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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,IMG_4220,Scotland,Burger,King,motorway,UK,IMG,4220,BurgerKing,promotions,M74,services,Gretna,Green,Smaller,Snackable,Icons,frozen,Fanta,large,obesity
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FAFCPC - Burger King promotional display at motorway services on the M74 near Gretna Green, Scotland, advertising smaller snackable menu items from £1. The bright point-of-sale signage is aimed at travellers making a rest or food stop on a long-distance journey and provides an editorial image for fast food, value promotions, roadside catering and consumer spending. Motorway service areas combine fuel, electric vehicle charging, toilets, shops and branded food outlets, making them an important part of Britain's long-distance road infrastructure. The photograph is suitable for stories about food prices, discount offers, the cost of living, fast-food marketing, portion size, diet and obesity debates, motorway travel and the economics of captive roadside retail. It can also support coverage of how large international restaurant brands use low entry prices and add-on purchases to attract customers at transport locations where choice may be limited compared with town centres. The wider editorial context includes the balance between commercial freedom and consumer protection in leisure venues, particularly where products are designed for quick, impulse purchases or repeated play. Regulators, operators and public-health bodies continue to debate how prominently such products should be promoted, how age and affordability controls should work and what information should be provided about potential harms. The photograph offers a recognisable real-world example of those issues in an ordinary hospitality or travel setting, making it suitable for news, feature and policy coverage rather than purely illustrative advertising use.
M74 services, Gretna Green area, Scotland, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,IMG_1266,Britons Wants You,recruitment,poster,British,army,First World War,WW1,propaganda,military,wartime,patriotism,Kitchener,history,recruiting,service,nation,identity,advertising,King
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EG4C4W - . Britons Wants You recruitment poster urging men to join the country's army, First World War style propaganda. Photographed on 2 May 2026. The recorded location is United Kingdom. The design depicts a stern military figure pointing directly towards the viewer beneath the word BRITONS and the message JOIN YOUR COUNTRY'S ARMY, GOD SAVE THE KING. Recruitment posters became powerful symbols of the mobilisation of civilians for military service and relied on direct emotional appeals to duty, loyalty and national identity. Seen through public information, the earlier context is that wartime posters, medical supplies and military objects are powerful primary sources because they preserve the language and practical equipment of conflict
Recruitment, civil defence and first-aid material reveals how governments communicated urgency to the public. For printed ephemera, the historical context is that graphic design turns practical information into a visual object
Typefaces, layout and printing methods can identify a period or brand, while small paper items preserve prices, slogans and events that may otherwise leave little physical trace. The 2026 relevance of public information comes from the fact that contemporary interest in propaganda and information warfare gives historical recruitment and civil-defence posters fresh relevance, showing how visual communication was used to influence behaviour long before social media. For printed ephemera, the 2026 context is that much ticketing, advertising and personal communication is digital, making older printed ephemera increasingly distinctive evidence of pre-digital consumer life. Relevant synonyms and subject phrases include military history, wartime Britain, propaganda poster, Red Cross, first aid, wartime equipment, home front, conflict history, military artefact, war museum, remembrance, comic, voucher, stamp, typography, print history, and consumer culture.
United Kingdom
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,ATM,cash,machine,note,UK,10,20,dispensed,dispensing,ten,twenty,English,BOE,automated teller machine,money,withdrawal,British,currency,new,royal,portrait,monarch,change,circulation,cash is king,co-circulation,cash economy,cost of living,home,budget,budgeting,banking,card,debit,cashless society,student bank account,king
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3ECEE46 - A hand holds a newly dispensed King Charles III Bank of stock-photo/gotonysmith-England.html?sortBy=relevant&pseudoid=237DAF28-A4ED-4448-8173-C0E81ABEEC6F Target=_Blank>England £10 note in front of a UK ATM cash machine, showing the new monarch's portrait entering everyday public use through ordinary cash withdrawals. The close-up view of the polymer ten pound note, cash slot and keypad makes this a strong editorial image for stories about British money, personal finance, banking, access to cash, ATM services, the cash economy and the historic currency change following the death of Queen Elizabeth II. Banknotes featuring King Charles III were first issued on 5 June 2024, appearing on the existing £5, £10, £20 and £50 designs with no other design changes. The Bank of England has said Queen Elizabeth II notes remain legal tender and co-circulate with the new King Charles III notes, meaning both portraits can be used together during the gradual transition. This image is commercially useful for illustrating the first appearance of new UK banknotes in daily life, cash withdrawals, banknote security, polymer money, consumer spending, household budgets, retail payments, digital banking debates and financial inclusion. The photograph also works for articles on the continuing need for cash among older people, vulnerable households, small traders, rural communities and people who prefer physical money for budgeting. The ATM keypad, cancel and enter buttons, and the hand gripping the note add practical detail, making the image more grounded than a studio banknote shot. It can support features on the future of cash, bank branch closures, free-to-use cash machines, contactless payments, inflation, the cost of living, economic confidence and the symbolic role of monarchs on British currency. As a documentary stock image, it captures a small but recognisable moment in UK financial history, when King Charles III banknotes moved from official release into the ordinary routine of taking money out of a cashpoint.
King Charles III £10 £20 Bank of England note dispensed from a UK ATM cash machine, marking the new
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,economy,hard cash,king,Charles,English,King Charles banknotes,King Charles III banknotes,King Charles III £10 note,UK ATM,ATM cash machine,cash withdrawal,money withdrawal,Bank of England,UK banknotes,new banknotes,polymer notes,ten pound note,£10 note,British currency,pound sterling,sterling,legal tender,cash economy,access to cash,physical money,banking,personal finance,consumer finance,monarch portrait,King Charles III,high street banking,cash dispenser,free to use ATMs,financial inclusion,older people cash,vulnerable customers,machine fascia
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EDKY73 - King Charles III Bank of stock-photo/gotonysmith-England.html?sortBy=relevant&pseudoid=237DAF28-A4ED-4448-8173-C0E81ABEEC6F Target=_Blank>England notes are being dispensed from a UK ATM cash machine, with a hand taking the new polymer banknotes from the cash slot. The close-up image shows the ATM keypad, cancel and enter buttons, note dispenser and the portrait of King Charles III on a ten pound note, making it a useful editorial photograph for stories about British currency, cash withdrawals, personal finance, banking, access to cash and the transition from Queen Elizabeth II banknotes to the new monarch's portrait. The Bank of England says King Charles III notes entered circulation on 5 June 2024, appearing on the existing £5, £10, £20 and £50 designs with no other changes apart from the portrait, and that Queen Elizabeth II notes remain legal tender and circulate alongside the new notes. This makes the image commercially useful for articles about new UK money, legal tender, polymer notes, cash machines, banknote design, banknote security, high street banking, household budgets and the continued importance of physical money in a more digital payments economy. It can also illustrate debate about branch closures, free-to-use ATMs, contactless payments, financial inclusion, older and vulnerable customers, small businesses, budgeting with cash and the future of the cash economy. The everyday ATM setting gives the image more practical value than a studio banknote shot, showing the new notes entering ordinary public use through a routine cash withdrawal. The partially visible notes, hand, keypad and machine fascia add strong documentary detail for banking, consumer affairs, retail payments, money supply, monarchy, public services and economic reporting today. As a stock image, it captures a small but historic financial moment, when King Charles III banknotes moved from official release into the pockets, purses and wallets of UK consumers.
King Charles III Bank of England notes being dispensed from a UK ATM cash machine, showing the new m
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,tax free ISA,ISA allowance,UK savings,savings deadline,end of tax year,English banknotes,sterling notes,British money,pound notes,letter tiles,savings concept,personal finance,last minute ISA,ISA contribution deadline,tax shelter savings,financial deadline,year end finance,savings campaign,money management,rainy day fund,household budgeting,tax planning,personal wealth,UK taxpayer,financial services marketing,savings promotion,tax year countdown,British personal taxation,finance news image,investment allowance,savings and investment,financial awareness,UK money concept,nest egg,king,British,bank note
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3E1GTPG - Close-up conceptual finance image showing wooden Scrabble-style tiles spelling ISA placed across a spread of Bank of England King Charles III banknotes. The picture illustrates the annual deadline for using a tax-free ISA allowance before the end of the UK tax year on 5 April. ISA stands for Individual Savings Account, a widely used savings and investment product in the United Kingdom that allows cash savings, shares and certain other investments to grow free from UK income tax and capital gains tax within annual subscription limits. The use of modern Bank of England notes featuring King Charles III gives the image an up-to-date British personal finance context and makes it suitable for editorial features, consumer advice pages, newspaper business coverage, bank marketing, financial blogs, investment commentary and tax year-end campaigns. Because Bank of England notes are the standard circulating notes in both England and Wales, the image also works well for stories aimed at readers across both nations, even though there are no separate Welsh banknotes. The arrangement of the notes and letter tiles creates an immediate visual shorthand for last-minute saving decisions, use-it-or-lose-it ISA allowances, tax-efficient planning, household budgeting and wider concerns about financial resilience in a period of cost of living pressure, inflation and cautious consumer spending. It is relevant for articles about cash ISAs, stocks and shares ISAs, annual allowances, personal wealth planning, financial literacy, savings habits, retail banking and the psychology of end-of-year money decisions. The mix of denominations, strong colours, security features and the recognisable portrait of the King gives the photograph extra value as a distinctive UK money background rather than a generic currency image, helping it work for both editorial and commercial finance themes including savings promotion, money management, financial awareness and broader economic reporting.
Scrabble letter tiles spelling ISA on Bank of England King Charles III banknotes, illustrating the U
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,bar,Xmas,heritage,history,Warrington,listed,country,Cheshire,WA4,WA4 2SU,Edward the Elder,King,AD 923,Anglo Saxon,roof,inscription,sign,historic,signage,real ale pub,cask ale,settlement,fortified,winter,scene,snowy,exterior,architecture,oak,framed,building,seventeenth century,C17,black and white,Bell Lane,In the year 923 King Edward the Elder founded a,brick-nogged construction
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EBGJC0 - Winter view of the Pickering Arms in stock-photo/gotonysmith-Thelwall.html?sortBy=relevant&pseudoid=237DAF28-A4ED-4448-8173-C0E81ABEEC6F Target=_Blank>Thelwall, Warrington, showing the historic black-and-white timber-framed inn with snow on the foreground plants, hanging baskets, leaded windows and pub sign. The building is a listed seventeenth-century inn on Bell Lane, with oak small-framed construction, brick nogging, later brick and sandstone extensions and a grey slate roof. The image is especially useful for editorial stories about Cheshire village pubs, historic inns, traditional British pub architecture, timber-framed buildings, real ale culture, winter hospitality, cosy country pubs and local heritage in the Warrington area. The painted inscription running below the roofline refers to King Edward the Elder founding a fortified settlement here in AD 923 and naming it Thelwall, a story that gives the pub strong value for features on Anglo-Saxon history, place names, village identity and the older defensive landscape of north Cheshire. The low viewpoint, snow-covered foliage, pale winter sky and warm pub windows create an inviting seasonal image, suggesting shelter, food, drink and community life during cold weather. The Pickering Arms is also relevant to CAMRA and pub heritage coverage, as CAMRA describes it as a listed building in the heart of Thelwall village and notes the gable inscription about Edward the Elder. The photograph can support articles on pub preservation, heritage hospitality, rural and semi-rural dining, Warrington tourism, local history walks, historic village centres, community pubs and the survival of characterful independent-looking venues in a changing pub trade. The building's contrast of white render, black timbering, brickwork, slate roof and signboard makes it visually strong for stock use, while the snow adds a less common seasonal angle. It is a distinctive Cheshire pub scene connecting winter atmosphere, architectural heritage, real ale, local legend, Anglo-Saxon history and the continuing role of old inns as social landmarks.
