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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,drinkers,CAMRA,real ale,Whitelocks,the,Turks Head,interior,inside,pub,bar,Leeds,IMG_0182,Whitelocks Turks Head,West Yorkshire,England,UK,historic,customers,real,ale,drinking,culture,hospitality,traditional,beer,nightlife,tourism,city-centre,busy
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EJD07J - . Whitelocks Turks Head interior in Leeds city centre, West Yorkshire, England, UK. Photographed on 16 May 2026. The recorded location is Whitelocks Ale House, Turks Head Yard, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK. The historic pub is busy with customers seated at small tables and standing around the bar, creating a lively traditional drinking atmosphere beneath warm lighting and period fittings. Whitelocks is one of Leeds' best-known historic pubs and occupies a narrow city-centre yard close to Briggate. The crowded scene provides a strong documentary image of pub social life and can illustrate stories about independent pubs, heritage venues, beer culture, hospitality trading and the continuing popularity of historic urban drinking establishments. For the story of real ale, it is useful to note that british pubs developed from inns, taverns and alehouses into licensed social institutions that have long served as meeting places, music venues and landmarks
Names, brewery signs, etched glass, tiled interiors and changing fascias can preserve local history even when ownership or use changes. The historical setting for property is that buildings are often the most durable evidence of former institutions and businesses
Brickwork, stonework, windows, entrances and signs can survive changes of ownership or use, allowing photography to document architectural style as well as the evolution of a street or district. For present-day real ale, 2026 is significant because pub survival continues to be a live issue as energy, staffing, taxation and changing drinking habits affect the licensed trade
Historic and contemporary pub images therefore have relevance to community assets, nightlife, independent brewing, high-street change and hospitality economics. In the 2026 discussion of property, reuse of existing buildings is increasingly discussed alongside embodied carbon, heritage conservation and town-centre regeneration
Photographs of older façades and converted.
Whitelocks Ale House, Turks Head Yard, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,255A0072,Palace Bar Dublin,summer,evening,drinkers,traditional,pub,Dublin,Ireland,customers,street,flowers,Guinness,umbrellas,culture,tourism,nightlife,outdoor,drinking,hospitality,heritage,social,life,Irish,alcohol,visitors,busy,historic,city
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EM2JGW - Palace Bar Dublin with summer evening drinkers outside the traditional pub in Dublin, Ireland. Customers crowd the narrow street beneath hanging flower baskets, Guinness umbrellas and the distinctive Palace Bar signage, creating the lively atmosphere associated with central Dublin's pub culture. The Palace Bar is a long-established traditional Irish pub and is closely associated with the city's literary, journalistic and social history. The photograph is suitable for editorial coverage of Dublin pubs, Irish drinking culture, summer tourism, traditional pubs, Guinness, nightlife, outdoor drinking, hospitality, Temple Bar area tourism, city breaks, pub heritage and social life. The mixture of local and visiting customers gives the street a busy cosmopolitan character, while the historic facade and decorative flowers provide a recognisable Dublin setting. It can illustrate stories about hospitality, tourism pressures, pub trade, alcohol, nightlife and the enduring role of traditional pubs as both social venues and visitor attractions in Ireland's capital.
The Palace Bar, Fleet Street, Dublin, Ireland
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,centre,Merseyside,England,UK,tourist,summer,sunny,the,club,pub,pubs,bar,bars,Mathew Street,L2,Matthew St,Matthew Street,L2 6RE,crowd,popular,history,historic,The Beatles,Beatles,architecture,people,famous,street,magnet,entertainment,drinkers,enjoying,Rubber Soul,theme,themed,holiday,short break,Beatles bar
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RJAFAX - Taken on 19 Aug 2023, this photograph shows Crowds enjoying Rubber Soul Beatles bar, Mathew Street, Cavern Quarter, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L2 6RE. The location is Mathew Street, Cavern Quarter, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L2 6RE. The picture is not just a record shot: it contains the vehicle livery, route branding, boarding point and street setting that make the public transport subject specific rather than generic. Mathew Street and the Cavern Quarter are inseparable from Beatles tourism, live music heritage, pub culture and Liverpool's visitor economy, with the narrow streets often busy on summer days. It could support features on pubs, beer, leisure, nightlife, tourism, heritage streets, local economies, independent hospitality and the pressures facing town-centre venues. For image buyers, the value is in the combination of recognisable subject, readable wording, location evidence and a plain documentary style that can be dropped into news, magazine, web, council, housing, transport, heritage or commercial commentary without looking over-produced. Searchable related phrases include Liverpool, city, tourism, attraction, Mathew St, Cavern Quarter, cavern, crowded, crowds, busy, centre, Merseyside, plus wider ideas such as local identity, public realm, urban detail, social history, commercial change, everyday Britain, documentary photography and place-based storytelling. The composition gives designers scope for captions, page furniture, social media crops, report covers and article thumbnails, while the detailed captioning makes it more discoverable for searches using both specific place names and broader themes. Because the subject is clearly labelled or visually distinctive, it can also work well in search-led usage where the buyer needs immediate recognition at small web-preview size.
Mathew Street, Cavern Quarter, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L2 6RE
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,centre,Merseyside,England,UK,tourist,summer,sunny,the,club,pub,pubs,bar,bars,Mathew Street,L2,Matthew St,Matthew Street,L2 6RE,crowd,popular,history,historic,The Beatles,Beatles,architecture,people,famous,street,magnet,entertainment,drinkers,theme,themed,Guinness Time,The Grapes
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RJAFB4 - Taken on 19 Aug 2023, this photograph shows Mathew Street, Cavern Quarter, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L2 6RE. The location is Mathew Street, Cavern Quarter, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L2 6RE. The picture is not just a record shot: it contains the vehicle livery, route branding, boarding point and street setting that make the public transport subject specific rather than generic. Mathew Street and the Cavern Quarter are inseparable from Beatles tourism, live music heritage, pub culture and Liverpool's visitor economy, with the narrow streets often busy on summer days. It could support features on pubs, beer, leisure, nightlife, tourism, heritage streets, local economies, independent hospitality and the pressures facing town-centre venues. For image buyers, the value is in the combination of recognisable subject, readable wording, location evidence and a plain documentary style that can be dropped into news, magazine, web, council, housing, transport, heritage or commercial commentary without looking over-produced. Searchable related phrases include Liverpool, city, tourism, attraction, Mathew St, Cavern Quarter, cavern, crowded, crowds, busy, centre, Merseyside, plus wider ideas such as local identity, public realm, urban detail, social history, commercial change, everyday Britain, documentary photography and place-based storytelling. The composition gives designers scope for captions, page furniture, social media crops, report covers and article thumbnails, while the detailed captioning makes it more discoverable for searches using both specific place names and broader themes. It has value for both local and national stories, especially where writers need to connect a named place or object with wider economic, social, environmental or cultural change. Further SEO-friendly usage could include local services, town-centre change, heritage branding
Mathew Street, Cavern Quarter, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L2 6RE
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,centre,Merseyside,England,UK,tourist,summer,sunny,the,club,pub,pubs,bar,bars,Mathew Street,L2,Matthew St,Matthew Street,L2 6RE,crowd,popular,history,historic,The Beatles,Beatles,architecture,people,famous,street,magnet,entertainment,drinkers,enjoying,Rubber Soul,theme,themed,There are places ill remember,Beatles bar
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RJAFB7 - Taken on 19 Aug 2023, this photograph shows Crowds enjoying Rubber Soul bar, Mathew Street, Cavern Quarter, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L2 6RE. The location is Mathew Street, Cavern Quarter, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L2 6RE. The picture is not just a record shot: it contains the vehicle livery, route branding, boarding point and street setting that make the public transport subject specific rather than generic. Mathew Street and the Cavern Quarter are inseparable from Beatles tourism, live music heritage, pub culture and Liverpool's visitor economy, with the narrow streets often busy on summer days. It could support features on pubs, beer, leisure, nightlife, tourism, heritage streets, local economies, independent hospitality and the pressures facing town-centre venues. For image buyers, the value is in the combination of recognisable subject, readable wording, location evidence and a plain documentary style that can be dropped into news, magazine, web, council, housing, transport, heritage or commercial commentary without looking over-produced. Searchable related phrases include Liverpool, city, tourism, attraction, Mathew St, Cavern Quarter, cavern, crowded, crowds, busy, centre, Merseyside, plus wider ideas such as local identity, public realm, urban detail, social history, commercial change, everyday Britain, documentary photography and place-based storytelling. The composition gives designers scope for captions, page furniture, social media crops, report covers and article thumbnails, while the detailed captioning makes it more discoverable for searches using both specific place names and broader themes. The photograph should appeal to buyers looking for a grounded visual that says more than a studio icon, because it ties the subject to a real street, building, object or public setting.
Mathew Street, Cavern Quarter, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L2 6RE
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,centre,Merseyside,England,UK,tourist,summer,the,club,pub,pubs,bar,bars,Mathew Street,L2,Matthew Street,L2 6RE,history,historic,Beatles,architecture,people,famous,street,magnet,entertainment,drinkers,theme,themed,sign,signs,holiday,short break,overhead
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RJAFC3 - Taken on 19 Aug 2023, this photograph shows Mathew Street, the Cavern Quarter, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L2 6RE. The location is Mathew Street, Cavern Quarter, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L2 6RE. The picture is not just a record shot: it contains crowds, bar signs, brickwork, hanging street signs and the compact entertainment-street atmosphere of Liverpool's Cavern Quarter. Mathew Street and the Cavern Quarter are inseparable from Beatles tourism, live music heritage, pub culture and Liverpool's visitor economy, with the narrow streets often busy on summer days. It could support features on pubs, beer, leisure, nightlife, tourism, heritage streets, local economies, independent hospitality and the pressures facing town-centre venues. For image buyers, the value is in the combination of recognisable subject, readable wording, location evidence and a plain documentary style that can be dropped into news, magazine, web, council, housing, transport, heritage or commercial commentary without looking over-produced. Searchable related phrases include Liverpool, city, tourism, attraction, Mathew St, Cavern Quarter, cavern, sunny, Matthew St, The Beatles, centre, Merseyside, plus wider ideas such as local identity, public realm, urban detail, social history, commercial change, everyday Britain, documentary photography and place-based storytelling. The composition gives designers scope for captions, page furniture, social media crops, report covers and article thumbnails, while the detailed captioning makes it more discoverable for searches using both specific place names and broader themes. The photograph should appeal to buyers looking for a grounded visual that says more than a studio icon, because it ties the subject to a real street, building, object or public setting.
