventions created large public spaces for artists and enthusiasts to exchange styles. For the 2026 context, service work remains central to the British economy while recruitment, pay, automation and changing customer expectations still reshape many occupations
Historic and contemporary workplace photographs therefore have relevance to labour, skills and employment as well as the immediate subject. During 2026, tattooing is an established part of British popular culture, with conventions, specialist studios and highly visible styles ranging from traditional flash to realism and extensive facial or body work
Images remain relevant to fashion, identity, subculture, religion and changing attitudes to appearance. The wider historical story is that images of people at work document changing occupations and working practices
Clothing, equipment and surroundings can reveal how service, craft and professional roles were organised at the time the photograph was made. Closely related image-search terms include staff, service industry, working life, labour history, work environment, social history, workforce, tattoo culture, and body modification.
Manchester Central, Manchester, England, UK postcode M2 3GX
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4760947103 - 'The Sleeping Beauty Novels by Anne Rice (writing as A. N. Roquelaure). Best known for her gothic vampire stories and later religious-themed works, Rice is also the creator of a trilogy centered on Sleeping Beauty -- The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty
Beauty's Punishment
and, Beauty's Release.
Rice puts a strong emphasis on human desire and Beauty\u2019s sexual awakening with these erotic, sometimes sadomasochistic, stories.
The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty (1983), Beauty's Punishment (1984), and Beauty's Release (1985) are erotic novels by Anne Rice writing under the pseudonym of A. N. Roquelaure. The trilogy was a bestseller, outearning Interview with the Vampire.
They are lengthy BDSM novels, reminiscent of Story of O, set in a medieval fantasy world based very loosely on the legend of Sleeping Beauty. The novels contain both maledom and femdom scenarios, as well as vivid imageries of bisexuality, ephebophilia and bestiality.
In this alternative racy adult orientated tale, Beauty is awakened from her hundred-year sleep by the Prince, not with a simple kiss, but with a deflowering, initiating her into a Satyricon-like world of sexual adventures. After stripping her naked he takes her to his kingdom, ruled by his mother, the Queen.
There Beauty is trained as a slave and a plaything. The rest of the naked slaves, dozens of them, in the Queen's palace are princes and princesses sent by their royal parents from the surrounding kingdoms as tributes. In this palace they spend several years learning to become obedient and submissive sexual property, accepting being spanked, being publicly displayed, crawling around on their hands and knees, servicing their masters and mistresses, until they return to their own lands 'being enhanced in wisdom'.
In the palace Beauty meets another slave, Prince Alexi, with whom she copulates passionately. After that he tells her the long adventurous journey he had in the palace. Alexi previously had been a stubborn prince who fought back all the attempts to break him, until the Queen sent him to the kitchen to get him tortured by crude kitchen servants.
The punishment Alexi received there was so savage and merciless he began to lose his senses and, after some particularly humiliating training at the hands of a strong stable boy, Alexi became a totally surrendered slave, playing various sexual games at the Queen's commands.
The moral of Alexi's story notwithstanding, Beauty fails to become an obedient plaything, and the book closes with her being sentenced to brutal slavery in the neighboring village along with other failed slaves.
So the moral of all this: 'Dont waste your life waiting for your prince to come'.
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Keywords: Live,Love,Learn,Tattoo,with,a,keyhole,heart,on,a,womans,chest,romance,to,my,hearts,tat,tats,ink,in,he,skin,parlour,parlor,art,work,artwork,girl,demale,male,man,bint,tramp,stamp,trampstamp,body,modification,model,models,Romeo,&,and,Juliet,romance,romantic,artists,tattooers,tattooists,gotonysmith shop shops studio studios flash sheet sheets,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy D8HD81 - . This dated editorial view of Manchester, England, UK in 2010 captures more than the immediate subject, retaining clues about local use, design, activity and change. The principal subject is Live Love Learn Tattoo with a keyhole heart on a womans chest. The frame also records themes of used postage stamp, archival record, place identity, postal graphic design, community identity, changing streetscape, commemorative issue, period detail, regional identity, postal ephemera, historic postage, postal history, before-and-after reference, and paper communication. Today's relevance is strengthened by collecting, commemoration and the continuing question of the contrast between physical postal culture and digital communication. The image fixes lettering, decoration and surface detail within Manchester, England, UK at one identifiable point, providing a benchmark against conservation work. The photograph additionally reflects mail history, contemporary social history, local character, historical comparison, documentary photography, everyday life, collectable stamp, and social history. References to chest, keyhole, womans, Learn, and Tattoo give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. For Manchester, England, UK, the photograph contributes to a cumulative visual history in which changes in use, signs, access and appearance can be traced over time. The setting also helps illustrate collecting and the contrast between physical postal culture and digital communication as part of the longer story of Manchester, England, UK. The image also provides a reference for graphic design and how stamps compress art, politics and national identity into small objects when considered against later change at Manchester, England, UK. Another useful connection is collecting and the usefulness of denominations and postmarks for dating material without losing the local specificity of Manchester, England, UK.
