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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,2026,11th July,11/07/2026,walking,walkers,community,Victoria Sq,Christian,parades,parade,village,July 2026,sunny,summer,day,religious,event,banner,Cheshire,British,faith,hill,life,road,spectators,street,tradition,traditional,gathering,Protestant,march,family,congregational,witness,village centre,blue and gold banner,bearers
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3F1P47B - Members of Hill Cliffe Baptist Church carry their traditional blue and gold banner through Stockton Heath village centre during the annual Stockton Heath Walking Day on Saturday 11 July 2026. The banner identifies the congregation and carries the message Proclaim from the Hill Top , while participants walk along the temporarily closed road in bright summer sunshine.
The photograph shows banner bearers leading members of the Baptist congregation through the busy community procession. Adults and young people in casual summer clothing follow behind, while spectators gather along the street near the shops and distinctive red-brick buildings of central Stockton Heath. Straw hats, sunglasses and strong sunlight reflect the warm weather, with a blue sky and scattered white clouds above the village.
Stockton Heath Walking Day is an annual Christian Walk of Witness involving local churches and community organisations. Participating groups traditionally assemble for an outdoor service before processing through the surrounding streets carrying their church banners. Temporary road closures allow congregations, families and local groups to walk together while residents and visitors watch from the route.
Hill Cliffe Baptist Church is based in the south Warrington area and serves communities around Appleton and Stockton Heath. Its participation illustrates the continuing relationship between Walking Day and the churches of the wider district.
Walking days have a long history across Warrington and other parts of North West England. They combine religious witness with a family occasion and public celebration, bringing different generations together within their neighbourhood. This contemporary scene records the survival of that distinctive regional tradition amid the shops, cafés and everyday surroundings of modern Stockton Heath.
London Road, Stockton Heath, Warrington, Cheshire, England, WA4 6NL
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,IMG_1171,Vandalised,life,ring,ring buoy,Dundee,footpath,safety,holder,Scotland,UK,orange,white,flotation,emergency,water,drowning,prevention,vandalism,antisocial,behaviour,public,equipment,rescue,risk,maintenance,community,pavement,missing,waterside,infrastructure,door,entry,inside
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3ENMR65 - Vandalised life ring or ring buoy lying on a Dundee footpath instead of being secured in its emergency safety holder, Scotland, UK. The orange-and-white flotation ring has been removed from its normal mounting and left on the ground beside a narrow pedestrian route bounded by stone walls. Life rings are installed beside waterways, harbours and other potentially hazardous waterside locations so that they can be thrown quickly to somebody in danger of drowning. Removing or damaging this equipment can leave an emergency location without an immediately available rescue aid. The photograph is suitable for editorial coverage of vandalism, antisocial behaviour, missing lifesaving equipment, water safety, drowning prevention, public safety, emergency infrastructure, local authority maintenance, community responsibility, risk management and the misuse of safety equipment. The conspicuous orange ring lying on the grey pavement creates a simple but powerful visual representation of essential public equipment being left unavailable for its intended purpose, making the image useful for campaigns and news stories concerning waterways and public safety.
Dundee, Scotland, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,Greater Manchester,England,lighting,Manchester,Daily Express,Building,office,glass,landmark,landmarks,buildings,city,centre,history,heritage,historic,newspaper,newspapers,outside,facade,art deco,art-deco,exterior,August,Gt Ancoats St,summer,adaptive,reuse,redevelopment,reflections,reflection,mirror,effect,urban,life,M4 5AD,M4
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3CGCJW3 - A wide-angle view of the Express Building on Great Ancoats Street in Manchester city centre, photographed in August 2025 during a period of bright summer weather. Clear blue skies and strong sunlight create striking reflections across the building's glass curtain wall, producing changing patterns of light that emphasise its geometric design.
Completed in the late 1930s as the northern headquarters of the Daily Express newspaper, the building is one of Manchester's most distinctive examples of interwar modernist architecture, often described as having strong Art Deco influences. Its use of glass, steel and clean horizontal lines represented a confident, forward-looking image of mass media and modern communication during the pre-war period.
Today, the Express Building has been repurposed as office accommodation, forming part of the wider regeneration of Great Ancoats Street and the eastern edge of Manchester city centre. The presence of pedestrians at street level highlights its continued role in everyday urban life, while the reflective façade mirrors the surrounding city, visually linking past and present.
The image captures how historic modernist architecture responds dynamically to summer light, and how Manchester's media heritage buildings have been adapted to contemporary use. It is well suited for editorial use covering architecture, urban regeneration, adaptive reuse, city-centre life, and the evolving relationship between light, material and the modern cityscape.
9 Great Ancoats Street, Ancoats, Manchester, M4 5AD
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,centre,Cymru,Wales,Welsh,UK,Playhouse,Gentlemens,Club,Cardiff,club sign,mens,club Cardiff,entertainment,venues,seedy,night,life,signs,traditional,outside,misogynistic,exterior,city,strip club,signage,neon,economy,lads,typical,CF10,CF10 2AG,private-members,venue,lonely,men,male entitlement,nightclub
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RFJ3D2 - A close view of an illuminated exterior sign for Playhouse Gentlemen's Club in Cardiff city centre. The circular sign, clearly displaying the name Playhouse along with heraldic-style graphics, is mounted above street level and lit with warm bulbs, designed to attract attention within a busy urban streetscape.
The venue operates as part of Cardiff's night-time leisure economy, which includes bars, clubs, live music venues and adult entertainment establishments concentrated around the city centre. Signs such as this play a functional and symbolic role, marking spaces associated with nightlife, consumption and adult-oriented leisure within the public realm.
The surrounding architecture reflects Cardiff's historic commercial streets, with upper-floor residential or office accommodation above ground-level leisure uses. The contrast between traditional building façades and modern illuminated signage illustrates how historic city centres adapt to changing patterns of entertainment and economic activity.
Photographed under conditions where artificial lighting is prominent, the image is well suited for editorial use covering nightlife economies, urban culture, adult entertainment regulation, city-centre leisure districts, and debates around the role of such venues within modern British cities.
Playhouse Gentlemen's Club, Queen Street, Cardiff, Wales, UK, CF10 2AG
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,UK,light,lighting,of,a,an,switched,on,switch,orange,red,bright,hope,positive,positivity,pleasant,emotions,content,contentment,to,intense,joy,turn,turned,life,satisfaction,well-being,subjective,inner,flourishing,eudaimonia,tungsten,glow,glowing
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2P6JKB4 - . An on-location photograph from the recorded location in 2023, showing the named subject as part of a wider social, commercial, cultural or physical setting rather than as an isolated object. The principal subject is Filament of an electric lightbulb, reading Happy - pleasant emotions and joy. A broader reading of the photograph includes commercial frontage, archival record, social history, local enterprise, changing land use, everyday life, small business, changing streetscape, independent retail, bricks-and-mortar retail, visual archive, community identity, customer footfall, and specialist shop. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with footfall, store closures and how commercial property costs affect small retailers. The archival value lies partly in recording building condition and alterations around the recorded location before new ownership alters the character of the place. Other useful contextual ideas include street-level business, local character, high-street commerce, contemporary social history, before-and-after reference, shopfront economy, town-centre trading, and specialist retailer. The combination of reading, electric, Happy, Filament, and emotions anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. For the recorded location, the photograph contributes to a cumulative visual history in which changes in use, signs, access and appearance can be traced over time. The scene further reflects footfall and how commercial property costs affect small retailers without losing the local specificity of the recorded location. Its period value extends to town-centre regeneration and how commercial property costs affect small retailers in a form that can be compared with future views of the recorded location. The location additionally provides evidence of footfall and the resilience of specialist shops in an online retail economy within the real-world context of the recorded location.
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Germany,German,Rhineland-Palatinate,city,centre,Queeres,Zentrum,Queers,gay,gays,homosexual,transvestite,specialist,Queer Central,Hintere Bleiche 29,55116 Mainz,55116,Hintere Bleiche,29,Everyones point of view,nightlife,night,life,*IQ,Visbar Mainz eV,Visbar,eV,dusk,evening,nighttime,night time,gaybar,bars,hotpix.org.uk,scene,LGBTQ,LGBTQ+
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2NW51AD - More info at https://barjedersicht.de/ueber-uns/
The Bar Jedersicht is the center for lesbians, gays, bisexuals, trans*, intersexuals and queers in Mainz and the surrounding area - heterosexuals and heterosexuals are of course also welcome!
Behind the center is the support and support association Visbar Mainz eV
We are
1. A cultural center with a varied program of events .
2. A communication center “ numerous groups and clubs meet here .
3. A counseling center on the subject of sexual and gender identity and coming out.
4. A bar and bistro .
5. A place where almost everything is done by motivated people on a voluntary basis - would you like to get involved too ?
Your membership in our association or a donation also helps us to make queer life in Mainz visible. The contributions are tax deductible. You can find more information about this here !
Hintere Bleiche 29, 55116 Mainz
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,english,UK,at,man,enjoying,canal,Clayton,BCLM,No,1342,the,on,boat,brew,tea,break,a,drinking,narrowboat,barge,and,&,Fellows Morton,midlands,Tipton,strong,beard,bearded,hat,carrier,men,Canal & River Trust,life
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2NBWGH2 - . An on-location photograph from Tipton, Dudley, West Midlands, England, UK in 2023, showing the named subject as part of a wider social, commercial, cultural or physical setting rather than as an isolated object. The location is represented through Pilot on the Birmingham canals, at Dudley, Black Country, Peacock No 102 narrowboat and canal boatman, Fellows Morton & Clayton. The wider scene also brings together canal infrastructure, visual archive, working waterway, contemporary social history, regional identity, changing streetscape, everyday life, managed navigation, heritage boating, lock flight, local character, inland navigation, blue-green corridor, and navigation engineering. In present-day coverage, the subject reaches into heritage conservation and volunteering, not least because of how navigation heritage coexists with modern flood and environmental management. Future viewers can use this scene from Tipton, Dudley, West Midlands, England, UK to compare landscape treatment and surrounding development with whatever follows after replacement signage. The subject also sits alongside before-and-after reference, changing land use, period detail, public realm, towpath landscape, canal heritage, historical comparison, and documentary photography. The recorded references to Morton, canal, Clayton, Fellows, and Pilot preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. A later view of Tipton, Dudley, West Midlands, 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 conservation and how navigation heritage coexists with modern flood and environmental management within the real-world context of Tipton, Dudley, West Midlands, England, UK. The scene captures evidence of changing use as part of Tipton, Dudley, West Midlands, England, UK's history.
Tipton, Dudley, West Midlands, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,UK,Eurovision,2023,city,centre,host,L2,cavern walks,club,singer,icon,iconic,Scouse,musician,arms,in,the,air,Maria Veronica,1960,sexy,slim,music,television presenter,actress,Cavern Club,Mathew St,Liverpool,Merseyside,L2 6RE,female,artist,full,life,size,life-size
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2P6JJEY - Priscilla Maria Veronica White OBE (27 May 1943 “ 1 August 2015), better known as Cilla Black, was an English singer, television presenter and actress.
Championed by her friends the Beatles, Black began her career as a singer in 1963. Her singles Anyone Who Had a Heart and You're My World both reached number one in the UK in 1964. She had 11 top 10 hits on the UK Singles Chart between then and 1971, and an additional eight hits that made the top 40. In May 2010, new research published by BBC Radio 2 showed that her version of Anyone Who Had a Heart was the UK's biggest-selling single by a female artist in the 1960s. You're My World was also a modest hit in the U.S., peaking at No. 26 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Along with a successful recording career in the 1960s and early 1970s, Black hosted her own BBC variety show, Cilla (1968“1976). After a brief time as a comedy actress, she became a prominent television presenter in the 1980s and 1990s, hosting hit entertainment shows such as Blind Date (1985“2003), Surprise Surprise (1984“2001) and The Moment of Truth (1998“2001). In 2013, Black celebrated 50 years in show business. ITV honoured this milestone with a one-off entertainment special which aired on 16 October 2013, The One & Only Cilla Black, featuring Black herself and hosted by Paul O'Grady.
