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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,gay,village,Canal Street,tourist,tourism,Bar Pop Manchester,LGBTQ+ tourism,LGBTQ+ nightlife,gay village street scene,outdoor drinkers,pavement café,tourists,break,pubs,club,clubs,LGBTQ+,quarter,gay friendly,safe,gays,centre,leisure,alfresco,drinkers,drinking,spring,street scene,relaxed,relaxing,travel,inclusive tourism,Pride destination,outdoor hospitality,summer drinks,socialising outdoors,rainbow street decorations
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EJD0J4 - Busy street scene on Canal Street in Manchester's Gay Village, photographed on a warm spring day outside Bar Pop, with visitors walking past pavement tables while drinkers sit under black parasols beside the Rochdale Canal. Rainbow bunting and Pride colours hang above the trees, giving the street a festival feel even outside a formal parade. The image captures the everyday visitor economy of one of Britain's best-known LGBTQ+ quarters: bars, cafés, music venues, late-night entertainment, drag culture, weekend tourism and casual daytime socialising, all compressed into a narrow city-centre street.
Bar Pop's sign is visible on the right, placing the view at 10 Canal Street, close to Sackville Street, Richmond Street, Bloom Street and the Alan Turing Memorial in Sackville Gardens. The scene is useful not just as a nightlife photograph, but as a wider record of how Manchester has turned queer visibility into a public part of its civic identity. Canal Street is both a leisure destination and a symbol of acceptance, shaped by decades of LGBTQ+ organising, Pride events, bar culture and the continuing need for safe, visible social spaces. The mix of LGBTQ+ visitors, tourists, couples, friends and daytime drinkers shows the Village as a lived city neighbourhood rather than a sealed nightlife zone.
Fresh green trees, short sleeves, sunglasses, outdoor seating and soft bright light suggest late spring or early summer weather. The sky is largely hidden by foliage and flags, but the open-air drinking, warm clothing choices and relaxed pedestrian flow point to a pleasant, mild day. The photograph has strong editorial value for stories about Manchester tourism, Pride culture, hospitality, inclusive public spaces, canalside regeneration, the night-time economy, queer heritage, street life, urban planning, visitor behaviour and the commercial pressures facing famous nightlife districts as they balance entertainment, safety, identity and redevelopment.
10 Canal Street, Manchester, Greater Manchester, England, UK, M1 3EZ
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Keywords: Gotonysmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,safe,route,Westbourne,Grove,London,crowd,sign,wayfinding,festival,street,people,event,safety,pedestrians,public,transport,UK,British,Caribbean,culture,party,weekend,multicultural,2026,August bank holiday,upcoming,approaching,pink,signs,TfL,crowds,busy,60th anniversary,security,event safety planning,Notting Hill,routing
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3E3P63D - . Safe Route to Carnival signs guiding crowds along Westbourne Grove, west London. Photographed on 25 August 2025. The recorded location is Westbourne Grove, Bayswater, London, England, UK. Crowds move along the street beneath temporary event wayfinding, illustrating the large-scale traffic and pedestrian-management arrangements used during the annual festival. The image can support editorial reporting on crowd safety, public transport, road closures, pedestrian routes, local business disruption, policing, stewarding and the logistics of moving hundreds of thousands of visitors through residential and commercial streets. It also provides strong location context for Notting Hill Carnival, Bayswater, Paddington and west London during a major summer cultural event. Notting Hill Carnival developed from Caribbean community celebrations in west London during the 1960s and has become one of Europe's largest street festivals. In 2026 the event marks its 60th anniversary, giving imagery of costumes, flags, stewards, route signs and crowds additional historical relevance. Seen through direction sign, the earlier context is that signs are functional pieces of graphic design that organise movement and communicate rules, names or destinations
Lettering, symbols, colours and materials can date public space as clearly as architecture, particularly when organisations rebrand or regulations change. For community festival, the historical context is that carnivals, beer festivals and civic celebrations preserve traditions while continually adapting to new audiences
Signs, temporary stages, costumes and crowd-management measures document how organisers transform ordinary streets and venues. The 2026 relevance of direction sign comes from the fact that current public-realm design increasingly expects signs to be legible, inclusive and consistent, while bilingual and accessibility information reflects wider policy around language and equal access.
Westbourne Grove, Bayswater, London, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,bar,pub,bars,pubs,national,drinking,pub watch,safety,personal,dating,dates,safe,word,codeword,night-time,economy,nightlife,night,evening,time,unsafe,public information poster,harassment prevention,sexual violence prevention,uncomfortable,Tinder,Grindr,date,bar staff,training,staff,intervention,vulnerability,domestic abuse,awareness,taxi help,Bumble
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EDM02P - An Ask for Angela safety poster is displayed in a Wetherspoon pub, explaining how someone on a date or in an uncomfortable situation can discreetly ask bar staff for help. The poster uses the phrase Hi, I'm Angela and tells stock-photo/gotonysmith-Customers.html?sortBy=relevant&pseudoid=237DAF28-A4ED-4448-8173-C0E81ABEEC6F Target=_Blank>customers that if they go to the bar and ask for Angela, staff will know they need assistance and can help them leave safely, call a taxi or support them without fuss. The image is a strong editorial photograph for stories about pub safety, dating safety, nightlife, personal security, safeguarding, women's safety, harassment, coercive behaviour, vulnerability in licensed premises and the responsibilities of hospitality staff. The Ask for Angela initiative began in Lincolnshire as a simple code-word campaign for people who feel unsafe on dates or nights out, and has since been promoted widely across pubs, bars, clubs and hospitality venues. The visible Wetherspoon branding, National Pubwatch logo, website address, taxi icon and #askforangela hashtag make the photograph useful for coverage of public awareness campaigns, safer streets, staff training, bystander intervention, alcohol-related risk, spiking concerns, online dating and customer welfare. It can also illustrate broader debate about the night-time economy, licensing, responsible venues, town centre safety, domestic abuse awareness and the need for discreet escape routes when people feel pressured, threatened or trapped. The poster's direct wording and bright graphic design show how safeguarding messages are made accessible in everyday public spaces. As a documentary stock image, it records a practical safety measure inside a British pub, linking hospitality, policing partnerships, customer care and public information in a simple, recognisable campaign.
Ask for Angela safety poster in a Wetherspoon pub, advising customers to seek discreet help from sta
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,Stockport,rail,railway,train,station,at,dusk,night,safe,commuter,evening,travel
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3F0EEAH - . Stockport train station at night , dusk evening travel. Photographed on 17 November 2023, this autumn image records the subject in its real-world setting and provides a contemporary visual reference for the place, activity, object or organisation shown. Key searchable subjects associated with the scene include Stockport, rail, railway, train, station, dusk, night, safe, commuter, evening, travel, providing natural SEO coverage without losing the specific documentary identity of the photograph. Weather and natural light are part of the visual character of the frame, helping define the season, atmosphere, colour and visibility of architectural or landscape detail. Transport context makes the photograph useful for stories about rail travel, passenger journeys, stations and interchanges, public transport investment, regional connectivity and the everyday experience of moving through the UK rail network. Railway architecture, passenger facilities, route identity, signage and operational infrastructure are important documentary themes, particularly as stations and services are modernised or altered over time. The transport setting gives the image wider relevance to mobility, infrastructure, roads and public transport, travel behaviour, local connectivity, logistics and the relationship between vehicles and the built environment. It can illustrate planning, transport policy, accessibility, congestion, public investment and the changing technologies and services used to move people or goods. The frame provides a detailed documentary record of the subject as it appeared at the time of photography, preserving the surrounding context as well as the principal feature. Its value is both descriptive and editorial, allowing the scene to illustrate news, features, local history, travel, social change and retrospective comparison. The composition retains practical contextual detail for news, feature, documentary, educational and historical use.
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Your Housing Group,Your,Group,proud,to,be,a,Your Company,repairs,social,SocialHousing,UKhousing,vehicle,multi-trade,and,specialist,professionals,delivering,effective,Your Repairs,home,is,safe,secure,well,maintained,priority,compliant,compliants,DLO,in-house,internal,contractor,Awaabs Law,compliance
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RJ3YH6 - Taken on 19 Aug 2023, this photograph shows Fix360 YourHousing repairs and maintenance vehicle, in Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 1BS. The location is Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 1BS. The picture is not just a record shot: it contains visible signage, colour, materials, location clues and everyday street detail that make the image more specific than a generic stock photograph. It is well suited to housing-sector articles, landlord reports, resident communications, policy explainers, affordability debates, regulation, tenancy rights and the cost-of-living pressures facing households. 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 Fix360, 360, Fix, YourHousing, YourHousingGroup, Housing, van, repair, repairs and maintenance, maintenance, Your Housing Group, Your, plus wider ideas such as local identity, public realm, urban detail, social history, commercial change, everyday Britain, documentary photography and place-based storytelling. The composition gives designers scope for captions, page furniture, social media crops, report covers and article thumbnails, while the detailed captioning makes it more discoverable for searches using both specific place names and broader themes. It has value for both local and national stories, especially where writers need to connect a named place or object with wider economic, social, environmental or cultural change. Further SEO-friendly usage could include local services, town-centre change, heritage branding, British social history, public infrastructure, consumer behaviour, community identity and documentary evidence for newsletters, blogs, policy.
Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 1BS
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,Cheshire,England,UK,WA16 6BQ,WA16,Tory,Tories,Conservatives,majority,election,elections,boundary,changes,wards,safe,seat,seats,Esther McVey,constituency,safe-seat,Esther Louise McVey,GB News,GBNews,Tatton Conservative Association,Tatton,Neil Hamilton,right,wing,far,parliament,Westminster,MP,MPs,House of Commons,01565632181,political parties,Kemi Badenoch,freebies
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RAP38K - Tatton is a constituency in Cheshire represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2017 by Esther McVey, a Conservative.
Constituency profile
Tatton comprises the north-western part of the Cheshire East unitary authority, including the towns of Knutsford and Wilmslow, and a number of villages such as Alderley Edge, Chelford, Handforth and Mobberley, in Cheshire. It also covers a small, north-east, part of the Cheshire West and Chester unitary authority, including some of the outskirts of Northwich.
The seat largely comprises prosperous villages and small towns, many of which have high property prices, set amidst Cheshire countryside, featuring country parks, hills, recreation grounds and golf courses. The area was previously dominated by countryside
however, since the 1950s, it has developed a largely built-up, suburban character, being located on the fringes of Greater Manchester. The largest centres of population are Alderley Edge, Wilmslow and Knutsford. Its proximity to Manchester means Tatton forms part of the commuter belt to the city.
The constituency was created for the 1983 general election following the major reorganisation of local authorities under the Local Government Act 1972, which came into effect on 1 April 1974. It was formed from parts of the seats of Runcorn, Cheadle, Northwich and Knutsford. The constituency is named after Tatton Park, a stately home in this area.