Mathew Street, Cavern Quarter, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L2 6RE
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,centre,Merseyside,England,UK,tourist,summer,sunny,the,club,pub,pubs,bar,bars,Mathew Street,history,historic,The Beatles,Beatles,architecture,people,famous,street,magnet,entertainment,drinkers,theme,themed,Harrington St,Radio City,tower,St Johns Beacon,Viewing Gallery,entry,skyline,cityscape,L2 6RE,L2,sign,signs
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RJAFED - Taken on 19 Aug 2023, this photograph shows Harrington Street, Cavern Quarter, & St Johns Beacon, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L2 6RE. The location is Harrington Street, Cavern Quarter, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L2 6RE. The picture is not just a record shot: it contains crowds, bar signs, brickwork, hanging street signs and the compact entertainment-street atmosphere of Liverpool's Cavern Quarter. Mathew Street and the Cavern Quarter are inseparable from Beatles tourism, live music heritage, pub culture and Liverpool's visitor economy, with the narrow streets often busy on summer days. It could support features on pubs, beer, leisure, nightlife, tourism, heritage streets, local economies, independent hospitality and the pressures facing town-centre venues. For image buyers, the value is in the combination of recognisable subject, readable wording, location evidence and a plain documentary style that can be dropped into news, magazine, web, council, housing, transport, heritage or commercial commentary without looking over-produced. Searchable related phrases include Liverpool, city, tourism, attraction, Mathew St, Cavern Quarter, cavern, Harrington Street, centre, Merseyside, tourist, summer, plus wider ideas such as local identity, public realm, urban detail, social history, commercial change, everyday Britain, documentary photography and place-based storytelling. The composition gives designers scope for captions, page furniture, social media crops, report covers and article thumbnails, while the detailed captioning makes it more discoverable for searches using both specific place names and broader themes. This makes the image useful for comparison pieces, then-and-now features, local news, regeneration stories and plain-English explainers aimed at a general audience.
Harrington Street, Cavern Quarter, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L2 6RE
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Keywords: city,tourism,attraction,Mathew St,Cavern Quarter,cavern,crowds,busy,GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,centre,Merseyside,England,UK,tourist,summer,the,club,pub,pubs,bar,Mathew Street,L2,Matthew Street,L2 6RE,crowd,history,historic,The Beatles,architecture,people,magnet,entertainment,drinkers,theme,themed,holiday,short break,The Cavern
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RJMRB3 - Taken on 19 Aug 2023, this photograph shows A busy summer Mathew Street, Cavern Quarter, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L2 6RE. The location is Mathew Street, Cavern Quarter, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L2 6RE. The picture is not just a record shot: it contains the vehicle livery, route branding, boarding point and street setting that make the public transport subject specific rather than generic. Mathew Street and the Cavern Quarter are inseparable from Beatles tourism, live music heritage, pub culture and Liverpool's visitor economy, with the narrow streets often busy on summer days. It could support features on pubs, beer, leisure, nightlife, tourism, heritage streets, local economies, independent hospitality and the pressures facing town-centre venues. For image buyers, the value is in the combination of recognisable subject, readable wording, location evidence and a plain documentary style that can be dropped into news, magazine, web, council, housing, transport, heritage or commercial commentary without looking over-produced. Searchable related phrases include Matthew St, Beatles, famous, street, Cavern, Liverpool, crowded, popular, bars, sunny, city, tourism, plus wider ideas such as local identity, public realm, urban detail, social history, commercial change, everyday Britain, documentary photography and place-based storytelling. The composition gives designers scope for captions, page furniture, social media crops, report covers and article thumbnails, while the detailed captioning makes it more discoverable for searches using both specific place names and broader themes. It has value for both local and national stories, especially where writers need to connect a named place or object with wider economic, social, environmental or cultural change. Further SEO-friendly usage could include local services, town-centre change, heritage branding
Mathew Street, Cavern Quarter, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L2 6RE
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,NI,Northern Ireland,UK,centre,McHugh,bar,bars,pub,pubs,established,est,outside,exterior,history,heritage,Irish,outdoor,seating,city,drinkers,drinking,traditional,hospitality,umbrella,Magners,casual drinking,historic,streetscape,urban,leisure,people relaxing,warm weather,scene,licensed premises,tourism,tourists
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RFJ39Y - This image shows the outdoor seating area of McHugh's Bar in Queen's Square, Belfast city centre. Established in 1711, McHugh's is widely regarded as the oldest pub in Belfast and remains a popular meeting place for locals, office workers, and visitors. The pub's distinctive green-painted frontage is decorated with hanging flower baskets, reinforcing its traditional Irish pub character.
The photograph was taken in bright summer conditions, with strong sunlight and leafy shadows falling across the pavement. Patrons are seated at outdoor tables beneath branded Magners umbrellas, while others stand and chat nearby, creating a relaxed and sociable atmosphere typical of warm-weather drinking in the city centre.
The surrounding streetscape combines historic buildings with modern urban life, reflecting Belfast's layered architectural and cultural history. McHugh's long-established presence at Queen's Square places it close to major landmarks such as the Albert Memorial Clock and the waterfront area, making it a familiar and well-photographed feature of the city.
The image captures everyday pub culture in Belfast, blending historic continuity with contemporary social life, and highlighting the enduring role of traditional bars as informal public spaces within Northern Ireland's capital.
McHugh's Bar, Queen's Square, Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, BT1 3FG
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,India,themed,pub,bar,eatery,brewery,brewing,St Jamess Building,61-69,Oxford St,Manchester,England,UK,M1 6EQ,M1,St James Building,Bundo,pale ale,inside,interior,benches,seats,customers,diners,vegetarians,vegans,busy,drinkers,eaters,brew,tanks,tank,Pakistani,Bangladesh,Bundabust
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M69CA8 - . This location-specific image from St James's Building, 61-69 ,Oxford Street, Manchester, England, UK, M1 6EQ in 2022 provides a visual record of the subject in everyday context, useful for both contemporary editorial work and later historical comparison. The subject captured here is Bundobust, Indian Street food,St James's Building, 61-69 ,Oxford Street, Manchester, England, UK, M1 6EQ. Another layer of the photograph includes fresh fruit breakfast, public realm, dietary fibre, balanced breakfast, everyday nutrition, place identity, pub interior heritage, social history, licensed trade, visitor hospitality, fruit-topped cereal, community drinking venue, visual archive, and changing land use. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with business rates, hospitality costs and the survival of local pubs as social meeting places. The modern context includes continuing discussion of public health, food prices and the contrast between minimally processed foods and highly processed breakfast products. For later comparison, the photograph preserves transport arrangements and footfall at St James's Building, 61-69 ,Oxford Street, Manchester, England, UK, M1 6EQ, details that may look very different after conservation work. Other useful contextual ideas include healthy breakfast, public-house heritage, healthy eating, night-time economy, nutrient-rich breakfast, licensed hospitality, regional identity, and breakfast bowl. The recorded references to Bundobust, James's, Indian, 61-69, and Building preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. For St James's Building, 61-69 ,Oxford Street, Manchester, England, UK, M1 6EQ, the photograph contributes to a cumulative visual history in which changes in use, signs, access and appearance can be traced over time. It also preserves period character within the wider story of St James's Building, 61-69 ,Oxford Street, Manchester, England, UK, M1 6EQ.
St James's Building, 61-69 ,Oxford Street, Manchester, England, UK, M1 6EQ
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,UK,WA1,Cheshire,WA1 2AR,new,bar,pubs,and,place,at,Night,people,customer,customers,drinking,drinkers,bench,benches,entertainment,markets,modern,markethall,market hall,market halls,bars,pub,night,diners,community,local,locals,Warringtonians,Warringtonian,trader,traders
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2KG3JPY - . This location-specific image from Time Square, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 2AR in 2022 provides a visual record of the subject in everyday context, useful for both contemporary editorial work and later historical comparison. The frame specifically shows Warrington new market bars and eating places at Night, Time Square, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 2AR. Other connected aspects include public realm, customer footfall, high-street commerce, specialist shop, town-centre trading, independent retail, documentary photography, changing land use, traditional ale house, everyday life, local history, contemporary social history, local character, and community drinking venue. From a 2025-onward perspective, consumer spending and footfall are closely linked to this subject, alongside how shopfronts become short-lived records of changing businesses. The wider contemporary story combines tourism, changing drinking habits and pressure on hospitality margins in the mid-2020s. The archival value lies partly in recording lettering, decoration and surface detail around Time Square, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 2AR before conservation work alters the character of the place. A second descriptive layer includes visitor hospitality, archival record, commercial frontage, beer-led hospitality, traditional pub, local enterprise, community identity, and retail property. The combination of places, Night, market, eating, and Square anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. For Time Square, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 2AR, 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 consumer spending and how shopfronts become short-lived records of changing businesses in a form that can be compared with future views of Time Square, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 2AR.