Black died on 1 August 2015 at the age of 72, after a fall in her villa in Estepona. The day after her funeral, the compilation album The Very Best of Cilla Black went to number one on the UK Albums Chart and the New Zealand Albums Chart
it was her first number one album. In 2017, a statue of Black commissioned by her sons was unveiled outside the Cavern Club's original entrance.
Cavern Club, Mathew St, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L2 6RE BW
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Keywords: HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,National Waterways Museum South Pier Road,Ellesmere Port,Cheshire,England,UK,CH65 4FW,CH65,life belt,lifebelt,ring,life,life ring,waterway,waterways,safety belt,affixed,to,a,brick wall,beside,Bridgewater Canal,with,rope,aid,risk,of,drowning,health,&,safety,lifering,ropes,buoy,life ring buoy
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K30843 - . Recorded at National Waterways Museum, South Pier Road, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, England, UK, CH65 4FW 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 main point of reference is Emergency Red and white, Ferrybuoy life ring, safety belt, affixed to a brick wall beside Bridgewater Canal, with rope. The setting additionally reflects working waterway, boat museum collection, documentary photography, visual archive, public-transport wayfinding, industrial navigation, transport accessibility, local character, public realm, historical comparison, street-side transport, local mobility, archival record, and changing streetscape. Today's relevance is strengthened by funding, flood resilience and the continuing question of how museum collections preserve working waterway history. From a 2025-onward perspective, decarbonisation and accessibility are closely linked to this subject, alongside how local bus services affect access to work, education and healthcare. The image fixes materials and architectural details within National Waterways Museum, South Pier Road, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, England, UK, CH65 4FW at one identifiable point, providing a benchmark against later reinterpretation. Further associations within the scene are place identity, local bus network, bus route infrastructure, navigation engineering, surface public transport, period detail, bus infrastructure, and changing land use. The recorded references to affixed, safety, Ferrybuoy, brick, and beside preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. For National Waterways Museum, South Pier Road, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, England, UK, CH65 4FW, the photograph contributes to a cumulative visual history in which changes in use, signs, access and appearance can be traced over time. That local specificity strengthens the long-term documentary value of image 2K30843.
National Waterways Museum, South Pier Road, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, England, UK, CH65 4FW
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Wales,welsh,Denbighshire,Cymru,UK,LL20 7TP,LL20,the,over,river,Dee,at,Trefor,canal,and,sailing,sails,walkway,waterway,navigation,summer,historic,old,tourist,attraction,tourism,tourists,popular,welcome,travel,staycation,staycations,Britain,life,jackets,health,safety
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JRA3HJ - . An identifiable period record of Vale of Llangollen, Trevor, Llangollen, Wales, UK, LL20 7TP in 2022, retaining practical detail and local context that distinguish documentary photography from a generic illustration. The location is represented through Canal canoes and canoeists crossing the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct, over the river Dee at Trevor, Llangollen, Wales, UK, LL20 7TP. A broader reading of the photograph includes archival record, field crop, documentary photography, canal transport, before-and-after reference, grain quality, social history, historic narrowboat, inland navigation, changing streetscape, changing land use, community identity, crop production, and canal heritage. Today's relevance is strengthened by flood resilience, public access and the continuing question of the cost of maintaining ageing locks, boats and canal structures. From a 2025-onward perspective, climate change and supply chains are closely linked to this subject, alongside how hotter and wetter weather affects crop reliability. Future viewers can use this scene from Vale of Llangollen, Trevor, Llangollen, Wales, UK, LL20 7TP to compare street furniture and boundaries with whatever follows after replacement signage. The subject also sits alongside historical comparison, summer fieldwork, visual archive, everyday life, arable farming, food supply chain, regional identity, and contemporary social history. The combination of Aqueduct, Wales, river, Pontcysyllte, and Llangollen anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. The wider setting at Vale of Llangollen, Trevor, Llangollen, Wales, UK, LL20 7TP matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. The setting also helps illustrate flood resilience and the cost of maintaining ageing locks, boats and canal structures within the specific setting of Vale of Llangollen, Trevor, Llangollen, Wales, UK, LL20 7TP.
Vale of Llangollen, Trevor, Llangollen, Wales, UK, LL20 7TP
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Keywords: HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,Fast food,England,UK,Kentucky,chicken,shop,takeaway,carryout,carry out,poor,bad,diet,diets,fatty,foods,lower,lowering,life,span,expectations,life expectancy,low,HLE,healthy life expectancy,health,disability,diabetes,high blood pressure,heart,disease,saturated,fat,deep,fried,town,overweight,obesity
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JRB2XJ - . Made at Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK in 2022, this photograph records a real place and moment, preserving details that may later be altered by redevelopment, rebranding, changing ownership or different public use. The main point of reference is Hello Blackpool - Whats Clucking? KFC, Fast food, Junk Food, fried Food lowering life expectations in Lancashire and at the seaside, England, UK. A broader reading of the photograph includes local social venue, customer footfall, commercial streetscape, everyday life, visual archive, changing land use, night-time economy, customer-facing leisure, regional identity, street-level dining, destination shopping, local character, shopfront economy, and neighbourhood drinking venue. Current relevance extends to consumer spending and brand consolidation, particularly through the role of markets and independent shops in keeping town centres active. In present-day coverage, the subject reaches into commercial rents and staffing pressure, not least because of how branded and independent hospitality compete for changing leisure spending. Small period details of public access and movement at Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK may become more significant with time, particularly following changing commercial priorities. The wider setting retains connections with local history, hospitality trade, mixed-use town centre, town-centre economy, high-street commerce, consumer retail, before-and-after reference, and community pub. The recorded references to seaside, Blackpool, Lancashire, Whats, and lowering preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. The period setting at Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. The frame retains a point of historical comparison as part of Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK's history.
Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Moore nature reserve,Moore,nature reserve,wood,fingerpost,village,Warrington,Cheshire,Raptor,Watch,signs,WA4,WA4 6XE,Lapwing Ln,Penketh,England,UK,scenic viewpoint,scenic,viewpoint,nature,walk,walks,around,reserve,reserves,natural,trail,trails,wild,life,wildlife,observation,point,points
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JWB54G - . This scene at Lapwing Ln, Penketh, Cheshire, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 6XE 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 principal subject is Moore nature reserve , Raptor Watch View Point sign, Lapwing Ln, Penketh, Cheshire, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 6XE. A broader reading of the photograph includes historical comparison, community identity, period watch design, mid-century timepiece, vintage wristwear, Swiss horology, regional identity, period detail, horological collecting, documentary photography, before-and-after reference, watch dial typography, archival record, and watchmaking heritage. In present-day coverage, the subject reaches into mechanical craftsmanship and second-hand markets, not least because of the collector interest created by original boxes, dials and period movements. As a dated visual record of Lapwing Ln, Penketh, Cheshire, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 6XE, the frame retains materials and architectural details, making it especially useful if different community use subsequently changes the scene. The photograph additionally reflects collectable wristwatch, local history, social history, manual-wind movement, visual archive, public realm, everyday life, and mechanical movement. Details involving Lapwing, Raptor, Point, Moore, and Penketh make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. The period setting at Lapwing Ln, Penketh, Cheshire, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 6XE helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. The scene captures a local visual benchmark for later comparison. The period view preserves a point of historical comparison within the wider story of Lapwing Ln, Penketh, Cheshire, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 6XE.
Lapwing Ln, Penketh, Cheshire, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 6XE
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,UK,One,most,film,touching from a distance,Deborah Woodruff,Mill St,IanCurtis,mural,Akse,artist,summer,celebrating,the,life,vocals,suicide,death,singing,Warsaw,Factory Records,mental health,Ian Curtis mural,Joy Division frontman,Macclesfield high street,Akse P19 artwork,Mill Street landmark,Cheshire music heritage,town centre streetscape,post-punk memorial,British music icon,public art attraction,hometown,tourism,music pilgrimage site,Ian Kevin Curtis
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JP0KAW - Broad high-street view of the Ian Curtis mural on Mill Street in Macclesfield, Cheshire, showing the artwork within its town-centre setting. The monochrome portrait covers the dark-painted gable above the Express Mini Market and depicts the Joy Division singer holding a microphone during a live performance. Manchester-based street artist Akse P19 created the mural from a 1979 photograph by music photographer Kevin Cummins. Its near-black background and face and hands contrast with the adjoining pale building and clear blue summer sky.
The photograph looks downhill along Mill Street towards central Macclesfield. Independent shops, pedestrians, parked vehicles and traditional brick buildings create a recognisable English high-street scene. Top Cut barber occupies the adjoining frontage, while the distant domed roof and Cheshire hills add local context. The sloping road makes the giant portrait visible as both public artwork and local landmark.
Cheshire East Council commissioned the mural to support culture, public art and regeneration in Macclesfield town centre. It was completed in March 2022 and unveiled on 26 March, with Joy Division co-founder and bass guitarist Peter Hook attending. The mural stands at 86 Mill Street, adjacent to Macclesfield bus station, and has become an attraction for photographers, music tourists and visitors following the town's art trail.
Ian Curtis was brought up in Macclesfield and remained closely associated with the Cheshire town. As singer and lyricist of Joy Division, he became a defining figure of British post-punk. The band's Factory Records releases included Unknown Pleasures and Closer, alongside songs such as Love Will Tear Us Apart, Transmission and Atmosphere. After Curtis died in 1980, the surviving members formed New Order. Akse's mural connects that musical legacy with the ordinary shops and streets of Curtis's home town, giving the high street a powerful memorial and distinctive sense of place
86 Mill Street, Macclesfield, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom, SK11 6NN
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,UK,England,W1D 4QH,philosopher,GLC,indicating,the,Marx,1851-56,house,at,lived,life,of,area,two,houses,on,leftwing,number,64,1851,1856,rented,tenant,here,today,summer,Britain,in,anniversary,Marxs,birth,communism,communist,origin,RCP
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JJGB21 - Life in Dean St - more at https://buddhistsocialism.weebly.com/karl-marx-ndash-life-at-28-dean-street-ndash-soho-london-w1-2016.html
On the 11.2.2016, a delegation representing the BMA (UK) visited the site of 28 Dean Street, situated in the Soho area of West London “ which is a five minute walk from Gerrard Street (in the heart of London's Chinatown), and a one minute walk from Soho Square Gardens. Karl Marx and his family lived in two houses on Dean Street “ firstly number 64 and then number 28. The room the Marx family occupied at 64 Dean Street is generally described as small “ being no bigger than a closet or store cupboard. By the time Marx moved into 28 Dean Street “ his family comprised of himself, his wife Jenny (who was pregnant), his housekeeper Lenchen, and their three children (Jennychen, Laura and Edgar). Their youngest son “ Henry ˜Guido' Marx “ died in November 1850 whilst the family were still living at 64 Dean Street. The Marx family rented only a small area of 28 Dean Street consisting initially of just two rooms (Marx would later rent a third room for use as his study). In his Karl Marx “ A Biography (1995) the historian David McLellan describes the two rooms as being situated on the second floor of the building and comprising of a back small bedroom and a larger front room (measuring 15ft by 18ft) that had three windows looking out onto the street. He further states that the Marx family lived in this house from 1851 to 1856 (Page 240), but on photograph number 8 in his book (situated between pages 178 and 179) he states that the date of occupation was in fact between 1850 and 1856. Indeed, the plaque raised by the now defunct Greater London Council (GLC) is affixed between two windows on the second floor of the building and quotes the dates of occupation as ˜1851-1856' “ a date that McLellan states is ˜not quite accurate' on his description of the photograph of 28 Dean Street.
