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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,IMG_4636,Wolseley,Northwich,plumbing,supplies,heating,trade,counter,DLO,social,housing,repairs,maintenance,plumber,renewables,parts,Albion,Road,CW9,5EH,Plumb,behind,secure,fencing
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FC89FA - . Wolseley plumb and parts trade counter behind secure fencing shows Wolseley's Northwich plumbing and heating branch at Unit 2, Albion Road, a trade counter supplying parts, drainage, heating and renewable-energy products. Such merchants are part of the largely invisible supply chain behind repairs to homes, schools and commercial buildings. Social landlords, local-authority direct labour organisations, contractors and independent plumbers rely on branches like this for boilers, valves, pipework, fittings and urgent replacement components. In housing maintenance, access to the right part can determine whether a repair is completed on the first visit or requires another appointment, directly affecting tenant satisfaction and cost. The branch model therefore links retail logistics with responsive repairs, planned maintenance, decarbonisation and compliance work. Wolseley's own listing identifies the Northwich branch as a Plumb centre with Parts and a renewables centre, reflecting the sector's shift toward heat pumps and lower-carbon systems alongside conventional gas heating. The photograph also fixes the appearance of the place in the mid-2020s, preserving details that may later disappear through redevelopment, rebranding or changes in regulation. It is suitable for editorial use on social history, local identity, consumer behaviour and the way everyday streets respond to wider economic forces. Search relevance also extends to wolseley, documentary photography, local reporting, public policy and mid-2020s social change. The subject provides a concrete visual reference for editors needing a real location rather than a generic illustration of wolseley. Because the photograph is tied to a specific date, it can later be compared with subsequent changes in signage, ownership, regulation, public use or the surrounding streetscape. The dated scene is useful for local history, news illustration and later comparison. Useful for dated UK editorial coverage.
Unit 2 Albion Road, Northwich, Cheshire CW9 5EH, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,collision damage,front end damage,damage,SUV,4x4,RTA,accident,aftermath,car,repair,Range Rover,insurance,expensive,stolen,antisocial,driving,rural,road,aggression,British,parts,repairs,claim,vehicle repair,write-off,hit and run,hit & run,RTC,road safety,campaign,careless,bodyshop,scrap,wrecked,black box,RageRover,car crash
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EE4M7C - black and white photograph of a damaged Range Rover SUV with severe front-end crash damage, missing bumper sections, exposed internal bodywork and broken trim, parked or abandoned on a rough roadside beside dense woodland. The image shows the distinctive Range Rover bonnet lettering and the front of the vehicle partly stripped after an impact or collision, with loose debris and damaged parts visible around the front wheels. It is suitable for editorial use on road traffic accidents, dangerous driving, SUV crashes, vehicle damage, insurance claims, accident recovery, repair costs, car crime, abandoned vehicles, roadside hazards and the public safety consequences of high-powered luxury vehicles on narrow or rural roads. The monochrome treatment gives the scene a stark documentary feel, emphasising the violence of the impact, the cost of collision damage and the aftermath rather than the glamour normally associated with premium 4x4 motoring. The image may also illustrate wider stories about expensive SUV ownership, Range Rover insurance costs, theft and stripping risks, antisocial driving, reckless driving, speeding, black box insurance, road safety campaigns, police collision investigations, damaged prestige cars, off-road style vehicles used on urban and country lanes, and the environmental footprint of large luxury SUVs. The surrounding leaves, shaded trees and rough ground suggest an outdoor lane or edge-of-woodland location, with natural debris on the bonnet and road surface. Without a visible registration plate, identifiable people or clear accident location, the wording should avoid claiming a specific incident, cause, driver behaviour, police involvement or injury. Strong keywords include crashed Range Rover, damaged SUV, wrecked 4x4, accident aftermath, motor insurance, collision damage, car repair, road safety, luxury car damage, abandoned vehicle, vehicle recovery, dangerous driving concept and editorial motoring image.
England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,CW9,Cheshire,England,UK,CW9 5LG,group,retail,retailer,of,motoring,and,cycling,products,product,services,parts,performance,National Tyres and Autocare,brand,Company,store,Graham Stapleton,stores,cuts,cutting,closing,profits,growth,decline,WeFit,weService,weRepair,plunging,loss,trading
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RE46XP - Halfords Group PLC is the UK's largest retailer of motoring and cycling products and services. Through Halfords Autocentre, they provide vehicle servicing, MOT, maintenance and repairs in the United Kingdom.
Halfords Group is listed on the London Stock Exchange.
At a Capital Markets Day in September 2018, Halfords announced a new strategy, entitled To Inspire and Support a Lifetime of Motoring and Cycling. It has three priorities:
Inspire customers with a differentiated and specialist offer
Support customers through an integrated and more convenient service
Enable a lifetime of motoring and cycling
In 2019, CEO Graham Stapleton announced he was placing greater focus on growing Halford's motoring services business. In November 2019, Halfords acquired McConechy's garages in Scotland and Tyres on the Drive mobile tyre fitting service. In March 2021, the business acquired Universal Tyres and Garages.
Since 2020, Halfords sells E-bikes and E-scooters.
In December 2021, Halfords acquired rival tyres and auto-care chain National Tyres and Autocare for £62m. The chain will continue to trade under the same name following the acquisition.
in October 2022, Halfords announced it had acquired the UK commercial tyre business, Lodge Tyre Company for £37.2m
Halfords, Leicester St, Northwich, Cheshire, England, UK, CW9 5LG
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,Merseyside,England,UK,L1,L1 7AZ,part 1,part II,part III,royal,navy,her majesty,his majesty,in,city,centre,St James Mount,Liverpool,parts,1-3,Liverpool Anglican Cathedral,hard back,volume,of,and,&,the,fallen,war,victims,Their name liveth for evermore,pages,book,books,armed,forces,memorial,memorials,WWI
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PKA5MB - . Leather bound volumes of Liverpool and District, Roll of Honour, parts 1-3, in Liverpool Anglican Cathedral, St James Mt, Liverpool, Merseyside,L1 7AZ. Photographed on 1 April 2023, this spring 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 St James Mt, Church of England Cathedral of the Diocese of Liverpool, St James Rd, Liverpool L1 7AZ, adding precise geographical context for editorial, documentary, travel and local-history searches. Key searchable subjects associated with the scene include Merseyside, L1 7AZ, part 1, part II, part III, royal, navy, her majesty, his majesty, St James Mount, Liverpool, parts, 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 religious or ecclesiastical setting gives the photograph relevance to faith, worship, sacred architecture, stained glass, church heritage, tourism and the conservation of historic interiors and buildings. It can illustrate the continuing cultural role of churches and cathedrals as places of worship, community activity, music, remembrance and architectural interest. 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.
