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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,waterway,Lune,silted,up,in,Lancashire,England,UK,LA1,abandoned,Tesco,Sainsbury,Asda,thrown,into,the,wire,away,Sainsburys,dumped,from,a,bridge,cart,debris,metal,refuse,trash,wheels,looking,down on,partly,submerged,pollution,rubbish,water,sunk
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2R64R5F - . Abandoned supermarket shopping trolley, thrown into the river Lune, silted up, in Lancaster City Centre, Lancashire, England, UK, LA1. Photographed on 3 June 2023, 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 River Lune, in Lancaster City Centre, Lancashire, England, UK, LA1, adding precise geographical context for editorial, documentary, travel and local-history searches. Key searchable subjects associated with the scene include waterway, Lune, silted, Lancashire, LA1, abandoned, Tesco, Sainsbury, Asda, thrown, wire, away, providing natural SEO coverage without losing the specific documentary identity of the photograph. The retail context supports editorial themes around high streets, shopping centres, consumer behaviour, independent and chain businesses, store branding, commercial property, hospitality and the changing economics of town and city centres. Shopfronts, promotional material, prices, signage and surrounding public space can become valuable historical evidence as businesses close, rebrand, relocate or adapt to online competition and changing consumer demand. Food and drink content broadens the image's relevance to eating out, grocery retail, hospitality, pricing, consumer choice, local food culture and the commercial presentation of meals, ingredients or products. It can illustrate changing tastes, inflation and cost-of-living pressures, food retail competition, traditional businesses and the everyday economics of buying food and drink where those themes are relevant. The waterside context adds themes of ports, docks, harbours, rivers, canals, ferries, leisure boating, maritime transport and waterfront regeneration. Its value is both descriptive and editorial, allowing the scene to illustrate news, features, local history, travel, social change and retrospective comparison.
River Lune, in Lancaster City Centre, Lancashire, England, UK, LA1
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Stockton Heath,Warrington,Cheshire,UK,WA4,A49,163 London Rd,Appleton Thorn,WA4 5BG,barge,in,spring,at,with,canal,boats,waterways,bridges,village,beautiful,villages,up,looking,east,towards,toward,the,moor,colourful,tourist,tourism,history,heritage,barges,sailing,England,boat
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PPKPCR - . Bridgewater Canal in spring, at Stockton Heath with canal boats, barges moored up looking towards The London Bridge, 163 London Rd, UK, WA4 5BG. Photographed on 22 April 2023, this spring image records the subject in its real-world setting and provides a contemporary visual reference for the place, activity, object or organisation shown. The recorded location is 163 London Rd, Appleton Thorn, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 5BG, adding precise geographical context for editorial, documentary, travel and local-history searches. Key searchable subjects associated with the scene include Stockton Heath, Warrington, Cheshire, WA4, A49, 163 London Rd, Appleton Thorn, WA4 5BG, barge, spring, canal, boats, providing natural SEO coverage without losing the specific documentary identity of the photograph. The transport setting gives the image wider relevance to mobility, infrastructure, roads and public transport, travel behaviour, local connectivity, logistics and the relationship between vehicles and the built environment. It can illustrate planning, transport policy, accessibility, congestion, public investment and the changing technologies and services used to move people or goods. The waterside context adds themes of ports, docks, harbours, rivers, canals, ferries, leisure boating, maritime transport and waterfront regeneration. Such views are useful for travel and infrastructure coverage as well as for documenting how working waterfronts, passenger services and former industrial land change over time. 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. The composition retains practical contextual detail for news, feature, documentary, educational and historical use.
163 London Rd, Appleton Thorn, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 5BG
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,146,Praed St,Bloomsbury,London,England,UK,W2 1EE,The,formerly,Hilton,evening,railway,hotels,Paddington,architecture,Isambard Kingdom Brunel,Philip Charles Hardwick,Messrs Holland Hannen & Cubitts,Second Empire,style,Great Western,Royal Hotel Company,hotel,Percy Emerson Culverhouse,outside,external,view,looking,up,night,exterior,entrance,front,of
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M4W2MN - The Hilton London Paddington, formerly the Great Western Royal Hotel, is a hotel that forms part of the Paddington Station complex in London, England. The hotel was originally the idea of Isambard Kingdom Brunel, who was the hotel's first managing director. The funding came in large part from the Directors of the Great Western Railway Company, who were persuaded by Brunel to buy shares in the project. The hotel was built on Praed Street in the early 1850s and opened on 9 June 1854 by H.R.H. The Prince Albert, Prince Consort, having taken 14 months to build. The hotel was designed by architect Philip Charles Hardwick, costing approximately £60,000 including all furnishing and fittings - a building which was 'to rival the facilities of the great hotels on the Continent'. The building effectively forms the main façade of the station, closing off the end of the train shed at the head of the terminal platforms. It was built by Messrs Holland Hannen & Cubitts, the building firm founded by Thomas Cubitt.
At Paddington, Hardwick pioneered the Second Empire style for buildings of this type in England. In its original form, the hotel was extensively ornamented inside and outside, and there is a surviving allegorical sculpture in the pediment by John Thomas. The hotel was designed in the style of Louis XIV and further embellished by a figurative sculpture over the front entrance of the hotel representing Peace, Plenty, Science & Industry. Thomas was to contribute many statues and decorations in the present Palace of Westminster.
The Great Western Railway originally leased the hotel to a subsidiary, the Great Western Royal Hotel Company, which was chaired by their engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel from 1855 until his death in 1859. Brunel's original idea was that a passenger wishing to travel from London to New York would enter the Great Western Royal Hotel and, from that point, be conveyed by and housed in the various undertakings controlled by the Great Western Company.