28 Dean Street, Soho, London, England, UK, W1D 4QH
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,Hotpixuk,@Hotpixuk,welsh,Wales,NP4,Blaenafon,Torfaen,Pontypool,South Wales,Cymru,UK,NP4 9XP,miners,mine,services,NCB,south,Yorkshire,mining,colliery,nationalised,coal,shirt,safety,team,safe,mines,ltd,limited,emergency,emergencies,rescues,proud,pride,saving,lives,life,of,flood
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JAGDAH - Mine rescue or mines rescue is the specialised job of rescuing miners and others who have become trapped or injured in underground mines because of mining accidents, roof falls or floods and disasters such as explosions.
Altofts Colliery manager, W.E. Garforth suggested using a gallery to test rescue apparatus and train rescuers in 1899 and one was built at his pit in Altofts West Yorkshire. It cost £13,000. He also suggested the idea of a network of rescue stations. The first British mines rescue station opened at Tankersley in 1902. It was commissioned by the West Yorkshire Coal Mine Owners Association.[8] Its building is grade II listed.
In the United Kingdom a series of disasters in the 19th century brought about Royal Commissions which developed the idea of improving mine safety. The commissions influenced the Coal Mines Act of 1911 which made the provision of rescue stations compulsory. By 1919 there were 43 stations in the UK but as the coal industry declined from the last quarter of the 20th century many were closed, leaving six as of 2013, at Crossgates in Fife, Houghton-le-Spring in Tyne and Wear, Kellingley at Beal in North Yorkshire, Rawdon in Derbyshire, Dinas at Tonypandy in Glamorgan and at Mansfield Woodhouse in Nottinghamshire. The MRS Training centre at Houghton-le-Spring opened in 1913 is one of the six surviving British rescue stations which are operated by MRS Training and Rescue. It is a Grade II listed building.
Mines rescue featured in the 1952 film The Brave Don't Cry which was a testimony to the Knockshinnoch disaster. Mine rescuers have often been recognised in Britain by the award of gallantry medals.
In Britain, mines rescue teams may be called to investigate holes in the ground that have appeared because of land surface subsidence into old mineshafts and mine workings
Blaenafon, Torfaen, Pontypool, South Wales, Cymru, UK, , NP4 9XP
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Keywords: HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK,SCARS,Fiddlers Ferry lock,Fiddlers Ferry Marina,Fiddlers Ferry Boatyard,Fidlers Ferry,Yacht Haven,Fidlers Ferry Sailing Club,swans,swan,cygnet,WA5 2UJ,WA5,west,western,Merseyside,water,waterway,wild,bird,birds,life,bird life,birdlife,family,families,group,of,the,fowl,canal,disused,haven
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2CB00E5 - . This carefully observed view of Fiddlers Ferry yacht haven, Penketh, Warrington,Cheshire, England, UK, WA5 2UJ fixes a specific place, use and moment for later historical comparison. The view specifically shows Swans with young Cygnets, at Fiddlers Ferry yacht haven,boatyard, summer, Penketh, Warrington,Cheshire, England, UK, WA5 2UJ. Further connections within the scene include riparian setting, historic transport corridor, archival record, lock-side environment, managed navigation, social landscape, local history, regional identity, before-and-after reference, everyday Britain, contemporary history, towpath landscape, documentary photography, and place identity. The present-day relevance extends to waterway maintenance and towpath access, while a wider concern is balancing leisure use with engineering and environmental needs. Future viewers can use this scene from Fiddlers Ferry yacht haven, Penketh, Warrington,Cheshire, England, UK, WA5 2UJ to compare materials and construction with whatever follows after altered transport patterns. The surrounding context includes industrial waterway history, community identity, public realm, local character, boating network, blue-green infrastructure, canal heritage, and urban change. References to Swans, Ferry, young, Fiddlers, and Cygnets give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to the named subject. A later view of Fiddlers Ferry yacht haven, Penketh, Warrington,Cheshire, England, UK, WA5 2UJ may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. Its period value extends to waterway maintenance and the value of canals and rivers as blue-green corridors within the specific setting of Fiddlers Ferry yacht haven, Penketh, Warrington,Cheshire, England, UK, WA5 2UJ. This gives Fiddlers Ferry yacht haven, Penketh, Warrington,Cheshire, England, UK, WA5 2UJ another specific visual benchmark for later local, social or physical change.
Fiddlers Ferry yacht haven, Penketh, Warrington,Cheshire, England, UK, WA5 2UJ
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Keywords: HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK,SCARS,Fiddlers Ferry lock,Fiddlers Ferry Marina,Fiddlers Ferry Boatyard,Fidlers Ferry,Yacht Haven,Fidlers Ferry Sailing Club,swans,swan,cygnet,WA5 2UJ,WA5,west,western,Merseyside,water,waterway,wild,bird,birds,life,bird life,birdlife,family,families,group,of,the,fowl,canal,disused,haven
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2CB00E8 - . This scene at Fiddlers Ferry yacht haven, Penketh, Warrington,Cheshire, England, UK, WA5 2UJ documents an everyday subject with wider connections to local identity, social history and changing patterns of use. The scene records Swans with young Cygnets, at Fiddlers Ferry yacht haven,boatyard, summer, Penketh, Warrington,Cheshire, England, UK, WA5 2UJ. The photograph also carries associations with towpath landscape, visual archive, inland navigation, historical comparison, place identity, riparian setting, industrial waterway history, waterborne travel, changing streetscape, boating network, local character, waterside infrastructure, lock-side environment, and public realm. The present-day relevance extends to waterway maintenance and flood resilience, while a wider concern is the value of canals and rivers as blue-green corridors. The photograph fixes ownership and occupation within Fiddlers Ferry yacht haven, Penketh, Warrington,Cheshire, England, UK, WA5 2UJ at one identifiable point, providing a benchmark against replacement signage. The surrounding context includes archival record, built environment, community identity, before-and-after reference, managed navigation, regional identity, local history, and contemporary history. References to young, summer, Ferry, haven, and Swans give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to the named subject. The surrounding context at Fiddlers Ferry yacht haven, Penketh, Warrington,Cheshire, England, UK, WA5 2UJ matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. The wider significance includes waterway maintenance and the long transition from freight route to leisure and heritage asset without losing the local specificity of Fiddlers Ferry yacht haven, Penketh, Warrington,Cheshire, England, UK, WA5 2UJ. The location retains evidence of continuity and change for retrospective editorial use.
Fiddlers Ferry yacht haven, Penketh, Warrington,Cheshire, England, UK, WA5 2UJ
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Keywords: @Hotpixuk,HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,UK,England,letters,pensioner,pensioners,older,old,adult,issues,supported,housing,lives,life,keeping,well,safe,Old Age,pension,retired,retirement,dignity,growing,gracefully,slogan,slogans,Scrabble letters,Scrabble words,Scrabble word,tile,tiles,wood,wooden,elderly care,oaps
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AE024P - . An authentic period view of Britain , UK in 2019, showing a subject whose value extends beyond the immediate scene into local history and changing social context. The location is represented through Old,OAP,Care,Elderly,quality,support, in Scrabble letters. Other connected aspects include before-and-after reference, contemporary social history, place-making, built environment, regional music scene, nightlife culture, residential environment, visual archive, grassroots gig, music subculture, public realm, concert photography, housing affordability, and independent music. For contemporary context, music tourism and independent promotion are closely related themes, especially where the issue becomes the fragility of local music scenes. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject sits within continuing debate about planning, housing supply and how housing quality affects everyday wellbeing. For future researchers, the frame preserves period details that may disappear after redevelopment or refurbishment as seen at Britain , UK. A second layer of the scene includes music heritage, place identity, changing land use, community identity, popular-music history, regional identity, affordable homes, and changing streetscape. The combination of Scrabble, Elderly, quality, letters, and support anchors the image to a recognisable activity, place or moment. For Britain , UK, the photograph contributes to a cumulative visual history in which changes in use, signs, access and appearance can be traced over time. A further contemporary connection is music tourism and the fragility of local music scenes within the real-world context of Britain , UK. The wider significance includes tenant rights and the importance of maintenance, accountability and tenant rights within the specific setting of Britain , UK. Another strand within the photograph is heritage and the archival value of recording bands and venues before they disappear as part of the longer story of Britain , UK.
Britain , UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AE024F - . Photographed at Brick Lane, London, England, GB, E1 6QL in 2019, this is a specific real-world record of the subject, its setting and the period details surrounding it. The scene shows Art is Life,painting,graffiti,Brick Lane,eastend,London,England,UK, E1. Further facets of the subject include conservation interest, urban fabric, historic frontage, period streetscape, industrial supply chain, heritage asset, changing streetscape, regional identity, traditional building materials, historical comparison, public realm, visual archive, factory history, and industrial artefact. For contemporary context, adaptive reuse and factory closures are closely related themes, especially where the issue becomes the historical importance of everyday manufactured objects and materials. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject sits within continuing debate about heritage conservation, planning control and the contrast between preservation and redevelopment. As the area changes, the photograph preserves the way the place functioned before later physical or commercial change within Brick Lane, London, England, GB, E1 6QL. The wider local story also touches on changing land use, local character, historic townscape, period building, production technology, contemporary social history, heritage landmark, and building-material production. References to Brick, graffiti, painting, London, and eastend help fix the photograph to its own subject and period rather than reducing it to a generic view. A later view of Brick Lane, London, England, GB, E1 6QL may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. A further contemporary connection is adaptive reuse and the historical importance of everyday manufactured objects and materials as part of the longer story of Brick Lane, London, England, GB, E1 6QL. The image fixes a local visual benchmark as a date-specific reference.
Brick Lane, London, England, GB, E1 6QL
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Eire,Ireland,tourist,travel,signs,signage,lit,night,sign,open,67,OConnell,St,Street,Upper,North City,Dublin 1,D01 C1Y6,Dublin,city,centre,entertainment,entertainments,leisure,Irish,nightlife,life,ring,rings,shop,well known,bright,lights,up
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2MG405P - . An on-location photograph from 67 O'Connell Street Upper, North City, Dublin 1, D01 C1Y6, Eire, Ireland in 2019, showing the named subject as part of a wider social, commercial, cultural or physical setting rather than as an isolated object. The main point of reference is Donuts, Come in and visit, red neon sign at night, Dublin, Eire, Ireland. A broader reading of the photograph includes promotional board, tourist town economy, regional food identity, local produce retail, street-level marketing, advertising ephemera, period detail, visual merchandising, before-and-after reference, regional branding, local speciality shop, community identity, changing streetscape, and tourism business. For current editorial use, cost of living and regional branding provide additional context, especially through the role of gateway towns in national-park visitor economies. Current relevance extends to commercial competition and advertising regulation, particularly through how signs and displays become time-specific records of commercial language. Future viewers can use this scene from 67 O'Connell Street Upper, North City, Dublin 1, D01 C1Y6, Eire, Ireland to compare local activity and public use with whatever follows after new construction. The location also brings in Highland gateway retail, contemporary social history, Trossachs tourism, public realm, visual archive, documentary photography, historic signage, and visitor retail. References to visit, Dublin, night, Donuts, and Ireland give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. A later view of 67 O'Connell Street Upper, North City, Dublin 1, D01 C1Y6, Eire, Ireland may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. The record includes period character for future local research. The frame retains a trace of local identity before later change alters the scene.