Manchester, England, UK
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Keywords: tattoo,tatoo,tat2,ink,skin,design,england,english,british,UK,man,male,back,face,leg,thigh,black,white,selective,color,colour,colores,sepia,convention,expo,exhibition,circuit,herts,tonysmith,tony,smith,Tatuada,tatto,tats,bodyart,body,art,dark,disturbia,interesting,people,person,persons,persona,interesante,tatouage,selectivo,couleur,s\u00e9lective,vorgew\u00e4hlte,Farbe,HOT PIX,tony smith photography,tdktony,tdk,tdktonysmith
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4480147112 - 'Here is some brilliant artistic tattoo work over back, chest (not shown), waist and upper legs.
The detail on the head in the middle of the back is great. A medusa type figure.
Nice block outline detail mainly maintaining a black/white theme.
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Keywords: sepia,black,white,b/w,mono,monocheromr,man,boy,male,tat,tat2,tattoo,ink,skin,designs,art,pierced,piercing,wales,north,west,convention,exhibition,stand,uk,britain,showcase,interesting,sitting,sit,boots,Tatuada,tatoo,tatto,tats,bodyart,body,dark,disturbia,people,person,persons,persona,interesante,tatouage,color,selectivo,couleur,s\u00e9lective,vorgew\u00e4hlte,Farbe,hotpix!,amazing selection of Groups!
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4475562999 - 'Some excellent arm and leg tattoos (artist unknown) from the Marchweil Tattoo Convention in Wales, near Wrexham.
Selective Colour of Black and White Image.
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Keywords: rick,dave,face,science,fiction,cool,people,image,tattoo,tat2,musician,muso,b/w,black,white,mono,sepia,hat,headset,eyes,hotpix,hotpixuk,tonysmith,tony,smith,male,men,boys,lads,couple,two,pair,movie,film,set,Tatuada,tatoo,tatto,tats,ink,bodyart,body,art,dark,disturbia,Hotpicks,hotpics,interesting,person,persons,persona,interesante,tatouage,retro,tony smith photography,tdktony,tdk,tdktonysmith
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4446315490 - 'You Give Me Friction
But I Dig Friction
You Know I'm Crazy About Friction
Warrington artists and musicians Rick Hagan and Crazy Dave. They would not look out of place in a science fiction space opera.
They could be on a distant planet, or maybe just popped out of Sigourney Weaver's air conditioning duct (or maybe the Spar on Thelwall New Road). I remember reading a few Edward E (Doc) Smith books in my wasted youth, from his Skylark and Lensman series. Rick or Dave could drop out of any of these, straight off the page.
In the Mos Eisley Cantina watering hole maybe you might find them in a booth, Rick with a mug of white tea (as he doesn't normally drink) and Dave with a two bottles (double round) of Colt 45s with Lando.
More classic sepia and black and white www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/3828011848/
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Keywords: manchester,sexy,tattoo,tatoo,erotic,tatto,lace,tat2,tat,lacy,convention,fetish,england,stocking,english,UK,lancashire,cheshire,gmex,central,city,work,lady,suspender,arm,color,colour,colores,woman,selective,bw,black,white,black and white,mono,monochrome,06032010,20100306,6th,march,2010,9th,annual,event,ink,skin,flesh,canvas,fleshcanvas,competition,awards,fashion,glamour,model,latex,skintech,tech,expo,Tatuaje,\u0442\u0430\u0442\u0443\u0438\u0440\u043e\u0432\u043a\u0430,T\u00e4towierung,tatouage,tatoegering,\u7d0b\u8eab\u82b1\u523a,cool,person,people,portrait,image,selctive,dark,disturbia,sensual,hotpicks
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4427429577 - 'Hard at work here, this final tattoo will be worthy of best of day.
Here from The Manchester Central tattoo convention (old GMEX central station conference and event venue). the 2011 event will be the 5th March 2011 ( 05/03/2011 ).
Tattoo artist unknown - if you have any info, please comment.
Another tatoo www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/4346708697/
(2010 week 9)
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Keywords: Manchester,sexy,lancs,erotic,lancashire,city,gmex,central,exhibition,centre,tat2,tattoo,convention,piercing,artists,north,west,lady,woman,girl,arm,blond,hair,shiny,trousers,ink,skin,bodyart,body,art,needle,erotica,sepia,b/w,black,white,selective,color,colores,colour,airport,ringway,international,trendy,fashion,student,uni,university,umist,tatttood,tattooed,girlies,vixen,industrial,babe,tatoo,cool,person,people,portrait,image,selctive,Tatuada,tatto,tats,interesting,persons,persona,interesante,tatouage,arty,retro,sensual,hotpicks,racy
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4430725344 - '....For a new tattoo of course!
One of the lovely people and enthusiasts I met at the 9th Manchester International Tattoo convention festival 6th March 2010. Some people might give their right arm to be a size 0 (zero) with kill for tats and lond blond hair.
The quality of the tats was the key here and I will dig out plenty more to upload.
This Manchester, England, UK exhibition is usually held in March and is now at Manchester Central, formally GMEX (the greater Manchester Exhibition Centre).
More tats and piercings www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/4393545884/
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4432952215 - 'A tattoo being born at at the Manchester 2010 GMEX (Manchester Central) convention.
There are some cracking books on tattooing around. They are great for inspiration and like this chap, if I was having a large scale piece of work done it would be the ideal coffee table book to be browsing. Tat history is over 5000 year-old as proved by a tattooed mummy found in modern day Egypt. there are many fine books that document and illustrate it.
