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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,congestion,cars,road traffic,commuting,road transport,queue,North West England,vehicles,northbound,M6,holiday,getaway,heavy,traffic,road,busy,busiest,weekend,and,lorries,HGV,drivers,gridlock,grid-lock,collision,incident,incidents,accident,crash,delays,delay,National Highways,strategic,network,long-distance,travel,overcast weather
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FBX6BH - Stationary northbound traffic fills the M6 motorway in Cumbria, England, during a busy UK bank holiday travel period, with cars and heavy goods vehicles packed into a long queue while the opposite southbound carriageway remains comparatively clear. The scene illustrates the familiar pressure placed on Britain's strategic road network during public holidays, long weekends and peak getaway periods, when large numbers of motorists make leisure journeys between northern England, Scotland, the Midlands and destinations further south. The M6 is one of the country's most important long-distance routes and a vital north-south artery for private cars, commercial vehicles and freight traffic. Congestion of this kind can result from sheer traffic volume, roadworks, lane closures, breakdowns, collisions or a road traffic accident, with even a relatively minor incident capable of producing lengthy delays and substantial tailbacks. Vehicles are shown almost at a standstill beneath a concrete motorway overbridge, contrasting sharply with the open lanes visible on the other carriageway. The image provides editorial context for stories about bank holiday jams, traffic disruption, motorway capacity, journey-time reliability, holiday travel chaos, transport infrastructure, driver frustration and the economic impact of delays on passengers and freight. It can also illustrate National Highways traffic management, motorway safety, emergency incidents, vehicle collisions, RTA reporting and advice to motorists to allow extra time for journeys during busy periods. Cumbria forms a key section of the M6 corridor connecting northwest England with the Scottish border, making the motorway important for tourism and long-distance holiday traffic to and from the Lake District and Scotland. The queue of cars, vans and HGVs is a recognisable image of Britain's seasonal road congestion, when a bank holiday getaway can turn an otherwise routine motorway journey into a prolonged wait.
M6 motorway, Cumbria, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,addiction,slot,machines,gambling,danger,£100,Roadchef,Killington Lake,M6,services,motorway,service station gambling,adult gaming machines,over 18s gambling,electronic gaming terminals,high stakes slot machines,British gambling industry,casino style games,gambling at motorway services,fruit machines,temptation,easy,fast,hit,satisfaction,legislation,risk,risks,behaviour,related,harm,risk of,vulnerable,adult,gamblers,addictive machine,rest stop entertainment
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3F2PHB6 - Brightly illuminated electronic slot machines inside Roadchef Killington Lake motorway services on the southbound M6 in Cumbria. The gaming terminals feature colourful screens, neon cabinet lighting and prominent promotional wording including Big Win and £100 prize branding. Individual games visible on the machines include Wild Adventure Buffalo Edition and other digital reel, jackpot and casino-style titles designed to attract attention within the indoor service-station environment.
The £100 maximum prize indicates category C gaming machines, which currently permit a maximum stake of £1 and a maximum cash prize of £100. These machines are restricted to adults aged 18 and over. Their presence at a motorway service area illustrates how opportunities to gamble can be encountered outside traditional betting shops, casinos and amusement arcades, including locations used by travellers, professional drivers and families taking breaks from long journeys.
The image is relevant to public debate about gambling harms, addiction and the accessibility and normalisation of commercial gambling. Bright displays, celebratory win messages, rapid electronic play and multiple games presented through a single terminal may encourage prolonged or impulsive use. Although occasional prizes are highlighted prominently, players remain exposed to repeated financial losses, with potential consequences including debt, stress, damaged relationships and compulsive gambling behaviour.