146 Praed St, Paddington, Bloomsbury, London, England, UK, W2 1EE
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,the,originally,Runcorn""“Widnes,bridge,road,toll,crossing,Cheshire,England,UK,high-level,high level,steel,through,arch,summer,Halton,underside,of,underneath,steelwork,work,below,looking,up,structure,complex,complicated,engineering,bridges,north,northwards,Runcorn town,town
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K13HM6 - The Silver Jubilee Bridge (originally the Runcorn“Widnes Bridge or informally the Runcorn Bridge) crosses the River Mersey and the Manchester Ship Canal at Runcorn Gap between Runcorn and Widnes in Halton, England. It is a through arch bridge with a main arch span of 361 yards (330 m). It was opened in 1961 as a replacement for the Widnes-Runcorn Transporter Bridge. In 1975“77 the carriageway was widened, after which the bridge was given its official name in honour of the Queen's Silver Jubilee. It carries the A533 road and a cantilevered footway.
design was for a steel through arch bridge with a 10-yard (9 m) single carriageway. The design of the bridge is similar to that of Sydney Harbour Bridge but differs from it in that the side spans are continuous with the main span rather than being separate from them. This design feature was necessary to avoid the problem of oscillation due to the railway bridge. The main span measures 361 yards (330 m) and each side span is 83 yards (76 m)
Construction began on 25 April 1956. The contractors for the first phase of work, Leonard Fairclough of Adlington, cleared the ground and constructed the foundations for the piers. The contract for the second phase, the building of the main arch and the side arches, was given to Dorman Long of Middlesbrough who sub-contracted the building of the bridge deck, viaduct and roadworks to Leonard Fairclough. The carriageway was suspended from the arch by 48 lock-coil wire ropes.
Runcorn, Halton, Cheshire, England, UK,
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@hotpixUK,Hotpixuk,England,UK,death,of,British,GB,Great Britain,III,two,2,II,patriot,patriotic,Brexit,Britain,hangs,hanging,puts,out,put,outside,between,yard,building,buildings,jingo,jingoist,jingoistic,imperial,imperialist,sky,looking,up
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JDJ52G - . A grounded documentary photograph made at Great Britain, UK in 2022, combining the immediate subject with evidence of the surrounding streetscape, public realm, business activity or local character. The frame specifically shows Two union jack flags - royal events, Jubllee, death of Queen Elizabeth, coronation of King Charles III. The surrounding context encompasses period detail, heritage asset, heritage landmark, contemporary social history, built heritage, urban fabric, place identity, before-and-after reference, historic streetscape, community identity, period streetscape, local history, visual archive, and architectural character. The modern context includes continuing discussion of redevelopment pressure, planning control and how historic fabric can be retained while places adapt to modern use. Future viewers can use this scene from Great Britain, UK to compare transport arrangements and footfall with whatever follows after redevelopment. The wider setting retains connections with historic townscape, documentary photography, conservation architecture, traditional structure, everyday life, regional identity, historical comparison, and changing streetscape. The combination of events, coronation, flags, royal, and death anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. The period setting at Great Britain, UK helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. The setting also helps illustrate redevelopment pressure and how historic fabric can be retained while places adapt to modern use as part of the longer story of Great Britain, UK. The image also provides a reference for adaptive reuse and how historic fabric can be retained while places adapt to modern use when considered against later change at Great Britain, UK. The photograph keeps a point of historical comparison within the wider story of Great Britain, UK.
Great Britain, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,Cheshire,UK,Tarvin,village,Anglican parish church,diocese of Chester,building,Grade I listed,history,historic,heritage,old,town,centre,ornate,lane,road,towers,Anglican,villages,Cheshires,tower,summer,blue sky,blue skies,CH3 8EB,CH3,outside,exterior,looking,up,skywards
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2C6RE72 - St Andrew's Church is in the village of Tarvin, Cheshire, England. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building. It is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of Chester and the deanery of Chester. Its benefice is united with that of St Peter, Duddon
The church is built in red sandstone with a Welsh slate roof. Entry is through the west wall of the west tower. The plan consists of a five-bay nave and a two-bay chancel, a north aisle with a chapel (the Bruen chapel) at its east end, and a south aisle with a south porch. The doorway to the tower is Tudor in style, the second storey has deeply recessed quatrefoil windows and a clock on all four sides. The top is embattled, and the remains of former pinnacles are at the corners
In the churchyard are six structures that are listed at Grade II. These are the gates and gate piers to the churchyard, a sandstone sundial dating from the mid-18th century, the tombchests of John Minshull and his daughter, William and Elizabeth Hilton, William Sandbach and others, and the tombstone of Beatrix Hollinsworth. The churchyard also contains the war graves of three British soldiers and a Canadian Army soldier of World War I
Church St, Tarvin, Chester, England,UK, CH3 8EB
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,Cheshire,UK,Tarvin,village,Grade I listed,building,Anglican parish church,diocese of Chester,history,historic,heritage,old,town,centre,ornate,lane,road,towers,Anglican,villages,Cheshires,tower,summer,blue sky,blue skies,CH3 8EB,CH3,outside,exterior,looking,up,skywards
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2C6RE76 - St Andrew's Church is in the village of Tarvin, Cheshire, England. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building. It is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of Chester and the deanery of Chester. Its benefice is united with that of St Peter, Duddon
The church is built in red sandstone with a Welsh slate roof. Entry is through the west wall of the west tower. The plan consists of a five-bay nave and a two-bay chancel, a north aisle with a chapel (the Bruen chapel) at its east end, and a south aisle with a south porch. The doorway to the tower is Tudor in style, the second storey has deeply recessed quatrefoil windows and a clock on all four sides. The top is embattled, and the remains of former pinnacles are at the corners
In the churchyard are six structures that are listed at Grade II. These are the gates and gate piers to the churchyard, a sandstone sundial dating from the mid-18th century, the tombchests of John Minshull and his daughter, William and Elizabeth Hilton, William Sandbach and others, and the tombstone of Beatrix Hollinsworth. The churchyard also contains the war graves of three British soldiers and a Canadian Army soldier of World War I
Church St, Tarvin, Chester, England,UK, CH3 8EB
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,Cheshire,UK,Tarvin,village,Grade I listed,building,Anglican parish church,diocese of Chester,history,historic,heritage,old,town,centre,ornate,lane,road,towers,Anglican,villages,Cheshires,tower,summer,blue sky,blue skies,CH3 8EB,CH3,outside,exterior,looking,up,skywards
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2C6RE7D - St Andrew's Church is in the village of Tarvin, Cheshire, England. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building. It is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of Chester and the deanery of Chester. Its benefice is united with that of St Peter, Duddon