The Pickering Arms, historic timber-framed inn in snowy Thelwall, Warrington, with Edward the Elder
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,London,England,UK,A3214,SW1W 9TR,9TR,at,English,signs,wall,walls,City of Westminster,city,of,Westminster,centre,signage,British,history,historic,heritage,royal,royalty,classic,traditional,queen,king,residence,home,tourist,tourism,attraction,famous
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2T35BXG - This contemporary British and Irish stock photograph captures Sign at Buckingham Palace Rd, City of Westminster, London, England, UK, SW1W 9TR. The row metadata places the subject at Buckingham Palace Road, City of Westminster, London, England, UK, SW1W 9TR. The spreadsheet date indicates 06 September 2023, so the picture can also work as a time-specific archive record. Plainly, the image is useful because it shows Buckingham Palace, road, SW1W, SW1, sign, tourism, tourist, attraction, with search-relevant terms including Buckingham Palace, road, Rd, SW1W, SW1, sign, tourism, tourist, attraction, palace, London, England, UK, A3214. The value lies in the combination of place, object, wording and context, giving editors something specific and grounded rather than generic filler imagery. London details are useful because the city layers national politics, migration, commerce, tourism, neighbourhood change and local high streets. East End, Westminster and Holborn subjects can all carry wider meaning beyond their immediate street address. The subject has broad editorial value because it shows an everyday detail that can be used to explain wider themes such as local identity, public services, consumer culture, changing towns, regional economies and contemporary life. Because it is grounded in a named location and practical subject matter, it is useful for search-led editorial use, regional storytelling, business-to-business presentations, policy briefings and stock-photo buyers wanting evidence from the real world. 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.
Buckingham Palace Road, City of Westminster, London, England, UK, SW1W 9TR
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,city,centre,Northern Ireland,UK,BT13,traditional,Clifton St,Belfast,BT13 1AB,Orange,Hall,flag,flying,with,halls,Protestants,statue,of,King,William,III,Prince of Orange,Ulster,Billy,north,history,historic,loyalist,emblem,emblems,on,Carlisle Circus,near,outside,sunny,1886,bronze
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2R9J0DE - Main Belfast hall for Orange Order
contains meeting rooms, a museum, and facilitates educational tours to showcase the political and religious aspects of the Order
starting point of the largest 12th July cultural parade in Ireland
Managed by voluntary Committee comprised of members of lodges
no staff
Opened 1886
largest purpose built Orange Hall in the world
statue of King William III on the cornice, 12ft high and made of bronze, unveiled in 1889, is the only equestrian statue in Northern Ireland
B listed.
The Loyal Orange Institution, commonly known as the Orange Order, is an international fraternal movement based in Northern Ireland and primarily associated with Ulster Protestants (it also has lodges in England, Scotland and the Republic of Ireland, as well as in parts of the Commonwealth of Nations and the United States. Most of the organization's lodges are located in Ireland, England, and Scotland, although others can be found throughout the British Commonwealth, including Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Africa. The lodges of every country are independent, but the Orange Order meets in a triennial world council. The Orange Order was founded by Ulster Protestants in County Armagh in 1795, during a period of ProtestantCatholic sectarian conflict, as a fraternity sworn to maintain the Protestant Ascendancy in Ireland. It is headed[definition needed] by the Grand Orange Lodge of Ireland, established in 1798. Its name is a tribute to the Dutch-born Protestant king William of Orange, who defeated Catholic king James II in the WilliamiteJacobite War (16881691). The order is best known for its yearly marches, the biggest of which are held on or around 12 July (The Twelfth), a public holiday in Northern Ireland
The Orange Order is a conservative, British unionist and Ulster loyalist organisation. Thus it has traditionally opposed Irish nationalism/republicanism and campaigned against Scottish independence.
Clifton Street, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK, BT13 1AB
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Keywords: 3pm,until,till,late,DJ,raffle,fun,quiz,Saint Annes Avenue,WA4 2PL,Cheshire,England,English,Corrie,king,Charles,kings,street,ordinary,people,neighbours,party,6th May 2023,06/05/2023,top,of,road,royal,royalist,live,on,Lymm Radio,signs,sign,a,lamppost,post,block party,2023,GoTonySmith
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PYKTAA - In the UK, street parties are mainly known as private residents' events without wider neighbourhood publicity and have a festive cultural meaning, especially in England and southern Wales. They have historically been held to commemorate major national events, such as VE Day or for royal events such as jubilees, with bunting dressing the street, and children having fun in the street. An estimated 10 million people took part in street parties in 1977 for the Queen's Silver Jubilee.
The tradition seems to have begun in the United Kingdom after World War I as residents' organized peace teas to celebrate the signing of the Treaty of Versailles in 1919.
The tradition was boosted for the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton in April 2011 with about 1 million people joining in street parties. For the Queen's Diamond Jubilee in June 2012 about 2 million took part.
Some street parties are held annually or at any time for residents to meet their neighbours in a traffic-free street in a private street party. Some street parties are public events taking many forms.
An application may need to be made to the local authority to close a road for a street party, who will arrange a temporary traffic regulation order under the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984. The council may charge a fee if traffic needs to be diverted
St Annes Avenue, Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 2PL
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,IMG_5885,King Charles shortcake souvenir,King,Charles,shortcake,souvenir,culture,art,music,design,heritage,local,urban,tourism
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EENJ4E - . King Charles shortcake souvenir, England, UK. Photographed on 27 April 2023. Looking at household object, the longer history is that material culture includes the ordinary products people bought, used, collected or displayed
Small manufactured objects can reveal national identity, advertising, technology and popular taste in ways that formal records do not. The background to British souvenir is that british manufacturers have repeatedly used coronations, jubilees and royal milestones as opportunities for limited-edition products aimed at both domestic buyers and tourists. In 2026, household object remains relevant because sustainability and reuse also give older objects new relevance, encouraging repair, second-hand sales and appreciation of durable material culture. Current 2026 context around British souvenir is that king Charles III is established as monarch following the 2023 coronation, while coronation and accession souvenirs already function as recent historical memorabilia rather than current-event merchandise. Other strongly related concepts include collectable, consumer object, vintage object, branding, design history, consumer culture, retro, collecting, product history, social history, royal souvenir, monarchy, commemorative product, royal memorabilia, British royalty, and souvenir tin. Relevant long-tail terms include coronation souvenir, royal branding, royal family, commemorative food, modern monarchy, IMG_5885, art, music, design, heritage, local, urban, and tourism. Within the history of collectable, everyday objects often become better historical evidence with age because packaging, typography, materials and branding evolution more rapidly than their basic function
Souvenirs, games and household items can therefore date consumer culture very precisely. Its wider context brings together collectable, consumer object and vintage object. A further layer of meaning comes from consumer object, vintage object and branding.
England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Cheshire,England,UK,WA4,WA4 2SU,style,with,a,depiction,of,King,Edward,in,the,Bell Lane,remembrance,day,WWI,WA4 2SX,history,historic,cleaned,remember,them,lest we forget,poppy,prominent,monument,men of,soldiers,recruits,1914-1918,1914-18,1914,Great War,fortified settlement one thousand years of Thelwall,Armistice Day wreaths
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M9F1KD - Thelwall War Memorial stands in a maintained roadside garden at the junction of Bell Lane and Lymm Road in Thelwall, Warrington, Cheshire. The tall granite monument takes the form of an Anglo-Saxon-style cross, set on a rough-hewn base and rectangular plinth. Its shaft carries carved vine-scroll and interlace decoration, while the cross-piece depicts King Edward the Elder with angels. Red poppy wreaths around the base provide a vivid focus against the pale stone, clipped yew hedges and low boundary wall. Bare-branched trees and soft daylight suggest a cool season, with a clear pale sky above the formal garden.
The memorial was erected in 1923 and serves two linked purposes. It commemorates local people who died during the First World War, with later inscriptions remembering those lost in the Second World War, while also marking approximately one thousand years since the recorded establishment of Thelwall as a fortified settlement. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle records that Edward the Elder ordered the settlement at Thelwall to be repaired, occupied and defended in 923, during campaigns to strengthen control of the Mercian frontier.
A quotation from the Chronicle is carved into the lower cross shaft. The historic imagery therefore connects twentieth-century military remembrance with the much earlier origins of the village. Its Anglo-Saxon revival design, carved figure, decorative knotwork and prominent roadside position make this an unusual and locally distinctive war memorial.
Protected as a Grade II listed monument, it remains an important focus for remembrance ceremonies, wreath laying and community commemoration. The photograph is relevant to the First and Second World Wars, British military sacrifice, Remembrance Sunday, poppy wreaths, Anglo-Saxon history, King Edward the Elder, listed monuments, village heritage and memorial gardens. It also documents a significant landmark within Thelwall and the wider Warrington area.
Bell Lane, Thelwall, Warrington , England,UK, WA4 2SX
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,and,sign,UK,GB,Great Britain,Britain,British,England,English,Scotland,Scottish,message,attitude,queen,king,queens,passing,stoic,slogan,in the face of challenge,war,common,calm,down,icon,iconic,inflation,crisis,economic,Alnwick,meme,poster,wartime,regardless,Union,flag,&
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K1Y84F - The basic verb phrase carry on means to continue doing something, but here, it specifically means to persevere and is often associated a British stiff upper lip.
According the UK's official History of Government blog, the British Ministry of Information developed a series of three posters in 1939 to rally and reassure its populace as World War II ramped up. The third, and now iconic, poster flashed Keep Calm and Carry On in white, capital letters underneath an image of a crown on a bright, grabbingly red background. Who, exactly, coined the slogan is unclear. The other two posters featured equally comforting slogans: Your Courage, Your Cheerfulness, Your Resolution
Will Bring Us Victory and Freedom is in Peril
Defend it with all Your Might.
The British government printed nearly 2.5 million copies, reserving them to boost morale in case of a particularly bad German bombing. It never did display the posters, and most were recycled in 1940 during a wartime paper shortage.
The Keep Calm and Carry On poster languished in number and obscurity until Stuart Manley discovered a copy in 2000 tucked away in a box of old books for his bookshop, Barter Books, in Alnwick, England. His wife and co-owner, Mary, framed and displayed the poster. Patrons fell in love with it, and the booksellers printed tens of thousands of copies over the decade.
The poster skyrocketed in popularity after the 2008 recession, explained Foreign Affairs Correspondent Jon Henley in 2009 for The Guardian. Social psychologist Alain Samson observed for Henley that [t]he words are also particularly positive, reassuring, in a period of uncertainty, anxiety, even perhaps of cynicism.
Since then, keep calm and carry on exploded as a meme. Everyone from crafters to tweeters have riffed on the slogan. Variations typically follow the template Keep Calm and X: Keep Calm and Drink Tea or Drink Beer, swapping out the crown icon for a teacup or pint glass
United Kingdom
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,and,sign,UK,GB,Great Britain,Britain,British,England,English,Scotland,Scottish,attitude,queen,king,queens,passing,stoic,slogan,in the face of challenge,war,common,calm,down,icon,iconic,inflation,crisis,economic,Alnwick,meme,poster,wartime,union,jack,flag,&,black outs
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K1Y84N - The basic verb phrase carry on means to continue doing something, but here, it specifically means to persevere and is often associated a British stiff upper lip.
According the UK's official History of Government blog, the British Ministry of Information developed a series of three posters in 1939 to rally and reassure its populace as World War II ramped up. The third, and now iconic, poster flashed Keep Calm and Carry On in white, capital letters underneath an image of a crown on a bright, grabbingly red background. Who, exactly, coined the slogan is unclear. The other two posters featured equally comforting slogans: Your Courage, Your Cheerfulness, Your Resolution
Will Bring Us Victory and Freedom is in Peril
Defend it with all Your Might.
The British government printed nearly 2.5 million copies, reserving them to boost morale in case of a particularly bad German bombing. It never did display the posters, and most were recycled in 1940 during a wartime paper shortage.
The Keep Calm and Carry On poster languished in number and obscurity until Stuart Manley discovered a copy in 2000 tucked away in a box of old books for his bookshop, Barter Books, in Alnwick, England. His wife and co-owner, Mary, framed and displayed the poster. Patrons fell in love with it, and the booksellers printed tens of thousands of copies over the decade.
The poster skyrocketed in popularity after the 2008 recession, explained Foreign Affairs Correspondent Jon Henley in 2009 for The Guardian. Social psychologist Alain Samson observed for Henley that [t]he words are also particularly positive, reassuring, in a period of uncertainty, anxiety, even perhaps of cynicism.