Roadchef Killington Lake is situated between junctions 37 and 36 on the southbound M6, east of Kendal and overlooking Killington Reservoir. The services operate continuously, making the machines potentially accessible throughout the day and night. The contrast between the dark surroundings and intense illuminated screens creates a visually seductive gaming area while also supporting editorial themes involving responsible gambling, consumer protection, vulnerable users, motorway leisure facilities
Killington Lake Motorway Services, M6 Southbound, Killington, Kendal, Cumbria, England, UK, LA8 0NW
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,machine,washer,dryer,wash,on,the,motorway,a,new,service,dolly,tub,24/7,dry,large,item,items,SMS alert,PhotoMe,Photo Me,area,services,on the,road,save,money,saving,Revolution Self Service Launderette,Launderette,forecourt,garage,filling station,revolution laundry,M6,UK,outside,laundromat
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K52C1W - . Made at Stafford North Services, M6, Staffordshire, England, UK, ST15 0EU 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. At the centre of the view is Launderette Revolution washer dryer Laundromat, at Stafford services north, Moto, Staffordshire, England, UK - part of Photo Me. The setting additionally reflects changing land use, visual archive, bus route infrastructure, everyday life, place identity, community identity, local history, public transport stop, local character, surface public transport, transport accessibility, public realm, roadside transit, and changing streetscape. The modern context includes continuing discussion of local connectivity, service frequency and the shift toward cleaner buses and integrated ticketing. For later comparison, the photograph preserves lettering, decoration and surface detail at Stafford North Services, M6, Staffordshire, England, UK, ST15 0EU, details that may look very different after redevelopment. The location also brings in period detail, contemporary social history, historical comparison, local mobility, local bus network, archival record, public-transport wayfinding, and before-and-after reference. Details involving services, washer, Revolution, Staffordshire, and dryer make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. For Stafford North Services, M6, Staffordshire, England, UK, ST15 0EU, 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 local connectivity and the shift toward cleaner buses and integrated ticketing in a form that can be compared with future views of Stafford North Services, M6, Staffordshire, England, UK, ST15 0EU. That local specificity strengthens the long-term documentary value of image 2K52C1W.
Stafford North Services, M6, Staffordshire, England, UK, ST15 0EU
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Greggs,shop,retail,chain,profits,share,price,store,at,North,M6,England,UK,vegan,service,youve earned it,entrance,logo,front,door,autumn essentials,marketting,baked,goods,baker,bakers,sausage roll,pies,sandwiches,cakes,branch,branches,shops
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K5471X - . Photographed at Stafford North Services, M6, Staffordshire, England, UK, ST15 0EU in 2022, this detailed documentary image records the subject within its real surroundings and preserves a specific stage in the life of the location. The main point of reference is Greggs outlet at Stafford North Services, M6, Staffordshire, England, UK. Further facets of the scene include public realm, documentary photography, station environment, commuter travel, place identity, rail infrastructure, social history, urban rail transport, rail mobility, integrated transport, regional rail, rail modernisation, passenger railway, and contemporary social history. For current editorial use, public ownership and decarbonisation provide additional context, especially through the role of public transport in reducing congestion and emissions. Future viewers can use this scene from Stafford North Services, M6, Staffordshire, England, UK, ST15 0EU to compare materials and architectural details with whatever follows after later reinterpretation. A second descriptive layer includes local history, historical comparison, trackside heritage, mass transit, public transport network, railway branding, changing land use, and before-and-after reference. References to Services, outlet, Staffordshire, Greggs, and Stafford give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. The period setting at Stafford North Services, M6, Staffordshire, England, UK, ST15 0EU helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. Its period value extends to public ownership and the role of public transport in reducing congestion and emissions within the specific setting of Stafford North Services, M6, Staffordshire, England, UK, ST15 0EU. The record includes a point of historical comparison before later change alters the scene. The frame retains part of the area's social history as a date-specific reference.
