Search full image library
Enter words, names or reference numbers. This opens Alamy results in a new tab.
Other languages and quick categories
Search HotpixUK images in Spanish, French, German, Italian, or English. Use the dropdown for shortcuts.
Search Pubs-UK in other languages
Search All in French
FR Pubs-UK,
Search All German
DE Pubs-UK,
Search All Italian
IT Pubs-UK,
Search All Spanish
ES Pubs-UK,
Back to all images preview
Description
Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,County Durham,England,UK,DL12,the,21,history,historic,heritage,bar,pub,pubs,bars,CAMRA,award,winner,winning,local,ale,ales,Dominic Cummings,DomCum,brewery,brewing,humour,lies,beerclip,handpumps,senior adviser to Boris Johnson,affair,affairs,Cummings & Goings,Mithril ales,Rotary,club,Railway Hotel,Mutiny Act
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RWDK06 - Taken on 14 Sep 2023, this photograph shows Rotary at The Old Well Inn, 21 The Bank, Barnard Castle, Teesdale, County Durham, England, UK, DL12 8PH. The location is Barnard Castle, Teesdale, County Durham, England, UK, DL12 8PH. The picture is not just a record shot: it contains public house signs, frontage, street activity or drinking culture details useful for hospitality and heritage features. Barnard Castle is a historic Teesdale market town, with stone streets, independent shops and castle associations that support tourism, heritage trails and local retail photography. The Old Well Inn and Barnard Castle setting also carry modern cultural resonance because the town became widely discussed during the Dominic Cummings lockdown controversy. 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 Barney, Barnard Castle, Teesdale, The Bank, Old Well Inn, old well, at the Old Well, scandal, Durham Fusiliers Militia, blue plaque, County Durham, DL12, 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.
Barnard Castle, Teesdale, County Durham, England, UK, DL12 8PH
Description
Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,County Durham,England,UK,DL12,the,21,history,historic,heritage,bar,pub,pubs,bars,CAMRA,award,winner,winning,local,ale,Dominic Cummings,DomCum,Aldbrough St John,brewery,brewing,humour,lies,beerclip,beer clip,handpump,handpumps,senior adviser to Boris Johnson,affair,affairs,Covid19,Covid,Eye test,enquiry
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RWDK09 - The Dominic Cummings scandal, or the Dominic Cummings affair, was a series of events involving the British political strategist Dominic Cummings during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom. The events include at least one journey that Cummings, then-chief adviser of Prime Minister Boris Johnson, and his family made from London to County Durham after the start of a national lockdown in March 2020 while they were experiencing symptoms of COVID-19.
Reports of the trip first emerged in May 2020 following investigations by the Daily Mirror and The Guardian. Questions arose about whether the conduct of Cummings and his wife was lawful and appropriate within the framework of government advice and guidance, given that the public were ordered to stay at home, that all non-essential travel was forbidden during the lockdown, and that infected persons had been instructed to self-isolate.
Cummings denied he had broken any rules in a press conference a few days later. Durham Constabulary investigated the trip, concluding there may have been a minor breach, but did not take any further action. The scandal led to criticism from Members of Parliament (MPs) within and outside the ruling Conservative Party, backlash in the media and from the public, and calls for Cummings to be sacked or resign. Prominent politicians in the government, including Johnson, rejected these and expressed support for Cummings. Polling suggested that support for the Conservative Party and confidence in the British government's pandemic response fell as a result of the scandal.
Barnard Castle, Teesdale, County Durham, England, UK, DL12 8PH
Description
Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,centre,Cymru,Wales,Welsh,UK,legend,legendary,dragons,Cardiff pub interior,pub,bar,pubs,bars,city,decor,symbolism,symbol,ornate,motif,history,heritage,historic,identity,Y Ddraig Goch,Y,Ddraig Goch,decorative,national,emblem,nation,glass,stone wall,medieval,mythological,creature
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RFJ3CR - This image shows an ornate stained glass panel depicting the Welsh red dragon, known in Welsh as Y Ddraig Goch, a powerful national symbol of Wales. The dragon is rendered in vivid shades of red and orange with raised wings and an alert stance, set against a background of green and yellow glass, colours traditionally associated with Welsh identity. The stained glass is housed within a stone arched frame, suggesting the interior of a historic or traditionally styled bar or pub in Cardiff.
The craftsmanship highlights fine leadwork and textured glass, typical of decorative stained glass used in heritage hospitality interiors across Wales. The dragon's posture, claws raised and tail curled, echoes medieval and Celtic imagery long associated with Welsh folklore, resistance, and national pride.
The surrounding stonework and subdued interior lighting imply a historic building or one designed to evoke heritage character. The glass appears to be illuminated from behind, either by daylight or internal lighting, enhancing the saturated colours and giving the dragon a dramatic, almost heraldic presence.
Such imagery is commonly found in Cardiff city-centre pubs and bars that celebrate local culture and history, blending traditional Welsh symbolism with modern hospitality use. The image reflects the enduring visibility of national identity in everyday urban spaces and the continued role of pubs and bars as cultural as well as social landmarks in Wales.
Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom
Description
Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,UK,Cheshire,WA1,94 Bridge St,WA1 2RF,pubs,bars,town,centre,nightlife,hotel,94,Victorian,building,architecture,the,late night,front,exterior,outside,sports bar,cocktails,Gerogian,lodging,lodgings,licensed,premises,premise,brick,facade,façade,Feathers Warrington,refurb,refurbishment,AJP,Pub Group Ltd
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RC31AA - . The Feathers public house 1900, 94 Bridge St, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 2RF. Photographed on 11 July 2023. As background, public houses form a distinctive part of British social history, combining licensed drinking, hospitality and community life
Older pubs can reveal changing fashions in brewing, tied houses, coaching routes, urban development and leisure, while modern bars show how the licensed trade continues to adapt. In historical terms, city-centre photography documents both designed space and informal use
Architecture, signage, traffic, public art and pedestrian movement together reveal how people experience a place, often providing a more useful record of urban evolution than landmark images alone. Against the 2026 backdrop, pub survival is a live issue, with government support including a 15% business-rates relief for eligible pubs and live-music venues in England during 2026/27, alongside wider debate about closures, property costs and the value of pubs as community assets. During 2026, urban regeneration in England continues to focus on town-centre renewal, housing, public realm and reuse of vacant commercial property
Earlier street scenes provide valuable before-and-after evidence of these changes and of the businesses or structures lost along the way. From a heritage perspective, pub structures and signs provide a useful record of the licensed trade, from traditional alehouses and brewery estates to contemporary hospitality businesses
They are also part of the story of changing high streets, nightlife, real ale, cask beer and the survival or reuse of historic premises. Looking at the subject's development, british pubs evolved from inns, taverns and alehouses into licensed social institutions that have long served as meeting places, drinking houses, music venues and landmarks within town and village life
Their architecture, signs, interiors and changing names often preserve layers of local commercial and social history.
94 Bridge St, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 2RF
Description
Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Cheshire,England,UK,WA16 6BH,United Kingdom,The White Bear pub,Cheshire pub exterior,traditional English pub,pubs,bar,bars,thatched pub,half timbered building,Tudor style pub,historic inn,Canute Place Knutsford,Cheshire market town,English public house,heritage pub,countryside pub,black and white timbered building,hanging flower baskets,floral display,village pub,historic architecture England,hospitality industry UK,British pub culture,summer daylight,North West England,tourist destination,local landmark,real ale pub exterior,Tudor,mock-tudor
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RAP38P - . The White Bear public house on Canute Place in Knutsford, Cheshire, a traditional half-timbered and thatched English pub in the town centre. Photographed on 3 July 2023. The recorded location is The White Bear, 1 Canute Place, Knutsford, Cheshire, WA16 6BH, England, United Kingdom. The White Bear public house, located on Canute Place in Knutsford, Cheshire, is shown here in daylight with its distinctive black-and-white half-timbered facade and thatched roof. The building is a long-established local landmark in this historic Cheshire market town, reflecting traditional English inn architecture and pub culture. Flower baskets and planted borders add seasonal colour to the frontage, reinforcing the pub's role as a welcoming focal point within the town centre. Knutsford is well known for its historic streetscape, independent businesses, and proximity to rural Cheshire countryside, and the White Bear remains a recognisable symbol of British hospitality and heritage pub design. This image is suitable for editorial use covering UK pubs, traditional architecture, market towns, tourism, food and drink culture, and historic buildings in England. For the story of public house, 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 rural landscape is that plants and seasonal countryside details provide precise markers of the agricultural and botanical year
Flowering, harvest, autumn colour and winter dormancy can all be used to compare changing seasonal patterns over time. Seen through local economy, the earlier context is that commercial premises are part of everyday local history
Even businesses without national fame can become important reference points for residents and.
The White Bear, 1 Canute Place, Knutsford, Cheshire, WA16 6BH, England, United Kingdom
Description
Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,pubs,bar,bars,Jukebox,welcome,the,M1,127,England,UK,M1 5JQ,Gt Bridgewater Street,history,historic,famous,tiles,pub,Pev,Peveril,board,brewery,classic,centre,Barfootball,football,table,games,exterior,ouutside,yellow,horse-drawn,stagecoach,novel,Walter Scott,book,CAMRA,alcohol
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RAJ37F - . A-Board outside the entrance door of the famous Wilsons green tiled Peveril Of The Peak pub,127 Great Bridgewater St, Manchester, England, UK, M1 5JQ. Photographed on 28 June 2023. Peveril of the Peak (1823) is the longest novel by Sir Walter Scott. Along with Ivanhoe, Kenilworth, and Woodstock this is one of the English novels in the Waverley novels series, with the main action taking place around 1678 in the Peak District, the Isle of Man, and London, and centring on the Popish Plot. Plot introduction. Julian Peveril, a Cavalier, is in love with Alice Bridgenorth, a Roundhead's daughter, but both he and his father are accused of involvement with the Popish Plot of 1678. The historical setting for licensed premises is that beer culture links agriculture, brewing, distribution and the licensed trade
Cask-conditioned ale, handpumps, brewery branding and pub interiors became especially important to the real-ale revival from the 1970s onwards, while later craft brewing introduced new styles and independent producers. Seen through matchday, the earlier context is that british sports venues often have histories extending far beyond their current appearance, with rebuilt stands, sponsorship names and safety standards reflecting the professionalisation and commercial growth of spectator sport. For design history, the historical context is that everyday objects often become better historical evidence with age because packaging, typography, materials and branding change more rapidly than their basic function
Souvenirs, games and household items can therefore date consumer culture very precisely. In the 2026 discussion of licensed premises, in England eligible pubs and live-music venues receive a 15% business-rates relief for the 2026/27 billing year, reflecting continuing concern about operating costs, closures and the role of hospitality in town-centre vitality. The wider story encompasses Peveril Of The Peak, tiled, green, tile, A-Board, and Wilsons.
127 Great Bridgewater St, Manchester, England, UK, M1 5JQ
Description
Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,NI,Northern Ireland,UK,centre,history,historic,heritage,in,city,Belfast,pubs,bar,bars,boozers,NT,outside,exterior,door,entrance,Crown Dining Rooms,Crown Liquor Saloon,historic pub,Victorian pub,Irish pub,heritage building,pub exterior,Belfast city centre,tiled signage,pub frontage,traditional public house,Irish heritage,cultural landmark,listed building,pub sign,public houses,gin palace
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RFJ3B4 - The exterior of the Crown Dining Rooms, commonly known as the Crown Liquor Saloon, located on Great Victoria Street in Belfast city centre, Northern Ireland (BT2 7HE). The image focuses on the historic pub frontage and decorative signage, a defining feature of one of Belfast's most famous licensed premises.
Dating from the nineteenth century, the Crown is celebrated as one of the finest surviving examples of a Victorian gin palace in the British Isles. The building is distinguished by its richly decorated exterior and famously ornate interior, including tiled walls, stained glass, and private snugs that reflect the social drinking culture of the era.
Situated opposite the former Great Victoria Street railway station and near the Grand Opera House, the Crown Dining Rooms has long been associated with travellers, theatre-goers, and local patrons. Its continued operation as a pub and visitor attraction highlights the importance of historic hospitality venues within Belfast's cultural and tourism economy.
Photographed in daylight, the image documents an iconic Belfast landmark and is suitable for editorial use relating to Irish pubs, Victorian architecture, heritage conservation, tourism, and the social history of drinking establishments in Northern Ireland.
The Crown Dining Rooms (Crown Liquor Saloon), Belfast, Northern Ireland, Great Victoria Street in Be
Description
Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,NI,Northern Ireland,UK,centre,signs,sign,humorous,pub,bar,pubs,bars,chalkboard,pavement,signage,marketing,humour,sarcastic,city,street sign,irony,promising,hospitality,sandwich board sign,chalk lettering,handwritten sign,street humour UK,warning,Irish,Ireland,novelty sign,social commentary,visible text sign,fun,funny
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RFJ3B7 - This image shows a chalkboard A-frame sign placed on a pedestrian pavement outside a bar, using humour and irony to attract attention. The sign initially advertises Free cocktails and topless bartenders in bold handwritten lettering, before undercutting the claim with the phrase false advertising at the bottom. The joke relies on deliberate misdirection, a familiar style of British pub and bar humour designed to stop passers-by and provoke a smile.
The sign is painted in contrasting white chalk on a dark background and framed by a turquoise-painted wooden A-board, giving it a casual, informal appearance typical of independent bars and pubs. The surrounding pavement and shopfronts suggest a busy urban street, likely in a town or city centre with foot traffic and nightlife activity.