St James Mt, Church of England Cathedral of the Diocese of Liverpool, St James Rd, Liverpool L1 7AZ
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Merseyside,England,UK,L1,at,in,the,evening,L1 1EL,city,centre,nightlife,life,plays,theatres,Everyman & Playhouse,new & old,sections,parts,of,building,new,old,grade II,listed,history,historic,tourist,attraction,tourism,tour,tours,neon,sign,signs,signage,night
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2P4JXRR - The Liverpool Playhouse is a theatre in Williamson Square in the city of Liverpool, England. It originated in 1866 as a music hall, and in 1911 developed into a repertory theatre. As such it nurtured the early careers of many actors and actresses, some of whom went on to achieve national and international reputations. Architectural changes have been made to the building over the years, the latest being in 1968 when a modern-style extension was added to the north of the theatre. In 1999 a trust was formed, joining the management of the Playhouse with that of the Everyman Theatre.
The present theatre on the site was designed by Edward Davies, and opened in 1866. It replaced an earlier theatre called the Star Concert Hall. The present theatre was originally named the Star Music Hall
The exterior of the older part of the theatre is stuccoed, and it has a slate roof. Its entrance front faces Williamson Square. It has seven bays and is in three storeys. The central three bays project forward and are surmounted by a broken pediment. On the ground floor the central bays contain three entrances, separated by pillars, which lead to a recessed porch. Over each entrance is an architrave containing a fanlight.
The newer section is constructed in concrete, and largely faced by glass. On the ground floor are entrance doors. Above this, the building is based around three cylinders. The largest of these starts at the first floor and rises through two storeys. It is cantilevered from a central column. To the left is a smaller cylinder, cantilevered from a separate column, interlocking with the larger cylinder. Inside the whole is a hollow column containing the stairs
Williamson Square, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L1 1EL
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Merseyside,England,UK,dusk,L1,at,night,in,the,evening,L1 1EL,city,centre,Everyman & Playhouse,sections,parts,building,history,historic,attraction,tourism,tour,tours,signage,signs,sign,neon,nightlife,plays,theatres,new & old,of,grade II,old,new,tourist,listed
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2P4JY0M - . A grounded documentary photograph made at the recorded location in 2023, combining the immediate subject with evidence of the surrounding streetscape, public realm, business activity or local character. At the centre of the view is The Liverpool Playhouse Theatre with Radio City tower, at dusk, Williamson Square, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L1 1EL. The surrounding context encompasses changing land use, local character, retail property, specialist retailer, public realm, social history, street-level business, local enterprise, independent retail, local history, historical comparison, regional identity, visual archive, and archival record. Current relevance extends to town-centre regeneration and independent business, particularly through the contribution of independents to distinctive high streets. Small period details of public access and movement at the recorded location may become more significant with time, particularly following changing commercial priorities. The wider setting retains connections with small business, customer footfall, bricks-and-mortar retail, changing streetscape, place identity, commercial frontage, specialist shop, and before-and-after reference. The recorded references to Playhouse, Square, Theatre, Merseyside, and Williamson preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. The period setting at the recorded location helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. Its period value extends to town-centre regeneration and the contribution of independents to distinctive high streets within the real-world context of the recorded location. The location additionally provides evidence of business rates and the resilience of specialist shops in an online retail economy within the specific setting of the recorded location. The frame retains period character within the wider story of the recorded location.
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Keywords: HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,National Waterways Museum South Pier Road,Ellesmere Port,Cheshire,England,UK,CH65 4FW,CH65,driving,boats,boat,National Waterways Museum,British,English,engineered,working,Pottery Lane,in,eastern,Manchester,green,machine,machines,engines,moving,parts,running,boat engine,pump,technical,machinery,pipes,pipework,valves,valve,adjustments,controls,control
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K3082P - Crossley Brothers was set up in 1867 by brothers Francis (1839“97) and William J.(1844“1911). Francis, with help from his uncle, bought the engineering business of John M Dunlop at Great Marlborough Street in Manchester city centre, including manufacturing pumps, presses, and small steam engines.
In 1869 they had the foresight to acquire the UK and world (except German) rights to the patents of Otto and Langden of Cologne for the new gas fueled atmospheric internal combustion engine and in 1876 these rights were extended to the famous Otto four-stroke cycle engine. The changeover to four stroke engines was remarkably rapid with the last atmospheric engines being made in 1877.
The business flourished. In 1881, Crossley Brothers became a private limited company (i.e. Crossley Brothers Ltd.), and then in 1882 it moved to larger premises in Pottery Lane, Openshaw, in eastern Manchester.
Crossley Brothers built diesel engines for stationary, marine and locomotive use. There was a wide range of engines from six to 3200 horsepower (Crossley) and up to 9000 horsepower (Crossley-Pielstick).
Their marine engines had a reputation for durability and reliability.
National Waterways Museum, South Pier Road, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, England, UK, CH65 4FW
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Keywords: HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,National Waterways Museum South Pier Road,Ellesmere Port,Cheshire,England,UK,CH65 4FW,CH65,driving,boats,boat,National Waterways Museum,British,English,engineered,working,Engine,from,Stockholm,Swedish,green,machine,machines,engines,moving,parts,running,boat engine,pump,technical,machinery,pipes,pipework,valves,valve,adjustments,controls,control
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K3082R - . This authentic period view of National Waterways Museum, South Pier Road, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, England, UK, CH65 4FW in 2022 preserves the main subject alongside smaller contextual details that can acquire greater historical value as places and uses change. The subject captured here is Bolinder Power Hall engine, for driving boats, at National Waterways Museum, South Pier Road, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, England, UK, CH65 4FW. Further facets of the scene include public realm, local character, working waterway, industrial navigation, broadcast receiver, contemporary social history, valve wireless, period detail, home entertainment technology, visual archive, period communications technology, place identity, historic narrowboat, and changing streetscape. From a 2025-onward perspective, heritage conservation and volunteering are closely linked to this subject, alongside the value of canals as both historic infrastructure and blue-green corridors. The wider contemporary story combines broadcast archives, media history and the transition from valve radios to digital and internet audio. Small period details of commercial use and occupation at National Waterways Museum, South Pier Road, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, England, UK, CH65 4FW may become more significant with time, particularly following changed technology. The photograph additionally reflects archival record, documentary photography, radio station guide, before-and-after reference, canal transport, vintage radio, radio dial, and boat museum collection. The recorded references to Museum, Ellesmere, National, Bolinder, and Waterways preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. The period setting at National Waterways Museum, South Pier Road, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, England, UK, CH65 4FW helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object.