Since then, keep calm and carry on exploded as a meme. Everyone from crafters to tweeters have riffed on the slogan. Variations typically follow the template Keep Calm and X: Keep Calm and Drink Tea or Drink Beer, swapping out the crown icon for a teacup or pint glass
United Kingdom
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Keywords: HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,queen,queens,stamp,stamps,head,of,the,colonial,UK,Elizabeth,II,death,passing,colonies,colony,monarchy,monarch,oppression,repression,exploitation,Australia,Jamaica,countries,history,postage,collection,crown,dependency,Charles succession,calls for reparations,removal of monarch as head of state,reparation,reparations,king,Charles,cancelled,coronation,1952
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K01H4X - The number of states headed by Queen Elizabeth II varied during her 70 years on the throne, altogether seeing her as sovereign of a total of 32 independent countries during this period. In her capacity as Queen of the United Kingdom (including the British overseas territories), she was also monarch of three Crown Dependenciesthe Channel Island of Guernsey and Jersey (as the Duke of Normandy), and the Isle of Man (as the Lord of Mann)and, in her capacity as Queen of New Zealand, she was monarch of two associated statesthe Cook Islands and Niueafter they acquired this status in 1965 and 1974, respectively.
Two situations in two countries differ from the others. The government of the unrecognised state of Rhodesia proclaimed its allegiance to Elizabeth II as Queen of Rhodesia from 1965 to 1970. However, she did not accept either the role or the title and it was not accepted or recognised by any other state. Fiji became a republic through a military coup in 1987, after which its Great Council of Chiefs continued to recognise Elizabeth II as queen, or Paramount Chief of Fiji, until the council's de-establishment on 14 March 2012. However, this was only a ceremonial title, with no role in government at all
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Herefordshire,centre,Denton,and,his,first,wife,her,dressed,in,swaddling,clothes,recumbent,effigy,St Mary the Virgin,St Ethelbert,the,King,inside,interior,infant,mortality,history,heritage,traditional,classic,cathedrals,fixtures,figure,nobleman,noblemans,tomb,memorial,buried
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JPH6JR - . An on-location photograph from 5 College Cloisters, Cathedral Close,Hereford, Herefordshire, England, UK, HR1 2NG in 2022, showing the named subject as part of a wider social, commercial, cultural or physical setting rather than as an isolated object. The photograph centres on Monument of Alexander Denton and his first wife Anne Willison, and her baby dressed in swaddling clothes in St Mary the Virgin cathedral Hereford. The broader subject matter reaches into church conservation, religious heritage, Christian iconography, changing streetscape, community memory, historic glazing, community identity, faith heritage, historic commemoration, ecclesiastical decoration, regional identity, contemporary social history, sacred architecture, and stained-glass craftsmanship. From a 2025-onward perspective, historic fabric and church maintenance are closely linked to this subject, alongside how sacred art preserves local patrons, stories and beliefs. The wider contemporary story combines heritage conservation, genealogy and the conservation challenge posed by weathered historic stone and lettering. Future viewers can use this scene from 5 College Cloisters, Cathedral Close,Hereford, Herefordshire, England, UK, HR1 2NG to compare building condition and alterations with whatever follows after later reinterpretation. The photograph additionally reflects epitaph, changing land use, before-and-after reference, local remembrance, public realm, sacred space, commemorative text, and period detail. The combination of Virgin, cathedral, swaddling, first, and dressed anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. By fixing the subject within 5 College Cloisters, Cathedral Close,Hereford, Herefordshire, England, UK, HR1 2NG, the image preserves more than the headline object or building: it records part of the locality's everyday history. The view records a point of historical comparison for future local research.
5 College Cloisters, Cathedral Close,Hereford, Herefordshire, England, UK, HR1 2NG
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Hereford,Herefordshire,brass,as,CV,to,his,castle,kitchen,cook,cooking,history,heritage,traditional,classic,cathedrals,loyalty,loyal,the,king,majesty,majesties,pan,pot,saucepan,copper,metal,artefact,Artefacts,Tudor,catalogues,recorded,item,items
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JPH6W6 - . This scene at Magiste-Goodrich castle, Hereford, Herefordshire, England, UK 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 image documents Brass skillet, inscribed as CVB loyal to his Magiste-Goodrich castle, Hereford, Herefordshire, England, UK. Other connected aspects include visual archive, material culture, before-and-after reference, collectable heritage item, local history, changing streetscape, community identity, place identity, commemorative object, period craftsmanship, changing land use, social history, historic inscription, and historic material culture. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with heritage interpretation, public history and how everyday objects can survive as evidence of earlier work and domestic life. As a dated visual record of Magiste-Goodrich castle, Hereford, Herefordshire, England, UK, the frame retains materials and architectural details, making it especially useful if different community use subsequently changes the scene. Other useful contextual ideas include documentary photography, everyday life, contemporary social history, archival record, period detail, historic artefact, public realm, and regional identity. Details involving castle, Brass, loyal, Herefordshire, and Magiste-Goodrich make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. A later view of Magiste-Goodrich castle, Hereford, Herefordshire, England, UK may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. Another strand within the photograph is heritage interpretation and how everyday objects can survive as evidence of earlier work and domestic life within the real-world context of Magiste-Goodrich castle, Hereford, Herefordshire, England, UK.
Magiste-Goodrich castle, Hereford, Herefordshire, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,post box,postbox,for,Kings,king,Charles,III,Cheshire,England,UK,WA4,Lymm,Star Lane,decorated,with,a,knitting,handicraft,handicrafts,celebrate,royal,royalty,monarch,monarchy,crowned,crown,King,Queen,Queens,Kings coronation,jubilee,Royal Mail,RoyalMail,knit
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JH5D2R - . A grounded documentary photograph made at Star Lane, Lymm, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 in 2022, combining the immediate subject with evidence of the surrounding streetscape, public realm, business activity or local character. The defining feature is Lymm, Star Lane decorated postbox with a knitted crown, for Kings coronation , Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4. The setting additionally reflects local character, visual archive, street-level documentary, changing land use, community life, changing streetscape, place identity, everyday life, townscape record, local identity, city-centre activity, archival record, contemporary social history, and public realm. The modern context includes continuing discussion of transport, local identity and how regeneration alters the character of familiar places. Small period details of public access and movement at Star Lane, Lymm, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 may become more significant with time, particularly following redevelopment. The wider setting retains connections with social landscape, pedestrian environment, regional identity, everyday street life, local history, before-and-after reference, contemporary city life, and community identity. The recorded references to crown, postbox, decorated, Kings, and knitted preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. By fixing the subject within Star Lane, Lymm, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4, the image preserves more than the headline object or building: it records part of the locality's everyday history. Another useful connection is transport and the documentary importance of recording everyday urban environments within the real-world context of Star Lane, Lymm, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4. The photograph keeps a point of historical comparison before later change alters the scene. The record includes part of the area's social history as a date-specific reference.
Star Lane, Lymm, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,formula,presentation,sovereign,union,flag,marching,racing,royal,spectators,England,Northamptonshire,NN12,stand,race,band,anthem,giant,King,start,one,1,before,Queen,jack,national,bands,British,and,intro,crowd,UK,Towcester,NN12 8T,crowds,to,the
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JG2200 - The 2022 British Grand Prix (officially known as the Formula 1 Lenovo British Grand Prix 2022) was a Formula One motor race held on 3 July 2022 at the Silverstone Circuit in Northamptonshire, England.
Carlos Sainz Jr. took both his first pole position and Formula One victory, ahead of Sergio Pérez and Lewis Hamilton. Championship leader, Max Verstappen finished seventh after acquiring car damage early in the race. A multi-car crash occurred on the opening lap, in which Zhou Guanyu's car flipped over the tyre wall marking the circuit boundaries.
Background
The event was held across the weekend of the 13 July. It was the tenth round of the 2022 Formula One World Championship. It was the 73rd time the British Grand Prix has been held and the race took place two weeks after the Canadian Grand Prix and preceded the Austrian Grand Prix.
Championship standings before the race
Following the Canadian Grand Prix, Max Verstappen led the Drivers' Championship by 46 points from teammate Sergio Pérez, with Charles Leclerc third, a further three points behind. Red Bull Racing led the Constructors' Championship, leading Ferrari by 74 points. Mercedes were in third place, trailing Ferrari by 40 points
Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone, Towcester, Northamptonshire, England, UK, NN12 8TL
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,Cheshire,England,UK,British,GB,flying,flies,fly,celebrate,Jubilee,coronation,royal,official,Warrington,kings,Great Britain,Union,flag,flags,and,bunting,English,in,centre,history,historic,clock,tower,Anglican,King,Charles,3rd,III,heritage,hotpix.org.uk
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JBXJJF - The national flag of the United Kingdom is the Union Jack, also known as the Union Flag.
The design of the Union Jack dates back to the Act of Union 1801 which united the Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland (previously in personal union) to create the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. The flag consists of the red cross of Saint George (patron saint of England (which also represents Wales)), edged in white, superimposed on the saltire of St Patrick (patron saint of Ireland), also edged in white, which are superimposed on the saltire of Saint Andrew (patron saint of Scotland). Wales is not represented in the Union Flag by Wales's patron saint, Saint David, because the flag was designed whilst Wales was part of the Kingdom of England.
The Union Flag can be flown by any individual or organisation in Great Britain on any day of their choice. Legal regulations restrict the use of the Union Flag on Government buildings in Northern Ireland. Long-standing restrictions on Government use of the flag elsewhere were abolished in July 2007
The Union Flag is flown from Government buildings at half-mast in the following situations:
from the announcement of the death of the Sovereign (an exception is made for Proclamation Day the day the new Sovereign is proclaimed, when the Flag is flown at full mast from 11 am to sunset)
the day of the funeral of a member of the British Royal Family
the funeral of a foreign Head of State
the funeral of a former British Prime Minister
Grappenhall Village, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,Cheshire,England,UK,British,GB,flying,flies,fly,celebrate,Jubilee,coronation,royal,official,Warrington,celebrations,celebration,United Kingdom,empire,commonwealth,flutter,King,Charles,Camilla,queen,consort,patriotic,patriotism,Great,Britain,sunny,blue sky,blue skies,fluttering,blowing,blow
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JBXJJJ - The national flag of the United Kingdom is the Union Jack, also known as the Union Flag.
The design of the Union Jack dates back to the Act of Union 1801 which united the Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland (previously in personal union) to create the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. The flag consists of the red cross of Saint George (patron saint of England (which also represents Wales)), edged in white, superimposed on the saltire of St Patrick (patron saint of Ireland), also edged in white, which are superimposed on the saltire of Saint Andrew (patron saint of Scotland). Wales is not represented in the Union Flag by Wales's patron saint, Saint David, because the flag was designed whilst Wales was part of the Kingdom of England.
The Union Flag can be flown by any individual or organisation in Great Britain on any day of their choice. Legal regulations restrict the use of the Union Flag on Government buildings in Northern Ireland. Long-standing restrictions on Government use of the flag elsewhere were abolished in July 2007
The Union Flag is flown from Government buildings at half-mast in the following situations:
from the announcement of the death of the Sovereign (an exception is made for Proclamation Day the day the new Sovereign is proclaimed, when the Flag is flown at full mast from 11 am to sunset)
the day of the funeral of a member of the British Royal Family
the funeral of a foreign Head of State
the funeral of a former British Prime Minister
Cheshire, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,North West,UK,keys,keyboard,Qwerty,English,mechanical,key,by,appointment,to,the,Late,King,British,logo,crest,Keyboard,keyboards,from,an,company,ltd,Leicester,The Good Companion model 3,The Good Companion,model 3,grey,gray,office,typist,equipment
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JGM7AY - The Imperial Typewriter Company was a British manufacturer of typewriters based in Leicester, England.
The company was founded by Hidalgo Moya, an American-Spanish engineer who lived in England. After first building the Moya typewriter, he set up the Imperial Typewriter Company in Leicester in 1911 with local businessmen John Gordon Chattaway, William Arthur Evans and Joseph Wallis Goddard. It stopped manufacturing typewriters when electric models and then word processors and personal computers became popular, causing typewriter sales to fall.