Such novelty signage is commonly used as a low-cost marketing tactic within the hospitality sector, blending comedy, irony, and street-level advertising to engage potential customers. The image captures a light-hearted moment of everyday urban culture, reflecting how humour is often used in public spaces to cut through advertising fatigue and create a sense of personality for bars and pubs.
Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
Description
Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,centre,bar,tap,room,beer,beers,food,restaurant,group,M1,Manchester,England,UK,M1 6EQ,Bundobust,Indian,dining,interior,brewery,at,inside,tables,pub,bars,pubs,diners,diner,eating,craft,Bundabust,India,concept,experience
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PMT9FY - . Bundobust restaurant interior, Brewery at St James Building, 61-69 Oxford Street, Manchester, England, UK, M1 6EQ. Photographed on 14 April 2023, this spring image records the subject in its real-world setting and provides a contemporary visual reference for the place, activity, object or organisation shown. The recorded location is St James Building, 61-69 Oxford Street, Manchester, England, UK, M1 6EQ, adding precise geographical context for editorial, documentary, travel and local-history searches. Key searchable subjects associated with the scene include bar, tap, room, beer, beers, food, restaurant, group, Manchester, M1 6EQ, Bundobust, Indian, providing natural SEO coverage without losing the specific documentary identity of the photograph. The interior viewpoint is useful for recording layout, fixtures, finishes, public access and the character of the space, details that exterior photographs cannot show. Architecturally, the scene records the form, materials, scale and public-facing character of the built environment, making it useful for coverage of design, planning, conservation, development and urban identity. The image has value for architectural and place-based research because buildings and interiors can be refurbished, repurposed, demolished or substantially altered, while streets and public spaces also evolve. The subject has strong relevance to British pub and beer culture, licensed premises, hospitality, brewing, cask ale, consumer leisure and the continuing role of pubs as social meeting places. It is suitable for coverage of the licensed trade, independent and managed pubs, brewery branding, CAMRA and real-ale culture, hospitality economics, changing drinking habits and the condition of the UK pub sector. Food and drink content broadens the image's relevance to eating out, grocery retail, hospitality, pricing, consumer choice, local food culture and the commercial presentation of meals, ingredients or products.
St James Building, 61-69 Oxford Street, Manchester, England, UK, M1 6EQ
Description
Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Merseyside,England,UK,L1,city,centre,81 Lime Street,Liverpool,L1 1JQ,ale,beer,brewery,pub,bar,pubs,bars,Victorian,at,the,Vines,letter,Tetley,Tetley-Walker,history,historic,The Big House,CAMRA,National Inventory,of,Historic Pub Interiors,Albert B Vines,Albert,outside,exterior,front,public houses
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PJHNYF - Why is The Vines on Lime Street known as 'The Big House'?
One of city's oldest and most popular pubs never goes by its real name
Taking up a huge chunk of the corner of Lime Street and Copperas Hill, ˜The Big House' is one of the city's most recognisable boozers.
The Vines - to use its official name - is the sister pub of the Philharmonic and is on CAMRA's National Inventory of Historic Pub Interiors.
The pub was built a whopping 150 years ago by Albert B Vines. In 1907, Walkers took over and rebuilt the pub into an ornate style.
Nowadays, it is known for good beer, live music and karaoke.
But why is it referred to as The Big House?
Echo readers James Parr said: I think it's because it used to be a jail. I remember one of my dad's mates telling me that.
It's been a gin palace and an old billiards room - could it have once been a prison, too?
We spoke to one of the managers at the Vines, Ron Taylor. He said: I'm sorry to disappoint you, but I think it's just called the Big House because it's... big.
81 Lime Street, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L1 1JQ
Description
Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Merseyside,England,UK,L1,centre,Liverpool,L1 1HU,Blob,blobs,Mr,blobby,pub,bar,pubs,bars,in,at,outside,exterior,hot,toddy,100ml,Aussie,Australia,white,Whites,with,sugar,lemon,and,hot water,Yatess Wine Lodge,Yates,wine,lodge,fat
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PJHNYK - Yates is an English pub chain. It was founded as Yates's Wine Lodge in Oldham, Lancashire by Peter and Simon Yates in 1884
Yates is Britain's oldest pub chain. Its motto was moderation is true temperance. The founders, brothers Peter and Simon Yates, were from Preston. Peter (who lived from April 22, 1854“1944) was sent to Spain to learn about wine. Simon went to the US to learn about business methods.
The first Yates Wine Lodge opened in Oldham in 1884
On July 23, 1994, Yates became a public company owned by the Yates Group PLC (Yates Brothers Wine Lodges PLC). The Yates Group also owned Ha! Ha! Bar & Canteen and operated pubs under the Blob Shop and Addison's name. In the late 1990s, its share price rose to reach a high of 550p in 1998.
In June 2001, the Yates Group entered takeover talks with Luminar Group. In July 2001, it withdrew from takeover talks and saying it would instead sell off 25 of its pubs, later putting 18 of them up for sale. On November 1, 2001, the Yates Group sold eight pubs to Morrells for £4 million, with four being in Grantham, Slough, Solihull and Tunbridge Wells.
In October 2003, Yates sold its Aussie White fortified brand to Halewood International for £1 million
Great Charlotte Street, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L1 1HU
Description
Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Merseyside,England,UK,L1,centre,Liverpool,L1 1HU,Blob,blobs,Mr,blobby,pub,bar,pubs,bars,in,at,outside,exterior,hot,toddy,100ml,Aussie,Australia,white,Whites,with,sugar,lemon,and,hot water,Yatess Wine Lodge,Yates,wine,lodge
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PJHNYP - Yates is an English pub chain. It was founded as Yates's Wine Lodge in Oldham, Lancashire by Peter and Simon Yates in 1884
Yates is Britain's oldest pub chain. Its motto was moderation is true temperance. The founders, brothers Peter and Simon Yates, were from Preston. Peter (who lived from April 22, 1854“1944) was sent to Spain to learn about wine. Simon went to the US to learn about business methods.
The first Yates Wine Lodge opened in Oldham in 1884
On July 23, 1994, Yates became a public company owned by the Yates Group PLC (Yates Brothers Wine Lodges PLC). The Yates Group also owned Ha! Ha! Bar & Canteen and operated pubs under the Blob Shop and Addison's name. In the late 1990s, its share price rose to reach a high of 550p in 1998.
In June 2001, the Yates Group entered takeover talks with Luminar Group. In July 2001, it withdrew from takeover talks and saying it would instead sell off 25 of its pubs, later putting 18 of them up for sale. On November 1, 2001, the Yates Group sold eight pubs to Morrells for £4 million, with four being in Grantham, Slough, Solihull and Tunbridge Wells.
In October 2003, Yates sold its Aussie White fortified brand to Halewood International for £1 million
Great Charlotte Street, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L1 1HU
Description
Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,English,England,Uk,Merseyside,tourist,tourism,attraction,attractions,Liverpool,UK,L1 9BB,the,Crack,history,historic,pubs,bar,bars,draught,ales,CAMRA,where,drank,beer,sign,signs,Marstons,outside,exterior,building,architecture,white,Beatles,The Dissenters
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PK2AX0 - The tiny Liverpool city pub Ye Cracke that was loved by Beatle John Lennon, The Beatle was known to even take girls on dates to the pub
Liverpool has plenty of links to The Beatles from The Cavern Club to The Casbah Coffee Club.
But there are some places in the city that have connections to the famous Fab Four which are lesser-known.
One of those places is Ye Cracke, hidden down a side street off Hope Street, on Rice Street.
Landlady of Ye Cracke, Zaidia Naif, told the ECHO: It's funny because a lot of local Liverpool people can't find the pub but The Beatles fans from as far as Mexico find it with no problem.
Obviously the pub has a big tourist pull because of the Beatles and its connection to John Lennon.
I have known fans to come as far as Japan, Australia, Canada and a lot from America.
Ye Cracke may be a seemingly normal, local boozer to many but to tourists it's known for being John Lennon's favourite watering hole.
When attending art school in Liverpool, former bartenders claim Lennon would drink Black Velvet, a cocktail made from Guinness and on top of sparkling wine.
He also took his first wife, Cynthia Lennon, on their first date after meeting her at a college dance.
Even to this day, a plaque can be found on the wall of the pub, commemorating an occasion in 1960 when Lennon, Stuart Sutcliffe, Bill Harry and Rod Murray attended the pub and formed a band called The Dissenters over a beer.
13 Rice street, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L1 9BB
Description
Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,UK,Godalming,Surrey,SE,South East,town,centre,Wetherspoon,problem,gambling,gamble,pub,machine,Stay in control,Set your limits,national,helpline,bonus,fruits,easy,access,the,Jack Phillips,GU7,48-56 High St,GU7 1DY,pubs,bars,ease,of,Gambling Commission,pubcos,cos,£100,payouts,payout
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PFAB4T - More at https://www.gamblingcommission.gov.uk/news/article/gambling-commission-calls-for-pub-industry-to-take-faster-action-to-prevent
Gambling Commission calls for pub industry to take faster action to prevent under 18s accessing gaming machines in pubs
18 October 2019
A review of pubs in England and Wales has shown that 84% of them are failing to prevent under 18-year-olds from playing Category C gaming machines, also known as fruit machines.
Local authorities have primary responsibility for regulating these machines and businesses are responsible for ensuring that they are compliant in checking age verification. Over the last 12 months the Gambling Commission has worked with local authorities and local police to test compliance with laws in place to protect children from the risks gambling can pose.
Children are not permitted to play Category C gaming machines in pubs. Staff are expected to stop children playing on the machines and there should be clear signage indicating the age restriction.
This follows a test sample taken in 2018 which found that 88% of pubs in England failed to prevent children accessing 18+ gaming machines.
The findings suggest that the rules in place around these machines are still not being appropriately enforced and many employees are still unaware of the restrictions.
Programme Director, Helen Rhodes said: The pub industry must accelerate action to enforce these rules. Pubs must take age verification on machines as seriously as they do for alcohol sales, and they risk losing their entitlement to offer machines if they do not.
Adding: ˜'The results last year were extremely disappointing and we have supported local authorities in their action to raise standards. This includes working with the providers of training to the pub industry to emphasise the legal requirements in training materials, as well as with the Home Office to work towards including materials on gambling in pubs in the curriculum for the personal licence holder
48-56 High St, Godalming, Surrey, England, UK, GU7 1DY
-pub-&-buildings--in-Church-Street--Godalming--Waverley--Surrey--England--UK--GU7-1EL-2PGAYHN.jpg)
Description
Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Surrey,Waverley,GU7,17,pubs,bars,quaint,visit,tourism,tourist,award,winning,&,and,buildings,history,historic,England,UK,GU7 1EL,lamp,lamps,lanterns,whitewashed,Pepperpot,the,towards,High,Street,St,GU7 1AB,town centre,ornate
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PGAYHN - . Made at 17 Church Street, Godalming, Waverley, Surrey, England, UK, GU7 1EL in 2023, 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 scene records The Star Inn (CAMRA award winning) pub & buildings, in Church Street, Godalming, Waverley, Surrey, England, UK, GU7 1EL. The broader subject matter reaches into licensed hospitality, real-ale culture, licensed trade, regional identity, local character, visual archive, cask-beer tradition, night-time economy, historic hostelry, local social venue, archival record, period detail, pub heritage, and visitor hospitality. Today's relevance is strengthened by changing drinking habits, energy costs and the continuing question of the value of historic pubs to tourism and local identity. As a dated visual record of 17 Church Street, Godalming, Waverley, Surrey, England, UK, GU7 1EL, the frame retains landscape treatment and surrounding development, making it especially useful if refurbishment subsequently changes the scene. Further associations within the scene are community identity, traditional ale house, changing land use, everyday life, before-and-after reference, hospitality economy, social history, and documentary photography. Details involving CAMRA, Waverley, buildings, Surrey, and award make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. The wider setting at 17 Church Street, Godalming, Waverley, Surrey, England, UK, GU7 1EL matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. Another strand within the photograph is changing drinking habits and the value of historic pubs to tourism and local identity within the specific setting of 17 Church Street, Godalming, Waverley, Surrey, England, UK, GU7 1EL.
17 Church Street, Godalming, Waverley, Surrey, England, UK, GU7 1EL
-pub-&-buildings--in-Church-Street--Godalming--Waverley--Surrey--England--UK--GU7-1EL-2PGAYHR.jpg)
Description
Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Surrey,Waverley,GU7,17,pubs,bars,quaint,visit,tourism,tourist,award,winning,&,and,buildings,history,historic,England,UK,GU7 1EL,lamp,lamps,lanterns,whitewashed,building,bar,winner,sunny,ornate,outside,entrance,stars,The Star Godalming,beer,GU7 1AB,the,pub
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PGAYHR - . This authentic period view of 17 Church Street, Godalming, Waverley, Surrey, England, UK, GU7 1EL in 2023 preserves the main subject alongside smaller contextual details that can acquire greater historical value as places and uses change. The principal subject is The Star Inn (CAMRA award winning) pub & buildings, in Church Street, Godalming, Waverley, Surrey, England, UK, GU7 1EL. The broader subject matter reaches into changing land use, archival record, visitor hospitality, everyday life, hospitality economy, contemporary social history, social history, historic hostelry, local social venue, licensed hospitality, traditional pub, traditional ale house, regional identity, and local character. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with energy costs, tourism and pressure on hospitality margins in the mid-2020s. Future viewers can use this scene from 17 Church Street, Godalming, Waverley, Surrey, England, UK, GU7 1EL to compare local activity and public use with whatever follows after new construction. Further associations within the scene are pub heritage, night-time economy, changing streetscape, community drinking venue, local history, public realm, period detail, and community identity. The recorded references to Waverley, buildings, CAMRA, winning, and award preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. A later view of 17 Church Street, Godalming, Waverley, Surrey, England, UK, GU7 1EL 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 energy costs and pressure on hospitality margins in the mid-2020s as part of the longer story of 17 Church Street, Godalming, Waverley, Surrey, England, UK, GU7 1EL. It also preserves evidence of earlier appearance for future local research. The photograph keeps period character before later change alters the scene.