National Waterways Museum, South Pier Road, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, England, UK, CH65 4FW
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Keywords: HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,National Waterways Museum South Pier Road,Ellesmere Port,Cheshire,England,UK,CH65 4FW,CH65,driving,boats,boat,National Waterways Museum,British,English,engineered,working,engine,from,pumping,station,Richard Trevithick Tangye,Illogan,Redruth,Cornwall,Richard Tangye,green,machine,machines,engines,moving,parts,running,boat engine,pump
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K3082X - . This scene at National stock-photo/gotonysmith-Waterways.html?sortBy=relevant&pseudoid=237DAF28-A4ED-4448-8173-C0E81ABEEC6F Target=_Blank>Waterways Museum, South Pier Road, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, England, UK, CH65 4FW in 2022 forms part of the visual history of the locality, documenting the named subject together with aspects of how the area looked and functioned at the time. The main point of reference is Running Tangye Diesel Power Hall engine, for driving boats, at National Waterways Museum, South Pier Road, Ellesmere Port,England, CH65 4FW. The setting additionally reflects inland transport history, changing land use, trackside history, before-and-after reference, archival record, industrial navigation, canal heritage, railway heritage, local character, station environment, freight wagon, historic narrowboat, canal transport, and visual archive. For current editorial use, flood resilience and volunteering provide additional context, especially through the value of canals as both historic infrastructure and blue-green corridors. Current relevance extends to rail reform and network modernisation, particularly through the contrast between mechanical railway systems and digital signalling. Future viewers can use this scene from National Waterways Museum, South Pier Road, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, England, UK, CH65 4FW to compare equipment and working practice with whatever follows after closure or conversion. The subject also sits alongside boat museum collection, changing streetscape, mechanical signalling, signal-box architecture, everyday life, historic rolling stock, industrial railway, and industrial waterway history. The combination of Ellesmere, Tangye, driving, Waterways, and Running anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. Around National Waterways Museum, South Pier Road, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, England, UK, CH65 4FW, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear.
National Waterways Museum, South Pier Road, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, England, UK, CH65 4FW
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Keywords: HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,National Waterways Museum South Pier Road,Cheshire,England,UK,CH65 4FW,CH65,driving,boats,boat,National Waterways Museum,British,English,engineered,working,museum,two stroke,marine,engine,2 stroke,L. Gardner and Sons,L,Gardner and Sons,Lawrence,Barton Hall Engine Works,Patricroft,Manchester,history,historic,green,machine,machines,engines,moving,parts,running,boat engine
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K30831 - L. Gardner and Sons Ltd was a British builder of diesel engines for stationary, marine, road and rail applications. The company was founded in Hulme, Manchester, England in 1868. It started building engines around 1895. The firm ceased engine production in the mid-1990s.
About 1868 Lawrence Gardner set up as a sewing machine maker in Upper Duke Street, Stretford Road, Hulme, Manchester. He died in 1890, but the business was continued by his sons under the name L. Gardner & Sons Ltd.
Gas and diesel engines
From about 1895 the company was building gas engines and, in 1899 it moved into Barton Hall Engine Works, Patricroft, Manchester.
Barton Hall Engine Works, Manchester
In 1903 it became a limited company, L Gardner and Sons Ltd. Norris and Henty Ltd, of London, were appointed as sales agents.
Diesel engine production began in around 1903. In 1912 a new sales subsidiary, Norris, Henty and Gardners Ltd, was formed.
National Waterways Museum, South Pier Road, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, England, UK, CH65 4FW
Description
Keywords: HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,National Waterways Museum South Pier Road,Cheshire,England,UK,CH65 4FW,CH65,driving,boats,boat,National Waterways Museum,British,English,engineered,working,museum,two stroke,marine,engine,2 stroke,L. Gardner and Sons,L,Gardner and Sons,Lawrence,Barton Hall Engine Works,Patricroft,Manchester,history,historic,green,machine,machines,engines,moving,parts,running,boat engine
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K30836 - L. Gardner and Sons Ltd was a British builder of diesel engines for stationary, marine, road and rail applications. The company was founded in Hulme, Manchester, England in 1868. It started building engines around 1895. The firm ceased engine production in the mid-1990s.
About 1868 Lawrence Gardner set up as a sewing machine maker in Upper Duke Street, Stretford Road, Hulme, Manchester. He died in 1890, but the business was continued by his sons under the name L. Gardner & Sons Ltd.
Gas and diesel engines
From about 1895 the company was building gas engines and, in 1899 it moved into Barton Hall Engine Works, Patricroft, Manchester.
Barton Hall Engine Works, Manchester
In 1903 it became a limited company, L Gardner and Sons Ltd. Norris and Henty Ltd, of London, were appointed as sales agents.
Diesel engine production began in around 1903. In 1912 a new sales subsidiary, Norris, Henty and Gardners Ltd, was formed.
National Waterways Museum, South Pier Road, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, England, UK, CH65 4FW
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Wales,welsh,Denbighshire,Cymru,Pontcysyllte,Trevor,North,Llangollen,aqueduct,LL20 7TP,canals,Telford,arches,narrowboat,barge,transport,walk way,Thomas Telford,arch,walkway,Thomas,UK,boat,North Wales,art,work,visitor centre,arts,reused,parts,materials,material,hands,fingers
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JRA3JH - . This authentic period view of Vale of Llangollen, Trevor, Llangollen, Wales, UK, LL20 7TP in 2022 preserves the main subject alongside smaller contextual details that can acquire greater historical value as places and uses change. The image documents Hand Artwork near Thomas Telfords Pontcysylite aqueduct visitor centre, Vale of Llangollen, Trevor, Llangollen, Wales, UK, LL20 7TP. Further facets of the scene include visual archive, community identity, local mobility, street-side transport, heritage boating, historic narrowboat, transport accessibility, bus infrastructure, waterborne freight, local character, bus route infrastructure, public realm, industrial navigation, and towpath landscape. In present-day coverage, the subject reaches into funding and waterway maintenance, not least because of the cost of maintaining ageing locks, boats and canal structures. Today's relevance is strengthened by bus funding, passenger information and the continuing question of the challenge of maintaining reliable services outside dense urban centres. The image fixes lettering, decoration and surface detail within Vale of Llangollen, Trevor, Llangollen, Wales, UK, LL20 7TP at one identifiable point, providing a benchmark against new ownership. Further associations within the scene are documentary photography, waterway conservation, inland transport history, public transport stop, public-transport wayfinding, passenger transport, historical comparison, and regional identity. The combination of Trevor, Llangollen, Artwork, Wales, and centre anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. The wider setting at Vale of Llangollen, Trevor, Llangollen, Wales, UK, LL20 7TP matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. The scene captures part of the area's social history for later comparison. That local specificity strengthens the long-term documentary value of image 2JRA3JH.