67 O'Connell Street Upper, North City, Dublin 1, D01 C1Y6, Eire, Ireland
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Keywords: HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,Somerset,SDC,Sedgemoor,South West England,England,UK,South West,town,TA6,night time,evening,statue,history,TA6 3BU,market,hall,nightlife,life,Prezzo,Italian Restaurant,traditional,public,markets,old market,listed,grade II,night,place,old,at,Sedgemoor District Council,stone,stonework,column,columns
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AFMJTM - . Photographed at Bridgwater Somerset, South West England, UK, TA6 3BU in 2019, this is a specific real-world record of the subject, its setting and the period details surrounding it. The principal point of reference is Dusk in Bridgwater,Somerset, town centre, old market hall,Cornhill,South West England, UK,TA6 3BU. The frame also contains themes of everyday life, historic townscape, documentary photography, national food identity, built heritage, community identity, changing streetscape, culinary tradition, traditional cuisine, historic context, archival record, food heritage, architectural detailing, and heritage asset. The subject remains useful for current coverage of adaptive reuse and embodied carbon, not least because of the contrast between preservation and redevelopment. Today's wider story includes regional tourism, food prices and the practical question of the tourism and cultural value of distinctive local cuisine. From an archival perspective, the frame preserves the relationship between the subject and its surroundings in this part of Bridgwater Somerset, South West England, UK, TA6 3BU. The photograph additionally reflects festive eating, regional food culture, traditional recipe, visual archive, historic frontage, architectural character, food-and-drink tradition, and conservation architecture. The combination of Cornhill, Somerset, market, Bridgwater, and centre anchors the image to a recognisable activity, place or moment. Around Bridgwater Somerset, South West England, UK, TA6 3BU, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. Another strand within the photograph is adaptive reuse and the role of distinctive architecture in local identity within the real-world context of Bridgwater Somerset, South West England, UK, TA6 3BU. The period view preserves a local visual benchmark before later change alters the scene.
Bridgwater Somerset, South West England, UK, TA6 3BU
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AFMJTT - . A dated documentary view of the recorded location in 2019, recording the subject as it appeared at that point rather than as a generic stock illustration. At the centre of the frame is Dusk at Bridgwater's old Public Marketplace,Somerset,South West England, UK, TA6. The image connects the immediate subject with built heritage, heritage landmark, social history, local history, changing land use, traditional masonry, historic frontage, cultural gastronomy, food heritage, everyday life, food-and-drink tradition, urban fabric, adaptive reuse, and regional speciality. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject sits within continuing debate about heritage conservation, energy retrofit and reusing existing buildings rather than demolishing them. The present-day relevance extends to food prices and consumer spending, while a wider concern is how food traditions survive alongside changing diets and lifestyles. As a documentary source, the photograph anchors local appearance, occupation, access and public activity within the setting of the recorded location. The wider local story also touches on culinary tradition, documentary photography, seasonal celebration, period streetscape, ceremonial meal, regional identity, traditional recipe, and community identity. The combination of Marketplace, Bridgwater's, Somerset, and Public anchors the image to a recognisable activity, place or moment. The period setting at the recorded location helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. The location additionally provides evidence of heritage conservation and reusing existing buildings rather than demolishing them in a form that can be compared with future views of the recorded location. A further contemporary connection is local sourcing and how food traditions survive alongside changing diets and lifestyles within the real-world context of the recorded location.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AFMJTA - . This period scene at Bridgwater Somerset, South West England, UK, TA6 3BU in 2019 provides a visual reference to the named subject and the wider commercial, social, cultural or physical environment around it. The principal point of reference is Dusk in Bridgwater,Somerset, town centre, old market hall,Cornhill,South West England, UK,TA6 3BU. The locality and subject together evoke regional food culture, place identity, national food identity, culinary tradition, food-and-drink tradition, ceremonial meal, contemporary social history, documentary photography, archival record, everyday life, cultural gastronomy, seasonal celebration, period detail, and visual archive. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject sits within continuing debate about adaptive reuse, historic townscape and reusing existing buildings rather than demolishing them. The present-day relevance extends to traditional celebrations and food prices, while a wider concern is the tourism and cultural value of distinctive local cuisine. As the area changes, the view documents the way the place functioned before later physical or commercial change within Bridgwater Somerset, South West England, UK, TA6 3BU. The wider local story also touches on public realm, local history, conservation interest, historical comparison, food heritage, regional identity, period streetscape, and historic context. Elements such as Cornhill, market, centre, Somerset, and Bridgwater add documentary specificity and may become more useful when compared with later records. For Bridgwater Somerset, South West England, UK, TA6 3BU, the photograph contributes to a cumulative visual history in which changes in use, signs, access and appearance can be traced over time. The location additionally provides evidence of adaptive reuse and the contrast between preservation and redevelopment as part of the longer story of Bridgwater Somerset, South West England, UK, TA6 3BU.
Bridgwater Somerset, South West England, UK, TA6 3BU
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Keywords: HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,Somerset,SDC,Sedgemoor,South West England,England,UK,South West,town,TA6,night time,evening,statue,history,TA6 3BU,market,hall,nightlife,life,Prezzo,Italian Restaurant,evenings,old,building,Victorian,restaurant,restaurants,Prezzo restaurant,pizzeria,light,lighting,sign,centre,heritage,tourist,attraction,illuminated
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AFMKCP - . Made at Bridgwater Somerset, South West England, UK, TA6 3BU in 2019, this photograph records a real place and subject in context, allowing later viewers to compare what has survived, changed, closed, moved or been replaced. At the centre of the frame is Dusk in Bridgwater,Somerset, town centre, old market hall,Cornhill,South West England, UK,TA6 3BU. The frame also contains themes of traditional masonry, historic townscape, historic frontage, architectural detailing, national food identity, cultural gastronomy, culinary tradition, heritage landmark, seasonal celebration, heritage asset, everyday life, adaptive reuse, regional food culture, and public realm. Current discussion around this subject increasingly includes redevelopment pressure alongside embodied carbon, with particular attention to the contrast between preservation and redevelopment. From a 2025-onward perspective, the scene also connects with consumer spending, regional tourism and how food traditions survive alongside changing diets and lifestyles. Looking back from the mid-2020s, the frame records signage, materials, design and everyday use at the recorded site in Bridgwater Somerset, South West England, UK, TA6 3BU. The photograph additionally reflects conservation interest, comfort food, regional speciality, regional identity, historic context, food-and-drink tradition, visual archive, and historical comparison. Elements such as Bridgwater, Somerset, centre, market, and Cornhill add documentary specificity and may become more useful when compared with later records. The surrounding context at Bridgwater Somerset, South West England, UK, TA6 3BU matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. The scene further reflects redevelopment pressure and the role of distinctive architecture in local identity in a form that can be compared with future views of Bridgwater Somerset, South West England, UK, TA6 3BU.
Bridgwater Somerset, South West England, UK, TA6 3BU
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Manchester,England,UK,M1 3HZ,M1,tourists,ticket,tickets,annual,parties,celebrating,the,circus,and,embracing,LGBTQ+,friends,visitors,partners,August,25th,2018,Saturday,life,love,MCR,inclusion,acceptance,atmosphere,Mancunian,Mancunians,community,LGBTQIA+,crowded,crowds,busy,rammed
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RDATXA - . The Manchester Pride party festival in Bloom Street, celebrating the circus and embracing MCR LGBTQ+ friends, visitors and partners, August 25th 2018. Photographed on 25 August 2018, this summer image records the subject in its real-world setting and provides a contemporary visual reference for the place, activity, object or organisation shown. The recorded location is Bloom Street, Manchester, England, UK, M1 3HZ, adding precise geographical context for editorial, documentary, travel and local-history searches. Key searchable subjects associated with the scene include Manchester, M1 3HZ, tourists, ticket, tickets, annual, parties, celebrating, circus, embracing, LGBTQ+, friends, providing natural SEO coverage without losing the specific documentary identity of the photograph. The music context makes the image useful for editorial coverage of performers, venues, concerts, popular culture, local music heritage, audiences, nightlife and the creative industries. Such scenes can become important cultural records as bands, venues, festivals and city music districts change, linking contemporary entertainment with wider stories about tourism, identity and regeneration. The frame provides a detailed documentary record of the subject as it appeared at the time of photography, preserving the surrounding context as well as the principal feature. Its value is both descriptive and editorial, allowing the scene to illustrate news, features, local history, travel, social change and retrospective comparison. Visible or contextual elements such as architecture, signage, branding, public realm, transport infrastructure, street furniture and everyday activity help establish a strong sense of place where they form part of the scene. The photograph can also support future before-and-after use if the building, business, service, streetscape, transport operation or public space is later altered, redeveloped, rebranded or closed.
Bloom Street, Manchester, England, UK, M1 3HZ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy H3TP0P - . This dated editorial view of Canal St,Manchester,England,UK in 2016 captures more than the immediate subject, retaining clues about local use, design, activity and change. The image documents The Rembrandt pub,Canal St Gay Village,Manchester,England. A broader reading of the photograph includes historic streetscape, documentary photography, local history, built heritage, before-and-after reference, heritage asset, contemporary social history, social history, place identity, community identity, public realm, historic townscape, visual archive, and everyday life. The wider contemporary story combines redevelopment pressure, heritage conservation and the value of architectural landmarks to local identity and tourism. The image fixes local activity and public use within Canal St,Manchester,England,UK at one identifiable point, providing a benchmark against closure or conversion. The subject also sits alongside conservation interest, period building, conservation architecture, urban fabric, period detail, changing streetscape, adaptive reuse, and architectural character. Details involving Manchester, Canal, Rembrandt, and Village make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. The wider setting at Canal St,Manchester,England,UK matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. Another strand within the photograph is redevelopment pressure and keeping older buildings useful without erasing their distinctive character within the real-world context of Canal St,Manchester,England,UK. The setting also helps illustrate planning control and the balance between conservation, retrofit and modern accessibility within the specific setting of Canal St,Manchester,England,UK. The image fixes period character as a date-specific reference. It also preserves a trace of local identity for later comparison.
Canal St,Manchester,England,UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy H3TPCP - . Recorded at Canal St,Manchester,England,UK in 2016, the image fixes a recognisable subject and its environment at one point in time, giving later viewers a reliable basis for comparison. The image documents The Docs,Bloom St,Gay Village,Manchester,England. Other connected aspects include changing land use, community identity, urban fabric, contemporary social history, visual archive, historic streetscape, heritage asset, historic townscape, before-and-after reference, archival record, period architecture, heritage landmark, social history, and conservation interest. Current relevance extends to embodied carbon and redevelopment pressure, particularly through how historic buildings acquire new uses as cities change. The image fixes signage and branding within Canal St,Manchester,England,UK at one identifiable point, providing a benchmark against different community use. The photograph additionally reflects regional identity, cityscape history, historical comparison, period detail, conservation architecture, everyday life, adaptive reuse, and architectural character. References to Village, Manchester, and Bloom give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. For Canal St,Manchester,England,UK, the photograph contributes to a cumulative visual history in which changes in use, signs, access and appearance can be traced over time. The setting also helps illustrate embodied carbon and how historic buildings acquire new uses as cities change in a form that can be compared with future views of Canal St,Manchester,England,UK. The image also provides a reference for redevelopment pressure and keeping older buildings useful without erasing their distinctive character within the real-world context of Canal St,Manchester,England,UK. Another useful connection is adaptive reuse and how historic buildings acquire new uses as cities change within the specific setting of Canal St,Manchester,England,UK.