Here are some of my favourites that I have read, owned, enjoyed, had stolen or lost during the years.
The Sketchbook: 80 Unique Designs by the World's Finest Tattoo Artists.
A perfectly tattooed body requires the skills of a professional and talented artist, who creates a unique and personal design. These designs are often inspired by one or more of the various tattoo styles of Japanese, Maori or other tribal origin. 'The Sketchbook' offers the reader a selection of 80 of these unique designs by well-known and less famous, but very promising, tattoo artists from around the world. Each artist was requested to create a sketch unrestrained by commercial demands and which reflects their own personal interests.
Bodies of Inscription : A Cultural History of the Modern Tattoo Community
this is a pretty academic book. The new tattoo community described here is demographically quite different from the old. It is more female, more middle-class, and more educated, whereas the earlier society of tattoo collectors was primarily working class and male. DeMello lays out some of the social history of tattooing to prepare for her discussion of the changes in tattooing in the past 20 years. From handpicked prison tattoos to the latest in today's 'tribal' design, from gang symbols to feminist ones, tattoos themselves have changed to meet changing demands and fashions.
The Tattoo Encyclopedia: A Guide to Choosing Your Tattoo
As they should, tattoos continue to move into the mainstream and grow in popularity. For people pondering getting a tattoo, however, the choice of images can be overwhelming. A comprehensive, informative exploration of the colorful world of tattoos, The Tattoo Encyclopedia presents concise descriptions of symbols both common and unusual and sheds light on their historic, religious, and cultural significance.
Bushido
Legacies of the Japanese Tattoo. This includes over 200 cracking photos by the classic tat2 photographer Jai Tanju. The text is based largely on Takahiro Kitamuras experiences as customer and student of the famed Japanese tattoo master, Horiyoshi III.
Tattoo Art Tribal Vol.II
Tattoo Art has been producing high quality tattoo designs for over a decade. Professional tattoo artists worldwide have used Tattoo Art's wide assortment of designs to satisfy all their customer needs. The quality and variety of the tattoo designs produced by Tattoo Art has placed them among the industry leaders. Its a great index of proven designs.
Also, call me a luditte, but if it was a choice between an electronic version of one of these books (ie Kindle download), or shiny paper, i would go for the latter every time. When my Billy bookcase sags, it actually smiles. :-)
Some more tattoo's and piercing here www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/4407631870/ and www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/4271674913/
Another from Manchester 2010 here www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/4427429577/
(2010 week 9)
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Keywords: tatoo,sexy,tattoo,attractive,ace,kustom,custom,shop,parlour,tat,tat2,manchester,england,urban,shoulders,selective,color,colour,colores,black,white,portrait,person,people,lady,giry,woman,exotic,ink,skin,needle,flesh,canvas,tonysmith,hotpix,tony,smith,city,cool,image,selctive,Tatuada,tatto,tats,bodyart,body,art,dark,disturbia,tatouage,selectivo,couleur,s\u00e9lective,vorgew\u00e4hlte,Farbe,sensual,hotpicks,muchacha,femenina,de,la,mujer,se\u00f1ora,female,girl,\u5973\u6027\u30e1\u30b9\u306e\u5973\u6027\u306e\u5973\u306e\u5b50,\u592b\u4eba\u5973\u6027\u5987\u5973\u5973\u5b69,fille,f\u00e9minine,femme,dame,tony smith photography,tdktonysmith,@hotpixuk
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4438149327 - 'Another brilliant tattoo from the Manchester Tattoo Convention 2010 ( 6th March 2010). Some nice tribal designs on the ladies upper shoulders, arms and chest. She has also great ear rings and face piercings.
Have a look at their myspace page at www.myspace.com/acekustomtattoo , Dai Cann does some lovely stuff down at Church Road.
More tattoos www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/4393545884/
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Keywords: nurse,sister,hospital,tattoo,erotic,lady,woman,exotic,ink,female,arm,skin,flesh,canvas,tat2,tatoo,tatto,blue,breasts,red,lips,pierced,ring,piece,beautiful,manchester,convention,exhibition,gmex,england,britain,UK,europe,artist,art,medic,medical,surgery,surgical,sex,fetish,shop,Tatuada,tats,bodyart,body,dark,disturbia,interesting,people,person,persons,persona,interesante,tatouage,color,selectivo,couleur,s\u00e9lective,vorgew\u00e4hlte,Farbe,arty,muchacha,femenina,de,la,mujer,se\u00f1ora,girl,\u5973\u6027\u30e1\u30b9\u306e\u5973\u6027\u306e\u5973\u306e\u5b50,hotpix!,altfashion
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4454965395 - 'A brilliant arm tattoo, red cross on her hat, of a nurse with stethoscope and pierced lips.
She has deep blue eyes, a red heart on her arm and she is holding back some large breasts.
Nice bright inks. Spotted on a nurse at teh Manchester Tattoo Convention 6th March 2010, held at Manchester Central (formally GMEX the Greater Manchester Exhibition Cenre).