The church is built in red sandstone with a Welsh slate roof. Entry is through the west wall of the west tower. The plan consists of a five-bay nave and a two-bay chancel, a north aisle with a chapel (the Bruen chapel) at its east end, and a south aisle with a south porch. The doorway to the tower is Tudor in style, the second storey has deeply recessed quatrefoil windows and a clock on all four sides. The top is embattled, and the remains of former pinnacles are at the corners
In the churchyard are six structures that are listed at Grade II. These are the gates and gate piers to the churchyard, a sandstone sundial dating from the mid-18th century, the tombchests of John Minshull and his daughter, William and Elizabeth Hilton, William Sandbach and others, and the tombstone of Beatrix Hollinsworth. The churchyard also contains the war graves of three British soldiers and a Canadian Army soldier of World War I
Church St, Tarvin, Chester, England,UK, CH3 8EB
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,English,London,South East,banking,organisations,companies,office lighting,energy,use,glass,wealth,E1,financial district,offices and skyscrapers at dusk,looking skyward,UK,E1 8DX,office blocks,real estate,property,commercial,finance,firms,company,looking,up,investing,fronted,buildings,architecture,skyline,blocks,skyscraper,skyscrapers
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2ABY95C - . Photographed at Bishopsgate,London,South East,England,UK, E1 8DX in 2019, this is a specific real-world record of the subject, its setting and the period details surrounding it. The main subject is City of London,financial district,offices and skyscrapers at dusk,looking skyward, Bishopsgate,London,South East,England,UK, E1 8DX. The setting also relates to residential environment, everyday life, retail vacancy, housing quality, urban commerce, built environment, independent trading, regional identity, estate environment, place identity, community housing, commercial frontage, high-street commerce, and commercial streetscape. From a 2025-onward perspective, the scene also connects with affordability, tenant rights and the importance of maintenance, accountability and tenant rights. In the mid-2020s, changing footfall and vacant units keep the subject current, particularly through the shift toward mixed retail, leisure, service and residential centres. As the area changes, the image retains the relationship between the subject and its surroundings in the immediate surroundings of Bishopsgate,London,South East,England,UK, E1 8DX. Further connections include documentary photography, local story.htm Target=_Blank>history, affordable homes, shopfront economy, social history, housing affordability, historical comparison, and visual archive. Elements such as Bishopsgate, looking, offices, London, and district add documentary specificity and may become more useful when compared with later records. A later view of Bishopsgate,London,South East,England,UK, E1 8DX may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. Another useful connection is affordability and how housing quality affects everyday wellbeing as part of the longer story of Bishopsgate,London,South East,England,UK, E1 8DX. The frame retains a local visual benchmark as part of Bishopsgate,London,South East,England,UK, E1 8DX's history.
Bishopsgate,London,South East,England,UK, E1 8DX
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,block,Berks,Berkshire,RG1,building,architecture,contemporary,Architect,dn-a,architects,DNA,outside,facade,façade,exterior,Station Hill,ThamesTower,working,environment,co-working,space,units,Roost,14 floors,fourteen floors,Real Estate,towers,accommodation,let,lets,letting,up,upwards,look,looking,corporate
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M84KK8 - . Made at Thames Tower, Station Road, Reading, England, UK, RG1 1LX. in 2019, 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 principal subject is Thames Tower office block, Station Rd, Reading, Berkshire, England, UK, RG1 1LX. Further facets of the scene include heritage asset, everyday life, Thames city view, local character, before-and-after reference, British landmark imagery, traditional materials, historical comparison, conservation interest, changing streetscape, period architecture, historic streetscape, Westminster skyline, and visual archive. Today's relevance is strengthened by parliamentary life, urban mobility and the continuing question of how familiar London symbols function as global shorthand for Britain. From a 2025-onward perspective, redevelopment pressure and planning control are closely linked to this subject, alongside the balance between conservation and modern commercial use. The archival value lies partly in recording materials and architectural details around Thames Tower, Station Road, Reading, England, UK, RG1 1LX. before changing commercial priorities alters the character of the place. The location also brings in archival record, regional identity, urban fabric, architectural character, period building, Parliament Square context, London cityscape, and contemporary social history. Elements such as Tower, Berkshire, Thames, Station, and block add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. For Thames Tower, Station Road, Reading, England, UK, RG1 1LX., the photograph contributes to a cumulative visual history in which changes in use, signs, access and appearance can be traced over time. The period view preserves details of everyday use as part of Thames Tower, Station Road, Reading, England, UK, RG1 1LX.'s history.
Thames Tower, Station Road, Reading, England, UK, RG1 1LX.
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Keywords: City,Centre,art,design,neon,sign,Glasgow,Scotland,UK,culture,architecture,G1,3NU,ln,tourist,tourism,travel,location,destination,designer,looking,up,Neon Sign,The Lighthouse,Mitchell Lane,G1 3NU,looking up,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,Tony,Smith,UK,GB,Great,Britain,United,Kingdom,Scottish,Scots,British,Scotland,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Images of,Stock Images,Tony Smith,United Kingdom,Great Britain,British Isles,Charles Rennie Mackintosh,Rennie Mackintosh,Glasgow School,The Glasgow School
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy H9PM2Y - . This authentic period view of 11 Mitchell Lane, Glasgow G1 3NU in 2016 preserves the main subject alongside smaller contextual details that can acquire greater historical value as places and uses change. The principal subject is Mackintosh Legacy,The lighthouse art gallery, Glasgow, Scotland,UK - looking up. The broader subject matter reaches into visual archive, local character, architectural detail, regional identity, architectural character, period architecture, archival record, everyday life, historic streetscape, changing streetscape, community identity, documentary photography, public realm, and heritage landmark. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with redevelopment pressure, tourism and the value of architectural landmarks to local identity and tourism. As a dated visual record of 11 Mitchell Lane, Glasgow G1 3NU, the frame retains period objects and surrounding context, making it especially useful if later reinterpretation subsequently changes the scene. Further associations within the scene are conservation interest, place identity, heritage asset, social history, adaptive reuse, historic townscape, conservation architecture, and urban fabric. Elements such as Glasgow, lighthouse, gallery, looking, and Scotland add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. The wider setting at 11 Mitchell Lane, Glasgow G1 3NU matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. Its period value extends to redevelopment pressure and the value of architectural landmarks to local identity and tourism within the real-world context of 11 Mitchell Lane, Glasgow G1 3NU. The location additionally provides evidence of adaptive reuse and how historic buildings acquire new uses as cities change within the specific setting of 11 Mitchell Lane, Glasgow G1 3NU.