The company was acquired by Litton Industries in 1966, and gradually introduced Royal Typewriter Company models largely assembled from parts shipped from Hartford, Connecticut, United States. In May 1974, Asian workers at the Imperial Typewriter Company in Leicester went on strike over unequal bonus payments and discrimination in promotion. The shop stewards committee and Transport & General Workers Union branch refused their support, but the strikers stayed on strike for almost 14 weeks. The manufacture of typewriters ceased at Leicester and Hull in 1975
Leicester, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,North West,UK,keys,keyboard,Qwerty,English,mechanical,key,by,appointment,to,the,Late,King,British,logo,crest,Keyboard,keyboards,from,an,company,ltd,Leicester,The Good Companion model 3,The Good Companion,model 3,grey,gray,office,typist,equipment
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JGM7B1 - The Imperial Typewriter Company was a British manufacturer of typewriters based in Leicester, England.
The company was founded by Hidalgo Moya, an American-Spanish engineer who lived in England. After first building the Moya typewriter, he set up the Imperial Typewriter Company in Leicester in 1911 with local businessmen John Gordon Chattaway, William Arthur Evans and Joseph Wallis Goddard. It stopped manufacturing typewriters when electric models and then word processors and personal computers became popular, causing typewriter sales to fall.
The company was acquired by Litton Industries in 1966, and gradually introduced Royal Typewriter Company models largely assembled from parts shipped from Hartford, Connecticut, United States. In May 1974, Asian workers at the Imperial Typewriter Company in Leicester went on strike over unequal bonus payments and discrimination in promotion. The shop stewards committee and Transport & General Workers Union branch refused their support, but the strikers stayed on strike for almost 14 weeks. The manufacture of typewriters ceased at Leicester and Hull in 1975
Leicester, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,North West,UK,keys,keyboard,Qwerty,English,mechanical,key,by,appointment,to,the,Late,King,British,logo,crest,Keyboard,keyboards,from,an,company,ltd,Leicester,The Good Companion model 3,The Good Companion,model 3,grey,gray,office,typist,equipment
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JGM7B2 - The Imperial Typewriter Company was a British manufacturer of typewriters based in Leicester, England.
The company was founded by Hidalgo Moya, an American-Spanish engineer who lived in England. After first building the Moya typewriter, he set up the Imperial Typewriter Company in Leicester in 1911 with local businessmen John Gordon Chattaway, William Arthur Evans and Joseph Wallis Goddard. It stopped manufacturing typewriters when electric models and then word processors and personal computers became popular, causing typewriter sales to fall.
The company was acquired by Litton Industries in 1966, and gradually introduced Royal Typewriter Company models largely assembled from parts shipped from Hartford, Connecticut, United States. In May 1974, Asian workers at the Imperial Typewriter Company in Leicester went on strike over unequal bonus payments and discrimination in promotion. The shop stewards committee and Transport & General Workers Union branch refused their support, but the strikers stayed on strike for almost 14 weeks. The manufacture of typewriters ceased at Leicester and Hull in 1975
Leicester, England, UK
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Keywords: WA4,Queens,Celebration,window,decorations,dressed,celebrations,Brenda,Elizabeth,cake,cakes,hat,Union flags,British,British Flag,bank holiday,@Hotpixuk,GoTonySmith,Charles,king,iii,3rd,Death,died,new,coronation,slimmed,down,Windsor,Windsors,popular,Camilla,queen,consort,patriotic,patriotism
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2J843N0 - . Photographed at Stockton Heath, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK in 2022, this detailed editorial image records the subject within its real surroundings and preserves a specific stage in the life of the location. The main point of reference is Queens Platinum Jubilee Celebration window decorations, Stockton Heath, Warrington, Cheshire,UK, WA4 6NJ. Other connected aspects include physical store, outdoor retail, shopping district, retail property, documentary photography, public realm, historical comparison, visual archive, retail chain, city-centre activity, bricks-and-mortar retail, local character, pedestrian environment, and community life. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with changing footfall, store closures and how consumer spending patterns reshape commercial streets. The modern context includes continuing discussion of street safety, public-realm change and how ordinary street scenes become valuable records as businesses and infrastructure change. The archival value lies partly in recording building condition and alterations around Stockton Heath, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK before closure or conversion alters the character of the place. The surrounding story also includes community identity, commercial streetscape, place identity, customer footfall, everyday street life, street-level documentary, high-street commerce, and contemporary city life. The recorded references to Stockton, decorations, Queens, Platinum, and Jubilee preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. For Stockton Heath, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, the photograph contributes to a cumulative visual history in which changes in use, signs, access and appearance can be traced over time. Another useful connection is changing footfall and how consumer spending patterns reshape commercial streets within the specific setting of Stockton Heath, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK.
Stockton Heath, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK
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Keywords: WA4,Queens,Celebration,window,decorations,dressed,celebrations,Brenda,Elizabeth,Corgi,Corgis,Union flags,British,British Flag,bank holiday,@Hotpixuk,GoTonySmith,Death,died,king,Charles,Charlie,3rd,iii,death,in state,remember,remembering,funeral,coronation,monarchy,royal,English,reign,dog,dogs,late,happy,jolly,wave
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2J843N1 - . Recorded at the recorded location 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 photograph centres on Queens Platinum Jubilee Celebration window decorations, Stockton Heath, Warrington, Cheshire,UK, WA4 6NJ. The subject also carries associations with period detail, shopfront economy, contemporary social history, regional identity, documentary photography, social history, consumer retail, everyday street life, shopping district, urban social history, high-street commerce, pedestrian environment, archival record, and retail property. The wider contemporary story combines business rates, commercial rents and the speed at which branding and store formats change. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with commercial change, transport and how regeneration alters the character of familiar places. The archival value lies partly in recording signage and branding around the recorded location before new construction alters the character of the place. The subject also sits alongside bricks-and-mortar retail, community identity, local identity, social landscape, retail chain, physical store, city-centre activity, and contemporary city life. The combination of Celebration, window, Stockton, Queens, and Heath anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. By fixing the subject within the recorded location, the image preserves more than the headline object or building: it records part of the locality's everyday history. The image also provides a reference for business rates and the role of large retailers in town-centre and edge-of-centre economies when considered against later change at the recorded location. Another useful connection is community use and how regeneration alters the character of familiar places without losing the local specificity of the recorded location.
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Keywords: Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,crossing,A50,town centre,5 December 1934,05/12/1934,king,George,V,fifth,WA1,dusk,night,night time,evening,in the,Mersey,history,historic,Westy,Latchford,Orford,street lights,streetlights,reflected,reflections,sewage,discharge,United Utilities,privatised,water,company,companies,at
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2E039FA - . Kingsway Bridge, Westy,crossing the Mersey River,A50,Warrington,dusk,night,Cheshire,England,UK. Photographed on 26 December 2020. The recorded location is Howley Lane, Warrington,Cheshire,England, UK, WA1 2DN. Onecrossing point of the Mersey close to town centre is Kingsway Bridge near Westy, about a mile from Bridge Foot. This bridge was opened on 5 December 1934 after King George V gave his permission for it to be so-named. The historical context is that road signs, mileposts, traffic systems and street furniture document the development of Britain's highway network from historic turnpikes and coaching roads to motorways and modern traffic management
Even everyday signs can become useful evidence of changing regulations, road design and community geography. 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. The subject remains topical in 2026 because road policy continues to focus on safety, congestion, emissions and the balance between private cars, buses, cycling and walking
Images of older traffic controls, signs and busy roads provide useful comparison with current debates about sustainable transport and street design. As of 2026, current interest in climate and place-making gives atmospheric landscape photographs added documentary value, particularly where weather, coastlines or urban development are prominent. Historically, britain's road landscape has accumulated layers of transport history: old milestones and cast signs coexist with speed limits, parking controls, motorway infrastructure and electronic traffic management
Such details reveal how movement and road safety have been regulated over time. Related search language includes road transport, street scene, junction, motor traffic, and public realm.
Howley Lane, Warrington,Cheshire,England, UK, WA1 2DN
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Keywords: HotpixUk,@HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,UK,England,English,Colmore Row,Birmingham B3 2QB,Queen Elizabeth II,St Philips Cathedral,B3 2QB,B3,historic,the queen,cathedral,church,anglican,Died,death,king,Charles,held,the,Royal,QEII,QE2,in,this,commemoration,commemorates,Queen,Elizabeth,II,distributed,money,charity,Maundy Thursday
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AAT36J - The Maundy ceremony dates back to the Middle Ages, when the monarch gave coins to the poor. In 1989, the Maundy Ceremony was held in St Phillip's Cathedral in Birmingham. This booklet is for the Order of Service for the Maundy distribution ceremony - more info at http://www.bmagic.org.uk/objects/2003.0192.16
Royal Maundy is a religious service in the Church of England held on Maundy Thursday, the day before Good Friday. At the service, the British monarch or a royal official ceremonially distributes small silver coins known as Maundy money (legally, the King's Maundy money) as symbolic alms to elderly recipients. The coins are technically legal tender, but typically do not circulate due to their silver content and numismatic value. A small sum of ordinary money is also given in lieu of gifts of clothing and food that the sovereign once bestowed on Maundy recipients.
The name Maundy and the ceremony itself derive from an instruction, or mandatum, of Jesus Christ at the Last Supper that his followers should love one another. In the Middle Ages, English monarchs washed the feet of beggars in imitation of Jesus, and presented gifts and money to the poor. Over time, additional money was substituted for the clothing and other items that had once been distributed. Beginning in 1699 the monarch did not attend the service, sending an official in his place. The custom of royal representatives washing the feet of beggars did not survive the 18th century.
Maundy money is struck in denominations of one penny, two pence, three pence, and four pence. Until the 18th century the coins given were from the circulating coinage, and it was not until the latter half of the century that the four Maundy coins developed as distinct, noncirculating pieces. The obverse design of the coins features the reigning monarch. The reverse, with a crowned numeral enclosed by a wreath, derives from a design first used during the reign of King William III and Queen Mary II,
Colmore Row, Birmingham, England, B3 2QB
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,UK,British,Great Britain,Association,Castle St,Somerset,town,stone,marble,midwives training,Bridgwater District Nursing Association,Casle street,Bridgwater,Caslte street,Caslte st,Mary,Stanley,training,home,district,nurses,nurse,association,King,Sq,Square,honourable,Mrs,lady,female,remarkable,women,memorial,remembering
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2C9E2T4 - The Mary Stanley Training Home was founded in 1921 as the headquarters of the Bridgwater District Nursing Association and as a training centre for midwives. After 1948 the work of the Nursing Association and the Home were divided, the Home becoming part of the Bridgwater, Minehead and Butleigh Hospital Committee. Nursing care was provided to the poor in their own homes, continuing the work of the Queen Victoria Nursing Institute, which was created in 1902. Hospital care for pregnant women was provided by the maternity and midwifery wards at the hospital. There was also a small ward for premature babies. The Home was funded by voluntary donations and fund raising until the National Health Act of 1948. The records also include the patient registers of the Queen Victoria Nursing Institute (see above) for the years, 1893-1921,1924-1928 and 1938-1942, and the case notes of Bridgwater Infirmary, 1913-1942. The latter include patient record cards for Army and RAF personnel and Italian prisoners of war.
Casle street, Bridgwater, Somerset, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,Harry Ever After,bitter,England,UK,glass,full,poured,pulled,royal weddings,ginger,Prince Harry,Duke of Sussex,Prince,Archie,Princess,Lilibet,King,Charles,Royal Family,working,royals,security,debate,return,2026,The Spare,non working,royal,reconciliation,tensions,media scrutiny,commemorative,souvenir,fairytale,marriage,school,transatlantic,topical
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy P4HWFP - A pint of traditional British cask-conditioned real ale stands on a polished pub bar beside a handpump clip for 'Harry Ever After' 4% ABV, a celebratory beer produced to mark the marriage of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex. The couple married on 19 May 2018 at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, in a globally watched royal wedding that generated huge media coverage, souvenirs, commemorative products and novelty beers across the United Kingdom. The playful pump clip combines a silhouetted bride and groom with Union Jack and Stars and Stripes imagery, highlighting the British-American nature of the marriage and making the beer a distinctive example of topical brewing, royal memorabilia, wedding branding and British pub culture. The image captures an amber pint served from a traditional real ale bar in England and also reflects the long-established custom of breweries producing special cask ales for royal occasions, jubilees, coronations, anniversaries, national celebrations and headline news events. It has renewed editorial relevance in August 2026 following Harry and Meghan's return to the UK with Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet after more than six years living mainly in the United States. Their return has prompted fresh discussion about the modern monarchy, the Sussex family, Royal Family relationships, security, media scrutiny, transatlantic identity, non-working royal status, California life and possible long-term links with Britain. As a result, this 'Harry Ever After' beer image now works as a strong visual reference for stories about royal history Prince Harry, Meghan Markle, the House of Windsor, British brewing heritage, CAMRA, handpulled ale, cask beer, commemorative drinks, pub interiors, lifestyle photography and changing public perceptions of the Sussexes. It also suits searches for royal wedding beer, Harry and Meghan souvenir ale, UK pub pump clip, celebratory pint, Windsor wedding memorabilia and royal image.