Stafford North Services, M6, Staffordshire, England, UK, ST15 0EU
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,Hotpixuk,@Hotpixuk,cars,vehicles,transport,garage,forecourt,inflation,petrol VAT,petrol duty,fuel duty,diesel duty,services,motorway services,profiteering,oil company profits,sign,prices,Welcome Break Services Keele North,M6,Petrol PriceDiesel Price,on sign,expensive,northbound,north bound,UK,litre,per,Stoke,ST5 5HG,ST5,Trusthouse Forte Welcome Break,Trusthouse Forte,Keele Motorway Services Area,Three Mile Lane,Staffordshire,Iran war
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JAGDRG - . A grounded documentary photograph made at Welcome Break Services Keele North,M6,ST5 5HG - Trusthouse Forte Welcome Break,Trusthouse Forte,Keel in 2022, combining the immediate subject with evidence of the surrounding streetscape, public realm, business activity or local character. The defining feature is Welcome Break Services Keele North,M6,Petrol Price,Diesel Price, on sign, ST5 5HG. The image also relates to historical comparison, orientation signage, route marker, period detail, transport interchange, train operations, public-facing notice, trackside history, industrial railway heritage, rolling stock, navigation aid, contemporary social history, archival record, and station environment. The wider contemporary story combines reliability, rail reform and the continuing importance of rail to regional connectivity. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with maintenance, inclusive design and how clear signs help people navigate complex public places. The image fixes signage and branding within Welcome Break Services Keele North,M6,ST5 5HG - Trusthouse Forte Welcome Break,Trusthouse Forte,Keel at one identifiable point, providing a benchmark against changing commercial priorities. The wider setting retains connections with operational signage, passenger railway, changing land use, rail corridor, street furniture, community noticeboard, local history, and community identity. Details involving Keele, Services, Break, Price, and Welcome make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. For Welcome Break Services Keele North,M6,ST5 5HG - Trusthouse Forte Welcome Break,Trusthouse Forte,Keel, the photograph contributes to a cumulative visual history in which changes in use, signs, access and appearance can be traced over time. The image fixes a trace of local identity for future local research. It also preserves a local visual benchmark before later change alters the scene.
Welcome Break Services Keele North,M6,ST5 5HG - Trusthouse Forte Welcome Break,Trusthouse Forte,Keel
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Keywords: @HotpixUK,HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,Northern,Powerhouse,industry,art,music,MarkEsmith,Hit The North,Manchester,Northern quarter,NQ4,Greater Manchester,England,Neon,Hit,The,North,quarter,proud,pub,bar,Punish The North,Northern wasteland,wasteland,M6,North West,NorthWest,North West of England,Lancashire,Lancs,brick,wall,neon sign on wall,white sign,levelling up,Cumbria,village
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AEDHXN - Hit the North is a 1987 song by British post-punk band the Fall. The lyrics were composed by band leader Mark E. Smith with the music written by Simon Rogers and Brix Smith. It was released as a single in October 1987 and reached number 57 on the UK singles chart. According to Tom Doyle of Sound on Sound, the song is a rousing groove“based anthem which is now regarded by many as both their ultimate statement and best single.
The record was part of a conscious approach by Brix Smith and Simon Rogers, both of whom had recently joined the band, in increasing the Fall's popularity and accessibility. Brix Smith said: It was definitely a conscious thing on my part because they were so, so underground and so unappreciated and unknown. I just thought they were such an important band and it needed to be broadcast all over the world. Her husband at the time, Mark E. Smith, disagreed: ..it wasn't a conscious effort. It was just trying to get it a bit more punchy. I always like it very clean and simple. A lot of groups are swamped with sound.
The music was written by Rogers and Brix Smith, and recorded by Rogers on his newly-acquired Sequential Circuits Studio 440 sequencer-sampler. Rogers said literally the first thing I put into it was a bass and a snare just on two pads, a little tiny Indian bell... and a sax note and a bass note from a Gentle Giant record. When Rogers demonstrated the instrument to Mark E. Smith, Smith said: What's that music? I'll have that, just do me a tape. Smith recorded a demo, with the original programmed drums removed
on the final recording they are replaced by samples of Simon Wolstencroft's drumming. The song was recorded in Abbey Road Studios in July 1987, during the sessions for the band's album The Frenz Experiment, with Rogers as producer and Ian Grimble as recording engineer. Guitar and vocal distortions and other effects were added in the studio.