Time Square, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 2AR
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,UK,nicholson,pub,bars,M3,The,Old,Wellington,Inn,night,evening,dusk,Samuel,Smiths,Smith,sq,4 Cathedral Gates,Manchester,Greater Manchester,M3 1SW,oldest,historic,old,boozer,boozers,watering holes,best,at,drinkers,crowd,crowds,lit up,illuminated
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2KG3RR0 - . This dated editorial view of Shambles Square, 4 Cathedral Gates,Manchester, Greater Manchester, M3 1SW in 2022 captures more than the immediate subject, retaining clues about local use, design, activity and change. The image documents The Old Wellington Inn and Sinclairs Oyster House,at dusk, 4 Cathedral Gates,Manchester, Greater Manchester, M3 1SW. The broader subject matter reaches into changing streetscape, parish history, historical comparison, religious heritage, everyday life, archival record, place identity, visitor hospitality, documentary photography, sacred architecture, licensed trade, faith community, pub heritage, and traditional ale house. The wider contemporary story combines business rates, beer duty and pressure on hospitality margins in the mid-2020s. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with accessibility, heritage conservation and how sacred spaces adapt to changing attendance and wider community use. Future viewers can use this scene from Shambles Square, 4 Cathedral Gates,Manchester, Greater Manchester, M3 1SW to compare street furniture and boundaries with whatever follows after closure or conversion. The surrounding story also includes local history, visual archive, community drinking venue, public realm, local character, church interior, regional identity, and Christian heritage. Details involving House, Cathedral, Gates, Greater, and Wellington make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. Around Shambles Square, 4 Cathedral Gates,Manchester, Greater Manchester, M3 1SW, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. The wider significance includes business rates and pressure on hospitality margins in the mid-2020s within the specific setting of Shambles Square, 4 Cathedral Gates,Manchester, Greater Manchester, M3 1SW.
Shambles Square, 4 Cathedral Gates,Manchester, Greater Manchester, M3 1SW
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,UK,nicholson,pub,bars,M3,The,Old,Wellington,Inn,night,evening,dusk,Samuel,Smiths,Smith,sq,4 Cathedral Gates,Manchester,Greater Manchester,M3 1SW,oldest,historic,old,boozer,boozers,watering holes,best,at,drinkers,crowd,crowds,lit up,illuminated
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2KG3TE9 - . A grounded documentary photograph made at Shambles Square, 4 Cathedral Gates,Manchester, Greater Manchester, M3 1SW in 2022, combining the immediate subject with evidence of the surrounding streetscape, public realm, business activity or local character. The photograph centres on The Old Wellington Inn and Sinclairs Oyster House,at dusk, 4 Cathedral Gates,Manchester, Greater Manchester, M3 1SW. The image also relates to historical comparison, beer-led hospitality, sacred space, period detail, before-and-after reference, licensed trade, traditional ale house, parish history, religious landmark, church interior, social history, visitor hospitality, community identity, and historic church fabric. Current relevance extends to changing drinking habits and consumer spending, particularly through pressure on hospitality margins in the mid-2020s. In present-day coverage, the subject reaches into faith communities and accessibility, not least because of how sacred spaces adapt to changing attendance and wider community use. Future viewers can use this scene from Shambles Square, 4 Cathedral Gates,Manchester, Greater Manchester, M3 1SW to compare equipment and working practice with whatever follows after changing commercial priorities. Other useful contextual ideas include traditional pub, changing land use, community drinking venue, ecclesiastical architecture, visual archive, sacred architecture, night-time economy, and pub heritage. The combination of Oyster, Cathedral, House, Wellington, and Greater anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. For Shambles Square, 4 Cathedral Gates,Manchester, Greater Manchester, M3 1SW, the photograph contributes to a cumulative visual history in which changes in use, signs, access and appearance can be traced over time. The frame retains a point of historical comparison as part of Shambles Square, 4 Cathedral Gates,Manchester, Greater Manchester, M3 1SW's history.
Shambles Square, 4 Cathedral Gates,Manchester, Greater Manchester, M3 1SW
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,ale,pubs,bar,2023,beers,ales,UK,guide,UKs,best-selling,best,selling,pub,drinking,entries,five decades,history,historic,comprehensive,volunteer team,tome,guides,good beer,annual,annually,published,printed,drinkers,buckets,of,great,bottles,bottle,Campaign for Real Ale
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2KAHRXP - . Photographed at Britain , 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 principal subject is Fifty (50) years of the CAMRA compiled Good Beer Guide. The subject also carries associations with changing streetscape, documentary photography, changing land use, traditional pub, traditional ale house, contemporary social history, real-ale culture, historic hostelry, local character, place identity, community identity, beer-led hospitality, regional identity, and period detail. In present-day coverage, the subject reaches into changing drinking habits and energy costs, not least because of the continuing appeal of real ale and regional brewing. As a dated visual record of Britain , UK, the frame retains period objects and surrounding context, making it especially useful if altered transport patterns subsequently changes the scene. A second descriptive layer includes visitor hospitality, historical comparison, before-and-after reference, pub heritage, public realm, community drinking venue, hospitality economy, and archival record. The combination of years, CAMRA, compiled, Guide, and Fifty anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. For Britain , UK, the photograph contributes to a cumulative visual history in which changes in use, signs, access and appearance can be traced over time. A further contemporary connection is changing drinking habits and the value of historic pubs to tourism and local identity within the real-world context of Britain , UK. The wider significance includes tourism and the continuing appeal of real ale and regional brewing within the specific setting of Britain , UK. Another strand within the photograph is consumer spending and the continuing appeal of real ale and regional brewing as part of the longer story of Britain , UK.
Britain , UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,ale,pubs,bar,2023,beers,ales,UK,guide,UKs,best-selling,best,selling,pub,drinking,entries,five decades,history,historic,comprehensive,volunteer team,tome,guides,good beer,annual,annually,published,printed,drinkers,buckets,of,great,bottles,bottle
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2KAHRXR - . This location-specific image from Britain , UK in 2022 provides a visual record of the subject in everyday context, useful for both contemporary editorial work and later historical comparison. The photograph centres on Fifty (50) years of the CAMRA compiled Good Beer Guide. The frame also records themes of community identity, visitor hospitality, pub heritage, community drinking venue, hospitality economy, licensed hospitality, beer-led hospitality, licensed trade, archival record, historical comparison, cask-beer tradition, public realm, changing land use, and local history. For current editorial use, consumer spending and changing drinking habits provide additional context, especially through the value of historic pubs to tourism and local identity. The image fixes transport arrangements and footfall within Britain , UK at one identifiable point, providing a benchmark against replacement signage. The location also brings in real-ale culture, period detail, night-time economy, place identity, local character, regional identity, traditional pub, and documentary photography. The recorded references to years, Fifty, Guide, CAMRA, and compiled preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. The period setting at Britain , UK helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. Another strand within the photograph is consumer spending and the value of historic pubs to tourism and local identity in a form that can be compared with future views of Britain , UK. The setting also helps illustrate consumer spending and the continuing appeal of real ale and regional brewing within the real-world context of Britain , UK. The image also provides a reference for pub closures and the continuing appeal of real ale and regional brewing within the specific setting of Britain , UK.
Britain , UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,bar,West Midlands,England,UK,historic,classic,best,pub,in,city,of,inside,interior,WV1,48 Lichfield St,48,Lichfield St,alcohol,ornate,signs,blackboard,simple,pubs,bars,drinkers,heritage,old,oldest,boozer,boozers,feature,features,Victorian,travel poster
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K8NAH3 - . Made at 48 Lichfield St, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England, UK, WV1 1DG 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 principal subject is The Posada, Probably The Best Pub in Wolverhampton, 48 Lichfield St, Wolverhampton WV1 1DG. The surrounding context encompasses local history, historic hostelry, licensed hospitality, changing streetscape, night-time economy, public realm, traditional pub, licensed trade, historical comparison, contemporary social history, cask-beer tradition, before-and-after reference, local social venue, and regional identity. The wider contemporary story combines tourism, beer duty and the continuing appeal of real ale and regional brewing. Future viewers can use this scene from 48 Lichfield St, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England, UK, WV1 1DG to compare commercial use and occupation with whatever follows after different community use. The location also brings in changing land use, visual archive, archival record, visitor hospitality, local character, traditional ale house, community identity, and beer-led hospitality. References to Lichfield, Probably, Wolverhampton, and Posada give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. Around 48 Lichfield St, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England, UK, WV1 1DG, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. The location additionally provides evidence of tourism and the continuing appeal of real ale and regional brewing as part of the longer story of 48 Lichfield St, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England, UK, WV1 1DG. The image fixes a trace of local identity for future local research. It also preserves a local visual benchmark before later change alters the scene.