GYCA, Bell House Farm, Bellhouse Ln, Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 2SG
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Keywords: inside,historic,churches,religion,religious,interior,London,England,UK,Kingston,UK,GB,England,roof,altar,parish,listed,grade,I,King,kings,of,cruciform,design,Coronation,Stone,KT1,Grade I listed,GoTonySmith,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Upon Thames,Kingston-Upon-Thames,history,architecture
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy F7DE18 - . This scene at All Saints Church, Kingston upon Thames, London, England KT1 1JP in 2015 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 All Saints Church exterior, Kingston Upon Thames, London,England,UK. The wider scene also brings together regional identity, historic church fabric, ecclesiastical architecture, everyday life, public realm, changing streetscape, religious heritage, religious landmark, archival record, London cityscape, historic London streetscape, sacred architecture, historical comparison, and documentary photography. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with maintenance costs, faith communities and how sacred spaces adapt to changing attendance and wider community use. The modern context includes continuing discussion of air quality, urban mobility and the pressure of visitor economies and housing costs on central neighbourhoods. Future viewers can use this scene from All Saints Church, Kingston upon Thames, London, England KT1 1JP to compare lettering, decoration and surface detail with whatever follows after closure or conversion. A second descriptive layer includes capital landmark imagery, urban tourism, period detail, metropolitan identity, heritage tourism, Westminster landmark, Christian heritage, and faith community. Details involving Church, Saints, exterior, Kingston, and Thames make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. By fixing the subject within All Saints Church, Kingston upon Thames, London, England KT1 1JP, the image preserves more than the headline object or building: it records part of the locality's everyday history. It also preserves a local visual benchmark for future local research. The photograph keeps a point of historical comparison before later change alters the scene.
All Saints Church, Kingston upon Thames, London, England KT1 1JP
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Keywords: England,UK,United,Kingdom,historic,London,England,UK,KT11JP,KT1 1JP,PL,river,Surrey,regiment,all,saints,historic,parish,Saxon,Molesey,heritage,King of England,King,of,England,East Surrey Regiment,pipes,silver,Market Place,KT1 1JP,GoTonySmith,standard Royal College of Organists,standard,Royal,College,of,Organists,organist,wood,wooden,keys,keyboard,design,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy F7DE11 - . A grounded documentary photograph made at Market Place, Kingston upon Thames,London, England, UK, KT1 1JP in 2015, combining the immediate subject with evidence of the surrounding streetscape, public realm, business activity or local character. The photograph centres on Organ at All Saints, Kingston Upon Thames,London,England,UK. The frame also records themes of Thames city view, regional identity, local character, London visitor economy, metropolitan identity, community identity, before-and-after reference, city branding, heritage tourism, Westminster landmark, archival record, capital-city heritage, historical comparison, and documentary photography. The wider contemporary story combines security, public transport and how familiar London symbols function as global shorthand for Britain. Small period details of commercial use and occupation at Market Place, Kingston upon Thames,London, England, UK, KT1 1JP may become more significant with time, particularly following later reinterpretation. The location also brings in changing streetscape, contemporary social history, capital landmark imagery, changing land use, urban tourism, London cityscape, social history, and place identity. The recorded references to Organ, Saints, Kingston, and Thames preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. A later view of Market Place, Kingston upon Thames,London, England, UK, KT1 1JP may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. A further contemporary connection is security and the mix of working city infrastructure with heritage tourism within the specific setting of Market Place, Kingston upon Thames,London, England, UK, KT1 1JP. The wider significance includes public transport and how familiar London symbols function as global shorthand for Britain as part of the longer story of Market Place, Kingston upon Thames,London, England, UK, KT1 1JP.
Market Place, Kingston upon Thames,London, England, UK, KT1 1JP
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Keywords: England,UK,United,Kingdom,historic,London,England,UK,KT11JP,KT1 1JP,PL,river,Surrey,regiment,all,saints,historic,parish,Saxon,Molesey,heritage,King of England,King,of,England,East Surrey Regiment,Market Place,KT1 1JP,Kingston upon Thames,GoTonySmith,standard Royal College of Organists,standard,Royal,College,of,Organists,organist,wood,wooden,keys,keyboard,design,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy F7DE13 - . Recorded at Market Place, Kingston upon Thames,London, England, UK, KT1 1JP in 2015, 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 Organ at All Saints, Kingston Upon Thames,London,England,UK. Further facets of the scene include regional identity, capital landmark imagery, historic London streetscape, local character, period detail, documentary photography, changing land use, iconic London transport, capital-city heritage, community identity, Thames city view, heritage tourism, place identity, and London visitor economy. The modern context includes continuing discussion of tourism, air quality and the mix of working city infrastructure with heritage tourism. The image fixes materials and architectural details within Market Place, Kingston upon Thames,London, England, UK, KT1 1JP at one identifiable point, providing a benchmark against new construction. The wider setting retains connections with London cityscape, public realm, city branding, visual archive, changing streetscape, metropolitan identity, historical comparison, and contemporary social history. Elements such as Organ, Kingston, Thames, and Saints add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. A later view of Market Place, Kingston upon Thames,London, England, UK, KT1 1JP may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. The location additionally provides evidence of tourism and how iconic streets and landmarks change while retaining strong visual identity within the specific setting of Market Place, Kingston upon Thames,London, England, UK, KT1 1JP. The photograph keeps period character within the wider story of Market Place, Kingston upon Thames,London, England, UK, KT1 1JP.
Market Place, Kingston upon Thames,London, England, UK, KT1 1JP
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DJ7B20 - 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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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DJ7B24 - 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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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DRH8EB - Swyron! Sep 2013 Swyron is the latest performance from Nutkhut. A unique blend of Vedic-meets-Victoriana - Swyron is a Steampunk revolutionary complete with full body and face armour. An adventurer on a time-travelling, steam-spouting machine - Swyron delights and bemuses audiences of all ages with his inter-galactic journeys! You can catch Swryon at the Asylum in Lincoln on the 14th September - the biggest Steampunk festival in the world! And check out his new facebook page
Albert Square, Manchester, Lancashire, England UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DRH7TN - Frederick Gibberd was the architect who won the competition for the design of the Roman Catholic Cathedral of Liverpool. As I understand, he queried why so many of his staff were not staying on as they usually did in the evening - he was told because of the competition. When told about the work, he decided there and then to enter - the rest is history.
Door art are reliefs in fibreglass by Mitchell
Mt Pleasant, Liverpool, England UK L3 5TQ
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Keywords: Roman,Christ,The,King,throne,four,beasts,apostles,Matthew,Mark,Luke,John,symbolic,artist,artistic,tourist,tourism,building,architecture,listed,work,St,Merseyside,England,UK,Mt,Pleasant,Liverpool,L3,5TQ,west,door,L35TQ,mount,Paddys,Wigwam,Mersey,Funnel,paddys,Gotonysmith works reliefs in fibreglass by William George Mitchell,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DRH7W3 - Frederick Gibberd was the architect who won the competition for the design of the Roman Catholic Cathedral of Liverpool. As I understand, he queried why so many of his staff were not staying on as they usually did in the evening - he was told because of the competition. When told about the work, he decided there and then to enter - the rest is history.
Door art are reliefs in fibreglass by Mitchell
Mt Pleasant, Liverpool, England UK L3 5TQ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DRH7WC - Frederick Gibberd was the architect who won the competition for the design of the Roman Catholic Cathedral of Liverpool. As I understand, he queried why so many of his staff were not staying on as they usually did in the evening - he was told because of the competition. When told about the work, he decided there and then to enter - the rest is history.
Door art are reliefs in fibreglass by Mitchell
Mt Pleasant, Liverpool, England UK L3 5TQ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DRH7WJ - Frederick Gibberd was the architect who won the competition for the design of the Roman Catholic Cathedral of Liverpool. As I understand, he queried why so many of his staff were not staying on as they usually did in the evening - he was told because of the competition. When told about the work, he decided there and then to enter - the rest is history.
Door art are reliefs in fibreglass by Mitchell
Mt Pleasant, Liverpool, England UK L3 5TQ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DRH7XY - Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King (usually known as Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral) is the cathedral of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Liverpool in Liverpool, England. The cathedral is the seat of the Archbishop of Liverpool.The Grade II* Metropolitan Cathedral is one of Liverpool's many listed buildings. It is sometimes known locally as Paddy's Wigwam or the Mersey Funnel, especially for tourists, but these are less common terms locally within the City.
The cathedral's architect, Frederick Gibberd, was the winner of a worldwide design competition. Construction began in 1962 and took five years. Earlier designs for a cathedral were proposed in 1853, 1933, and 1953, but none was completed.
During the Great Irish Famine (18451852) the Catholic population of Liverpool increased dramatically. About half a million Irish, who were predominantly Catholic, fled to England to escape the famine
many embarked from Liverpool to travel to North America while others remained in city.[5] Because of the increase in the Catholic population, the co-adjutor Bishop of Liverpool, Alexander Goss (18141872), saw the need for a cathedral. The location he chose was the grounds of St. Edward's College on St. Domingo Road, Everton.[6]
In 1853 Goss, then bishop, awarded the commission for the building of the new cathedral to Edward Welby Pugin (18331875). By 1856 the Lady Chapel of the new cathedral had been completed. Due to financial resources being diverted to the education of Catholic children, work on the building ceased at this point and the Lady Chapel now named Our Lady Immaculate served as parish church to the local Catholic population until its demolition in the 1980s.
Mount Pleasant, student areas, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DRH7YT - Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King (usually known as Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral) is the cathedral of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Liverpool in Liverpool, England. The cathedral is the seat of the Archbishop of Liverpool.The Grade II* Metropolitan Cathedral is one of Liverpool's many listed buildings. It is sometimes known locally as Paddy's Wigwam or the Mersey Funnel, especially for tourists, but these are less common terms locally within the City.
The cathedral's architect, Frederick Gibberd, was the winner of a worldwide design competition. Construction began in 1962 and took five years. Earlier designs for a cathedral were proposed in 1853, 1933, and 1953, but none was completed.
During the Great Irish Famine (18451852) the Catholic population of Liverpool increased dramatically. About half a million Irish, who were predominantly Catholic, fled to England to escape the famine
many embarked from Liverpool to travel to North America while others remained in city.[5] Because of the increase in the Catholic population, the co-adjutor Bishop of Liverpool, Alexander Goss (18141872), saw the need for a cathedral. The location he chose was the grounds of St. Edward's College on St. Domingo Road, Everton.[6]
In 1853 Goss, then bishop, awarded the commission for the building of the new cathedral to Edward Welby Pugin (18331875). By 1856 the Lady Chapel of the new cathedral had been completed. Due to financial resources being diverted to the education of Catholic children, work on the building ceased at this point and the Lady Chapel now named Our Lady Immaculate served as parish church to the local Catholic population until its demolition in the 1980s.
Mount Pleasant, student areas, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DRH816 - Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King (usually known as Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral) is the cathedral of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Liverpool in Liverpool, England. The cathedral is the seat of the Archbishop of Liverpool.The Grade II* Metropolitan Cathedral is one of Liverpool's many listed buildings. It is sometimes known locally as Paddy's Wigwam or the Mersey Funnel, especially for tourists, but these are less common terms locally within the City.
The cathedral's architect, Frederick Gibberd, was the winner of a worldwide design competition. Construction began in 1962 and took five years. Earlier designs for a cathedral were proposed in 1853, 1933, and 1953, but none was completed.