Northern Quarter, Manchester, England, UK
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Keywords: @HotpixUK,HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,UK,jam,traffic jam,A-Road,Motorway,stationary,not moving,view,from,dashboard,driver view,view from car,car,cars,trucks,transport,windshield,stopped,still,vehicular queueing,queue,motorway,M6,not,moving,inside,vehicle,vehicles,Duster,frustration,Smart Motorway,Smart Motorways,zero,MPH,0,controls
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2ABJGG9 - . An on-location image from M6 north, Crewe, Cheshire, England, UK in 2019, useful both for the specific subject shown and for the evidence it retains about local identity, design, use and everyday life. The image documents Traffic Jam,view from a dashboard, Motorway,England,UK, zero MPH. A broader reading of the scene brings in social history, local character, period detail, transport corridor, motor traffic, urban mobility, motorway travel, changing streetscape, historical comparison, highway infrastructure, historic context, changing land use, traffic management, and everyday life. From a 2025-onward perspective, the scene also connects with decarbonisation, congestion and the shift toward lower-carbon and more integrated transport. For local-history research, the view leaves evidence of the way the place functioned before later physical or commercial change at M6 north, Crewe, Cheshire, England, UK. The wider local story also touches on road connectivity, contemporary social history, archival record, surface transport, road engineering, visual archive, roadside environment, and regional identity. The recorded references to Motorway, Traffic, and dashboard preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. Around M6 north, Crewe, Cheshire, England, UK, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. Another useful connection is decarbonisation and the continuing need to maintain ageing transport infrastructure within the real-world context of M6 north, Crewe, Cheshire, England, UK. The scene further reflects public transport and how road layouts influence local access and development within the specific setting of M6 north, Crewe, Cheshire, England, UK. Its period value extends to road safety and the continuing need to maintain ageing transport infrastructure as part of the longer story of M6 north, Crewe, Cheshire, England, UK.
M6 north, Crewe, Cheshire, England, UK
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Keywords: HousingITguy,Project365,2nd 365,HotpixUK365,Tone Smith,GoTonySmith,365,2365 one a day,Tony Smith,Hotpix,M6,Thelwall,Bridge,MSCC,Peel Ports,path,Ship Canal
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4575483050 - 'A view most motorists don't see, when they pass over the top at about 30mph....
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,M6,North West England,UK,traffic delay,traffic delays,congestion,accident,Motorway accident,road congestion,M1,M3,M4,M5,M72,M9,M90,M56,M40,M42,M62,M60,M53,England,Scotland,delays,long delays,cars,trucks,transport,lorry,lorries,stopped,motorway roadworks,traffic congestion,northbound,southbound
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy PE1J54 - . This location-led image documents the setting around M6, Stoke-on-Trent, UK, in a 2018 record. The source caption identifies Motorway traffic at a standstill M6, evening traffic delays, North West England, UK. The photograph carries associations with surface transport, strategic road network, roadside environment, road connectivity, road transport, transport planning, road safety, vehicle access, local transport, motor traffic, urban mobility, and highway infrastructure. The wider contemporary story of regional identity now includes business turnover alongside altered public space, while policy and investment increasingly consider before-and-after study. Small period details preserved at M6, Stoke-on-Trent, UK may become historically important as commercial occupants, public services, infrastructure and the built environment change, making the image useful for retrospective editorial coverage. The resulting scene connects with junction design, vehicle movement, motorway travel, traffic management, highway services, roadside commerce. Associated details include traffic jam, stationary, traffic jams, Motorway accidents, Motorway delays, long delay. Other relevant facets include road engineering, and transport corridor. Seen from a 2025-onward perspective, social history also connects with business turnover, altered public space and efforts aimed at a clearer record of local change. The combination preserved here provides evidence of planning and redevelopment, social change, historic fabric, everyday services, and movement through the area in a form that can be compared with later photographs. As the location changes, the frame remains a reference for transport patterns, neighbourhood identity, architecture and streetscape, public access, and ownership or occupation as an authentic period reference. That gives this view of M6, Stoke-on-Trent, UK continuing value for local history, retrospective reporting and visual comparison.