48 Lichfield St, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England, UK, WV1 1DG
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Keywords: Manchester,city,centre,Greater,England,UK,Sam Smiths,listed,building,buildings,watering,hole,holes,Sinclairs,Oyster,M3,M3 1SW,2,Kings Head Tavern 1807,pub,bar,bars,crowd,history,historic,drinkers,moved,reconstructed,Sammy,Smiths,the,Shambles,Sq,Square,and,Sinclair,British,English,tourist,attraction
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JTD310 - The building that is now The Old Wellington Inn was built in 1552 next to Manchester's market square. In 1554, it was purchased by the Byrom family and became part residence and part drapers shop. The writer John Byrom was born there in 1692. The premises were licensed in 1862 and became the Vintners Arms, then the Kenyon Vaults and later The Old Wellington Inn. The building was extended in the 18th century to house John Shaw's Punch House which, as the name suggests, was licensed for the sale of strong alcoholic punch and became a meeting place for High Tories and possibly Jacobites
Shaw was master of the punch house for 58 years until he died in 1796 at the age of 83. After Shaw's death the punch house was kept by Peter Fearnhead, with the assistance of Molly under the same rules, until it was sold about ten years later to William Goodall, who had been the proprietor of the Fleece Tavern at the opposite end of the Old Shambles. The new landlord demolished part of the building and converted the rest into The King's Head Tavern in 1807. It later became known as Sinclair's, until oysters were introduced to the menu in 1845 and it became Sinclair's Oyster Bar, the name it retains to this day
In 1974, most of the old property between Shudehill and Market Street was demolished to accommodate the new Arndale Shopping Centre. The Old Shambles was underpinned with a concrete raft and, according to the Greater Manchester County Records Office, jacked-up 4 feet 9 inches to fit in with this development in the newly created Shambles Square
In June 1996, an IRA bomb exploded in nearby Corporation Street and badly damaged many of the surrounding buildings. The buildings were subsequently dismantled and moved 70 metres northwards to their present location, close to Manchester Cathedral, in 1999. The Old Wellington Inn and Sinclair's were rebuilt at 90 degrees to each other and joined together by a stone extension to form two sides of the new Shambles Square
2 Cathedral Gates, Manchester, England, UK, M3 1SW
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,CH1,52-54,Cheshire,England,UK,CH1 1RU,bar,bars,pub,pubs,popular,cask,ale,ales,beer,beers,beverage,brew,brewery,breweries,Chester City,British,English,craft,culture,drinking,drinkers,busy,crowded,public house,tourism,tourist,history,historic,old,attraction,tap
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JN1FNJ - . This scene at 52-54 Lower Bridge Street, Chester , Cheshire, England, UK, CH1 1RU 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 Spitting Feathers Brewery Tap panorama, 52-54 Lower Bridge Street, Chester. , Cheshire, England, UK, CH1 1RU. The locality and subject together evoke bottle-filling machinery, industrial beverage equipment, documentary photography, fermented drink production, changing streetscape, period detail, orchard-to-bottle industry, visual archive, bottling technology, local character, Herefordshire cider tradition, before-and-after reference, beverage production, and factory bottling line. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with manufacturing automation, regional food heritage and Herefordshire's long association with commercial cider production. Small period details of building condition and alterations at 52-54 Lower Bridge Street, Chester , Cheshire, England, UK, CH1 1RU may become more significant with time, particularly following altered transport patterns. The surrounding story also includes public realm, social history, changing land use, archival record, cider-making heritage, community identity, everyday life, and place identity. The recorded references to panorama, 52-54, Bridge, Lower, and Chester preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. Around 52-54 Lower Bridge Street, Chester , Cheshire, England, UK, CH1 1RU, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. Another strand within the photograph is manufacturing automation and the relationship between orchard agriculture, regional identity and branded cider within the real-world context of 52-54 Lower Bridge Street, Chester , Cheshire, England, UK, CH1 1RU.
52-54 Lower Bridge Street, Chester , Cheshire, England, UK, CH1 1RU
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,England,UK,CH1 1RU,the,at,CAMRA,pub,bar,tap,real ale,heritage,old,architecture,timber,framed,timber-framed,Tudor,history,historic,attraction,tourist,tourism,drinkers,British,English,breweries,Chester City,brewery,popular,cask,Cheshire,52-54,CH1,bars,pubs,ales,ale,beer
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JN1FNP - . An identifiable period record of 52-54 Lower Bridge St, Chester, England, UK, CH1 1RU in 2022, retaining the practical detail and local context that distinguish a documentary photograph from a generic illustration. The defining feature is The Brewery Tap, Spitting Feathers at 52-54 Lower Bridge St, Chester, England, UK, CH1 1RU. The broader subject matter reaches into local history, changing streetscape, cider brand history, before-and-after reference, regional drinks industry, architectural detail, cider-making heritage, historic beverage advertising, urban fabric, local character, everyday life, bottling technology, fermented drink production, and regional identity. Today's relevance is strengthened by packaging, brand heritage and the continuing question of how bottling technology transformed large-scale drinks manufacturing. From a 2025-onward perspective, energy retrofit and planning control are closely linked to this subject, alongside the value of architectural landmarks to local identity and tourism. Small period details of signage and branding at 52-54 Lower Bridge St, Chester, England, UK, CH1 1RU may become more significant with time, particularly following new construction. Further associations within the scene are beverage production, visual archive, documentary photography, community identity, conservation architecture, place identity, built heritage, and heritage asset. Details involving Feathers, Brewery, Lower, Spitting, and Chester make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. The period setting at 52-54 Lower Bridge St, Chester, England, UK, CH1 1RU 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 packaging and how bottling technology transformed large-scale drinks manufacturing when considered against later change at 52-54 Lower Bridge St, Chester, England, UK, CH1 1RU.
52-54 Lower Bridge St, Chester, England, UK, CH1 1RU
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,W9,London,England,UK,W9 3NX,next,to,the,kayak,summer,punters,drinkers,real ale,real,ale,ales,garden,beer garden,crowd,crowded,crowds,canalside,canals,canal,pub,pubs,bar,bars,support,craft,tavern,blue,The Union
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M0F6JW - . This scene at 32-34 Great Western Road, Maida Vale, London, England, UK, W9 3NX 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 subject captured here is The Union Tavern, Westbourne Park, next to the Grand Union canal, 32-34 Great Western Road, Maida Vale, London, England, UK, W9 3NX. The broader subject matter reaches into local history, social history, passenger information, historical comparison, blue-green corridor, public-transport wayfinding, surface public transport, community identity, visual archive, archival record, regional identity, inland boating, period detail, and bus route infrastructure. From a 2025-onward perspective, biodiversity and flood resilience are closely linked to this subject, alongside the role of canals as blue-green corridors for people and wildlife. The wider contemporary story combines service frequency, bus funding and the role of bus stops as the physical interface between passengers and the network. Future viewers can use this scene from 32-34 Great Western Road, Maida Vale, London, England, UK, W9 3NX to compare materials and architectural details with whatever follows after altered transport patterns. The location also brings in local character, canal infrastructure, towpath landscape, navigation engineering, managed navigation, public transport stop, place identity, and heritage boating. The recorded references to Westbourne, Grand, Western, Union, and canal preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. Around 32-34 Great Western Road, Maida Vale, London, England, UK, W9 3NX, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. The view records a point of historical comparison as a date-specific reference.
32-34 Great Western Road, Maida Vale, London, England, UK, W9 3NX
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,W9,London,England,UK,W9 3NX,next,to,the,kayak,summer,punters,drinkers,real ale,real,ale,ales,garden,beer garden,crowd,crowded,crowds,canalside,canals,canal,pub,pubs,bar,bars,support,craft,tavern,blue,The Union
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M0F6K0 - . This dated editorial view of 32-34 Great Western Road, Maida Vale, London, England, UK, W9 3NX in 2022 captures more than the immediate subject, retaining clues about local use, design, activity and change. The scene records The Union Tavern, Westbourne Park, next to the Grand Union canal, 32-34 Great Western Road, Maida Vale, London, England, UK, W9 3NX. The broader subject matter reaches into changing streetscape, local bus network, contemporary social history, local mobility, local history, lock flight, inland navigation, community identity, blue-green corridor, working waterway, historical comparison, roadside transit, archival record, and navigation engineering. The wider contemporary story combines flood resilience, volunteering and the cost of keeping ageing locks and canal structures operational. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with accessibility, passenger information and the importance of buses for access to work, education and healthcare. For later comparison, the photograph preserves lettering, decoration and surface detail at 32-34 Great Western Road, Maida Vale, London, England, UK, W9 3NX, details that may look very different after new ownership. The subject also sits alongside place identity, passenger transport, street-side transport, before-and-after reference, transport accessibility, canal heritage, documentary photography, and towpath landscape. The recorded references to Grand, canal, 32-34, Maida, and Western preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. A later view of 32-34 Great Western Road, Maida Vale, London, England, UK, W9 3NX may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. The image fixes evidence of earlier appearance before later change alters the scene. It also preserves period character as a date-specific reference.
32-34 Great Western Road, Maida Vale, London, England, UK, W9 3NX
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,city,North West,Merseyside,L1,60,England,L1 9DW,bar,pubs,cosy,spirits,tap,taps,summer,wood,wooden,drinker,crisps,real ales,pub,bars,centre,nightlife,economy,food,drink,drinks,heritage,boozers,Public House,fun,attractions,drinkers,haven,in,the
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JHPHJD - . This scene at 60 Roscoe St, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, L1 9DW 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 The Grapes pub interior, 60 Roscoe street , Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L1 9DW. The setting additionally reflects changing streetscape, street-level documentary, night-time economy, local identity, documentary photography, community life, before-and-after reference, food-and-drink business, social history, local dining scene, community identity, pedestrian environment, commercial hospitality, and townscape record. In present-day coverage, the subject reaches into food inflation and business rates, not least because of the resilience of customer-facing businesses in a high-cost economy. Today's relevance is strengthened by footfall, commercial change and the continuing question of how regeneration alters the character of familiar places. Small period details of local activity and public use at 60 Roscoe St, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, L1 9DW may become more significant with time, particularly following redevelopment. Further associations within the scene are historical comparison, hospitality trade, restaurant culture, casual dining, everyday life, destination dining, customer-facing service, and archival record. References to Liverpool, Roscoe, Merseyside, interior, and Grapes give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. Around 60 Roscoe St, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, L1 9DW, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. The scene further reflects food inflation and how changing discretionary spending affects hospitality venues when considered against later change at 60 Roscoe St, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, L1 9DW.