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Keywords: this,photo,rocks,tattoo,tat2,manchester,warrington,cheshire,m62,england,uk,british,britain,skin,color,colores,colour,selective,black,white,blanco,negra,b/w,sepia,select,gmex,march,2010,6th,20100306,06032010,hotpixuk,tonysmith,Tatuada,tatoo,tatto,tats,ink,bodyart,body,art,dark,disturbia,tatouage,selectivo,couleur,s\u00e9lective,vorgew\u00e4hlte,Farbe,hotpix!
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4482039111 - 'Saz my local tattoo-ist from Warrington, working on a large elaborate leg / thigh tattoo. Here at the manchester Tattoo convention at Gmex, now Manchester central 6th March 2010.
I keep thinking I should pop in and say hello.
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4490135858 - 'A brilliant arm and shoulder tattoo, artist unknown. Seen at the Manchester Tattoo expo / convention at GMEX.
The design of a lady pirate has her smoking a pipe and sitting on some barrels of rum. She has a pirates hat on.
Have a look at some of my other tattoo images on Flickr - w=33062170@N08\'>www.flickr.com/search/?q=Tattoo&
w=33062170@N08 .
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Keywords: girl,tat2,tats,tattoo,tatoo,tatto,ink,skin,tony,smith,hotpix,tonysmith,hot,pics,picks,hotpics,selective,colour,sepia,cat,woman,female,sexy,lady,#tonysmithhotpix,#tonysmithotpix
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 5100650802 - 'Uncertain Smile - 'The The' - Play this track here.
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This is one of my all time favourite tracks and one of Matt Johnsons finest lyrical masterpieces from the Some Bizarre record label.
Its generally the best known track on Soul Mining, 'The The's second album, released in 1983. The album version of 'Uncertain Smile' featured the piano playing of Jools Holland. Holland revealed in his 2007 biography that it is in fact two separate solos joined together. The original single used flute and sax solos played by Crispin Cioe of the Uptown Horns. The cover artwork is by Andy Johnson, Matt Johnson's brother, aka Andy Dog.
If you are unfamiliar with 'The The' checkout '45 RPM: The Singles of The The', an excellent trip through 15 or more years of the band. Hunt it down, tell 'em I sent you.
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Peeling the skin back from my eyes, I felt surprised
That the time on the clock was the time I usually retired
To the place where I cleared my head of you
But just for today, i think I'll lie here and dream of you.
I've got you under my skin where the rain can't get in,
But if the sweat pours out, just shout I'll try to SWIM AND pull you out.
A howling wind blows the litter as the rain flows,
As street lamps pour orange coloured shapes through your window,
A broken soul stares from a pair of watering eyes,
Uncertain emotions force an uncertain smile...
I've got you under my skin where the rain can't get in,
But if the sweat pours out, just shout I'll try to swim and pull you out.
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Keywords: tattoo,girl,ink,arm,rose,edimburgh,MIS,@hotpixUK,ActiveH,housingtechnology
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 6106795463 - 'The Gang Of Four - I Can't Forget Your Lonely Face - Play this track here.
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Me and the Gang Of Four go way back to listening to the late great John Peel 10pm til midnight 1978. They were the thinking mans punk band, playing politically motivated rock &
dub, gloriously mixed up.
The Gang's debut single, 'Damaged Goods' backed with '(Love Like) Anthrax' and 'Armalite Rifle', was recorded in June 1978 and released on 10 December 1978, on Edinburgh's Fast Product label. I still have one in my loft.
It was produced by the Gang of Four and Bob Last and Tim Inman. It was a Number 1 indie chart hit and John Peel radio show favourite. This led to two Peel radio sessions, which, with their incendiary live performances, propelled the band to international attention and sold-out shows across Europe and North America. They were then signed by EMI records.
The group's debut single with this label, 'At Home He's a Tourist', charted in 1979. Invited to appear on top rated BBC music program Top of the Pops, the band walked off the show when the BBC told them that they must sing 'packets' instead of 'rubbers' as per the lyrics of the song, as the original was too subversive for this TV slot. The single was then banned by BBC Radio and TV, which lost the band support at EMI, who began to push another band, Duran Duran, instead. A later single, 'I Love a Man in a Uniform', was banned by the BBC during the Falklands War in 1982.
Fast forward 30 years &
Britain is again in the grip of coalition government &
flaccid opposition. The perfect time to re-emerge.
In January 2011, the band released a new album, Content, which was very well received. Andrew Perry, writing in Britain's Telegraph newspaper, gave it (21 January 2011) a 5-star rating and said that it was 'their best record since the Seventies', an opinion with which I agree.
Jon Pareles, awarding the album 4 stars in a New York Times review of 25 January 2011, declared that [the band] 'have reclaimed, with a vengeance, their old attack', Dan Wilcox of KCRW (17 January 2011) said [of Content]: 'Entertaining, scintillating and dangerous, the band has lost none of its explosive edge over the years.'
In his Pitchfork review of the album, January 26, 2011 Stuart Berman wrote 'If Gang of Four's 2005 reformation proved they could more than hold their own against the upstarts, then Content shows that their chief concerns \u2013 the financial and psychological toll of keeping up with the Joneses \u2013 resonate all the more loudly in an Internet-accelerated era where even those on the vanguard can feel behind the times, and where the lawless, anonymous nature of online exchange threatens to overwhelm our identities. It's thus fitting that the album's most exuberant moment \u2013 the muscular Motown stomp 'Who Am I?' \u2013 is used to soundtrack a modern-day anarchist's existential crisis: 'You can't steal when everything is free'.