Canal St,Manchester,England,UK
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Keywords: Munich,Bavaria,Germany,at,night,Augustiner,Beer,Garten,architecture,augustiner,beer,building,center,city,citylife,cityscape,downtown,drink,europe,food,german,germany,hall,history,holiday,Augustiner Beer Garten,Augustiner Bier Garten,GoTonySmith,iconic,icon,keller,landmark,landscape,leisure,life,munich,night,old,outdoor,people,popular,restaurant,sight,tourism,tourist,town,tradition,travel,travelling,upper,urban,urbane,vacation,Augustiner-Keller,Arnulfstr. 52,80335,München,Germany,beer festival,beer garden,bier,blaukraut,bread,brezen,bright,building,buildings,buy images of,buy pictures of,center,centre,chicken,dirndl,dumplings,enjoyment,event,fairgrounds,festival,field,fun,funfair,garden,garten,germany,gotonysmith,happy,in,kndel,ksesptzle,lederhosen,meadow,munchen,munich,munich octoberfest,munich oktoberfest,october,octoberfest,oktoberfest,oktoberfest beer,pancake,pork,potato,pretzels,reiberdatschi,roast,rotkohl,sauerkraut,scenes,sennerhut,sunny,table,tables,tent,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy F7N7EJ - . A grounded documentary photograph made at Augustiner Beer Garten,Munich,Bavaria,Germany at night - Augustiner-Keller,Arnulfstr. 52, 80335 Muni in 2015, combining the immediate subject with evidence of the surrounding streetscape, public realm, business activity or local character. The frame specifically shows Augustiner Beer Garten,Munich,Bavaria,Germany at night. Other connected aspects include public realm, local social venue, before-and-after reference, social history, local character, period detail, visitor hospitality, real-ale culture, traditional pub, everyday life, changing streetscape, community identity, documentary photography, and beer-led hospitality. Current relevance extends to beer duty and tourism, particularly through pressure on hospitality margins in the mid-2020s. For later comparison, the photograph preserves local activity and public use at Augustiner Beer Garten,Munich,Bavaria,Germany at night - Augustiner-Keller,Arnulfstr. 52, 80335 Muni, details that may look very different after conservation work. Further associations within the scene are changing land use, archival record, local history, traditional ale house, community drinking venue, place identity, licensed trade, and pub heritage. The recorded references to Munich, night, Bavaria, Augustiner, and Garten preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. The period setting at Augustiner Beer Garten,Munich,Bavaria,Germany at night - Augustiner-Keller,Arnulfstr. 52, 80335 Muni helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. The setting also helps illustrate beer duty and pressure on hospitality margins in the mid-2020s as part of the longer story of Augustiner Beer Garten,Munich,Bavaria,Germany at night - Augustiner-Keller,Arnulfstr. 52, 80335 Muni. The frame retains a trace of local identity for later comparison.
Augustiner Beer Garten,Munich,Bavaria,Germany at night - Augustiner-Keller,Arnulfstr. 52, 80335 Muni
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Keywords: Battersea,London,England,UK,door,doors,ethnicity,Jesus,Said,I,am,the,way,the,truth,and,the,life,railway,station,railway station,final journey,final,journey,death,trip,funeral,dead,died,worship,god,Jesus,Said,I,am,the,way,the truth,gotonysmith,the way,the,way,truth,and,the life,community,Beacon-Light,modern,building,Nazareth,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy EC2T0P - The Church of the Nazarene is an international Cgurch which began in Britain, Canada and the United States of America (USA). Eleven small denominations, all sharing the Wesleyan heritage, came together in a series of unions between 1896 and 1958. One of those unions in 1908 is taken as the official beginning of the Church.
Of the eleven denominations, three were British. The first of these, a group in Scotland led by Rev. George Sharpe, joined in 1915. This was followed by two other groups in England, one led by Mr. David Thomas of london, the other led by Rev. Maynard G. James which headquarters in Lancashire, which united in 1952 and 1955.
THE MISSION OF THE CHURCH:
The Wesleyan Rivival that saved eighteenth century England from Revolution reaffirmed the testimaony and experience of the Early Church that God is ableto forgive man's sin and cleanse his heart from all unrighteousness (1John 1:9).
The mission of the church is, To make Christlike disciples in the nations. The Church of the |Nazarene seeks to share the love of God and the good news about Jesus Christ, and to demonstrate concern for the whole person by ministering to the Spiritual, Mental, Social and Physical.
2 Grant Road,Battersea,Clapham Junction,London,SW11 2NU
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy E6JB5X - . Red and white lifering at Seahouses port docks Northumbria , England UK. Photographed at Seahouses, England, UK. The photograph was taken on 08 August 2014. 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 Red, white, lifering, Seahouses, port, docks, Northumbria, Northeast, seaside and rope, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. The subject is relevant to industry, manufacturing, engineering, infrastructure, employment and the physical sites that support production and utilities. It can illustrate editorial coverage of factories, warehouses, industrial heritage, construction, logistics, investment, redevelopment, energy, engineering and the changing economic use of land. Machinery, structures, signage, yards, plant and surrounding buildings provide documentary evidence of a working or former industrial environment rather than an abstract business concept. The dated photograph also has archive value for future comparison as industrial sites are modernised, repurposed, demolished or incorporated into regeneration schemes. Search themes include industry, manufacturing, engineering, factories, warehouses, infrastructure, employment, logistics, industrial heritage and redevelopment. The view has particular archive value where working sites, plant or industrial buildings are later modernised, repurposed or demolished. The combination of a named subject, precise location and capture date gives the image particular value to editors who need a real, identifiable place rather than a generic illustrative photograph. It can be used in newspapers, magazines, books, websites, documentaries, heritage projects and retrospective features where geographical accuracy and period detail matter.
Seahouses, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DED05H - . Robert Fergusson Scots Poet bronze Statue from the canongate Edinburgh Royal Mile. Photographed on 26 August 2013. The recorded location is Canongate kirk, Edinburgh Royal Mile, Scotland UK. Edinburgh-born poet Robert Fergusson achieved so much poetical success in his short life of twenty-four years that Robert Burns called him 'my elder brother in the muse'. Robert Fergusson was an eighteenth-century Scots poet whose vivid writing about Edinburgh strongly influenced Robert Burns. The bronze statue outside Canongate Kirk was sculpted by David Annand and unveiled in 2004, showing Fergusson walking through the street environment he wrote about. Burns admired Fergusson so much that he paid for a memorial stone over the poet's grave in Canongate Kirkyard, creating a direct link between two major figures in Scottish literary history. Canongate Kirk was built between 1688 and 1691 after the congregation was displaced from Holyrood Abbey. The distinctive Dutch-gabled church serves the Canongate parish at the lower end of Edinburgh's Royal Mile and has longstanding links with Holyroodhouse and the military. Its interior, monuments, organ and stained glass sit within one of Scotland's most historically dense streetscapes. Looking at the subject's development, public art can become part of the identity of a street or neighbourhood, recording political ideas, local history, humour, memory and changing cultural tastes
Murals, sculpture and decorative art are especially valuable as documentary subjects because they may be altered, moved, weathered or removed. Historically, street signs, shop fascias, notices and inscriptions combine practical communication with graphic design
Typefaces, colours and wording can identify an era, organisation or local custom, making close photographs valuable for social, transport and commercial history. Related search language includes street art, artwork, visual culture, cultural identity, place-making, and community art.
Canongate kirk, Edinburgh Royal Mile, Scotland UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DED0TX - . Robert Fergusson Scots Poet bronze Statue from the canongate Edinburgh Royal Mile. Photographed on 26 August 2013. The recorded location is Canongate kirk, Edinburgh Royal Mile, Scotland UK. Edinburgh-born poet Robert Fergusson achieved so much poetical success in his short life of twenty-four years that Robert Burns called him 'my elder brother in the muse'. Robert Fergusson was an eighteenth-century Scots poet whose vivid writing about Edinburgh strongly influenced Robert Burns. The bronze statue outside Canongate Kirk was sculpted by David Annand and unveiled in 2004, showing Fergusson walking through the street environment he wrote about. Burns admired Fergusson so much that he paid for a memorial stone over the poet's grave in Canongate Kirkyard, creating a direct link between two major figures in Scottish literary history. Canongate Kirk was built between 1688 and 1691 after the congregation was displaced from Holyrood Abbey. The distinctive Dutch-gabled church serves the Canongate parish at the lower end of Edinburgh's Royal Mile and has longstanding links with Holyroodhouse and the military. Its interior, monuments, organ and stained glass sit within one of Scotland's most historically dense streetscapes. The historical context is that murals, sculptures and civic artworks turn public space into a record of local culture
They can commemorate people and events, respond to politics, celebrate industry or simply enliven streets, while the artists' materials and styles place the work within a particular period. In historical terms, public wording is part of the visual landscape
Direction signs, warning notices, painted advertisements and engraved plaques show how authorities and businesses communicated before digital screens and app-based information became widespread. The subject remains topical in 2026 because contemporary interest in public art is closely linked to regeneration and cultural tourism.
Canongate kirk, Edinburgh Royal Mile, Scotland UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DCYC11 - . Growing food on the allotment - Rhubarb Champagne plant. Photographed on 9 August 2013. The recorded location is England, UK. The pleasures of growing your own fruit and vegetables, on an allotment or on a veg patch at home. In these times of recession, people are turning back to nature. The historical context is that farming and allotment imagery records the practical work behind food production, from ploughing and arable crops to small-scale vegetable growing
Allotments expanded strongly during periods of food shortage and remain an important part of British urban and suburban gardening culture. Looking at the subject's development, british allotments grew from nineteenth-century attempts to provide working families with land for food production and became especially important during the two world wars, when Dig for Victory encouraged household cultivation
Seed packets and named vegetable varieties also reflect the long commercial history of amateur gardening. The wider historical story is that food culture links domestic cooking with commercial production, markets, cafés, pubs and regional specialities
Photographs of ingredients, dishes and branded products can therefore support both lifestyle subjects and social-history stories about consumption. The subject remains topical in 2026 because current agricultural debate combines food production with environmental land management, biodiversity and climate adaptation
Photographs of crops and cultivation therefore have both traditional rural and contemporary sustainability relevance. For the 2026 context, allotments and grow-your-own gardening remain relevant to food prices, wellbeing, biodiversity and interest in shorter food chains
Waiting lists in many urban areas underline continuing demand for small plots where people can grow vegetables, fruit and flowers. Further subject-specific language includes agriculture, horticulture, grow your own, arable farming, rural economy, and farmland.
England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DB0JP6 - . British speed camera sign in front of a summer blue sky, on the A50 main road. Photographed on 17 July 2013. The recorded location is Knutsford Road, Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire WA4 2PL. In historical terms, technical artefacts show how innovation changes daily life: office machines reduced clerical labour, telephones reshaped communication, cameras altered image-making and electronic components enabled broadcasting and computing
Close-up photographs preserve interfaces and designs that quickly vanish from use. The wider historical story is that signs and notices are ephemeral pieces of design that can become important historical evidence
Lettering, logos, warnings and directions record former businesses, regulations, transport systems and public messages that may disappear long before the surrounding property changes. From a heritage perspective, panoramic and atmospheric views place individual landmarks within their wider setting
Light, season and weather affect how architecture and landscape are perceived, while distant development can provide clues to the evolving form of a town or coastline. During 2026, technology is dominated by connected devices, cloud services and rapid product cycles
Historic hardware therefore offers a useful counterpoint to contemporary debates about electronic waste, right-to-repair, data dependence and the speed with which once-common devices become obsolete. In the present 2026 context, much public information has moved onto smartphones and digital displays, making older fixed signs and printed notices increasingly useful as evidence of how people once navigated places, bought services and followed rules. Current 2026 relevance comes from the fact that smartphones, digital services and AI-enabled devices make older mechanical and analogue technologies appear even more distant, increasing their value for editorial comparisons about technological change, repairability, planned obsolescence and digital dependence.
