Search full image library
Enter words, names or reference numbers. This opens Alamy results in a new tab.
Other languages and quick categories
Search HotpixUK images in Spanish, French, German, Italian, or English. Use the dropdown for shortcuts.
Search Machine in other languages
Search All in French
FR Machine,
Search All German
DE Machine,
Search All Italian
IT Machine,
Search All Spanish
ES Machine,
Back to all images preview
Description
Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,255A9990,Jute,overhead,sack,sewing,machine,Robertson and Orchar Ltd,Dundee,Scotland,UK,green,gears,wheels,textile,machinery,industrial,manufacturing,bags,coal,factory,equipment,engineering,Scottish,heritage,museum,mechanical,cloth,packaging,production
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3ENF25B - Jute overhead sack sewing machine by Robertson and Orchar Ltd displayed at Verdant Works Museum in Dundee, Scotland, UK. The substantial green-painted machine incorporates large gears, wheels, shafts and sewing mechanisms designed for the industrial manufacture of heavy jute sacks. Dundee Heritage Trust records that Robertson and Orchar Ltd of Dundee made overhead sewing machines used to sew jute cloth into sacks, with the overhead stitch particularly useful for strong bags such as coal sacks because it was difficult to unravel. The Dundee engineering company developed from the Wallace Foundry and became a significant supplier of mill and textile machinery. The photograph is suitable for editorial coverage of jute manufacturing, sack production, Dundee engineering, Robertson and Orchar, textile machinery, industrial sewing, factory equipment, Scottish manufacturing, Victorian industry, mechanical engineering and museum collections. The vivid green paint, exposed gear train and heavy cast-metal construction make the machine visually distinctive and show the robust equipment required to turn woven jute cloth into durable industrial packaging.
Verdant Works Museum, West Henderson's Wynd, Dundee DD1 5BT, Scotland, UK
Description
Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,255A9992,Jute,lapping,machine,J H Riley and Co,Bury,Verdant Works Museum,Dundee,Scotland,UK,textile,machinery,cast-iron,flywheels,gears,rollers,engineering,manufacturing,industrial,factory,equipment,heritage,mechanical,technology,mills,history,museum,fibre,production
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3ENF25M - Jute lapping machine by J H Riley and Co of Bury displayed at Verdant Works Museum in Dundee, Scotland, UK. The large cast-iron textile machine has exposed flywheels, gears, rollers and mechanical linkages which demonstrate the heavy engineering involved in preparing jute fibre for later stages of manufacture. Lapping machinery formed part of the sequence of industrial processes used to turn raw jute into a more even material suitable for further drawing, spinning and weaving. Verdant Works preserves working and static machinery associated with Dundee's once dominant jute industry and interprets both the technology and the lives of mill workers. The photograph is suitable for editorial coverage of jute manufacturing, textile machinery, industrial engineering, Victorian technology, factory equipment, Dundee heritage, Bury engineering, mechanical design, mills, manufacturing history, museum collections and the Industrial Revolution. The open framework of the machine reveals belts, wheels and moving components that would normally have operated continuously in a noisy working mill, making this a detailed technical image of historic textile production equipment.
Verdant Works Museum, West Henderson's Wynd, Dundee DD1 5BT, Scotland, UK
Description
Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,casino-style roulette,roulette machine,Red Hot Odds Roulette,18+ slots,gambling harms,problem gambling,temptation,instant win,gaming machine,electronic gambling,amusement arcade,cash play,gamle,machine,FOBT,stop,get help,addiction,awareness,harm prevention,safer gambling,responsible gambling,support,GamCare,GambleAware,National Gambling Helpline,NHS,debt,mental health,financial harm,addiction treatment,risky,compulsive gambling,loss chasing,betting temptation,gambling regulation,gaming cabinet
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EG4C4G - Casino-style Red Hot Odds Roulette slot machine photographed in an adult gaming or amusement arcade setting, with bright green illuminated panels, a roulette wheel graphic, digital history display, cash payment slot, in-game credit message and a prominent £100 prize sign above the machine. Visible wording includes Red Hot Odds Roulette, win up to £100 and insert cash or credit, making the image a strong editorial illustration of electronic gambling, slot machine design, roulette-style games, 18+ gaming, instant-win temptation, gambling addiction, gambling harms and the commercial appeal of brightly lit gaming cabinets.
The photograph is useful for coverage of the way gambling machines borrow casino language, colour, sound and reward psychology to encourage play. Roulette is traditionally associated with casinos, but this machine translates that visual world into a compact arcade cabinet, combining red and black number grids, flashing lights, jackpot-style messaging and rapid decision-making. Those design cues can make gambling feel exciting, social and harmless, while critics and public health campaigners warn that electronic gaming machines may also contribute to loss chasing, risky behaviour and problem gambling for vulnerable players.
This image can support editorial stories about gambling regulation, amusement arcades, adult gaming centres, high street betting culture, age-restricted entertainment, safer gambling messages, addiction support, affordability checks, consumer protection and the debate over how gambling products are marketed. It is especially relevant to articles about temptation, the normalisation of gambling, harm prevention, online and offline gaming habits, cash play, gambling advertising and the need for clear help routes for anyone struggling to stop. The dark arcade surroundings and saturated green glow add atmosphere, while the £100 headline provides a direct visual hook for stories on prize incentives and gambling risk.
Red Hot Odds Roulette gaming machine shows bright casino branding, cash credit play and risk themes
Description
Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,63255A9213,Sound Leisure Soundliner,classic,jukebox,Leeds,England,UK,Sound Leisure,vinyl,records,music,machine,retro,design,British,manufacturing,hi-fi,selection,mechanism,heritage,engineering
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EJ11MB - . Sound Leisure Soundliner classic jukebox top and record-selection mechanism, Leeds, England, UK. Photographed on 16 May 2026. The recorded location is Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK. The close view shows the illuminated HI-FIDELITY SELECTIONS panel and internal mechanism of a traditional-style jukebox made by the long-established British manufacturer Sound Leisure. Sound Leisure is associated with modern production of classic-style jukeboxes using contemporary engineering while retaining the visual appeal and mechanical fascination of earlier machines. Looking at vintage audio, the longer history is that music technology changed from mechanical instruments and analogue magnetic tape to digital files and streaming
Jukeboxes, reel-to-reel recorders and organ mechanisms make that history visible through buttons, reels, valves, motors and physical media. The background to printed circuit board is that printed circuit boards transformed electronics by replacing much hand wiring with compact, repeatable assemblies
Resistors, capacitors and transistors became the standard building blocks of domestic appliances, communications and computing. In 2026, vintage audio remains relevant because historic instruments and analogue audio equipment remain relevant to debates about preservation, repair skills and the distinctive sound and tactile experience of pre-digital music technology. Current 2026 context around printed circuit board is that electronics are increasingly miniaturised and integrated, while right-to-repair and electronic waste have increased interest in the components hidden inside appliances and devices. Associated keywords and synonyms include recording equipment, organ keyboard, organ stops, retro technology, sound reproduction, audio history, music machine, mechanical music, recording history, PCB, laboratory equipment, scientific instrument, electronic component, and technology history.
Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK
Description
Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,Cheshire,town,and,Asda,machine,retail,sign,leisure,shoppers,retail regeneration,British shopping centres,town centre regeneration,changing retail landscape,high street transformation,retail property development,commercial redevelopment,urban regeneration,shopping centre modernisation,large format retail,retail warehouse units,mixed use development,investment,consumer parking charges,retail access,during,construction,excessive,charging,temporary,directional,signage,parking terminal,self service payment machine,access,surface car park,commercial property,construction works
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EG4C9F - A parking payment machine stands beside bright red redevelopment hoardings at Cockhedge Shopping Centre in Warrington town centre, Cheshire. A large black-and-white sign reassures visitors that Cockhedge “ We Are Still Open! and directs shoppers towards the rear entrance during construction work. The image records the practical effect of a major retail regeneration scheme, where temporary signage, pedestrian diversions and car-parking equipment help existing businesses continue trading while parts of the centre are altered.
Cockhedge reflects the changing role of traditional British shopping centres. Older enclosed malls built around numerous smaller units are increasingly being reshaped to accommodate larger retail warehouses, leisure uses, services and town-centre housing. Approved plans for the wider Cockhedge site have included the demolition of 16 retail units and the release of land with the potential for around 900 homes. Separate proposals for the retained shopping park include four new retail warehouse units of approximately 5,000 to 7,000 square feet, refreshed external cladding, improved infrastructure, new branding and upgraded signage.
The blue EvoloGy pay-on-exit machine, construction hoarding and bold directional notice create a strong visual account of retail premises remaining accessible through redevelopment. The photograph can illustrate town-centre regeneration, big-box retail, changing consumer habits, commercial property investment, parking charges, declining demand for legacy shopping-centre space and the conversion of retail land to mixed uses.
Cockhedge Shopping Park remains close to Warrington's bus and rail connections and provides a large surface car park. Its redevelopment forms part of the continuing transformation of Warrington town centre, balancing established shops with new commercial space, leisure activity, services and housing.
Cockhedge Shopping Park 17 Cockhedge Way, Warrington, Cheshire, WA1 2QQ
Description
Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,255A0069,Bank of Ireland,ATM,cash,machine,Dublin,Ireland,banking,financial,services,withdrawals,consumer,finance,bank,high-street,contactless,payments,branch,closures,access,cards,technology,digital,graffiti,urban,money,Irish,automated,teller,inclusion,cash is king,no,cashless,society,finances,home finances
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EM2JKA - Bank of Ireland ATM cash machine set into a stone wall in Dublin, Ireland. The familiar blue Bank of Ireland surround frames the automated teller machine and provides a clear image of everyday banking infrastructure in the Irish capital. ATMs remain an important means of obtaining cash despite the rapid growth of contactless cards, mobile payments and online banking, and their availability is often discussed in relation to bank branch closures and access to cash. The photograph is suitable for editorial coverage of Bank of Ireland, ATMs, cash machines, banking, financial services, cash withdrawals, consumer finance, Irish banks, high-street banking, contactless payments, branch closures, access to cash and changes in retail banking. Graffiti around the lower part of the surround adds an everyday urban detail and contrasts with the formal corporate branding. The close-up composition makes the machine immediately recognisable and useful for stories about cash usage, banking technology, financial inclusion, card services and the changing relationship between physical banking facilities and increasingly digital financial services.
Dublin, Ireland
Description
Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,IMG_1569,Porto,Rail,Ticket,machine
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3E8E19G - . Porto Rail Ticket machine. Photographed on 13 October 2024. The recorded location is Porto, Portugal. For the story of local history, it is useful to note that local place names and small landmarks can be as significant to community history as nationally famous buildings
Streets, neighbourhood businesses and informal attractions offer reference points that may vanish during redevelopment or rebranding. The historical setting for transistor is that printed circuit boards transformed electronics by replacing much hand wiring with compact, repeatable assemblies
Resistors, capacitors and transistors became the standard building blocks of domestic appliances, communications and computing. Seen through typography, the earlier context is that popular print such as comics and manuals documents everyday reading habits rather than elite culture, making surviving issues useful evidence of humour, hobbies, advertising and consumer interests. For present-day local history, 2026 is significant because current place-making policy increasingly emphasises distinctive local identity rather than generic development, so small landmarks and community businesses can become significant parts of how an area is represented. In the 2026 discussion of transistor, electronics are increasingly miniaturised and integrated, while right-to-repair and electronic waste have increased interest in the components hidden inside appliances and devices. Closely connected keywords include place identity, townscape, streetscape, local landmark, urban change, regeneration, local character, public realm, historic comparison, town centre, local heritage, PCB, laboratory equipment, scientific instrument, electronic component, and technology history. Useful related concepts include engineering, circuitry, research equipment, technical hardware, electronic repair, printed ephemera, graphic design, poster, voucher, stamp, print history, consumer culture, paper artefact, and retro design.
Porto, Portugal
Description
Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Scotland,Edinburgh,tram stops,trams,Ltd,City of Edinburgh Council,city,transport,integrated,new,extension,tramstop,Urbos 3,tram,CAF,low-floor access,low floor access,Urbos3,wrapped advertisement,wrapped advertisements,centre,ticket,machine,machines,ticketing,electric,cables,overhead,live,passenger,Airport,route,rails,tracks,EH6 4UD,EH6,Leithers
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RE0X89 - . CAF Urbos 3 tram at the Edinburgh trams extension to Annfield, Newhaven, west of Leith, Edinburgh city centre, Lothians , Scotland, UK, EH6 4UD. Photographed on 22 July 2023, this summer image stock-photo/gotonysmith-Record.html?sortBy=relevant&pseudoid=237DAF28-A4ED-4448-8173-C0E81ABEEC6F Target=_Blank>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 Annfield, Newhaven, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, EH6 4UD, adding precise geographical context for editorial, documentary, travel and local-history searches. Key searchable subjects associated with the scene include Scotland, Edinburgh, tram stops, trams, Ltd, City of Edinburgh Council, transport, integrated, new, extension, tramstop, Urbos 3, providing natural SEO coverage without losing the specific documentary identity of the photograph. Transport context makes the photograph useful for stories about rail travel, passenger journeys, stations and interchanges, public transport investment, regional connectivity and the everyday experience of moving through the UK rail network. Railway architecture, passenger facilities, route identity, signage and operational infrastructure are important documentary themes, particularly as stations and services are modernised or altered over time. 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 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. It is a useful stock image for publishers, researchers and picture editors seeking a clearly identified contemporary record of the subject and location.
Annfield, Newhaven, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, EH6 4UD
Description
Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Coleraine mural,Northern Ireland street art,County Londonderry,Derry,urban art,contemporary mural,large scale mural,town centre Coleraine,Shane Sutton artist,space themed mural,black and white mural,cosmic art,street culture,public realm art,wall painting,urban regeneration,cultural landmark,modern mural,pedestrian interaction,people touching mural,everyday life street scene,art in public space,community art,Northern Irish towns,creative placemaking,townscape photography,documentary street photography,public,realm,outer,space,car park,parking,pay here,pay,machine
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RAP33E - The Spacer mural by contemporary artist Shane Sutton dominates the side wall of a building in Coleraine town centre, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. The large monochrome artwork depicts an astronaut in a space suit reaching outward from a circular halo, creating a striking illusion of movement and human connection against the dark background.