11 Mitchell Lane, Glasgow G1 3NU
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Keywords: stone,architecture,building,Victorian,Lancs,Lancashire,city,centre,history,looking,up,Manchester,England,UK,inside,learn,learning,read,reading,gothic,Enriqueta,Augustina,M3,John Rylands,Historic Library,M3 3EH,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,Tony,Smith,UK,GB,Great,Britain,United,Kingdom,English,British,England,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Images of,Stock Images,Tony Smith,United Kingdom,Great Britain,British Isles
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy H4EDRG - . John Rylands Historic Library Ceiling,Deansgate,Manchester,England,UK. Photographed on 10 October 2016. The recorded location is 150 Deansgate, Manchester, England, UK M3 3EH. The John Rylands Library is a late-Victorian neo-Gothic building on Deansgate in Manchester, England. The library, which opened to the public in 1900, was founded by Enriqueta Augustina Rylands in memory of her husband, John Rylands. The John Rylands Library on Deansgate was commissioned by Enriqueta Rylands in memory of her husband, the Manchester industrialist John Rylands, and opened to the public in 1900. Designed by Basil Champneys in a richly detailed neo-Gothic style, it was conceived as a monumental research library and is now part of the University of Manchester. Its stone vaulting, stained glass, reading rooms and carved details make the building one of the city's most important interiors and a major architectural landmark. In historical terms, historic interiors combine architecture with material culture
Furniture, clocks, silverware, screens, organs and decorative schemes can show craftsmanship, status and institutional use in ways that a façade alone cannot convey. In historical terms, public libraries developed as major civic institutions in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, combining books, education and free access to information
Their buildings and services often reflect municipal pride, while later community-run models reveal changing patterns of local-government provision. Looking at the subject's development, heritage photography is particularly useful where buildings or objects have changed function
A former workplace, shop, transport structure or piece of equipment can become a museum object or landmark, linking everyday history with conservation and interpretation. During 2026, adaptive reuse often changes internal layouts dramatically, so photographs of earlier rooms and fittings have specific conservation and design value.
150 Deansgate, Manchester, England, UK M3 3EH
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Keywords: street,stone doric columns gothic greek style building Edinburgh,Scotland,UK,Scots,tourist,tourism,attraction,in,the,evening,located,on,The,Mound,in,central,neoclassical,building,designed,by,William,Henry,looking,up,Scottish National gallery,GoTonySmith,Tour,tourism,tourist,Capital,City,Scots,icon,iconic,@Hotpixuk,HotpixUk,Tourist Attraction,city Centre,greenwashing
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy ED4MP2 - . Scottish National Gallery at night, The Mound/Princes St, Edinburgh, Scotland UK - looking up. Photographed on 26 December 2014. The recorded location is The Mound, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. The Scottish National Gallery is the national art gallery of Scotland. . It is located on The Mound in central Edinburgh, in a neoclassical building designed by William Henry Playfair, and first opened to the public in 1859. Historically, panoramic and atmospheric views place individual landmarks within their wider setting
Light, season and weather affect how architecture and landscape are perceived, while distant development can provide clues to the changing form of a town or coastline. The wider historical story is that travel photography documents the visitor economy as well as scenery, showing how historic places, coastlines and resort facilities are packaged, experienced and adapted for tourists over time. In 2026, current interest in climate and place-making gives atmospheric landscape photographs added documentary value, particularly where weather, coastlines or urban development are prominent. In the present 2026 context, tourism continues to be a major part of the UK and European service economy, but destinations continue to balance visitor numbers with resident needs, transport capacity, climate pressures and the maintenance of historic places. The historical context is that 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. 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.
The Mound, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DJ7B0W - . London Underground sign at Harrods Knightsbridge Brompton road , West London , stock-photo/gotonysmith-England.html?sortBy=relevant&pseudoid=237DAF28-A4ED-4448-8173-C0E81ABEEC6F Target=_Blank>England , UK at dusk. Photographed at 87-135 Brompton Road Knightsbridge London, England SW1X 7XL, United Kingdom. The photograph was taken on 18 November 2013. This editorial stock image documents the subject as it appeared at that time, preserving a clear record of the place, its appearance and the everyday details surrounding it. The low-light or evening setting is part of the subject, bringing illuminated signs, windows and street lighting into the documentary character of the scene. Signage, lettering, logos, numbers or other visible information form an important part of the record, helping identify the subject and capture contemporary branding or public messaging. The scene is closely associated with London, Underground, sign, Harrods, Knightsbridge, Brompton, West London, tube, line and street, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. The scene has strong relevance to railway travel, public transport, passenger infrastructure and the everyday operation of Britain's rail network. It can illustrate editorial stories about stations, train journeys, commuting, regional connectivity, rail investment, rolling stock, freight, signals, platforms, accessibility and the relationship between railways and the places they serve. Visible railway furniture, signs, tracks, platforms, trains, signals or station buildings help place the photograph firmly in the practical environment experienced by passengers and railway staff. As a dated documentary image it also offers a useful record of transport infrastructure, branding and passenger facilities at the time the photograph was made. Search themes include British rail travel, railway stations, passenger journeys, tracks, platforms, signals, rolling stock, freight, regional connectivity and transport infrastructure.
87-135 Brompton Road Knightsbridge London, England SW1X 7XL, United Kingdom
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DJ7B1A - . London Underground sign at Harrods Knightsbridge Brompton road , West London , stock-photo/gotonysmith-England.html?sortBy=relevant&pseudoid=237DAF28-A4ED-4448-8173-C0E81ABEEC6F Target=_Blank>England , UK at dusk. Photographed at 87-135 Brompton Road Knightsbridge London, England SW1X 7XL, United Kingdom. The photograph was taken on 18 November 2013. This editorial stock image documents the subject as it appeared at that time, preserving a clear record of the place, its appearance and the everyday details surrounding it. The low-light or evening setting is part of the subject, bringing illuminated signs, windows and street lighting into the documentary character of the scene. Signage, lettering, logos, numbers or other visible information form an important part of the record, helping identify the subject and capture contemporary branding or public messaging. The scene is closely associated with London, Underground, sign, Harrods, Knightsbridge, Brompton, West London, tube, line and street, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. The scene has strong relevance to railway travel, public transport, passenger infrastructure and the everyday operation of Britain's rail network. It can illustrate editorial stories about stations, train journeys, commuting, regional connectivity, rail investment, rolling stock, freight, signals, platforms, accessibility and the relationship between railways and the places they serve. Visible railway furniture, signs, tracks, platforms, trains, signals or station buildings help place the photograph firmly in the practical environment experienced by passengers and railway staff. As a dated documentary image it also offers a useful record of transport infrastructure, branding and passenger facilities at the time the photograph was made. Search themes include British rail travel, railway stations, passenger journeys, tracks, platforms, signals, rolling stock, freight, regional connectivity and transport infrastructure.