17 Church Street, Godalming, Waverley, Surrey, England, UK, GU7 1EL
-pub-in-Church-Street--Godalming--Waverley--Surrey--England--UK--GU7-1EL-2PG60YW.jpg)
Description
Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Surrey,UK,England,GU7,GU7 1AB,the,award,winner,bar,pub,in,beer,ales,white,exterior,historic,history,entrance,building,lamps,and,buildings,tourist,winning,GU7 1EL,whitewashed,lanterns,The Star Godalming,pubs,tourism,bars,Waverley,quaint,visit,public house,community,boozer
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PG60YW - . This dated editorial view of 17 Church Street, Godalming, Waverley, Surrey, England, UK, GU7 1EL in 2023 captures more than the immediate subject, retaining clues about local use, design, activity and change. The subject captured here is The Star Inn (CAMRA award winning) pub in Church Street, Godalming, Waverley, Surrey, England, UK, GU7 1EL. The subject also carries associations with licensed hospitality, changing land use, local history, regional identity, social history, public realm, documentary photography, historic hostelry, visitor hospitality, local social venue, contemporary social history, place identity, archival record, and everyday life. Current relevance extends to beer duty and consumer spending, particularly through the continuing appeal of real ale and regional brewing. The image fixes local activity and public use within 17 Church Street, Godalming, Waverley, Surrey, England, UK, GU7 1EL at one identifiable point, providing a benchmark against changing commercial priorities. The surrounding story also includes local character, night-time economy, community drinking venue, historical comparison, cask-beer tradition, traditional ale house, visual archive, and beer-led hospitality. References to award, Surrey, CAMRA, Waverley, and winning give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. A later view of 17 Church Street, Godalming, Waverley, Surrey, England, UK, GU7 1EL may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. Another useful connection is beer duty and the continuing appeal of real ale and regional brewing in a form that can be compared with future views of 17 Church Street, Godalming, Waverley, Surrey, England, UK, GU7 1EL. The scene further reflects staffing pressure and the continuing appeal of real ale and regional brewing within the real-world context of 17 Church Street, Godalming, Waverley, Surrey, England, UK, GU7 1EL.
17 Church Street, Godalming, Waverley, Surrey, England, UK, GU7 1EL
-pub-in-Church-Street--Godalming--Waverley--Surrey--England--UK--GU7-1EL-2PG60Y8.jpg)
Description
Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Surrey,UK,England,GU7,bar,in,Church Street,Waverley,GU7 1EL,Inn,notes,charity,raised,donation,real,perry,local,community,boozer,building,public house,The Star Godalming,bars,quaint,visit,pubs,tourism,tourist,winning,historic,history,ales,beer,pub,winner,award,the
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PG60Y8 - . This dated editorial view of 17 Church Street, Godalming, Waverley, Surrey, England, UK, GU7 1EL in 2023 captures more than the immediate subject, retaining clues about local use, design, activity and change. The image documents The Star Inn events blackboard (CAMRA award winning) pub in Church Street, Godalming, Waverley, Surrey, England, UK, GU7 1EL. The locality and subject together evoke traditional pub, historical comparison, archival record, cask-beer tradition, local character, licensed trade, beer-led hospitality, pub heritage, licensed hospitality, everyday life, before-and-after reference, regional identity, visual archive, and historic hostelry. Current relevance extends to changing drinking habits and consumer spending, particularly through the survival of pubs as both businesses and informal community spaces. The archival value lies partly in recording lettering, decoration and surface detail around 17 Church Street, Godalming, Waverley, Surrey, England, UK, GU7 1EL before different community use alters the character of the place. The location also brings in visitor hospitality, night-time economy, place identity, contemporary social history, community identity, changing streetscape, public realm, and documentary photography. Elements such as winning, Surrey, award, blackboard, and Church add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. For 17 Church Street, Godalming, Waverley, Surrey, England, UK, GU7 1EL, the photograph contributes to a cumulative visual history in which changes in use, signs, access and appearance can be traced over time. The wider significance includes changing drinking habits and the survival of pubs as both businesses and informal community spaces without losing the local specificity of 17 Church Street, Godalming, Waverley, Surrey, England, UK, GU7 1EL. The frame retains a point of historical comparison before later change alters the scene.
17 Church Street, Godalming, Waverley, Surrey, England, UK, GU7 1EL
Description
Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Merseyside,city,centre,England,UK,L1,The,L1 2SP,87,Renshaw Street,old,1970s,at,on,a,history,historic,bars,pubs,St. Jamess Gate Dublin,St Jamess Gate Dublin,ornate,is,good,for,you,tap,dispenser,Irish,stout,Ireland,Eire,the,Black Stuff,St Patricks Day,St Patrick
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2MA7NF1 - . Photographed at 87 Renshaw St, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L1 2SP in 2023, this detailed documentary image records the subject within its real surroundings and preserves a specific stage in the life of the location. The defining feature is Old 1970s Guinness pump at The Dispensary, 87 Renshaw St, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L1 2SP. Other connected aspects include traditional ale house, traditional materials, archival record, licensed trade, local character, documentary photography, conservation interest, historic streetscape, everyday life, traditional pub, place identity, changing streetscape, period architecture, and contemporary social history. In present-day coverage, the subject reaches into consumer spending and business rates, not least because of the survival of local pubs as social meeting places. Today's relevance is strengthened by heritage conservation, adaptive reuse and the continuing question of how historic fabric can support regeneration rather than demolition. Small period details of materials and architectural details at 87 Renshaw St, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L1 2SP may become more significant with time, particularly following changing commercial priorities. Other useful contextual ideas include period building, changing land use, regional identity, community identity, public-house heritage, built heritage, heritage landmark, and local social venue. Elements such as 1970s, Liverpool, Dispensary, Merseyside, and Guinness add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. By fixing the subject within 87 Renshaw St, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L1 2SP, the image preserves more than the headline object or building: it records part of the locality's everyday history. The scene captures details of everyday use for future local research. The period view preserves evidence of changing use before later change alters the scene.
87 Renshaw St, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L1 2SP
Description
Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,UK,Cheshire,England,WA1 2SX,33 Church Street,at,in the,the,Bulls Head,traditional,history,historic,night,evening,in,boozer,old,lit,illuminated,outside,exterior,Victorian,drinking,den,cask,ale,ales,town,centre,Warringtonian,Warringtonians,hostelry,bar,pubs
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M3JBHE - . This scene at 33 Church Street, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 2SX 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 image documents The Bulls Head pub, 33 Church Street, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 2SX at dusk. The broader subject matter reaches into changing land use, historical comparison, ecclesiastical architecture, everyday life, sacred space, parish history, changing streetscape, traditional ale house, documentary photography, place identity, visual archive, religious landmark, real-ale culture, and religious heritage. In present-day coverage, the subject reaches into tourism and energy costs, not least because of the value of historic pubs to tourism and local identity. Today's relevance is strengthened by tourism, historic fabric and the continuing question of the challenge of maintaining historic fabric amid rising costs. The archival value lies partly in recording lettering, decoration and surface detail around 33 Church Street, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 2SX before closure or conversion alters the character of the place. Further associations within the scene are ecclesiastical art, beer-led hospitality, social history, archival record, night-time economy, sacred architecture, visitor hospitality, and pub heritage. Elements such as Bulls and Church add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. By fixing the subject within 33 Church Street, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 2SX, the image preserves more than the headline object or building: it records part of the locality's everyday history. The scene further reflects tourism and the value of historic pubs to tourism and local identity in a form that can be compared with future views of 33 Church Street, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 2SX.
33 Church Street, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 2SX
-years-of-the-CAMRA-compiled-Good-Beer-Guide-2KAHRXP.jpg)
Description
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
-years-of-the-CAMRA-compiled-Good-Beer-Guide-2KAHRXR.jpg)
Description
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
Description
Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,UK,Warrington,Cheshire,England,kegs,keg,aluminium,metal,brewery,up,a,delivery,pubs,industry,drinks,30 litre,thirty,litre,drink,drinks supply,British,booze,Britain,cask,casks,containers,empty,barrel,barrels,tracked,live,ale,beers
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M3JBDW - . A grounded documentary photograph made at Appleton Thorn , village, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 4SN in 2022, combining the immediate subject with evidence of the surrounding streetscape, public realm, business activity or local character. The image documents Stacks of beer barrels, 30 litre craft kegs, Cheshire, England, UK. The broader subject matter reaches into community identity, changing land use, everyday life, traditional pub, traditional ale house, visitor hospitality, visual archive, pub heritage, before-and-after reference, licensed trade, night-time economy, historic hostelry, public realm, and social history. Today's relevance is strengthened by pub closures, staffing pressure and the continuing question of the survival of pubs as both businesses and informal community spaces. As a dated visual record of Appleton Thorn , village, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 4SN, the frame retains street furniture and boundaries, making it especially useful if different community use subsequently changes the scene. The photograph additionally reflects beer-led hospitality, historical comparison, documentary photography, community drinking venue, contemporary social history, archival record, local social venue, and changing streetscape. Elements such as litre, craft, Stacks, and barrels add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. The wider setting at Appleton Thorn , village, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 4SN matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. Another strand within the photograph is pub closures and the continuing appeal of real ale and regional brewing as part of the longer story of Appleton Thorn , village, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 4SN. The period view preserves a local visual benchmark before later change alters the scene.
Appleton Thorn , village, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 4SN
Description
Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Yorkshire,bar,bars,pubs,riverside pub,York city centre,summer sunshine,England,UK,the,hospitality,historic pub,pub sign,outdoor seating,riverside drinking,British pub culture,York tourism,city landmark,socialising outdoors,beer garden,historic building,riverside walkway,people relaxing,leisure time,sunny day,North Yorkshire city,hospitality industry,local pub,editorial photography,documentary image,history,tourists,tourist,tourism,YO1 9SN,YO1
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2R59X4P - This image shows The Kings Arms, a well-known traditional public house located beside the River Ouse in the historic centre of York. The pub is a familiar landmark on King's Staith and is popular with both residents and visitors, particularly during warm summer weather when outdoor seating is in use.
The Kings Arms occupies a characterful historic building and is closely associated with riverside life in York. Its proximity to the river means it is also known for periodic flooding, an issue that has become part of its local identity and media profile over the years.
In this scene, people are gathered outside the pub enjoying drinks and conversation under clear blue skies, reflecting the social role of English pubs as informal community meeting places. The visible pub sign reinforces its identity as a long-established and recognisable venue within the city.
With York's historic riverside architecture and pedestrian activity in the background, the image captures everyday leisure and tourism in one of England's most visited historic cities. It is well suited for editorial use covering British pub culture, urban leisure, tourism, riverside life, and summer social scenes in the UK.
The Kings Arms River Ouse, King's Staith, York, England, UK , YO1 9SN
Description
Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,North Yorkshire,England,UK,YO1 9SP,YO1,Stone Roses Bar York,music bar York,indie bar,alternative music venue,York nightlife,city centre bar,evening venue,bar,pubs,bars,music,York city centre,King Street York,live music bar,DJ bar,Manchester music influence,Britpop heritage,pub exterior,urban nightlife,cultural tourism,popular music history,red brick building,street scene,documentary photography,editorial image,Madchester,Ian Brown,Mani,Gary Mani Mounfield
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2R59X6W - This image shows the exterior of the Stone Roses Bar, a well-known music-themed bar located on King Street in York. The venue is named after the influential British band The Stone Roses and reflects the continuing cultural legacy of late-1980s and early-1990s indie and Madchester music.
The red brick façade is decorated with distinctive signage, posters, and window graphics referencing British alternative music culture. The building's historic urban fabric contrasts with the modern graphic artwork and band imagery, linking York's traditional streetscape with contemporary nightlife and popular music heritage.
Bars such as this play an important role in city-centre evening economies, attracting locals, students, and visitors interested in alternative music scenes and themed venues. The Stone Roses Bar is particularly associated with indie, Britpop, and guitar-based music, often hosting DJs and events that celebrate British rock history.
Photographed in daylight, the image documents the venue as part of York's wider cultural and nightlife landscape. It is well suited to editorial use covering British music culture, urban leisure, themed bars, tourism, and the influence of iconic bands on local identity and commercial spaces.
