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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,city,centre,Merseyside,England,UK,sunny,blue sky,GBar Liverpool,1-7,Eberle Street,Liverpool,L2 2AG,outside,bar,pubs,bars,building,rainbow,party,entertainment,DJ,DJs,after hours,late,2pm,license,ents,entertainments,night,LGBTQ,trans,drag,L2,1-7 Eberle Street
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GBar Liverpool, 1-7 Eberle St, Liverpool , Merseyside, England, UK, L2 2AG
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,city,centre,Merseyside,England,UK,sunny,blue sky,GBar Liverpool,1-7,Eberle Street,Liverpool,L2 2AG,outside,bar,pubs,bars,building,rainbow,party,entertainment,DJ,DJs,after hours,late,2pm,license,ents,entertainments,night,LGBTQ,trans,drag,L2,1-7 Eberle Street
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2R6AJ15 -
GBar Liverpool, 1-7 Eberle St, Liverpool , Merseyside, England, UK, L2 2AG
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2NAWG8G -
UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,rented,television,receiver,television set,BW,video,electronics,electronic,with,radio,times,guide,to,two,channels,the,top,original,1960,1960s,TV,BBC,ITV,Rumbelows,Fred Dawes,Radio Rental,CRT,cathode ray tube,Marconi-EMI,system,British,Isaac Shoenberg,broadcast,programmes,Sky,takeover,license
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K23M5P - Vintage British monochrome television receiver stands inside a domestic interior, its deep wooden cabinet, rounded cathode-ray-tube screen, front loudspeaker grille and large rotary controls recalling the early decades of mass television ownership. A newspaper has been placed across the top of the set, reinforcing the period atmosphere and the historic relationship between printed news and broadcast media. The black-and-white photograph provides a strong visual contrast with today's slim digital displays, smart televisions, smartphones and portable streaming devices.
The receiver represents Britain's former 405-line television system, which produced a comparatively coarse black-and-white picture transmitted through the VHF network. For much of the early commercial television era, viewers had a sharply limited choice compared with the hundreds of channels and near-unlimited online libraries now available. BBC Television and ITV formed the familiar two-channel landscape before BBC2 launched in 1964 using the higher-definition 625-line standard. Older 405-line broadcasting nevertheless remained operational for many years and was not finally closed until 1985.
Television ownership also carried a legal obligation to obtain a UK television licence, making the set not merely an entertainment appliance but part of a regulated national broadcasting system. Scheduled programmes, fixed transmission times and published listings shaped domestic routines, with families often gathering around a single screen to watch the same entertainment, news, sport or major national event.
The image also works as an editorial illustration for the continuing debate over the future of traditional television. Linear broadcast viewing has declined significantly,particularly among children and younger adults, as audiences increasingly favour YouTube, subscription streaming,short-form video and programmes available whenever they choose. Ofcom reported that broadcast television's long-term decline
UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy GGWH8Y -
High Street, Great Budworth, Cheshire, England, UK CW9 6HF
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy F7DCW9 - A coaster, drink coaster, beverage coaster, or beermat is an article used to rest beverages upon.
The purpose is to protect the surface of a table or any other surface where the user might place their beverage.
Public houses usually will have beermats spread out across the tables. They are used not just to protect the surface of the table, but, as they are usually made of paper, they can also be used to absorb condensation dripping along the glass or serve as an ad-hoc notepad. Beermats are often branded with trademarks or alcohol advertising. Beermats are not to be confused with bar mats, rectangular pieces of rubber or absorbent material used to protect the counter top and soak up spilled drinks in a bar or pub.
Great Britain
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Keywords: British,beer,drip,mats,from,smaller,regional,region,local,breweries,English,England,Wales,welsh,coaster,coasters,adverts,PR,advertising,advertising,CAMRA,brewery,brewing,alcohol,bier,biers,Drip mats,Beer mats,Beer mat,Drip mat,Drip Mat,GoTonySmith,Barley,Wine,bier,biers,drinking,driving,Drivers,please,dont,have,one,for,the,road,risk,your,licence,license,breath,test,limit,or,breathalyser,beverage,coaster,beermat,public,house,houses,bar,branded,brand,abuse,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,breathe test,Public House
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy F7DCWC - A coaster, drink coaster, beverage coaster, or beermat is an article used to rest beverages upon.
The purpose is to protect the surface of a table or any other surface where the user might place their beverage.
Public houses usually will have beermats spread out across the tables. They are used not just to protect the surface of the table, but, as they are usually made of paper, they can also be used to absorb condensation dripping along the glass or serve as an ad-hoc notepad. Beermats are often branded with trademarks or alcohol advertising. Beermats are not to be confused with bar mats, rectangular pieces of rubber or absorbent material used to protect the counter top and soak up spilled drinks in a bar or pub.
Great Britain
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Keywords: British,beer,drip,mats,from,small,smaller,regional,region,local,breweries,English,England,Wales,welsh,coaster,coasters,adverts,PR,advertising,advertising,CAMRA,brewery,brewing,alcohol,bier,biers,Drip mats,Beer mat,Drip mat,Drip Mat,GoTonySmith,driver,drivers,drinking,and,driving,bier,biers,drinking,driving,have,one,for,the,road,risk,your,licence,license,breath,test,limit,breathalyzer,or,breathalyser,beverage,coaster,beermat,public,house,houses,pub,bar,branded,brand,abuse,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Drinking and driving,breathe test,Public House
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy F7DCWF - A coaster, drink coaster, beverage coaster, or beermat is an article used to rest beverages upon.
The purpose is to protect the surface of a table or any other surface where the user might place their beverage.
Public houses usually will have beermats spread out across the tables. They are used not just to protect the surface of the table, but, as they are usually made of paper, they can also be used to absorb condensation dripping along the glass or serve as an ad-hoc notepad. Beermats are often branded with trademarks or alcohol advertising. Beermats are not to be confused with bar mats, rectangular pieces of rubber or absorbent material used to protect the counter top and soak up spilled drinks in a bar or pub.
Great Britain
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Keywords: England,UK,GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Active,F15,green,blue,lake,facility,two,boat,boats,at,ticket,license,sailor,CH48,33,South Parade,West Kirby,Wirral,Merseyside,CH48 0QG,pastime,pastimes,hobby,sail,take,up,the,new,wet,wetsuit,equipment
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PP0NH1 -
33 South Parade, West Kirby, Wirral, Merseyside, England, UK, CH48 0QG