M6, Stoke-on-Trent, UK
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Keywords: 47,forty,seven,fortyseven,forty7,moto,baby,motobaby,motorway,M6,M5,M1,sign,M4,M3,hygiene,monitor,countdown,tonysmith,square,hipstamatic,iphone,pic
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 1156675792 - 'View this whole set here. If you do Twitter add me here.
Forty-seven is the fifteenth prime number, a safe prime, the thirteenth supersingular prime, and the sixth Lucas prime. Forty-seven is a highly cototient number. It is an Eisenstein prime with no imaginary part. Its the atomic number of silver and the atomic weight of Titanium.
Fortyseven has been the favourite number of Pomona College, California, USA, since 1964. A mathematical proof, written in 1964 by Professor Donald Bentley, supposedly demonstrates that all numbers are equal to 47. However, Bentley offered it as a 'joke proof' to further a popular student research project that listed real and imaginative '47 sightings'. Bentley used the invalid proof to introduce his students to the concept of mathematical proofs. The proof used limits to show that the sum of the two equal sides of an isosceles triangle is equal to the base side. Bentley chose forty-seven as the base side, but he could have used any number.
Joe Menosky graduated from Pomona College in 1979 and went on to become one of the story writers of Star Trek: The Next Generation. Menosky 'infected' other Star Trek writers with an enthusiasm for the number 47. As a result, 47, its reverse 74, its multiples, or combinations of 47 occur surreptitiously in almost every episode of the program and its spin-offs Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Star Trek: Voyager and Star Trek: Enterprise. Forty-seven might be mentioned in dialogue or appear on a computer screen, for example:
- In the Voyager episode 'Parallax', we learn that the Emergency Medical Holographic Channel is 47 and that the EMH has the experience of 47 individual medical officers.
- In the 2009 film Star Trek, the Enterprise was built in Sector 47 of the Riverside Shipyards, and 47 Klingon ships are said to have been destroyed by Nero's ship, the Narada.
Washroom Hygiene monitors are all the rage these days. They come in a range of Standard, standard Plus, Professional, Professional Plus and Ultima (which can count down, has customer feed back buttons, option to bleep if poor or fair pressed more than say 5 times within a countdown period, data showing what time buttons were pressed, Delay on buttons pressed). So pretty much all as would be needed from a bog standard clock.
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Keywords: Nature,birds,ducks,water,sign,no,fishing,from,this,bank,No Fishing,f,birds ducks water sign no fishing from this bank No,Fishing from,cheshire,knutsford,northwich,middlewich,M6,motorway,hotpix!
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4541555972 - 'Rise up this mornin',
Smiled with the risin' sun,
Three little birds
Pitch by my doorstep
Singin' sweet songs
Of melodies pure and true,
Sayin', 'This is my message to you-ou-ou:'
Singin': 'Don't worry about a thing, worry about a thing, oh!
Every little thing gonna be all right. Don't worry!'
Singin': 'Don't worry about a thing' - I won't worry!
''Cause every little thing gonna be all right.'
Three cheeky birds, Shakerley Mere near Knutsford Cheshire UK
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Keywords: rons,snax,snacxks,white,van,breakfast,bacon,sausage,coventry rons,coventry,A46,M6,junction2,junction,two,greasy,spoon,midlands,warwickshire,tasty,food,chap,man,gent,egg,bap,roll,cake,bagette,barm,truck,stop,services,snacks,ronsnax,hotpics,hotpic,hotpick,hotpicks,interesting,people,person,persons,persona,interesante,hotpix!