60 Roscoe St, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, L1 9DW
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Northamptonshire,event,entertainment,racing,pop up,Silverstone Woodlands camping site,UK,tents,real ale,Popup,The Petrol Head,camp,camping site,F1,England,GP,British GP,site,Drinkers,drinking,punters,campers bar,staff,alcohol,the,petrol,head,Petrolhead,pub,pubs,bar,bars,inn,real ales,beer,beers,crowded
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JG5JMR - . A grounded documentary photograph made at Silverstone Woodlands , Northamptonshire, England, UK in 2022, combining the immediate subject with evidence of the surrounding streetscape, public realm, business activity or local character. The main point of reference is Inside The Petrol Head pub, Silverstone Woodlands camping site, Silverstone British Formula1 Grand Prix, Northamptonshire, England, UK,bar & drinkers. The locality and subject together evoke food tourism, new-build scheme, before-and-after reference, destination dining, site redevelopment, community identity, place identity, changing streetscape, changing land use, licensed hospitality, visual archive, building programme, independent food retail, and social history. Today's relevance is strengthened by consumer spending, commercial rents and the continuing question of how changing discretionary spending affects hospitality venues. From a 2025-onward perspective, care demand and local infrastructure are closely linked to this subject, alongside how new development responds to changing demographic demand. Small period details of public access and movement at Silverstone Woodlands , Northamptonshire, England, UK may become more significant with time, particularly following new ownership. The photograph additionally reflects customer-facing service, everyday life, local history, food-and-drink business, hospitality trade, property development, development pipeline, and visitor economy. Elements such as Woodlands, camping, Northamptonshire, Formula1, and Silverstone add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. A later view of Silverstone Woodlands , Northamptonshire, England, UK may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. The period view preserves part of the area's social history before later change alters the scene.
Silverstone Woodlands , Northamptonshire, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Northamptonshire,England,UK,NN12 8TN,at,area,camping,camp,site,F1,GP,Grand Prix,Formula1,Formula one,1,one,car,July,2022,beer,spirits,busy,evening,drinking,drinkers,MK18 5LJ,MK18,pub,pubs,bar,bars,entertainment,drinks,stalls,festivals,festival
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JG5JN0 - . An on-location photograph from Silverstone Woodlands , Northamptonshire, England, UK, MK18 5LJ in 2022, showing the named subject as part of a wider social, commercial, cultural or physical setting rather than as an isolated object. The scene records Lunas Bar, Silverstone Woodlands, at Silverstone Woodlands, Silverstone, Towcester, Northamptonshire, England, UK, NN12 8TN. A broader reading of the photograph includes development site, visual archive, building programme, building works, residential development, public realm, place identity, casual dining, food-and-drink business, visitor economy, food tourism, local character, construction phase, and customer-facing service. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with hospitality costs, business rates and the role of restaurants and bars in visitor-led regeneration. The modern context includes continuing discussion of housing demand, local infrastructure and how new development responds to changing demographic demand. The archival value lies partly in recording commercial use and occupation around Silverstone Woodlands , Northamptonshire, England, UK, MK18 5LJ before new ownership alters the character of the place. The surrounding story also includes changing streetscape, regional identity, independent food retail, documentary photography, property development, site redevelopment, construction project, and commercial construction. The combination of Northamptonshire, Woodlands, Silverstone, Towcester, and Lunas anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. The wider setting at Silverstone Woodlands , Northamptonshire, England, UK, MK18 5LJ matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. Another useful connection is hospitality costs and how changing discretionary spending affects hospitality venues within the specific setting of Silverstone Woodlands , Northamptonshire, England, UK, MK18 5LJ.
Silverstone Woodlands , Northamptonshire, England, UK, MK18 5LJ
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Merseyside,England,UK,Levelling up,Northern Powerhouse,L2,Liverpool,L2 2BP,bar,pub,bars,pubs,boozer,era,CAMRA,interior,interiors,the,classic,historic,wood,with,ales,and,&,spirits,at,drinkers,customers,drinking,history,altar,Moorfield,locomotive
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JDDRH7 - Read more at https://pubheritage.camra.org.uk/pubs/108
A very fine pub in central Liverpool which is one to compare with other excellent Heritage pubs on Merseyside - the Stork
in Birkenhead, the Prince Arthur
in Liverpool and the Edinburgh
in Crosby
Like them it is a Victorian building (in this case of c.1865) re-modelled about in the early 20th century. They all share corner sites with the public bar occupying the angle and surrounded by an L-shaped corridor. All too have beautiful tiled dados in their corridors dating from Edwardian re-modelling schemes (as seen in our picture). A further similarity is the way the corridor works to provide a drinking area.
Discovery of the documents submitted to the licensing justices enabled former licensee, John O'Dowd, to trace the evolution of the pub to its present form. Back in 1903 a plan shows the public bar laid out as it is now. There was a snug behind it in the heart of the building and left of this, and on the site of the present toilets, a public room labelled ˜parlour'. Then in 1915 the Lion expanded by taking in the building next door at 28 Tithebarn Street also a licensed premises. This enabled the L-shaped corridor to be created round the public bar and the formation of two rooms behind this - a news room in the newly acquired area (the name still survives in the window glass) and a lounge where the skylight is today. Then in 1967, when pubs everywhere were being opened up, plans were drawn up to remove the walls to the corridor from these rooms. These were duly implemented and the corner entrance was blocked. (hence the pub does not merit entry in the Part One of the National Inventory of Historic Pub Interiors. In 1979 they added glazed partitions, one outside the gents and one on the right as you enter the news room.
The porch on Moorfields side has mosaic floor and one tiled wall from floor to ceiling.
67 Moorfields, Liverpool , Merseyside, England, UK, L2 2BP
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Merseyside,England,UK,Levelling up,Northern Powerhouse,L2,Liverpool,L2 2BP,bar,pub,bars,pubs,boozer,era,CAMRA,interior,interiors,the,classic,historic,wood,with,ales,and,&,spirits,at,drinkers,customers,drinking,history,altar,Moorfield,locomotive,public houses
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JDDRYT - Read more at https://pubheritage.camra.org.uk/pubs/108
A very fine pub in central Liverpool which is one to compare with other excellent Heritage pubs on Merseyside - the Stork
in Birkenhead, the Prince Arthur
in Liverpool and the Edinburgh
in Crosby
Like them it is a Victorian building (in this case of c.1865) re-modelled about in the early 20th century. They all share corner sites with the public bar occupying the angle and surrounded by an L-shaped corridor. All too have beautiful tiled dados in their corridors dating from Edwardian re-modelling schemes (as seen in our picture). A further similarity is the way the corridor works to provide a drinking area.
Discovery of the documents submitted to the licensing justices enabled former licensee, John O'Dowd, to trace the evolution of the pub to its present form. Back in 1903 a plan shows the public bar laid out as it is now. There was a snug behind it in the heart of the building and left of this, and on the site of the present toilets, a public room labelled ˜parlour'. Then in 1915 the Lion expanded by taking in the building next door at 28 Tithebarn Street also a licensed premises. This enabled the L-shaped corridor to be created round the public bar and the formation of two rooms behind this - a news room in the newly acquired area (the name still survives in the window glass) and a lounge where the skylight is today. Then in 1967, when pubs everywhere were being opened up, plans were drawn up to remove the walls to the corridor from these rooms. These were duly implemented and the corner entrance was blocked. (hence the pub does not merit entry in the Part One of the National Inventory of Historic Pub Interiors. In 1979 they added glazed partitions, one outside the gents and one on the right as you enter the news room.
The porch on Moorfields side has mosaic floor and one tiled wall from floor to ceiling.