Stone Roses Bar, King Street, York, North Yorkshire, England, UK, YO1 9SP
Description
Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,High Peak,Derbyshire,UK,SK13 5EZ,George,Dragon,summer,flowers,open,G&D,stone,sandstone,millstone grit,corner,pub,pubs,bar,bars,hanging,baskets,history,historic,inn,tavern,public house,food,gastropub,restaurant,outside,exterior,door,doorway
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K1NRHA - . An identifiable period record of 1 Glossop Rd, Charlesworth, Glossop, High Peak, Derbyshire, England, UK, SK13 5EZ in 2022, retaining practical detail and local context that distinguish documentary photography from a generic illustration. The principal subject is George and Dragon pub, 1 Glossop Rd, Charlesworth, Glossop, High Peak, Derbyshire, England, UK, SK13 5EZ. The subject also carries associations with food-and-drink business, community identity, casual dining, local social venue, regional identity, traditional hostelry, customer-facing leisure, street-level dining, rural economy, before-and-after reference, hospitality trade, farm produce, period detail, and neighbourhood drinking venue. The wider contemporary story combines business rates, commercial rents and how branded and independent hospitality compete for changing leisure spending. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with agricultural policy, soil health and how hotter and wetter weather affects crop reliability. Small period details of public access and movement at 1 Glossop Rd, Charlesworth, Glossop, High Peak, Derbyshire, England, UK, SK13 5EZ may become more significant with time, particularly following closure or conversion. A second descriptive layer includes everyday life, pub heritage, summer fieldwork, licensed trade, visual archive, night-time economy, place identity, and archival record. Elements such as Derbyshire, Charlesworth, Dragon, Glossop, and George add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. A later view of 1 Glossop Rd, Charlesworth, Glossop, High Peak, Derbyshire, England, UK, SK13 5EZ may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. The image fixes part of the area's social history as part of 1 Glossop Rd, Charlesworth, Glossop, High Peak, Derbyshire, England, UK, SK13 5EZ's history.
1 Glossop Rd, Charlesworth, Glossop, High Peak, Derbyshire, England, UK, SK13 5EZ
Description
Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,SK13,The George Hotel,the,34,High Peak,Derbyshire,UK,SK13 7QU,pub,bar,sign,outside,exterior,hotels,pubs,bars,signs,pub sign,closed,old,history,historic,George,heritage,lost,unused,not,open,signage,stone,building,architecture
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K1RDEJ - The George Hotel was orginal built in 1836. In 1845 obtained its first alehouse license to cater for passengers from the newly then built raiway station. In 1855 it was called the Station Inn and Railway Hotel. In 1990 the hotel was bought by George and Jean Wharmby who renamed it to The George Hotel. The George Hotel is just a minute s walk from Glossop Rail Station, The George Hotel provides rooms with private en suite bathrooms and full English breakfasts on the edge of The Peak District. The George s rooms provide TVs, free Wi-Fi, and en suite private bathrooms. Tea and coffee facilities are also available, and some rooms offer views of the town and surrounding hills. A split-level restaurant is available to guests, featuring a varied menu including traditional British cuisine, vegetarian options, and continental dishes. Guests can also enjoy full English breakfasts in the restaurant.
34 Norfolk Street, Glossop, High Peak, Derbyshire, England, UK, SK13 7QU
Description
Keywords: @HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,Cheshire,England,UK,CW3,CW3 0AB,pubs,bar,bars,dock,docks,and,the,pub,Fly,summer,blue,sky,crane,lift,Victorian,equipment,building,buildings,architecture,reflection,reflections,water,waterway,route,routes,canals,network,mooring,towpath,towpaths
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JP5T7T - . This dated editorial view of Audlem, Cheshire, England, UK, CW3 0AB in 2022 captures more than the immediate subject, retaining clues about local use, design, activity and change. The image documents Audlem Marina and the Shroppie Fly pub, Audlem, Cheshire, England, UK, CW3 0AB. Another layer of the photograph includes everyday life, archival record, contemporary social history, visual archive, before-and-after reference, conservation architecture, architectural character, changing land use, period detail, place identity, period architecture, historic streetscape, historical comparison, and social history. Today's relevance is strengthened by redevelopment pressure, tourism and the continuing question of the balance between conservation, retrofit and modern accessibility. As a dated visual record of Audlem, Cheshire, England, UK, CW3 0AB, the frame retains local activity and public use, making it especially useful if later reinterpretation subsequently changes the scene. Other useful contextual ideas include regional identity, local character, adaptive reuse, heritage asset, period building, heritage landmark, documentary photography, and public realm. Elements such as Audlem, Marina, and Shroppie add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. The period setting at Audlem, Cheshire, England, UK, CW3 0AB 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 redevelopment pressure and the balance between conservation, retrofit and modern accessibility within the specific setting of Audlem, Cheshire, England, UK, CW3 0AB. The setting also helps illustrate heritage conservation and how historic buildings acquire new uses as cities change as part of the longer story of Audlem, Cheshire, England, UK, CW3 0AB. The period view preserves period character as a date-specific reference.
Audlem, Cheshire, England, UK, CW3 0AB
Description
Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,UK,Cheshire,CW5,bar,live,music,gig,pub,celebrate,celebration,celebrating,cheery,happy,decorated,decorations,outside,exterior,pubs,bars,sunny,blue,sky,skies,hotel,heritage,Victorian,blue sky,blue skies,town,town centre,interesting,tourist,tourism,attraction,attractions,band
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JNN53X - . This scene at Pillory St, Nantwich, Cheshire, England, UK, CW5 5SS 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 Summer bunting at the Railway Hotel, Pillory St, Nantwich, Cheshire, England, UK, CW5 5SS. Further facets of the scene include historical comparison, period detail, place identity, public realm, creative culture, cultural venue, gallery space, arts heritage, creative industries, social history, contemporary social history, arts destination, local character, and everyday life. For current editorial use, venue costs and cultural tourism provide additional context, especially through how arts spaces contribute to local identity and tourism. The image fixes transport arrangements and footfall within Pillory St, Nantwich, Cheshire, England, UK, CW5 5SS at one identifiable point, providing a benchmark against redevelopment. The photograph additionally reflects changing land use, performance venue, changing streetscape, local cultural identity, community identity, before-and-after reference, visual archive, and regional identity. Details involving bunting, Summer, Hotel, Railway, and Nantwich make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. Around Pillory St, Nantwich, Cheshire, England, UK, CW5 5SS, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. Another useful connection is venue costs and the financial pressure faced by many galleries and performance venues without losing the local specificity of Pillory St, Nantwich, Cheshire, England, UK, CW5 5SS. The scene further reflects heritage and the role of cultural venues in sustaining city-centre activity in a form that can be compared with future views of Pillory St, Nantwich, Cheshire, England, UK, CW5 5SS.
Pillory St, Nantwich, Cheshire, England, UK, CW5 5SS
Description
Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,UK,Cheshire,CW5,Pillory St,pubs,bar,bars,signs,the,band,bands,music,hotels,Beatle,Inn,local,community,pubsign,musicians,musician,on,a,English,British,memorabilia,fan,fans,Star pubs,and,Nigel Humphreys,Jane Hobson,manager,managers,landlord,Star,rent
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JNN5H4 - . This authentic period view of Pillory Street, Nantwich, Cheshire, England, UK, CW5 5SS in 2022 preserves the main subject alongside smaller contextual details that can acquire greater historical value as places and uses change. The image documents The Railway Hotel, Beatles sign, Pillory St, Nantwich, Cheshire, England, UK, CW5 5SS. Other connected aspects include community noticeboard, orientation signage, local character, everyday life, place identity, public information signage, period detail, public realm, changing land use, instructional sign, transport stop marker, roadside information, visual archive, and before-and-after reference. For current editorial use, transport information and accessibility provide additional context, especially through the importance of clear wayfinding in public and transport environments. The archival value lies partly in recording signage and branding around Pillory Street, Nantwich, Cheshire, England, UK, CW5 5SS before conservation work alters the character of the place. The photograph additionally reflects directional sign, local history, navigation aid, archival record, local information board, documentary photography, wayfinding marker, and contemporary social history. References to Railway, Nantwich, Pillory, Hotel, and Beatles give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. The wider setting at Pillory Street, Nantwich, Cheshire, England, UK, CW5 5SS matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. Its period value extends to transport information and how small pieces of street furniture become recognisable parts of local identity within the specific setting of Pillory Street, Nantwich, Cheshire, England, UK, CW5 5SS. The record includes evidence of earlier appearance for later comparison. Image 2JNN5H4 also remains a dated record of Pillory Street, Nantwich, Cheshire, England, UK, CW5 5SS.
Pillory Street, Nantwich, Cheshire, England, UK, CW5 5SS
Description
Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,UK,England,Soho,London,bar,pubs,bars,W1D 5BG,York Minster,informally,French pub,the,Suggs,half pints,halves,À tous les Français,city of Westminster,sunny,heritage,traditional,classic,vintage,buildings,walking tour,tours,famous,site,sites,run,entertainments,reason,to,visit,liberal,liberated,area
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JJGB2E - The French House is a pub and dining room at 49 Dean Street, Soho, London. It was previously known as the York Minster, but was informally called the French pub or the French house by its regulars. It sells more Ricard than anywhere else in Britain, and only serves beer in half-pints except on 1 April, when a recent custom apparently has been that Suggs serves the first pint of the day
The pub was opened by a German national named Christian Schmitt in 1891 and traded as York Minster. Schmitt died in 1911. His wife, Bertha Margaretha Schmitt, continued to run the pub until 1914
After the fall of France during the Second World War, General Charles de Gaulle escaped to London where he formed the Free French Forces. His speech rallying the French people, À tous les Français, is said to have been written in the pub.
The French House has always been popular with artists and writers. Brendan Behan wrote large portions of The Quare Fellow there, and Dylan Thomas once left the manuscript of Under Milk Wood under his chair. Other regulars over the years have included Francis Bacon, Tom Baker, Daniel Farson, Lucian Freud, Slim Gaillard, Augustus John, Malcolm Lowry, and John Mortimer.
The name was changed to The French House after the fire at York Minster in 1984. Contributions toward the restoration fund started arriving at the pub. Upon forwarding them, Gaston Berlemont found that the cathedral had been receiving deliveries of claret intended for him.
In recent years, landlady Lesley Lewis has encouraged Soho photographers to exhibit in the pub with regular contributions from John Claridge, William Corbett, Carla Borel and Peter Clark
and members of illustrators' collective, Le Gun. Claridge based his Soho Faces project at the French from 2004 to 2017. He said, I decided to document the customers at The French in earnest. For me, it was the one place in Soho that still held its Bohemian character, where people truly chose to share time and conversation
49 Dean St, Soho, London, England, UK, W1D 5BG
Description
Keywords: GotonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,bars,bar,pub. pubs,dusk,night,evening,2,London,England,UK,SW1Y 6JP,the,Mayfair,Public Bar,doors,door,and,public,boozer,CAMRA,interior,interiors,inside,pub,inventory,inventories,listed,building,Victorian,style,ornate,nighttime,pubs,public houses
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JKGJDM - . A grounded documentary photograph made at 2 Duke of York St, St. James's, London, England, UK, SW1Y 6JP in 2022, combining the immediate subject with evidence of the surrounding streetscape, public realm, business activity or local character. The defining feature is The Red Lion Mayfair, Public Bar doors and public bar, 2 Duke of York St, St. James's, London, England, UK, SW1Y 6JP. The setting additionally reflects archival record, local history, adaptive reuse, documentary photography, conservation architecture, place identity, built heritage, local character, public realm, conservation interest, period detail, historical comparison, social history, and community identity. Current relevance extends to redevelopment pressure and adaptive reuse, particularly through the balance between conservation, retrofit and modern accessibility. As a dated visual record of 2 Duke of York St, St. James's, London, England, UK, SW1Y 6JP, the frame retains street furniture and boundaries, making it especially useful if later reinterpretation subsequently changes the scene. Other useful contextual ideas include heritage asset, architectural character, contemporary social history, urban fabric, regional identity, cityscape history, period architecture, and heritage landmark. Details involving Mayfair, James's, Public, London, and doors make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. By fixing the subject within 2 Duke of York St, St. James's, London, England, UK, SW1Y 6JP, the image preserves more than the headline object or building: it records part of the locality's everyday history. The setting also helps illustrate redevelopment pressure and the value of architectural landmarks to local identity and tourism within the real-world context of 2 Duke of York St, St. James's, London, England, UK, SW1Y 6JP. The frame retains a trace of local identity as a date-specific reference.
2 Duke of York St, St. James's, London, England, UK, SW1Y 6JP
Description
Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Society,LTD,WA7,33,Halton,Cheshire,England,UK,WA7 1HU,beer,inside,interior,bar,pub,the tap,tap,art,posters,atmosphere,club,bars,pubs,outside,arts,arts space,new,repurposed,open,opened,reopening,regeneration,revitalised,entertainment,venue
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K13HN0 - . Photographed at 33 Ashridge St, Runcorn, Halton, Cheshire, England, UK, WA7 1HU in 2022, this detailed documentary image records the subject within its real surroundings and preserves a specific stage in the life of the location. The defining feature is The Society Tap, Runcorn, 33 Ashridge St, Runcorn, Halton, Cheshire, England, UK, WA7 1HU. The broader subject matter reaches into licensed hospitality, social history, song-inspired design, music tourism, public realm, cultural branding, hospitality trade, licensed trade, documentary photography, visual archive, popular-music heritage, music-themed venue, food-and-drink business, and night-time economy. For current editorial use, staffing pressure and pub closures provide additional context, especially through how branded and independent hospitality compete for changing leisure spending. Current relevance extends to cultural heritage and fan culture, particularly through how popular music is reused in hospitality and tourism branding. Small period details of building condition and alterations at 33 Ashridge St, Runcorn, Halton, Cheshire, England, UK, WA7 1HU may become more significant with time, particularly following different community use. A second descriptive layer includes neighbourhood drinking venue, before-and-after reference, street-level dining, local music culture, traditional hostelry, archival record, historical comparison, and community identity. References to Runcorn, Society, Ashridge, and Halton give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. The period setting at 33 Ashridge St, Runcorn, Halton, Cheshire, England, UK, WA7 1HU helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. The record includes a point of historical comparison within the wider story of 33 Ashridge St, Runcorn, Halton, Cheshire, England, UK, WA7 1HU.