In the foreground, two pedestrians walk past the mural at street level, their presence and proximity emphasising the scale of the artwork and the way it integrates into everyday urban life. The positioning of the astronaut's outstretched arm creates a visual interaction with passers-by, reinforcing the mural's theme of connection, exploration, and curiosity within a public setting.
Photographed in natural daylight, the image documents how contemporary street art has become part of Coleraine's townscape, contributing to urban regeneration and cultural identity. The scene captures the relationship between public art and ordinary street activity, showing how large-scale murals can engage pedestrians and transform otherwise utilitarian building facades into landmarks of local creativity.
Coleraine Town Centre, Coleraine, County Londonderry (Derry), Northern Ireland, United Kingdom , BT5
Description
Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,history,1980s,Amstrad Alan Sugar 64K Microcomputer v1 1984 Basic 1.0,PC,Alan Sugar,Microcomputers,ltd,Ready,startup,computers,v1,historic,Amstrad computer,PCW,CPC,8bit,8-bit,IT,ICT,micro,processor,microprocessor,machine,monitor,TV,screen,Alan Michael Sugar,retro,cpu,Basic,programming,program,language,1.0,Colour Personal Computer
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2R8T9GK - The Amstrad CPC (short for Colour Personal Computer) is a series of 8-bit home computers produced by Amstrad between 1984 and 1990. It was designed to compete in the mid-1980s home computer market dominated by the Commodore 64 and the ZX Spectrum, where it successfully established itself primarily in the United Kingdom, France, Spain, and the German-speaking parts of Europe.
The series spawned a total of six distinct models: The CPC464, CPC664, and CPC6128 were highly successful competitors in the European home computer market. The later 464plus and 6128plus, intended to prolong the system's lifecycle with hardware updates, were considerably less successful, as was the attempt to repackage the plus hardware into a game console as the GX4000.
The CPC models' hardware is based on the Zilog Z80A CPU, complemented with either 64 or 128 KB of RAM. Their computer-in-a-keyboard design prominently features an integrated storage device, either a compact cassette deck or 3-inch floppy disk drive. The main units were only sold bundled with either a colour, green-screen or monochrome monitor that doubles as the main unit's power supply. Additionally, a wide range of first and third-party hardware extensions such as external disk drives, printers, and memory extensions, was available.
The CPC series was pitched against other home computers primarily used to play video games and enjoyed a strong supply of game software. The comparatively low price for a complete computer system with dedicated monitor, its high-resolution monochrome text and graphic capabilities and the possibility to run CP/M software also rendered the system attractive for business users, which was reflected by a wide selection of application software.
During its lifetime, the CPC series sold approximately three million units
England, Great Britain , UK
Description
Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,UK,British,English,spinningframe,textile,textiles,factory,industrial,industry,manufacturing,machine,yarnproduction,fibre,fibers,spindles,spindle,traveller,rings,twist,bobbins,roving,drafting,spinningprocess,millinterior,historic,heritage,preserved,museum,twentiethcentury,britishindustry,labourhistory,workingclass,mass production,textile history,cottonindustry
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2R55JAW - This machine is a cotton ring spinning frame (often shortened to ring frame), as widely used in Lancashire spinning mills from the early 20th century onwards.
How we know:
Long rows of parallel yarn threads running vertically down to spindles
Ring and traveller system at each spindle position
Yarn being twisted and wound simultaneously onto bobbins
Linear, repetitive layout typical of ring spinning rooms
This is not a spinning mule (no moving carriage) and not a drawing or roving frame (those do not insert final twist). Ring frames became dominant in Lancashire for their continuous operation, higher speeds, and suitability for finer yarns. cotton ring spinning frame inside a Lancashire spinning mill, representing one of the most important technological advances in industrial textile production. Ring spinning frames were used to twist and wind cotton fibres into finished yarn in a continuous process, replacing earlier spinning mule systems in many mills during the twentieth century.
Prepared roving from earlier processes such as carding and drawing was fed into the frame, where drafting rollers reduced the fibre thickness before twist was inserted by the rotating spindle and traveller running around a fixed ring. The finished yarn was then wound onto bobbins, ready for use in weaving sheds or for further processing.
Ring spinning offered higher speeds, greater consistency and reduced labour compared with mule spinning, making it especially suited to fine and strong yarns. Lancashire mills adopted ring frames widely as the industry modernised, particularly in large spinning towns such as Oldham and Bolton.
Preserved ring spinning frames are now commonly found in textile museums and heritage mills, illustrating the scale, precision and repetitive nature of industrial cotton production and the working environments that underpinned Britain's global dominance in textiles.
Lancashire, England, UK
-with-sliver-cans--as-used-in-Lancashire-cotton-spinning-mills-2R55JB5.jpg)
Description
Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,UK,English,cotton,spinning,sliver,textiles,cottonmill,industrial,industry,manufacturing,machinery,machine,fibre,fibers,yarnproduction,industrialrevolution,silver,can,cans,drafting,rollers,preparation,spinningprocess,millinterior,historic,heritage,preserved,museum,victorian,edwardian,analogue,mechanical,engineering,history
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2R55JB5 - drawing frames (sometimes called draw frames) with sliver cans, as used in Lancashire cotton spinning mills in the late-19th and early-20th century.
What you're seeing
The thick, soft cotton strands looping down into the containers are sliver.
The tall cylindrical containers are sliver cans, used to store and transport the fibre between processes.
Above the cans is the drawing frame, with a line of drafting rollers that pull multiple slivers together and stretch them to improve uniformity.
What the drawing frame did
The drawing frame sat between carding and spinning and had three main jobs:
Combine several carded slivers into one
Draft (stretch) the fibres to make them finer
Straighten and equalise fibre alignment
The output was a smoother, more even sliver ready for:
further drawing stages, or
the roving (speed) frame, and then spinning
How to tell it's not a roving frame
This is a common point of confusion:
Drawing frame: sliver goes into cans (as shown here)
Roving (speed) frame: fibres are twisted and wound onto bobbin spindles, not cans
Because there is no twist and the material is collected loosely in cans, this is clearly a drawing frame.
Why this is classic Lancashire
Drawing frames were standard in mills across Oldham, Bolton, Blackburn, Burnley and Preston
Lancashire mills often used multiple drawing passages to achieve consistency at scale
Uniform sliver was essential for high-speed spinning on mules or ring frames
In short
This image shows cotton drawing frames feeding sliver into cans, a crucial intermediate stage in Lancashire's spinning process, responsible for fibre consistency, quality and productivity. This image shows a row of cotton drawing frames with sliver cans inside a Lancashire spinning mill, illustrating a key intermediate stage in the cotton manufacturing process. Drawing frames were used after carding to improve the uniformity, alignment and consistency of cotton fibres before they were spun into yarn.
Lancashire, England, UK
Description
Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,evening,dance,clap,clapping,on,the,WN1,Station Road,Lancashire,England,UK,WN1 0SD,all,nighter,all-nighter,illuminated,Northern,Soul,and,other,electrical,equipment,Players,machine,rig,light,lights,lighting,last,anniversary,gig,gambling,gamble,Makerfield by-election,Makerfield byelection,Andy Burnham,Makerfield
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2R5PPB7 - The Wigan Casino was a nightclub in Wigan, England. Operating between 1973 and 1981, it became known as a primary venue for Northern soul music. It carried forward the legacy created by clubs such as the Twisted Wheel in Manchester, the Chateau Impney (Droitwich), the Catacombs (Wolverhampton) and the Golden Torch (Tunstall, Stoke-on-Trent). It remains one of the most famous clubs in Northern England. In 1978, allegedly the American music magazine Billboard voted Wigan Casino The Best Disco in the World, ahead of New York City's Studio 54. Although there is no tangible evidence of this award ever being publicised.
This England, a TV documentary about the Wigan Casino, was filmed in 1977. Russ Winstanley and Dave Nowell wrote a history of the club, Soul Survivors, The Wigan Casino Story, which was published in 1996.
Wigan Casino was the name of the last incarnation of a Wigan ballroom called the Empress. Local DJs Brian Rigby and Alan Cain approached lease owner Gerry Marshall to run all-nighters. Venue manager Mike Walker brought in Russ Winstanley, who had a DJ set at the local rugby club, to the Casino. At 2 am on Sunday 23 September 1973, Wigan Casino started its first-ever Northern soul all-nighter, with Winstanley as the DJ. After Winstanley and his helper Ian Fishwick, Kev Roberts was the third DJ at Casino all-nighters, who was quickly joined by Richard Searling Soul performers that performed there include Jackie Wilson, Edwin Starr and Junior Walker.
Young people from all over the UK regularly attended Wigan Casino to hear the latest northern soul artists and to dance. There were long queues to get in. The second dance floor, Mr M's, stayed open until 6 am and played oldies songs from a variety of DJs including Dave Evison and Steve Whittle. All-nighters generally ended with three songs that became known as the '3 before 8': Time Will Pass You By by Tobi Legend, Long After Tonight Is All Over by Jimmy Radcliffe, and I'm on My Way by Dean Parrish.
Station Road, Wigan, Lancashire, England, UK ,WN1 0SD
Description
Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Merseyside,England,UK,city,the,crowd,entertainment,busy,dance,dancing,style,Ukraine flag,coloured,Royal Albert Dock,Liverpool,Eurovision2023,Eurovision,2023,street,art,fun,L3 4AF,Pierhead,Pier Head,machine,contraption,stunt,marine,submersible,dancer,colours of,colors,of,Ukraine
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2R1PY8X - . Beatles style yellow and blue , Ukraine flag coloured submarine DJ and dancer, Royal Albert Dock, Pier Head, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK,L3 4AF. Photographed on 12 May 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 Royal Albert Dock, Pier Head, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L3 4AF, adding precise geographical context for editorial, documentary, travel and local-history searches. Key searchable subjects associated with the scene include Merseyside, crowd, entertainment, busy, dance, dancing, style, Ukraine flag, coloured, Royal Albert Dock, Liverpool, Eurovision2023, providing natural SEO coverage without losing the specific documentary identity of the photograph. 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 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.
Royal Albert Dock, Pier Head, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L3 4AF
Description
Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Merseyside,England,UK,yellow,sunglasses,for,Eurovision,2023,A-B,Liverpool,L3 9RQ,L3,Costa,machine,let,lets be,hearing you sing,hear you sing,hear you singing,Tescos,branch supermarkets,security,hide,hidden,sensor,sensors,summery,summer,sunny,sun,sunflower,sunflowers,costa,coffee
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2R24XG3 - . Tesco sign, Liverpool Lets Hear You Sing for Eurovision, Merseyside, England, UK, L3 9RQ. Photographed on 12 May 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 A-B, City change.html?sortBy=relevant&pseudoid=237DAF28-A4ED-4448-8173-C0E81ABEEC6F Target=_Blank>Exchange, Old Hall St, Liverpool, L3 9RQ, adding precise geographical context for editorial, documentary, travel and local-history searches. Key searchable subjects associated with the scene include Merseyside, yellow, sunglasses, Eurovision, A-B, Liverpool, L3 9RQ, Costa, machine, let, lets be, hearing you sing, providing natural SEO coverage without losing the specific documentary identity of the photograph. The wording and graphic design are important parts of the image, preserving contemporary language, typography, branding or campaigning material that may later disappear or change. 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. Prominent wording, signage, posters, logos or other graphic material gives the photograph additional documentary value because it records how an organisation, campaign, business or place communicated with the public at that moment. Text and branding visible in a streetscape can be especially useful for editorial comparison after rebranding, closure, redevelopment or policy change. 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. The scene contributes a specific, place-based record rather than a generic illustration.
A-B, City Exchange, Old Hall St, Liverpool, L3 9RQ
Description
Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,England,UK,airport,transport,M90 1QX,infrastructure,2,machine,machines,Procon Checkin reader,Procon,Checkin,reader,check-in,check in,Checkin machines,Check in,hall,airports,Aer LIngus,readers,automatic,automation,Manchester Airport Departures,Manchester,Airport Departures,MAG,terminal,terminals,passport,document,please select your airline,please,select your airline,travel insurance,claim,claims,data hack cyber incident
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PYBH59 - . Checkin machines, Aer LIngus Departures at Manchester International Airport, terminal 2, England, UK, M90 1QX. Photographed on 27 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 Manchester Airport, England, UK, M90 1QX, adding precise geographical context for editorial, documentary, travel and local-history searches. Key searchable subjects associated with the scene include airport, transport, M90 1QX, infrastructure, machine, machines, Procon Checkin reader, Procon, Checkin, reader, check-in, check in, 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 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.
Manchester Airport, England, UK, M90 1QX
Description
Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,patent,PICKS,counter,cotton weaving,England,UK,manufacturing,manufacture,George Orme,of,Oldham,OL1,Lancashire,OL1 1HD,Greater Manchester,meter,meters,check,checker,device,devices,cotton industry,gauge,gauges,count,fitted,to,a,weaving,machine,Orme,Ormes,Ltd,engineer,engineers,Cottonopolis,thread
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PMF2WY - . George Orme of Oldham, Ormes patent PICKS counter, cotton weaving machines, Burnley, Lancashire, England, UK. Photographed on 6 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 Oldham, Lancashire, England, UK, OL1 1HD, adding precise geographical context for editorial, documentary, travel and local-history searches. Key searchable subjects associated with the scene include patent, PICKS, counter, cotton weaving, manufacturing, manufacture, George Orme, Oldham, OL1, Lancashire, OL1 1HD, Greater Manchester, providing natural SEO coverage without losing the specific documentary identity of the photograph. Industrial subject matter gives the image strong relevance to manufacturing, engineering, energy, utilities, machinery, skilled work and Britain's industrial heritage. The photograph can support stories about technological change, preservation, infrastructure, deindustrialisation, redevelopment and the reuse of former working sites for culture, housing, tourism or new commercial purposes. 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.