21 Canute Place, Knutsford, Cheshire, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,M60,Manchester Piccadilly Rail Station,Piccadilly Station Approach,Greater Manchester,England,UK,M60 7RA,train,railway,rail,station,exterior,outside,at,night,the,mainline,passengers,passenger,modern,secure,transport,building,architecture,HS2,high-speed,redevelopment,plan,plans,Northern Powerhouse,connectivity,integrated,railways,safe,terminus,WCML,West Coast Mainline
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RAJ378 - Manchester Piccadilly is the principal railway station in Manchester, England. Opened as Store Street in 1842, it was renamed Manchester London Road in 1847 and became Manchester Piccadilly in 1960. Located to the south-east of Manchester city centre, it hosts long-distance intercity and cross-country services to national destinations including London, Birmingham, Nottingham, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Cardiff, Bristol, Exeter, Plymouth, Reading, Southampton and Bournemouth
regional services to destinations in Northern England including Liverpool, Leeds, Sheffield, Newcastle and York
and local commuter services around Greater Manchester. It is one of 19 major stations managed by Network Rail. The station has 14 platforms: 12 terminal and two through platforms (numbers 13 and 14). Piccadilly is also a major interchange with the Metrolink light rail system with two tram platforms in its undercroft.
Piccadilly is the busiest station in the Manchester station group with over 30 million passenger entries and exits between April 2019 and March 2020
A major redevelopment of the station and surrounding area has been proposed to complement the HS2 proposals involving the construction of a canopy over the HS2 platforms, the creation of a new entrance, and office, retail and residential development. Designs indicate that the derelict Mayfield Station and the Gateway House office block will be demolished. The plans were approved by the Government in November 2016
Northern Powerhouse Rail (NPR) proposals include the construction of new platforms under Piccadilly station and the proposed HS2 platforms. The 2016 'Manchester Piccadilly Options Assessment' by the National Infrastructure Commission stated: Addition of Northern Powerhouse Rail and Station to the Manchester Piccadilly system will be the last step of the process of transforming the station in to a transport super hub. The NPR station and its construction will need to be considered throughout the design and implementation
Manchester Piccadilly Rail Station , Piccadilly Station Approach, Manchester, Greater Manchester, En
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,NI,railway,Bushmills Road,Northern Ireland,UK,BT52 2BN,BT52,train,carriages,passes,pass,safely,track,gate,gates,barrier,danger,safe,lights,signal,signals,public,transport,in,line,route,sunny,blue sky,Irish Gauge,light,red,clear,funding
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RAP376 - NI stock-photo/gotonysmith-Railways.html?sortBy=relevant&pseudoid=237DAF28-A4ED-4448-8173-C0E81ABEEC6F Target=_Blank>Railways, also known as Northern Ireland Railways (NIR) (Irish: Iarnród Thuaisceart Éireann)
and for a brief period Ulster Transport Railways (UTR), is the railway operator in Northern Ireland. NIR is a subsidiary of Translink, whose parent company is the Northern Ireland Transport Holding Company (NITHCo), and is one of seven publicly owned train operators in the United Kingdom, the others being Direct Rail Services, Northern Trains, Transport for Wales Rail, Southeastern, LNER, and ScotRail. It has a common Board of Management with the other two companies in the group, Ulsterbus and Metro (formerly Citybus).
The rail network in Northern Ireland is not part of the National Rail network of Great Britain, nor does it use Standard Gauge, instead using Irish Gauge in common with the Republic of Ireland. Also, NIR is the only commercial non-heritage passenger operator in the United Kingdom to operate a vertical integration model, with responsibility of all aspects of the network including running trains, maintaining rolling stock and infrastructure, and pricing. Since the Single European Railway Directive 2012, the company has allowed open access operations by other rail operators, although no operator has started such a service. In 2019, NI Railways carried over 15 million passengers
Bushmills Rd, Coleraine, Northern Ireland, UK, BT52 2BN
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,NI,railway,Bushmills Road,Northern Ireland,UK,BT52 2BN,BT52,train,carriages,passes,pass,safely,track,gate,gates,barrier,danger,safe,lights,signal,signals,public,transport,in,line,route,sunny,blue sky,Irish Gauge,trains,CAF,Class 4000,DMU,Diesel
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RAP37J - NI stock-photo/gotonysmith-Railways.html?sortBy=relevant&pseudoid=237DAF28-A4ED-4448-8173-C0E81ABEEC6F Target=_Blank>Railways, also known as Northern Ireland Railways (NIR) (Irish: Iarnród Thuaisceart Éireann)
and for a brief period Ulster Transport Railways (UTR), is the railway operator in Northern Ireland. NIR is a subsidiary of Translink, whose parent company is the Northern Ireland Transport Holding Company (NITHCo), and is one of seven publicly owned train operators in the United Kingdom, the others being Direct Rail Services, Northern Trains, Transport for Wales Rail, Southeastern, LNER, and ScotRail. It has a common Board of Management with the other two companies in the group, Ulsterbus and Metro (formerly Citybus).
The rail network in Northern Ireland is not part of the National Rail network of Great Britain, nor does it use Standard Gauge, instead using Irish Gauge in common with the Republic of Ireland. Also, NIR is the only commercial non-heritage passenger operator in the United Kingdom to operate a vertical integration model, with responsibility of all aspects of the network including running trains, maintaining rolling stock and infrastructure, and pricing. Since the Single European Railway Directive 2012, the company has allowed open access operations by other rail operators, although no operator has started such a service. In 2019, NI Railways carried over 15 million passengers
Bushmills Rd, Coleraine, Northern Ireland, UK, BT52 2BN
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,English,British,UK,city,centre,transport,public,service,evening,NW1 1DG,NW1,new,on,a,late,168,Tesco,to,the,Monopoly,Eversholt Street,Camden,for,South End Green,Dunton Road,safe,LTZ1659,safety,of,transportation,vehicle,iconic,hybrid,diesel-electric,Wrightbus,Borismaster,Boris Bus,New Bus For London
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2R39Y2F - The New Routemaster, originally referred to as the New Bus for London and colloquially as the Borismaster or Boris Bus, is a low-floor diesel double-decker bus operated in London, England. Designed by Heatherwick Studio and manufactured by Wrightbus, it is notable for featuring a hop-on hop-off rear open platform similar to the original Routemaster bus design but updated to meet requirements for modern buses to be fully accessible. It first entered service in February 2012.
The original AEC Routemaster was used as the standard London bus type, with a rear open platform and crewed by both a driver and conductor. After half a century it was withdrawn from service at the end of 2005 (except for two heritage routes which operated until 2014 and 2019 respectively), in favour of a fully accessible one-man-operated modern fleet (including articulated buses), none of which featured a rear open platform. The withdrawal of the Routemaster became an issue during the 2008 London mayoral election with Boris Johnson elected mayor with a campaign pledge being to introduce a new Routemaster. Following an open design competition in 2008, Wrightbus was awarded the contract to build the bus at the end of 2009, and the final design was announced in May 2010.
The design for the new double-decker bus was inspired by the original AEC Routemaster, and features three doors and two staircases to allow accessible boarding. Unlike the AEC Routemaster, the new bus has a full front end rather than the protruding, bonneted half cab design, and a rear platform with a door that can be closed, rather than being permanently open. The layout of the new bus allows it to be operated by the driver alone. The cost of each bus was £355,000 over the four-year procurement period. The last of the 1,000 New Routemasters was delivered in December 2017
Eversholt St, London, England, UK, NW1 1DG
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,UK,appliance ref,and,next,due,Passed,fail,green,Euro Pat Test,labels,testing H&S,safety,appliances,electric,health & safety,safe,working,regular,checks,check,annual,in-service inspection & testing of electrical equipment,testing,appliance,next test,danger,dangers,overdue,unsafe,equipment,domestic,communal,stating,states,a,pass
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PFAAP8 - View of a green and white Euro PAT Test label attached to the underside of a portable electrical appliance. The sticker records that the item has passed its inspection and provides fields for the appliance reference number and the date when the next test is due. A handwritten date of December 2024 is visible alongside the prominent word PASSED and a small smiling-face symbol. Part of the appliance casing and its coiled electrical cable can be seen around the label.
Portable Appliance Testing, commonly abbreviated to PAT, describes the inspection and, where appropriate, electrical testing of plug-in appliances and equipment to help determine whether they remain safe to use. The process can include a visual examination of the casing, flex, plug and fuse, followed where necessary by tests such as earth continuity and insulation resistance.
A passed label provides a visible indication that an appliance was considered satisfactory when inspected. It may also support asset identification, maintenance scheduling and record keeping. However, a sticker alone does not guarantee that an item will remain safe indefinitely, because damage, misuse or deterioration can occur after testing.
UK health and safety law requires electrical equipment with the potential to cause injury to be maintained in a safe condition. It does not impose a universal requirement for every portable appliance to receive an annual PAT test. The appropriate type and frequency of checks should instead reflect the equipment, how it is used, its operating environment and the findings of previous inspections.
The image is suitable for illustrating electrical safety, workplace risk management, facilities management, landlord responsibilities, equipment maintenance, health and safety inspections, compliance records and accident prevention. It also provides a clear documentary example of the information commonly shown on an appliance inspection label.
England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,and,& Unionist,party,vote,voting,me,Liz Truss,badge,notes,money,pound,pounds,finances,economy,economic,English,England,Welsh,safe,with,fail,failure,decline,melt down,inflation,public services,poor,strikes,Levelling Up,election,wipeout,wipe out,YouGov,poll,polls,weakness,electorate,reformuk
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2NED2RR - . This scene at England and Wales , UK in 2023 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 principal subject is I'm a Tory - In England/Wales, will anyone still rely on voting Tory, based on economic/financial track record?. The wider scene also brings together period detail, everyday life, commercial frontage, town-centre trading, customer footfall, place identity, specialist retailer, retail property, bricks-and-mortar retail, local enterprise, contemporary social history, changing land use, specialist shop, and historical comparison. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with town-centre regeneration, online shopping and how shopfronts become short-lived records of changing businesses. Future viewers can use this scene from England and Wales , UK to compare signage and branding with whatever follows after changed technology. Other useful contextual ideas include local history, public realm, visual archive, archival record, before-and-after reference, changing streetscape, community identity, and shopfront economy. Elements such as track, Wales, voting, financial, and anyone add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. Around England and Wales , UK, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. Another strand within the photograph is town-centre regeneration and the resilience of specialist shops in an online retail economy in a form that can be compared with future views of England and Wales , UK. The setting also helps illustrate store closures and how shopfronts become short-lived records of changing businesses within the real-world context of England and Wales , UK. It also preserves details of everyday use for future local research.
England and Wales , UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Cheshire,England,UK,passenger,tunnel,walkway,a,village,walking,exercise,walker,man,male,his,dog,south,A50,Knutsford Road,Latchford,staying,safe,stolen,mugged,dogs,feeling,clean,up,after,your,poo,bags,pet,care,lead,considerate,walks
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2NJXBWK - . An on-location photograph from Latchford village, A50, south Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 in 2023, showing the named subject as part of a wider social, commercial, cultural or physical setting rather than as an isolated object. At the centre of the view is A50 Knutsford Road, Latchford pedestrian tunnel, with a man walking his dog on a lead, south Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4. The image also relates to local character, everyday life, place identity, community identity, changing streetscape, local bus network, historical comparison, visual archive, public transport stop, bus infrastructure, public realm, roadside transit, transport accessibility, and archival record. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with local connectivity, integrated transport and the shift toward cleaner buses and integrated ticketing. As a dated visual record of Latchford village, A50, south Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4, the frame retains local activity and public use, making it especially useful if later reinterpretation subsequently changes the scene. The subject also sits alongside bus route infrastructure, changing land use, period detail, social history, local history, regional identity, local mobility, and passenger transport. Elements such as Latchford, tunnel, pedestrian, walking, and Knutsford add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. For Latchford village, A50, south Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4, the photograph contributes to a cumulative visual history in which changes in use, signs, access and appearance can be traced over time. The image also provides a reference for local connectivity and the shift toward cleaner buses and integrated ticketing within the specific setting of Latchford village, A50, south Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4. It also preserves details of everyday use for later comparison.