Knutsford Road, Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire WA4 2PL
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DB0JX5 - . British speed camera sign in front of a summer blue sky. Photographed on 17 July 2013. The recorded location is Knutsford Road, Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire WA4 2PL. Historically, everyday technology provides a compact history of design and changing behaviour
Rotary dials, thermionic valves, mechanical keypads, film cameras and early televisions were once ordinary equipment but now illustrate obsolete standards, manufacturing methods and patterns of work or communication. As background, public wording is part of the visual landscape
Direction signs, warning notices, painted advertisements and engraved plaques show how authorities and businesses communicated before digital screens and app-based information became widespread. In historical terms, landscape photographs record more than scenery: buildings, vegetation, weather, transport and land use combine to show how a place appeared at a particular moment
Repeated views can later become valuable evidence of development, environmental change and shifting patterns of use. In 2026, smartphones, digital services and AI-enabled devices make older mechanical and analogue technologies appear even more distant, increasing their value for editorial comparisons about technological change, repairability, planned obsolescence and digital dependence. Against the 2026 backdrop, digital wayfinding is widespread, but physical signage remains essential for safety, accessibility and identity
Historic notices and ghost signs are also increasingly appreciated as part of the character of streets and buildings. The historical context is that technical artefacts show how innovation changes daily life: office machines reduced clerical labour, telephones reshaped communication, cameras altered image-making and electronic components enabled broadcasting and computing
Close-up photographs preserve interfaces and designs that quickly vanish from use.
Knutsford Road, Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire WA4 2PL
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Keywords: Spring,flower,cherry,blossom,bloom,new,life,tree,cheshire,england,uk,white,pink,petals,tonysmith,hotpix,tonysmiththat,tonysmiththathousing
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 8464498157 - 'The Cult - 'Wild Flower' - Play this track here.
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This is one of the best tracks from 'Electric' the pivotal third album by The Cult. Released in 1987, the album marked a deliberate stylistic change in the band from a Gothic rock to a hard rock band. Rick Rubin, the producer on Electric, had been specifically hired to remake the band's sound in an effort to capitalize on the popularity of hard rock and heavy metal in the 1980s.
After the breakthrough success of their second album, Love, the Cult began working on a follow-up with producer Steve Brown. In the summer of 1986, they recorded twelve tracks at the Manor Studio in Oxfordshire. These recordings, which came to be known as the Manor Sessions, were to make up a new album, tentatively entitled Peace. However, upon completion of the recording sessions, the band decided that they were unhappy with the sound, and began to look for a new producer.
The band went on to choose Rick Rubin, who was known for producing albums for hip hop artists and thrash metal band Slayer. These new recordings, with a slightly different track-list and running order, became the album that was released.
Although all twelve of the Manor Sessions tracks were initially scrapped, four of them would turn up as B-sides to singles from Electric. A further five of them appeared on a limited edition EP, and with the release of Rare Cult in 2000, the rest of the unreleased Steve Brown-produced tracks were made available.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy H2MB14 - This documentary stock photograph shows Bank Tube Station and passengers, City Of London, at Dusk. The image records Bank Underground station and passengers in the City of London, making it useful for editorial features on commuting, public transport, the Tube, City workers, finance district footfall and the pressure on central London interchanges. The City of London and Liverpool Street area is a dense mix of railway infrastructure, Underground stations, offices, historic streets, pubs, retail units and constant pedestrian movement, so even a modest street or station view carries strong relevance for stories about commuting, working life, commercial property, transport investment and the post-pandemic future of the office. The caption and visible detail suggest low light, dusk or evening atmosphere, readable signage, giving the photograph a practical, real-world quality that works for news, business and travel use. It can support articles about the Square Mile, banking, insurance, office rents, rail usage, Tube crowding, cycling, public art, tourism, station redevelopment, after-work hospitality and London as both a workplace and visitor destination. Search-friendly composite terms include City of London commuters, Liverpool Street railway station, Bank Underground station, Cornhill financial district, London office economy, Square Mile public realm, London 2012 Olympic legacy and central London transport hub. The photograph can also illustrate wider themes of regeneration, heritage, carbon-conscious travel, pedestrian movement, evening economy, retail footfall and how transport nodes shape urban property values. Its editorial strength lies in being specific enough for captions and broad enough for business, transport, finance, urban planning, tourism and local history stories. The image is also useful where editors need a recognisable London environment without relying on the most overused postcard views.
Threadneedle St, City of London, England UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy CFE7J9 - . Household magnetic noticeboard with notes about school and other activities in English. Photographed on 10 March 2012. The recorded location is Warrington, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom. Historically, domestic administration has its own material culture: handwritten notes, magnets, paper reminders and corkboards record how households managed schedules before digital notifications became ubiquitous. Historically, public wording is part of the visual landscape
Direction signs, warning notices, painted advertisements and engraved plaques show how authorities and businesses communicated before digital screens and app-based information became widespread. In 2026, many reminders have moved to shared apps, messaging and digital calendars, so a crowded physical noticeboard has a distinctly pre-digital or hybrid quality while still remaining familiar in homes and schools. In 2026, digital wayfinding is widespread, but physical signage remains essential for safety, accessibility and identity
Historic notices and ghost signs are also increasingly appreciated as part of the character of streets and buildings. The historical context is that a busy family noticeboard can reveal routines that formal records rarely capture, including school activities, appointments, chores and reminders
It is an everyday counterpart to office filing systems and public information boards. In the longer view, household noticeboards are small archives of family organisation, bringing together reminders, school information, appointments and everyday paperwork in a shared physical space
Before smartphones and cloud calendars, such boards were a common way to coordinate domestic life. The subject remains topical in 2026 because many reminders have moved to shared apps, messaging and digital calendars, so a crowded physical noticeboard has a distinctly pre-digital or hybrid quality while still remaining familiar in homes and schools.
Warrington, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy D8HW77 - . Reflection of a red XXX sex shop sign in a puddle , Tib St Manchester Northern Quarter, Lancashire, England, UK. Photographed on 9 December 2011. The recorded location is Tib St, Manchester Northern Quarter, Lancashire, England UK M4 5SG. The wider historical story is that markets and high-street businesses combine commercial history with everyday social life
Their changing occupiers, branding and uses document local economies, consumer culture, town-centre regeneration and the long shift from traditional retailing towards mixed shopping, food and leisure destinations. In historical terms, signs and notices are ephemeral pieces of design that can become important historical evidence
Lettering, logos, warnings and directions record former businesses, regulations, transport systems and public messages that may disappear long before the surrounding building changes. In the present 2026 context, high streets still change rapidly as retailers respond to online competition, costs and changing footfall
Government support for community assets and town-centre renewal gives photographs of independent shops, markets and former businesses added relevance to stories about regeneration and local economies. During 2026, much public information has moved onto smartphones and digital displays, making earlier fixed signs and printed notices increasingly useful as evidence of how people once navigated places, bought services and followed rules. Looking at the subject's development, shops and markets are a visible record of changing consumer life, from family businesses and specialist traders to chain stores, department stores and regenerated market halls
Fascias, signs and shopfronts can date a street scene as clearly as architecture or vehicles. Useful subject and context terms include retail premises, local business, independent retailer, town centre, commercial property, local economy, shopping district, retail history, business closure, and urban commerce.
Tib St, Manchester Northern Quarter, Lancashire, England UK M4 5SG
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 5559873542 - 'Alone Jealous And Stoned - 'The Secret Machines' - Play this track here (apologies for poor quality, where your leaders will allow you to access the content...
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Breaking up is hard to do. Champagne &
Roses becomes four letter words and deceit. Hey, we have all been there....
The Secret Machines are a three-piece American alternative rock band. Originally from Dallas, Texas before moving to New York City, they describe their band as space rock. The original lineup consisted of two brothers, Brandon and Benjamin Curtis, and Josh Garza. In March 2007, Benjamin left the band, and was replaced by Phil Karnats.
In 2004, The Secret Machines released their first full length CD - Now Here Is Nowhere. Their second EP, The Road Leads Where It's Led, was released on 7 June 2005. The song 'Nowhere Again', from the their debut album, was used in promotional spots for American during its launch, and appeared in the 2006 videogame Driver: Parallel Lines.
Ten Silver Drops, their second album, leaked onto file sharing websites following the release of this excellent single 'Alone, Jealous and Stoned' in the UK. The album once again did not sell well but saw some favorable reviews. Benjamin Curtis left the band on March 3, 2007 to focus full time on his new band, School of Seven Bells.
The Secret Machines have three tracks on the soundtrack for the 2007 film Across the Universe, which highlights the music of the Beatles, set to the story of a handful of characters living out the songs. They perform 'I Am the Walrus' with Bono singing
an instrumental, 'Flying' and 'Blue Jay Way' in their notable style.
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If you have not seen them before, 'Love Hearts' are a type of confectionery manufactured by Swizzels Matlow in the UK. They are hard, fizzy, tablet-shaped sweets in a variety of fruit flavours featuring a short, love-related message on one side of the sweet.
Love Hearts currently come in six flavours, each associated with a colour.
1.White (a plain, sherbet-like, slightly tart vanilla flavour - Weakest Flavour)
2.Yellow (a sherbet-like flavour with a distinct sharp lemon aftertaste)
3.Orange (a sweet flavour with a slight orange aftertaste)
4.Green (a slightly lime flavour with a sherbet-like aftertaste)
5.Purple (an unusual, slightly perfumed berry-like flavour with a strong aftertaste)
6.Red (cherry flavour - Strongest)
Sample messages include:
Be My Love, Just Me, Hug Me, Bye Bye, Dream Girl, Dream Boy, Cutie Pie, New Love, Call Me, Nice Girl, Hi Buddy, Love You, U Rock, Its Love, Tease Me, I Love You.
Lately you can also sometimes find 'Luv U 24/7', 'Email Me' and 'Page Me', bringing them into the 21st century.
Production of Love Hearts began in 1933 with the formation of Swizzels Ltd., initially in factory premises at Star Lane, Canning Town, London, moving later that year to the larger premises at Drivers Avenue, Plaistow, London. During the Blitz in 1940 production relocated to a disused textile mill in New Mills, Derbyshire, England, UK where it has stayed to this day.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy D8HDK1 - . Dramatic Ruined western isles cottage, Barvas Lewis, Western Isles , Scottish Highlands, Scotland, UK. Photographed on 12 July 2010. The recorded location is Barvas, Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, Scotland, UK. As background, decay is part of architectural history
Once a building falls out of use, weather and vegetation begin to alter it quickly, making photographs important evidence before consolidation, demolition or complete collapse. Against the 2026 backdrop, with pressure to reuse buildings and reduce construction waste, derelict structures raise practical questions about viability, conservation and redevelopment as well as providing romantic or dramatic imagery. From a heritage perspective, ruined and abandoned structures expose construction and decay in ways that occupied properties do not
Missing roofs, weathered masonry and empty openings can reveal former domestic or industrial use while also recording population change and economic decline. Looking at the subject's development, derelict structures often become visual symbols of wider social change
In rural areas they may mark depopulation or agricultural restructuring
in towns they can reflect deindustrialisation, property cycles or stalled redevelopment. The historical context is that decay is part of architectural history
Once a building falls out of use, weather and vegetation begin to alter it quickly, making images important evidence before consolidation, demolition or complete collapse. As of 2026, empty structures are increasingly discussed in terms of reuse, housing need, heritage at risk and embodied carbon
Ruins can therefore illustrate both loss and the question of whether existing structures should be conserved or repurposed. For the 2026 context, with pressure to reuse buildings and reduce construction waste, derelict structures raise practical questions about viability, conservation and redevelopment as well as providing romantic or dramatic imagery.
Barvas, Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, Scotland, UK
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Keywords: nature,natural,history,natur,bird,duck,ducklings,spring,baby,bab nature,babies,small,canal,Bridgewater,MSCC,Grappenhall,Warrington,England,Cheshire,UK,wild,life,wildlife,tonysmith,hotpix,tony,smith
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4581219298 - 'From the towpath of the Bridgewater canal in Grappenhall, I spotted this duck with her new chicks. They were all bunched under her to keep warm and there looked to be about ten of them. I haven't seen any out on the water yet. Fingers crossed they'll all make it.