87-135 Brompton Road Knightsbridge London, England SW1X 7XL, United Kingdom
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2R64TRK - . Autumn tree canopy in Fall time, knarled boughs and branches with dried brown leaves, Cheshire, England, UK, looking up into a sunny sky. Photographed on 12 November 2013, this autumn 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 Cheshire, England, UK, adding precise geographical context for editorial, documentary, travel and local-history searches. Key searchable subjects associated with the scene include Cheshire, looking, sunny, skies, leaf, dried, leafs, Falls, Autumns, nature, natural, time, providing natural SEO coverage without losing the specific documentary identity of the photograph. Weather and natural light are part of the visual character of the frame, helping define the season, atmosphere, colour and visibility of architectural or landscape detail. 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. For search and editorial use, the image is relevant to the named location, local identity, contemporary Britain, regional tourism, urban life, community activity and the changing appearance of towns and cities. The scene contributes a specific, place-based record rather than a generic illustration.
Cheshire, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DG38FP - . Victoria Street Edinburgh City Scotland UK at dusk Night Shot. Photographed at Victoria St, West Bow, Edinburgh Old Town , Lothians , Scotland UK EH1 2JW. The photograph was taken on 30 August 2013. This editorial stock image documents the subject as it appeared at that time, preserving a clear record of the place, its appearance and the everyday details surrounding it. The low-light or evening setting is part of the subject, bringing illuminated signs, windows and street lighting into the documentary character of the scene. The scene is closely associated with Victoria, Street, Edinburgh, dusk, West Bow, Night, Shot, world, heritage and site, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. The image is relevant to architecture, the built environment, urban heritage, streetscape and the way historic and modern buildings contribute to a sense of place. It can illustrate editorial coverage of architectural detail, conservation, listed buildings, planning, regeneration, tourism, civic identity and changing uses of older properties. Facades, windows, entrances, masonry, decorative elements, signage and neighbouring structures provide documentary evidence of the building's appearance and setting. The dated view also gives the photograph archive value for future comparison if the property is restored, altered, rebranded, repurposed or redeveloped. Search themes include architecture, historic buildings, facades, interiors, conservation, listed buildings, planning, regeneration, heritage, streetscape and urban change. A precise location image is useful for comparing later restoration, alteration, redevelopment, rebranding or changes in the use of the building. 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.
Victoria St, West Bow, Edinburgh Old Town , Lothians , Scotland UK EH1 2JW
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DCE78J - Euston Station London
Robert Stephenson FRS (16 October 1803 “ 12 October 1859) was an English civil engineer. He was the only son of George Stephenson, the famed locomotive builder and railway engineer
many of the achievements popularly credited to his father were the joint efforts of father and son.
Euston Railway Station, Euston, London, England UK NW1 2BT
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DDJPHW - In May 2008 it was announced that some of the complex of buildings that hold the Central Library will be demolished and replaced with modern buildings suitable for use with modern IT services. The historic buildings in the complex will be refurbished to provide modern facilities. In October 2009 the proposed rebuild was shown to the public.
The main library building on William Brown Street closed on 23 July 2010, while closed, a temporary service operated from next door, on the second floor of Liverpool World Museum. It re-opened to the public on Friday 17th May 2013.
It is a member of the Libraries Together: Liverpool Learning Partnership (evolved from Liverpool Libraries Group) which formed in 1990. Under which, a registered reader at any of the member libraries can have access rights to the other libraries within the partnership
William Brown Street, Liverpool, England, UK L3 8EW
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DGHEGM - . New horse chestnut leaf growth against a blue spring sky, Cheshire, England, UK. Photographed at Grappenhall, Cheshire, UK WA4. The photograph was taken on 01 May 2013. This editorial stock image documents the subject as it appeared at that time, preserving a clear record of the place, its appearance and the everyday details surrounding it. The scene is closely associated with horse, chestnut, leaf, growth, against, blue, spri, Sycamore, skies and summer, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. The image has relevance to landscape, countryside, waterways, parks, gardens, environmental quality and the relationship between natural features and nearby settlement. It can illustrate editorial coverage of tourism, walking, recreation, conservation, seasonal change, biodiversity, green space, waterways and local identity. Vegetation, water, paths, buildings, weather and landform provide geographic and environmental context, helping the image work as both a place record and a broader landscape photograph. The documentary approach is useful for archive comparison, showing how a location looked at a particular time and how vegetation, land use or development may change later. Search themes include landscape, countryside, waterways, parks, gardens, environment, green space, tourism, recreation, seasonal conditions and local geography. The location view can also provide a useful baseline for later comparison as vegetation, land use, water levels or surrounding development change. 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.
Grappenhall, Cheshire, UK WA4
![iPod Shuffle2 - The Woods [Humbie Beech woods looking up, autumn] 8139382188 The,woods,The Woods,forest,autumn,fall,The Fall,Humbie,eastlotian,east,lothian,looking,up,trees,Beech,yellow,orange,ipod,shuffle,shuffle2,tony,smith,tonysmith,hotpix,Scotland,UK,GBgreat,britain,lookingup,stephen,buchan,stephenbuchan,pingon,bewiahn,nature,natureza](https://live.staticflickr.com/8049/8139382188_132be1c918_o.jpg/)
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 8139382188 - 'Portugal The Man - 'The Woods' - Play this track here.
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While on a great photo walk with good drinking friend and botanical polyglot Stephen Buchan in Humbie woods, a quiet oasis a few miles south of Pencaitland, East Lotian, Scotland the other week, this track was bouncing around in my head.
Portugal. The Man is an American experimental rock band based in Portland, Oregon, but originally from Wasilla, Alaska. The group released their first two albums with Fearless Records.
This is a track from their 4th album, The Satanic Satanist.
Released on July 21, 2009 it was originally named The Satanic Satanist of the Majestic Majesty, the album title was later shortened and an acoustic counterpart entitled The Majestic Majesty was released. The Satanic Satanist is themed around memories and stories from singer John Gourley's growing up in the state of Alaska. The album was recorded with the help of record producer Paul Q. Kolderie of Pixies and Radiohead fame, and it was the band's first time recording an album with pre-production.