Oldham, Lancashire, England, UK, OL1 1HD
Description
Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,textile,Lancs,England,UK,English,mills,Cottonopolis,manufacture,Mill,Burnley,history,tourism,steam,powered,weaving,mill,loom,looms,machine,factory,Jones Textilaties,Ltd,display,cabinet,textiles,1082,Burnley Road East,Water,Rossendale,Lancashire,monochrome,BW,black and white
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PMKDY4 - . Jones Textilaties Ltd display - 1082 Burnley Road East, Water, Rossendale, Lancashire, England, UK - BW. Photographed on 6 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 1082 Burnley Road East, Water, Rossendale, Lancashire, England, UK, BB4 9PX, adding precise geographical context for editorial, documentary, travel and local-history searches. Key searchable subjects associated with the scene include textile, Lancs, mills, Cottonopolis, manufacture, Mill, Burnley, history, tourism, steam, powered, weaving, providing natural SEO coverage without losing the specific documentary identity of the photograph. Prominent wording, signage, posters, logos or other graphic material gives the photograph additional documentary value because it records how an organisation, campaign, business or place communicated with the public at that moment. Text and branding visible in a streetscape can be especially useful for editorial comparison after rebranding, closure, redevelopment or policy change. 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.
1082 Burnley Road East, Water, Rossendale, Lancashire, England, UK, BB4 9PX
Description
Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,textile,Lancs,England,UK,English,mills,Cottonopolis,manufacture,Mill,Burnley,history,tourism,steam,powered,weaving,mill,loom,looms,machine,factory,Jones Textilaties,Ltd,display,cabinet,textiles,1082,Burnley Road East,Water,Rossendale,Lancashire,factories,system,company,business,firm,thread
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PMKDY5 - . Jones Textilaties Ltd display - 1082 Burnley Road East, Water, Rossendale, Lancashire, England, UK. Photographed on 6 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 1082 Burnley Road East, Water, Rossendale, Lancashire, England, UK, BB4 9PX, adding precise geographical context for editorial, documentary, travel and local-history searches. Key searchable subjects associated with the scene include textile, Lancs, mills, Cottonopolis, manufacture, Mill, Burnley, history, tourism, steam, powered, weaving, providing natural SEO coverage without losing the specific documentary identity of the photograph. Prominent wording, signage, posters, logos or other graphic material gives the photograph additional documentary value because it records how an organisation, campaign, business or place communicated with the public at that moment. Text and branding visible in a streetscape can be especially useful for editorial comparison after rebranding, closure, redevelopment or policy change. 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.
1082 Burnley Road East, Water, Rossendale, Lancashire, England, UK, BB4 9PX
Description
Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,note,notes,20,pound,pounds,holding,UK,keyboard,keys,Scots,bank,dispensed,from,a,local,Automatic Teller,machine,Glasgow,Scotland,G3 8AD,G3,network,banking,machines,BOS,polymer,plastic,cash,point,cashpoint,finance,finances,money,withdrawing,withdraw,student bank accounts,student bank account
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PHJ91W - Scots 'battle' to get cash after banks and ATMs shut
Scots are facing an uphill battle to access their cash after a large number of bank and cash machine closures, a consumer organisation has warned.
Research by Which? found 339 Scottish bank branches had closed their doors since 2015, while 290 ATMs had been withdrawn in the past year.
It urged the UK government to appoint a regulator to protect access to cash.
HM Treasury said it recognised the continued importance of cash, especially for more vulnerable people.
It added the existing payment systems regulator was closely monitoring developments within ATM provision.
Which? said the closure of cash machines, the majority of which were free to use, had hit Scotland harder than other parts of the UK because of its many rural communities, combined with an already devastated bank branch network.
In Scotland, withdrawals from machines were down just 3.3% in 2017-18, compared with larger drops of 8.5% and 7.7% in London and the south east of England respectively.
Argyle Street, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, G3 8AD
Description
Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,M40,J10,junction,ten,10,OX27 7RD,Oxfordshire,England,UK,vehicle,car,charge,area,charging,at,point,plug,plugged,in,connected,machine,free,vacant,dusk,evening,night,EV,electric,fast,high,power,station,green,technology,Sustainable Energy Limited,Ecotricity,supply,transition
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PGAYMJ - Gridserve Sustainable Energy Limited is a British company founded in 2017 to develop, own and operate critical infrastructure for sustainable energy production. Gridserve opened the UK's first all-electric car charging forecourt in 2020, and plans to open over 100 more over the following five years to charge electric vehicles with 100% renewable energy, supporting the UK's transition to carbon neutrality.
Acts as a vendor and comparison site for the leasing of electric vehicles with Hitachi Capital Vehicle Solutions, with 100 trees planted for every car leased. Leased EV customers have the full cost of charging at Gridserve electric forecourts covered.
Installs and operates a network of electric charging hubs and home chargers. A £1bn UK-wide investment is planned to build over 100 public charging stations.
operates photovoltaic power stations, also known as solar farms, supplying renewable electricity to the National Grid. The solar modules are bifacial, allowing them to harvest energy from both sides of the panel. Land at Clay Hill, Bedfordshire serves as one of the UK's first subsidy-free solar farms, coming online in 2017 and comprising 10MW of solar PV and 6MW of energy storage. A solar farm was also constructed by GRIDSERVE for Warrington Borough Council at a site near Easingwold, York
In advance of the UK mandatory phase-out of fossil fuel vehicles by 2030[8] and anticipated mass adoption of electric vehicles, Gridserve is developing a countrywide network of customer-focused forecourts that provide ultra-fast electric vehicle charging services and associated retail. Revenue and profitability are designed to derive from electricity grid balancing services and the provision of solar energy generation. However, the company pointedly does not call them service stations
the planned forecourts are intended to serve local communities, like petrol stations do, rather than serving passing trade on motorways. Facilities include convenience stores, office 'pods'etc
Cherwell Valley Moto services, M40 J10, A43, Oxfordshire, England, UK, OX27 7RD
Description
Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,M40,J10,junction,ten,10,OX27 7RD,Oxfordshire,England,UK,vehicle,car,charge,area,charging,at,point,plug,plugged,in,connected,machine,free,vacant,dusk,evening,night,EV,electric,fast,high,power,station,green,technology,Sustainable Energy Limited,Ecotricity
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PGAYNK - Gridserve Sustainable Energy Limited is a British company founded in 2017 to develop, own and operate critical infrastructure for sustainable energy production. Gridserve opened the UK's first all-electric car charging forecourt in 2020, and plans to open over 100 more over the following five years to charge electric vehicles with 100% renewable energy, supporting the UK's transition to carbon neutrality.
Acts as a vendor and comparison site for the leasing of electric vehicles with Hitachi Capital Vehicle Solutions, with 100 trees planted for every car leased. Leased EV customers have the full cost of charging at Gridserve electric forecourts covered.
Installs and operates a network of electric charging hubs and home chargers. A £1bn UK-wide investment is planned to build over 100 public charging stations.
operates photovoltaic power stations, also known as solar farms, supplying renewable electricity to the National Grid. The solar modules are bifacial, allowing them to harvest energy from both sides of the panel. Land at Clay Hill, Bedfordshire serves as one of the UK's first subsidy-free solar farms, coming online in 2017 and comprising 10MW of solar PV and 6MW of energy storage. A solar farm was also constructed by GRIDSERVE for Warrington Borough Council at a site near Easingwold, York
In advance of the UK mandatory phase-out of fossil fuel vehicles by 2030[8] and anticipated mass adoption of electric vehicles, Gridserve is developing a countrywide network of customer-focused forecourts that provide ultra-fast electric vehicle charging services and associated retail. Revenue and profitability are designed to derive from electricity grid balancing services and the provision of solar energy generation. However, the company pointedly does not call them service stations
the planned forecourts are intended to serve local communities, like petrol stations do, rather than serving passing trade on motorways. Facilities include convenience stores, office 'pods'etc
Cherwell Valley Moto services, M40 J10, A43, Oxfordshire, England, UK, OX27 7RD
Description
Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,UK,Godalming,Surrey,SE,South East,town,centre,Wetherspoon,problem,gambling,gamble,pub,machine,Stay in control,Set your limits,national,helpline,bonus,fruits,easy,access,the,Jack Phillips,GU7,48-56 High St,GU7 1DY,pubs,bars,ease,of,Gambling Commission,pubcos,cos,£100,payouts,payout
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PFAB4T - More at https://www.gamblingcommission.gov.uk/news/article/gambling-commission-calls-for-pub-industry-to-take-faster-action-to-prevent
Gambling Commission calls for pub industry to take faster action to prevent under 18s accessing gaming machines in pubs
18 October 2019
A review of pubs in England and Wales has shown that 84% of them are failing to prevent under 18-year-olds from playing Category C gaming machines, also known as fruit machines.
Local authorities have primary responsibility for regulating these machines and businesses are responsible for ensuring that they are compliant in checking age verification. Over the last 12 months the Gambling Commission has worked with local authorities and local police to test compliance with laws in place to protect children from the risks gambling can pose.
Children are not permitted to play Category C gaming machines in pubs. Staff are expected to stop children playing on the machines and there should be clear signage indicating the age restriction.
This follows a test sample taken in 2018 which found that 88% of pubs in England failed to prevent children accessing 18+ gaming machines.
The findings suggest that the rules in place around these machines are still not being appropriately enforced and many employees are still unaware of the restrictions.
Programme Director, Helen Rhodes said: The pub industry must accelerate action to enforce these rules. Pubs must take age verification on machines as seriously as they do for alcohol sales, and they risk losing their entitlement to offer machines if they do not.
Adding: ˜'The results last year were extremely disappointing and we have supported local authorities in their action to raise standards. This includes working with the providers of training to the pub industry to emphasise the legal requirements in training materials, as well as with the Home Office to work towards including materials on gambling in pubs in the curriculum for the personal licence holder
48-56 High St, Godalming, Surrey, England, UK, GU7 1DY
Description
Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,UK,Warrington,Cheshire,England,aged,machine,trailer,rusted,rusty,farm,roller,equipment,in,a,field,WA4,Grappenhall,WA4 4SH,brown,wheel,steel,tool,vintage,forgotten,agri,collapse of agriculture,ridged,machinery,unprofitable,closures,sold,farmyard,collapse,poor,productivity,idle
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M3JBR6 - . An identifiable period record of Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 4SH in 2022, retaining practical detail and local context that distinguish documentary photography from a generic illustration. At the centre of the view is Abandoned rusty farm roller equipment, Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 4SH. The surrounding context encompasses town-centre trading, historical comparison, retail property, customer footfall, everyday life, archival record, high-street commerce, small business, independent retail, visual archive, local history, community identity, commercial frontage, and place identity. The wider contemporary story combines store closures, consumer spending and how commercial property costs affect small retailers. The archival value lies partly in recording landscape treatment and surrounding development around Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 4SH before new ownership alters the character of the place. The wider setting retains connections with contemporary social history, specialist shop, specialist retailer, changing streetscape, local character, before-and-after reference, bricks-and-mortar retail, and public realm. Elements such as Abandoned, rusty, roller, Grappenhall, and equipment add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. For Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 4SH, the photograph contributes to a cumulative visual history in which changes in use, signs, access and appearance can be traced over time. Another strand within the photograph is store closures and how commercial property costs affect small retailers within the specific setting of Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 4SH. The setting also helps illustrate store closures and the resilience of specialist shops in an online retail economy as part of the longer story of Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 4SH.
Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 4SH
Description
Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Askham Bar,Tadcaster Rd,York,North Yorkshire,YO24 1LW,England,UK,dispenser,machine,BlueZeus viagra,at,a,Tesco,supermarket,sex,aids,blue pill,£3,vibrating cock ring,vibrating,cock ring,packet,of three,three,pack,disposable,Skins sexual health,Never Go In Without A Skin,on a toilet wall,toilet,wall mounted,durex,contraceptive,contraceptives
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M4W2NM - . An on-location photograph from Askham Bar, Tadcaster Rd, York , North Yorkshire, England, UK, YO24 1LW in 2022, showing the named subject as part of a wider social, commercial, cultural or physical setting rather than as an isolated object. The defining feature is Skins, dispenser machine, condoms,vibe ring,BlueZeus viagra, at Tesco supermarket, Askham Bar, Tadcaster Rd, York , North Yorkshire,YO24 1LW. Further facets of the scene include beer-led hospitality, archival record, public-house heritage, hospitality economy, local character, public-health screening, historical comparison, traditional ale house, healthcare communication, medical consumer history, public-health intervention, social history, regional identity, and pub interior heritage. From a 2025-onward perspective, NHS capacity and public-health messaging are closely linked to this subject, alongside the importance of detecting disease before symptoms become advanced. The wider contemporary story combines changing drinking habits, hospitality costs and how food, drink and heritage combine in destination pubs. As a dated visual record of Askham Bar, Tadcaster Rd, York , North Yorkshire, England, UK, YO24 1LW, the frame retains materials and architectural details, making it especially useful if changing commercial priorities subsequently changes the scene. The subject also sits alongside food-and-drink business, local social venue, clinical screening, licensed trade, before-and-after reference, period detail, place identity, and patient self-testing. References to viagra, Tesco, Yorkshire, machine, and Skins give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. A later view of Askham Bar, Tadcaster Rd, York , North Yorkshire, England, UK, YO24 1LW may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. The view records a trace of local identity as a date-specific reference.