33 Ashridge St, Runcorn, Halton, Cheshire, England, UK, WA7 1HU
Description
Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,cheshire,WA14,Greater Manchester,England,UK,WA14 4DE,at,night,the,Inn,Alty,pub,pubs,bar,bars,drinking,places,business,beer,evening,Orange Tree,Inns,Trafford,council,licensing,tree,trees,SkySports,Sky,sport,sports,entrance,trough,square,sq
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JCR534 - . Made at Old Market Place, Altrincham, Greater Manchester, England, UK, WA14 4DE 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 image documents The Orange Tree Inn pub at dusk, Old Market Place, Altrincham, Greater Manchester, England, UK, WA14 4DE. The setting additionally reflects hospitality venue, retail property, shopfront economy, physical store, casual dining, documentary photography, public realm, destination dining, destination retail, town-centre economy, independent food retail, outdoor retail, archival record, and before-and-after reference. Current relevance extends to consumer spending and staffing pressure, particularly through how food and drink help define neighbourhood identity. In present-day coverage, the subject reaches into brand consolidation and business rates, not least because of how physical shops adapt to online competition. The archival value lies partly in recording building condition and alterations around Old Market Place, Altrincham, Greater Manchester, England, UK, WA14 4DE before altered transport patterns alters the character of the place. The surrounding story also includes high-street commerce, licensed hospitality, regional identity, brand-led retail, everyday life, changing streetscape, leisure spending, and food tourism. The combination of Orange, Greater, Manchester, Place, and Market anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. The period setting at Old Market Place, Altrincham, Greater Manchester, England, UK, WA14 4DE helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. The scene further reflects consumer spending and how food and drink help define neighbourhood identity as part of the longer story of Old Market Place, Altrincham, Greater Manchester, England, UK, WA14 4DE.
Old Market Place, Altrincham, Greater Manchester, England, UK, WA14 4DE
Description
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
Description
Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,Cheshire,WA1,UK,United Kingdom,town,centre,North West England,North West,England,WA12NT,new building,new development,Time sq,relax,relaxed,local,bar,bars,pubs,outlet,CAMRA,listed,popular,gin,gins,cocktail,cocktails,Artisan,wine,pub,drinking,establishment,spirits,trader,traders
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JAPXCH - . This location-specific image from 2 Time Square, Warrington, Cheshire, England,UK, WA1 2NT 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 Bar Artisan, Warrington New Market, 2 Time Square,Cheshire,England,UK, WA1 2NT. Further facets of the scene include before-and-after reference, urban social history, public realm, site transformation, construction phase, changing land use, visual archive, street-level documentary, pedestrian environment, changing streetscape, contemporary city life, social history, regional identity, and social landscape. For current editorial use, labour shortages and construction costs provide additional context, especially through how temporary building sites mark a visible stage of long-term land-use change. Current relevance extends to footfall and street safety, particularly through the relationship between public space and local social life. Future viewers can use this scene from 2 Time Square, Warrington, Cheshire, England,UK, WA1 2NT to compare building condition and alterations with whatever follows after different community use. The photograph additionally reflects townscape record, site redevelopment, commercial construction, care-sector construction, residential development, development site, local history, and new-build scheme. References to Square, Market, and Artisan give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. For 2 Time Square, Warrington, Cheshire, England,UK, WA1 2NT, 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 labour shortages and how temporary building sites mark a visible stage of long-term land-use change when considered against later change at 2 Time Square, Warrington, Cheshire, England,UK, WA1 2NT.
2 Time Square, Warrington, Cheshire, England,UK, WA1 2NT
Description
Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,Cheshire,WA1,UK,United Kingdom,town,centre,North West England,North West,England,WA12NT,new building,new development,Time sq,relax,relaxed,local,bar,bars,pubs,outlet,CAMRA,listed,real,ale,ales,beer,craft,beers,IPA,stout,drinkers,customers,busy,popular,trader,traders
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JAPXCK - . This location-specific image from 2 Time Square, Warrington, Cheshire, England,UK, WA1 2NT in 2022 provides a visual record of the subject in everyday context, useful for both contemporary editorial work and later historical comparison. The defining feature is The Hop Emporium, Warrington New Market, 2 Time Square,Cheshire,England,UK, WA1 2NT. The setting additionally reflects public realm, community identity, hospitality venue, contemporary city life, community life, historical comparison, place identity, destination dining, contemporary social history, documentary photography, hospitality trade, night-time economy, archival record, and before-and-after reference. In present-day coverage, the subject reaches into commercial rents and consumer spending, not least because of the resilience of customer-facing businesses in a high-cost economy. Today's relevance is strengthened by community use, commercial change and the continuing question of how ordinary street scenes become valuable records as businesses and infrastructure change. The image fixes equipment and working practice within 2 Time Square, Warrington, Cheshire, England,UK, WA1 2NT at one identifiable point, providing a benchmark against refurbishment. The photograph additionally reflects urban change, licensed hospitality, local character, regional identity, food-and-drink business, townscape record, street-level documentary, and changing streetscape. References to Square, Emporium, and Market give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. A later view of 2 Time Square, Warrington, Cheshire, England,UK, WA1 2NT may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. Another strand within the photograph is commercial rents and the resilience of customer-facing businesses in a high-cost economy without losing the local specificity of 2 Time Square, Warrington, Cheshire, England,UK, WA1 2NT.
2 Time Square, Warrington, Cheshire, England,UK, WA1 2NT
Description
Keywords: GoTonySmith,@hotpixUK,Hotpixuk,England,UK,&,Co,company,brewer,brewery,now,owned,by,Marsden,stained glass,logo,logs,tiled,tiles,design,pubs,bars,CF10,CF10 1GH,junction,of,and,Cymru,traditional,Brain,SA,boozer,bar,grade II,listed,building,ceramic tiling,gay,CAMRA,public houses
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JDJ48T - The Golden Cross is a Grade II listed public house at the junction of Customhouse Street and Hayes Bridge Road in the centre of Cardiff, Wales. The current building dates from 1903 and is noted for its distinctive ceramic tiling.
History
A pub has existed on the site since 1849, originally named the Shields and Newcastle Tavern. It was renamed the Castle Inn in 1855 and assumed its present name in 1863. The Cardiff historian Brian Lee has said the Golden Cross developed a reputation as the smartest brothel in town in the 19th century. Around 1903/4 it was rebult in its current form for Brains Brewery.
The Golden Cross is alleged to be the site of a fight involving a young Rocky Marciano, who was stationed in Wales during his time in the United States Army during World War 2. Also during the war, the fascist leader Oswald Mosley attempted to hold a meeting at the pub but violent opposition forced him to return to London.
The pub was given listed status by Cadw in May 1975, but despite this it was threatened with demolition in 1979 as part of a road-widening scheme. However it was reprieved after a campaign led by the South Wales Echo. In 2010 it was listed by CAMRA as one of their 10 most unspoilt pubs by the CAMRA Pub Heritage Group and is listed on CAMRA's National Inventory of Historic Pub Interiors.
The Golden Cross has become a popular gay friendly pub, with regular drag acts and entertainment. It was voted in 2004 as the best gay pub in the UK. The pub remains a tied house of the Brains Brewery.
Architecture
Tiled panel showing Cardiff's Old Town Hall and the statue of Lord Bute
CAMRA's Inventory of Historic Pub Interiors describes the Golden Cross as the most spectacularly decorated of any in Wales.
The bar tiles, featuring distinctive corner grotesques, were designed by Craven Dunnill of Shropshire. The interior has several decorative pictorial panels of tiles that depict Cardiff Castle, Brains Brewery in 1890, and Cardiff's Old Town hall
junction of Customhouse Street and Hayes Bridge Road, Cardiff, Wales, UK, CF10 1GH
Description
Keywords: GoTonySmith,@hotpixUK,Hotpixuk,England,UK,Cardiff,Cymru,ale,CF10 1DD,orange,ales,craft,beer,CF10,25 Westgate St,beers,Westgate Street,pub,bar,pubs,bars,independent,breweing,Welsh,tap room,popular,famous,proud,to,be,cloudy,unfiltered,logo,trademark,brand,taps,pumps,handpump,fresh
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JDJ4DE - . Recorded at 25 Westgate St, Cardiff, Cymru,UK, CF10 1DD in 2022, the image fixes a recognisable subject and its environment at one point in time, giving later viewers a reliable basis for comparison. The main point of reference is Tiny Rebel brewery bar, 25 Westgate St, Cardiff, Cymru,UK, CF10 1DD. Further facets of the scene include social history, changing streetscape, local character, hospitality venue, urban change, leisure spending, city-centre activity, commercial hospitality, local identity, pedestrian environment, everyday street life, urban social history, restaurant culture, and townscape record. Today's relevance is strengthened by tourism, staffing pressure and the continuing question of how changing discretionary spending affects hospitality venues. From a 2025-onward perspective, footfall and local identity are closely linked to this subject, alongside the documentary importance of recording everyday urban environments. As a dated visual record of 25 Westgate St, Cardiff, Cymru,UK, CF10 1DD, the frame retains equipment and working practice, making it especially useful if new construction subsequently changes the scene. The photograph additionally reflects community life, licensed hospitality, street-level documentary, public realm, visitor economy, documentary photography, night-time economy, and place identity. The recorded references to Cardiff, Cymru, Westgate, Rebel, and brewery preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. The period setting at 25 Westgate St, Cardiff, Cymru,UK, CF10 1DD 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 tourism and how food and drink help define neighbourhood identity when considered against later change at 25 Westgate St, Cardiff, Cymru,UK, CF10 1DD. The period view preserves evidence of changing use for later comparison.
25 Westgate St, Cardiff, Cymru,UK, CF10 1DD
Description
Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,Cheshire,UK,Warrington,Grappenhall,Thelwall,Little Manor,pub,bar,Bell Lane,WA4,open again,after,Coronavirus,Covid,after lockdown,The Little Manor,pubs,bars,welcome back,C19,pandemic,freehouse,freehouses,Brunning,Price,Brunning and Price,Brunning & Price,WA4 2SU,village,A-Board,Aboard,hospitality
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2C6RE8D - . Photographed at Bell Lane, Thelwall, South Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 2SU, the scene provides a dated reference to the subject and the surrounding social, commercial or physical environment. The main point of reference is Little Manor,pub,bar,reopening A-Board,opening after Covid,Bell Lane,Thelwall,Warrington,Cheshire,England,WA4,Welcome Back. Further connections within the scene include regional identity, changing streetscape, built environment, licensed premises, before-and-after reference, visual archive, hospitality venue, beer-led venue, community hostelry, local character, leisure venue, social meeting place, town-centre leisure, and social history. The present-day relevance extends to business rates and independent hospitality, while a wider concern is whether local venues can remain commercially viable. Future viewers can use this scene from Bell Lane, Thelwall, South Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 2SU to compare signage and branding with whatever follows after later redevelopment. A second layer of the scene includes community social space, urban change, community identity, traditional ale house, archival record, historical comparison, local history, and neighbourhood pub. Details involving Manor, after, Thelwall, Welcome, and reopening make the image more specific than a generic illustration and strengthen its local or historical value. The surrounding context at Bell Lane, Thelwall, South Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 2SU matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. The scene retains a connection with business rates and whether local venues can remain commercially viable in a form that can be compared with future views of Bell Lane, Thelwall, South Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 2SU. The image adds a further period reference to the visual history of Bell Lane, Thelwall, South Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 2SU.
Bell Lane, Thelwall, South Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 2SU
Description
Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK,water,pubs,bars,Bell Lane,Thelwall,WA4 2SU,WA4,for,dog,dogs,friendly,bar,beer,barrel,tap,doggy,drink,drinks,doggy friendly,dog friendly,mans best friend,four,legged,friend,friends,watering hole,water barrel,butt,supply,keep,cool,your
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2C5R3AK - . This carefully observed view of Bell Lane, Thelwall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 2SU fixes a specific place, use and moment for later historical comparison. The defining feature is Doggy Ale, ale for dogs, Pickering Arms, Bell Lane, Thelwall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 2SU. The wider scene also brings together leisure venue, public realm, place identity, local character, social history, contemporary history, documentary photography, customer-facing hospitality, archival record, licensed premises, social landscape, beer-led venue, local drinking place, and visual archive. The present-day relevance extends to pub closures and staffing pressures, while a wider concern is whether local venues can remain commercially viable. Small period details of signage and branding at Bell Lane, Thelwall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 2SU may become more significant with time, especially following different community use. Other connected aspects are regional identity, urban change, town-centre leisure, community hostelry, neighbourhood pub, before-and-after reference, night-time economy, and local history. Details involving Pickering, Thelwall, and Doggy make the image more specific than a generic illustration and strengthen its local or historical value. The surrounding context at Bell Lane, Thelwall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 2SU matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. Its period value extends to pub closures and the loss or conversion of familiar licensed premises as part of the longer story of Bell Lane, Thelwall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 2SU. The location additionally provides evidence for business rates and the survival of community meeting places when considered against later change at Bell Lane, Thelwall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 2SU.