'Content' was one of my fave 3 albums of that year, gave me better time-travel than a tardis!
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Keywords: piercing,tat2,tatoo,tatoos,sunglasses,face,portrait,ring,silver,yellow,cab,NY,city,newyork,new,york,US,USA,american,st,streets,broadway,cool,man,boy,sexy,fetish,lad,rock,rocker,musician,good,gay,portraits,leather,studs,nipple,nips,bare,naked,chest,icon,erotic,states,america,ground,zero,911,urban,town,punk,Tatuaje,\u0442\u0430\u0442\u0443\u0438\u0440\u043e\u0432\u043a\u0430,T\u00e4towierung,tatouage,tatoegering,\u7d0b\u8eab\u82b1\u523a,person,people,image,tattoo,tonysmith,tony,smith,Tatuada,tatto,tats,ink,bodyart,body,art,dark,disturbia,arty,Altfashion
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4407631870 - 'Taking a NY taxi yellow cab up town, Bob checks his hillbilly palm pilot....
Some nice extreme piercings and tats.
An old shot, sadly the noise abatement society have led to the demise of CBGB's at 315 Bowery. I dont know who should be more ashamed. The club originally opened by Billy Kristal closed in October 2006. The final concert was performed quite appropriately by Patti Smith on 15/10/2006.
A lot of my favourite bands cut their teeth there and I remember having early cassette tape bootlegs from CBGB's. My faves were the Ramones, Tom Verlaine &
Television, Patti Smith Group, The Dead Boys (I came across Sonic Reducer on 12' last week- which prompted me to dig this out), Richard Hell &
The Voidoids, The Cramps, Blondie and those darlings Talking Heads.
If you like that, you will probbaly appreciate this www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/4271674913/
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Keywords: punx,punk,rock,rockers,music,mohawk,mo,hawk,mohechan,spiky,red,hair,pins,safety,leather,top,shaved,tattoo,tat2,pierce,piercings,england,britain,cheshire,stockport,yellow,sexy,fetish,eye,liner,eyeliner,brinnington,extreme,haircut,hairdo,Tatuaje,\u0442\u0430\u0442\u0443\u0438\u0440\u043e\u0432\u043a\u0430,T\u00e4towierung,tatouage,tatoegering,\u7d0b\u8eab\u82b1\u523a,tatoo,cool,person,people,portrait,image,tonysmith,tony,smith,Tatuada,tatto,tats,ink,bodyart,body,art,dark,disturbia,interesting,persons,persona,interesante,arty,sex,HOT PIX,retro,sensual,hotpicks,@hotpixuk
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4393545884 - 'Chad and Shez, punk philosophers, keeping the feeling of 1977 alive in Stockport.
Manchester was the biggest place outside London on the Punk music scene. The Buzzcocks (I still have my Spiral Scratch EP somewhere in the loft) , Magazine, Joy Division, The Frantic Elevators, Slaughter &
The Dogs, Ed Banger &
The Nosebleeds(whose lineup included Vini Reilly of DC), The Fall and The Drones all characters on the scene, The biggest was not even a musician, the late Tony Wilson. (RIP 10th August 2007, aged 57, Withington, Manchester, England). As with everything else in the Manchester Factory empire, Tony Wilson's coffin was also given a Factory catalogue number - FAC 501.
I have memories of my old mum, coming home from catholic church on Sunday talking about that scruffy 'Tony Wilson' turning with 'dodgy shoes'. This was when he lived in Charlesworth with Lindsay Reade. In his youth he lived in affluent Marple, Stockport Cheshire.
I was lucky enought to photograph Chad &
Shez at their punk wedding. One of my most enjoyable days out ever. Brilliant people and family.
On another punx session www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/4331017264/
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Keywords: received,rubber,stamp,extreme,macro,extrememacro,close,up,bellows,tubes,red,grey,gray,pad,ink,extremecloseup,stillife,stilllife,still,life,hotpix!
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4366034792 - 'A rubber stamp with a date. The date I originally told Standard Life (Insurance Company) I will be looking to stop working and start my pension early. I fear however, I may be working beyond that date :-)
The stamp is inked up in red.
Victorians and the like used to love lots of rubber stamps just like this. You see it less so now most corrospondence is email or automated spam. Even cheques were not really cashed until several stout stamps had been embossed on them. These colonial practices still occur in India (for the moment), as anyone who has ever changed money in a bank will testify.
Canon Extention Tubes 200mm macro lens
Click here for some office indulgence www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/4276794647/
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Keywords: Poloaroid,transfer,hole,tattoo,mr,miks,northwich,rudheath,cheshire,england,uk,ink,skin,frame,back,piece,exotic,erotic,sexy,boy,man,mrmiks,body,piercing,shop,store,tats,tat,tat2,tatoo,tatto,half finished tattoo,gay,started,human,queer,white,Tatuaje,\u0442\u0430\u0442\u0443\u0438\u0440\u043e\u0432\u043a\u0430,T\u00e4towierung,tatouage,tatoegering,\u7d0b\u8eab\u82b1\u523a,Tatuada,bodyart,art,hotpix!