Askham Bar, Tadcaster Rd, York , North Yorkshire, England, UK, YO24 1LW
Description
Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,display,FutureRoute,to,connection,city,centre,diagrammatic,planned,planning,transport,schematic,stations,station transport,links,England,UK,machine,Mancunian,Transport Plans,urban,PTEs,Picc-Vic,project,tunnel,Transportation Study,Madchester,future,of,Manchester travel,looking,ahead,diagram,diagrams
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M4K85J - . A grounded documentary photograph made at Manchester, England, UK in 2022, combining the immediate subject with evidence of the surrounding streetscape, public realm, business activity or local character. The principal subject is SELNEC Futuroute diagrammatic display, planned Manchester station transport links, England, UK. A broader reading of the photograph includes commercial streetscape, retail graphics, period advertising, local history, visual merchandising, small-business culture, changing land use, historical comparison, high-street commerce, street-level marketing, bricks-and-mortar business, local enterprise, archival record, and street-level trading. Today's relevance is strengthened by visual identity, branding and the continuing question of the speed at which branding and promotional styles change. From a 2025-onward perspective, town-centre regeneration and commercial rents are closely linked to this subject, alongside how physical shops adapt to online competition. The image fixes period objects and surrounding context within Manchester, England, UK at one identifiable point, providing a benchmark against changed technology. Further associations within the scene are town-centre economy, contemporary social history, independent retail, promotional board, everyday life, period detail, customer footfall, and community identity. References to planned, links, diagrammatic, SELNEC, and Manchester give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. Around Manchester, England, UK, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. A further contemporary connection is visual identity and the speed at which branding and promotional styles change within the specific setting of Manchester, England, UK. The period view preserves details of everyday use before later change alters the scene.
Manchester, England, UK
Description
Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,bobbin,bobbins,manufacture,factory,mechanical,industry,Cottonopolis,industrial,Britain,British,thread,textile,yard,great Britain,English,history,historic,Arkwright,Cotton Spinning Machine,spinning machine,Textile Mill,equipment,sunny,preserved,town,towns,machine,heritage,spin,spinning,multiples,dozens,complex
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JTNA20 - . Photographed at Saltaire village,Bradford,West Yorkshire,England, UK 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 scene records Cotton Spinning Machine, Textile Mill equipment. The surrounding context encompasses urban regeneration, everyday life, historic townscape, historical comparison, regional identity, before-and-after reference, place identity, social history, changing streetscape, public-realm investment, architectural character, period detail, heritage-led regeneration, and archival record. From a 2025-onward perspective, adaptive reuse and heritage conservation are closely linked to this subject, alongside how public investment can reshape pedestrian movement and evening activity. Future viewers can use this scene from Saltaire village,Bradford,West Yorkshire,England, UK to compare period objects and surrounding context with whatever follows after new ownership. The wider setting retains connections with built heritage, mixed-use redevelopment, community identity, changing land use, public realm, town-centre renewal, place-making, and commercial redevelopment. Elements such as Machine, Textile, equipment, Spinning, and Cotton add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. Around Saltaire village,Bradford,West Yorkshire,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 adaptive reuse and how public investment can reshape pedestrian movement and evening activity within the specific setting of Saltaire village,Bradford,West Yorkshire,England, UK. Another useful connection is commercial viability and the value of reusing existing buildings rather than wholesale demolition as part of the longer story of Saltaire village,Bradford,West Yorkshire,England, UK.
Saltaire village,Bradford,West Yorkshire,England, UK
Description
Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,bobbin,bobbins,manufacture,factory,mechanical,industry,Cottonopolis,industrial,Britain,British,thread,textile,yard,great Britain,English,history,historic,Arkwright,Cotton Spinning Machine,spinning machine,Textile Mill,equipment,old,BW,Black & White,Black and White,sunny,preserved,town,towns,machine,heritage,spin,spinning
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JTNA23 - . Photographed at Saltaire village,Bradford,West Yorkshire,England, UK 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 defining feature is Old Textile Mill Cotton Spinning Machine, BW. The broader subject matter reaches into social history, changing streetscape, adaptive reuse, architectural character, documentary photography, urban regeneration, place identity, period architecture, historical comparison, public-realm investment, period detail, heritage-led regeneration, public realm, and everyday life. In present-day coverage, the subject reaches into housing pressure and heritage conservation, not least because of the value of reusing existing buildings rather than wholesale demolition. Small period details of local activity and public use at Saltaire village,Bradford,West Yorkshire,England, UK may become more significant with time, particularly following later reinterpretation. The wider setting retains connections with local history, town-centre renewal, urban fabric, contemporary social history, before-and-after reference, regional identity, historic townscape, and built heritage. The recorded references to Machine, Cotton, Textile, and Spinning preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. For Saltaire village,Bradford,West Yorkshire,England, UK, the photograph contributes to a cumulative visual history in which changes in use, signs, access and appearance can be traced over time. The image also provides a reference for housing pressure and how public investment can reshape pedestrian movement and evening activity in a form that can be compared with future views of Saltaire village,Bradford,West Yorkshire,England, UK. The scene captures a point of historical comparison as part of Saltaire village,Bradford,West Yorkshire,England, UK's history.
Saltaire village,Bradford,West Yorkshire,England, UK
Description
Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Lancs,Lancashire,and,the,along,shore,beach,amusements,machine,gamble,gambling,summer,holiday,holidaymakers,busy,blue,sky,skies,arcade,pirate-themed,games,rides,casino,Family-friendly,indoor,fun park,Buccaneer,Family,pub,Restaurant,Kids Eat Free,FY1 5DW,Peggys,snack,bar,compliance,regulation
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JRJ9W1 - . Made at The Golden Mile, Central promenade, Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK, FY1 5DW in 2022, this photograph records a real place and moment, preserving details that may later be altered by redevelopment, rebranding, changing ownership or different public use. The frame specifically shows Coral island entertainment and amusement centre, the Golden Mile, Central promenade, Blackpool seaside resort, Lancashire, England, UK, FY1 5DW. The frame also records themes of changing streetscape, night-time economy, casual dining, social history, arable farming, public realm, farm produce, summer fieldwork, community identity, historical comparison, place identity, changing land use, cereal crop, and barley cultivation. Today's relevance is strengthened by hospitality costs, staffing pressure and the continuing question of the survival of local venues as social meeting places. From a 2025-onward perspective, agricultural policy and farm costs are closely linked to this subject, alongside the relationship between rural landscapes and national food security. Future viewers can use this scene from The Golden Mile, Central promenade, Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK, FY1 5DW to compare signage and branding with whatever follows after refurbishment. The subject also sits alongside field crop, grain quality, street-level dining, archival record, documentary photography, British agriculture, agricultural landscape, and visual archive. Elements such as amusement, Golden, promenade, resort, and centre add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. The wider setting at The Golden Mile, Central promenade, Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK, FY1 5DW matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. The period view preserves period character as part of The Golden Mile, Central promenade, Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK, FY1 5DW's history.
The Golden Mile, Central promenade, Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK, FY1 5DW
Description
Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,England,UK,Herefordshire,alcohol,drinking,fermentation,alcoholism,alcoholics,cider maker,carbonation,cider,old,process,processes,brand,historic,Pomagne,filler machine,Quieta patent bottle carbonator,cidre,style,making,for,carbonator,bubbles,fizz,fizzy,heritage,machine,industry,industrial,manufacturer,makers,maker
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JPDJEN - . This dated editorial view of Hereford , Herefordshire, England, UK, HR1 in 2022 captures more than the immediate subject, retaining clues about local use, design, activity and change. The subject captured here is Manufacturers plate, Quieta patent bottle carbonator, Filler machine for cider, cider maker, Hereford, England, UK. The image also relates to contemporary social history, period detail, regional identity, everyday life, beverage production, Herefordshire cider tradition, fermented drink production, bottling technology, local character, drinks manufacturing, cider-making heritage, changing streetscape, factory bottling line, and drinks packaging. Today's relevance is strengthened by manufacturing automation, energy costs and the continuing question of how historic drinks advertising and machinery become industrial heritage. As a dated visual record of Hereford , Herefordshire, England, UK, HR1, the frame retains building condition and alterations, making it especially useful if changed technology subsequently changes the scene. The wider setting retains connections with community identity, orchard-to-bottle industry, before-and-after reference, public realm, industrial beverage equipment, documentary photography, place identity, and archival record. References to carbonator, plate, Quieta, machine, and maker give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. The wider setting at Hereford , Herefordshire, England, UK, HR1 matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. The setting also helps illustrate manufacturing automation and how historic drinks advertising and machinery become industrial heritage within the specific setting of Hereford , Herefordshire, England, UK, HR1. The period view preserves evidence of earlier appearance before later change alters the scene.
Hereford , Herefordshire, England, UK, HR1
Description
Keywords: GotonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,weight,Your,Exact,Weight,Do You,Weigh,what,you,should,watchers,WW,loss,control,New Year,resolution,resolutions,eat,less,be,healthier,aim,target,calorie,food,snack,snacking,resisting,snacks,avoid,avoiding,machine,machines,weighing
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JKC2CH - . This dated documentary view of Bombay, India in 2022 captures more than the immediate subject, retaining clues about local use, design, activity and change. The photograph centres on Your Exact Weight - Do You Weigh what you should? Coin operated Weighing machine. The setting additionally reflects casual dining, restaurant culture, community identity, hospitality venue, changing streetscape, commercial hospitality, hospitality trade, visual archive, social history, local dining scene, regional identity, licensed hospitality, local history, and food tourism. Current relevance extends to business rates and staffing pressure, particularly through how food and drink help define neighbourhood identity. Future viewers can use this scene from Bombay, India to compare materials and architectural details with whatever follows after altered transport patterns. The surrounding story also includes visitor economy, destination dining, changing land use, historical comparison, food-and-drink business, contemporary social history, local character, and period detail. The combination of machine, Weigh, Weight, Weighing, and should anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. By fixing the subject within Bombay, India, the image preserves more than the headline object or building: it records part of the locality's everyday history. The setting also helps illustrate business rates and how food and drink help define neighbourhood identity within the real-world context of Bombay, India. The image also provides a reference for business rates and the role of restaurants and bars in visitor-led regeneration within the specific setting of Bombay, India. Another useful connection is hospitality costs and how changing discretionary spending affects hospitality venues as part of the longer story of Bombay, India. The frame retains a local visual benchmark for future local research.
Bombay, India
Description
Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Vale of Glamorgan,South Wales,Wales,UK,Butlins Holiday Camp,Butlins,Holiday Camp,Butlin,Saint Baruc,Barry Railway Company,seaside,slot,slots,slots of fun,fun,amusements,CF62 5TQ,CF62,11,Paget Road,tacky,kids,plastic,Barrybados,coast,south Wales,Barri,Y,attractions,town,central,sea,machine,machines,for,children,Pleasure Beach
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JDDP6N - . This dated documentary view of 11 Paget Rd, Barry Island, Wales, CF62 5TQ in 2022 captures more than the immediate subject, retaining clues about local use, design, activity and change. The photograph centres on Nessas Slots, Amusements, 11 Paget Road, Barry Island, Vale of Glamorgan, South Wales seaside, UK, CF62 5TQ. The frame also records themes of coastal visitor economy, seaside souvenir, before-and-after reference, seaside retail, documentary photography, changing land use, changing streetscape, social history, open-air leisure, interactive public realm, local character, traditional confectionery, tourism retail, and day-trip culture. The modern context includes continuing discussion of climate resilience, urban cooling and how well-designed public spaces encourage informal play and social activity. For current editorial use, retail pressure and weather dependence provide additional context, especially through the enduring appeal of traditional British seaside customs. For later comparison, the photograph preserves transport arrangements and footfall at 11 Paget Rd, Barry Island, Wales, CF62 5TQ, details that may look very different after changing commercial priorities. The subject also sits alongside urban leisure, seasonal outdoor activity, British seaside culture, holiday resort economy, community recreation, coastal tourism, public-realm activation, and community identity. Details involving Slots, Island, Nessas, Wales, and Barry make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. A later view of 11 Paget Rd, Barry Island, Wales, CF62 5TQ may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. The image also provides a reference for climate resilience and how active public realms support footfall and neighbourhood vitality in a form that can be compared with future views of 11 Paget Rd, Barry Island, Wales, CF62 5TQ.
11 Paget Rd, Barry Island, Wales, CF62 5TQ
Description
Keywords: @HotpixUK,HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,farm,farming,machine in green,England,UK,Bamfords Patent Perfect root cutter,machine,Bamfords,Bamford,agriculture,green,antique,machinery,Great Budworth,Northwich,Cheshire,Old,English machinery,Antique farm machinery.,museum farmyard,old Bamfords root cutting machine,Joseph Bamford,JCB,JCB origin,JCB origins,Bamfords Ltd,agricultural engineering business,history,historic,cutter,machines,rural,patented,Uttoxeter
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AFFF8X - The Bamford Root Cutter, a belt driven machine for cutter root vegetables and sugar beat for livestock feed. Joseph Bamford was born into a recusant Catholic family in Uttoxeter, Staffordshire, which owned Bamfords Ltd, an agricultural engineering business.
His great grandfather Henry Bamford was born in Yoxall, and had built up his own ironmongers business, which by 1881 employed 50 men, 10 boys and 3 women. Bamfords International Farm Machinery became one of the country's major agricultural equipment suppliers, famous for its balers, rakes, hay turners, hay Wufflers, Mangold cutters, and standing engines, which were exported all over the world. The company eventually ceased trading in 1986.
After attending Stonyhurst College, he joined the Alfred Herbert company in Coventry, then the UK's largest machine-tool manufacturer, and rose to represent the firm in Ghana. He returned home in 1938 to join the family firm, but in 1941 was called up by the RAF to serve in World War II. Working in supply and logistics, he returned to the African Gold Coast, to run a staging post for USAF planes being ferried to the Middle East.
JCB
On return home in 1944, Bamford initially worked for English Electric developing electric welding equipment in Stafford. A short return stint with the family firm proved too stifling, and his Uncle Henry released him, saying he thought Joe had little future ahead of him. After selling Brylcreem for a short while, in October 1945 Bamford rented a 10 ft (3 m) by 15 ft lock-up garage for 30 shillings (= £1.50) a week, and made a farm trailer from scrap steel and war surplus Jeep axles, using a prototype electric welder bought for £2-10s (= £2.50). He opened for business on the day his first son, Anthony, was born, and sold the trailer for £45 and a cart, which he also repaired and sold for another £45.