Bell Lane, Thelwall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 2SU
Description
Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,M2,1867,pub,52 Cross St,North West,England,UK,M2 7AR,sign,bar,block,House,North West England,history,historic,institution,classic,boozer,Victorian,building,architecture,Black and White,Black & White,mist,misty,chops,smoke,steam,back,signs,bars,street,lane,pubs
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2ADE3KX - . Recorded at James Binney House,52 Cross St, Manchester,North West,England,UK, M2 7AR in 2019, the image fixes a particular place, use and appearance for later comparison as buildings, businesses, signs and public activity change. The location is represented through Mr Thomas's Chop House sign,1867,pub,James Binney House,52 Cross St, Manchester,North West,England,UK, M2 7AR,Black and White. Other connected aspects include period streetscape, cask-beer tradition, changing streetscape, beer judging, hand-pulled beer, licensed hospitality, cityscape history, beer festival scene, local character, urban fabric, regional identity, before-and-after reference, period detail, and heritage asset. Today's wider story includes business rates, beer duty and the practical question of the survival of community pubs. For contemporary context, adaptive reuse and planning control are closely related themes, especially where the issue becomes reusing existing buildings rather than demolishing them. As a documentary source, the scene fixes local appearance, occupation, access and public activity in the immediate surroundings of James Binney House,52 Cross St, Manchester,North West,England,UK, M2 7AR. The wider local story also touches on built heritage, pub trade, period building, changing land use, historic townscape, visual archive, heritage landmark, and historical comparison. The recorded references to House, Binney, Cross, James, and Black preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. By fixing the subject within James Binney House,52 Cross St, Manchester,North West,England,UK, M2 7AR, the image preserves more than the headline object or building: it records part of the locality's everyday history. The record includes a point of historical comparison as part of James Binney House,52 Cross St, Manchester,North West,England,UK, M2 7AR's history. The frame retains part of the area's social history for future local research.
James Binney House,52 Cross St, Manchester,North West,England,UK, M2 7AR
Description
Keywords: @Hotpixuk,HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,UK,England,London,SE1 2HH,SE1,bar,bars,pub,boozer,21 Druid St,21,Druid Street,real ale,beer,Arthur Wellesley,1st,Duke of Wellington,Anglo-Irish,statesman,soldier,and,Tory politician,politician,the,Iron Duke,icon,iconic,pubs,old,the Marquis of Wellington,21 Druid Street,CAMRA,realale
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AE02FA - Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, KG, GCB, GCH, PC, FRS (1 May 1769 “ 14 September 1852) was a Anglo-Irish statesman, soldier, and Tory politician who was one of the leading military and political figures of 19th-century Britain, serving twice as prime minister of the United Kingdom. He is among the commanders who won and ended the Napoleonic Wars when the Seventh Coalition defeated Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815.
Wellesley was born in Dublin into the Protestant Ascendancy in Ireland. He was commissioned as an ensign in the British Army in 1787, serving in Ireland as aide-de-camp to two successive lords lieutenant of Ireland. He was also elected as a member of Parliament in the Irish House of Commons. He was a colonel by 1796 and saw action in the Netherlands and in India, where he fought in the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War at the Battle of Seringapatam. He was appointed governor of Seringapatam and Mysore in 1799 and, as a newly appointed major-general, won a decisive victory over the Maratha Confederacy at the Battle of Assaye in 1803.
Wellesley rose to prominence as a general during the Peninsular campaign of the Napoleonic Wars, and was promoted to the rank of field marshal after leading the allied forces to victory against the French Empire at the Battle of Vitoria in 1813. Following Napoleon's exile in 1814, he served as the ambassador to France and was granted a dukedom. During the Hundred Days in 1815, he commanded the allied army which, together with a Prussian Army under Field Marshal Gebhard von Blücher, defeated Napoleon at Waterloo. Wellington's battle record is exemplary
he ultimately participated in some 60 battles during the course of his military career.
21 Druid St, Bermondsey, London,England, UK, SE1 2HH
Description
Keywords: HotpixUk,@HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,UK,England,English,Appleton,CAMRA National Club of the Year 2019,National Club of the Year,2019,Warrington,Cheshire,WA4 4RT,local beer festival,village beer festival,awarded,awards,real ale,bitters,IPA,British ales,brewing,range of ales,Great British Beer Festival,campaign for real ale,CAMRA,beer,festivals,ATVH,club,of,the,year,village,bar,bars,pubs,pub
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AAT2GG - The hub of the community, the Village Hall, CAMRA National Club of the Year 2019 and multi local CAMRA award winner, has a comfortable lounge and a larger bar/function room served from a central bar. The function room hosts quizzes, live music and the annual beer festival in October. On the bar are up to seven beers from regional and microbreweries, plus up to five ciders/perries. Light lunches are served on Sunday 1-3pm. Non-members pay a minimal fee for admission.
Stretton Road, Appleton Thorn,Warrington,Cheshire, England, WA4 4RT
Description
Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Merseyside,England,UK,L3 8HR,L3,bar,pub,original,Irish,broken,derelict,with,historic,Tetleys Bitter,neon,sign,Tetleys,old,dilapidated,pubs,bars,tired,decayed,decaying,Victorian,history,the,beer,beers,wines,wine,spirits,Tetley,Tetley Walker,high street,high streets,public houses
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M475F6 - . Made at 31 London Rd, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L3 8HR in 2019, this photograph records a real place and moment, preserving details that may later be altered by redevelopment, rebranding, changing ownership or different public use. At the centre of the view is Paddys Bar, 31 London Rd, Liverpool L3 8HR - Original Irish Bar with historic Tetleys Bitter neon sign. The surrounding context encompasses Irish community culture, licensed trade, Irish-British history, visitor hospitality, Irish heritage, licensed hospitality, night-time economy, community drinking venue, everyday life, documentary photography, public commemoration, period detail, regional identity, and real-ale culture. The wider contemporary story combines cultural celebration, migration and the coexistence of celebration and remembrance in places marked by historic violence. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with changing drinking habits, energy costs and the survival of pubs as both businesses and informal community spaces. Future viewers can use this scene from 31 London Rd, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L3 8HR to compare lettering, decoration and surface detail with whatever follows after changing commercial priorities. The wider setting retains connections with community identity, social history, Irish social history, local history, before-and-after reference, hospitality economy, diaspora celebration, and community remembrance. Elements such as Irish, Bitter, Original, Liverpool, and Paddys add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. For 31 London Rd, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L3 8HR, the photograph contributes to a cumulative visual history in which changes in use, signs, access and appearance can be traced over time. The image fixes period character before later change alters the scene. It also preserves a trace of local identity as a date-specific reference.
31 London Rd, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L3 8HR
Description
Keywords: HotpixUK,@HotpixUk,GoTonySmith,Manchester,Cheshire,England,UK,town,office,north west England,SK1,Robinson,Offices,beer,bitter,CAMRA,real ale,cask,ale,Unicorn,red brick,Brewery offices,casking,kegging,bottling,bottling services,Victorian,architecture,industry,industrial,Lower Hillgate,F.Robinson Ltd,North West Brewery,Apsley Street,Apsley St,pubs,pub,pub estate,packaging centre,Campaign for Real Ale
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2BCTH2D - William Robinson purchased the Unicorn Inn from Samuel Hole on 29 September 1838. His eldest son George brewed the first Robinsons Ale there in 1849.
In 1859, Frederic Robinson took over from George and bought a warehouse to the rear of the inn to expand brewing capacity. As a result, Robinsons ale became available at pubs around the Stockport area. To control the quality of ale sold, Frederic began to purchase public houses. From 1878 until his death in 1890, Frederic established twelve pubs which exclusively served his ale. This was the beginning of what was to become an estate of over 300 pubs across the North West of England and North Wales.
The Unicorn Brewery still rests on the foundations of the public house on Lower Hillgate in Stockport.
The brewery continues to be run by the fifth and sixth generations of the Robinson family. The company took over Hartley's Brewery in Ulverston in 1982, closing it and transferring the brewing of Hartley's beers to Stockport in 1991. Robinsons have acquired a number of other breweries over the years, including John Heginbotham, Stalybridge (1915)
T. Schofield & Son, Ashton under Lyne (1926)
Kays Atlas Brewery, Ardwick (1929) and Bell & Co, Stockport (1949).
The brewery owns many historic pubs, including the New Hall Inn in Bowness on Windermere.
Lower Hillgate, Stockport,Greater Manchester, Cheshire, England, UK, SK1 1JJ
Description
Keywords: HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,night,night shot,A49,Cheshire,England,UK,JW Lees Brewery beers,ales,beers,real ale,cask ale,pub,bar,English pub,London Bridge pub,North West,Inn,canalside,Appleton,Bridgewater canal,Stockton Quays Terrace,WA4,illuminated,inn,pubs,bars,at dusk,winter,Lees,evening,busy,village,community,local
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AGP2X0 - The number one pub in Stockton Heath & Appleton and sit right on the bank of the Bridgewater canal. Our unique Stockton Quays Terrace is the perfect environment to relax and take in the views with friends and family, and enjoy the best British pub food in the area. With home cooked daily specials and a menu filled with fresh seasonal favourites, perfect for this season. We boast an extensive range of JW Lees cask ales including Manchester Pale Ale, Founders and of course, our famous JW Lees Bitter. All accredited with the Cask Marque Excellence award.
163 London Road Appleton,Stockton Heath, Warrington,England,UK, WA4 5BG
Description
Keywords: GoTonySmith @HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,platforms,Mainline,Abelio,UK,Gordon St,people,passengers,roof,shops,retail,Glasgow Central Concourse,transport,public transport,canopy,Central,station,Mainline Station,workers,strike,RMT union,Champagne Central,pub,pubs,bar,bars,Victorian,history,historic,infrastructure,stations,Scottish,99,Gordon Street,commuters
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy PE1J44 - Glasgow Central also known simply as Central) is the major mainline rail terminus in Glasgow, Scotland. The station was opened by the Caledonian Railway on 1 August 1879 and is one of nineteen managed by Network Rail. It is the northern terminus of the West Coast Main Line (397 miles (640 km) north of London Euston), and for inter-city services between Glasgow and England. The other main city-centre railway station in Glasgow is Glasgow Queen Street.
With over 32 million passengers in 2016“17, Glasgow Central is the twelfth-busiest railway station in Britain, and the busiest in Scotland.[6] According to Network Rail, over 38 million people use it annually, 80% of whom are passengers. The station is protected as a category A listed building.
In Britain's 100 Best Railway Stations by Simon Jenkins, the station was one of only ten to be awarded five stars. In 2017 the station received a customer satisfaction score 95.2%, the highest in the UK
99 Gordon St, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, G1 3SF
Description
Keywords: @HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,closed,Cheshire,North West England,UK,For sale,rent,leisure,opportunity,bar,pubs,decline,cutback,cuts,cut back,Sign,to let sign,pub,chain,Green,roof,green roof,town centre,closures,bankrupt,faded,derelict,site,sites,bars,CBRE,Warrington Harvester,branch,British,casual,dining,restaurant
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy P9MEDG - . This location-led image captures the setting around Wharf St, Warrington WA1 2HG, UK, in this period view from 2018. The scene is specifically associated with Closed Harvester Pub Restaurant, Riverside retail park, Warrington, Cheshire, North West England, UK. Further features of the subject include night-time economy, public house culture, service economy, chain-store economy, visitor economy, customer service, community drinking place, shopping district, town-centre hospitality, food service, independent hospitality, and shopping habits. The wider contemporary story of the licensed trade now includes operating costs alongside business rates, while policy and investment increasingly consider balancing heritage with commercial survival. Current debate around physical shops often combines operating costs, hybrid working and the practical challenge of mixed-use town centres. In the mid-2020s, food service is increasingly discussed through consumer spending and commercial rents, with attention turning to adaptable venues. Documentary value is strengthened by the precise setting at Wharf St, Warrington WA1 2HG, UK, where even ordinary details of frontage, equipment, signs, traffic or public activity may disappear as the area evolves. The scene also relates to retail property, customer footfall, British pub trade, beer heritage, pub architecture, local dining. The scene is further associated with leisure opportunity, CBRE, pub chain, closure. The location further reflects bricks-and-mortar retail, hospitality premises, licensed premises, commercial streetscape, consumer retail, commercial frontage, hospitality economy, licensed hospitality, beer retail, and retail vacancy. Seen from a 2025-onward perspective, beer and brewing also connects with operating costs, competition for household spending and efforts aimed at balancing heritage with commercial survival. This period image preserves a stage in local change as a historical reference.
Wharf St, Warrington WA1 2HG, UK
Description
Keywords: GoTonysmith,@HotpixUK,Trafford,Cheshire,town,centre,shopping,retail,evening,lamp,lamps,sign,Manchester,North West England,UK,drinking,beer,camra,real ale,WA14 1EJ,stationhouse,blindtigerinns,opposite,Altrincham station,interchange,Altrincham Metrolink,44,Stamford New Road,WA14,outside,exterior,history,historic,pub,bar,pubs,bars
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy P307GT - The Station Hotel is a traditional, sport led community pub based in the heart of Altrincham town centre. We boast a friendly and welcoming atmosphere and aim to bring together the whole community with great beer, awesome events and lots of live sport.
Traditional and spacious, the Station Hotel offers a relaxed environment for all types of customers. Situated in the pub are a variety of large HD tv screens showing both Sky and BT sports, enabling us to show a variety of live sports at any one time, depending on your preference or team. We are proud supporters of Ice Hockey team, Manchester Storm and are the official pub for fans!
In addition to live sport, we host a variety of live and local bands every Friday night and midweek karaoke on Monday's and Wednesdays! We pride ourselves on our wide range of ales, lagers, wines and spirits, offering something for everyone
whatever your taste buds.
The side of the pub has a large outdoor beer garden and we also take bookings all year round for functions such as birthday's, christenings, parties and funerals.