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4346708697 - 'Poloroid transfer of Andy's nearly complete back tattoo in glorious american colours. Based on the line from the film 300, Spartans! Tonight We Dine in Hell!'
300's director Zack Snyder stated in an MTV interview that the film is 'an opera, not a documentary. It certainly looked like fun to be a Spartan, regardless if you were in Mark E Smiths football team 'Sparta FC'. Since 2005, has been used as the theme music to the Final Score section of BBC television's Saturday afternoon sports coverage.
Credit to Mr Miks Independent Tattoo &
Body Piercing. Support your local shops.
Tel: 01606 350792 , 111, Middlewich Rd, Northwich, Cheshire CW9 7BY UK
More tats here www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/3805002961/
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Keywords: extreme,macro,pen,fountain,nib,write,writing,scrawl,scrawling,ink,close,up,this photo rocks,extrememacro,stillife,stilllife,still,life,hotpix!
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4347101658 - 'Extreme macro of a fountain pen nib. It is an Iridium Point made in Germany.
Olympus OM 20mm macro lens connected to Canon DSLR via conversion ring F16 (Not recorded correctly in Exif data)
A too hot to touch macro here www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/4083548091/
(2010 week 6)
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Keywords: Roller,Ball,pen,extreme,close,up,closeup,lens,microscope,micro,scope,Gotonysmith,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,pens,instruments,end,ink,inks,roller-ball,ballpoint,ballpoints,magnified,tip,tips,of,a,the,biro,ball pen,patent,John J. Loud,László BÃró
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy D8HDAF - A ballpoint pen, also known as a biro (British English), ball pen (Hong Kong, Indian and Philippine English), or dot pen[2] (Nepali English), is a pen that dispenses ink (usually in paste form) over a metal ball at its point, i.e. over a ball point. The metal commonly used is steel, brass, or tungsten carbide.[3] The design was conceived and developed as a cleaner and more reliable alternative to dip pens and fountain pens, and it is now the world's most-used writing instrument
millions are manufactured and sold daily. It has influenced art and graphic design and spawned an artwork genre.
Some pen manufacturers produce designer ballpoint pens for the high-end and collectors' markets.
The concept of using a ball point within a writing instrument to apply ink to paper has existed since the late 19th century. In these inventions, the ink was placed in a thin tube whose end was blocked by a tiny ball, held so that it could not slip into the tube or fall out of the pen.
The first patent for a ballpoint pen was issued on 30 October 1888 to John J. Loud, who was attempting to make a writing instrument that would be able to write on rough surfaces”such as wood, coarse wrapping-paper, and other articles which fountain pens could not. Loud's pen had a small rotating steel ball held in place by a socket. Although it could be used to mark rough surfaces such as leather, as Loud intended, it proved too coarse for letter-writing. With no commercial viability, its potential went unexploited, and the patent eventually lapsed
László BÃró, a Hungarian newspaper editor (later a naturalized Argentine) frustrated by the amount of time that he wasted filling up fountain pens and cleaning up smudged pages, noticed that inks used in newspaper printing dried quickly, leaving the paper dry and smudge-free. He decided to create a pen using the same type of ink. BÃró enlisted the help of his brother György, a dentist with useful knowledge of chemistry, to develop viscous ink formula
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Keywords: frame,punk,punkx,punx,stockport,brinnington,cheshire,england,UK,GB,britain,british,red,orange,hair,surgical,supplies,canon,50D,5D,mark,II,tony,smith,camera,dslr,screen,this photo rocks,Tatuaje,\u0442\u0430\u0442\u0443\u0438\u0440\u043e\u0432\u043a\u0430,T\u00e4towierung,tatouage,tatoegering,\u7d0b\u8eab\u82b1\u523a,tatoo,cool,person,people,portrait,image,Tatuada,tat2,tatto,tats,tattoo,ink,bodyart,body,art,dark,disturbia,interesting,persons,persona,interesante,hotpicks,hotpix!,@hotpixuk
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4331017264 - 'A photoshoot in Stockport with Chad and Cheryl Channon in low light.
Cheryl wears a red rinse with mouth and nose piercings and Chad sports orange mohawk spiky hair (a la 1976, those were the days). Taken outside Robert Bailey Surgical Dressings factory.
Another shot of my dear sister, enjoying a toke on a ciggie at home www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/3804964709/
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Keywords: Betsy,Tattoo,tat2,tatoo,tato,arm,coloured,sepia,black,white,BW,mono,monchrome,ink,skin,selective,color,colour,drinker,drinking,man,tribal,tribel,inkintheskin,s1500,fuji,fujifilm,tatuaje,\u0442\u0430\u0442\u0443\u0438\u0440\u043e\u0432\u043a\u0430,T\u00e4towierung,tatouage,tatoegering,\u7d0b\u8eab\u82b1\u523a,partial,mixed,this photo rocks,Tatuada,tatto,tats,bodyart,body,art,selectivo,couleur,s\u00e9lective,vorgew\u00e4hlte,Farbe,hotpix!
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4271674913 - 'A traditional tattoo (on quite a hairy arm).
Was it a lover, daughter, mother, who was Betsy?
Seen on a drinker in the Anvil Inn, Pimperne, Blandford Forum, Dorset.