Latchford village, A50, south Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Edinburgh,city,centre,Scotland,32,UK,EH1 1PB,Take Drugs Seriously,mind altering,and,outreach,shop,office,drop-in,drop,in,confidential advice,1-1,support,free,safe,sex materials,BBV,pregnancy,testing,tests,test,problem,death,deaths,problems,Scottish,kills,killers
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M36741 - We neither condemn nor condone drug use: we exist to reduce harm, challenge perceptions and help people make positive choices about their use of cannabis, stimulant and other social drugs and sexual health by providing non-judgemental, credible and up to date information and support.
32 Cockburn Street, Edinburgh,Scotland, EH1 1PB
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Grimston Bar,York,Yorkshire,England,YO10 5FF,bicycle,theft,thefts,student bike,student bikes,indoor,insurance,insure,policy,study,transport,two wheels,two wheel,bikes,cycles,cycle,cycling,safe,safer,storing,storage,bike,biker,biking,chain,chained,fenced,halls,of,residence
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M4W2NC - . This authentic period view of Constantine College, York University, Grimston Bar, York, Yorkshire, England, YO10 5FF in 2022 preserves the main subject alongside smaller contextual details that can acquire greater historical value as places and uses change. The scene records Student Cycle shed ,at Constantine College, York University, Grimston Bar, York, Yorkshire, England, YO10 5FF. The wider scene also brings together period detail, local social venue, hospitality economy, licensed hospitality, community identity, local history, contemporary social history, visitor hospitality, licensed trade, local character, public realm, beer-led hospitality, traditional pub, and night-time economy. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with consumer spending, changing drinking habits and pressure on hospitality margins in a high-cost economy. Small period details of building condition and alterations at Constantine College, York University, Grimston Bar, York, Yorkshire, England, YO10 5FF may become more significant with time, particularly following new ownership. The photograph additionally reflects community drinking venue, changing land use, historic hostelry, archival record, public-house heritage, historical comparison, visual archive, and everyday life. The recorded references to University, Constantine, Cycle, Yorkshire, and College preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. The period setting at Constantine College, York University, Grimston Bar, York, Yorkshire, England, YO10 5FF helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. A further contemporary connection is consumer spending and how food, drink and heritage combine in destination pubs within the real-world context of Constantine College, York University, Grimston Bar, York, Yorkshire, England, YO10 5FF.
Constantine College, York University, Grimston Bar, York, Yorkshire, England, YO10 5FF
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,sticker,warning,warn,firerisk,danger,prevention,heat,heating,smoulder,burn,do,not,put,on,top,wall,mounted,heater,space,shirt,dry,drying,above,expensive,stay,staying,safe,with,electric panel,heaters,electric,system,economy7,plugged,in,plug,significant fire hazard
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K6C9BN - . Photographed at the recorded location 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 image documents Wall mounted electric space heater, with shirt drying on the top, covering it. Sign 'caution do not cover'. The image also relates to historic sign, public-facing signage, social history, public information notice, changing streetscape, documentary photography, changing land use, local history, printed message, community identity, instructional wording, place identity, urban typography, and commercial ephemera. From a 2025-onward perspective, commercial branding and visual identity are closely linked to this subject, alongside how ordinary signs become time-specific evidence of language and design. As a dated visual record of the recorded location, the frame retains public access and movement, making it especially useful if redevelopment subsequently changes the scene. A second descriptive layer includes period lettering, visual communication, regional identity, period detail, visual archive, material sign design, everyday visual culture, and local character. Details involving cover', space, heater, covering, and 'caution make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. Around the recorded location, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. The setting also helps illustrate commercial branding and how ordinary signs become time-specific evidence of language and design within the real-world context of the recorded location. The image also provides a reference for street design and how ordinary signs become time-specific evidence of language and design within the specific setting of the recorded location. The view records details of everyday use for later comparison.
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Keywords: West Midlands,England,UK,GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,limited,safes,safe,maker,padlocks,black country,Company,Ltd,Limited,building,factory,architecture,history,historic,decline,Assa Abloy Group,Chubbsafes,Temple Street,Charles,Chub,Wednesfield Road,Gunnebo Group,Heath Town,city,centre,Grade II listed,Victorian warehouse,Lighthouse Media Centre,Lighthouse,recession
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K546YE - Chubbsafes is a brand of safes and vaults with its origins in the UK. It specialises in products which offer certified burglary protection and/or fire protection.
The brand is widely sold and marketed in the UK, South Africa, India and Malaysia as well as parts of northern Europe and east Asia.
Chubbsafes is owned under licence by the Gunnebo Group.
Early Years: 1818-1938
In 1818, Charles Chubb and his younger brother, Jeremiah Chubb, founded the Chubb Company and opened a workshop for making locks on Temple Street in Wolverhampton, England. Two years later, they opened a shop at 57 St.Paul's Churchyard in London.
In 1835, Charles Chubb expanded the business and took out a patent for a burglary-resistant safe. A safe works was opened shortly afterwards, in 1837, in London and in 1839 the brothers patented their first fire safe.
Following the death of Charles, the company remained in the family, being taken over by his son, John Chubb, in 1846, and then his grandchildren, John Charles, George Hayter and Harry Withers Chubb in 1872.
In 1882, the business became a private limited company and changed its name to Chubb & Sons Lock and Safe Company Ltd.
The London safe works moved to Wednesfield Road in Wolverhampton in 1908 and when the site was extended in 1938, it was joined by the lock works.
Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K546YF - Chubbsafes is a brand of safes and vaults with its origins in the UK. It specialises in products which offer certified burglary protection and/or fire protection.
The brand is widely sold and marketed in the UK, South Africa, India and Malaysia as well as parts of northern Europe and east Asia.
Chubbsafes is owned under licence by the Gunnebo Group.
Early Years: 1818-1938
In 1818, Charles Chubb and his younger brother, Jeremiah Chubb, founded the Chubb Company and opened a workshop for making locks on Temple Street in Wolverhampton, England. Two years later, they opened a shop at 57 St.Paul's Churchyard in London.
In 1835, Charles Chubb expanded the business and took out a patent for a burglary-resistant safe. A safe works was opened shortly afterwards, in 1837, in London and in 1839 the brothers patented their first fire safe.
Following the death of Charles, the company remained in the family, being taken over by his son, John Chubb, in 1846, and then his grandchildren, John Charles, George Hayter and Harry Withers Chubb in 1872.
In 1882, the business became a private limited company and changed its name to Chubb & Sons Lock and Safe Company Ltd.
The London safe works moved to Wednesfield Road in Wolverhampton in 1908 and when the site was extended in 1938, it was joined by the lock works.
Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@hotpixUK,letter,word,keep,keeping,safe,risk,at,free,cyber,breaches,incidents,fraud,resilience,strategy,strategies,commercial,tenant,customer,personal,financial,definition,spelled,spelt,out,in,secure,security,data security,sound,protection,safeguards,safety,attacks,cyberattack,cyberattacks
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K46DB9 - . Made at the recorded location in 2022, this photograph records a real place and moment, preserving details that may later be altered by redevelopment, rebranding, changing ownership or different public use. The principal subject is Data security,spelled out in Scrabble letters, on the dictionary definition of security. A broader reading of the photograph includes customer footfall, bricks-and-mortar retail, period detail, independent retail, before-and-after reference, visual archive, changing land use, historical comparison, small business, archival record, retail property, specialist shop, shopfront economy, and town-centre trading. The modern context includes continuing discussion of consumer spending, business rates and how commercial property costs affect small retailers. Small period details of equipment and working practice at the recorded location may become more significant with time, particularly following altered transport patterns. The subject also sits alongside social history, local character, specialist retailer, street-level business, documentary photography, contemporary social history, place identity, and community identity. References to definition, Scrabble, security, spelled, and dictionary give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. The period setting at the recorded location helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. The scene further reflects consumer spending and the contribution of independents to distinctive high streets as part of the longer story of the recorded location. Its period value extends to independent business and the contribution of independents to distinctive high streets when considered against later change at the recorded location. The photograph keeps a local visual benchmark for future local research. The record includes a point of historical comparison before later change alters the scene.
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@hotpixUK,letter,word,keep,keeping,safe,risk,at,free,cyber,breaches,incidents,fraud,resilience,strategy,strategies,commercial,tenant,customer,personal,financial,definition,spelled,spelt,out,in,secure,tenants,tenancies,tenancy,renter,renters,safeguards,safety,attacks,cyberattack,cyberattacks,eviction notice
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K46DBC - . Recorded at the recorded location 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 frame specifically shows Tenant Data,spelled out in Scrabble letters, on the dictionary definition of security. The wider scene also brings together graphic street detail, commercial ephemera, local story.htm Target=_Blank>history, wayfinding detail, before-and-after reference, instructional wording, archival record, urban typography, historical comparison, visual communication, local character, contemporary social history, public realm, and street-level message. The modern context includes continuing discussion of visual identity, digital substitution and how signs can document commercial, social or regulatory change. The image fixes equipment and working practice within the recorded location at one identifiable point, providing a benchmark against replacement signage. The surrounding story also includes community identity, everyday life, visual archive, changing land use, period lettering, material sign design, changing streetscape, and documentary photography. The combination of Tenant, security, dictionary, definition, and Scrabble anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. A later view of the recorded location may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. The setting also helps illustrate visual identity and how ordinary signs become time-specific evidence of language and design when considered against later change at the recorded location. The image also provides a reference for digital substitution and how signs can document commercial, social or regulatory change without losing the local specificity of the recorded location. The photograph keeps period character within the wider story of the recorded location. The record includes a trace of local identity as part of the recorded location's history.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K46DE9 - . An identifiable period record of the recorded location in 2022, retaining practical detail and local context that distinguish documentary photography from a generic illustration. At the centre of the view is Customer Data,spelled out in Scrabble letters, on the dictionary definition of security. Another layer of the photograph includes local character, contemporary social history, visual archive, independent retail, documentary photography, specialist retailer, customer footfall, public realm, historical comparison, local history, everyday life, small business, archival record, and high-street commerce. The modern context includes continuing discussion of consumer spending, online shopping and how commercial property costs affect small retailers. As a dated visual record of the recorded location, the frame retains equipment and working practice, making it especially useful if refurbishment subsequently changes the scene. Further associations within the scene are period detail, changing streetscape, local enterprise, commercial frontage, shopfront economy, street-level business, place identity, and before-and-after reference. Details involving security, spelled, Customer, dictionary, and letters make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. By fixing the subject within the recorded location, the image preserves more than the headline object or building: it records part of the locality's everyday history. The location additionally provides evidence of consumer spending and the resilience of specialist shops in an online retail economy when considered against later change at the recorded location. A further contemporary connection is footfall and the contribution of independents to distinctive high streets without losing the local specificity of the recorded location. The photograph keeps a trace of local identity as a date-specific reference.