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4476871247 - 'A man happy in his van in a layby on the A46 between M6 junction two and Coventry.
I have been a regular customer of Ron (of Ron Snax, Outside catering available 01827-706191) for some time. The mis-spelt pricelist notwithstanding (Turkcy), he does a cracking job. \u00a32.40 buys you a bagette the size of two fists, packed with fried goodness. My only gripe is that he doesn't do black pudding, but that has never stopped me calling there. His litre of steaming tea or coffee also blows Costa away.
Rons does barms and soft bagettes. It always amazes me how short a distance you need to travel, for bread names to change so dramatically. It could be a bread-cake, teacake (obviously without fruit), a sub, barm, breadbun, cob, stotty, scone, buttery, flour cake or muffin. Using the wrong one can lead to a lot of confusion. Any more bread styles you know from across Britain, please leave a comment and let me know.
The old 'Greasy Spoon' in my opinion gets an unfair press. Wikipedia defines it as:
'Greasy spoon is a colloquial or slang term used in Britain, Ireland and North America for small, especially cheap, archetypal working class restaurants or diners. The name 'greasy spoon' is used to imply a less-than-rigorous approach to hygiene and dishwashing, and appears in use in the early 20th century'.
There have been a few stories, mainly hoaxes based on ficticious EU reports about eating habits of long distance drivers and their health. As any truck driver knows, the greatest hazard is infact 'Truck drivers testicle' caused by vibrations encountered over time from sitting over the tractor unit engine.
Thankfully, Rons position appears safe, although he did tell me that a new rating system is apparently coming in. So look out for his star rating, next time you are on the A46. Tell him HotpixUK sent you!
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Keywords: orford,road,rd,padgate,birchwood,warrington,england,uk,cheshire,GB,britain,graffitti,grafiti,graffiti,blue,sky,dusk,tripod,night,shot,traffic,light,sign,signal,high,way,highway,consume,less,love,more,neighbour,neighbor,hotpix,tony,smith,tdktony,tdk,grange,new,town,latchford,long,lane,street,M6,M62,raod,Westy,A57,this photo rocks,tonysmith,dark,disturbia,hotpics,hotpic,hotpick,hotpicks,hot,pics,pix,picks,noche,nuit,sex,sexy,mychat,tips,Save The Planet
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4339376202 - 'Maybe a mantra for our current troubled times?
Perhaps we should worry about our carbon footprint, walk a bit more rather than drive as much? Possibly eat less supermarket food, consume in season and cut down on our food air miles ? Think more about our neighbours, come to think of it, do you even know your neighbours? Some of our prejudges should maybe be put aside, the world\u2019s more interesting when it\u2019s diverse.
I must have passed this on Orford road coming into Padgate, Warrington Cheshire a few dozen times. To stop at the traffic lights makes you consider these four words a little more deeply. Next time you wait there to follow the A50 or to go to Birchwood following the A574, consider these words.
If you have had any thoughts when passing this, please leave a comment.
(2010 week 5)
Check out another type of sign (with a double meaning) www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/3837494263/
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Keywords: monk,benedict,benedictine,motorway,dress,services,service,M6,soutbound,south,bound,entrance,urban,contrasts,brown,rosery,rosary,give,garmen,amen,this photo rocks,cool,person,people,portrait,image,west,midlands,england,uk,britain,GB,europe,english,hotpicks,hotpix!,hotpix.rocketmail.com,hotpixuk.rocketmail.com,contact.tony.smith.gmail.com,tony.smith.gmail.com,tonys@miscs.com,tony.smith@mis-ams.com,@hotpixuk
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4306593793 - 'Brother Paul on his journey from Preston to London via Coventry UK.
Standing by the services Brother Paul almost looks like he is standing by the entrance of a huge glass cathedral.