Vale of Llangollen, Trevor, Llangollen, Wales, UK, LL20 7TP
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,how to interpret,Chopin,conductors,and,conducting,Beethoven,Beethovens,fifth,symphony,Irene Scharrer,Ernest Newman,1920s,antique,the,music,lover,of,edited,by,twenty,weekly,parts,orange,cover,published,George Newnes,publishing,heritage,old,olden,days,past,past times
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JWB56D - . Recorded at United Kingdom in 2022, the image fixes a recognisable subject and its environment at one point in time, giving later viewers a reliable basis for comparison. The scene records The Music Lovers magazine, Portfolio of the Worlds Best Music, edited by Landon Ronald, No3, Published by George Newnes. The image also relates to changing streetscape, public realm, period detail, historical comparison, regional identity, popular culture, tribute venue, local character, community identity, music-themed hospitality, music tourism, contemporary social history, changing land use, and cultural branding. The wider contemporary story combines music tourism, licensing and how popular music is reused in hospitality and tourism branding. Small period details of landscape treatment and surrounding development at United Kingdom may become more significant with time, particularly following new ownership. The location also brings in before-and-after reference, place identity, music-themed venue, song-inspired design, everyday life, documentary photography, local history, and archival record. The combination of edited, George, Published, Newnes, and Landon anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. The period setting at United Kingdom helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. The location additionally provides evidence of music tourism and the role of music heritage in attracting visitors beyond conventional attractions as part of the longer story of United Kingdom. A further contemporary connection is music tourism and how popular music is reused in hospitality and tourism branding when considered against later change at United Kingdom. The wider significance includes cultural heritage and the role of music heritage in attracting visitors beyond conventional attractions without losing the local specificity of United Kingdom.
United Kingdom
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Herefordshire,HR1,9,Hereford,England,UK,HR1 2NW,city centre,county,four,4,floors,4 storeys,metal roof,traditional,historic,heritage,history,buildings,decayed,decaying,distinctive,olde,worldly,attractions,streets,older,part,parts,canopies,canopy,balcony,Castle St
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M07ABT - House. Early C19. Brick
hipped Welsh slate gable roof
brick
lateral stack and ridge stack.
EXTERIOR: 4 storeys and cellar
2-window range: French windows
under verandah with sheet metal roof
6/6 sashes
3/3 sashes
gauged brick flat arches
C20 coped parapet. Entrance to
right: 2-panel door and swagged fanlight, with round-headed
panelled reveals and moulded wood flat hood on pilasters. Left
returned side: tier of 2-light casements under rendered
lintels
brick modillion eaves. Right returned side: stucco to
cornice at 2nd floor level
tier of casements from 1st floor.
Rear: 2-light casements to 1st floor
two 6/6 sashes
2-light
casement to gable
segmental arches.
INTERIOR: dogleg staircase with stick balusters. 3rd floor:
2-panel door to wall cupboard
2-panel doors. 2nd floor: C19
fireplace
6-panel doors and architraves
architraves to
windows. 1st floor: 6-panel doors and architraves
ceiling
cornice. Ground floor: coved ceilings. Cellar: mainly
stone-lined.
Listing NGR: SO5122939747
9, Castle Street, Hereford, Herefordshire, England, UK, HR1 2NW
Description
Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Herefordshire,England,UK,HR4 9DG,33,The,listed,building,1297461,frontage,outside,front,babies born at home,delivering,midwives,midwife,Hereford Infirmary,Infirmary,office,offices,Georgian,architecture,historic,heritage,history,buildings,decayed,decaying,distinctive,olde,worldly,attractions,streets,older,part,parts
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M07ACA - House. Early C17 with C18, C19 and C20 alterations. Ashlar sandstone
sham timber-framing
slate roof with gable to left
central brick stack. EXTERIOR: 3 storeys and cellar
3-window range: 2 storey oriels in sham timber-framing, under gabled roofs
C18 ashlar with storeybands and coved cornice to eaves. Plank double doors to central passage
6-panel door to right, in plain case with overlight and moulded architrave under pedimented hood on console brackets
9 panel door to left, under leaded overlight
various leaded lights. The John Gwynne James Memorial Home for Nurses tablet. Tablet to rear: W.J.H. 1766 1883. INTERIOR: dogleg staircase with turned balusters and moulded rail
rear winder stair with boarded balusters. Turret: moulded and boarded ceiling. 2nd floor: picture rail
4-panel doors
panelling
chamfered ceiling beam
architraves. 1st floor: moulded ceiling frame with boarded panels
wood 4-centred arch with architrave
cornice and corbells to stacks
9-panel doors
tiled fireplace with overmantel (dated 1632)
carved frieze to panelled dado (dated 1630)
C19 fireplace
boarded dado
wall panelling door-cupboard
panelled reveals to flat arch
architraves
fireplaces. Ground floor: fireplace
6- and 4-panel doors
overlight
wall cupboard
panelling. Passageway: flagstone floor
C18 timber-framing
cast-iron pillar. Cellar: stone-lined
chamfered ceiling beams
brick vault
2-panel door
bins.
33 Bridge Street, Hereford, Herefordshire, England, UK, HR4 9DG
Description
Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Herefordshire,England,UK,HR4 9DG,33,The,listed,building,1297461,frontage,outside,front,babies born at home,delivering,midwives,midwife,Hereford Infirmary,Infirmary,office,offices,Georgian,architecture,historic,heritage,history,buildings,decayed,decaying,distinctive,olde,worldly,attractions,streets,older,part,parts
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M07ACD - House. Early C17 with C18, C19 and C20 alterations. Ashlar sandstone
sham timber-framing
slate roof with gable to left
central brick stack. EXTERIOR: 3 storeys and cellar
3-window range: 2 storey oriels in sham timber-framing, under gabled roofs
C18 ashlar with storeybands and coved cornice to eaves. Plank double doors to central passage
6-panel door to right, in plain case with overlight and moulded architrave under pedimented hood on console brackets
9 panel door to left, under leaded overlight
various leaded lights. The John Gwynne James Memorial Home for Nurses tablet. Tablet to rear: W.J.H. 1766 1883. INTERIOR: dogleg staircase with turned balusters and moulded rail
rear winder stair with boarded balusters. Turret: moulded and boarded ceiling. 2nd floor: picture rail
4-panel doors
panelling
chamfered ceiling beam
architraves. 1st floor: moulded ceiling frame with boarded panels
wood 4-centred arch with architrave
cornice and corbells to stacks
9-panel doors
tiled fireplace with overmantel (dated 1632)
carved frieze to panelled dado (dated 1630)
C19 fireplace
boarded dado
wall panelling door-cupboard
panelled reveals to flat arch
architraves
fireplaces. Ground floor: fireplace
6- and 4-panel doors
overlight
wall cupboard
panelling. Passageway: flagstone floor
C18 timber-framing
cast-iron pillar. Cellar: stone-lined
chamfered ceiling beams
brick vault
2-panel door
bins.