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,youth,#HaltonHighStreets,WA71AH,art,mural,stencil,stencils,Runcorn old Town,back in business,post-covid19,post-pandemic,high st,Runcorn,Halton,Cheshire,England,UK,tape measure,2 metres,two metres,back to Runcorn,returning,after,lockdown,Hallett,enquiry,Heather,Art,painting,artwork,information,Community,safe,safety,longcovid,long covid
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K141BK - . This scene at 57 High St, Runcorn, Halton, Cheshire, England, UK, WA7 1AH 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 frame specifically shows Runcorn old Town, back in business, keep a safe distance, post-covid19 art, #HaltonHighStreets, high st, Runcorn, Halton, Cheshire, England, UK WA71AH. Further facets of the scene include place identity, urban fabric, community identity, urban regeneration, archival record, public realm, before-and-after reference, commercial redevelopment, public-realm investment, historic townscape, mixed-use redevelopment, visual archive, period detail, and civic architecture. For current editorial use, public-realm investment and adaptive reuse provide additional context, especially through the value of reusing existing buildings rather than wholesale demolition. For later comparison, the photograph preserves lettering, decoration and surface detail at 57 High St, Runcorn, Halton, Cheshire, England, UK, WA7 1AH, details that may look very different after new construction. The wider setting retains connections with changing land use, local history, contemporary social history, period architecture, architectural character, changing streetscape, place-making, and documentary photography. The recorded references to Runcorn, WA71AH, post-covid19, Halton, and distance preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. The wider setting at 57 High St, Runcorn, Halton, Cheshire, England, UK, WA7 1AH matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. The scene further reflects public-realm investment and the value of reusing existing buildings rather than wholesale demolition as part of the longer story of 57 High St, Runcorn, Halton, Cheshire, England, UK, WA7 1AH.
57 High St, Runcorn, Halton, Cheshire, England, UK, WA7 1AH
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,youth,#HaltonHighStreets,WA71AH,art,mural,stencil,stencils,Runcorn old Town,back in business,post-covid19,post-pandemic,high st,Runcorn,Halton,Cheshire,England,UK,tape measure,2 metres,two metres,back to Runcorn,returning,after,lockdown,Community,painting,Hallett,enquiry,artwork,safe,safety,information,Heather,Art
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K141C6 - . Recorded at 57 High St, Runcorn, Halton, Cheshire, England, UK, WA7 1AH 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 Runcorn old Town, back in business, keep a safe distance, post-covid19 art, #HaltonHighStreets, high st, Runcorn, Halton, Cheshire, England, UK WA71AH. The wider scene also brings together changing streetscape, civic architecture, local character, architectural character, community identity, before-and-after reference, adaptive reuse, changing land use, heritage-led regeneration, local history, documentary photography, social history, public-realm investment, and urban regeneration. Today's relevance is strengthened by town-centre regeneration, public-realm investment and the continuing question of how public investment can reshape pedestrian movement and evening activity. The image fixes lettering, decoration and surface detail within 57 High St, Runcorn, Halton, Cheshire, England, UK, WA7 1AH at one identifiable point, providing a benchmark against refurbishment. Other useful contextual ideas include contemporary social history, historical comparison, built heritage, period detail, historic townscape, public realm, regional identity, and commercial redevelopment. Elements such as Halton, post-covid19, Runcorn, WA71AH, and business add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. The period setting at 57 High St, Runcorn, Halton, Cheshire, England, UK, WA7 1AH helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. The location additionally provides evidence of town-centre regeneration and how public investment can reshape pedestrian movement and evening activity within the specific setting of 57 High St, Runcorn, Halton, Cheshire, England, UK, WA7 1AH.
57 High St, Runcorn, Halton, Cheshire, England, UK, WA7 1AH
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@Hotpixuk,Hotpixuk,Walton,locks,lock,Stockton Heath,Cheshire,England,UK,WA4 6DJ,summer,land fill,venting,gases,methane,flammable,inflammable,gas,landfill,control,waste,site,ventilation,passive,safe,safety,air,flows,flow,refuse,dump,aerate,landfilled,LFG,management,managing,aeration
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JEKPWT - . Made at Walton lock, Stockton Heath, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 6DJ 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 subject captured here is Landfill Gas LFG exhausts - passive gas vent - Landfill gas control, at Walton lock, Stockton Heath, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 6DJ. Other connected aspects include interactive public realm, changing streetscape, urban leisure, documentary photography, townscape record, period detail, urban gathering place, local history, urban change, contemporary social history, archival record, open-air leisure, community recreation, and community life. Today's relevance is strengthened by family access, inclusive design and the continuing question of how well-designed public spaces encourage informal play and social activity. From a 2025-onward perspective, regeneration and community use are closely linked to this subject, alongside how regeneration alters the character of familiar places. Small period details of public access and movement at Walton lock, Stockton Heath, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 6DJ may become more significant with time, particularly following closure or conversion. The wider setting retains connections with city-centre public space, visual archive, place identity, community identity, social landscape, family recreation, changing land use, and everyday life. The combination of Walton, Stockton, exhausts, Landfill, and passive anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. For Walton lock, Stockton Heath, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 6DJ, the photograph contributes to a cumulative visual history in which changes in use, signs, access and appearance can be traced over time. The period view preserves a local visual benchmark as a date-specific reference.
Walton lock, Stockton Heath, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 6DJ
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,Hotpixuk,@Hotpixuk,welsh,Wales,NP4,Blaenafon,Torfaen,Pontypool,South Wales,Cymru,UK,NP4 9XP,miners,mine,services,NCB,south,Yorkshire,mining,colliery,nationalised,coal,shirt,safety,team,safe,mines,ltd,limited,emergency,emergencies,rescues,proud,pride,saving,lives,life,of,flood
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JAGDAH - Mine rescue or mines rescue is the specialised job of rescuing miners and others who have become trapped or injured in underground mines because of mining accidents, roof falls or floods and disasters such as explosions.
Altofts Colliery manager, W.E. Garforth suggested using a gallery to test rescue apparatus and train rescuers in 1899 and one was built at his pit in Altofts West Yorkshire. It cost £13,000. He also suggested the idea of a network of rescue stations. The first British mines rescue station opened at Tankersley in 1902. It was commissioned by the West Yorkshire Coal Mine Owners Association.[8] Its building is grade II listed.
In the United Kingdom a series of disasters in the 19th century brought about Royal Commissions which developed the idea of improving mine safety. The commissions influenced the Coal Mines Act of 1911 which made the provision of rescue stations compulsory. By 1919 there were 43 stations in the UK but as the coal industry declined from the last quarter of the 20th century many were closed, leaving six as of 2013, at Crossgates in Fife, Houghton-le-Spring in Tyne and Wear, Kellingley at Beal in North Yorkshire, Rawdon in Derbyshire, Dinas at Tonypandy in Glamorgan and at Mansfield Woodhouse in Nottinghamshire. The MRS Training centre at Houghton-le-Spring opened in 1913 is one of the six surviving British rescue stations which are operated by MRS Training and Rescue. It is a Grade II listed building.
Mines rescue featured in the 1952 film The Brave Don't Cry which was a testimony to the Knockshinnoch disaster. Mine rescuers have often been recognised in Britain by the award of gallantry medals.
In Britain, mines rescue teams may be called to investigate holes in the ground that have appeared because of land surface subsidence into old mineshafts and mine workings
Blaenafon, Torfaen, Pontypool, South Wales, Cymru, UK, , NP4 9XP
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,Hotpixuk,@Hotpixuk,welsh,Wales,NP4,Blaenafon,Torfaen,Pontypool,Cymru,UK,NP4 9XP,instruction,red,yellow,copper disks,disk,disc,south,western,division,for,men,miners,mine,going,underground,system,process,hang copper disc round your neck and retain it all,times,BW,monochrome,colliery,safety,safe,working,mining
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JAGDAK - . This authentic period view of Blaenafon, Torfaen, Pontypool, South Wales, Cymru, UK, , NP4 9XP in 2022 preserves the main subject alongside smaller contextual details that can acquire greater historical value as places and uses change. At the centre of the view is Old authorisation Discs for Men going underground - instruction envelopes, emergency organisation. The subject also carries associations with changing streetscape, social landscape, community identity, street-level documentary, city-centre activity, visual archive, local story.htm Target=_Blank>history, urban social history, local character, social history, before-and-after reference, place identity, period detail, and community life. From a 2025-onward perspective, footfall and commercial change are closely linked to this subject, alongside the documentary importance of recording everyday urban environments. Future viewers can use this scene from Blaenafon, Torfaen, Pontypool, South Wales, Cymru, UK, , NP4 9XP to compare equipment and working practice with whatever follows after altered transport patterns. Other useful contextual ideas include public realm, documentary photography, regional identity, contemporary city life, contemporary social history, archival record, everyday street life, and everyday life. The recorded references to organisation, going, authorisation, envelopes, and Discs preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. A later view of Blaenafon, Torfaen, Pontypool, South Wales, Cymru, UK, , NP4 9XP may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. The wider significance includes footfall and the documentary importance of recording everyday urban environments as part of the longer story of Blaenafon, Torfaen, Pontypool, South Wales, Cymru, UK, , NP4 9XP. The view records period character as part of Blaenafon, Torfaen, Pontypool, South Wales, Cymru, UK, , NP4 9XP's history.
Blaenafon, Torfaen, Pontypool, South Wales, Cymru, UK, , NP4 9XP
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Keywords: @HotpixUK,HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,Latchy,Cheshire,England,UK,WA4,community,local,dusk,evening,lighting,lights,well lit,safe,LatchfordPartnership,Latchford ward,suburb,residential area,Læccford,boggy-stream ford,Latchford Without,canal,canals,painting,artwork,urban art,Latchford east,Latchford Big Local Partnership,character,school,schools,village,underpass,tunnels,art
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2DKW7N6 - Latchford is a suburb and electoral ward of Warrington, Cheshire, England. It is around one mile south-east of Warrington town centre and has a total resident population of 7,856.
Latchford is a predominantly residential area, Latchford lies between the River Mersey and the Manchester Ship Canal, and broadly consists of 19th-century terraced housing and some open space. The canal is crossed here by a swing bridge, a high-level road bridge and the now disused Latchford railway viaduct.
Its name came from Anglo-Saxon Læccford meaning boggy-stream ford
Latchford was originally a township in the ancient parish of Grappenhall, in Cheshire. It was also part of Bucklow Hundred, and was close to the border with Lancashire.
Between 1894 and 1974, part of Latchford was placed within the County Borough of Warrington, and the registration county of Lancashire, whilst the rest of Latchford became a civil parish named Latchford Without and was transferred to Lancashire.