Having no interest in taking over rival businesses, his philosophy of: Focus on what you do best, be innovative, and re-invest in product dev
Great Budworth,Northwich,Cheshire,England,UK
Description
Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@Hotpixuk,laundry room,Somerset,South West England,UK,TA6,self-service,machines,washing,machine,dryers,tumbledryer,coin,operated,1950,1960,1970,£4,wash,clothes wash,inside,interior,clothes,poor,cheap,dry,drying,dryer,rent,rented,commercial,retail,urban,town,centre,outside,laundromat,dolly tub
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AF1453 - . This period scene at 65 St John St, Bridgwater,Somerset,England,UK, TA6 5HX in 2019 provides a visual reference to the named subject and the wider commercial, social, cultural or physical environment around it. The scene shows The laundry room, Launderette Eastover,Bridgwater,Somerset, South West England,UK, TA6. The frame also contains themes of high-street commerce, changing land use, historic context, independent trading, shopfront economy, archival record, local trading, period detail, public realm, place identity, consumer retail, local character, local history, and retail vacancy. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject sits within continuing debate about town-centre regeneration, business rates and how high streets adapt when traditional retail contracts. As a piece of social history, the photograph preserves the way the place functioned before later physical or commercial change within the setting of 65 St John St, Bridgwater,Somerset,England,UK, TA6 5HX. A second layer of the scene includes everyday life, historical comparison, bricks-and-mortar retail, regional identity, urban commerce, before-and-after reference, customer footfall, and retail property. Details involving Launderette, Eastover, Bridgwater, Somerset, and laundry give the scene useful specificity and strengthen its local, cultural or historical identity. By fixing the subject within 65 St John St, Bridgwater,Somerset,England,UK, TA6 5HX, the image preserves more than the headline object or building: it records part of the locality's everyday history. The location additionally provides evidence of town-centre regeneration and bringing underused premises back into productive use within the real-world context of 65 St John St, Bridgwater,Somerset,England,UK, TA6 5HX. A further contemporary connection is consumer spending and the shift toward mixed retail, leisure, service and residential centres within the specific setting of 65 St John St, Bridgwater,Somerset,England,UK, TA6 5HX.
65 St John St, Bridgwater,Somerset,England,UK, TA6 5HX
Description
Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@Hotpixuk,laundry room,Somerset,South West England,UK,TA6,self-service,machines,washing,machine,dryers,tumbledryer,coin,operated,1950,1960,1970,£4,wash,clothes wash,inside,interior,clothes,poor,cheap,dry,drying,dryer,rent,rented,commercial,retail,urban,town,centre,outside,laundromat
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AF145H - . An on-location image from 65 St John St, Bridgwater,Somerset,England,UK, TA6 5HX in 2019, useful both for the specific subject shown and for the evidence it retains about local identity, design, use and everyday life. The location is represented through The laundry room, Launderette Eastover,Bridgwater,Somerset, South West England,UK, TA6. Another layer of the scene includes retail vacancy, shopfront economy, contemporary social history, town-centre economy, historical comparison, documentary photography, changing land use, retail property, local trading, everyday life, high-street commerce, bricks-and-mortar retail, community identity, and changing streetscape. The present-day relevance extends to changing footfall and commercial rents, while a wider concern is the rapid turnover of shopfronts and trading names. As a dated visual record, the view leaves evidence of the combination of built form, activity and local identity at the recorded site in 65 St John St, Bridgwater,Somerset,England,UK, TA6 5HX. Other useful associations include customer footfall, commercial streetscape, commercial frontage, urban commerce, before-and-after reference, public realm, period detail, and archival record. Details involving Somerset, Launderette, Eastover, Bridgwater, and laundry give the scene useful specificity and strengthen its local, cultural or historical identity. The surrounding context at 65 St John St, Bridgwater,Somerset,England,UK, TA6 5HX matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. Its period value extends to changing footfall and the shift toward mixed retail, leisure, service and residential centres in a form that can be compared with future views of 65 St John St, Bridgwater,Somerset,England,UK, TA6 5HX. The photograph keeps period character as part of 65 St John St, Bridgwater,Somerset,England,UK, TA6 5HX's history.
65 St John St, Bridgwater,Somerset,England,UK, TA6 5HX
Description
Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@Hotpixuk,laundry room,Somerset,South West England,UK,TA6,self-service,machines,washing,machine,dryers,tumbledryer,coin,operated,1950,1960,1970,£4,wash,clothes wash,inside,interior,clothes,poor,cheap,dry,drying,dryer,rent,rented,commercial,retail,urban,town,centre,drying cycle prices,public washing facilities,affordable laundry service
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AF1466 - The clean, brightly lit interior of Eastover Launderette in Bridgwater, Somerset, photographed in January 2019. Rows of stainless steel, grey and blue commercial washing machines line the left side of the premises, while banks of large front-loading washers and stacked tumble dryers occupy the rear and right-hand walls. Circular glass doors, digital control panels, coin slots and operating labels are clearly visible across the professional laundry equipment.
Wall-mounted notices advertise wash and drying charges, including a wash priced at £4.00 and a drying service costing £5.00 for approximately 20 minutes. The uncluttered room has white tiled walls, fluorescent lighting and an easy-clean grey floor, creating a practical and functional environment for customers bringing clothes, bedding and other household textiles for washing and drying.
Public launderettes provide an essential local service for people who do not own a washing machine or tumble dryer, including those living in rented accommodation, flats, temporary housing or homes with restricted space. They are also useful when domestic appliances break down, when customers need to wash unusually large loads, or when bulky items cannot be accommodated in a standard household machine. Commercial dryers can also reduce the time needed to dry clothing during wet winter weather.
The photograph documents a traditional British high street service business and the everyday machinery involved in maintaining clean clothes and household fabrics. It is relevant to themes including domestic chores, household expenditure, the cost of living, rental housing, student accommodation, shared laundry facilities, small businesses, consumer services, appliance ownership and changing patterns of town-centre retail.
The empty customer area provides a clear view of the machinery and layout without people obscuring the equipment. The image can therefore illustrate self-service laundry operations, commercial washing technology
65 St John St, Bridgwater,Somerset,England,UK, TA6 5HX
-industrial-sewing-machine-in-an-empty-alterations-shop-workshop-2K3XNAJ.jpg)
Description
Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,in,an,alterations,clothing,clothes,changes,taking up,taking in,workshop,shop,store,sweatshop,repair,alteration,C111-3,Lockstitch,AP0280,C111,industrial,commercial,tailoring,dry cleaners,curtain making,empty,mend,mending,alter,sew,sewing,machine,machines,automatic,fixing,fixes,zips,turning up
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K3XNAJ - Prosew C111-3 Lockstitch Straight Stitch Industrial Sewing Machine
Come & Try it before you Buy it!
This machine comes complete with head, motor, stand, table and cotton stand.
This machine is ideal for light, medium & heavy work with fabrics such as cotton, leather, silk, voil, synthetics plus more.
This machine is recommended for tailoring, home alterations, dry cleaners & curtain makers.
Features:
Straight Stitch
Lockstitch
Sewing Speed (2000 spm)
Adjustable Stitch Length (0 - 4.2mm)
Presser Lift Height (6mm/13mm)
Knee Lift
Reverse/Back Tack
Needle System (DBx1)
Single Phase 240v 13 amp (can be used at home)
Accessories Included:
Needles
Bobbins
Oil
England, UK
Description
Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,NOHO NYC,NYC,New York City,street,New York Street,USA,America,City Centre,city,centre,center,city center,Eastvillage,New York Travel Tourism,store,stores,wash,washing,Cosmo,Cosmos,Launderama,clothes,Dolly Tub,inner city,downtown,drop off,service,services,inc,dollytub,machine,machines,busy
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy RBF05R - . A local-history photograph shows a moment within 142 1st Avenue #9, New York, NY 10009, USA, in a 2018 record. The source caption identifies Cosmo Launderama, launderette, 142 1st Avenue #9, New York, NY 10009, USA. Other closely connected aspects of the subject are shopping district, local trading, commercial frontage, high-street commerce, town-centre trading, storefront culture, retail decline and renewal, bricks-and-mortar retail, city-centre economy, commercial streetscape, urban commerce, and independent retail. Modern coverage of physical shops frequently reaches beyond the immediate scene to questions of shifts in leisure spending, brand consolidation and bringing empty units back into use. Documentary value is strengthened by the precise setting at 142 1st Avenue #9, New York, NY 10009, USA, where even ordinary details of frontage, equipment, signs, traffic or public activity may disappear as the area evolves. The resulting scene connects with consumer spending, retail property, chain-store economy, retail vacancy, shopping habits, customer footfall. The scene is further associated with St Marks Place, St Marks Place NYC, New York St Marks Place, East Village. A more expansive reading adds shopfront economy, and consumer retail. For present-day editorial use, town-centre commerce can also illustrate debates about online shopping and hybrid working, particularly where these affect heritage-led regeneration. The combination preserved here provides evidence of community life, signage and branding, physical infrastructure, local continuity, and commercial identity without relying on a generic or reconstructed view. As the location changes, the frame remains a reference for movement through the area, everyday services, historic fabric, planning and redevelopment, and social change in a form that can be compared with later photographs. The documentary frame records the character of the setting against later redevelopment.
142 1st Avenue #9, New York, NY 10009, USA
Description
Keywords: GoTonySmith @HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,Credit Card,Parking Payment,Machine,Pay,blue,warrington,Golden Square,Shopping Centre,Shopping Parking,parking costs,multistory,multistory parking,parking,rises in parking charges,Council parking price rise,neon,parking charges to rise,rising parking charges,Sunday parking charges,Evening parking charges,Warrington Borough Council,WBC,North West England,UK,GB,town centre decline,retail decline,bricks and mortar retail decline,parking charge,parking charges,car parking price rises,transport,integrated transport policy
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy PE1J55 - UK drivers face steep parking charge increases to help deal with gaps left by the council budgets
Car parking spaces and residents' permits will increase by up to 45 per cent and new Sunday charges have been proposed to increase revenue from shoppers.
This follows the increase to council house that comes into place next month, which is expected to cost £100 per household.
The war on motorists has got to stop, said Tory MP Robert Halfon.
Whether it is hospital parking charges, or council parking fees, motorists are seen as a cash cow and are being hit by one stealth tax after another.
Warrington WA1, UK
Description
Keywords: GoTonySmith @HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,Credit Card,Parking Payment,Machine,Pay,blue,warrington,Golden Square,Shopping Centre,Shopping Parking,parking costs,multistory,multistory parking,parking,rises in parking charges,Council parking price rise,neon,parking charges to rise,rising parking charges,Sunday parking charges,Evening parking charges,Warrington Borough Council,WBC,North West England,UK,GB,town centre decline,retail decline,bricks and mortar retail decline,parking charge,parking charges,car parking price rises,transport,integrated transport policy
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy PE1J58 - UK drivers face steep parking charge increases to help deal with gaps left by the council budgets
Car parking spaces and residents' permits will increase by up to 45 per cent and new Sunday charges have been proposed to increase revenue from shoppers.
This follows the increase to council house that comes into place next month, which is expected to cost £100 per household.
The war on motorists has got to stop, said Tory MP Robert Halfon.
Whether it is hospital parking charges, or council parking fees, motorists are seen as a cash cow and are being hit by one stealth tax after another.
Warrington WA1, UK
Description
Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,Hotpix,Tony Smith,HousingITguy,365,Project365,2nd 365,HotpixUK365,threshing,machine,tractor,bringing in harvest,harvester,harvesting,farm,farming,Cheshire,Grappenhall,Warrington
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 3193112294 - 'Its harvest time near me
If you are on Twitter, do add a follow there and I will follow back in return mobile.twitter.com/HotpixUK
Have a look at my archived photography, from ten years back at www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/
All images (c) Tony Smith - @HotpixUK - No images to be used without express permission',
Description
Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,old,motorbike,motocycle,motor bike,motor cycle,green,sea green,BSA bike,bike,motorcycle,history,historic,machine,vehicle,transport,sea,seagreen,1960,1960s,military,Birmingham,England,UK,classic,motor,bikes,on a BSA,with two,bald tyres,I drove a million miles,I rode a million miles,JCC,John Cooper Clark,psycle sluts,Birmingham Small Arms,company
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy PCTA7T - . This descriptive scene sets out the working environment around Birmingham, England, UK, as photographed in 2018. The image record centres upon BSA Motor bike in sea green, Birmingham, England, UK. Other aspects of the setting include heritage asset, townscape identity, urban conservation, architectural character, historic built environment, urban fabric, local landmark, architectural detail, historic townscape, adaptive reuse, period architecture, and historic environment. For present-day editorial use, heritage assets can also illustrate debates about maintenance cost and vacancy, particularly where these affect heritage-led regeneration. Over time, this view of Birmingham, England, UK can support local-history and planning research by preserving details of appearance, occupation, signage, public access and everyday use that written records may omit. The resulting scene connects with historic fabric, conservation interest, conservation architecture, architectural heritage, traditional building, built heritage. Other local associations include BSA Motor bike sea green, Vintage motorbike, vintage, vintage motorcycle, BSA Motorbike, vehicle. A second layer of description includes heritage streetscape, and period property. In the mid-2020s, traditional structures is increasingly discussed through conservation of original fabric and maintenance cost, with attention turning to lower-carbon reuse rather than demolition. Taken together, these details make the photograph a useful record of movement through the area, planning and redevelopment, social change, historic fabric, and everyday services at this precise location. The combination preserved here provides evidence of public access, transport patterns, architecture and streetscape, neighbourhood identity, and ownership or occupation within the surrounding area. The photograph also fixes the character of the setting as part of the area's social history.