33 Bridge Street, Hereford, Herefordshire, England, UK, HR4 9DG
Description
Keywords: HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,England,UK,Boots,BL1 2AL,BL1,The Light,cinema,complex,Market Place,St George,church,St Georges,Bolton town,buildings,building,architecture,old,parts,signs,front,exteriors,stores,units,property,real estate,movie,house,movies,films,cinemas,new,sunny,blue sky,blue skies
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K0RC43 - . Photographed at Knowsley Street, Bolton, Lancashire, England, UK, BL1 2AL 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 frame specifically shows The Light cinema , Market Place Shopping Centre, Knowsley Street, Bolton, Lancashire, England, UK, BL1 2AL. The image also relates to adaptive reuse, high-street commerce, documentary photography, everyday life, bricks-and-mortar retail, heritage-led regeneration, community identity, consumer retail, public realm, customer footfall, regional identity, contemporary social history, street-level business, and changing land use. For current editorial use, adaptive reuse and town-centre regeneration provide additional context, especially through how public investment can reshape pedestrian movement and evening activity. Current relevance extends to brand consolidation and changing footfall, particularly through the role of markets and independent shops in keeping town centres active. For later comparison, the photograph preserves lettering, decoration and surface detail at Knowsley Street, Bolton, Lancashire, England, UK, BL1 2AL, details that may look very different after closure or conversion. Other useful contextual ideas include built heritage, period detail, commercial redevelopment, mixed-use redevelopment, commercial frontage, local enterprise, local history, and before-and-after reference. References to Centre, Lancashire, Knowsley, Shopping, and cinema give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. The wider setting at Knowsley Street, Bolton, Lancashire, England, UK, BL1 2AL matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. The record includes a local visual benchmark as part of Knowsley Street, Bolton, Lancashire, England, UK, BL1 2AL's history.
Knowsley Street, Bolton, Lancashire, England, UK, BL1 2AL
Description
Keywords: HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,England,UK,history,outside,retail,Knowsley St,Bolton,Greater Manchester,Lancs,BL1 2AL,Lancashire,town,centre,historic,exterior,of,Centre,Market hall,markethall,Doric,column,columns,Bridge Street,Corporation Street,Bolton town,buildings,building,architecture,old,parts,signs,front,exteriors
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K0RC47 - Bolton Market Hall is a listed building in Bolton, Greater Manchester that is now the Market Place Shopping Centre. The market hall and its integral ground-floor shops on Bridge Street, Corporation Street and Knowsley Street are included in the English Heritage listing
Bolton Market Hall was designed by architect G. T. Robinson, and opened on 19 December 1855. Measuring 294 feet in length and covering an area of 7000 square yards it was said to be 'the largest covered market in the kingdom'. It cost £50000.
A long procession led to the opening ceremony. To complement the produce stalls and boost custom, a fish market was built next to it which opened in 1865 at a cost of £30000. The fish market was demolished in September 1932.
The hall was refurbished in the 1980s to become the Market Place Shopping Centre and was opened in 1988 by Queen Elizabeth II.
The building has stone façades, a cast iron and glass roof and is a Grade II listed building. Originally a single space with table stalls and blank elevations, it was modified, in the 1890s, 1930s and 1980s. The roof has large expanses of glazing carried on cast iron columns. At its highest point the ceiling is 112 feet high and has semi-circular arches. It has a hanging cast-iron lantern and once had a decorative fountain.
In 2007 Warner Estates commissioned van Heyningen and Haward Architects to restore the building's original features and modernise it to 20th century standards. Alterations to the original fabric were minimized and a scheme developed to allow retail units to be slotted into the listed structure, allowing for flexibility and potential removal in the future if desired.
The scheme was contentious involving significant change to a historic building. After consultation and the council awarded planning permission and listed building consent in 2005. English Heritage and the local council's conservation officer were involved in the proposals. The completed Market Place opened in October 2008.
Knowsley St, Bolton, Greater Manchester, Lancs, England, UK, BL1 2AL
Description
Keywords: HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,Greater Manchester,the,venue,community,hub,friends of,Methodist Mission,opened,1900,as,a,music hall,concert,concerts,events,Central Hall,Forward Movement,Bradshaw and Gass,Bradshaw,Gass,architects,architect,Bolton town,buildings,building,architecture,old,parts,signs,front,exteriors,stores,units,property,real estate
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K0RC4B - Methodist Mission Church & Shops
1898-1900. By Bradshaw and Gass. Red brick and terracotta with stone dressings and slate roofs. EXTERIOR: 3 storeys, 2 and 4-window ranges each side of tower over main entrance to Victoria Hall, the flanking bays containing shops. New shop fronts throughout, and renewed canopy over Victoria Hall entrance, though the paired doors with bevelled glass panels are original.
Tower has paired first-floor windows with banded shafts
tripartite oriel window over, and pediment carried on volutes above space for clock (now a blind panel). Flanking pilasters of tower are enriched with low relief scroll-work etc. in the upper stage. Triglyph frieze below balustraded parapet with domed, columned pilasters. Octagonal turret-like upper stage with wrought-iron screens to openings, and volutes over angles, surmounted by domed roof.
2-window outer ranges each side have windows set in raised panels
stilted arched heads, with stone incised architraves to first floor, and wrought-iron balconettes to second. Modillion eaves cornice. right-hand range then has additional bay with paired windows to each floor, and then has wide pedimented gable adjoining entrance tower, with tripartite windows on upper floors in stone architraves with wrought-iron balconettes to second floor. right-hand section is built over the River Croal, and is carried on a 2-arched bridge of rusticated stone.
Main body of Victoria Hall projects as wing from rear of street range: Entrance hall with tall transomed windows to stairs, then main hall a 3 storey, 3-window range with tripartite windows to first floor, and segmentally arched 4-light mullioned and transomed windows to upper storey. Transomed windows with round arched lights to basement storey. 5-storey service range at west.
INTERIOR: entrance passage leads to large entrance hall to rear of shop premises
staircases leading to gallery each side, with tall transomed windows with round arched lights.
Knowsley Street, Bolton, Lancashire, England, UK, BL1 2AL
Description
Keywords: HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,England,UK,BL3,Lancashire,town,458 Manchester Rd,Lancs,BL3 2NU,shops,shop,local,baker,sign,window,1938,baked,product,products,store,Bolton town,buildings,building,architecture,old,parts,signs,front,exteriors,stores,units,property,real estate,businesses,business,Boltons,bakery
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K0RC4D - Family run since 1938
We're a family run bakery based in Bolton and we've been baking perfect pasties since 1938, we've grown as a business since we first started but our values stay the same.
It's simple
all we want to do is provide you with delicious, freshly baked products and exceptional customer service.
We're Carrs Pasties, Bolton's finest bakery. Passed down through three generations, Bolton is at the heart of everything we do, it's where we started our business and we're proud to still be supplying pasties to the people of Bolton today. Some of our staff have been with us for over 30 years, serving, baking, producing and delivering our products and it's because of them that we are where we are today.