With the local government reforms of 1974, as part of the newly formed Cheshire borough of Warrington, Latchford was transferred back to Cheshire
Knutsford Rd,Latchford East,Warrington, Cheshire,England, UK, WA4 1JR
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2C6RE95 - . An authentic period record of 177 Knutsford Rd, Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 2QL, retaining the practical visual detail that later redevelopment, rebranding or altered use can remove. The scene records Social Distancing at the Big Blue,Fish and Chip shop, 177 Knutsford Rd, Grappenhall, Warrington,Cheshire,England, UK, WA4 2QL. The photograph also carries associations with shopfront economy, historical comparison, contemporary history, before-and-after reference, period detail, regional identity, town-centre economy, shopping district, community identity, urban change, urban commerce, archival record, changing streetscape, and built environment. In the mid-2020s, consumer spending and town-centre regeneration keep this subject current, particularly through the rapid turnover of shopfronts and trading names. For later comparison, the photograph preserves public access and movement at 177 Knutsford Rd, Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 2QL, details that may look very different after changed technology. Other connected aspects are social history, everyday Britain, documentary photography, high-street commerce, retail property, local history, business premises, and public realm. Elements such as Distancing, Grappenhall, Knutsford, and Social add documentary specificity and may become useful when the scene is compared with later records. Around 177 Knutsford Rd, Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 2QL, apparently routine features can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar street details disappear. Another strand within the photograph is consumer spending and the rapid turnover of shopfronts and trading names within the real-world context of 177 Knutsford Rd, Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 2QL. The image adds a further period reference to the visual history of 177 Knutsford Rd, Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 2QL.
177 Knutsford Rd, Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 2QL
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,safe for bathing,safe,Green,emerald,Bathing watched,Bathing,watched,ok to proceed,Green Flag Rescue,Green Flag Breakdown Cover,award,green flag award,benchmark,standard,green flag standard,award criteria,eco flag,eco,ecological,thinking green,reduce carbon footprint,lower carbon footprint,national standard,green flag canals,green for go,go,green field,flags,fly,flying,the,sunny,weather,clear,blue,sky,skies,greenwashing
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AJRT9G - . An on-location image from the recorded location in 2020, useful both for the specific subject shown and for the evidence it retains about local identity, design, use and everyday life. The location is represented through Green flag, green for go, beach flag, safe for bathing - low hazard, calm conditions. The photograph also reflects rule enforcement, changing streetscape, period detail, community identity, compliance notice, contemporary social history, changing land use, public-facing notice, instructional sign, visual archive, customer guidance, visual regulation, historical comparison, and public information notice. The subject remains useful for current coverage of clear communication and regulation, not least because of the role of signs in shaping behaviour without staff intervention. As a dated visual record, the scene fixes the way the place functioned before later physical or commercial change in the immediate surroundings of the recorded location. The setting also brings in site information, documentary photography, venue rules, regional identity, operational signage, behavioural signage, before-and-after reference, and visitor instruction. Details involving conditions, beach, bathing, Green, and hazard give the scene useful specificity and strengthen its local, cultural or historical identity. A later view of the recorded location may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. Another strand within the photograph is clear communication and the role of signs in shaping behaviour without staff intervention within the specific setting of the recorded location. The image also provides a reference for liability and how public spaces communicate rules quickly and visibly as part of the longer story of the recorded location. The period view preserves evidence of changing use before later change alters the scene.
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Keywords: @Hotpixuk,HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,UK,England,letters,pensioner,pensioners,older,old,adult,issues,supported,housing,lives,life,keeping,well,safe,Old Age,pension,retired,retirement,dignity,growing,gracefully,slogan,slogans,Scrabble letters,Scrabble words,Scrabble word,tile,tiles,wood,wooden,elderly care,oaps
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AE024P - . An authentic period view of Britain , UK in 2019, showing a subject whose value extends beyond the immediate scene into local history and changing social context. The location is represented through Old,OAP,Care,Elderly,quality,support, in Scrabble letters. Other connected aspects include before-and-after reference, contemporary social history, place-making, built environment, regional music scene, nightlife culture, residential environment, visual archive, grassroots gig, music subculture, public realm, concert photography, housing affordability, and independent music. For contemporary context, music tourism and independent promotion are closely related themes, especially where the issue becomes the fragility of local music scenes. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject sits within continuing debate about planning, housing supply and how housing quality affects everyday wellbeing. For future researchers, the frame preserves period details that may disappear after redevelopment or refurbishment as seen at Britain , UK. A second layer of the scene includes music heritage, place identity, changing land use, community identity, popular-music history, regional identity, affordable homes, and changing streetscape. The combination of Scrabble, Elderly, quality, letters, and support anchors the image 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 music tourism and the fragility of local music scenes within the real-world context of Britain , UK. The wider significance includes tenant rights and the importance of maintenance, accountability and tenant rights within the specific setting of Britain , UK. Another strand within the photograph is heritage and the archival value of recording bands and venues before they disappear as part of the longer story of Britain , UK.
Britain , UK
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Keywords: @Hotpixuk,HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,UK,England,word,in,letter,words,socialhousing,UKHousing,UK Housing,slogan,slogans,Scrabble letters,Scrabble word,tile,tiles,wood,wooden,electrics,electric,safe,operatives,operative,repair,work,working,certificate,certification,certificates,PartP,Part P,yellow,spelled,spelt
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AE026D - . This location-based editorial photograph from Britain , UK in 2019 preserves a recognisable subject together with clues about how the place was used and presented at the time. The view centres on Electrical Compliance Safety,in,Scrabble letters. The wider subject matter also includes occupational safety, place-making, health-service capacity, housing affordability, clinical services, historical comparison, archival record, risk management, housing quality, residential environment, public healthcare, community identity, residential development, and housing provision. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject sits within continuing debate about treatment access, risk control and the practical importance of prevention and early intervention. The present-day relevance extends to repairs and planning, while a wider concern is the importance of maintenance, accountability and tenant rights. For future researchers, the view leaves evidence of evidence of how the subject fitted into ordinary life around Britain , UK. The surrounding context also covers before-and-after reference, workplace protection, place identity, health compliance, patient care, changing streetscape, built environment, and preventive safety. The combination of letters, Electrical, Compliance, Scrabble, and Safety anchors the image to a recognisable activity, place or moment. For Britain , UK, the photograph contributes to a cumulative visual story.htm Target=_Blank>history in which changes in use, signs, access and appearance can be traced over time. The location additionally provides evidence of treatment access and the practical importance of prevention and early intervention within the specific setting of Britain , UK. A further contemporary connection is repairs and the importance of maintenance, accountability and tenant rights as part of the longer story of Britain , UK. The scene captures part of the area's social history for future local research.
Britain , UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,office,in,England,helping,poor,people,accessing,save,loan,loans,and,fair,safe,poverty,cost,of,living,UC,Universal Credit,saving,savings,investment,investments,town,centre,Chorleys Credit Union,29,Market St,Chorley,PR7 2SY,PR7,shop,store,Rachel Reeves,nest egg
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K43PNG - . An on-location photograph from 29 Market St, Chorley, Lancashire, England, PR7 2SY in 2019, showing the named subject as part of a wider social, commercial, cultural or physical setting rather than as an isolated object. The principal subject is Credit union office in Chorley, Lancashire, England, helping poor people access savings and finance, 29 Market St, Chorley, PR7 2SY. Other connected aspects include shopfront economy, local history, specialist shop, public realm, commercial frontage, town-centre trading, high-street commerce, community identity, independent retail, retail property, street-level business, documentary photography, regional identity, and historical comparison. For current editorial use, business rates and town-centre regeneration provide additional context, especially through the contribution of independents to distinctive high streets. The archival value lies partly in recording landscape treatment and surrounding development around 29 Market St, Chorley, Lancashire, England, PR7 2SY before later reinterpretation alters the character of the place. A second descriptive layer includes period detail, specialist retailer, place identity, customer footfall, bricks-and-mortar retail, local enterprise, before-and-after reference, and changing streetscape. References to finance, Chorley, Market, savings, and office give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. The wider setting at 29 Market St, Chorley, Lancashire, England, PR7 2SY matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. Its period value extends to business rates and the contribution of independents to distinctive high streets without losing the local specificity of 29 Market St, Chorley, Lancashire, England, PR7 2SY. The record includes part of the area's social history within the wider story of 29 Market St, Chorley, Lancashire, England, PR7 2SY.
29 Market St, Chorley, Lancashire, England, PR7 2SY
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK,crunch,inflation,cost of living,charity,charities,winter,credit,unions,union,community,affordable,saving,savings,loan,loans,WCU,sign,banner,Stockton Heath,south Warrington,Unify Credit Union,Unify,unifycu.org,unifycu,merge,merger,MoneyBox,safe,member,members,local
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K3XNE9 - A credit union is a member-owned nonprofit cooperative financial institution.
Credit unions may offer financial services as commercial banks such as share accounts (savings accounts), share draft accounts (cheque accounts), credit cards, credit, share term certificates (certificates of deposit), and online banking. Normally, only a member of a credit union may deposit or borrow money. In several African countries, credit unions are commonly referred to as SACCOs (Savings and Credit Co-Operatives).
Worldwide, credit union systems vary significantly in their total assets and average institution asset size, ranging from volunteer operations with a handful of members to institutions with hundreds of thousands of members and assets worth billions of US dollars. In 2018, the number of members in credit unions worldwide was 375 million, with over 100 million members having been added since 2016.
Leading up to the financial crisis of 2007“2008, commercial banks engaged in approximately five times more subprime lending relative to credit unions and were two and a half times more likely to fail during the crisis. American credit unions more than doubled lending to small businesses between 2008 and 2016, from $30 billion to $60 billion, while lending to small businesses overall during the same period declined by around $100 billion. In the US, public trust in credit unions stands at 60%, compared to 30% for big banks. Furthermore, small businesses are 80% more likely to be satisfied by a credit union than with a big bank.
Natural-person credit unions (also called retail credit unions or consumer credit unions) serve individuals, as distinguished from corporate credit unions, which serve other credit unions
Stockton Heath, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,hat,health,safety,coal,mine,museum,Geoff Short,Agecroft,mines,rescue,teams,professional,and,&,risk,management,safe,team,NUM,Coal Board,National,NCB,colliery,helmet,green,helmets,rescues,health and safety,health & safety,headgear,gear,equipment,pit,pits,coalface
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K3XNE8 - . Made at Astley Green colliery, Leigh, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK 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. The main point of reference is Geoff Short - Agecroft No1 team Mines Rescue helmet,coal mine, Astley Green colliery, Leigh, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK. Another layer of the photograph includes regional identity, social history, public realm, town-centre trading, street-level business, archival record, place identity, commercial frontage, local character, independent retail, shopfront economy, contemporary social history, documentary photography, and customer footfall. Current relevance extends to store closures and independent business, particularly through the contribution of independents to distinctive high streets. The image fixes lettering, decoration and surface detail within Astley Green colliery, Leigh, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK at one identifiable point, providing a benchmark against refurbishment. A second descriptive layer includes local history, community identity, changing streetscape, specialist retailer, small business, high-street commerce, everyday life, and local enterprise. Elements such as Mines, Leigh, Short, Lancashire, and Agecroft add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. For Astley Green colliery, Leigh, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK, the photograph contributes to a cumulative visual history in which changes in use, signs, access and appearance can be traced over time. The image also provides a reference for store closures and the contribution of independents to distinctive high streets as part of the longer story of Astley Green colliery, Leigh, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK.