Birmingham, England, UK
Description
Keywords: Street,face,faces,car,park,gun,pipe,drain,drainpipe,wall,gable,end,with,parking,machine,artistic,urban,gun,Street Art,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 H4HMR7 - . An on-location photograph from Smithfield St, Liverpool, England, UK in 2016, showing the named subject as part of a wider social, commercial, cultural or physical setting rather than as an isolated object. The frame specifically shows Graffiti Art Smithfield/Tithebarn St,Liverpool,England,UK - with parking machine. The broader subject matter reaches into graffiti heritage, public art, archival record, public realm, changing land use, visual archive, contemporary mural, stencil art, public-realm art, before-and-after reference, period detail, regional identity, social history, and changing streetscape. From a 2025-onward perspective, local identity and regeneration are closely linked to this subject, alongside how temporary street art can become an important record of neighbourhood culture. Future viewers can use this scene from Smithfield St, Liverpool, England, UK to compare landscape treatment and surrounding development with whatever follows after redevelopment. The photograph additionally reflects local character, community identity, temporary artwork, visual street culture, street creativity, mural culture, urban graphics, and historical comparison. Details involving Smithfield, Graffiti, Liverpool, machine, and Tithebarn make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. The wider setting at Smithfield St, Liverpool, England, UK matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. Another useful connection is local identity and how temporary street art can become an important record of neighbourhood culture in a form that can be compared with future views of Smithfield St, Liverpool, England, UK. The scene further reflects regeneration and the blurred boundary between commissioned public art and unsanctioned graffiti within the real-world context of Smithfield St, Liverpool, England, UK.
Smithfield St, Liverpool, England, UK
Description
Keywords: Brighter,Wash,washer,day,clothing,peg,washingline,in,blue,yellow,green,basket,with,handle,clip,clips,machine,dry,drying,dryer,white,GoTonySmith,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,plastic,1960s,1970s,colourful,colorful,color,washday,wash day,spring,loaded,pegging,out,washing line,washing line pegs
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy EY5KF0 - . Bright Washday clothes pegs for washing line, in red,blue, yellow,green basket. Photographed in England, UK. The photograph was taken on 16 July 2015. 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 Washday, clothes, pegs, washing, line, red, Brighter, Wash, washer and day, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. The photograph is a documentary record of an identifiable subject and location, useful for editorial, archive, travel, local-history and social-history picture research. It can support features about everyday life, place, public space, local identity, tourism, consumer behaviour and the changing appearance of towns, cities and communities. Visible objects, signs, buildings and environmental details provide contextual clues that make the image useful beyond its immediate subject. As a dated stock photograph it also offers a reference point for later comparison, especially where businesses, streets, public services or local surroundings subsequently change. Search themes include documentary photography, local history, everyday life, place, public space, travel, community identity, social history and changing surroundings. Its specificity makes it more useful than a generic concept image when an editor needs a recognisable real-world subject and setting. 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. The view is firmly rooted in a real location rather than a constructed studio setting.
England, UK
Description
Keywords: Brighter,Wash,washer,day,clothing,peg,washingline,in,blue,yellow,green,basket,with,handle,clip,clips,machine,dry,drying,dryer,white,GoTonySmith,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,plastic,1960s,1970s,colourful,colorful,color,washday,wash day,spring,loaded,pegging,out,washing line,washing line pegs
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy EY5KF1 - . Bright Washday clothes pegs for washing line, in red,blue, yellow,green basket. Photographed in England, UK. The photograph was taken on 16 July 2015. 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 Washday, clothes, pegs, washing, line, red, Brighter, Wash, washer and day, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. The photograph is a documentary record of an identifiable subject and location, useful for editorial, archive, travel, local-history and social-history picture research. It can support features about everyday life, place, public space, local identity, tourism, consumer behaviour and the changing appearance of towns, cities and communities. Visible objects, signs, buildings and environmental details provide contextual clues that make the image useful beyond its immediate subject. As a dated stock photograph it also offers a reference point for later comparison, especially where businesses, streets, public services or local surroundings subsequently change. Search themes include documentary photography, local history, everyday life, place, public space, travel, community identity, social history and changing surroundings. Its specificity makes it more useful than a generic concept image when an editor needs a recognisable real-world subject and setting. 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. The view is firmly rooted in a real location rather than a constructed studio setting.
England, UK
Description
Keywords: GB,Great,Britain,city,centre,machine,transport,NW,Diwali,Special,-,Sivakumarin,Aram,STAR,stalls,and,the,burning,of,an,efficgy,of,the,demon,king,Ravana,Ajay,Chhabra,for,Nutkhut,Franck,le,Lay,and,Pi-Kwadraat,Vedic/Victoriana-inspired,Steampunk,vedic,Victoriana,inspired,GoTonySmith,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DRH8EB - Swyron! Sep 2013 Swyron is the latest performance from Nutkhut. A unique blend of Vedic-meets-Victoriana - Swyron is a Steampunk revolutionary complete with full body and face armour. An adventurer on a time-travelling, steam-spouting machine - Swyron delights and bemuses audiences of all ages with his inter-galactic journeys! You can catch Swryon at the Asylum in Lincoln on the 14th September - the biggest Steampunk festival in the world! And check out his new facebook page
Albert Square, Manchester, Lancashire, England UK
Description
Keywords: Scotland,regional,money,note,Clydesdale,bank,banks,BOS,Halifax,exotic,tourist,travel,exchange,West,Lothian,East,machine,in Edinburgh,Midlothian,Scotland,UK,GB,united,Kingdom,Great,Britain,accepted,not,unacceptable,spend,refused,refuse,Gotonysmith different to English England currency in a shopping street,high st shopping centre,cash
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DECWAR - . Taking Scottish sterling notes from a RBS cash machine, in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland. Photographed at Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. The photograph was taken on 28 August 2013. The image metadata records 1 person in the frame. 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 Taking, Scottish, sterling, notes, RBS, cash, ATM, regional, money and note, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. The scene is relevant to retail, shopping, consumer behaviour, town and city centres, independent businesses and the changing appearance of the British high street. It can support editorial stories about shops, shopping centres, retail architecture, store branding, local commerce, vacancies, regeneration, consumer spending, tourism and the pressure on traditional bricks-and-mortar businesses. Shopfronts, signs, windows, displays, arcades and surrounding public realm provide useful visual context for how retail space is designed and experienced by pedestrians. The photograph also acts as a dated record of a business or shopping location, valuable when premises later change hands, rebrand, close or are redeveloped. Search themes include retail, shopping, shopfronts, consumer behaviour, high streets, town centres, commercial property, independent business, branding and changing local economies. A dated view of a shop or shopping environment gains extra archive value when businesses rebrand, close, move or when premises are redeveloped. 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. The view is firmly rooted in a real location rather than a constructed studio setting.
Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Description
Keywords: Scotland,regional,money,note,Clydesdale,bank,banks,BOS,Halifax,exotic,tourist,travel,exchange,West,Lothian,East,machine,in Edinburgh,Midlothian,Scotland,UK,GB,united,Kingdom,accepted,not,unacceptable,spend,refused,refuse,Gotonysmith different to English England currency in a shopping street,high st shopping centre,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,laundering,cash,banknote design,travel in Edinburgh,student bank accounts,student bank account
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DECX4H - Close-up documentary stock photograph of Scottish sterling banknotes being taken from a Royal Bank of Scotland cash machine in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland. A hand holds colourful Scottish paper money beside the ATM keypad, with the red cancel button, yellow clear button and number pad clearly visible. The image shows everyday personal banking, cash withdrawal, physical currency, retail payments and the continuing visibility of banknotes in a society shaped by contactless cards, mobile payments and online banking. The scene has strong editorial value for stories about high street banking, ATM access, cash machine closures, consumer choice, financial inclusion and the role of cash for residents, visitors and small businesses. Scottish banknotes are issued by authorised Scottish banks rather than the Bank of England, and RBS notes remain legal currency, although the Bank of England explains that Scottish notes are not technically legal tender in either England or Scotland. That distinction often creates confusion for tourists and shoppers travelling between Scotland and the UK, making the image useful for articles about acceptance of Scottish notes, currency awareness and practical travel money. The visible £20 note and other sterling notes also make the photograph relevant for themes including cost of living, cash budgeting, spending power, bank accounts, ATM networks, holiday spending, Scottish identity and the mixed currency landscape within the United Kingdom. Taken in Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland and a major tourist and financial centre, the image combines a recognisable banking interface with human action. The tight composition, diagonal notes and cropped keypad give it a practical, real-world feel suitable for news, finance, consumer advice, travel features and banking reports. Lighting appears to be natural or ambient ATM light, with no weather visible, and the image is best read as a candid everyday money and Scottish currency detail.
Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Description
Keywords: 3535,35,number,numbers,thirty,five,thirtyfive,thirty5,oldham,steam,winding,engine,square,hipstamatic,series,tonysmith,falcon,Astley,Colliary,Coal,Mine,mining,machine,Tydesley,Greater,Manchester,Falcon oldham,Falcon 3535 Oldham,F16TOE
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 9317169504 - 'They may find In the year 3535, Ain't gonna need to tell the truth, tell no lie Everything you think, do and say Is in the pill you took today - www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWxGGyV_YRA
XXXV was the year Tiridates III becomes king of Parthia, during Roman times.
35 is the sum of the first five triangular numbers, making it a tetrahedral number.
35 is the number of ways that three things can be selected from a set of seven unique things also known as the 'combination of seven things taken three at a time'.
35 is a centered cube number, a pentagonal number and a pentatope number. Messier object M35, is a magnitude 5.5 open cluster in the constellation Gemini. The atomic number of Bromine.
35 is the highest number one can count to on one's fingers using base 6.
35 mm film is the basic film gauge most commonly used for both analog photography and motion pictures. Its the minimum age of candidates for election to the United States Presidency.
View this whole set here. If you do Twitter add me here.
(c) Hotpix / HotpixUK Tony Smith - tone@Hotpix.freeserve.co.uk WDCC',
Description
Keywords: coal,mine,mining,Manchester,lancs,Lancashire,working,works,vertical,shaft,Green,Museum,Chat,Moss,chatmoss,collieries,village,county,council,saved,by,village,A580,east,3,300,hp,twin,tandem,compound,steam,3300,surviving,headgear,house,gates,wide,shot,HDR,seams,Higher,Green,Lane,Tyldesley,Gotonysmith 3300hp Pilkington Colliery Company,trading as the Clifton and Kersley Coal Company,working,collieries,in,the,Irwell,valley,at,Clifton,Higher,Green,Lane,Astley Green,Tyldesley,Lancashire England,UK M29 7JB M297jb,machine,machines,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DE9AKM - On the edge of Chat Moss, in an area once full of collieries, lies the picturesque village of Astley Green. In the heart of the village stands Astley Green Colliery Museum which, but for the foresight of Lancashire County Council and several leading figures within the community, would have suffered the same fate as the other collieries in the area, total demolition. It was the uniqueness of the 3,300 hp twin tandem compound steam winding engine that brought the demolition to a halt. As the result of the intervention, the museum houses Lancashire's only surviving headgear and engine house, both of which now have listed building status.
The museum occupies some fifteen acres of the Astley Green Colliery site. To the south lies the Bridgewater Canal and Astley Moss, an important mossland site. The low-lying landscape ensures that the museum's 98ft high lattice steel headgear can be seen for many miles, a fitting memorial to days now past.
Higher Green Lane, Astley Green, Tyldesley, Lancashire England, UK M29 7JB
Description
Keywords: Putting,a,green,Lloyds,account,card,into,a,co-op,cash,machine,green,gotonysmith,England,UK,United,Kingdom,push,pushing,chip,and,pin,hand,finger,ATM,cashmachine,Magnetic,strip,plastic,plasticcard,creditcard,credit,debit,mastercard,gotonysmith,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,student bank accounts,student bank account
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy D91FGW - . Putting a green Lloyds Avios account card into a co-op cash machine. Photographed on 8 June 2013. The recorded location is Knutsford Road, Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire, WA4 2PL, United Kingdom. From a heritage perspective, printed and graphic ephemera are highly effective dating evidence
Tickets, labels, cards, stamps, posters and logos combine wording, typography, colour and branding in forms that are often discarded after use, so surviving examples can become valuable records of popular culture and commerce. The historical context is that financial objects and premises connect economic history with daily life
Banknotes, coins, savings products, cheques, branch buildings and ATMs show how people stored and accessed money before digital banking reduced the visibility of many traditional banking services. As of 2026, digital-first communication means many everyday printed objects are disappearing
Older tickets, labels, cards and signs therefore provide useful material for stories about changing design, retail and consumer behaviour. The subject remains topical in 2026 because cash is used less often than in previous decades but remains important, 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. As background, graphic design turns practical information into a visual object
Typefaces, colour, layout and printing methods can identify a period or brand, while small items such as tickets and cards preserve events, prices and messages that may exist nowhere else in physical form. In the present 2026 context, digital-first communication means many everyday printed objects are disappearing
Older tickets, labels, cards and signs therefore provide useful material for stories about changing design, retail and consumer behaviour.
Knutsford Road, Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire, WA4 2PL, United Kingdom
Description
Keywords: Putting,a,Nationwide,account,card,into,a,co-op,cash,machine,yellow,gotonysmith,England,UK,United,Kingdom,push,pushing,chip,and,pin,hand,finger,ATM,cashmachine,Magnetic,strip,plastic,plasticcard,creditcard,credit,debit,gotonysmith,Buy Pictures of,ATMs,closed,reduced,availability,local,to use,using
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy D91FJ0 - . Putting a Nationwide account card into a co-op ATM cash machine yellow. Photographed on 8 June 2013. The recorded location is Knutsford Road, Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire, WA4 2PL, United Kingdom. Historically, graphic design turns practical information into a visual object
Typefaces, colour, layout and printing methods can identify a period or brand, while small items such as tickets and cards preserve events, prices and messages that may exist nowhere else in physical form. 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. In 2026, digital-first communication means many everyday printed objects are disappearing
Older tickets, labels, cards and signs therefore provide useful material for stories about changing design, retail and consumer behaviour. 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. The historical context is that ephemeral design is especially useful to social historians because it was created for immediate use rather than posterity
A ticket, label or novelty card can reveal contemporary humour, branding, consumer habits and printing style in a compact object. The subject remains topical in 2026 because much ticketing, advertising and personal communication is digital, making older printed ephemera increasingly distinctive as evidence of pre-digital communication
Physical cards, labels and tickets also offer a contrast with QR codes, apps and paperless transactions.