Humbie is a hamlet and rural parish in East Lothian, Scotland. It lies in the south-west of the county, approximately 10 miles south-west of Haddington and 15 miles south-east of Edinburgh. Humbie as we know it today was formed as the result of the union between Keith Marischal and Keith Hundeby in 1618. There is not much of a village, more a scattered hamlet.
The 'T-Plan' Parish Church was rebuilt in 1800 and Gothicized in 1866 by David Bryce. The 'chancel' was added in 1932. Memorials in the churchyard include a heraldic tablet of the Borthwicks of Whitburgh of the early 17th century, and another monument to James Scriven of Ploughlandhill who died in 1668. The path down to the ample woodland winds down from the churchyard.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy D8HRBT - . A beautiful wide image of autumn trees looking up. Photographed on 21 October 2012. The recorded location is Humbie, Lothians , Scotland, UK. 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. The wider historical story is that fields, flowers, trees and wildlife provide a visual record of season, habitat and countryside management
Agricultural crops sit alongside wild plants, insects and birds, illustrating the overlap between food production, biodiversity and recreation. During 2026, 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. In the present 2026 context, climate adaptation and biodiversity remain prominent concerns, giving ordinary countryside scenes greater documentary relevance
Changes in rainfall, temperature and land management affect flowering, crops, insects and wildlife, while public interest in nature recovery continues to grow. In the longer view, panoramic and atmospheric views place individual landmarks within their wider setting
Light, season and weather affect how architecture and landscape are perceived, while distant development can provide clues to the changing form of a town or coastline. As background, 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. Related search language includes scenic view, night photography, seasonal landscape, cityscape, coastal landscape, and urban landscape.
Humbie, Lothians , Scotland, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy CFEFJ3 - . Virgin Pendo Pendolino train standing at platform three, Warrington Bank Quay railway station, Parker St, Warrington, stock-photo/gotonysmith-Cheshire.html?sortBy=relevant&pseudoid=237DAF28-A4ED-4448-8173-C0E81ABEEC6F Target=_Blank>Cheshire. Photographed on 10 March 2012. The recorded location is Warrington Bank Quay, Parker Street, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK. In the longer view, railway scenes connect industrial-age engineering with everyday passenger mobility
Station architecture, platforms, signal boxes, ticketing and rolling stock show how the network has evolved from steam and regional companies through British Rail, privatisation and now's increasingly digital passenger railway. From a heritage perspective, banking imagery can range from grand Victorian branch architecture to the small physical objects of personal finance
Together, notes, coins, cards, cheques and cashpoints chart a shift from cash and branch-based services towards electronic and online banking. Current 2026 relevance comes from the fact that britain's railway is in another period of structural change as legislation for Great British Railways progresses, bringing infrastructure and passenger services into a more unified publicly owned model
Images of earlier operators, ticket machines and station branding help illustrate how quickly the passenger railway changes. As of 2026, cash is used less often than in earlier decades but remains significant, particularly for vulnerable consumers and some small businesses
FCA access-to-cash rules require designated banks and building societies to assess local provision and address significant gaps, making images of ATMs, notes and former branches relevant to financial inclusion. In historical terms, stations and railway infrastructure are both working transport assets and historical records
Their changing operators, signage, ticketing systems, rolling stock and architecture chart the development of British rail travel from the Victorian era to modern inter-city and commuter services.
Warrington Bank Quay, Parker Street, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK
![iPod Shuffle2 - Waterloo Sunset [ Giant Cow Parsley ] 6492091259 blue,hour,orange,sky,sun,set,sunset,giant,hogweed,hog,weed,England,UK,Cheshire,Lymm,looking,up,tony,smith,tonysmith,hotpix,tonysmithhotpix](https://live.staticflickr.com/7033/6492091259_d96077497e_o.jpg/)
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 6492091259 - 'The Kinks - 'Waterloo Sunset' - Play this track here.
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Waterloo Sunset is a song by British rock band The Kinks. It was released as a single in 1967, and featured on their album Something Else by The Kinks. Composed and produced by Kinks frontman Ray Davies, 'Waterloo Sunset' is one of the band's best known and most acclaimed songs. A London FM radio poll in 2004 named this the 'Greatest Song About London', while Time Out named it the 'Anthem of London'.
The lyrics describe a solitary narrator watching (or imagining) two lovers passing over a bridge, with the melancholic observer reflecting on the couple, the Thames, and Waterloo Station. The song was rumoured to have been inspired by the romance between two British celebrities of the time, actors Terence Stamp and Julie Christie. Ray Davies denied this in his autobiography, and claimed in a 2008 interview, 'It was a fantasy about my sister going off with her boyfriend to a new world and they were going to emigrate and go to another country.'
Despite its complex arrangement, the sessions for 'Waterloo Sunset' lasted a mere ten hours
Dave Davies later commented on the recording: 'We spent a lot of time trying to get a different guitar sound, to get a more unique feel for the record. In the end we used a tape-delay echo, but it sounded new because nobody had done it since the 1950s. I remember Steve Marriott of the Small Faces came up and asked me how we'd got that sound. We were almost trendy for a while.' The single was one of the group's biggest UK successes, reaching number two on Melody Maker's chart, and went on to become one of their most popular and best-known.
The record reached number 2 on the British charts in mid 1967 (it failed to dislodge the Tremeloes' 'Silence Is Golden' from the number 1 position). Davies considered the song a professional milestone, where he managed to blend the commercial demands of a hit single with his own highly personal style of narrative songwriting. The elaborate production was the first Kinks recording produced solely by Davies, without longtime producer Shel Talmy. In subsequent arguments with Kinks management over the direction of the band, Davies would say 'I've done 'Waterloo Sunset', now I want to do something else'.
In 2010 Ray Davies stated the song was originally entitled 'Liverpool Sunset'. In an interview with the Liverpool Echo he explained 'Liverpool is my favourite city, and the song was originally called Liverpool Sunset. I was inspired by Merseybeat. I'd fallen in love with Liverpool by that point. On every tour, that was the best reception. We played The Cavern, all those old places, and I couldn't get enough of it. I had a load of mates in bands up there, and that sound \u2013 not The Beatles but Merseybeat \u2013 that was unbelievable. It used to inspire me every time. So I wrote Liverpool Sunset. Later it got changed to Waterloo Sunset, but there's still that play on words with Waterloo. London was home, I'd grown up there, but I like to think I could be an adopted Scouser. My heart is definitely there.