Astley Green colliery, Leigh, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,UK,British,Great Britain,in a,tap,hose,public,water,FRA,FRAs,Fire Risk Assessment,checks,sleeping watch,fire safety,maintenance,fireproof,emergency,resident safety,compliance,Social Housing Fire safety,fire extinguisher,block,tower block fire,extinguishers,fire compliance,prevention,fire,safety,in,blocks,keeping,residents,tenants,tenant,safe,equipment
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2C9E2RW - . This period photograph records the recorded location as an identifiable real-world setting rather than a generic illustration. The principal subject is Fire hydrant tap and Fire Extinguishers station, in a public building,England,UK - water. Further connections within the scene include historical comparison, station environment, commuter travel, railway branding, urban change, local character, built environment, rail modernisation, passenger railway, contemporary history, documentary photography, rail corridor, local history, and social landscape. From a 2025-onward perspective, the scene also connects with station investment, accessibility and making passenger rail simpler and more dependable. For later comparison, the photograph preserves ownership and occupation at the recorded location, details that may look very different after different community use. The wider local story also touches on everyday Britain, rail transport, transport interchange, social history, mass transit, regional rail, regional identity, and community identity. The recorded references to Extinguishers, station, water, hydrant, and public preserve clues that can help identify how the subject was presented or used at the time. The surrounding context at the recorded location matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. Another useful connection is station investment and making passenger rail simpler and more dependable in a form that can be compared with future views of the recorded location. The scene further reflects decarbonisation and reducing congestion and car dependency within the real-world context of the recorded location. Its period value extends to accessibility and reducing congestion and car dependency within the specific setting of the recorded location. The frame therefore remains a dated reference for the recorded location and the changing story of the subject shown.
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,UK,British,Great Britain,crossing,road,systems,press,safe,cars,Green,cross now,cross,UK Pelican Crossing,English Pelican Crossing,Pelican Crossing,Pelicon Crossing,Pelicon,Crossing,cross the road,difficulty,difficult,zebra,cycle,bicycles,road users,users,urban,city,pedestrian,traffic,signals,signal
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2C9E2TG - A pelican crossing (previously Pelicon Crossing “ PEdestrian LIght CONtrolled Crossing) is a type of pedestrian crossing, which features a pair of poles each with a standard set of traffic lights facing oncoming traffic, a push button and two illuminated, coloured pictograms facing the pedestrian from across the road. These are a red, stationary person to indicate that it is not safe to cross, and a green, walking person to indicate that it is safe to do so. Pelican crossings also provide non-visual indication that it is safe to cross, such as a beep, vibrating button or tactile rotating cone in order to assist visually impaired pedestrians.
ridgwater,Somerset, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,UK,British,Great Britain,crossing,road,systems,press,safe,cars,dont cross,UK Pelican Crossing,English Pelican Crossing,Pelican Crossing,Pelicon Crossing,Pelicon,Crossing,cross the road,difficulty,difficult,zebra,cycle,bicycles,road users,users,urban,city,pedestrian,traffic,signals,signal,stop here,no,dont,cross
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2C9E2TM - A pelican crossing (previously Pelicon Crossing “ PEdestrian LIght CONtrolled Crossing) is a type of pedestrian crossing, which features a pair of poles each with a standard set of traffic lights facing oncoming traffic, a push button and two illuminated, coloured pictograms facing the pedestrian from across the road. These are a red, stationary person to indicate that it is not safe to cross, and a green, walking person to indicate that it is safe to do so. Pelican crossings also provide non-visual indication that it is safe to cross, such as a beep, vibrating button or tactile rotating cone in order to assist visually impaired pedestrians.
ridgwater,Somerset, England, UK
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Keywords: HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,Family Area,safe,area,CAMRA,beer festival,drinking,kids,no,no kids,family,families,unaccompanied,children,sign,signage,warning,eating,pub,bar,premises,families only,signs,no children,parents,parent,carer,carers,responsible,adult,adults,room,rooms,special
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2BC3987 - . This period scene at Manchester, England, UK, M90 1QX in 2017 provides a visual reference to the named subject and the wider commercial, social, cultural or physical environment around it. At the centre of the frame is Family Area, No Unaccompanied Children sign. Other connected aspects include visual archive, British brewing tradition, customer guidance, historical comparison, venue rules, festival bar service, real-ale culture, regional identity, rule enforcement, beer judging, beer appreciation, instructional sign, community identity, and public-facing notice. In the mid-2020s, business rates and hospitality costs keep the subject current, particularly through the economics of beer festivals and licensed venues. The subject remains useful for current coverage of customer management and child safeguarding, not least because of the balance between access, safety and venue responsibility. For local-history research, the view leaves evidence of the way the place functioned before later physical or commercial change at Manchester, England, UK, M90 1QX. Other useful associations include place identity, drinks hospitality, historic context, social drinking culture, beer tourism, licensed trade, public realm, and before-and-after reference. Details involving Family, Unaccompanied, and Children give the scene useful specificity and strengthen its local, cultural or historical identity. Around Manchester, England, UK, M90 1QX, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. The image also provides a reference for business rates and the survival of community pubs as part of the longer story of Manchester, England, UK, M90 1QX. Another useful connection is venue policy and the importance of clear wording in shared public environments when considered against later change at Manchester, England, UK, M90 1QX.
Manchester, England, UK, M90 1QX
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Keywords: Pilot,piloting,bald,danger,dangers,Speke,Flight,path,collide,collision,Runcorn,RTFX8,black,in,sky,Merseyside,England,UK,UAV,technology,Quadcopter,open,space,regulate,regulation,regulated,risk,harm,sensible,FAA,aviation,authority,remote,control,toy,dangerous,incident,Flight Path,River Mersey,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,Tony,Smith,different,unique,how,to,fly,app,wifi,wireless,digital,automation,delivery,deliver,Robotics,land,Gimbal,untrained,trained,training,course,courses,mentor,mentoring,toys,devices,medium,small,large,Airbus,A320,incidents,worry,worrying,event,events,lost,CAA,near,miss,FAA,report,reports,responsible,electronic,exclusion,zone,flown,camera,GoPro,global,UAS,vehicle,transport,licence,licenced,deadly,jammers,lasers,geofencing,safe,drone,flight,responsible,safety,FAA,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Images of,Stock Images,Tony Smith,Photo of,UAV Technology,How To Fly A Drone,Solo App,3D Robotics,Open Space,sensible flying,Remote Control,Small Flying Devices,John Lennon,Lost Control,Civil Aviation Authority,near-miss,US Federal Aviation Authority,unmanned air system,Exclusion Zone
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy H366A3 - An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), commonly known as a drone, as an unmanned aircraft system (UAS), or by several other names, is an aircraft without a human pilot aboard. The flight of UAVs may operate with various degrees of autonomy: either under remote control by a human operator, or fully or intermittently autonomously, by onboard computers.
Here, an owner flies a medium sized drone over the river Mersey, close to Runcorn, Widnes, Fiddlers Ferry and the new toll crossing, which is under construction.
Civilian drones now vastly outnumber military drones, with estimates of over a million sold by 2015.
Wigg Island, Runcorn, Cheshire, England, UK
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Keywords: Pilot,piloting,bald,danger,dangers,Speke,Flight,path,collide,collision,Runcorn,RTFX8,black,in,sky,Merseyside,England,UK,UAV,technology,Quadcopter,open,space,regulate,regulation,regulated,risk,harm,sensible,FAA,aviation,authority,remote,control,toy,dangerous,incident,Flight Path,River Mersey,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,Tony,Smith,different,unique,how,to,fly,app,wifi,wireless,digital,automation,delivery,deliver,responsible,land,Gimbal,untrained,trained,training,course,courses,mentor,mentoring,toys,devices,medium,small,large,Airbus,A320,incidents,worry,worrying,event,events,lost,CAA,near,miss,FAA,report,reports,altitude,electronic,exclusion,zone,flown,camera,GoPro,global,UAS,vehicle,transport,licence,licenced,deadly,jammers,lasers,geofencing,safe,drone,flight,responsible,safety,FAA,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Images of,Stock Images,Tony Smith,Photo of,UAV Technology,How To Fly A Drone,Solo App,3D Robotics,Open Space,sensible flying,Remote Control,Small Flying Devices,John Lennon,Lost Control,Civil Aviation Authority,near-miss,US Federal Aviation Authority,unmanned air system,Exclusion Zone
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy H3ADXJ - An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), commonly known as a drone, as an unmanned aircraft system (UAS), or by several other names, is an aircraft without a human pilot aboard. The flight of UAVs may operate with various degrees of autonomy: either under remote control by a human operator, or fully or intermittently autonomously, by onboard computers.
Here, an owner flies a medium sized drone over the river Mersey, close to Runcorn, Widnes, Fiddlers Ferry and the new toll crossing, which is under construction.
Civilian drones now vastly outnumber military drones, with estimates of over a million sold by 2015.
Wigg Island, Runcorn, Cheshire, England, UK
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Keywords: England,UK,road,safety,travel,transport,RTI,car,accident,accidents,dusk,evening,morning,clocks,putting,back,forward,BST,Clock,safe,cross,button,indicator,indicate,signal,std,standard,set,of,traffic,light,lights,Putting Clocks back,Putting Clocks Forward,Road Safety,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,Tony,Smith,PEdestrian LIght,CONtrolled,oncoming,vehicle,vehicles,pictogram,PELICON,United,Kingdom,GB,Great,Britain,English,Scottish,British,pedestrian,walk,dont,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Images of,Stock Images,Tony Smith,PEdestrian LIght CONtrolled Crossing,Green Cross man,Green Cross Code,Dont Walk
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy H04FYT - A pelican crossing (previously Pelicon Crossing “ PEdestrian LIght CONtrolled Crossing) is a type of pedestrian crossing, which features a pair of poles each with a standard set of traffic lights facing oncoming traffic, a push button and two illuminated, coloured pictograms facing the pedestrian from across the road.
These are a red, stationary person to indicate that it is not safe to cross, and a green, walking person to indicate that it is safe to do so. Pelican crossings also provide non-visual indication that it is safe to cross, such as a beep, vibrating button or tactile rotating cone in order to assist visually impaired pedestrians.
Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK
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Keywords: Street,health,Halton,Hospital,surgery,Doctor,England,UK,New,Building,office,offices,Trust,Trusts,department,services,Emergency,maternity,complex,facility,success,failure,reorganisation,re-organisation,deficit,tax,debt,bill,patient,Foundation Trusts,GoTonySmith,dementia,parking,emergency,A&E,Accident,high,quality,safe,healthcare,staff,general hospital,trust,board,boards,sun,sunny,summer,building,historic,Legh,Springfields,medical,centre,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Springfields Medical Centre
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy EY5KEM - . Bath St,Warrington Hospitals NHS Trust,Cheshire,England,UK. Photographed at Bath Street, Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK. The photograph was taken on 16 July 2015. This editorial stock image documents the subject as it appeared at that time, preserving a clear record of the place, its appearance and the everyday details surrounding it. The scene is closely associated with Bath, Warrington Hospitals NHS Trust, Cheshire, support, care, treatment, Foundation, Street, health and Halton, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. The image has editorial relevance to the NHS, healthcare buildings, public services, hospitals, clinics and the physical infrastructure through which patients access treatment. It can illustrate stories about healthcare provision, hospital estates, local medical services, public-sector buildings, accessibility, investment, redevelopment and the everyday experience of using the National Health Service. Signage, entrances, road access, building fabric and surrounding streetscape can all be important documentary details when showing how healthcare facilities are presented and reached. As a dated location photograph it provides a visual record of a specific NHS or healthcare site at the time, useful for news, planning, history and public-service features. Search themes include the NHS, hospitals, healthcare infrastructure, public services, medical provision, hospital estates, patient access and local health facilities. The location-specific view can support coverage of redevelopment, investment, service change or the history of healthcare provision in the area. The combination of a named subject, precise location and capture date gives the image particular value to editors who need a real, identifiable place rather than a generic illustrative photograph. The view is firmly rooted in a real location rather than a constructed studio setting.