More tattoos from the dark and light sides here www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/3805002961/
(c) Hotpix / HotpixUK Tony Smith - Hotpix.freeserve.co.uk WDCC 07092182899',
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Keywords: punk,roker,spikey,hair,smoking,ashtray,tattoo,Stockport,Brinnington,Cheshire,UK,Chad,Chez,Channon,BW,Monochrome,girl,woman,female,punkette,pierced,tatoo,tattood,tatto,tat2,smoker,spliff,weed,reefer,fish,net,fishnet,stockings,stocking,thewdcc.org.uk,wdcc.org.uk,Warrington,society,District,Camera,club,photographic,photography,SLR,DSLR,group,GYCA,Bellhouse,bellhouse Club,ink,skin,tattwo,erotic,smoky,ripped,nets,fishnets,punky,cigs,cigarette,ash,tray,tatuaje,\u0442\u0430\u0442\u0443\u0438\u0440\u043e\u0432\u043a\u0430,T\u00e4towierung,tatouage,tatoegering,\u7d0b\u8eab\u82b1\u523a,rocker,punk rockers,sexy,tonysmith,tony,smith,altfashion
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 3804964709 - 'Chez at home in Brinnington, Stockport, Manchester, Cheshire England UK.
I photographed Chad and Sheryl's wedding in central Manchester (next to the old MEN newsroom) with a great party of punks. Two brilliant people and so was Ryan their little lad. Old school punks at heart, spirit of 1977.
Carlos and Time were at Dunstable www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/3808854783/
Gothic portrait here www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/3805743676/in/photostream/
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Keywords: tattoo,pair,black,white,dark,side,woman,lady,girl,man,male,female,light,tattoos,tattood,tattooed,pierced,piercing,leather,leatherman,tatoo,tatto,tat2,ink,skin,tattwo,tatuaje,\u0442\u0430\u0442\u0443\u0438\u0440\u043e\u0432\u043a\u0430,T\u00e4towierung,tatouage,tatoegering,\u7d0b\u8eab\u82b1\u523a,equality,fetish,fashion,clothing,clothes,sex,sexy,porn,porno,girlie,this photo rocks,erotic,pretty,fetishist,Marchweil,North,wales,inkintheskin,party,hotel,cool,person,people,portrait,image,tonysmith,tony,smith,Tatuada,tats,bodyart,body,art,HOT PIX,sensual,hotpicks,\u5973\u6027\u30e1\u30b9\u306e\u5973\u6027\u306e\u5973\u306e\u5b50,\u592b\u4eba\u5973\u6027\u5987\u5973\u5973\u5b69,tony smith photography,tdktony,tdk,tdktonysmith
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 3805002961 - 'A woman in white and a man in black leather, both with tattoos. They are both opposite, but form a one harmonious whole.
Yin and yang describes how apparently disjunct or opposing forces are interconnected and interdependent in the natural world, giving rise to each other in turn. Like male and female, war and peace.
He sits in his leather trousers, hands forming a shape of a house, a happy home, while his german iron cross suggests possible violence to come
Another tattoo here www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/3711773981/
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Keywords: Carlos,Tim,Dunstable,tattoo,convention,UK,England,piercing,pierced,naked,tatoo,tatto,tat2,BW,Monochrome,black,white,rebate,sprockets,sproket,holes,35mm,film,male,portrait,portraits,couple,pair,civil,partnership,friends,partner,friend,gay,macho,lovers,masculine,ink,skin,tattwo,tatuaje,\u0442\u0430\u0442\u0443\u0438\u0440\u043e\u0432\u043a\u0430,T\u00e4towierung,tatouage,tatoegering,\u7d0b\u8eab\u82b1\u523a,dunstable Tattoo convention,1990,1990s,luton,flesh,canvas,flesh canvas,couples,partners,two,people,persons,cock,six,pack,sixpack,muscular,ear,ring,sexual,sexy,boys,men,lads,guys,dudes,this photo rocks,HOT PIX,altfashion
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 3808854783 - 'Carlos and Tim with their tattoos and piercings at the Dunstable tattoo convention 1990's. Here in some suburban market stalls.
Both are naked to the waist showing Carlos muscle toned six pack.
A different pair www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/3805002961/
A shot from the Manchester Tattoo Convention march 6th 2010 here www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/4427429577/
(c) Hotpix / HotpixUK Tony Smith - Hotpix.freeserve.co.uk WDCC',
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Keywords: Earthwood,warringtom,heavy,metal,rock,band,live,rick,hagen,hagan,music,bands,gigs,gig,stage,musician,performer,unsigned,indie,player,B/W,black,white,mono,monochrome,Tatuaje,\u0442\u0430\u0442\u0443\u0438\u0440\u043e\u0432\u043a\u0430,T\u00e4towierung,tatouage,tatoegering,\u7d0b\u8eab\u82b1\u523a,tatoo,tonysmith,tony,smith,Tatuada,tat2,tatto,tats,tattoo,ink,bodyart,body,art,hot pix
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 3813281376 - 'Warrington and Salford based Rock / metal band Earthwood in Burnley at a live gig before going on stage.
Rick Hagan ( Rebel Yell , Billy Idol tribute band ) second from left with his nipple shield tattoo.