458 Manchester Rd, Bolton, Lancs, England, UK, BL3 2NU
Description
Keywords: HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,England,UK,Bolton,est 2021,beers,BL1,22,Greater Manchester,BL1 2AN,bottle,shop,store,retail,bottles,can,cans,independent,Bolton town,buildings,building,architecture,old,parts,signs,front,exteriors,stores,units,property,real estate,businesses,business,Boltons
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K0RC4G - . Photographed at 22 Corporation St, Bolton, Greater Manchester, England, UK, BL1 2AN 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 Bolton Beer Cellars, est 2021, 22 Corporation St, Bolton, Greater Manchester, England, UK, BL1 2AN. The broader subject matter reaches into documentary photography, heritage-led regeneration, commercial frontage, mixed-use redevelopment, local history, period architecture, local enterprise, urban regeneration, changing land use, public-realm investment, historical comparison, consumer retail, bricks-and-mortar retail, and local character. From a 2025-onward perspective, business rates and brand consolidation are closely linked to this subject, alongside the role of markets and independent shops in keeping town centres active. The wider contemporary story combines adaptive reuse, planning and how regeneration tries to create reasons to visit traditional town centres. As a dated visual record of 22 Corporation St, Bolton, Greater Manchester, England, UK, BL1 2AN, the frame retains equipment and working practice, making it especially useful if changed technology subsequently changes the scene. The subject also sits alongside civic architecture, built heritage, historic townscape, archival record, everyday life, destination shopping, social history, and commercial redevelopment. The combination of Corporation, Bolton, Manchester, Cellars, and Greater anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. A later view of 22 Corporation St, Bolton, Greater Manchester, England, UK, BL1 2AN may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. The view records details of everyday use as part of 22 Corporation St, Bolton, Greater Manchester, England, UK, BL1 2AN's history.
22 Corporation St, Bolton, Greater Manchester, England, UK, BL1 2AN
Description
Keywords: HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,England,UK,finance,commerce,RBOS,BL1,Blue plaque,Water Street,Hardcastle,Cross,&,and,co,Company,banking,history,heritage,first,in,regional,north west,northern,BL1 1TR,Bolton town,buildings,building,architecture,old,parts,signs,front,exteriors,stores,units,property,real estate
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K0RC4N - . A grounded documentary photograph made at Water Street , Bolton, Lancashire, England, UK, BL1 1TR in 2022, combining the immediate subject with evidence of the surrounding streetscape, public realm, business activity or local character. The photograph centres on Blue plaque, Hardcastle Cross & Co, first commercial bank in Bolton, Water Street, Greater Manchester, England, UK, BL1 1TR. The wider scene also brings together tribute design, architectural character, place-based remembrance, public realm, visual archive, local remembrance, public memorial, changing streetscape, community identity, heritage-led regeneration, period architecture, archival record, commercial redevelopment, and historical comparison. The modern context includes continuing discussion of commercial viability, town-centre regeneration and how regeneration tries to create reasons to visit traditional town centres. For current editorial use, bereavement and local history provide additional context, especially through how commemorative objects become part of the identity of a place. The image fixes local activity and public use within Water Street , Bolton, Lancashire, England, UK, BL1 1TR at one identifiable point, providing a benchmark against different community use. Other useful contextual ideas include contemporary social history, historic townscape, place-making, adaptive reuse, community memory, before-and-after reference, changing land use, and everyday life. References to Greater, Cross, Bolton, Hardcastle, and Water give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. The period setting at Water Street , Bolton, Lancashire, England, UK, BL1 1TR helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. The photograph keeps a local visual benchmark before later change alters the scene. The record includes a point of historical comparison as a date-specific reference.
Water Street , Bolton, Lancashire, England, UK, BL1 1TR
Description
Keywords: HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,England,UK,history,outside,retail,Knowsley St,Bolton,Greater Manchester,Lancs,BL1 2AL,Lancashire,town,centre,historic,exterior,of,Centre,Market hall,markethall,Bolton town,buildings,building,architecture,old,parts,signs,front,exteriors,stores,units,property,real estate,businesses,business,Boltons
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K0RC53 - Bolton Market Hall is a listed building in Bolton, Greater Manchester that is now the Market Place Shopping Centre. The market hall and its integral ground-floor shops on Bridge Street, Corporation Street and Knowsley Street are included in the English Heritage listing
Bolton Market Hall was designed by architect G. T. Robinson, and opened on 19 December 1855. Measuring 294 feet in length and covering an area of 7000 square yards it was said to be 'the largest covered market in the kingdom'. It cost £50000.
A long procession led to the opening ceremony. To complement the produce stalls and boost custom, a fish market was built next to it which opened in 1865 at a cost of £30000. The fish market was demolished in September 1932.
The hall was refurbished in the 1980s to become the Market Place Shopping Centre and was opened in 1988 by Queen Elizabeth II.
The building has stone façades, a cast iron and glass roof and is a Grade II listed building. Originally a single space with table stalls and blank elevations, it was modified, in the 1890s, 1930s and 1980s. The roof has large expanses of glazing carried on cast iron columns. At its highest point the ceiling is 112 feet high and has semi-circular arches. It has a hanging cast-iron lantern and once had a decorative fountain.
In 2007 Warner Estates commissioned van Heyningen and Haward Architects to restore the building's original features and modernise it to 20th century standards. Alterations to the original fabric were minimized and a scheme developed to allow retail units to be slotted into the listed structure, allowing for flexibility and potential removal in the future if desired.
The scheme was contentious involving significant change to a historic building. After consultation and the council awarded planning permission and listed building consent in 2005. English Heritage and the local council's conservation officer were involved in the proposals. The completed Market Place opened in October 2008.
Knowsley St, Bolton, Greater Manchester, Lancs, England, UK, BL1 2AL
Description
Keywords: GoTonySmith,@hotpixUK,Hotpixuk,England,UK,WA5,7,Cheshire,WA5 1TF,store,stores,building,plumbing,parts,goods,material,outlet,entrance,front,outside,exterior,contractor,supply,managed,brand,branch,branches,British,English,materials,supplier,issue,public,trade,subcontracted,systems,failure,performance,profit,loss
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JDJ43P - . This dated documentary view of 7 Priestley St, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA5 1TF in 2022 captures more than the immediate subject, retaining clues about local use, design, activity and change. At the centre of the view is open to the public - Plumbase bathroom showroom, Grafton, 7 Priestley St, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA5 1TF. Other connected aspects include local identity, retail property, changing streetscape, destination retail, community identity, visual archive, community life, place identity, local character, before-and-after reference, everyday street life, street-level documentary, customer footfall, and historical comparison. Current relevance extends to town-centre regeneration and store closures, particularly through the speed at which branding and store formats change. In present-day coverage, the subject reaches into commercial change and transport, not least because of the relationship between public space and local social life. Small period details of building condition and alterations at 7 Priestley St, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA5 1TF may become more significant with time, particularly following new ownership. The surrounding story also includes regional identity, shopfront economy, everyday life, commercial frontage, social landscape, urban social history, changing land use, and social history. The combination of bathroom, public, showroom, Plumbase, and Grafton anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. By fixing the subject within 7 Priestley St, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA5 1TF, the image preserves more than the headline object or building: it records part of the locality's everyday history. The scene further reflects town-centre regeneration and the speed at which branding and store formats change within the specific setting of 7 Priestley St, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA5 1TF.