Bath Street, Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK
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Keywords: Street,health,Halton,Hospital,surgery,Doctor,England,UK,New,Building,office,offices,Foundation,Trust,Trusts,department,services,Emergency,maternity,complex,care,support,treatment,centre,facility,success,failure,reorganisation,re-organisation,deficit,tax,debt,bill,patient,GoTonySmith,dementia,parking,emergency,A&E,high,quality,safe,staff,trust,board,boards,sun,sunny,summer,historic,Legh,Springfields,medical,centre,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Springfields Medical Centre
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy EY5KEN - . Bath St,Warrington Hospitals NHS Trust,Cheshire,England,UK. Photographed at Bath Street, Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK. The photograph was taken on 16 July 2015. This editorial stock image documents the subject as it appeared at that time, preserving a clear record of the place, its appearance and the everyday details surrounding it. The scene is closely associated with Bath, Warrington Hospitals NHS Trust, Cheshire, Foundation Trusts, Accident, healthcare, general hospital, Street, health and Halton, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. The image has editorial relevance to the NHS, healthcare buildings, public services, hospitals, clinics and the physical infrastructure through which patients access treatment. It can illustrate stories about healthcare provision, hospital estates, local medical services, public-sector buildings, accessibility, investment, redevelopment and the everyday experience of using the National Health Service. Signage, entrances, road access, building fabric and surrounding streetscape can all be important documentary details when showing how healthcare facilities are presented and reached. As a dated location photograph it provides a visual record of a specific NHS or healthcare site at the time, useful for news, planning, history and public-service features. Search themes include the NHS, hospitals, healthcare infrastructure, public services, medical provision, hospital estates, patient access and local health facilities. The location-specific view can support coverage of redevelopment, investment, service change or the history of healthcare provision in the area. The combination of a named subject, precise location and capture date gives the image particular value to editors who need a real, identifiable place rather than a generic illustrative photograph. The view is firmly rooted in a real location rather than a constructed studio setting.
Bath Street, Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK
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Keywords: Street,health,Halton,Hospital,surgery,Doctor,England,UK,New,Building,office,offices,Foundation,Trust,Trusts,department,services,Emergency,maternity,complex,care,support,treatment,centre,facility,success,failure,reorganisation,re-organisation,deficit,tax,debt,bill,patient,GoTonySmith,dementia,parking,emergency,A&E,high,quality,safe,staff,trust,board,boards,sun,sunny,summer,historic,Legh,Springfields,medical,centre,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Springfields Medical Centre
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy EY5KEP - . Bath St,Warrington Hospitals NHS Trust,Cheshire,England,UK. Photographed at Bath Street, Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK. The photograph was taken on 16 July 2015. This editorial stock image documents the subject as it appeared at that time, preserving a clear record of the place, its appearance and the everyday details surrounding it. The scene is closely associated with Bath, Warrington Hospitals NHS Trust, Cheshire, Foundation Trusts, Accident, healthcare, general hospital, Street, health and Halton, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. The image has editorial relevance to the NHS, healthcare buildings, public services, hospitals, clinics and the physical infrastructure through which patients access treatment. It can illustrate stories about healthcare provision, hospital estates, local medical services, public-sector buildings, accessibility, investment, redevelopment and the everyday experience of using the National Health Service. Signage, entrances, road access, building fabric and surrounding streetscape can all be important documentary details when showing how healthcare facilities are presented and reached. As a dated location photograph it provides a visual record of a specific NHS or healthcare site at the time, useful for news, planning, history and public-service features. Search themes include the NHS, hospitals, healthcare infrastructure, public services, medical provision, hospital estates, patient access and local health facilities. The location-specific view can support coverage of redevelopment, investment, service change or the history of healthcare provision in the area. The combination of a named subject, precise location and capture date gives the image particular value to editors who need a real, identifiable place rather than a generic illustrative photograph. The view is firmly rooted in a real location rather than a constructed studio setting.
Bath Street, Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK
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Keywords: Street,health,Halton,Hospital,surgery,Doctor,England,UK,New,Building,office,offices,Foundation,Trust,Trusts,department,services,Emergency,maternity,complex,care,support,treatment,centre,facility,success,failure,reorganisation,re-organisation,deficit,tax,debt,bill,patient,GoTonySmith,dementia,parking,emergency,A&E,high,quality,safe,staff,trust,board,boards,sun,sunny,summer,historic,Legh,Springfields,medical,centre,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Springfields Medical Centre
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy EY5KEW - . Bath St,Warrington Hospitals NHS Trust,Cheshire,England,UK. Photographed at Bath Street, Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK. The photograph was taken on 16 July 2015. This editorial stock image documents the subject as it appeared at that time, preserving a clear record of the place, its appearance and the everyday details surrounding it. The scene is closely associated with Bath, Warrington Hospitals NHS Trust, Cheshire, Foundation Trusts, Accident, healthcare, general hospital, Street, health and Halton, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. The image has editorial relevance to the NHS, healthcare buildings, public services, hospitals, clinics and the physical infrastructure through which patients access treatment. It can illustrate stories about healthcare provision, hospital estates, local medical services, public-sector buildings, accessibility, investment, redevelopment and the everyday experience of using the National Health Service. Signage, entrances, road access, building fabric and surrounding streetscape can all be important documentary details when showing how healthcare facilities are presented and reached. As a dated location photograph it provides a visual record of a specific NHS or healthcare site at the time, useful for news, planning, history and public-service features. Search themes include the NHS, hospitals, healthcare infrastructure, public services, medical provision, hospital estates, patient access and local health facilities. The location-specific view can support coverage of redevelopment, investment, service change or the history of healthcare provision in the area. The combination of a named subject, precise location and capture date gives the image particular value to editors who need a real, identifiable place rather than a generic illustrative photograph. The view is firmly rooted in a real location rather than a constructed studio setting.
Bath Street, Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK
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Keywords: United,Kingdom,repairs,team,DLO,internal,electrician,CP12,gas,safety,gassafe,safe,certificate,accident,safe,best,value,RSL,RP,registered,England,UK,united,Kingdom,stock,service,best,value,VFM,for,money,Gotonysmith,repair,TravisPerkins,Great,Britain,council,housing,internal,trades,tradesman
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy ECW4GK - . Cottsway Housing Association Van, Witney, West Oxfordshire, England, UK. Photographed at Witney, West Oxfordshire, England, Great Britain. The photograph was taken on 19 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 scene is closely associated with Cottsway Housing Association Van, Witney, landlord, social, contractor, plumber, Oxfordshire, workforce, repairs and team, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. The image is relevant to social housing, housing associations, landlords, property services, maintenance, repairs and the organisations responsible for managing homes and neighbourhoods. It can support editorial coverage of housing management, responsive repairs, contractor services, tenancy services, affordable housing, community investment and the operational side of landlord services. Vehicles, uniforms, logos, office buildings, estate surroundings or service branding can provide practical evidence of how a housing provider presented and delivered its services at the time. The photograph also has archive value for organisational history, particularly where landlords merge, rebrand, change contractors or alter their operating model. Search themes include social housing, housing associations, affordable housing, landlords, repairs, maintenance, property services, contractors, tenancy services and community investment. The image can be useful when documenting organisational change, rebranding, mergers, contractor arrangements or the visible delivery of housing services. 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.
Witney, West Oxfordshire, England, Great Britain
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Keywords: United,Kingdom,repairs,team,contractor,CP12,gas,safety,gassafe,certificate,safe,best,value,RSL,RP,registered,Oxfordshire,England,UK,stock,repairs,service,best,value,VFM,for,money,Gotonysmith,repair,Britain,council,housing,internal,contractor,trades,tradesman,Cottsway,association,West Oxford District Council,Awaabs Law compliance
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy ECW4GT - . Cottsway Housing Association Van, Witney, West Oxfordshire, England, UK. Photographed at Witney, West Oxfordshire, England, Great Britain. The photograph was taken on 19 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 scene is closely associated with Cottsway Housing Association Van, Witney, DLO, internal, workforce, electrician, plumber, social, landlord and repairs, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. The image is relevant to social housing, housing associations, landlords, property services, maintenance, repairs and the organisations responsible for managing homes and neighbourhoods. It can support editorial coverage of housing management, responsive repairs, contractor services, tenancy services, affordable housing, community investment and the operational side of landlord services. Vehicles, uniforms, logos, office buildings, estate surroundings or service branding can provide practical evidence of how a housing provider presented and delivered its services at the time. The photograph also has archive value for organisational history, particularly where landlords merge, rebrand, change contractors or alter their operating model. Search themes include social housing, housing associations, affordable housing, landlords, repairs, maintenance, property services, contractors, tenancy services and community investment. The image can be useful when documenting organisational change, rebranding, mergers, contractor arrangements or the visible delivery of housing services. 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.
Witney, West Oxfordshire, England, Great Britain
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Keywords: team,internal,contractor,electrician,CP12,gas,safety,gassafe,safe,certificate,accident,best,value,RSL,RP,registered,social,landlord,Oxfordshire,England,UK,stock,vanstock,repairs,service,best,VFM,Gotonysmith,repair,TP,travis,perkins,TravisPerkins,council,internal,contractor,trades,tradesman,Cottsway,Awaabs Law
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy ECW4GW - . Cottsway Housing Association Van, Witney, West Oxfordshire, England, UK. Photographed at Witney, West Oxfordshire, England, Great Britain. The photograph was taken on 19 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 scene is closely associated with Cottsway Housing Association Van, Witney, satisfaction, officers, housing, repairs, workforce, plumber, DLO and team, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. The image is relevant to social housing, housing associations, landlords, property services, maintenance, repairs and the organisations responsible for managing homes and neighbourhoods. It can support editorial coverage of housing management, responsive repairs, contractor services, tenancy services, affordable housing, community investment and the operational side of landlord services. Vehicles, uniforms, logos, office buildings, estate surroundings or service branding can provide practical evidence of how a housing provider presented and delivered its services at the time. The photograph also has archive value for organisational history, particularly where landlords merge, rebrand, change contractors or alter their operating model. Search themes include social housing, housing associations, affordable housing, landlords, repairs, maintenance, property services, contractors, tenancy services and community investment. The image can be useful when documenting organisational change, rebranding, mergers, contractor arrangements or the visible delivery of housing services. 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.