Heracleum mantegazzianum, commonly known as giant hogweed, cartwheel-flower, wild parsnip, wild rhubarb, giant cow parsnip, or giant cow parsley, is a plant in the family Apiaceae. It typically grows to heights of 2\u20135 metres (6 ft 7 in\u201316 ft 5 in), sometimes reaching 7 metres (23 ft). Except for size, it closely resembles Common Hogweed (Heracleum sphondylium), Heracleum sosnowskyi or Garden
Angelica (Angelica archangelica). It is phototoxic and considered to be a noxious weed in many jurisdictions. Giant Hogweed is native to the Caucasus Region and Central Asia. It was introduced to Britain as an ornamental in the 19th century, and it has also spread to Finland, Germany, France, Belgium, Czech Republic, Latvia, United States and Canada.
The sap of Giant Hogweed causes phytophotodermatitis in humans, resulting in blisters, long-lasting scars, and\u2014if it comes in contact with eyes\u2014blindness. These serious reactions are due to the furocoumarin derivatives in the leaves, roots, stems, flowers, and seeds of the plant.
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 6125027070 - 'Carlos Santana - Black Magic Woman - ob=av3n\' rel=\'nofollow\'>Play this track here.
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'Black Magic Woman' is a song written by Peter Green that first appeared as a Fleetwood Mac single in various countries in 1968, subsequently appearing on the 1969 Fleetwood Mac compilation albums English Rose (US) and The Pious Bird of Good Omen (UK).
In 1970, it became a classic hit by Santana, as sung by Gregg Rolie, reaching no 4 in the U.S. and Canadian charts, after appearing on their Abraxas album, becoming more closely associated with Santana than Fleetwood Mac.
Santana is a band based around guitarist Carlos Santana and founded in the late 1960s. It first came to public attention after their performing the song 'Soul Sacrifice' at the Woodstock Festival in 1969, when their Latin rock provided a contrast to other acts on the bill. This initial exposure made their first, eponymous album a hit at the time, followed in the next two years by successful follow-ups Abraxas and Santana III.
Over the next few years, lineup changes were common and frequent, and although retaining a basis of Latin rock, Carlos Santana's increasing involvement with guru Sri Chinmoy took the band further into more esoteric music, which continued for many years, although never quite losing the initial Latin influence.
In 1998, the group was inducted into the Rock &
Roll Hall of Fame, with Carlos Santana, Jose Chepito Areas, David Brown, Mike Carabello, Gregg Rolie and Michael Shrieve being honored.
Santana has achieved a total of eight Grammy Awards and three Latin Grammy Awards which were all awarded in 2000. Carlos also won two Grammy Awards as a solo artist in 1989 and 2003.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PP0NNM - Spinningfields is an area of Manchester city centre, in North West England, developed in the 2000s between Deansgate and the River Irwell by Allied London Properties. The £1.5 billion project consists of 20 buildings, totalling approximately 430,000 m2 (4,600,000 sq ft) of commercial, residential and retail space. It takes its name from Spinningfield, a narrow street which ran westwards from Deansgate. In 1968, Spinningfield and the area to the south were turned into Spinningfield Square, an open paved area. Landmark buildings within the scheme include the Manchester Civil Justice Centre and 1 Spinningfields, a 90 m (300 ft) tall office building.
History
See also: History of Manchester
The proposal to create a central business district originated in 1997 when Allied London purchased a number of buildings around the John Rylands Library. Allied London executive Mike Ingall was convinced of the site's regeneration potential and Manchester City Council was keen to redevelop the city centre after the 1996 Manchester bombing.
The development, named from a narrow street which ran westwards from Deansgate, is bounded by Bridge Street to the north, Quay Street to the south, Deansgate to the east, and the River Irwell to the west. The Financial Times said in 2012 that the development spread over 22 acres (89,000 m2) and contained 3,000,000 sq ft (280,000 m2) of office space.By 2008, many had been completed and others were under construction or in the planning stages. The structural, civil and geo-environmental engineers were Capita Symonds Structures based in Cheadle Hulme.
Left Bank, SpinningFields, Deansgate, Manchester, England, UK, M3 3AN
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PP0NNX - Spinningfields is an area of Manchester city centre, in North West England, developed in the 2000s between Deansgate and the River Irwell by Allied London Properties. The £1.5 billion project consists of 20 buildings, totalling approximately 430,000 m2 (4,600,000 sq ft) of commercial, residential and retail space. It takes its name from Spinningfield, a narrow street which ran westwards from Deansgate. In 1968, Spinningfield and the area to the south were turned into Spinningfield Square, an open paved area. Landmark buildings within the scheme include the Manchester Civil Justice Centre and 1 Spinningfields, a 90 m (300 ft) tall office building.
History
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The proposal to create a central business district originated in 1997 when Allied London purchased a number of buildings around the John Rylands Library. Allied London executive Mike Ingall was convinced of the site's regeneration potential and Manchester City Council was keen to redevelop the city centre after the 1996 Manchester bombing.
The development, named from a narrow street which ran westwards from Deansgate, is bounded by Bridge Street to the north, Quay Street to the south, Deansgate to the east, and the River Irwell to the west. The Financial Times said in 2012 that the development spread over 22 acres (89,000 m2) and contained 3,000,000 sq ft (280,000 m2) of office space.By 2008, many had been completed and others were under construction or in the planning stages. The structural, civil and geo-environmental engineers were Capita Symonds Structures based in Cheadle Hulme.
Left Bank, SpinningFields, Deansgate, Manchester, England, UK, M3 3AN
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PP0NP4 - . Victorian Electric lights, building architecture, John Rylands Research Institute and Library, 150 Deansgate, Manchester, England, UK, M3 3EH. Photographed on 22 May 2010, this spring image records the subject in its real-world setting and provides a contemporary visual reference for the place, activity, object or organisation shown. The recorded location is John Rylands Research Institute and Library, 150 Deansgate, Manchester, England, UK, M3 3EH, adding precise geographical context for editorial, documentary, travel and local-history searches. Key searchable subjects associated with the scene include John Rylands Library, Research Institute, John Rylands Research Institute and Library, M3 3EH, Deansgate, electric, lighting, John Rylands, Historic Library, gothic, learn, learning, providing natural SEO coverage without losing the specific documentary identity of the photograph. Architecturally, the scene records the form, materials, scale and public-facing character of the built environment, making it useful for coverage of design, planning, conservation, development and urban identity. The image has value for architectural and place-based research because buildings and interiors can be refurbished, repurposed, demolished or substantially altered, while streets and public spaces also evolve. The heritage dimension gives the photograph relevance to local history, conservation, collective memory, historic buildings and objects, civic identity and the ways in which earlier generations are represented in today's public realm. As a contemporary record of a historic subject, it can illustrate preservation, interpretation, restoration, tourism and debates about how cultural and industrial heritage is maintained and reused. 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.