I am sure more people visit the M6 motorway services than most churches, maybe they really are the cathedrals of the automobile / car age. Instead of 'body of christ' we worship at KFC, the E&
DCo (eat and drink Co) and M&
S Simply food.
Paul is far from the stereotype. A honourable historic tradition working within the modern world.
Another alternative religious view - www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/4163897698/
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Keywords: Duckboy,Action,Man,Northwich,Cheshire,A556,UK,roadsign,road,sign,graffitti,gay,meeting,places,365days,men,people,events,where,haunts,san,francisco,knutsford,erotic,sandbach,services,M6,showers,bath,house,sex,sexual,pink,swinger,driver,truckers,Queer,homosexual,proud,out,coming,stonewall,highway,hotpix!
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 3837494263 - 'Who are Duckboy and Action Man?
A newspaper report did suggest at one point that Knutsford was the UK's San Francisco, due to one of the highest levels of sexual crime in the UK. Much was down to visitors and people just 'driving through'.
Read the article here archive.thisischeshire.co.uk/2000/7/27/220289.html
If these layby truckers still rode horses, they may have dressed like this www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/4318020799/
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Keywords: M6,Lancaster,Services,southbound,motorway,UK,lancashire,Moto,M&S,justfood,just,food,tower,Pennine Tower,pennine,five,star,loo,award,top,crapper,365days,building,buildings,built,architecture,sex,sexy,hotpix!
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 3838285938 - 'A classic services built from stout 1965's concrete, an iconic landmark on britains first motorway, M6 Preston Bypass.
It used to be Rank, then Granada, was Forton, then Lancaster, then Lancaster (Forton).
The tower is called 'The Pennine Tower', and when it opened it had a restaurant with a panoramic view. However, the tower fell short of the Health and Safety regulations for the number of emergency exits required in a public building, so it had to be closed. It's now only used for staff training and offices.
The tower is unique to the services, but Rank built slightly smaller versions at other services of theirs such as Hilton Park,which has suffered exactly the same fate. Although the one here is the 'daddy' (as they say).
In 2008 the services won a five star loo award, one more than in 2006. Worth sharing that with you, in case you might consider holding on until Knutsford.
Rumours that the cafe used to revolve inside like 'Piz Gloria' in Switzerland where the famous James Bond was filmed'on her Majesty's Secret Service are untrue. (apparently).
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 3708723795 - 'Sausage, potato and Peas - A bargain I regretted by the time I finished it.
Another type of meal, reassuringly home-made this time www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/3834521645/in/set-72157621...
(c) Hotpix / HotpixUK Tony Smith - Hotpix.freeserve.co.uk WDCC',
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JAGDR2 - Editorial image of a Welcome Break motorway service station fuel price sign in the United Kingdom showing high unleaded and diesel prices, illustrating the pressure of rising petrol and diesel costs on motorists, commuters, families, delivery drivers, haulage operators and the wider British economy. The photograph is useful for stories about inflation, fuel price volatility, pump price rises, energy insecurity, transport costs, household budgets, commuting expenses, business overheads and the cost of living squeeze affecting drivers across the UK. With bright red digital numbers, familiar roadside branding and a clear forecourt pricing display, the image works strongly for newspapers, magazines, websites and business reports covering expensive fuel, road travel costs, petrol station pricing, diesel inflation, motoring affordability and the knock-on effect of higher fuel bills on shopping, tourism, trade, logistics and domestic budgeting. It is also relevant to coverage of global crude oil prices, oil market volatility, refinery margins, wholesale fuel costs, fuel duty debate, supply chain disruption, shipping route concerns, Middle East tensions, Strait of Hormuz fears, geopolitical instability and worries about imported energy costs feeding through into UK pump prices. The image supports broader editorial themes such as car dependency, motorway travel, service station economics, rising living costs, inflationary pressure, freight costs, commercial vehicle running costs, family holiday travel budgets, regional fuel price differences and public frustration at forecourt price increases. Search relevance includes UK fuel prices, high petrol prices, high diesel prices, Welcome Break, motorway services, fuel price sign, unleaded price, diesel price, expensive fuel, fuel inflation, energy costs, oil prices, transport inflation, motoring costs, pump prices, roadside sign, British motorists, fuel affordability and economic pressure.