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4492605381 - 'A used law enforcement target with holes from a standard US police issue 9mm Glock 17 pistol.
The Glock is a series of semi-automatic pistols designed and produced by Glock GmbH, located in Deutsch-Wagram, Austria. Glock commands over 65% of the market share of handguns for United States law enforcement agencies.
The Glock 17 became a standard NATO-classified sidearm and was granted a NATO Stock Number 1005/25/133/6775.
The Glock 17 is a 9mm short recoil-operated locked breech semi-automatic pistol that uses a modified Browning cam-lock system adapted from the Hi-Power pistol. The firearm's locking mechanism utilizes a linkless, vertically tilting barrel with a rectangular breech that locks into the ejection port cut-out in the slide. During the recoil stroke, the barrel moves rearward initially locked together with the slide approximately 3 mm (0.12 in) until the bullet leaves the barrel and chamber pressure drops to a safe level. Thus care must be taken to keep your lower thumb of the hand clear when using the pistol. Otherwise your skin can aquire a tasty rip or bruise.
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4490135858 - 'A brilliant arm and shoulder tattoo, artist unknown. Seen at the Manchester Tattoo expo / convention at GMEX.
The design of a lady pirate has her smoking a pipe and sitting on some barrels of rum. She has a pirates hat on.
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Keywords: circuit,board,ceramic,military,extreme,macro,lens,bellows,tubes,copper,gold,ice,manor,park,1987,runcorn,cheshire,uk,england,stillife,stilllife,still,life,old,stuff,abstract,hotpix!
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4427393837 - 'Extreme macro from a ceramic tile 100x100x1mm 96% alumina - 25 micons gold flash over copper. the application of this is in very precise military circuitry, this example is from around 1987.
It is a MCR25.0B assembly.
The thinner copper tracks are 17 microns wide with the gaps and wider tracks 25 microns wide. This has been taken with a 20mm Olympus macro lens with Canon to Olympus adapter.
Alumina is the most mature of the engineering ceramics, offering excellent electrical insulation properties together with high hardness and good wear resistance but relatively low strength and fracture toughness.
Aluminas are generally white but are sometimes pink (88% alumina) or brown (96% Alumina). The colour is derived from either the sintering additives or impurities in the raw materials.
Dynamic-Ceramic produces a range of alumina from 96% - 99.9% purity. Alumina has a high melting point, high hardness and high mechanical strength, although mechanical strength is reduced at temperatures above 1000\u00b0C. Due to the relatively large coefficient of thermal expansion, thermal shock resistance is reduced.
Alumina is an electrically insulating material, with a high electrical resistivity, increasing with purity. Good chemical stability of alumina, leads to a high corrosion resistance. It is insoluble in water and only slightly soluble in strong acid and
alkaline solutions. Thus making it ideal for use in rugged component environments such as on a battlefield, in space or the stratosphere.
On the board the underside tracks can just be seen. This was a product of ICI in Runcorn and the metals etc were layed down using a phot-resist process. Quality control was by microscope.
Another extreme macro www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/4343989477/
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Keywords: ronson,zippo,disposable,lighter,gas,black,white,mono,monochrome,b/w,micro,extreme,macro,extrememacro,tubes,extention,extension,bellows,close,up,closeup,small,sepia,toned,stillife,stilllife,still,life,hotpix!
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4365286573 - 'Its like a large rock crusher, although its purpose is only to generate sparks and light your tabs.
Olympus OM 20mm Macro lens
Another firey image here www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/4083459935/
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Keywords: black,pepper,corn,peppercorn,dried,dry,macro,close,up,closeup,bellows,tubes,extreme,extrememacro,food,flavouring,flavor,flavour,spices,taste,eat,eating,stillife,stilllife,still,life,sex,sexy,hotpix!
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4366031302 - 'From this view it could resemble the meteorite that wiped out the dinosaurs. This is quite a relatively small black peppercorn. Its one of my favourite spices, ground on to most things I eat if needed or not. Also, a few slipped into boiling rice to go with a curry sauce.
Black pepper is a native plant of South India and is extensively grown there and elsewhere in tropical regions. The pink balls of the fresh fruit can be seen on the trees and when crushed in its raw state has a sweet pepper aroma. Green peppercorns are just the immature fruits.
Cochin in southern india is a major spice centre and it is easy to visit some of the spice warehouses etc. I remember when backpacking around Cochin there was the smell of pepper in the air and quite often you were crushing escapee peppercorns underfoot - marvellous.
Olympus OM 20mm macro lens
Another tasty foody shot here www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/3690682655/
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Keywords: extreme,macro,extrememacro,bellows,lens,tubes,close,up,closeup,write,writing,instrument,parker,pen,arrow,paper,closer,stillife,stilllife,still,life,abstract,hotpix!
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4377158426 - 'An extreme macro of the arrow on a stainless steel Parker ball pen.
Olympus OM 20mm macro lens on canon adapter
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Keywords: extreme,macro,extrememacro,bellows,lens,tubes,close,up,closeup,time,clocks,horloge,reloj,orologio,Taktgeber,hotpics,hotpic,hotpick,hotpicks,stillife,stilllife,still,life,hotpix!
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4377158432 - 'An extreme macro of a digital time display ( four ) from a DVD player recorder. You can see the green in the display.
Olympus OM 20mm macro lens on canon adapter
Another macro www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/3664445817/
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Keywords: extreme,macro,extrememacro,bellows,lens,tubes,close,up,closeup,stillife,stilllife,still,life,abstract,hotpix!
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4377158450 - 'An extreme macro of a brass gold coloured safety pin sitting on a pair of blue cotton jeans.
Olympus OM 20mm macro lens
Another macro here www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/3811362428/
(c) Hotpix / HotpixUK Tony Smith - Hotpix.freeserve.co.uk WDCC 07092182899',
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Keywords: 2p,2,pence,2pence,two,pee,copper,coin,england,UK,britain,extreme,macro,lens,this photo rocks,extrememacro,stillife,stilllife,still,life,sex,sexy,hotpix!
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4346408535 - 'An extreme macro of a 2008 2 pence (2p) piece coin, containing a segment of the royal shield. It is a copper coin and the 20mm Olympus macro lens has been used to isolate just the lions mouth.
The Matthew Dent designs were gradually introduced into the circulating British coinage from summer 2008.
The 2p coin depicts the second quarter of the shield, showing the Lion Rampant from the Royal Banner of Scotland, with the words TWO PENCE above.
The Royal Standard of Scotland, also known as the Banner of the King of Scots, or more commonly the Lion Rampant of Scotland (as shown here), is the Scottish Royal Banner of Arms. Used historically by the King of Scots, the Royal Standard of Scotland differs from Scotland's national flag, the Saltire, in that its correct use is restricted by an Act of the Parliament of Scotland to only a few Great Officers of State who officially represent the Sovereign in Scotland. It is also used in an official capacity at royal residences in Scotland when the Sovereign is not present
A more traditional macro here www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/3811362428/
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Keywords: color,colored,coloured,colores,lapiz,pencils,green,red,blue,orange,yellow,paper,macro,extreme,close,up,closeup,tubes,bellows,still,life,stillife,stilllife,wood,wooden,cumberland,museum,cumbria,england,uk,unlimited photos,hotpix!
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4351682047 - 'A group of the little fella's coloured cumberland pencils that have just been used to colour in some boats. Hence thay are not sharpened to a point (a bit like a natural pencil, rather than ones just purchased for a photo like this :-)
He asked me to take a photo 'And make it a good one daddy' he said, 'Nothing bog standard like this one www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/4349292119/ , ' he said.
Canon macro tubes used.
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Keywords: extreme,macro,guitar,string,gold,tuning,metal,coils,coiled,20mm,OM,olympus,close,up,closer,this photo rocks,extrememacro,stillife,stilllife,still,life,abstract,hotpix!
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4346266681 - 'An extreme macro of a yellow /gold guitar string, wound around the neck of an acoustic guitar. The coils in the string can be seen. Its almost like a snake, curling around the steel tuning post in the neck.
20mm Olympus OM macro lens mounted via adapter ring on to Canon DSLR. F16, although camera is not aware (ie F00 in exif data)
Another small item - www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/4343989477/in/pool-1306724...
(2010 week 6)
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Keywords: extreme,macro,pen,fountain,nib,write,writing,scrawl,scrawling,ink,close,up,this photo rocks,extrememacro,stillife,stilllife,still,life,hotpix!
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4347101658 - 'Extreme macro of a fountain pen nib. It is an Iridium Point made in Germany.
Olympus OM 20mm macro lens connected to Canon DSLR via conversion ring F16 (Not recorded correctly in Exif data)
A too hot to touch macro here www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/4083548091/
(2010 week 6)
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Keywords: b/w,black,white,pocket,watch,gold,old,roman,numerals,timetable,time,africa,accra,ghana,sepia,toned,mono,monchrome,second,hand,hour,antique,this photo rocks,clocks,horloge,reloj,orologio,Taktgeber,hotpics,hotpic,hotpick,hotpicks,stillife,stilllife,still,life,stuff,history,hotpix!
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4325867361 - '13:25 Wheres the hell that bus to Accra?
Here, a view of a broken time machine www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/3809668752/
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Keywords: Northwich,leaf,winter,frost,frosty,frosy,frosted,cold,bitter,ice,icy,iced,cheshire,woodlands,england,UK,GB,hotpixuk,hotpix,tony,smith,TDK,TDKTony,brown,autumn,reclamed,woods,stump,post,minus,freezing,frozen,car\u00e1mbano,del,hielo,helado,HDR,high dynamic range,stillife,stilllife,still,life
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4263110309 - 'I spotted this in the new reclaimed woodlands in Northwich, Cheshire England UK. It was a very cold winter day, minus 6 or therabouts.
You can see the sun had already warmed up the right hand side a little.
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Keywords: Northwich,Lostock,Galam,Gralam,village,town,england,cheshire,chester,canal,canalside,berry,berries,red,blackbry,blackberry,wild,flowers,weeds,thorns,autumn,bramble,brambles,thorny,HotpixOrgUK,365days,nature,natural,history,world,life,plant,bloom,flower,flores,blome,hotpix!
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4083501029 - 'Growing along the canalside outside Lostock Gralam, Northwich, Cheshire UK on the route to Barnton.
The squirrels or the frost should get them soon.
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Keywords: Conkers,spiky,horse,chestnut,tree,wet,autumn,countryside,shell,brown,nut,nuts,england,cheshire,UK,365days,www.thewdcc.org.uk,thewdcc.org.uk,wdcc.org.uk,Warrington,society,District,Camera,club,photographic,photography,SLR,DSLR,group,GYCA,Bellhouse,bellhouse Club,HDR,high dynamic range,stillife,stilllife,still,life,hotpix!
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4009260974 - '(c) Hotpix / HotpixUK Tony Smith - Hotpix.freeserve.co.uk WDCC
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Keywords: old,church,bible,lent,cross,palm,sunday,open,Middlewich,St,saint,michaels,cheshire,UK,365days,book,books,scripture,text,stillife,stilllife,still,life,stuff,hotpix!
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 3916729604 - 'A Very old and veritable bible from St Michaels, Middlewich. Note the 's's rendered in the style of an 'f'.
On top is a lenten palm cross from Palm Sunday (prior to Easter).
The light coming across the bound bible was brilliant. A mix of artificial and light through stained glass.
Check out this brass eagle lecturn elsewhere in Cheshire www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/3691489296/
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Keywords: Black,Bullets,Jesmona,Jesmond,Newcastle,peppermint,sweets,confectionary,tin,old,1906,balls,365days,toffees,toffee,confection,candy,uncle,joe,joes,mint,500g,flavour,flavoured,B/W,white,mono,monochrome,stillife,stilllife,still,life,hotpix!