John Rylands Research Institute and Library, 150 Deansgate, Manchester, England, UK, M3 3EH
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy CET17D - Imperial War Museum North (sometimes referred to as IWM North) is a museum in the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford in Greater Manchester, England. One of five branches of the Imperial War Museum, it explores the impact of modern conflicts on people and society. It is the first branch of the Imperial War Museum to be located in the north of England.
The museum occupies a site overlooking the Manchester Ship Canal in Trafford Park, an area which during the Second World War was a key industrial centre and consequently heavily bombed during the Manchester Blitz in 1940. The area is now home to the Lowry cultural centre and the MediaCityUK development, which stand opposite the museum at Salford Quays.
The museum building was designed by architect Daniel Libeskind and opened in July 2002, receiving 470,000 visitors in its first year of opening. It was recognised with awards or prize nominations for its architecture, but has also been criticised for poor energy efficiency. The museum features a permanent exhibition of chronological and thematic displays, supported by hourly audiovisual presentations which are projected throughout the gallery space.
The museum also hosts a programme of temporary exhibitions in a separate gallery. Since opening, the museum has operated a successful volunteer programme, which since January 2007 has been run in partnership with Manchester Museum. As part of a national museum, Imperial War Museum North is financed by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport and by self-generated income.
Imperial War Museum North,The Quays Trafford Wharf Rd, Manchester, England UK M17 1TZ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RDAW0W - . Looking east towards Carbis Bay, Boats moored at St Ives harbour, Cornwall Kernow , South West England, UK, TR26 1PU. Photographed on 31 May 2009, this spring image records the subject in its real-world setting and provides a contemporary visual reference for the place, activity, object or organisation shown. Key searchable subjects associated with the scene include TR26, South West, TR26 1PU, tied, boat, boats, tourist, attraction, pier, piers, Smeatons Pier, Saint Ives, providing natural SEO coverage without losing the specific documentary identity of the photograph. The transport setting gives the image wider relevance to mobility, infrastructure, roads and public transport, travel behaviour, local connectivity, logistics and the relationship between vehicles and the built environment. It can illustrate planning, transport policy, accessibility, congestion, public investment and the changing technologies and services used to move people or goods. The waterside context adds themes of ports, docks, harbours, rivers, canals, ferries, leisure boating, maritime transport and waterfront regeneration. Such views are useful for travel and infrastructure coverage as well as for documenting how working waterfronts, passenger services and former industrial land change over time. 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 composition retains practical contextual detail for news, feature, documentary, educational and historical use.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy CEMXA6 - Mow Cop is an isolated village which straddles the Cheshire“Staffordshire border, and is thus divided between the North West and West Midlands regions of England. It is 24 miles south of Manchester and 6 miles north of Stoke-on-Trent.
The name is first recorded as Mowel around 1270 AD, and is believed to be derived from either the Anglo-Saxon MÅ«ga-hyll, meaning heap-hill, with copp = head added later, or the Common Celtic ancestor of Welsh moel (= hill), with Anglo-Saxon copp added later.
At the village's summit, men once quarried stone to make into querns, used since the Iron Age for milling corn
this trade ended during the Victorian period. The village also has a long history of coal mining. Mow Cop Castle is a folly of a ruined castle at the summit of the hill, built in 1754. The village was served by a railway station which was opened by the North Staffordshire Railway on October 9, 1848. Mow Cop is known for its 'Killer Mile', a one mile road race from the level crossing on the western side of the hill, up to the Castle. The race was originated in the early 1980s by John Britton, and sponsored by ICL (Kidsgrove). It continues today, organised by the Mow Cop Residents' Association. Mow Cop Runners, a local running club founded in 2009, meet at The Ash Inn and organise The Mow Cop Hill Race, a 6.5 mile fell race.
Mow Cop is also noteworthy as the birthplace of the Primitive Methodist movement. Starting in 1800, Hugh Bourne from Stoke-on-Trent and William Clowes from Burslem began holding open-air prayer meetings. On 31 May 1807, a large 14-hour camp meeting was held and as a result the Primitive Methodist Church was formed in 1810. These camp meetings became a regular feature at Mow Cop, with camps later held to celebrate the 100th, 150th and 200th anniversaries of the first camp.
The village features prominently in the 1973 novel Red Shift by Alan Garner.
Mow Cop, Congleton, Cheshire, North West England, United Kingdom UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy D8HCY8 - . An identifiable period record of Cheshire, England, UK, retaining practical detail and local context that distinguish documentary photography from a generic illustration. The defining feature is Old Art Deco style clock with hands in brown, England, UK. Another layer of the photograph includes navigation engineering, community identity, social story.htm Target=_Blank>history, waterborne transport, towpath landscape, period detail, canal heritage, working waterway, historical comparison, local history, regional identity, before-and-after reference, industrial waterway history, and changing land use. The modern context includes continuing discussion of biodiversity, flood resilience and how navigation heritage coexists with modern flood and environmental management. As a dated visual record of Cheshire, England, UK, the frame retains transport arrangements and footfall, making it especially useful if changed technology subsequently changes the scene. Further associations within the scene are place identity, public realm, inland navigation, changing streetscape, blue-green corridor, managed navigation, archival record, and everyday life. The recorded references to hands, style, clock, and brown preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. Around Cheshire, England, UK, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. The location additionally provides evidence of biodiversity and the role of canals as blue-green corridors for people and wildlife within the specific setting of Cheshire, England, UK. A further contemporary connection is heritage conservation and how navigation heritage coexists with modern flood and environmental management as part of the longer story of Cheshire, England, UK. The photograph keeps a point of historical comparison as part of Cheshire, England, UK's history.
Cheshire, England, UK