67 Moorfields, Liverpool , Merseyside, England, UK, L2 2BP
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Keywords: @HotpixUK,HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUk,England,UK,M2 5DB,Xmas Market,Xmas,December,stalls,clock,tower,clocktower,people,crowds,Victorian,Gothic,building,Albert Memorial,stall,bars,pub,bar,shoppers,retail,drinkers,eaters,food,mulled wine,Greater Manchester,festive,Christmas,Dec,M2,townhall,town hall,curry wurst,German Sausage,Santa Claus
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AFFFHG - The square's creation arose out of a project by Manchester Corporation's Monuments Committee to erect a memorial to Prince Albert who had died of typhoid in 1861. After initial proposals to create a memorial library, museum or botanical gardens, the committee decided to erect a statue in a decorated canopy. It was originally planned to place the monument in front of the Royal Infirmary building at Piccadilly, between the statues of Wellington and Peel. However it was felt that its ornate Gothic design was not in keeping with the neoclassical infirmary.[3] In 1863, land was offered by the Corporation which was cleared to make way for a public space
Albert Square,Manchester,England,UK, M2 5DB
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Keywords: @HotpixUK,HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUk,England,UK,M2 5DB,Xmas Market,Xmas,December,stalls,clock,tower,clocktower,people,crowds,Victorian,Gothic,building,Albert Memorial,stall,bars,pub,bar,shoppers,retail,drinkers,eaters,food,mulled wine,Greater Manchester,town hall,townhall,festive,market,markets
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AFFFHJ - The square's creation arose out of a project by Manchester Corporation's Monuments Committee to erect a memorial to Prince Albert who had died of typhoid in 1861. After initial proposals to create a memorial library, museum or botanical gardens, the committee decided to erect a statue in a decorated canopy. It was originally planned to place the monument in front of the Royal Infirmary building at Piccadilly, between the statues of Wellington and Peel. However it was felt that its ornate Gothic design was not in keeping with the neoclassical infirmary.[3] In 1863, land was offered by the Corporation which was cleared to make way for a public space
Albert Square,Manchester,England,UK, M2 5DB
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Keywords: @HotpixUK,HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUk,England,UK,M2 5DB,Xmas Market,Xmas,December,stalls,clock,tower,clocktower,people,crowds,Victorian,Gothic,building,Albert Memorial,stall,bars,pub,bar,shoppers,retail,drinkers,eaters,food,mulled wine,Greater Manchester,festive,Christmas,Dec,M2,townhall,town hall
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AFFFK5 - The square's creation arose out of a project by Manchester Corporation's Monuments Committee to erect a memorial to Prince Albert who had died of typhoid in 1861. After initial proposals to create a memorial library, museum or botanical gardens, the committee decided to erect a statue in a decorated canopy. It was originally planned to place the monument in front of the Royal Infirmary building at Piccadilly, between the statues of Wellington and Peel. However it was felt that its ornate Gothic design was not in keeping with the neoclassical infirmary.[3] In 1863, land was offered by the Corporation which was cleared to make way for a public space
Albert Square,Manchester,England,UK, M2 5DB
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Keywords: @HotpixUK,HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUk,England,UK,M2 5DB,Xmas Market,Xmas,December,stalls,clock,tower,clocktower,people,crowds,Victorian,Gothic,building,Albert Memorial,stall,bars,pub,bar,shoppers,retail,drinkers,eaters,food,mulled wine,Greater Manchester,festive,Christmas,Dec,M2,townhall,town hall,buildings
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AFFFKT - The square's creation arose out of a project by Manchester Corporation's Monuments Committee to erect a memorial to Prince Albert who had died of typhoid in 1861. After initial proposals to create a memorial library, museum or botanical gardens, the committee decided to erect a statue in a decorated canopy. It was originally planned to place the monument in front of the Royal Infirmary building at Piccadilly, between the statues of Wellington and Peel. However it was felt that its ornate Gothic design was not in keeping with the neoclassical infirmary.[3] In 1863, land was offered by the Corporation which was cleared to make way for a public space
Albert Square,Manchester,England,UK, M2 5DB
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Keywords: @HotpixUK,HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUk,England,UK,M2 5DB,Xmas Market,Xmas,December,stalls,clock,tower,clocktower,people,crowds,Victorian,Gothic,building,Albert Memorial,stall,bars,pub,bar,shoppers,retail,drinkers,eaters,food,mulled wine,Greater Manchester,icon,iconic,townhall,shopping,Albert Sq
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AFFFM2 - The square's creation arose out of a project by Manchester Corporation's Monuments Committee to erect a memorial to Prince Albert who had died of typhoid in 1861. After initial proposals to create a memorial library, museum or botanical gardens, the committee decided to erect a statue in a decorated canopy. It was originally planned to place the monument in front of the Royal Infirmary building at Piccadilly, between the statues of Wellington and Peel. However it was felt that its ornate Gothic design was not in keeping with the neoclassical infirmary.[3] In 1863, land was offered by the Corporation which was cleared to make way for a public space
Albert Square,Manchester,England,UK, M2 5DB
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Keywords: @HotpixUK,HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUk,England,UK,M2 5DB,Xmas Market,Xmas,December,stalls,clock,tower,clocktower,people,crowds,Victorian,Gothic,building,Albert Memorial,stall,bars,pub,bar,shoppers,retail,drinkers,eaters,food,mulled wine,Greater Manchester,town hall,townhall,festive,market,markets
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AFFFM5 - The square's creation arose out of a project by Manchester Corporation's Monuments Committee to erect a memorial to Prince Albert who had died of typhoid in 1861. After initial proposals to create a memorial library, museum or botanical gardens, the committee decided to erect a statue in a decorated canopy. It was originally planned to place the monument in front of the Royal Infirmary building at Piccadilly, between the statues of Wellington and Peel. However it was felt that its ornate Gothic design was not in keeping with the neoclassical infirmary.[3] In 1863, land was offered by the Corporation which was cleared to make way for a public space
Albert Square,Manchester,England,UK, M2 5DB
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Keywords: Republic of Ireland,GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Ireland,pub,inn,tavern,47-48 Temple Bar,Dublin 2,D02 N725,legendary,venue,tourist,tourism,beer,garden,premises,icon,drinking,history,boozer,Est1840,trade mark,authentic,Irish,cultural,heritage,Dubliner,Dubliners,Whiskey,range,couple,lovers,man,woman,pair,drinkers,St Patricks Day,dating
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M84K6W - Though an earlier license had existed on part of the current site of The Temple Bar, we can directly trace the existing license back to 1835 when enterprising publican, Cornelius O'Meara, Grocer, Tea, Wine, and Spirit Merchant acquired the blossoming location at the corner of Temple Lane and adjacent to Samuel Figgis, Porter Merchant, who ran his thriving brewing business here. The city of Dublin was experiencing something of an economic renaissance at this time and Temple Bar was idyllically laced between the river and the administrative centre of Dublin.
O'Meara was a committed publican intent on spreading his wings. He also ran another pub at No. 1 Wood Quay. This was then at the epicentre of Dublin 19th century rag trade. O'Meara's two nearest neighbours were Christopher McCauley, Hat Manufacturer, and Edward Loman, Hatter.
O'Meara served almost a decade at the Temple Bar Pub before he sold out to James Farley, Grocer and Spirit Merchant in 1844. James Farley knew the business here very well, having made but a short journey from 38 East Essex Street where he had operated as a Provisions dealer. James Farley's reign at this old hostelery was of brief duration.
The Great Famine was raging across the country with unprecedented horror and devastation when William Cranston, a much respected Dublin publican, took the wheel in 1847.
During the middle to late 1850s, a new wave of Provisions, Dealers and Dram Grocers had infiltrated the Temple Bar area. They operated the practise of ˜dram-drinking'. The Dram Grocers allowed customers to buy spirits in an off-sales liquor store capacity and illegally consume them on the premises behind screens and makeshift partitions. This practice created much financial hardship for the authorities and regular or legitimate vintners (wine merchants).
William Cranston was a member of the License Trade delegation who traveled to lobby the British Parliament in Westminster, London, in 1863 to have this practice forbidden
47-48 Temple Bar, Dublin 2, D02 N725, Eire, Ireland
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2MCGAX8 - The Temple Bar is a public house located at 46“48 Temple Bar in the Temple Bar area of Dublin, Ireland. Standing at the corner of Temple Lane South, the first pub on the site was reputedly licensed in the early 19th century.
The pub building at 48 Temple Bar is listed by Dublin City Council on its Record of Protected Structures, and is recorded in the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage (NIAH) as being built c.‰1840.
History
The Temple Bar area, in which the building stands, was so-named in the 17th century, owing to its association with Sir William Temple, father of Sir John Temple, who owned a house and gardens there.
Some sources associate the public house with James Harrison, a young publican who previously worked in his father's pub grocery business at 48 City Quay, and who reputedly obtained a licence for a new pub in the area in May 1819. According to related sources, Harrison sold his business to Cornelius O'Meara, a grocer, tea, wine and spirit merchant, in 1835. O'Meara, who also had another pub at 1 Wood Quay, remained in Temple Bar for around a decade
In 1951, the Fitzgerald family purchased the property. They stayed for ten years, with William Flannery arriving in 1961.
As of 2012, the owners were the Cleary family, who purchased the pub in 1992. At that point traditional features such as the Georgian style wyatt windows were reinstated and the pub changed to its current name. The business was expanded in the first part of the 21st century with the acquisition of adjacent properties, including The Temple Bar Trading Company shop, which opened at number 46. This section features a life-size bronze statue of James Joyce and a beer garden
47-48 Temple Bar, Dublin 2, D02 N725, Ireland
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2MCGAXD - The Temple Bar is a public house located at 46“48 Temple Bar in the Temple Bar area of Dublin, Ireland. Standing at the corner of Temple Lane South, the first pub on the site was reputedly licensed in the early 19th century.
The pub building at 48 Temple Bar is listed by Dublin City Council on its Record of Protected Structures, and is recorded in the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage (NIAH) as being built c.‰1840.
History
The Temple Bar area, in which the building stands, was so-named in the 17th century, owing to its association with Sir William Temple, father of Sir John Temple, who owned a house and gardens there.
Some sources associate the public house with James Harrison, a young publican who previously worked in his father's pub grocery business at 48 City Quay, and who reputedly obtained a licence for a new pub in the area in May 1819. According to related sources, Harrison sold his business to Cornelius O'Meara, a grocer, tea, wine and spirit merchant, in 1835. O'Meara, who also had another pub at 1 Wood Quay, remained in Temple Bar for around a decade
In 1951, the Fitzgerald family purchased the property. They stayed for ten years, with William Flannery arriving in 1961.
As of 2012, the owners were the Cleary family, who purchased the pub in 1992. At that point traditional features such as the Georgian style wyatt windows were reinstated and the pub changed to its current name. The business was expanded in the first part of the 21st century with the acquisition of adjacent properties, including The Temple Bar Trading Company shop, which opened at number 46. This section features a life-size bronze statue of James Joyce and a beer garden
47-48 Temple Bar, Dublin 2, Eire, D02 N725, Ireland
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy P4HWNR - . Made at Gloucestershire, England, UK in 2018, 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 defining feature is Williams Chase Provence Rose Wine bottles. Further facets of the scene include community identity, before-and-after reference, industrial beverage equipment, regional identity, historic beverage advertising, fermented drink production, regional drinks industry, drinks packaging, local character, social history, changing land use, period detail, bottling technology, and orchard-to-bottle industry. The wider contemporary story combines alcohol duty, manufacturing automation and how historic drinks advertising and machinery become industrial heritage. For later comparison, the photograph preserves period objects and surrounding context at Gloucestershire, England, UK, details that may look very different after new construction. The surrounding story also includes archival record, local history, everyday life, drinks manufacturing, beverage production, public realm, visual archive, and factory bottling line. The recorded references to bottles, Chase, Provence, and Williams preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. The period setting at Gloucestershire, England, UK helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. A further contemporary connection is alcohol duty and how historic drinks advertising and machinery become industrial heritage without losing the local specificity of Gloucestershire, England, UK. The wider significance includes regional food heritage and how historic drinks advertising and machinery become industrial heritage in a form that can be compared with future views of Gloucestershire, England, UK. The image fixes period character as part of Gloucestershire, England, UK's history.
Gloucestershire, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy P4HWP5 - Barney the owner started by making Eau De Vie when he came out of his career as a nature photographer, he delicately picks the fruit for each flavour, washing, peeling and preparing each by hand.
After a number of seasons making the different Eau De Vies he then ventured into gin. Barney would soak hundreds of botanicals in a neutral spirit to discover which gave the best flavours, then with each botanical would go through the different species to see which would go the best with the other botanicals.