During the Great Irish Famine (18451852) the Catholic population of Liverpool increased dramatically. About half a million Irish, who were predominantly Catholic, fled to England to escape the famine
many embarked from Liverpool to travel to North America while others remained in city.[5] Because of the increase in the Catholic population, the co-adjutor Bishop of Liverpool, Alexander Goss (18141872), saw the need for a cathedral. The location he chose was the grounds of St. Edward's College on St. Domingo Road, Everton.[6]
In 1853 Goss, then bishop, awarded the commission for the building of the new cathedral to Edward Welby Pugin (18331875). By 1856 the Lady Chapel of the new cathedral had been completed. Due to financial resources being diverted to the education of Catholic children, work on the building ceased at this point and the Lady Chapel now named Our Lady Immaculate served as parish church to the local Catholic population until its demolition in the 1980s.
Mount Pleasant, student areas, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DRH81T - Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King (usually known as Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral) is the cathedral of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Liverpool in Liverpool, England. The cathedral is the seat of the Archbishop of Liverpool.The Grade II* Metropolitan Cathedral is one of Liverpool's many listed buildings. It is sometimes known locally as Paddy's Wigwam or the Mersey Funnel, especially for tourists, but these are less common terms locally within the City.
The cathedral's architect, Frederick Gibberd, was the winner of a worldwide design competition. Construction began in 1962 and took five years. Earlier designs for a cathedral were proposed in 1853, 1933, and 1953, but none was completed.
During the Great Irish Famine (18451852) the Catholic population of Liverpool increased dramatically. About half a million Irish, who were predominantly Catholic, fled to England to escape the famine
many embarked from Liverpool to travel to North America while others remained in city.[5] Because of the increase in the Catholic population, the co-adjutor Bishop of Liverpool, Alexander Goss (18141872), saw the need for a cathedral. The location he chose was the grounds of St. Edward's College on St. Domingo Road, Everton.[6]
In 1853 Goss, then bishop, awarded the commission for the building of the new cathedral to Edward Welby Pugin (18331875). By 1856 the Lady Chapel of the new cathedral had been completed. Due to financial resources being diverted to the education of Catholic children, work on the building ceased at this point and the Lady Chapel now named Our Lady Immaculate served as parish church to the local Catholic population until its demolition in the 1980s.
Mount Pleasant, student areas, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DRH82B - Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King (usually known as Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral) is the cathedral of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Liverpool in Liverpool, England. The cathedral is the seat of the Archbishop of Liverpool.The Grade II* Metropolitan Cathedral is one of Liverpool's many listed buildings. It is sometimes known locally as Paddy's Wigwam or the Mersey Funnel, especially for tourists, but these are less common terms locally within the City.
The cathedral's architect, Frederick Gibberd, was the winner of a worldwide design competition. Construction began in 1962 and took five years. Earlier designs for a cathedral were proposed in 1853, 1933, and 1953, but none was completed.
During the Great Irish Famine (18451852) the Catholic population of Liverpool increased dramatically. About half a million Irish, who were predominantly Catholic, fled to England to escape the famine
many embarked from Liverpool to travel to North America while others remained in city.[5] Because of the increase in the Catholic population, the co-adjutor Bishop of Liverpool, Alexander Goss (18141872), saw the need for a cathedral. The location he chose was the grounds of St. Edward's College on St. Domingo Road, Everton.[6]
In 1853 Goss, then bishop, awarded the commission for the building of the new cathedral to Edward Welby Pugin (18331875). By 1856 the Lady Chapel of the new cathedral had been completed. Due to financial resources being diverted to the education of Catholic children, work on the building ceased at this point and the Lady Chapel now named Our Lady Immaculate served as parish church to the local Catholic population until its demolition in the 1980s.
Mount Pleasant, student areas, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DRH872 - Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King (usually known as Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral) is the cathedral of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Liverpool in Liverpool, England. The cathedral is the seat of the Archbishop of Liverpool.The Grade II* Metropolitan Cathedral is one of Liverpool's many listed buildings. It is sometimes known locally as Paddy's Wigwam or the Mersey Funnel, especially for tourists, but these are less common terms locally within the City.
The cathedral's architect, Frederick Gibberd, was the winner of a worldwide design competition. Construction began in 1962 and took five years. Earlier designs for a cathedral were proposed in 1853, 1933, and 1953, but none was completed.
During the Great Irish Famine (18451852) the Catholic population of Liverpool increased dramatically. About half a million Irish, who were predominantly Catholic, fled to England to escape the famine
many embarked from Liverpool to travel to North America while others remained in city.[5] Because of the increase in the Catholic population, the co-adjutor Bishop of Liverpool, Alexander Goss (18141872), saw the need for a cathedral. The location he chose was the grounds of St. Edward's College on St. Domingo Road, Everton.[6]
In 1853 Goss, then bishop, awarded the commission for the building of the new cathedral to Edward Welby Pugin (18331875). By 1856 the Lady Chapel of the new cathedral had been completed. Due to financial resources being diverted to the education of Catholic children, work on the building ceased at this point and the Lady Chapel now named Our Lady Immaculate served as parish church to the local Catholic population until its demolition in the 1980s.
Mount Pleasant, student areas, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DN6N5G - The KYOCERA Technology Suite - Manchester
State of the Art Showroom and Offices in Central Manchester
KYOCERA Document Solutions UK Ltd is delighted to have taken the 3,015 sq ft ground floor of 14 storey Chancery Place', one of Manchester's most prestigious office buildings. Designed by award-winning architects to enhance the diverse architecture of the Upper King Street Conservation Area, Chancery Place is home to a range of blue-chip organisations and is part of the first phase of Manchester's Project Digital Tomorrow'.
KYOCERA's ground floor location comprises a showroom, product demonstration suites, meeting rooms and the company's first Northern sales office. Add to that a mezzanine floor and KYOCERA have over 4,000 sq ft of space in Chancery Place overall.
Chancery Place, Upper King Street Conservation Area, Manchester, England UK M2 4DU
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DHGYM3 - . Ticket for 1911 coronation king George V Queen Mary admit countess dowager of Stamford from Dunham Massey NT Altrincham Cheshire. Photographed at Dunham Massey NT Altrincham Cheshire, England, UK WA14 4SJ. The photograph was taken on 15 September 2013. This editorial stock image documents the subject as it appeared at that time, preserving a clear record of the place, its appearance and the everyday details surrounding it. The scene is closely associated with Ticket, 1911, coronation, king, George, Queen, 5th, National, Trust and 4SJ, 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.
Dunham Massey NT Altrincham Cheshire, England, UK WA14 4SJ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DHGYMD - . Ticket for 1911 coronation king George V Queen Mary admit countess dowager of Stamford from Dunham Massey NT Altrincham Cheshire. Photographed at Dunham Massey NT Altrincham Cheshire, England, UK WA14 4SJ. The photograph was taken on 15 September 2013. This editorial stock image documents the subject as it appeared at that time, preserving a clear record of the place, its appearance and the everyday details surrounding it. The scene is closely associated with Ticket, 1911, coronation, king, George, Queen, 5th, National, Trust and 4SJ, 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.
Dunham Massey NT Altrincham Cheshire, England, UK WA14 4SJ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DECXHM - The Kirk of the Canongate, or Canongate Kirk, serves the Parish of Canongate in Edinburgh's Old Town, in Scotland. It is a congregation of the Church of Scotland.
The parish includes the Palace of Holyroodhouse and the Scottish Parliament. It is also the parish church of Edinburgh Castle, even though the castle is detached from the rest of the parish. The wedding of Zara Phillips, the Queen's granddaughter, and Mike Tindall, took place at the church on 30 July 2011
The inscription reads - in 1688 king james VII ordained that the mortification of
Thos. Moodie granted in 1649 to build a church should be applied
to the erection of this structure
153 Canongate, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, UK EH8 8BN
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Keywords: English,British,stately,homes,houses,national,trust,tourist,tourism,travel,class,system,upper,twit,Rothschild,Rothschilds,french,style,France,19th,century,important,makers,in,18th-century,18th,clockmaker,to,the,king,Julien,Leroy,and,Jean-André,Lepaute,Jean-Andre,Jean,Andre,Boulle,Cressent,Pedestal,Gotonysmith Waddesdon Manor,Bicester Rd,Aylesbury,Buckinghamshire,England,UK HP18 0JH hp180jh 1720,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DCYRRK - . French style Pedestal gold clock from Waddesdon Manor, Bicester Rd, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England , UK HP18 0JH. Photographed on 8 August 2013. Waddesdon Manor is a country house in the village of Waddesdon, in Buckinghamshire, England, UK. The house was built in the Neo-Renaissance style of a French château between 1874 and 1889 for Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild. Waddesdon Manor was built from 1874 for Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild in the style of a French Renaissance château and is now managed by the National Trust on behalf of the Rothschild Foundation. Its collections bring together French decorative arts, furniture, clocks, ceramics, paintings, textiles and sculpture assembled through the Rothschild family's collecting networks. Close-up photographs of individual objects therefore sit within a broader story of nineteenth-century wealth, collecting and European craftsmanship. As background, room interiors are records of both design and daily activity
Furnishings, lighting, surfaces and specialist fittings can identify a building's function and period, while later refurbishment may erase these smaller details. Against the 2026 backdrop, restoration projects increasingly emphasise retaining significant interiors as well as façades, making earlier photographs useful evidence when rooms are refurbished, repurposed or opened to visitors. From a heritage perspective, historic interiors combine architecture with material culture
Furniture, clocks, silverware, screens, organs and decorative schemes can show craftsmanship, status and institutional use in ways that a façade alone cannot convey. Looking at the subject's development, interiors preserve details that exterior photographs cannot show: furniture, fittings, decorative finishes and room layouts reveal how buildings were actually used
Such features are often altered during refurbishment even when the outside remains unchanged.
Waddesdon Manor, Bicester Rd, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England , UK HP18 0JH
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DBHR53 - North Staffordshire oatcake shop where the mixture is cooked on a traditional baxton iron griddle, then filled with bacon, cheese, mushroom, tomatoes etc and a splash of sauce.
A North Staffordshire oatcake is a type of pancake made from oatmeal, flour and yeast. It is cooked on a griddle or 'baxton'. The oatcake is a local speciality in the North Staffordshire area of England. They are normally referred to as Staffordshire oatcakes or possibly Potteries oatcakes by non-locals, because they were made in this area. In and around Staffordshire and Cheshire they are often simply known as oatcakes.
Derbyshire oatcakes are similar to Staffordshire oatcakes, but while following a similar (or even the same) recipe are generally larger in diameter, and thicker. For example the same recipe will make four Derbyshire or twelve Staffordshire style oatcakes.
It was once common throughout the Potteries for oatcakes to be sold directly from the window of a house to customers on the street. The last producer in this style closed on the 25th of March 2012
however, there are many small commercial premises who sell oatcakes. Larger commercial enterprises exist that sell oatcakes to supermarkets and other large distribution chains.
Oatcakes can be a form of fast food. Catering outlets in the area usually offer oatcakes with fillings such as cheese, tomato, onion, bacon, sausage, and egg.
They can also be eaten with sweet fillings such as golden syrup, jam or banana, but this is less common and frowned upon by traditionalists. They are traditionally re-heated by steaming between two plates over a saucepan of water or nowadays by microwave, though some may prefer frying in butter or grilling.
King Street Oatcakes. 113 King Street, Fenton, Stoke on trent, ST4 3NA
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DBHR5R - North Staffordshire oatcake shop where the mixture is cooked on a traditional baxton iron griddle, then filled with bacon, cheese, mushroom, tomatoes etc and a splash of sauce.
A North Staffordshire oatcake is a type of pancake made from oatmeal, flour and yeast. It is cooked on a griddle or 'baxton'. The oatcake is a local speciality in the North Staffordshire area of England. They are normally referred to as Staffordshire oatcakes or possibly Potteries oatcakes by non-locals, because they were made in this area. In and around Staffordshire and Cheshire they are often simply known as oatcakes.
Derbyshire oatcakes are similar to Staffordshire oatcakes, but while following a similar (or even the same) recipe are generally larger in diameter, and thicker. For example the same recipe will make four Derbyshire or twelve Staffordshire style oatcakes.