44 Stamford New Rd, Altrincham, Greater Manchester, England, UK, WA14 1EJ
Description
Keywords: HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,Brewdog pub bar,1397 Argyle St,Scotland,UK,G3 8AN,Brewdog,beer,pub,bar,craft,brewer,brewery,A Board,Brew Dog,Beer To Go,Burgers,Scottish brewery,brewing,Scottish,Merchant City,Glasgow Merchant City,bars,brewers,pubs,1397 Argyle Street,1397,Argyle Street,A-Board,advert,free wifi,history,historic,Hutcheson Hospital,building,tilray,administration
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy P72D9T - . Photographed at 1397 Argyle St, Merchant City, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, G3 8AN in 2018, this detailed documentary image records the subject within its real surroundings and preserves a specific stage in the life of the location. The location is represented through Brewdog pub bar, & Hutcheson Hospital, building, Glasgow, 1397 Argyle St, Merchant City, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, G3 8AN. Further facets of the scene include adaptive reuse, before-and-after reference, conservation architecture, cider brand history, heritage landmark, built heritage, bottle-filling machinery, historic streetscape, conservation interest, historical comparison, cityscape history, Herefordshire cider tradition, social history, and contemporary social history. From a 2025-onward perspective, packaging and brand heritage are closely linked to this subject, alongside Herefordshire's long association with commercial cider production. The wider contemporary story combines maintenance, heritage conservation and the balance between conservation, retrofit and modern accessibility. The image fixes transport arrangements and footfall within 1397 Argyle St, Merchant City, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, G3 8AN at one identifiable point, providing a benchmark against changed technology. A second descriptive layer includes local character, orchard-to-bottle industry, cider-making heritage, architectural detail, archival record, period building, drinks manufacturing, and beverage production. References to Scotland, Argyle, Hospital, Hutcheson, and Brewdog give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. The period setting at 1397 Argyle St, Merchant City, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, G3 8AN helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. The view records a point of historical comparison for later comparison. That local specificity strengthens the long-term documentary value of image P72D9T.
1397 Argyle St, Merchant City, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, G3 8AN
Description
Keywords: GoTonysmith,@HotpixUK,real ale,on a bar,bar,bitter,in a,pubs,bars,England,UK,GB,Britain,British,Traditional British Beer,tourist,tourism,Bar food,duck leg,orange sauce,Hook Norton,traditional,plate on bar,plate,good pub food,Double Stout,Nice Try,ale,Hook Norton Double Stout,Rugby ale,special rugby ale,rugby world cup,rugby six nations,pint and pub grub,pint of bitter pub grub,eating out,Cotswolds eating out,Hook Norton eating out,dinner in the pub,boozy lunch in the pub
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy MM9A01 - Hook Norton Brewery is a regional brewery in Hook Norton, Oxfordshire, England, several miles outside of the Cotswold Hills. Founded in 1849, the brewing plant is a traditional Victorian 'tower' brewery in which all the stages of the brewing process flow logically from floor to floor
mashing at the top, boiling in the middle, fermentation and racking at the bottom. Until 2006, the brewing process was powered by steam. Beer is still delivered in the village by horse-drawn dray.
Description
Keywords: GoTonysmith,@HotpixUK,real ale,on a bar,bar,bitter,in a,pubs,bars,England,UK,GB,Britain,British,Traditional British Beer,tourist,tourism,Mosaic,Bristol,Beer Factory,Sample,by the pump,sample by the pump,ale sample,beer sample,Golden single Hop Mosaic,Beer pump,Bristol Beer Company Optimist,brass pump,kilner jar,jar,alcohol,drinks,relax,4.4%,ABV,high in alcohol,craft,craft beer
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy MM9A00 - . An identifiable period record of the recorded location in 2018, retaining the practical detail and local context that distinguish a documentary photograph from a generic illustration. The defining feature is Optimist Bristol Beer Factory Beer pumps on a bar, in a traditional English pub, England, UK. The frame also records themes of local history, documentary photography, local character, bottling technology, cider-making heritage, historic beverage advertising, regional identity, public realm, regional drinks industry, drinks manufacturing, Herefordshire cider tradition, historical comparison, industrial beverage equipment, and before-and-after reference. Today's relevance is strengthened by manufacturing automation, energy costs and the continuing question of Herefordshire's long association with commercial cider production. The image fixes public access and movement within the recorded location at one identifiable point, providing a benchmark against replacement signage. The surrounding story also includes place identity, period detail, factory bottling line, beverage production, fermented drink production, orchard-to-bottle industry, cider brand history, and community identity. The recorded references to pumps, traditional, Bristol, Factory, and Optimist preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. For the recorded location, the photograph contributes to a cumulative visual history in which changes in use, signs, access and appearance can be traced over time. The wider significance includes manufacturing automation and Herefordshire's long association with commercial cider production when considered against later change at the recorded location. Another strand within the photograph is manufacturing automation and Herefordshire's long association with commercial cider production without losing the local specificity of the recorded location.
Description
Keywords: public,house,bar,bars,pubs,outside,exterior,out,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,Tony,Smith,UK,GB,Great,Britain,United,Kingdom,English,British,England,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Images of,Stock Images,Tony Smith,United Kingdom,Great Britain,British Isles,real ale,CAMRA,Victorian,Cains,1850,public houses
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy H4HMB1 - Cains is a brewery in Liverpool, England, founded in 1858 by Robert Cain. The company merged with Peter Walker & Son in 1921 to form Walker Cain. Peter Walker & Son had a large brewery in Warrington so sold its Liverpool brewery to Higsons in 1923.
Boddingtons of Manchester took over in 1985. In 1990 Whitbread acquired Boddington's brewing operations and closed the then Higsons Brewery in 1990. It was reopened by GB Breweries, who became part of Bryggerigruppen in 1991, and in 2002 was sold to Gardener-Shaw for £3.4 million.
The brewery closed in June 2013 with debts totalling more than £8m
18 Tithebarn Street, LIVERPOOL, L2 2DT
Description
Keywords: public,house,bar,bars,pubs,outside,exterior,out,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,Tony,Smith,UK,GB,Great,Britain,United,Kingdom,English,British,England,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Images of,Stock Images,Tony Smith,United Kingdom,Great Britain,British Isles,real ale,CAMRA,Victorian,Cains,1850
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy H4HMCT - Cains is a brewery in Liverpool, England, founded in 1858 by Robert Cain. The company merged with Peter Walker & Son in 1921 to form Walker Cain. Peter Walker & Son had a large brewery in Warrington so sold its Liverpool brewery to Higsons in 1923.
Boddingtons of Manchester took over in 1985. In 1990 Whitbread acquired Boddington's brewing operations and closed the then Higsons Brewery in 1990. It was reopened by GB Breweries, who became part of Bryggerigruppen in 1991, and in 2002 was sold to Gardener-Shaw for £3.4 million.
The brewery closed in June 2013 with debts totalling more than £8m
18 Tithebarn Street, LIVERPOOL, L2 2DT
Description
Keywords: Butts Street,historic,pub,bar,gay,butts,bathhouse,bath house,SF,Canal St,Queer,Homosexual,LGBT,England,UK,Midland,Butts,Tavern,Public House,GoTonySmith,Black,Country,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Walsall Black Country,the,inn,bars,pubs,beer,red,brick
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy EY7XX7 - . This scene at 44 Butts St, Walsall, West Midlands, England, UK WS4 2BJ in 2015 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 location is represented through The Butts Tavern, Butts St,Walsall,West Midlands,England, UK. The broader subject matter reaches into pub heritage, hospitality economy, documentary photography, changing streetscape, archival record, everyday life, beer-led hospitality, night-time economy, changing land use, licensed hospitality, public realm, regional identity, social history, and visitor hospitality. In present-day coverage, the subject reaches into beer duty and pub closures, not least because of the survival of pubs as both businesses and informal community spaces. Small period details of lettering, decoration and surface detail at 44 Butts St, Walsall, West Midlands, England, UK WS4 2BJ may become more significant with time, particularly following redevelopment. Other useful contextual ideas include real-ale culture, community drinking venue, local history, place identity, community identity, local social venue, traditional ale house, and visual archive. The combination of Butts, Tavern, Midlands, and Walsall anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. The period setting at 44 Butts St, Walsall, West Midlands, England, UK WS4 2BJ helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. Another useful connection is beer duty and the survival of pubs as both businesses and informal community spaces within the real-world context of 44 Butts St, Walsall, West Midlands, England, UK WS4 2BJ. The scene further reflects energy costs and pressure on hospitality margins in the mid-2020s within the specific setting of 44 Butts St, Walsall, West Midlands, England, UK WS4 2BJ.
44 Butts St, Walsall, West Midlands, England, UK WS4 2BJ
Description
Keywords: brewer,brewery,town,Warrington,Cheshire,blue,yellow,match,day,matchday,pub,bar,player,in,pub,window,etched,holding,a,ball,2 Orford Lane,Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK,WA2 7AB,Rugby Ball,GoTonySmith,Warringtonian,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,centre,pubs,bars,fan,the,Warrington Wolves,ales,ale
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy EY5KD6 - . Greenall,Whitley,Wilderspool Ales,Rugby,Wire player in pub window. Photographed at Original Wire Pub, 2 Orford Lane, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA2 7AB. The photograph was taken on 16 July 2015. The image metadata records 1 person in the frame. This editorial stock image documents the subject as it appeared at that time, preserving a clear record of the place, its appearance and the everyday details surrounding it. The scene is closely associated with Greenall, Whitley, Wilderspool Ales, Rugby, Wire, original wire, Greenalls, Wilderspool, Original Wire Pub and brewer, 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. This particular view is catalogued under Alamy image reference EY5KD6, distinguishing it from other photographs of the same or related subject.
Original Wire Pub, 2 Orford Lane, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA2 7AB
Description
Keywords: real,ale,camra,beer,bar,bars,outside,exterior,Xmas,Christmas,lights,welcoming,for,tourists,tourism,traditional,hostelry,mulled,wine,GoTonySmith,the,castle arms,pub,pubs,dusk,6,Edinburgh,EH1,EH1 2PW,Scotland,UK,door,Edinburgh Castle,Scottish,Scotch
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy ED4M0K - . The Castle Arms Pub, 6 Johnston Terrace, Edinburgh EH1 2PW , Scotland , UK. The photograph was taken on 26 December 2014. 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 The Castle Arms Pub, Edinburgh, Castle Arms, Johnston Terrace, doorway, entrance, outside, grassmarket, ale and camra, 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. Where brewery names, pumps, windows, pub signs or period fittings are present, they add useful detail for features on brewing history, hospitality branding and traditional licensed interiors or exteriors.
6 Johnston Terrace, Edinburgh EH1 2PW , Scotland , UK
Description
Keywords: real,ale,camra,beer,bar,bars,outside,exterior,Xmas,Christmas,lights,welcoming,for,tourists,tourism,traditional,hostelry,mulled,wine,GoTonySmith,the,castle arms,pub,pubs,dusk,6,Edinburgh,EH1,EH1 2PW,Scotland,UK,door,Edinburgh Castle,Scottish,Scotch
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy ED4M0N - . The Castle Arms Pub, 6 Johnston Terrace, Edinburgh EH1 2PW , Scotland , UK. The photograph was taken on 26 December 2014. 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 The Castle Arms Pub, Edinburgh, Castle Arms, Johnston Terrace, doorway, entrance, outside, grassmarket, ale and camra, 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. Where brewery names, pumps, windows, pub signs or period fittings are present, they add useful detail for features on brewing history, hospitality branding and traditional licensed interiors or exteriors.
6 Johnston Terrace, Edinburgh EH1 2PW , Scotland , UK
Description
Keywords: capital,city,centre,pedestrianised,center,pub,bar,pubs,bars,bunting,summer,drinking,eating,dining,out,eat,party,poem,poems,poetry,words,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Images of,Stock Images,Scotland,UK,ornate,history,historic
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DDXK39 - . Poems from Rose Street, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, EH2 2NH - Poems. Photographed at 55-57 Rose St, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, EH2 2NH. The photograph was taken on 31 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 Rose, Street, Edinburgh, place, drink, capital, pedestrianised, center, pub and bar, 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. Where brewery names, pumps, windows, pub signs or period fittings are present, they add useful detail for features on brewing history, hospitality branding and traditional licensed interiors or exteriors. This particular view is catalogued under Alamy image reference DDXK39, distinguishing it from other photographs of the same or related subject.
55-57 Rose St, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, EH2 2NH
Description
Keywords: pano,England,UK,GB,Great,Britain,United,Kingdom,summer,blue,sky,history,historic,village,wide,South Somerset,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Images of,Stock Images,The Borough,Montacute,TA15 6XB,TA15,the,borough,pub,pubs,bar,bars,stone
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DE52YD - . Phelips Arms panorama, Montecute, Somerset, England,UK. Photographed at Phelips Arms, Montecute, Somerset, England,UK. The photograph was taken on 13 June 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 wider composition gives a broader sense of the surroundings, showing the principal subject in relation to more of the streetscape, landscape or public space. The scene is closely associated with panorama, Montecute, Somerset, Phelips Arms, villages, Phelips, Arms, pano, summer and blue, 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. Where brewery names, pumps, windows, pub signs or period fittings are present, they add useful detail for features on brewing history, hospitality branding and traditional licensed interiors or exteriors.
Phelips Arms, Montecute, Somerset, England,UK
Description
Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,UK,GB,Boddingtons,ber,ale,brewery,Boddingtons bitter,bitter,bee,Manchester,Strangeways,BiCentenary,brown,yellow,logo,two bees,2 bees,Boddies,Cream of,regional,brewer,pubs,bars,city,pot,mug,cup,ceramic,clay,special,promotion,North West England,Lowe Howard-Spink,Anheuser""“Busch InBev,brand
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy RM9AWT - Boddingtons Brewery was a regional brewery in Manchester, England, which owned pubs throughout the North West. Boddingtons was best known for Boddingtons Bitter (Boddies), a straw-golden, hoppy bitter which was one of the first beers to be packaged in cans containing a widget, giving it a creamy draught-style head. In the 1990s, the beer was promoted as The Cream of Manchester in a popular advertising campaign credited with raising Manchester's profile. Boddingtons became one of the city's most famous products after Manchester United and Coronation Street.