(c) Hotpix Tony Smith - Hotpix.freeserve.co.uk WDCC',
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Keywords: Earthwood,Heavy,Metal,Rock,Band,Warrington,UK,North,west,Northwest,music,bands,gigs,gig,stage,musician,performer,unsigned,indie,player,this photo rocks,Tatuaje,\u0442\u0430\u0442\u0443\u0438\u0440\u043e\u0432\u043a\u0430,T\u00e4towierung,tatouage,tatoegering,\u7d0b\u8eab\u82b1\u523a,tatoo,tonysmith,tony,smith,Tatuada,tat2,tatto,tats,tattoo,ink,bodyart,body,art,hot pix,rickhagen,rick,hagan,richard,hagen
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 3827403203 - '100% musician, Rick or Ian as lead singer of warrington based British heavy metal band Earthwood.
Rick is now lead vocalist in a brilliant tribute to Billy Idol called Rebel Yell.
More Rock www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/3712678726/
(c) Hotpix Tony Smith - Hotpix.freeserve.co.uk WDCC',
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Keywords: female,giuitarist,live,stage,vocalist,northwich,cheshire,UK,unsigned,rock,metal,tattoo,BANNED!,DAN,Bannednetwork,network,hotpix,tonysmith,tony,smith,tatoo,tatto,www.thewdcc.org.uk,thewdcc.org.uk,wdcc.org.uk,Warrington,society,District,Camera,club,photographic,photography,SLR,DSLR,group,GYCA,Bellhouse,bellhouse Club,ink,skin,tat2,tattwo,music,bands,gigs,gig,musician,performer,indie,player,tatuaje,\u0442\u0430\u0442\u0443\u0438\u0440\u043e\u0432\u043a\u0430,T\u00e4towierung,tatouage,tatoegering,\u7d0b\u8eab\u82b1\u523a,cool,person,people,portrait,image,Tatuada,tats,bodyart,body,art,hotpicks,@hotpixuk
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 3711773981 - 'Gothic tattoo'ed lady bass player Grog, Northwich, Cheshire 8th July 2005 from the band Die So Fluid.
More bands here www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/3356675262/in/set-72157617...
(c) Hotpix / HotpixUK Tony Smith - Hotpix.freeserve.co.uk WDCC',
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Keywords: sarah,goth,gothiv,grave,yard,graveyard,stone,gravestone,church,burial,ground,lime,limestone,white,black,sepia,stockings,leather,legs,tat2,tattoo,lips,eyes,flowers,tonysmith,hotpix,wirral,merseyside,liverpool,new,brighton,lady,erotic,female,UK,GB,England,north,sexy,west,mono,monochrome,b/w,tatuajes,tatoo,tony,smith,Tatuada,tatto,tats,ink,bodyart,body,art,dark,disturbia,graves,tomb,tombs,cemetario,cemetary,cemetery,interesting,people,person,persons,persona,interesante,tatouage,arty,retro,gothic
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4457926905 - 'Sarah in Wallasey.cemetery, Rake lane.
Many of its monuments and statues are connected with big maritime disasters of the early twentieth century. These include the Titanic, Lusitania and the Empress of Ireland. Other associations with the sea are the Liverpool pilot boat disasters of 1917 and 1939 and the loss of the submarine 'Thetis'.
It is a super place for draping yourself around a limestone angel and well worth a train trip from Chester or east from Liverpool.
There is an email address for it. Note that you cannot actually contact the dead, but friends of the cemetery who could probably tell you more if you have relatives buried here (friends@wallaseycemetery.co.uk).
More of my gothic images in my photostream-
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 3712678832 - 'Rick Hagan, ex Earthwood founder with two dancers.
His Billy Idol tribute act is one of the best. On his chest can be seen a tattoo and nipple shield piercing. The girls have a PVC / plastic top.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy D8HF3B - . Naked Man with Cross tattoo on his back. Photographed on 5 March 2011. The recorded location is Manchester, England, UK. Looking at the subject's development, the cross is Christianity's most recognisable symbol, referring to the crucifixion of Jesus while also carrying wider meanings of faith, sacrifice, remembrance and identity
When used in jewellery, tattoos or public art it can be devotional, cultural, commemorative or personal rather than simply decorative. The wider historical story is that body art is both a craft and a form of self-presentation
Improvements in equipment, inks and hygiene helped professional tattooing expand dramatically from the late twentieth century onwards, while conventions created large public spaces for artists and enthusiasts to exchange styles. For the 2026 context, religious symbolism continues to appear in highly personal forms such as tattoos as well as churches, memorials and jewellery
Such imagery can therefore illustrate the overlap between faith, identity, body art and individual expression. In the present 2026 context, tattooing is an established part of British popular culture, with conventions, specialist studios and highly visible styles ranging from traditional flash to realism and extensive facial or body work
Images remain relevant to fashion, identity, subculture, religion and evolving attitudes to appearance. The wider historical story is that religious symbols often move beyond formal places of worship into clothing, body art, memorials and popular culture
Their meaning depends on context, but a cross remains strongly associated with Christian belief and the visual history of Western religion. In the present 2026 context, religious symbolism continues to appear in highly personal forms such as tattoos as well as churches, memorials and jewellery
Such imagery can therefore illustrate the overlap between faith, identity, body art and individual expression.
Manchester, England, UK