Welcome Break Services Keele North,M6,ST5 5HG - Trusthouse Forte Welcome Break,Trusthouse Forte,Keel
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy P4HWGK - . Photographed at Gloucestershire, England, UK in 2018, this detailed documentary image records the subject within its real surroundings and preserves a specific stage in the life of the location. The defining feature is M5 Traffic Jam, with an empty opposite carriageway, Motorway delays, England, UK road network. The subject also carries associations with surface public transport, passenger transport, historical comparison, changing land use, local bus network, visual archive, regional identity, local character, contemporary social history, bus infrastructure, public realm, public transport information, social history, and period detail. For current editorial use, reliability and decarbonisation provide additional context, especially through the importance of bus stops as the physical interface between passengers and public transport. The image fixes signage and branding within Gloucestershire, England, UK at one identifiable point, providing a benchmark against replacement signage. The surrounding story also includes place identity, everyday life, local mobility, street-side transport, bus route infrastructure, community identity, changing streetscape, and local history. The combination of carriageway, Motorway, empty, network, and Traffic anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. Around Gloucestershire, England, UK, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. The image also provides a reference for reliability and the shift toward cleaner buses and integrated ticketing within the real-world context of Gloucestershire, England, UK. Another useful connection is integrated transport and the shift toward cleaner buses and integrated ticketing within the specific setting of Gloucestershire, England, UK. The record includes part of the area's social history within the wider story of Gloucestershire, England, UK.
Gloucestershire, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DHGYWM - The Metropolitan Borough of Walsall is a local government district in the West Midlands, England, with the status of a metropolitan borough. It is named after its largest settlement, Walsall, but covers a larger area which also includes the towns of Aldridge, Bloxwich, Brownhills, Darlaston and Willenhall. For Eurostat purposes Walsall and Wolverhampton is a NUTS 3 region (code UKG35) and is one of five boroughs or unitary districts that comprise the West Midlands NUTS 2 region. The borough had an estimated population of 254,500 in 2007.
The current boundaries were set as part of the provisions of the Local Government Act 1972, with a change to the north of the borough in 1994. It is bounded on the west by the City of Wolverhampton, the south by the Metropolitan Borough of Sandwell, to the south east by the City of Birmingham, and by the Staffordshire districts of Lichfield, Cannock Chase and South Staffordshire to the east, north and northwest respectively. Most of the borough is highly industrialised and densely populated, but areas around the north and east of the borough are open space.
In 1986 the borough became an effective unitary authority when the West Midlands County Council was abolished. However it remains part of the West Midlands for ceremonial purposes, and for functions such as policing, fire and public transport.
Darwall St, Walsall, West Midlands , England , UK WS1 1TW
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy CEY9FD - Norton Canes services is a motorway service station on the M6 Toll, in the village of Norton Canes near the towns of Brownhills, Cannock, and Walsall, in Staffordshire, England. It is operated by RoadChef, who has a 25-year lease on the site. The company also uses the site as its head office
Norton Canes services is located on the M6 Toll between junctions T6 and T7, and is positioned so that it can be accessed before reaching the main toll plaza in either direction. It is a single-sided site, unlike a large majority of other service areas which have separate facilities for each direction. For this reason it is possible to do a U-turn at the services
however, it is not possible to avoid the toll in that way.
Unlike most other service areas, where it is illegal for traffic from local roads to use the back entrance to the site, provision has been made at Norton Canes for traffic from the A5 to access the services
Norton Canes Service Area, Norton Canes, Wolverhampton, Midlands, England, UK WS11 9UX