Whitbread bought Boddingtons Brewery in 1989 and Boddingtons Bitter received an increased marketing budget and nationwide distribution. Boddingtons achieved its peak market share in 1997 and at the time was exported to over forty countries. Boddingtons beer brands are now owned by the global brewer Anheuser“Busch InBev which acquired the Whitbread Beer Company in 2000. Strangeways Brewery closed in 2004 and production of pasteurised (keg and can) Boddingtons was moved to Samlesbury in Lancashire. Production of the cask conditioned beer moved to Hydes Brewery in Moss Side, Manchester, until it was discontinued in 2012, ending the beer's association with the city.
The Boddingtons two bees logo was introduced in 1900. The bees are a symbol of Manchester, from a time when it was a hive of industry, but the two bees also represent a pun on the company name of Boddingtons Breweries.
Boddingtons largely eschewed above the line advertising until 1987, when it was first advertised on Granada television in the North West of England. The tagline from 1987 until 1991 was If you don't get Boddies, you'll just get bitter. Under Whitbread's custodianship the comedian Frankie Howerd fronted the campaign in a series of six television advertisements which mainly aired in the North West in 1990“1991. Lowe Howard-Spink was the advertising agency responsible for the Howerd advertisements.
Manchester, North West England, UK
Description
Keywords: institution,Kerr,family,free,house,bars,pubs,unique,food,drink,beer,ale,wine,red,warm,inside,small,family,run,malt,whisky,trail,famous,since,1871,Edinburgh,Scotland,UK,EH10,4QU,Gotonysmith,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,wall,antique
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy D8HDN2 - The Canny Man's pub in Morningside is an Edinburgh institution established in 1871 and passed down through generations of the Kerr family. It is a free house, as free as the wind as Mr Kerr used to say, therefore it has no connection with any brewery and only sells the best of each brewers produce.
The public house serves food everyday from 12 - 3 pm and in the evenings from 6.30 - 9 pm (except Friday / Sunday nights). A snack menu is available till 5 pm. The food that is served is seafood and SMØRREBRØD sandwiches. Introduced many years ago, it has been tailor-made to suit customers needs, and freshly prepared each day, it is ideal as a drinker's meal.
237 Morningside Rd, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK EH10 4QU
Description
Keywords: sopley,winkton,hampshire,christchurch,dorset,ringwood,beer,ales,england,traditional,pub,UK,CAMRA,night,dusk,magic,hour,tripod,low,light,tonysmith,tony,smith,highway,road,12-24,sigma,wide angle lens,wide,favourite,pubs,public,houses,noche,nuit,hotpix!,#tonysmithhotpix
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4399167540 - 'An excellent country pub for food near Sopley Mill and church. Here captured at dusk in a cold february.
It is thatched with real fires and has a large garden and dining area. It is a 17th Century building situated between Ringwood and Christchurch about five miles from the famous Ringwood Brewery. It was originally a private house, and became an inn in 1725.
Sopley village was a centre of smuggling. The smugglers boats were heaved up from the River Avon to the Woolpack, where pack horses were waiting to take the goods to the New Forest and onward to the centres of Winchester and London.
The pub name probably originated because the vicar, the Rev. James Willis, was a keen sheep farmer and took a major part in distributing his Merino sheep, of which he had over a thousand throughout the district. These are a small, short-woolled breed, prized for their fine wool. As IOW Ray mentions below too, this pub sign was painted by local Sign Artist, Peter J Oldreive.
If you are in the area, drop in for a satisfying pint.
Another classic pub at dusk www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/4201081728/
(c) Hotpix / HotpixUK Tony Smith - Hotpix.freeserve.co.uk WDCC 07092182899',
Description
Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,UK,British,Great Britain,cheap ale,cheap pint,Brewdog Brewing,Wetherspoons,Neverspoons,glass,pint,pint glass,Brewdog beers,beer,beers,glass half full,bar,pub,for the people,craft,KEG,chain pub,city centre,pubs,spoons,chain,brewery,controversy,controversies,James Watt,problem,issue,issues,bars,tilray,administration
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2C9E2PK - . This carefully observed view of Taunton, Somerset, England, UK fixes a specific place, use and moment for later historical comparison. The scene records Brewdog Glass , Punk IPA glass, Wetherspoon Pub,cheap ale,cheap pint,Brewdog Brewing - glass half full. Further connections within the scene include hospitality venue, local drinking place, place identity, historical comparison, social history, licensed premises, community social space, beer-led venue, urban change, everyday Britain, licensed trade, social meeting place, regional identity, and archival record. The present-day relevance extends to independent hospitality and pub closures, while a wider concern is whether local venues can remain commercially viable. For later comparison, the photograph preserves commercial identity and local use at Taunton, Somerset, England, UK, details that may look very different after new ownership. The wider local story also touches on local history, night-time economy, period detail, community hostelry, food-and-drink business, customer-facing hospitality, contemporary history, and traditional ale house. The combination of cheap, Glass, Brewdog, Brewing, and Wetherspoon helps anchor the frame to a recognisable activity, place or period. For Taunton, Somerset, England, UK, the photograph contributes to a cumulative visual history in which small changes in use, signs, access and appearance can be traced over time. Its period value extends to independent hospitality and the survival of community meeting places within the specific setting of Taunton, Somerset, England, UK. The location additionally provides evidence for local footfall and the survival of community meeting places as part of the longer story of Taunton, Somerset, England, UK. A further contemporary connection is staffing pressures and the survival of community meeting places when considered against later change at Taunton, Somerset, England, UK.
Taunton, Somerset, England, UK
Description
Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,English,England,Uk,Merseyside,tourist,tourism,attraction,attractions,Liverpool,UK,L1 9BB,the,Crack,history,historic,pubs,bar,bars,draught,ales,CAMRA,where,drank,beer,sign,signs,Marstons,outside,exterior,building,architecture,white,Beatles,The Dissenters,BW,monochrome
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PK2AX3 - The tiny Liverpool city pub Ye Cracke that was loved by Beatle John Lennon, The Beatle was known to even take girls on dates to the pub
Liverpool has plenty of links to The Beatles from The Cavern Club to The Casbah Coffee Club.
But there are some places in the city that have connections to the famous Fab Four which are lesser-known.
One of those places is Ye Cracke, hidden down a side street off Hope Street, on Rice Street.
Landlady of Ye Cracke, Zaidia Naif, told the ECHO: It's funny because a lot of local Liverpool people can't find the pub but The Beatles fans from as far as Mexico find it with no problem.
Obviously the pub has a big tourist pull because of the Beatles and its connection to John Lennon.
I have known fans to come as far as Japan, Australia, Canada and a lot from America.
Ye Cracke may be a seemingly normal, local boozer to many but to tourists it's known for being John Lennon's favourite watering hole.
When attending art school in Liverpool, former bartenders claim Lennon would drink Black Velvet, a cocktail made from Guinness and on top of sparkling wine.
He also took his first wife, Cynthia Lennon, on their first date after meeting her at a college dance.
Even to this day, a plaque can be found on the wall of the pub, commemorating an occasion in 1960 when Lennon, Stuart Sutcliffe, Bill Harry and Rod Murray attended the pub and formed a band called The Dissenters over a beer.
13 Rice street, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L1 9BB
Description
Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Surrey,UK,England,GU7,lights,Victorian,B&B,The,pub,bar,pubs,bars,and,Royal,at,night,dusk,fittings,22-25,Godalming,GU7 1EB,building,site,coaching,inn,outside,exterior,Georgian,frontage,royalty,Tsar,Peter the Great,Russia,Russian,Friary Brewery
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PG60Y2 - There has been a building on our site since the 1300s although the first mention of the Kings itself is not until 1639. The Georgian frontage was added in 1753 although the size of the building was reduced in the 1890s when a decline in trade resulted in part of the front being turned into a shop. It wasn't until 1936 that the Kings left private ownership and was bought by the Friary Brewery of Guildford which later became part of Allied Breweries.
We've had a few famous guests over the years including Tsar Peter the Great (who left without paying his bill!) as well as some European royalty who met here in 1814 to discuss post war Europe after the Battle of Trafalgar. Tsar Peter the Great's visit is commemorated by a plaque on the front of the building which was unveiled in 1998 by the Russian Ambassador to commemorate the tricentenary of the visit.
22-25, High Street, Godalming, Surrey, England, UK, GU7 1EB
Description
Keywords: EC4V,4EG,UK,art,deco,friars,drinking,beer,CAMRA,listed,classic,pubs,english,british,cockney,bars,artdeco,1920s,1910,style,styles,architecture,decoration,salloon,classic,Gotonysmith,engraved,pubs,bars,of,London,classic,tourist,attraction,travel,vacation,Pubs Of London,pub,bar,Blackfriars
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DCE774 - . To The saloon copper plate engraving, outside the historic Black Friar pub , Blackfriars London England UK. Photographed on 10 August 2013. The recorded location is Black Friar Public House, 174 Queen Victoria Street, London EC4V 4EG UK. The Black Friar is one of London's most distinctive historic pubs, occupying a triangular site near Blackfriars station. The present building was remodelled around 1905 in an elaborate Arts and Crafts style, with decorative mosaics, sculpture, copperwork and inscriptions that play on the medieval Black Friars associated with the area. Small engraved details such as saloon signs and measurements form part of a remarkably complete decorative scheme. As background, public houses form a distinctive part of British social history, combining licensed drinking, hospitality and community life
Older pubs can reveal changing fashions in brewing, tied houses, coaching routes, urban development and leisure, while modern bars show how the licensed trade continues to adapt. The historical context is that older buildings and artefacts provide tangible evidence that written records cannot fully replace
Their wear, construction, signage and setting help researchers understand local history, design, industry and social life across different periods. In historical terms, architecture records the priorities of the period in which a building was designed: materials, ornament, scale and planning can reveal changing technologies, social status and commercial use
Later alterations and changes of tenant add further layers, so a single façade can embody several phases of local history. Against the 2026 backdrop, pub survival is a live issue, with government support including a 15% business-rates relief for eligible pubs and live-music venues in England during 2026/27, alongside wider debate about closures, property costs and the value of pubs as community assets.
Black Friar Public House, 174 Queen Victoria Street, London EC4V 4EG UK
Description
Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,Tony,Smith,UK,GB,Great,Britain,United,Kingdom,Scotish,Scottish,Scotch,British,Scotland,problem,with,issue with,Buy Pictures of,Images of,Stock Images,Tony Smith,United Kingdom,Great Britain,British Isles,Scottish Nationalism,inn,pub,16-18,street,St,G11PE,drink,sign,history,historic,bars,pubs,G1,G1 1PE
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HGC80Y - The Babbity Bowster Tavern, 16-18 Blackfriars St, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, G1 1PE has the strength of a real-world scene: ordinary enough to be believable, but specific enough to support precise editorial use. The Babbity Bowster Tavern in Blackfriars Street sits in Glasgow's historic Merchant City, a pub setting that combines hospitality, old city streets and the social character of Scotland's largest city. The subject suits stories about traditional pubs, city breaks, live music, independent hospitality, Scottish brewing, urban conservation and the role of taverns in cultural tourism. The location detail, Glasgow, G1 1PE, strengthens searches for regional features, travel pages, local-history pieces and news use where a named place matters. Relevant editorial themes include traditional pub, public house, beer culture and real ale, with each theme rooted in the visible subject, place or activity. It can work both as a straightforward location record and as a wider editorial illustration of the habits, services, buildings, symbols and small commercial details that shape everyday life.
16-18 Blackfriars St, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, G1 1PE
Description
Keywords: No 12,Black Bull,EH1 2JU,Scotland,UK,12,Black,Bull,old,town,customers,with,on street drinking,on,street,drinking,tourist,EH12JU,pub,GoTonySmith,oldtown,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,punters,tourists,attraction,Grassmarket,the,bars,history,historic,pubs
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DECWGG - Photo shows No 12,Black Bull,12 Grassmarket, Old Town, Edinburgh EH1 2JU,Scotland,UK. The image is commercially useful for stories about high streets, independent traders, market halls, shopping habits, visitor footfall, town centre regeneration and local economies. Retail and market photographs with readable frontage, product display or a recognisable location help illustrate how everyday spending, tourism and small business activity are changing across Britain. The supplied location evidence places the subject at or near Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, EH1 2JU, which adds value for buyers searching by town, city, region or postcode. Season and footfall can be inferred only from the image, while the retail or market subject is explicit in the supplied caption. It should work for editorial buyers needing authentic, non-staged British or travel imagery for news, magazine, blog, local government, heritage, housing, transport, tourism, retail, public policy or social commentary use. The caption should be checked against the visible photograph before upload so that any readable signs, weather, time of day and people context are accurately reflected without overstating facts not shown in the image. The strongest sales value is the combination of named subject, real location and everyday documentary style, giving picture editors a flexible image that can sit alongside features, opinion pieces, explainers, historical retrospectives and local news. Search relevance is helped by including concise place names, visible brand or wording, functional subject terms, and wider editorial concepts such as public realm, consumer behaviour, heritage, travel, leisure and community life where they genuinely match the picture.
12 Grassmarket, Old Town, Edinburgh EH1 2JU