7 Priestley St, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA5 1TF
Description
Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,retail,showroom,England,motor,automobiles,deals,nearly-new,cars,on,Motor store,trade,UK,lot,car,selling,Cheshire,dealer,Motorstore,great,and,used,dealers,parts,WA4,sales,deserted,empty,locked,secured,unit,waiting,customer parking,brownfield,site,sites
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K3T35B - . This authentic period view of Farrell St, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 2DL in 2021 preserves the main subject alongside smaller contextual details that can acquire greater historical value as places and uses change. The frame specifically shows Arnold Clarke empty car showroom customer parking, Farrell St, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 2DL. Other connected aspects include local enterprise, community identity, before-and-after reference, archival record, social history, town-centre economy, customer footfall, local character, visual archive, street-level business, historical comparison, place identity, bricks-and-mortar retail, and contemporary social history. For current editorial use, business rates and online shopping provide additional context, especially through the role of markets and independent shops in keeping town centres active. For later comparison, the photograph preserves local activity and public use at Farrell St, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 2DL, details that may look very different after new construction. A second descriptive layer includes commercial frontage, local history, mixed-use town centre, high-street commerce, changing land use, changing streetscape, public realm, and shopfront economy. The combination of Clarke, showroom, Arnold, customer, and parking anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. The period setting at Farrell St, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 2DL helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. The image also provides a reference for business rates and how physical retail adapts to online competition within the specific setting of Farrell St, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 2DL. Another useful connection is town-centre regeneration and the rapid turnover of shopfronts and trading names as part of the longer story of Farrell St, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 2DL.
Farrell St, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 2DL
Description
Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,retail,car,sales,selling,showroom,lot,WA4,Cheshire,England,UK,parts,dealer,motor,trade,dealers,Motorstore,automobiles,Motor store,great,deals,on,used,and,nearly-new,cars,customer,parking,customers,deserted,empty,locked,secured,unit,waiting
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K3T35D - . Recorded at Farrell St, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 2DL in 2021, the image fixes a recognisable subject and its environment at one point in time, giving later viewers a reliable basis for comparison. The main point of reference is Arnold Clarke empty car showroom, Farrell St, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 2DL. The setting additionally reflects visual archive, before-and-after reference, town-centre economy, social history, regional identity, local history, independent trading, commercial frontage, retail property, period detail, documentary photography, community identity, customer footfall, and high-street commerce. The wider contemporary story combines changing footfall, business rates and the rapid turnover of shopfronts and trading names. Future viewers can use this scene from Farrell St, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 2DL to compare transport arrangements and footfall with whatever follows after refurbishment. A second descriptive layer includes changing land use, everyday life, public realm, mixed-use town centre, local enterprise, place identity, consumer retail, and destination shopping. References to Farrell, Arnold, showroom, Clarke, and empty give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. For Farrell St, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 2DL, the photograph contributes to a cumulative visual history in which changes in use, signs, access and appearance can be traced over time. The scene further reflects changing footfall and the role of markets and independent shops in keeping town centres active within the specific setting of Farrell St, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 2DL. Its period value extends to town-centre regeneration and how physical retail adapts to online competition as part of the longer story of Farrell St, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 2DL. The image fixes evidence of earlier appearance for future local research.
Farrell St, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 2DL
Description
Keywords: @hotpixuk,Hotpixuk,GoTonySmith,Cheshire,England,UK,North West England,fun,made from,spare parts,part,spare,art work,tape,machines,recorders,sculpture,dials,example of a robot,robot art,robot artwork,Robotic art,automated technology,automated,technology,uses for,feet,standing free,legs,junk,as,parts,scrap,pieces,AI,ChatGPT,Artificial Intelligence,robots,here come,the
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2BGHB36 - A robot is a machine”especially one programmable by a computer” capable of carrying out a complex series of actions automatically. Robots can be guided by an external control device or the control may be embedded within. Robots may be constructed on the lines of human form, but most robots are machines designed to perform a task with no regard to their aesthetics.
Robots can be autonomous or semi-autonomous and range from humanoids such as Honda's Advanced Step in Innovative Mobility (ASIMO) and TOSY's TOSY Ping Pong Playing Robot (TOPIO) to industrial robots, medical operating robots, patient assist robots, dog therapy robots, collectively programmed swarm robots, UAV drones such as General Atomics MQ-1 Predator, and even microscopic nano robots. By mimicking a lifelike appearance or automating movements, a robot may convey a sense of intelligence or thought of its own. Autonomous things are expected to proliferate in the coming decade, with home robotics and the autonomous car as some of the main drivers.
The branch of technology that deals with the design, construction, operation, and application of robots, as well as computer systems for their control, sensory feedback, and information processing is robotics. These technologies deal with automated machines that can take the place of humans in dangerous environments or manufacturing processes, or resemble humans in appearance, behavior, or cognition. Many of today's robots are inspired by nature contributing to the field of bio-inspired robotics. These robots have also created a newer branch of robotics: soft robotics.
Sandbach, Cheshire, England, UK
Description
Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,humour,humorous,89,Perthshire,Scotland,UK,FK17 8BQ,named,name,rude,shop,store,retail,screw,it,screwing,screws,names,Callander,Callandar,retailer,small business,the,high St,bricks and mortar,ScrewIt,hardware,locks,nails,wood,shelves,parts,tools
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K3XN92 - . This authentic period view of 89 Main Street, Callander, Perthshire, Scotland, UK, FK17 8BQ in 2019 preserves the main subject alongside smaller contextual details that can acquire greater historical value as places and uses change. The image documents Screw It, comical hardware shop, 89 Main Street, Callander, Perthshire, Scotland, UK, FK17 8BQ. A broader reading of the photograph includes everyday life, social history, specialist shop, commercial frontage, historical comparison, shopfront economy, street-level business, changing land use, bricks-and-mortar retail, high-street commerce, visual archive, contemporary social history, independent retail, and specialist retailer. In present-day coverage, the subject reaches into town-centre regeneration and business rates, not least because of how shopfronts become short-lived records of changing businesses. As a dated visual record of 89 Main Street, Callander, Perthshire, Scotland, UK, FK17 8BQ, the frame retains public access and movement, making it especially useful if refurbishment subsequently changes the scene. Other useful contextual ideas include changing streetscape, local history, customer footfall, regional identity, before-and-after reference, public realm, documentary photography, and community identity. Elements such as Callander, Perthshire, comical, hardware, and Screw add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. The period setting at 89 Main Street, Callander, Perthshire, Scotland, UK, FK17 8BQ helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. The image also provides a reference for town-centre regeneration and the contribution of independents to distinctive high streets as part of the longer story of 89 Main Street, Callander, Perthshire, Scotland, UK, FK17 8BQ. The scene captures a trace of local identity before later change alters the scene.