It was once common throughout the Potteries for oatcakes to be sold directly from the window of a house to customers on the street. The last producer in this style closed on the 25th of March 2012
however, there are many small commercial premises who sell oatcakes. Larger commercial enterprises exist that sell oatcakes to supermarkets and other large distribution chains.
Oatcakes can be a form of fast food. Catering outlets in the area usually offer oatcakes with fillings such as cheese, tomato, onion, bacon, sausage, and egg.
They can also be eaten with sweet fillings such as golden syrup, jam or banana, but this is less common and frowned upon by traditionalists. They are traditionally re-heated by steaming between two plates over a saucepan of water or nowadays by microwave, though some may prefer frying in butter or grilling.
King Street Oatcakes. 113 King Street, Fenton, Stoke on trent, ST4 3NA
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DBHR6A - North Staffordshire oatcake shop where the mixture is cooked on a traditional baxton iron griddle, then filled with bacon, cheese, mushroom, tomatoes etc and a splash of sauce.
A North Staffordshire oatcake is a type of pancake made from oatmeal, flour and yeast. It is cooked on a griddle or 'baxton'. The oatcake is a local speciality in the North Staffordshire area of England. They are normally referred to as Staffordshire oatcakes or possibly Potteries oatcakes by non-locals, because they were made in this area. In and around Staffordshire and Cheshire they are often simply known as oatcakes.
Derbyshire oatcakes are similar to Staffordshire oatcakes, but while following a similar (or even the same) recipe are generally larger in diameter, and thicker. For example the same recipe will make four Derbyshire or twelve Staffordshire style oatcakes.
It was once common throughout the Potteries for oatcakes to be sold directly from the window of a house to customers on the street. The last producer in this style closed on the 25th of March 2012
however, there are many small commercial premises who sell oatcakes. Larger commercial enterprises exist that sell oatcakes to supermarkets and other large distribution chains.
Oatcakes can be a form of fast food. Catering outlets in the area usually offer oatcakes with fillings such as cheese, tomato, onion, bacon, sausage, and egg.
They can also be eaten with sweet fillings such as golden syrup, jam or banana, but this is less common and frowned upon by traditionalists. They are traditionally re-heated by steaming between two plates over a saucepan of water or nowadays by microwave, though some may prefer frying in butter or grilling.
King Street Oatcakes. 113 King Street, Fenton, Stoke on trent, ST4 3NA
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DBHR74 - North Staffordshire oatcake shop where the mixture is cooked on a traditional baxton iron griddle, then filled with bacon, cheese, mushroom, tomatoes etc and a splash of sauce.
A North Staffordshire oatcake is a type of pancake made from oatmeal, flour and yeast. It is cooked on a griddle or 'baxton'. The oatcake is a local speciality in the North Staffordshire area of England. They are normally referred to as Staffordshire oatcakes or possibly Potteries oatcakes by non-locals, because they were made in this area. In and around Staffordshire and Cheshire they are often simply known as oatcakes.
Derbyshire oatcakes are similar to Staffordshire oatcakes, but while following a similar (or even the same) recipe are generally larger in diameter, and thicker. For example the same recipe will make four Derbyshire or twelve Staffordshire style oatcakes.
It was once common throughout the Potteries for oatcakes to be sold directly from the window of a house to customers on the street. The last producer in this style closed on the 25th of March 2012
however, there are many small commercial premises who sell oatcakes. Larger commercial enterprises exist that sell oatcakes to supermarkets and other large distribution chains.
Oatcakes can be a form of fast food. Catering outlets in the area usually offer oatcakes with fillings such as cheese, tomato, onion, bacon, sausage, and egg.
They can also be eaten with sweet fillings such as golden syrup, jam or banana, but this is less common and frowned upon by traditionalists. They are traditionally re-heated by steaming between two plates over a saucepan of water or nowadays by microwave, though some may prefer frying in butter or grilling.
King Street Oatcakes. 113 King Street, Fenton, Stoke on trent, ST4 3NA
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DBHR7M - North Staffordshire oatcake shop where the mixture is cooked on a traditional baxton iron griddle, then filled with bacon, cheese, mushroom, tomatoes etc and a splash of sauce.
A North Staffordshire oatcake is a type of pancake made from oatmeal, flour and yeast. It is cooked on a griddle or 'baxton'. The oatcake is a local speciality in the North Staffordshire area of England. They are normally referred to as Staffordshire oatcakes or possibly Potteries oatcakes by non-locals, because they were made in this area. In and around Staffordshire and Cheshire they are often simply known as oatcakes.
Derbyshire oatcakes are similar to Staffordshire oatcakes, but while following a similar (or even the same) recipe are generally larger in diameter, and thicker. For example the same recipe will make four Derbyshire or twelve Staffordshire style oatcakes.
It was once common throughout the Potteries for oatcakes to be sold directly from the window of a house to customers on the street. The last producer in this style closed on the 25th of March 2012
however, there are many small commercial premises who sell oatcakes. Larger commercial enterprises exist that sell oatcakes to supermarkets and other large distribution chains.
Oatcakes can be a form of fast food. Catering outlets in the area usually offer oatcakes with fillings such as cheese, tomato, onion, bacon, sausage, and egg.
They can also be eaten with sweet fillings such as golden syrup, jam or banana, but this is less common and frowned upon by traditionalists. They are traditionally re-heated by steaming between two plates over a saucepan of water or nowadays by microwave, though some may prefer frying in butter or grilling.
King Street Oatcakes. 113 King Street, Fenton, Stoke on trent, ST4 3NA
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DBHR8D - North Staffordshire oatcake shop where the mixture is cooked on a traditional baxton iron griddle, then filled with bacon, cheese, mushroom, tomatoes etc and a splash of sauce.
A North Staffordshire oatcake is a type of pancake made from oatmeal, flour and yeast. It is cooked on a griddle or 'baxton'. The oatcake is a local speciality in the North Staffordshire area of England. They are normally referred to as Staffordshire oatcakes or possibly Potteries oatcakes by non-locals, because they were made in this area. In and around Staffordshire and Cheshire they are often simply known as oatcakes.
Derbyshire oatcakes are similar to Staffordshire oatcakes, but while following a similar (or even the same) recipe are generally larger in diameter, and thicker. For example the same recipe will make four Derbyshire or twelve Staffordshire style oatcakes.
It was once common throughout the Potteries for oatcakes to be sold directly from the window of a house to customers on the street. The last producer in this style closed on the 25th of March 2012
however, there are many small commercial premises who sell oatcakes. Larger commercial enterprises exist that sell oatcakes to supermarkets and other large distribution chains.
Oatcakes can be a form of fast food. Catering outlets in the area usually offer oatcakes with fillings such as cheese, tomato, onion, bacon, sausage, and egg.
They can also be eaten with sweet fillings such as golden syrup, jam or banana, but this is less common and frowned upon by traditionalists. They are traditionally re-heated by steaming between two plates over a saucepan of water or nowadays by microwave, though some may prefer frying in butter or grilling.
King Street Oatcakes. 113 King Street, Fenton, Stoke on trent, ST4 3NA
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DB0KBM - Withy Grove Stores Ltd
Withy Grove Stores Ltd is situated on Withy Grove in Manchester city centre and supplies commercial, industrial and residential clients locally and nationwide with new, second hand and reconditioned safes.
We supply all types and makes of safes for cash, jewellery and fire protection, computer data safes, deposit safes and underfloor safes. We also supply new and second-hand office furniture, filing cabinets etc.
Established in 1850, the firm is still owned and run by the same Manchester family. The Managing Director has over 50 years' experience in the safe business, ensuring clients benefit from our expert knowledge and personal advice.
Withy Grove Stores Ltd is a member of The Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce. they are housed in a fantastic old building
35-39 Withy Grove, Manchester, NW England, United Kingdom M4 2BJ
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 8186300822 - 'View this whole set of cities here. If you do Twitter add me here.
Southwark Cathedral or The Cathedral and Collegiate Church of St Saviour and St Mary Overie, Southwark, London, lies on the south bank of the River Thames close to London Bridge.
It is the mother church of the Anglican Diocese of Southwark. It has been a place of Christian worship for over 1,000 years, but a cathedral only since the creation of the diocese of Southwark in 1905. The church was in the diocese of Winchester until 1877, when the parish of St Saviour's, along with other South London parishes, was transferred to the diocese of Rochester The present building is mainly Gothic, from 1220 to 1420, although the nave is a 19th-century reconstruction in a 13th-century style.
This Flemish-style monument can be found within the North Choir Aisle. The coat of arms bearing three herons is a pun on the name Tre-hearne. He was one of the 'Bargainers', together with John Bingham helping to buy the church from King James I . Below their four children are depicted. They had six, but two died very early.These are represented by the smaller figures on the right (just out of shot).
The inscription reads:
An Epitaph upon John Trehearne, Gentleman Porter to King James the First.
Had kings a power to lend their subjects breath Trehearne thou should'st not be cast down by death, thy royal master still would keep thee then, but length of days are beyond reach of men nor wealth nor strength or great mens love can ease the wound deaths arrows make, for thou hast these in thy kings court good place to thee is given wence thou shalt go to kings court of heaven.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy RM9ATJ - The closest pub to London Bridge tube is also the most down to earth. The OKH, like its more famous neighbour The George Inn, can be found down one of those ancient alleyways that branch like pili from Borough High Street look for the hanging sign over the pathway. Inside, the main room looks like it's stuck in some former decade, with glossy paint finishes, peeling picture frames and a good old fashioned bar. You practically have to walk through the bar to get at the stairs, which lead up to a quirky function room with a penchant for Titanic memorabilia. Several groups use the room for monthly meetups, including the rather wonderful South East London Folklore Society. The beer choice is limited, but always well kept.
King's Head Yard, Greater London SE1 1NA
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2BPCNHN - . A detailed documentary view from 23A Bolton St, Bury,Greater Manchester,North West England,UK, BL9 0EY, preserving the appearance and character of the subject at a particular point in time. The principal subject is Great Britain - Back in time,ELR,East Lancs Railway, East Lancashire Railway Bury station, greater Manchester,England,UK. The photograph also carries associations with rail mobility, public transport network, place identity, changing streetscape, everyday Britain, mass transit, passenger railway, regional rail, contemporary history, station environment, social landscape, local history, transport interchange, and public realm. Current discussion around this subject increasingly includes rail reform alongside fares, with particular attention to making passenger rail simpler and more dependable. Small period details of transport arrangements and public activity at 23A Bolton St, Bury,Greater Manchester,North West England,UK, BL9 0EY may become more significant with time, especially following different community use. Further associations include social history, before-and-after reference, commuter travel, rail corridor, archival record, trackside infrastructure, rail transport, and urban change. Elements such as Railway, Lancashire, greater, Manchester, and Lancs add documentary specificity and may become useful when the scene is compared with later records. By fixing the subject within 23A Bolton St, Bury,Greater Manchester,North West England,UK, BL9 0EY, the image preserves more than the headline object or building: it records part of the locality's everyday history. That also gives the frame relevance to rail reform and linking trains more effectively with buses and trams in a form that can be compared with future views of 23A Bolton St, Bury,Greater Manchester,North West England,UK, BL9 0EY. The image adds a further period reference to the visual history of 23A Bolton St, Bury,Greater Manchester,North West England,UK, BL9 0EY.
23A Bolton St, Bury,Greater Manchester,North West England,UK, BL9 0EY
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Keywords: old,sexy,legend,sword,woman,lady,arthur,caledfwlch,welsh,girl,of old,lake,wales,tight,england,britain,gb,story,king,briton,british,leader,round,table,weapon,leather,dress,sharp,black,dirty,sepia,white,b/w,mono,monochrome,tonysmith,tony,smith,hotpix,uk,hot,this photo rocks,interesting,people,person,persons,persona,interesante,art,arty,retro,muchacha,femenina,de,la,mujer,se\u00f1ora,female,\u5973\u6027\u30e1\u30b9\u306e\u5973\u6027\u306e\u5973\u306e\u5b50,\u592b\u4eba\u5973\u6027\u5987\u5973\u5973\u5b69,fille,f\u00e9minine,femme,dame,racy
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4544077808 - 'Arthur's sword in Welsh legend is known as Caledfwlch. Its used by Arthur's warrior Llenlleawg the Irishman to kill the Irish king Diwrnach while stealing his magical cauldron. In Cornish the word Calesvol is used in literature to describe it and appears to have either come from the Welsh name or be an early pre-celtic word for it. At any rate the legend in various forms can be found in many northern european cultures.