Knutsford Road, Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire, WA4 2PL, United Kingdom
Description
Keywords: washing,drying,dryers,machine,dolly,tub,the,old,washes,threatened,treatened,under,undertreat,high,st,street,closed,closing,disappearing,disappear,Warrington,Grappenhall,Penketh,shops,parade,of,dry,clean,centre,coin,operated,coin-op,coin,op,stainless,steel,bendix,gotonysmith Hotpoint Candy,outside,laundromat
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy D8DYH5 - This editorial documentary photograph shows grappenhall Warrington Traditional Launderette clothes wash shop. The location metadata places the image at or around Warrington Road, Grappenhall, Cheshire, England, UK WA4 2PL. It was photographed on 18 May 2013, giving the image a useful time reference for contemporary editorial, archive and stock use. Relevant subject terms include Traditional, Launderette, clothes, wash, shop, machines, dollytub, service, tradition, threat, washing, drying, making the image useful for buyers looking for precise place, object, social, travel or documentary themes. It has current retail context, showing the mix of independent traders, national chains, shopping centres and changing high streets that shape town and city centres across Britain and Ireland. With no people count recorded, the value is strongest as an editorial record of place, object, building, sign, service, landscape or public environment. The image can support articles, blogs, reports, educational material and local history features needing a clear, place-based visual with strong documentary context. No endorsement of any visible organisation, brand, campaign, political message or commercial activity is implied
the photograph records what was visible at the time.
Warrington Road, Grappenhall, Cheshire, England, UK WA4 2PL
Description
Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Manchester,industry,factory,mill,history,machines,cloth,manufacture,Lancashire,Victorian,mass production,Industrial Revolution,Textile manufacturing,Manchester factory,manufacturing cotton and cloth,cotton yarn,Cotton Mill,Cottonopolis,Inside a Manchester Cotton Mill,making cotton thread,spin,spinning,of,cotton,fibre,fibres,historic,machine,machinery,industrial,labour,multi,multiple,bobbins
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2BM3JK6 - A cotton mill is a building housing spinning or weaving machinery for the production of yarn or cloth from cotton, an important product during the Industrial Revolution in the development of the factory system.
Although some were driven by animal power, most early mills were built in rural areas at fast-flowing rivers and streams using water wheels for power. The development of viable steam engines by Boulton and Watt from 1781 led to the growth of larger, steam-powered mills allowing them to be concentrated in urban mill towns, like Manchester, which with neighbouring Salford had more than 50 mills by 1802.
The mechanisation of the spinning process in the early factories was instrumental in the growth of the machine tool industry, enabling the construction of larger cotton mills. Limited companies were developed to construct mills, and the trading floors of the cotton exchange in Manchester, created a vast commercial city. Mills generated employment, drawing workers from largely rural areas and expanding urban populations. They provided incomes for girls and women. Child labour was used in the mills, and the factory system led to organised labour. Poor conditions became the subject of exposés, and in England, the Factory Acts were written to regulate them.
The cotton mill, originally a Lancashire phenomenon, was copied in New England and later in the southern states of America. In the 20th century, North West England lost its supremacy to the United States, then to Japan and subsequently to China.
Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK
Description
Keywords: photome,photo,me,booth,uk,machine,picture,box,passport,image,colour,b/w,mixed,color,colores,tonysmith,music,tony,smith,hotpix,hot,pix,pics,pic,hotpics,warrington,golden,square,cheshire,england,ipod,tony smith photography,tdktony,tdk,tdktonysmith,#tonysmithhotpix,#tonysmithotpix
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4857566381 - 'Photobooth - 'Friendly Fires' - Play this track here or watch live in Argentina here.
?Whats this iPod Shuffle set all about? Read about it here
Photobooth was the first EP from St Albans dance punk lads Friendly Fires in mid 2006. It more or less slipped under the radar until the bands full first album came out. The name Friendly Fires originates from the opening track of the Manchester Factory label 'Section 25' LP 'Always Now'. (Maybe a track from them later in this series).
The first self titled album was certified double gold in the UK. The band was nominated for a Best Breakthrough Award at The South Bank Show Awards and for \u2018Best Dancefloor Filler\u2019 at the NME Awards. They were also second on the bill on the NME Awards Tour 2009.
On 21 July 2009, the band was nominated for the Mercury Music Prize. On 19 January 2010, the band was nominated for two Brit Awards
Best British Group and British Breakthrough Act.
------------------------
With 44,100 vending locations in 15 countries, Photo-Me is the world's leading operator of photobooths, with over 21,500 sited, including this one in Golden Square Warrington. The Group operates a diverse range of vending equipment, including digital printing kiosks, children's rides and other amusement machines.
Thankfully, the days of cutting your face or fringe off your shot are more or less gone. \u00a35 and 30 seconds is all the digital process takes. Its the thought of being robbed of \u00a320 (again) to renew my driving licence that appears to have sent me somewhat off colour!
NB: Like all the images on this stream, full size prints up to 30x20inches are available, Check my profile for how to contact me.
Checkout more w=33062170@N08\' target=\'_blank\'>cool stuff from my photostream.
Keep in touch, add me as a contact www.flickr.com/relationship.gne?id=33062170@N08 so I can follow all your new uploads.
(c) Hotpix / HotpixUK Tony Smith - Hotpix.freeserve.co.uk WDCC
()',
Description
Keywords: England,UK,GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Research Institute,M3,M3 3EH,history,historic,Columbian,Gutenberg,machine,printer,printers,ornate,old,Latin America,printed,machines,Johannes Gutenberg,John Rylands Library,Manchester City Centre,North West England,City Centre,Library,150,press,word,media,invention,Latin American,ancient,Colombia,printing,presses,Deansgate,Mainz,print,GB
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PP0NNG - . Historic Columbian Gutenberg printing press, 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 Research Institute, M3 3EH, history, historic, Columbian, Gutenberg, machine, printer, printers, ornate, old, Latin America, 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. The composition retains practical contextual detail for news, feature, documentary, educational and historical use.
John Rylands Research Institute and Library, 150 Deansgate, Manchester, England, UK, M3 3EH
Description
Keywords: back,pocket,of,a,pair,of,jeans,FOBM,fixed,odds,betting,machines,machine,game,of,chance,lady,female,bottom,arse,bum,red,Q,Gotonysmith,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,be,gambleaware,cards,gamble,gambling,gaming,games,playing,back pocket
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy D8HDB7 - . A grounded documentary photograph made at the recorded location in 2010, combining the immediate subject with evidence of the surrounding streetscape, public realm, business activity or local character. The frame specifically shows How to gamble Queen of diamonds playing card in a back pocket of a pair of jeans. Other connected aspects include retail property, local enterprise, everyday life, bricks-and-mortar retail, place identity, archival record, community identity, town-centre trading, customer footfall, small business, period detail, contemporary social history, specialist shop, and street-level business. The wider contemporary story combines online shopping, commercial rents and the contribution of independents to distinctive high streets. Small period details of materials and architectural details at the recorded location may become more significant with time, particularly following conservation work. The surrounding story also includes historical comparison, regional identity, independent retail, specialist retailer, documentary photography, high-street commerce, visual archive, and changing land use. References to diamonds, jeans, playing, pocket, and Queen give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. A later view of the recorded location may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. Another strand within the photograph is online shopping and how shopfronts become short-lived records of changing businesses when considered against later change at the recorded location. The setting also helps illustrate town-centre regeneration and the resilience of specialist shops in an online retail economy without losing the local specificity of the recorded location. The image fixes period character for future local research. It also preserves a trace of local identity before later change alters the scene.
Description
Keywords: Old,rusted,clock,face,hands,TonySmith,Tony,Smith,Hotpix,HotpixUK,alarm,rust,stuck,still,roman,numerals,Monmouth,sepia,broken,time,machine,stopped,B/W,black,white,mono,monochrome,watch,digits,numbers,mecanism,move,movement,this photo rocks,clocks,horloge,reloj,orologio,Taktgeber,selctive,colour,color,colores,hotpics,hotpic,hotpick,hotpicks,stillife,stilllife,life,stuff,tony smith photography,tdktony,tdk,tdktonysmith,urban,urbex
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 3809668752 - 'Old rusted clock face with roman numerals . Slightly selectively sepia toned to add additional distress. A now broken time machine.
For clocks and watches that do work we have to do this generally twice a year www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/4050906369/
(c) Hotpix / HotpixUK Tony Smith - Hotpix.freeserve.co.uk WDCC',
Description
Keywords: British,Regulate,The,Feed,sign,from,a,canal,dock,steam,engine,industrial,machine,power,industry,gotonysmith,Ellesmere,Port,canalside,museum,brass,black,shiny,gotonysmith,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,engines,mechanics,history,historic,Victorian,old,traditional,technology
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy CEYAB8 - . Regulate The Feed, sign from a canal dock steam engine. Photographed on 16 May 2009. The recorded location is Ellesmere Port, Wirral, Cheshire UK. Looking at the subject's development, britain's canals were built principally in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries to move coal, raw materials and manufactured goods cheaply between industrial districts, ports and growing towns
Locks, basins, towpaths and warehouses survive as engineering heritage even where freight has given way to leisure boating, walking and waterside regeneration. In historical terms, factories, mills, engines and workshops record the technologies and labour that powered Britain's industrial expansion
Their machinery, inscriptions and specialist structures are valuable evidence of engineering practice, working conditions, regional industries and the later shift from heavy industry to heritage, housing or new commercial uses. Historically, harbours and shipping routes have long shaped British coastal and riverside towns
Fishing, cargo handling, ferry services, shipbuilding and port engineering created distinctive working landscapes that increasingly coexist with tourism, leisure craft and waterfront regeneration. For the 2026 context, britain's historic waterways remain significant for recreation, tourism, biodiversity and industrial heritage, while ageing locks, embankments and bridges require continuing maintenance
Urban canal corridors are also increasingly used for walking, cycling and waterside regeneration. During 2026, former industrial sites continue to be repurposed as housing, offices, cultural attractions and heritage venues
That makes historic machinery and surviving industrial fabric relevant both to the story of deindustrialisation and to current regeneration of northern English and Midlands towns. Relevant alternative phrases include inland waterway, navigation, lock chamber, lock gates, canal heritage, industrial transport, and waterway engineering.
Ellesmere Port, Wirral, Cheshire UK
Description
Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,hand,holding,note,notes,fresh,dispensed,from,a,cash,machine,Dublin,Eire,Irish,European,shortage,in,of,disappearing,being,removed,closed,automated,teller,machines,ATMs,Republics,network,Republic,Central Bank,ownership,retail,banks,bank,branches,Department of Finance,Retail Banking Review public consultation,cash is king
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PJ0YXD - Cash use has been declining in Ireland in recent years, in particular during the pandemic. Central Bank statistics indicate that Irish ATM withdrawals were €13 billion in 2021, compared to €19.7 billion in 2019, a decline of 34 per cent.
The value of such withdrawals is now at about two-thirds of pre-pandemic levels, albeit they remain relatively stable at €1 billion per month.
Central Bank raises concerns at sale of Republic's ATM network
Regulator says 75% of network will be under control of unregulated entities by end of year as banks sell up
The Central Bank has raised concerns with the Government that three-quarters of Ireland's ATM network will no longer be under the control of retail banks by the end of the year.
The issue of the ATM network and the closure of bricks and mortar bank branches has been a political hot potato for the Government due to concerns around how older and more vulnerable cohorts of society might cope with such changes.
The regulator has outlined concerns on the matter in a submission to the Department of Finance's Retail Banking Review public consultation.
It said retail banks are selling their off-site ATMs to independent ATM deployers which, it noted, are unregulated . Just 25 per cent of Ireland's ATM network will be owned by retail banks by the end of the year compared to 100 per cent in 2015, it said.
In-branch services are also reducing, it said, with the number of bank branches countrywide set to reduce by 32 per cent compared to 2019.
The trend towards the withdrawal of cash and other in-branch services is being driven by commercial decision making, it said. We expect banks to ensure that the impact of their decisions are considered carefully and with a consumer-focused approach. The impact for all consumers, including those who are vulnerable, must be assessed by banks, to ensure changes to branches and in-branch services are undertaken in an orderly manner. We expect that vulnerable customers will be accomodated
Dublin, Eire, Ireland
Description
Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,note,notes,pound,pounds,holding,UK,keyboard,keys,Scots,bank,dispensed,from,a,local,machine,Glasgow,Scotland,G3,network,banking,of,machines,BOS,RBOS,polymer,plastic,cash,point,cashpoint,finance,finances,money,withdraw,fiscal,union,independence,cash is king
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PHJ91T - Scotland sees steepest fall in cash machine withdrawals in 2021
Data from the UK's main cash machine network reveals that ATM transactions fell by up to 68% during the first national lockdown
The UK's main cash machine network LINK has published data showing that despite a 37% fall in ATM transactions in 2020, UK adults on average still withdrew more than £1,500 each from cash machines.
Scotland saw the steepest fall, with adults withdrawing almost £900 less than they did in 2019.
On average, UK adults visited ATMs 12 times less in 2020 than they did in 2019.
In recent years, as consumers use alternative payment methods such as contactless cards or online payments, ATM transactions have fallen on average around 10% year-on-year.
However, in April 2020, when the UK went into the first national lockdown, ATM transactions fell initially by up to 68%.
Despite subsequent lockdowns, on average more than £1.6bn was still withdrawn for cash machines every week for the rest of 2020.
Argyle Street, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, G3 8AD
Description
Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Cotton,Manchester,industry,factory,mill,history,machines,cloth,manufacture,factory system,Victorian,reel,machine,Lancashire Cotton,mills,BW,Black,White,black and white,cotton industry,UK,British,Cotton-spinning machinery,mass production,Industrial Revolution,Textile manufacturing,factory floor,working,reels,multiple,spin,spins,yarn,bobbins,cheeses
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2BM3JMK - Cotton-spinning machinery refers to machines which process (or spin) prepared cotton roving into workable yarn or thread. Such machinery can be dated back centuries. During the 18th and 19th centuries, as part of the Industrial Revolution cotton-spinning machinery was developed to bring mass production to the cotton industry. Cotton spinning machinery was installed in large factories, commonly known as cotton mills.
Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK
Description
Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,Merseyside,England,UK,experience,gamble,gambling,fixed odds,betting,terminals,bandit,one armed,L1 1EF,L1,14-16,high street,machines,Novomatic,money,laundering,cash,bets,FOBT,FOBTS,slot,slots,machine,Admiral casino,shop,shops,centre,amusement,centres,gaming,facilities,safer gambling message,responsible gambling debate,compliance,regulation
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2P4JY30 - rightly illuminated Admiral Casino and slots venue stands on Richmond Street in Liverpool city centre during a rainy evening. Its black frontage carries prominent red and white Casino and Admiral branding, with a yellow illuminated strip extending above large windows through which electronic gaming machines can be seen. Signs advertise opening around the clock, while pedestrians walk along the rain-soaked pavement beneath festive overhead lights. Reflections from the shopfronts and street lighting shimmer across the wet surface, creating a vivid urban nightlife scene.
The premises operates as an adult gaming centre offering electronic slot machines and other gambling products. Its highly visible street-level position, open doorway, illuminated displays and extended opening hours demonstrate how gambling opportunities can be embedded within everyday retail, leisure and pedestrian environments. People can encounter the venue while shopping, travelling through the city centre or visiting Liverpool's bars, restaurants and entertainment areas.
Admiral is part of the international NOVOMATIC gaming group, founded in Austria by Johann F. Graf in 1980. The group manufactures gaming technology and operates gaming venues through brands including Admiral. Its activities span physical gaming premises, electronic machines, online products, management systems, lotteries and sports betting across regulated international markets.
The photograph also has editorial relevance to gambling harms and the risks associated with frequent or compulsive gambling. Harm can extend beyond financial losses to affect mental health, employment, relationships and social wellbeing. Highly accessible machines, lengthy opening hours and the opportunity for continuous play may be particularly relevant to debates about addiction, consumer protection, licensing and the normalisation of gambling in British town and city centres.
The image documents Liverpool nightlife,commercial leisure, wet-weather etc
14-16 Richmond St, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L1 1EF
Description
Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,hand,holding,note,notes,fresh,dispensed,from,a,cash,machine,Dublin,Eire,Irish,European,shortage,in,of,disappearing,being,removed,closed,automated,teller,machines,ATMs,Republics,network,Republic,Central Bank,ownership,retail,banks,bank,branches,Department of Finance,Retail Banking Review public consultation
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PJ0YXH - Cash use has been declining in Ireland in recent years, in particular during the pandemic. Central Bank statistics indicate that Irish ATM withdrawals were €13 billion in 2021, compared to €19.7 billion in 2019, a decline of 34 per cent.
The value of such withdrawals is now at about two-thirds of pre-pandemic levels, albeit they remain relatively stable at €1 billion per month.
Central Bank raises concerns at sale of Republic's ATM network
Regulator says 75% of network will be under control of unregulated entities by end of year as banks sell up
The Central Bank has raised concerns with the Government that three-quarters of Ireland's ATM network will no longer be under the control of retail banks by the end of the year.
The issue of the ATM network and the closure of bricks and mortar bank branches has been a political hot potato for the Government due to concerns around how older and more vulnerable cohorts of society might cope with such changes.
The regulator has outlined concerns on the matter in a submission to the Department of Finance's Retail Banking Review public consultation.
It said retail banks are selling their off-site ATMs to independent ATM deployers which, it noted, are unregulated . Just 25 per cent of Ireland's ATM network will be owned by retail banks by the end of the year compared to 100 per cent in 2015, it said.
In-branch services are also reducing, it said, with the number of bank branches countrywide set to reduce by 32 per cent compared to 2019.
The trend towards the withdrawal of cash and other in-branch services is being driven by commercial decision making, it said. We expect banks to ensure that the impact of their decisions are considered carefully and with a consumer-focused approach. The impact for all consumers, including those who are vulnerable, must be assessed by banks, to ensure changes to branches and in-branch services are undertaken in an orderly manner. We expect that vulnerable customers will be accomodated
Dublin, Eire, Ireland
Description
Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,note,notes,20,pound,pounds,holding,UK,keyboard,keys,English,BoE,Bank of England,NE1,local,bank,Automatic Teller,dispensed,from,a,machine,network,banking,of,machines,cash,point,cashpoint,finance,finances,money,withdrawing,withdraw,free withdrawals,fresh,10
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PHJ91P - Amount withdrawn from cash machines fell EVEN further last year and expert says usage will never return to pre-pandemic levels
Number of cash withdrawals fell 6% last year after 40% collapse in 2020
The average Briton withdrew a third less cash last year than they did in 2019
One expert says number of withdrawals won't return to pre-covid levels
People continued to use less cash last year with new figures showing the number of withdrawals from ATMs fell 6 per cent annually.
A total of £79billion was withdrawn from cash machines in 2021 compared to £81billion in 2020, according to data by Link, the UK's main cash machine network.
There was also a 7 per cent decline in cash machine transactions last year, which includes withdrawals and balance enquiries, falling from just over 1.6billion to 1.5billion.
This means the average withdrawal per person in the UK was £1,462 last year, visiting an ATM around 18 times.
In 2019, prior to the pandemic, the average withdrawal per person in the UK was £2,193 meaning the typical person is withdrawing two thirds of what they were before Covid-19, when the advice was to not use cash but contactless debit and credit card payments instead
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK, NE1 5PG
Description
Keywords: GotonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,gambling,fruitmachine,keep control,control,your,gambolling,addictive,regulate,dangers,of,pokies,machine,18,year,old,bandit,casual,addiction,winners,losers,cash,video,game,games,gaming,FOBT,Fixed Odds Betting Terminals,Players Panel,compulsive,activity,habit,habits,destructive,money laundering,risk
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JM9P39 - A slot machine (American English), fruit machine (British English) or poker machine (Australian English and New Zealand English) is a gambling machine that creates a game of chance for its customers. Slot machines are also known pejoratively as one-armed bandits because of the large mechanical levers affixed to the sides of early mechanical machines and the games' ability to empty players' pockets and wallets as thieves would.[1]
A slot machine's standard layout features a screen displaying three or more reels that spin when the game is activated. Some modern slot machines still include a lever as a skeuomorphic design trait to trigger play. However, the mechanics of early machines have been superseded by random number generators, and most are now operated using buttons and touchscreens.
Slot machines include one or more currency detectors that validate the form of payment, whether coin, cash, voucher, or token. The machine pays out according to the pattern of symbols displayed when the reels stop spinning. Slot machines are the most popular gambling method in casinos and constitute about 70% of the average U.S. casino's income.[2]
Digital technology has resulted in variations in the original slot machine concept. As the player is essentially playing a video game, manufacturers can offer more interactive elements, such as advanced bonus rounds and more varied video graphics.
Stafford North Services, M6, Staffordshire, England, UK, ST15 0EU
Description
Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Manchester,industry,factory,mill,history,machines,cloth,manufacture,Lancashire,Victorian,mass production,Industrial Revolution,Textile manufacturing,Manchester factory,manufacturing cotton and cloth,cotton yarn,Cotton Mill,Cottonopolis,Inside a Manchester Cotton Mill,1948 Roto-Coner machine,Roto-Coner,RotoConer machine,machine,Roto-Coner machine,1948,industrial,machinery,factories,Lancs,textile,automation,system,spin,spinning
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2BM3JJ3 - A cotton mill is a building housing spinning or weaving machinery for the production of yarn or cloth from cotton, an important product during the Industrial Revolution in the development of the factory system.
Although some were driven by animal power, most early mills were built in rural areas at fast-flowing rivers and streams using water wheels for power. The development of viable steam engines by Boulton and Watt from 1781 led to the growth of larger, steam-powered mills allowing them to be concentrated in urban mill towns, like Manchester, which with neighbouring Salford had more than 50 mills by 1802.
The mechanisation of the spinning process in the early factories was instrumental in the growth of the machine tool industry, enabling the construction of larger cotton mills. Limited companies were developed to construct mills, and the trading floors of the cotton exchange in Manchester, created a vast commercial city. Mills generated employment, drawing workers from largely rural areas and expanding urban populations. They provided incomes for girls and women. Child labour was used in the mills, and the factory system led to organised labour. Poor conditions became the subject of exposés, and in England, the Factory Acts were written to regulate them.
The cotton mill, originally a Lancashire phenomenon, was copied in New England and later in the southern states of America. In the 20th century, North West England lost its supremacy to the United States, then to Japan and subsequently to China.
Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK
Description
Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Manchester,industry,factory,mill,history,machines,cloth,manufacture,Lancashire,Victorian,mass production,Industrial Revolution,Textile manufacturing,Manchester factory,manufacturing cotton and cloth,cotton yarn,Cotton Mill,Cottonopolis,Inside a Manchester Cotton Mill,coning,machine,textiles,textile industry,BW,Black and White,monochrome,1970,1960,industrial,machinery,factories,Lancs,textile
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2BM3JKG - A cotton mill is a building housing spinning or weaving machinery for the production of yarn or cloth from cotton, an important product during the Industrial Revolution in the development of the factory system.
Although some were driven by animal power, most early mills were built in rural areas at fast-flowing rivers and streams using water wheels for power. The development of viable steam engines by Boulton and Watt from 1781 led to the growth of larger, steam-powered mills allowing them to be concentrated in urban mill towns, like Manchester, which with neighbouring Salford had more than 50 mills by 1802.
The mechanisation of the spinning process in the early factories was instrumental in the growth of the machine tool industry, enabling the construction of larger cotton mills. Limited companies were developed to construct mills, and the trading floors of the cotton exchange in Manchester, created a vast commercial city. Mills generated employment, drawing workers from largely rural areas and expanding urban populations. They provided incomes for girls and women. Child labour was used in the mills, and the factory system led to organised labour. Poor conditions became the subject of exposés, and in England, the Factory Acts were written to regulate them.
The cotton mill, originally a Lancashire phenomenon, was copied in New England and later in the southern states of America. In the 20th century, North West England lost its supremacy to the United States, then to Japan and subsequently to China.
Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK
Description
Keywords: England,UK,post,DrWho,policebox,British,telephone,or,callbox,BBC,miniature,police,station,small,old,victorian,science,fiction,television,programme,Doctor,Who,in,which,the,protagonists,time,machine,a,TARDIS,is,in,the,shape,of,a,1960s,British,police,box,program,westminster,SOHO,Gotonysmith Whitehall,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy D8HDB6 - A police box is a British phone.html?sortBy=relevant&pseudoid=237DAF28-A4ED-4448-8173-C0E81ABEEC6F Target=_Blank>telephone kiosk or callbox located in a public place for the use of members of the police, or for members of the public to contact the police. Unlike an ordinary callbox, its telephone is located behind a hinged door so it can be used from the outside, and the interior of the box is, in effect, a miniature police station for use by police officers.
Police boxes predate the era of mobile telecommunications
now British police officers carry two-way radios and/or mobile phones rather than relying on fixed kiosks. Most boxes are now disused or have been withdrawn from service.
The typical police box contained a telephone linked directly to the local police station, allowing patrolling officers to keep in contact with the station, reporting anything unusual or requesting help if necessary. A light on top of the box would flash to alert an officer that he/she was requested to contact the station.[2]:2 Members of the public could also use the phone to contact a police station in an emergency.
British police boxes were usually blue, except in Glasgow, where they were red until the late 1960s.:13 In addition to a telephone, they contained equipment such as an incident book and a first aid kit.:14 Today the image of the blue police box is widely associated with the science fiction television programme Doctor Who, in which the protagonist's time machine, a TARDIS, is in the shape of a 1960s British police box. In the context of a TARDIS, the image of the blue police box is a trademark of the BBC.
Piccadilly, London, England UK
Description
Keywords: Clydesdale,bank,ATM,cash,dispensing,machine,Scotland,UK,scottish,independance,independence,soveregn,nation,SNP,national,party,money,monetary,union,issues,problems,problem,finance,financial,vote,voting,20,10,ten,twenty,note,official,currency,gotonysmith legal tender retail,hand,finger,fingers,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DG373Y - While provincial banks in England and Wales lost the right to issue paper currency altogether, the practice of private banknote issue has continued in Scotland and Northern Ireland. The right of Scottish banks to issue notes is popularly attributed to the author Sir Walter Scott, who in 1826 waged a campaign to retain Scottish banknotes under the pseudonym Malachi Malagrowther.
Scott feared that the limitation on private banknotes proposed with the Bankers (Scotland) Act 1826 would be have adverse economic consequences if enacted in Scotland because gold and silver were scarce and Scottish commerce relied on small notes as the principal medium of circulating money. His action eventually halted the abolition of private banknotes in Scotland.
Scottish and Northern Irish banknotes are unusual, firstly because they are issued by retail banks, not central banks, and secondly, as they are not legal tender anywhere in the UK “ not even in Scotland or Northern Ireland “ they are in fact promissory notes.
Seven retail banks have the authority of HM Treasury to issue sterling banknotes as currency. Despite this, the notes can be refused at the discretion of recipients in England and Wales, and are often not accepted by banks and exchange bureaus outside of the United Kingdom. This is particularly true in the case of the Royal Bank of Scotland £1 note, which is the only £1 note to remain in circulation within the UK.
In 2000, the European Central Bank indicated that, should the United Kingdom join the euro, Scottish banks (and, by extension, Northern Ireland banks) would have to cease banknote issue. During the Financial crisis of 2007“2008, the future of private banknotes in the United Kingdom was uncertain. It has been suggested that the Banking Act 2009 would restrict the issue of banknotes by commercial banks in Scotland and Northern Ireland by removing many of the provisions of the Acts quoted above.Banks would be forced to lodge sterling.
Dalkeith, Edinburgh, Scotland UK