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 3915943695 - 'Black Bullets, properly called Jesmona Black Bullets, are a confectionery produced by Maxons of Sheffield. They are popular throughout the north of England, most notably in Newcastle, where it is said they gained a great deal of popularity with the local miners. The name Jesmona refers to the Jesmond area of Newcastle.
These came back from someones holiday. A traditional sweetshop can be found here www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/3690681811/
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Keywords: Coffee,Cup,Italian,Buscuit,hotpixuk,hotpix,tonysmith,tony,smith,drink,drinks,costa,starbucks,B/W,black,white,mono,monochrome,stillife,stilllife,still,life,retro
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 3874780255 - '(c) Hotpix / HotpixUK Tony Smith - Hotpix.freeserve.co.uk WDCC',
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Keywords: 100DM,100,DM,note,currency,germany,deutschland,deutschmarks,deutschmark,marks,markes,hotpixuk,hotpix,tonysmith,tony,smith,RIP,rest,peace,DMark,Deutsche,Mark,money,cash,B/W,black,white,mono,monochrome,partial,mixed,color,this photo rocks,selctive,colour,colores,stillife,stilllife,still,life,sex,sexy,retro
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 3875569520 - 'The D-Mark (Deutsche Mark) Sadly lost in 1999.
Taken at a silver service tearoom cafe near Bonn, West Germany.
The Deutsche Mark or German mark was the official currency of West Germany (1948\u20131990) and Germany (1990\u20132002) until the adoption of the euro in 2002. The old East Germany had their own 'East German Mark' or Ostmark or Mark der DDR.
It was first issued under Allied occupation in 1948 replacing the Reichsmark, and served as the Federal Republic of Germany's official currency from its founding the following year until 1999, when the Mark was replaced by the euro
its coins and banknotes remained in circulation, defined in terms of euros, until the introduction of euro notes and coins in early 2002.
The Deutsche Mark ceased to be legal tender immediately upon the introduction of the euro\u2014in contrast to the other Eurozone nations, where the euro and legacy currency circulated side by side for up to two months. DM coins and banknotes continued to be accepted as valid forms of payment in Germany until 28 February 2002.
The Deutsche Bundesbank has guaranteed that all German mark in cash form may be changed into euros indefinitely, and one may do so at any branch of the Bundesbank in Germany. Banknotes can even be sent to the bank by mail.
Unfortunately in recent months the German nation has been bailing a big chunk of Europe's eurozone out. Much to the iritation of the German nation I suspect.
Germany's top court has ruled that aid for Greece and rescue packages for other eurozone countries was legal but said parliament must have greater say in any future bailout deals.
The Constitutional Court, based in Karlsruhe, western Germany, was responding to a challenge brought by six leading German Eurosceptics.
The five academics and one politician argued that the bailouts violated property rights and broke the 'no bailout' clause in the European Union's treaty.
In a landmark ruling, eagerly anticipated by jittery financial markets, the court said all 'large-scale' future aid packages must be approved by the parliament's budget committee.
Makes me glad Britain stayed with the pound sterling.
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Keywords: Bible,Philippians,Rosary,monochrome,BW,black,white,www.thewdcc.org.uk,thewdcc.org.uk,wdcc.org.uk,Warrington,society,District,Camera,club,photographic,photography,SLR,DSLR,group,GYCA,Bellhouse,bellhouse Club,mono,this photo rocks,stillife,stilllife,still,life,hotpix!,hotpix.rocketmail.com,hotpixuk.rocketmail.com,contact.tony.smith.gmail.com,tony.smith.gmail.com,tonys@miscs.com,tony.smith@mis-ams.com
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 3813002518 - 'The holy book, the bible open at the Philippians with spanish wooden rosary beads from Guatemala, South / Central America.
Taken in an old colonial church.
I have these beads hanging from my car rear view mirror.
Sepia toned monochrome Black and White.
Check out the approchable choice here www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/4163897698/
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Keywords: tin,bolts,rizla,rough,cut,rusty,ogdens,lid,box,english,england,UK,unlimited photos,selctive,colour,color,colores,stillife,stilllife,still,life,old,stuff,hotpix!
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 3827403345 - 'A old roll your own tin. This would be coupled with some Rizla papers.
'Ogdens St Bruno Rough Cut - Finest Selected Tobacco'.
Now re-used as a tin to hold bolts - nice.
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Keywords: Shell Mex,SM BP SMBP Ltd,Milk,Churn,old,antique,SM,BP,SMBP,Ltd,SMBPLTD,oil,can,container,rusting,rust,steel,zinc,galvanised,red,365days,www.thewdcc.org.uk,thewdcc.org.uk,wdcc.org.uk,Warrington,society,District,Camera,club,photographic,photography,SLR,DSLR,group,GYCA,Bellhouse,bellhouse Club,rot-rosso-rouge-rood,stillife,stilllife,still,life,hotpix!
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 3782042445 - 'A fascinating little red rusting iron or steel container, maybe over 50 years old. Who were SM &
BP Ltd? Maybe Shell Mex and BP.
The original galvanised zinc has all but gone. Anyone who can tell me more, please leave a comment.
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Keywords: Buddleja davidii,purple Buddleia flower,365days,nature,natural,history,world,life,this photo rocks,plant,bloom,flower,flowers,flores,blome,hotpix!
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 3734237235 - 'Latin name Buddleja davidii.
Unusually no butterflies on this one.
Buddleja, often spelled Buddleia is a genus of flowering plants. It is now included in the figwort family, Scrophulariaceae, though in the past was previously classified in either the Loganiaceae or in a family of its own, the Buddlejaceae. The generic name honours Reverend Adam Buddle (1662\u20131715), who was a botanist and a rector in Essex, England.
The roughly 100 species are mostly shrubs, a few being trees
the largest species reach 30 m (98 ft) tall, but most species rarely exceed 5 m (16 ft) tall. Both evergreen and deciduous species occur. They are native throughout the warmer parts of the New World from the southern United States south to Chile, and widely in the Old World in Africa and the warmer parts of Asia, but absent as natives from Europe and Australasia. The species are divided into two groups based on their floral type, those in the New World being dioecious, and those in the Old World being monoecious.
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Keywords: ceramic,flying,duck,ducks,365days,stillife,stilllife,still,life,hotpix!,#HotpixUK,#TonySmith,#TonySmithHotpix
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 3690679319 - 'My new replacements... ah!
The duck pond around Dunham Massey www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/4023469923/
These are my 2008-2015 images, view my most recent images at HotpixUK-2019 - www.flickr.com/people/167831053@N02/ including my second 365 one a day project
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Keywords: In,Memory,of,james,Tomlinson,departed,this,life,grave,Grappenhall,graveyard,1831,1851,sepia,ivy,old,ancient,Cheshire,South,warrington,Thelwall,gotonysmith,tony,smith,Decay decayed old olde stone dead death funeral,gotonysmith,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Graveyard,cheshire,England,UK
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy CEMX5W - . Grappenhall St Wilfids Gravestone Ivy Church, Graveyard, South warrington , cheshire , England ,UK. Photographed on 14 March 2009. The recorded location is St Wilfrids Church, Church Lane, Grappenhall, South Warrington, Cheshire. The last resting place and in Memory of james Tomlinson departed this life September 12th 1831. St Wilfrids Church Graveyard, Grappenhall Village, South Warrington , Cheshire England UK. The wider historical story is that churches combine worship with architecture, community memory and centuries of community history
Their stonework, stained glass, memorials, furnishings and churchyards often record successive periods of rebuilding, changing liturgy, community benefactors, war remembrance and family history. From a heritage perspective, commemorative plaques, gravestones and monuments transform individual or collective memory into a permanent feature of the landscape
Their wording, materials and location can illuminate genealogy, social history, military service and changing attitudes to public remembrance. In the present 2026 context, historic places of worship remain important not only for faith but also for conservation, tourism, music, community use and community identity
Their maintenance illustrates the continuing challenge of caring for ageing heritage structures while keeping them accessible and relevant. As of 2026, interest in local history, genealogy and the conservation of memorials remains strong, while weathering, redevelopment and vandalism can threaten smaller monuments and inscriptions
Detailed images help preserve lettering, names and physical condition before further weathering or alteration. In the present 2026 context, memorials continue to play an active role in public history, supporting remembrance, genealogy, education and heritage tourism
Images can also record inscriptions before erosion or redevelopment alters the physical object.
St Wilfrids Church, Church Lane, Grappenhall, South Warrington, Cheshire
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Keywords: your,own,on,the,council,municipal,ground,land,at,home,recession,prices,high,avoiding,eco,green,party,back,to,The,pleasures,of,your,own,fruit,and,vegetables,on,an,or,on,a,veg,patch,at,home,gotonysmith,agenda,veggies,vegetarian,cordon,vert,cordon-vert,fresh,natural,society,goodlife,good,life,financial,crash,hard,times,hardtimes,benefit,HB,cuts,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DCYC07 - . Growing food on the allotment - The Sutton Rhubarb. Photographed on 9 August 2013. The recorded location is England, UK. The pleasures of growing your own fruit and vegetables, on an allotment or on a veg patch at home. In these times of recession, people are turning back to nature. In the longer view, british agriculture has repeatedly adapted to mechanisation, changing markets and environmental policy
Tractors, fields, cereal crops and allotment vegetables each represent different scales of food production, while also documenting seasonal work and rural landscapes. The historical context is that growing vegetables at home links horticulture, food security and recreation
Allotment plots became a distinctive part of British urban life, allowing gardeners to cultivate fruit and vegetables on small rented plots while preserving varieties and practical knowledge. Historically, food images can document evolving tastes, brands and methods of preparation as effectively as they illustrate a meal
Regional products, traditional recipes, independent food businesses and packaging all carry information about consumer culture and local identity. Current 2026 relevance comes from the fact that food security, soil health, biodiversity and climate resilience are increasingly central to UK farming and gardening
Images of crops, allotments and field work can support coverage of domestic food production, sustainable agriculture and adaptation to more variable weather. The subject remains topical in 2026 because allotments and grow-your-own gardening remain relevant to food prices, wellbeing, biodiversity and interest in shorter food chains
Waiting lists in many urban areas underline continuing demand for small plots where people can grow vegetables, fruit and flowers. Additional high-relevance terminology includes grow your own, arable farming, vegetable growing, rural economy, farmland, seasonal crop, cultivation, vegetable gardening, and kitchen garden.
England, UK
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Keywords: The,leaves,red,green,natural,nature,East,Lotian,eastloatian,council,local,authority,walk,walking,route,routes,Humbie,and,&,EH36,5PX,EH365PX,trial,trail,mountain,bike,route,botanic,botany,tree,trees,arboretum,stream,burn,habitat,life,Lothian,Lothians,Edinburgh,gotonysmith,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy D8HRDJ - . Autumn forest scene at Humbie Woods , East Lothian, Scotland UK. Photographed on 21 October 2012. The recorded location is Humbie, East Lothian , Edinburgh, Scotland , UK. Showing bright red fall leaves and the natural forest, a short drive from Edinburgh. 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. As background, rural and botanical images document the seasonal cycles of the British landscape, from spring flowers and nesting wildlife to summer crops, autumn foliage and winter frost
They can also record changing land management, farming practice and the relationship between cultivated and wild species. 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. Against the 2026 backdrop, biodiversity recovery, climate resilience and land management remain major UK environmental themes
Photographs of crops, wildflowers, insects and seasonal vegetation can therefore support coverage of pollinators, farming, habitat restoration and the effects of increasingly variable weather. 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. The subject remains topical in 2026 because landscape imagery is increasingly used alongside discussion of climate, resilience, tourism and development
Older panoramas can show how skylines, waterfronts and vegetation have changed over a comparatively short period.
Humbie, East Lothian , Edinburgh, Scotland , UK