Excalibur is by no means the only weapon associated with Arthur, nor the only sword, but the one that gets all the publicity.
Alfred, Lord Tennyson described it in 'The Passing of Arthur' ('Morte d'Arthur') in these words:
There drew he forth the brand Excalibur,
And o\u2019er him, drawing it, the winter moon,
Brightening the skirts of a long cloud, ran forth
And sparkled keen with frost against the hilt:
For all the haft twinkled with diamond sparks,
Myriads of topaz-lights, and jacinth-work
Of subtlest jewellery.
The Lady of the Lake is the name of several related characters in the different legends and interpretations. The Scotsman Walter Scott transported the legend to Loch Katrine, near Callander in central Scotland. In more recent times she appears as a character in the Spamalot musical and on Richie Blackmore's Rainbow 'Long Live Rock and Roll' album from the late 1970's.
With a delicate move kind of shifty and smooth
A shadow has covered the light
Then a beam in the shade from a slivery blade
Has shattered the edge of the night
Ahhh... takes me back to my mis-spent youth!
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2R9X4J2 - Cnut (/kəˈnjuːt/
Old English: Cnut cyning
Old Norse: Knútr inn ríki [ˈknuːtr ˈɪnː ˈriːkʲɪ]
died 12 November 1035), also known as Cnut the Great and Canute, was King of England from 1016, King of Denmark from 1018, and King of Norway from 1028 until his death in 1035. The three kingdoms united under Cnut's rule are referred to together as the North Sea Empire.
As a Danish prince, Cnut won the throne of England in 1016 in the wake of centuries of Viking activity in northwestern Europe. His later accession to the Danish throne in 1018 brought the crowns of England and Denmark together. Cnut sought to keep this power-base by uniting Danes and English under cultural bonds of wealth and custom. After a decade of conflict with opponents in Scandinavia, Cnut claimed the crown of Norway in Trondheim in 1028. The Swedish city Sigtuna was held by Cnut (he had coins struck there that called him king, but there is no narrative record of his occupation). In 1031, Malcolm II of Scotland also submitted to him, though Anglo-Norse influence over Scotland was weak and ultimately did not last by the time of Cnut's death.
Dominion of England lent the Danes an important link to the maritime zone between the islands of Great Britain and Ireland, where Cnut, like his father before him, had a strong interest and wielded much influence among the NorseGaels. Cnut's possession of England's dioceses and the continental Diocese of Denmarkwith a claim laid upon it by the Holy Roman Empire's Archdiocese of Hamburg-Bremenwas a source of great prestige and leverage within the Catholic Church and among the magnates of Christendom (gaining notable concessions such as one on the price of the pallium of his bishops, though they still had to travel to obtain the pallium, as well as on the tolls his people had to pay on the way to Rome). After his 1026 victory against Norway and Sweden, and on his way back from Rome where he attended the coronation of the Holy Roman Emperor
Canute place, Knutsford town centre, Cheshire, England, UK, WA16 6BH
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4631607472 - 'When I am in Manchester, I usually take a short cut through this fabulous place, which you can do unless a performance is in progress. Many moons ago I used to go to meetings of the junior chamber of commerce here, in one of the side rooms. On this day it was spookily deserted. I stopped to check a text message while my camera with on my shoulder and below me a solitary man, dressed in black crossed the room without sound.
It has a great feeling of history (the last trading values still remain on the trading board for cotton etc) from 1968 and is very modern with its central circular 'pod' of a theatre at its heart. Its great to see events here and I have seen Shakespeare plays as well as the veritable John Shuttleworth (AKA Jilted John).
The Royal Exchange is a grade II listed Victorian building bounded by St Ann\u2019s Square, Market Street and Cross Street. The complex includes the Royal Exchange Theatre, and the Royal Exchange shopping centre.
The current building is the last of several buildings on the site used for commodities exchange, primarily but not exclusively of cotton and textiles.
The first exchange was built near to the present site in 1792. The first exchange was replaced by a second, larger, exchange that was constructed between 1806 and 1809. The second exchange was enlarged between 1847 and 1849. The second exchange was in turn replaced, by a third exchange by 'Mills &
Murgatroyd', constructed between 1867 and 1874. The building was then extended and modified by 'Bradshaw Gass &
Hope' between 1914 and 1931 to form the largest trading room in England. Thus was the importance of Manchester at this time.
The theatre's unique design was conceived by Richard Negri of Wimbledon School of Art, and was intended to create an unusually vivid and immediate relationship between actors and audiences. As the floor of the Exchange would not be able to take the great weight of the theatre and its audience, the module is suspended from four columns that also carry the hall's central dome. Only the stage area and ground-level seating rest on the floor of the hall itself.
The theatre can seat up to 700 people on three levels, making it the largest theatre in the round in Britain. There are 400 seats at ground level in a raked configuration, above which lie two galleries, each with 150 seats set in two rows. Every seat has a clear view of the stage.
Repairs after the IRA bombing adjacent in Corporation Street took over two years to complete and cost \u00a332 million, a sum provided by the National Lottery.
The Royal Exchange building and the theatre itself are reputed to be haunted. One of the ghosts is reputed to be that of the actor and founding artistic director, James Maxwell. Another is that of a maternal Victorian lady, well dressed and with 'a passion for drink'.
In 2006, the building was the subject of a paranormal investigation by the Most Haunted programme on Living TV.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy D8HCM5 - The Royal Exchange is a grade II listed building in Manchester, England. It is located in the city centre on the land bounded by St Ann's Square, Exchange Street, Market Street, Cross Street and Old Bank Street. The complex includes the Royal Exchange Theatre and the Royal Exchange Shopping Centre.
The Royal Exchange was heavily damaged in the Manchester Blitz and in the 1996 Manchester bombing. The current building is the last of several buildings on the site used for commodities exchange, primarily but not exclusively of cotton and textiles.
Exchange St, Manchester, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy CF0NB1 - . Panorama at Bell lane, Thelwall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK including the old Thelwall Post Office and the Pickering Arms. Photographed on 3 May 2009. Commonly believed to be the Smallest city in England. Historically, seasonal and low-light photography can emphasise the relationship between natural conditions and the built environment
Dusk, snow, mist or dramatic cloud often reveal lighting, silhouettes and reflective surfaces that are less apparent in ordinary daylight. Historically, historic objects and places gain meaning through survival
Materials, craftsmanship, inscriptions and later alterations can reveal how a building, machine or everyday item was made, used and valued, while preservation decisions show which parts of the past communities choose to retain. In 2026, current interest in climate and place-making gives atmospheric landscape photographs added documentary value, particularly where weather, coastlines or urban development are prominent. In 2026, conservation is increasingly considered alongside regeneration, climate resilience and adaptive reuse
The value of a historic subject therefore lies not only in nostalgia but in the evidence it provides about materials, local identity and how places change. The historical context is that landscape photographs record more than scenery: structures, 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 the longer view, 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 changing form of a town or coastline. Additional discoverability terms include scenic view, night photography, seasonal landscape, skyline, cityscape, and coastal landscape.
Bell lane, Thelwall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy D8HCK2 - Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King (usually known as Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral) is the cathedral of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Liverpool in Liverpool, England. The cathedral is the seat of the Archbishop of Liverpool.
The Grade II* Metropolitan Cathedral is one of Liverpool's many listed buildings. It is sometimes known locally as Paddy's Wigwam or the Mersey Funnel.
The cathedral's architect, Frederick Gibberd, was the winner of a worldwide design competition. Construction began in 1962 and took five years. Earlier designs for a cathedral were proposed in 1853, 1933, and 1953, but none was completed.
Cathedral House, Mt Pleasant, Liverpool, UK L3 5TQ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3E1Y7HP - Close-up editorial and commercial stock-photo/gotonysmith-Finance.html?sortBy=relevant&pseudoid=237DAF28-A4ED-4448-8173-C0E81ABEEC6F Target=_Blank>finance image showing Bank of England polymer banknotes featuring King Charles III, arranged with British coins to create a clear visual representation of modern UK currency, everyday cash use and the transition to the new monarch's portrait on money in circulation. The photograph includes low-denomination and higher-denomination sterling notes together with loose change, making it useful for themes such as household budgeting, consumer spending, personal finance, inflation, the cost of living, savings, retail transactions and the continued role of physical cash in British daily life. As one of the first generations of UK banknotes to carry the image of King Charles III, the picture also has added editorial relevance for stories about the monarchy, national identity, the post-Elizabeth II era and the quiet but symbolic redesign of public currency following a historic change of reign. The combination of notes and coins helps the image work both as a straightforward illustration of British money and as a broader metaphor for economic pressures, value, pricing, cash handling and the small-scale realities of paying for ordinary goods and services. It is especially suitable for articles, blogs and news features on UK household finances, spending power, banking, pensions, welfare, benefits, interest rates, pocket money, cash savings and the resilience of coins and notes despite the long-term growth of card and app-based payments. The visible portrait of the King gives the scene a strong contemporary British context, while the plain close-up composition makes it versatile for educational, journalistic and commercial use. Strong stock image for finance journalism, economics coverage, monarchy-related reporting, budgeting advice, British retail stories and wider commentary on what money looks like in modern England and the United Kingdom, where cash still carries both practical purpose and symbolic national meaning in everyday circulation.
King Charles III Bank of England banknotes with British coins shown in close-up as a UK money and pe
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy ED9DKP - Lichfield Cathedral is situated in Lichfield, Staffordshire, England. It is the only medieval English cathedral with three spires.
The Diocese of Lichfield covers all of Staffordshire, much of Shropshire and part of the Black Country and West Midlands. The present bishop is the Right Reverend Jonathan Gledhill, the 98th Lord Bishop of Lichfield.
19A The Close, Lichfield, Staffordshire, england, UK WS13 7LD
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy F7DE16 - All Saints Church is the historic parish church of Kingston upon Thames on the edge of London, and is set between the ancient Market Place and the main shopping centre. It forms part of the Diocese of Southwark and with the church of St John, it forms a team of Anglican churches serving residents, businesses, schools and Kingston University. The church is the only Grade I listed building (but not structure) in Kingston.
A church at Kingston sprang up in Saxon times and Egbert, king of Wessex, held his great council at the site in 838. Seven Saxon kings of England, including Athelstan and Ethelred the Unready, were crowned here in the 10th century. The present church was begun in 1120 under the orders of Henry I and has been developed since then. It is a cruciform church with a central tower and a four-bay nave, with Perpendicular clerestory, choir, north and south aisles, transepts and chapels. The exterior is of flint with stone dressings and a parapet of stone battlements
All Saints Church, Kingston upon Thames, London, England KT1 1JP
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DRH82P - Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King (usually known as Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral) is the cathedral of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Liverpool in Liverpool, England. The cathedral is the seat of the Archbishop of Liverpool.The Grade II* Metropolitan Cathedral is one of Liverpool's many listed buildings. It is sometimes known locally as Paddy's Wigwam or the Mersey Funnel, especially for tourists, but these are less common terms locally within the City.
The cathedral's architect, Frederick Gibberd, was the winner of a worldwide design competition. Construction began in 1962 and took five years. Earlier designs for a cathedral were proposed in 1853, 1933, and 1953, but none was completed.
During the Great Irish Famine (18451852) the Catholic population of Liverpool increased dramatically. About half a million Irish, who were predominantly Catholic, fled to England to escape the famine
many embarked from Liverpool to travel to North America while others remained in city.[5] Because of the increase in the Catholic population, the co-adjutor Bishop of Liverpool, Alexander Goss (18141872), saw the need for a cathedral. The location he chose was the grounds of St. Edward's College on St. Domingo Road, Everton.[6]
In 1853 Goss, then bishop, awarded the commission for the building of the new cathedral to Edward Welby Pugin (18331875). By 1856 the Lady Chapel of the new cathedral had been completed. Due to financial resources being diverted to the education of Catholic children, work on the building ceased at this point and the Lady Chapel now named Our Lady Immaculate served as parish church to the local Catholic population until its demolition in the 1980s.
Mount Pleasant, student areas, England, UK