The final product is created like this: Hard spices, berries and herbs are soaked in our neutral British wheat spirit for 40 hours. We then suspend fresh blood orange zest and a rich mix of flowers and fragrant leaves above the liquid, their aroma gently extracted by the rising steam. 34 ingredients in all come together in a slow 7-hour, carefully guided distillation. It creates a sum much greater than its parts.
The dry flavour is matched with a lovely spearmint flavour which stays with you long after you drink it.
Cotswolds,England,UK
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Keywords: City Centre,City,Centre,dusk,pub,pubs,bars,bar,classic,CAMRA,real,ale,realale,real ale,art,deco,artdeco,art-deco,The Black Friar,at,night,dusk,drinking,beer,beers,gin,palace,gin palace,saloon bar,174,drinkers,outside,exterior,Henry Poole,Herbert Fuller-Clark,Art Nouveau,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,Tony,Smith,UK,GB,Great,Britain,United,Kingdom,English,British,England,London,Greater,problem,with,problem with,issue with,LDN,City,Centre,cities,Urban,Urbanist,town,infrastructure,transport,tour,tourism,tourists,urban,attraction,attractions,pubs,bars,of,London,classic,tourist,attraction,travel,vacation,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Images of,Stock Images,Tony Smith,United Kingdom,Great Britain,Greater London,British Isles,City Centre,Pubs Of London,must see
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HEJ6RB - The Black Friar Pub. Post-1903 work by Herbert Fuller-Clark (b.1869, d. after 1912). Original building 1875. Remodelled in several stages beginning 1903, 1914, and 1925. 174 Queen Victoria Street, London EC4. Individual sculptures by Nathaniel Hitch, Frederick Callcott, Henry Poole, and Farmer and Brindley. According to Philip Ward-Jackson,
Hitch was responsible for the stonework grotesques on the exterior, and for a considerable amount of similar work in wood in the interior. Callcott created the pattern for the larger copper relief scenes, representing the day to day activities of the friars. . . . It seems probable that Callcott went on working on those reliefs until shortly before his death in 1925, when the rather more prestigious Henry Poole took over, to produce the relief work in the Small Saloon Bar. One of Callcott's frieze-like panels, entitled Saturday Afternoon, was to be repeated on the screen wall, separating the Luncheon Bar from the Small Saloon Bar, although it looks quite different in its new form, because the figures are much more widely spaced out, and the coloured marbles in the second rendering give it more depth.
Of these artists, Hitch (1841-1935), deserves to be better known. Following an apprenticeship to Farmer and Brindley, he had a very long and distinguished career as a sculptor: his work can be found at Cardiff Castle, suggesting that he was probably a member of William Burges's workforce there, and also in many churches and cathedrals including Truro Cathedral and Westminster Abbey. He was particularly associated with the architects W. D. Caröe and J. L. Pearson.
It is worth noting that the popular London Encyclopaedia disagrees about the dates and artists involved here, stating simply that the building was erected in 1875, the ground floor being remodelled in 1905 by H. Fuller Clark. The outside is covered with mosaics and carved figures by Henry Poole (1903).
174 Queen Victoria Street, Blackfriars, London, England
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy EY5KBA - . The Sportsman Pub sign, Bass Yorkshire, Huddersfield, West Riding, England, UK. Photographed at Huddersfield, West Yorks, England, UK. The photograph was taken on 18 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. Signage, lettering, logos, numbers or other visible information form an important part of the record, helping identify the subject and capture contemporary branding or public messaging. The scene is closely associated with The Sportsman Pub sign, Bass Yorkshire, Huddersfield, Sportsman, signs, The Sportsman, Bass, Yorkshire, Pub and sign, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. The photograph is relevant to sport, supporters, venues, clubs, competition and the strong connection between sporting institutions and local identity. It can support editorial features about football, rugby or other spectator sports, stadiums, club heritage, matchday culture, investment, redevelopment, fans, sponsorship and the commercial side of professional sport. Signs, colours, banners, buildings, entrances and surrounding streets can help establish a recognisable sporting context without relying on a posed action image. The dated scene also has archive value as clubs, grounds, branding and neighbourhoods evolve over time. Search themes include sport, clubs, stadiums, supporters, venues, matchday culture, sponsorship, sporting heritage, redevelopment and local identity. A dated view is valuable where club branding, grounds, surrounding streets or the commercial presentation of a venue subsequently changes. 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.
Huddersfield, West Yorks, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy F0XCGF - . This location-specific image from the recorded location in 2015 provides a visual record of the subject in everyday context, useful for both contemporary editorial work and later historical comparison. The principal subject is Berliner sign in lights with sky behind, bar serving bier. A broader reading of the photograph includes commercial ephemera, changing streetscape, historic hostelry, archival record, public information notice, historical comparison, graphic street detail, period detail, social history, urban typography, visual archive, contemporary social history, pub heritage, and regional identity. For current editorial use, pub closures and business rates provide additional context, especially through the value of historic pubs to tourism and local identity. Current relevance extends to public communication and commercial branding, particularly through how signs can document commercial, social or regulatory change. The archival value lies partly in recording lettering, decoration and surface detail around the recorded location before new ownership alters the character of the place. The wider setting retains connections with period lettering, printed message, public-facing signage, wayfinding detail, night-time economy, street-level message, changing land use, and everyday life. Details involving lights, Berliner, serving, and behind make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. The dated record from the recorded location makes the broader context more tangible. Another useful connection is pub closures and pressure on hospitality margins in the mid-2020s within the real-world context of the recorded location. The scene further reflects public communication and how ordinary signs become time-specific evidence of language and design within the specific setting of the recorded location. Image F0XCGF also preserves another period-specific detail for later comparison.
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Keywords: Panorama,Malt,Shovel,malt,whiskies,bar,ale,house,alehouse,beer,beers,drinks,drinkers,historic,history,CAMRA,old Town,old,town,Scotland,UK,classic,Victorian,Gotonysmith,pub,pubs,bars,bar,Scottish,Scotlands History,Scotlands History,old town,hotpix.org.uk
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy ED4M1B - The Malt Shovel Inn is a beautiful little pub right in the heart of the Edinburgh.
It offers Scottish cask ales, 40 malt whiskies and great food. Its a relaxed haven from the hubbub of the city, due to location on the border of the new and old towns.
11 to 15 Cockburn Street, Midlothian, Edinburgh, EH1 1BP
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DDXHH2 - William Brodie (28 September 1741 “ 1 October 1788), more commonly known by his prestigious title of Deacon Brodie, was a Scottish cabinet-maker, deacon of a trades guild and Edinburgh city councillor, who maintained a secret life as a burglar, partly for the thrill, and partly to fund his gambling.
Popular myth holds that Deacon Brodie built the first gallows in Edinburgh and was also its first victim. Of this William Roughead in Classic Crimes states that after research he was sure that although the Deacon may have had some hand in the design, ...it was certainly not of his construction, nor was he the first to benefit by its ingenuity.
Sign at Deacon Brodie's Tavern on Edinburgh's Royal Mile
Brodie's alter ego
Robert Louis Stevenson, whose father owned furniture made by Brodie, wrote a play (with W. E. Henley) entitled Deacon Brodie, or The Double Life, which was unsuccessful. However, Stevenson remained fascinated by the dichotomy between Brodie's respectable façade, and his real nature and was inspired to write The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1886).[1]
Deacon Brodie is commemorated by a pub of that name on Edinburgh's Royal Mile, on the corner of the Lawnmarket and Bank Street which leads down to The Mound, and a close off the Royal Mile, which contained his family residence and workshops, still bears the name Brodie's Close. A pub in New York City carrying his name sits on the south side of the famous west side 46th Street Restaurant Row between 8th Avenue and 9th Avenue.
In 1997 a TV movie of the same name starring Billy Connolly was made in Edinburgh
Royal Mile, High St,Edinburgh Old Town, Scotland, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DG385X - . Two drinkers in the Cafe Royal, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. Photographed at West Register Place, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. The photograph was taken on 30 August 2013. The image metadata records 2 people 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 low-light or evening setting is part of the subject, bringing illuminated signs, windows and street lighting into the documentary character of the scene. The scene is closely associated with Two drinkers, in the Cafe Royal, Edinburgh, 19 West Register Street, drinkers, Royal, Cafe, Two, café and Royale, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. Beyond the immediate subject, the scene is relevant to British pub culture, licensed premises, real ale, beer tourism and the continuing social role of the traditional public house. For picture buyers, the photograph can support editorial features about pubs and bars, hospitality, independent and managed venues, drinking culture, local heritage, city and town centres, leisure spending and the changing British high street. Details such as brewery branding, pub signage, entrances, windows, bar fittings, beer pumps or period architecture can provide useful visual evidence of how licensed premises present themselves to customers. The image also works as a record of everyday social history, documenting a familiar type of British hospitality venue at a particular moment in time rather than presenting an idealised studio view. Search themes naturally include British pub heritage, real ale and beer culture, licensed premises, hospitality, public houses, local drinking traditions and the role of pubs within town and city life. The view is firmly rooted in a real location rather than a constructed studio setting.
West Register Place, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DECWFE - . Taylor Walker No 18-20 Grassmarket Beehive Inn,Edinburgh,Scotland,UK. Photographed at Grassmarket, Edinburgh, Lothian,Scotland, UK EH1 2JU. The photograph was taken on 26 August 2013. This editorial stock image documents the subject as it appeared at that time, preserving a clear record of the place, its appearance and the everyday details surrounding it. The scene is closely associated with Taylor, Walker, 18-20, Grassmarket, Beehive, Inn, capital, pub, bar and bars, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. The photograph has strong editorial relevance to public events, festivals, performances, celebrations and the temporary activity that changes the character of a familiar place. It can support coverage of festivals, street entertainment, performers, audiences, tourism, cultural events, city-centre activity and the economic and social impact of organised public gatherings. Costume, temporary signs, crowds, performance areas, street furniture and the surrounding architecture can all help establish the event in a specific place and period. Because events are temporary, a dated documentary photograph has particular archive value, preserving details that disappear as soon as the programme, performers and public activity move on. Search themes include festivals, street performance, live entertainment, cultural events, tourism, crowds, city-centre activity, temporary public space and event heritage. The dated view is valuable for identifying how a particular event, performer or festival presence looked in that year. 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.