89 Main Street, Callander, Perthshire, Scotland, UK, FK17 8BQ
Description
Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,common,EDT,aftershaves,bottle,container,smellies,disposable,bin,recycle bin,green bin,Opium,Beautiful,glass,plastic,parts,glass bottles,plastic parts,packaging,too much packaging,tops,lids,Recycle Perfume Bottles,Recycle Perfume,Plastic containers,Glass containers,single,use,singleuse,single-use,banning,ban,reduce,reuse,re-use,recycled,pump,aerosol
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy MHM6BY - . This authentic period view of the recorded location in 2018 preserves the main subject alongside smaller contextual details that can acquire greater historical value as places and uses change. The image documents Common purfume and aftershave bottles and containers non-recyclable. A broader reading of the photograph includes local character, bottle-filling machinery, social history, archival record, local history, beverage production, factory bottling line, changing streetscape, orchard-to-bottle industry, public realm, historical comparison, cider brand history, period detail, and before-and-after reference. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with alcohol duty, manufacturing automation and how historic drinks advertising and machinery become industrial heritage. The archival value lies partly in recording transport arrangements and footfall around the recorded location before refurbishment alters the character of the place. Further associations within the scene are cider-making heritage, bottling technology, contemporary social history, historic beverage advertising, community identity, regional identity, Herefordshire cider tradition, and fermented drink production. The recorded references to aftershave, bottles, non-recyclable, purfume, and containers preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. Viewed retrospectively, MHM6BY can help trace changes in the appearance, interpretation or use of Common purfume and aftershave bottles and containers non-recyclable, despite the absence of a more detailed address. Its period value extends to alcohol duty and how historic drinks advertising and machinery become industrial heritage without losing the local specificity of the recorded location. The location additionally provides evidence of alcohol duty and Herefordshire's long association with commercial cider production in a form that can be compared with future views of the recorded location.
Description
Keywords: sq,sq.,centre,center,green,bronze,naked,man,Statue,outside,Princes,Square,shopping,Mall,48,Buchanan,Street,in,central,Glasgow,Scotland,UK,G1,3JN,As,proud,As,art,artist,work,works,full,length,gotonysmith,parts,dick,Shona,Kinloch,willy,Private Parts,penis,private,Glaswegian
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DG3910 - Shona Kinloch Born Glasgow, she studied sculpture at GSA , 1980-85, and was the winner of the Millie and Benno Schotz Award, 1985, and a Saltire Society Award, 1992.
Specialising in animal and figure sculptures, she has received several commissions for public sculpture in Glasgow:
Seven Glasgow Dogs, a popular though temporary feature of the 1988 Glasgow Garden Festival, As the Crow Flies, West Princes Street (1993), Chookie Burdies, on lampposts in Garnethill (1993), Thinking of Bella, Italian Centre, 179-180 Ingram Street (1994), In Pursuit of..., on the west wall of the Chancellor's Hall, University of Strathclyde (1996), and As Proud As..., Princes Square, Glasgow (2000).
She has also received commissions for work in Edinburgh, Kilmarnock, Loughborough (The Sock, 1998), East Kilbride and Hamilton (The Square Stars, 1998).
She has exhibited regularly throughout the UK since 1984, including at the RGIFA : showing Man With a Dog on His Shoulder, 1985, and Fish With a Dog Under Its Nose, 1987.
Her work is represented in numerous public collections including Pecking Hen, at the Lillie Art Gallery, Milngavie.
A number of her small-scale works form part of the Dr Helen Cargill Thomson Collection which was the subject of an exhibition at the Collins Gallery in 2000, for which the sculptor donated her sketches for In Pursuit of....
Further example's of Shona's small-scale, animal and figurative bronzes were exhibited at Ewan Mundy Fine Art, 221 West George Street, Glasgow, in April, 2002, and these will be shown again at The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh from 8th June, 2002, including The Three Fancy Pigeons (Together) (2001).
She currently lives in East Kilbride
48 Buchanan Street, Glasgow Scotland UK G1 3JN
Description
Keywords: sq,sq.,centre,center,green,bronze,naked,man,Statue,outside,Princes,Square,shopping,Mall,48,Buchanan,Street,in,central,Glasgow,Scotland,UK,G1,3JN,Shona,Kinloch,As,proud,As,art,artist,work,works,Glaswegian,dick,willy,penis,private,parts,Private Parts,gotonysmith,langer
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DG392W - Shona Kinloch Born Glasgow, she studied sculpture at GSA , 1980-85, and was the winner of the Millie and Benno Schotz Award, 1985, and a Saltire Society Award, 1992.
Specialising in animal and figure sculptures, she has received several commissions for public sculpture in Glasgow:
Seven Glasgow Dogs, a popular though temporary feature of the 1988 Glasgow Garden Festival, As the Crow Flies, West Princes Street (1993), Chookie Burdies, on lampposts in Garnethill (1993), Thinking of Bella, Italian Centre, 179-180 Ingram Street (1994), In Pursuit of..., on the west wall of the Chancellor's Hall, University of Strathclyde (1996), and As Proud As..., Princes Square, Glasgow (2000).
She has also received commissions for work in Edinburgh, Kilmarnock, Loughborough (The Sock, 1998), East Kilbride and Hamilton (The Square Stars, 1998).
She has exhibited regularly throughout the UK since 1984, including at the RGIFA : showing Man With a Dog on His Shoulder, 1985, and Fish With a Dog Under Its Nose, 1987.
Her work is represented in numerous public collections including Pecking Hen, at the Lillie Art Gallery, Milngavie.
A number of her small-scale works form part of the Dr Helen Cargill Thomson Collection which was the subject of an exhibition at the Collins Gallery in 2000, for which the sculptor donated her sketches for In Pursuit of....
Further example's of Shona's small-scale, animal and figurative bronzes were exhibited at Ewan Mundy Fine Art, 221 West George Street, Glasgow, in April, 2002, and these will be shown again at The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh from 8th June, 2002, including The Three Fancy Pigeons (Together) (2001).
She currently lives in East Kilbride
48 Buchanan Street, Glasgow Scotland UK G1 3JN
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy CF0MDD - Roadkill - A pheasant killed by a passing white van, A556 Chester to Manchester road. Cheshire , England, GB, United Kingdom UK.
Roadkill cuisine is preparing and eating roadkill, animals hit by vehicles and found along roads.
It is a practice engaged in by a small subculture in the United States, Southern Canada, the United Kingdom and other Western countries as well as in other parts of the world. It is also a subject of humor and urban legend.
Large animals including deer, moose, bear and elk are frequently struck in some parts of the United States, as well as smaller animals such as armadillos, raccoons, skunks and birds. Fresh kill is preferred and worms are a concern, so the kill is typically well cooked. Advantages of the roadkill diet, apart from its low cost, are that the animals that roadkill scavengers eat are naturally high in vitamins and proteins with lean meat and little saturated fat, and generally free of additives and drugs.
Almost 1.5 million deer are hit by vehicles each year in the US. If the animal is not obviously suffering from disease, the meat is no different from that obtained by hunting. The practice of eating roadkill is legal, and even encouraged in some jurisdictions, while it is tightly controlled or restricted in other areas. Roadkill eating is considered unglamorous and mocked in pop culture, as it is often associated with stereotypes of rednecks and uncouth persons
A556 Road, Peover, Northwich, Cheshire, England, UK