Grassmarket, Edinburgh, Lothian,Scotland, UK EH1 2JU
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DED1G7 - A popular story in Edinburgh is that of Margaret (or Maggie) Dickson, a fishwife from Musselburgh, whose husband left, possibly press-ganged, to join the Royal Navy. Maggie had gone to work in an inn in the Borders, and was hanged in the Grassmarket in August 1724, at the age of 22 or 23, by hangman John Dalgliesh for murdering her illegitimate baby there by drowning it or placing it in the river Tweed at Kelso, shortly after the birth. After the hanging, a doctor declared Dickson dead, and her family argued with the medical students, who then were only allowed to dissect criminal corpses, so her body was taken back to Musselburgh on a cart. However, on the way there, the story was that her family went for a wake at an inn (possibly Sheep's Heid Inn, Duddingston) when they heard noises from the coffin as she awoke. Under Scots Law, her punishment had been carried out, so she could not be executed for a second time for the same crime (only later were the words until dead added to the sentence of hanging). Her resurrection was also to some extent seen as divine intervention, and so she was allowed to go free. In later life (and legend), she was referred to as hauf-hingit Maggie and attracted curiosity as she was seen back in the Grass-market in October 1724, with an item about a crowd forming to see her in the Scots Magazine. She remarried her husband (as ˜death' had parted them) and lived another 40 years.
A poem in Scots appears in a book Quines by actress Gerda Stevenson
Hauf-hingit Maggie
Deith is wappin when it comes “ like birth, I ken “ I hae warstled throu, an focht wi baith. She wis blue, ma bairn, blue as the breast o a brid I seen oan the banks o the Tweed thon day
then grey, aa wrang, the naelstring windit ticht aroon her neck
I ettled tae lowse it, aince, twice, but it aye slippit “ ¨ma hauns couldnae grup, ma mind skailt ¨ frae the jizzen fecht, ma mooth steekit: no tae scraich, no tae scraich, let nane hear¦
92 Grassmarket, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, EH1 2JR
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DDJPJ1 - . Marsden railway station sign on the Northern train line from Stalybridge to Huddersfield stop for the Riverhead brewery tap pub. Photographed at Marsden Village, Kirklees, West Yorkshire, stock-photo/gotonysmith-England.html?sortBy=relevant&pseudoid=237DAF28-A4ED-4448-8173-C0E81ABEEC6F Target=_Blank>England UK. The photograph was taken on 13 July 2013. This editorial stock image documents the subject as it appeared at that time, preserving a clear record of the place, its appearance and the everyday details surrounding it. Signage, lettering, logos, numbers or other visible information form an important part of the record, helping identify the subject and capture contemporary branding or public messaging. The scene is closely associated with Marsden, railway, station, sign, Northern, train, aletrail, rail, line and Stalybridge, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. The scene has strong relevance to railway travel, public transport, passenger infrastructure and the everyday operation of Britain's rail network. It can illustrate editorial stories about stations, train journeys, commuting, regional connectivity, rail investment, rolling stock, freight, signals, platforms, accessibility and the relationship between railways and the places they serve. Visible railway furniture, signs, tracks, platforms, trains, signals or station buildings help place the photograph firmly in the practical environment experienced by passengers and railway staff. As a dated documentary image it also offers a useful record of transport infrastructure, branding and passenger facilities at the time the photograph was made. Search themes include British rail travel, railway stations, passenger journeys, tracks, platforms, signals, rolling stock, freight, regional connectivity and transport infrastructure. The scene is particularly useful for illustrating how railway facilities, signs and operational surroundings looked at a known point in time.
Marsden Village, Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy H366T8 - This documentary stock photograph shows Traditional Pub English Games, dominos with drinkers and pint of Timothy Taylor Landlord bitter, Shipley, Yorkshire, England, UK. The subject is rooted in Shipley, Yorkshire and is useful for editorial stories about Yorkshire pub culture, real ale, hand-pulled beer, traditional games and the social life of local pubs. The visible detail and caption make it more valuable than a generic bar or drink image, because it shows a real venue, real pub behaviour or a specific building connected with local social life. British pubs remain important as places to meet, eat, drink, watch sport, play traditional games and maintain informal community networks, while at the same time facing pressure from energy costs, staffing, changing drinking habits, business rates, rent, supermarket alcohol and the shift towards food-led trade. This image can support articles about real ale, hand pumps, cellar-to-bar service, drinkers, pub games such as dominoes, historic pub interiors, public house survival, tourism, hospitality employment, licensing, town-centre economies and the role of pubs in working-class and city life. It can also work for features on CAMRA, beer heritage, cask ale quality, independent pubs, after-work drinkers, railway-station pubs, local economies and nostalgia for sociable, unpretentious public houses. Search-friendly composite terms include traditional British pub culture, real ale handpull pint, Yorkshire pub games, London historic pub, pub hospitality industry, community local, cask beer service, licensed premises and UK evening economy. The documentary approach gives editors a credible image for news, magazine, web, tourism, food and drink, business, leisure, heritage and social commentary use. Where people or hands are visible, the photograph can also suggest the tactile, social side of pubs, including ordering, serving, chatting, playing and lingering rather than simply consuming a product.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2BPCNHY - . A grounded editorial photograph of 51 Station Rd, Batley, West Yorkshire,England, UK, WF17 5SU, capturing details that may acquire greater historical value as the location and its use change. The photograph is concerned with The Cellar Bar, Station Road, Batley, West Yorkshire, England, UK,on Transpennine Real Ale Trail. The setting additionally reflects licensed premises, social history, commuter travel, built environment, regional identity, licensed trade, public realm, historical comparison, town-centre leisure, food-and-drink business, rail modernisation, railway heritage, hospitality venue, and place identity. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject sits within continuing debate about public ownership, decarbonisation and preserving railway heritage while modernising the network. From a 2025-onward perspective, the scene also connects with business rates, pub closures and whether local venues can remain commercially viable. Small period details of public access and movement at 51 Station Rd, Batley, West Yorkshire,England, UK, WF17 5SU may become more significant with time, especially following changing public expectations. The wider local story also touches on mass transit, neighbourhood pub, rail mobility, archival record, before-and-after reference, station environment, regional rail, and changing streetscape. The combination of Transpennine, Station, Batley, Cellar, and Yorkshire helps anchor the frame to a recognisable activity, place or period. A later view of 51 Station Rd, Batley, West Yorkshire,England, UK, WF17 5SU 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 public ownership and preserving railway heritage while modernising the network within the real-world context of 51 Station Rd, Batley, West Yorkshire,England, UK, WF17 5SU. The record includes evidence of continuity and change before later change alters the scene.
51 Station Rd, Batley, West Yorkshire,England, UK, WF17 5SU
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M107NW - Built in 1546 for the servants of the Bishops of Ely, The Ye Olde Mitre is famous for having a cherry tree, (now supporting the front) that Queen Elizabeth once danced around with Sir Christopher Hatton. The pub was actually a part of Cambridge (Ely being in Cambridge) and the licencees used to have to go there for their licence. Set in a part of London steeped in history, it's near where William Wallace was hung, drawn and quartered at Smithfield, along with martyrs and traitors who were also killed nearby.
Voted by the society SPBW, London pub of the year 2013 and 2019,
Included in Camra's National inventory of Historic Heritage
1 Ely Ct, Ely Pl, Hatton Garden, London, England, UK, EC1N 6SJ
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Keywords: HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,WF17,real ale trail,West Yorkshire,England,UK,on Transpennine Real Ale Trail,train,ale,trail,beer,drinkers,drinking,Station Rd,real ale,Batley,town,centre,CAMRA,ales,beers,real,Yorkshire,the,cellar,bar,bars,pub,pubs,historic,art,artistry,history,Grade II listed,listed building,stonework,carvings
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2BPCNHT - . Recorded at 51 Station Rd, Batley, West Yorkshire,England, UK, WF17 5SU, this image forms part of the visual history of the locality and the activity, building, object or service shown. The defining feature is The Cellar Bar, Station Road, Batley, West Yorkshire, England, UK,on Transpennine Real Ale Trail. Other aspects of the subject include period detail, community social space, historical comparison, visual archive, mass transit, transport interchange, social history, rail mobility, everyday Britain, food-and-drink business, rail modernisation, social meeting place, customer-facing hospitality, and built environment. For contemporary context, reliability and station investment are closely related themes, especially where the issue becomes preserving railway heritage while modernising the network. Current discussion around this subject increasingly includes local footfall alongside hospitality operating costs, with particular attention to whether local venues can remain commercially viable. As a dated visual record of 51 Station Rd, Batley, West Yorkshire,England, UK, WF17 5SU, the frame retains equipment and working practice, making it useful if refurbishment subsequently changes the scene. Further associations include night-time economy, regional identity, licensed premises, before-and-after reference, traditional ale house, rail corridor, beer-led venue, and local character. The recorded references to Yorkshire, Trail, Station, Cellar, and Transpennine preserve clues that can help identify how the subject was presented or used at the time. A later view of 51 Station Rd, Batley, West Yorkshire,England, UK, WF17 5SU may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. A further contemporary connection is reliability and reducing congestion and car dependency within the real-world context of 51 Station Rd, Batley, West Yorkshire,England, UK, WF17 5SU.
51 Station Rd, Batley, West Yorkshire,England, UK, WF17 5SU