Witney, West Oxfordshire, England, Great Britain
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Keywords: at night,on,platform,4,London,city,train,suburban,empty,lonely,clean,not,so,busy,busiest,ready,to,go,Gotonysmith,delay,delays,cancelled,cancelation,cancelations,fault,night,evening,safety,safe,SW,South West,trains,carriage,carriages
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy EBFWET - . SW Trains EMU at Clapham stock-photo/gotonysmith-Junction.html?sortBy=relevant&pseudoid=237DAF28-A4ED-4448-8173-C0E81ABEEC6F Target=_Blank>Junction Railway Station at night, on platform 4. Photographed at Clapham Junction, SW London, England, UK. The photograph was taken on 17 November 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 Trains, EMU, Clapham, Junction, Railway, Station, signalling, signals, at night and platform, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. The scene has strong relevance to railway travel, public transport, passenger infrastructure and the everyday operation of Britain's rail network. It can illustrate editorial stories about stations, train journeys, commuting, regional connectivity, rail investment, rolling stock, freight, signals, platforms, accessibility and the relationship between railways and the places they serve. Visible railway furniture, signs, tracks, platforms, trains, signals or station buildings help place the photograph firmly in the practical environment experienced by passengers and railway staff. As a dated documentary image it also offers a useful record of transport infrastructure, branding and passenger facilities at the time the photograph was made. Search themes include British rail travel, railway stations, passenger journeys, tracks, platforms, signals, rolling stock, freight, regional connectivity and transport infrastructure. The scene is particularly useful for illustrating how railway facilities, signs and operational surroundings looked at a known point in time. This particular view is catalogued under Alamy image reference EBFWET, distinguishing it from other photographs of the same or related subject.
Clapham Junction, SW London, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy E6JB5X - . Red and white lifering at Seahouses port docks Northumbria , England UK. Photographed at Seahouses, England, UK. The photograph was taken on 08 August 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 scene is closely associated with Red, white, lifering, Seahouses, port, docks, Northumbria, Northeast, seaside and rope, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. The subject is relevant to industry, manufacturing, engineering, infrastructure, employment and the physical sites that support production and utilities. It can illustrate editorial coverage of factories, warehouses, industrial heritage, construction, logistics, investment, redevelopment, energy, engineering and the changing economic use of land. Machinery, structures, signage, yards, plant and surrounding buildings provide documentary evidence of a working or former industrial environment rather than an abstract business concept. The dated photograph also has archive value for future comparison as industrial sites are modernised, repurposed, demolished or incorporated into regeneration schemes. Search themes include industry, manufacturing, engineering, factories, warehouses, infrastructure, employment, logistics, industrial heritage and redevelopment. The view has particular archive value where working sites, plant or industrial buildings are later modernised, repurposed or demolished. The combination of a named subject, precise location and capture date gives the image particular value to editors who need a real, identifiable place rather than a generic illustrative photograph. It can be used in newspapers, magazines, books, websites, documentaries, heritage projects and retrospective features where geographical accuracy and period detail matter.
Seahouses, England, UK
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Keywords: GB,Great,Britain,Boat,on,the,Sankey,Canal,Reflection,Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK,pano,panorama,wide,shot,widshot,summer,bright,day,Ferry,Tavern,marina,Mersey,safe,haven,safehaven,lock,gates,lockgates,gate,tidal,SCARS,waterway,waterways,restoration,quay,quays,club,pub,gray,ship,gotonysmith vision,Warringtonians,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DN6NAA - . Boat on the Sankey Canal Reflection Warrington Cheshire England UK. Photographed at Sankey, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK. The photograph was taken on 22 September 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 Boat, Sankey, Canal, Reflection, Warrington, Cheshire, pano, panorama, wide and shot, 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.
Sankey, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DCYMC0 - . Warrinton Rugby League FC No Alcohol in ground policy, Cheshire England UK. Photographed at Winwick Road, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK WA2 7NE. The photograph was taken on 02 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 Warrinton, Rugby, League, Alcohol, ground, policy, cheshire, control, behavior and match, 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. It can be used in newspapers, magazines, books, websites, documentaries, heritage projects and retrospective features where geographical accuracy and period detail matter.
Winwick Road, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK WA2 7NE
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Keywords: lady,ladys,ornate,pub,bar,public,house,english,british,GB,light,daylight,toilets,doorway,entrance,to,a,gotonysmith,PC,facilities,females,women,trans,discussion,dispute,restrooms,safe,access,gender identity,row,politically correct,woke,woman,debate,transphobia,gender diverse,hinge,bumble,apps,dating
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DDJPGN - . Ladies stained glass pub toilet door in blue , England , UK. Photographed at Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England, UK. The photograph was taken on 13 July 2013. This editorial stock image documents the subject as it appeared at that time, preserving a clear record of the place, its appearance and the everyday details surrounding it. The scene is closely associated with Ladies, stained, glass, toilet, door, public conveniences, conveniences, transgender, Angela Rayner and lady, 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 DDJPGN, distinguishing it from other photographs of the same or related subject.
Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy D8DYDY - . Miners black Safety Telephone AT&E Wigan Certified for National coalboard use. Photographed on 12 May 2013. The recorded location is Astley Green, Tyldesley, Manchester, Lancashire, UK M29 7JB. Astley Green preserves the last surviving headgear and engine house from the once extensive Lancashire coalfield in this part of Greater Manchester. The former colliery opened in the early twentieth century and later became a mining museum, retaining winding machinery, lamps, telephones, notices and other equipment that explains the highly organised underground working environment. Such artefacts record both engineering and the safety culture of an industry that shaped communities across Lancashire. Looking at the subject's development, technical artefacts show how innovation changes daily life: office machines reduced clerical labour, telephones reshaped communication, cameras altered image-making and electronic components enabled broadcasting and computing
Close-up photographs preserve interfaces and designs that quickly vanish from use. The historical context is that industrial buildings and machinery preserve the material history of manufacturing Britain: steam power, engineering, mining, textiles, ceramics and mass production transformed both the economy and the physical character of towns
Surviving equipment is now studied as industrial archaeology and often conserved within museums or regenerated sites. For the 2026 context, technology is dominated by connected devices, cloud services and rapid product cycles
Historic hardware therefore provides a valuable counterpoint to contemporary debates about electronic waste, right-to-repair, data dependence and the speed with which once-common devices become obsolete. The subject remains topical in 2026 because industrial heritage is increasingly tied to regeneration, tourism, conservation and skills education, particularly in former manufacturing towns seeking new uses for historic sites
Preserved machinery.
Astley Green, Tyldesley, Manchester, Lancashire, UK M29 7JB
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy D8HF3E - . A grounded documentary photograph made at Daresbury Laboratory, Keckwick La, Warrington, Cheshire, England UK WA4 4AD in 2011, combining the immediate subject with evidence of the surrounding streetscape, public realm, business activity or local character. The defining feature is Clean Area worker Daresbury Science Lab , Cheshire England, UK. The broader subject matter reaches into regional identity, specialist retailer, historical comparison, changing land use, high-street commerce, customer footfall, local history, changing streetscape, public realm, retail property, local character, street-level business, local enterprise, and social history. Current relevance extends to business rates and town-centre regeneration, particularly through the resilience of specialist shops in an online retail economy. Small period details of street furniture and boundaries at Daresbury Laboratory, Keckwick La, Warrington, Cheshire, England UK WA4 4AD may become more significant with time, particularly following refurbishment. The surrounding story also includes visual archive, bricks-and-mortar retail, shopfront economy, commercial frontage, contemporary social history, community identity, place identity, and archival record. Details involving Daresbury, Clean, worker, and Science make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. By fixing the subject within Daresbury Laboratory, Keckwick La, Warrington, Cheshire, England UK WA4 4AD, the image preserves more than the headline object or building: it records part of the locality's everyday history. The setting also helps illustrate business rates and the resilience of specialist shops in an online retail economy within the real-world context of Daresbury Laboratory, Keckwick La, Warrington, Cheshire, England UK WA4 4AD. The frame retains evidence of changing use as a date-specific reference.
Daresbury Laboratory, Keckwick La, Warrington, Cheshire, England UK WA4 4AD
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Keywords: HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,egg trays,Patent,wooden box,SAFETY EGG BOXES,boxes,wadding,Cheshire,England,UK,egg,eggs,safe,wood,box,safety,patent,patented,Pococks,Victorian,history,heritage,ancient,worn out,used,British,Victoria,the,past,collectable,collectables,artefact,artefacts,English
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2BKC2ER - . This period photograph records Cheshire, England, UK as an identifiable real-world setting rather than a generic illustration. The main point of reference is Pocock Safety Egg box, Pocock's Patent,wooden box, Cheshire, England, UK. The setting additionally reflects archival record, community identity, built heritage, public realm, urban fabric, changing streetscape, documentary photography, regional identity, before-and-after reference, historical comparison, architectural character, social landscape, visual archive, and place identity. The subject remains useful for current coverage of embodied carbon and energy retrofit, not least because of the contrast between historic fabric and modern development. Future viewers can use this scene from Cheshire, England, UK to compare public access and movement with whatever follows after closure or conversion. Other connected aspects are urban change, period building, local history, period detail, cityscape history, everyday Britain, local character, and heritage landmark. Elements such as Pocock's, Safety, Patent, wooden, and Pocock add documentary specificity and may become useful when the scene is compared with later records. The period setting at Cheshire, England, UK helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. Another useful connection is embodied carbon and using existing buildings rather than demolishing them within the specific setting of Cheshire, England, UK. The scene further reflects planning control and the contrast between historic fabric and modern development as part of the longer story of Cheshire, England, UK. Its period value extends to maintenance and preserving local identity during urban change when considered against later change at Cheshire, England, UK. The frame therefore remains a dated reference for Cheshire, England, UK and the changing story of the subject shown.
Cheshire, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K43PNM - The Point of Ayr Lighthouse, also known as the Talacre Lighthouse, is a Grade II listed building situated on the north coast of Wales, on the Point of Ayr, near the village of Talacre.
It was built in 1776 by a Trust of the Major, Recorder and Aldermen of Chester to warn ships entering between the Dee and the Mersey Estuary. It was replaced by a pile light and was decommissioned in 1844. It is now a privately owned property.
The lighthouse was listed on the property market in November 2011 by then owner James McAllister, along with two acres of land, for £100,000. It was eventually sold in April 2012 for £90,000 to a private couple who continue to own the property.
Paranormal activity - Two alleged incidents have been reported by Wales Online
Talacre , north coast of Wales, UK, CH8 9RD
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,also known as,the,CH8 9RD,Wales,Talacre Village,paranormal,activity,owner,James McAllister,Trust of the Major,private,property,home,Dee,and the,Mersey,Estuary,dusk,evening,sunset,history,historic,heritage,site,technology,keeping,sailors,sailor,safe,on,coast,coastal,hazard,hazards,landmark,landmarks
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K43PNN - The Point of Ayr Lighthouse, also known as the Talacre Lighthouse, is a Grade II listed building situated on the north coast of Wales, on the Point of Ayr, near the village of Talacre.
It was built in 1776 by a Trust of the Major, Recorder and Aldermen of Chester to warn ships entering between the Dee and the Mersey Estuary. It was replaced by a pile light and was decommissioned in 1844. It is now a privately owned property.
The lighthouse was listed on the property market in November 2011 by then owner James McAllister, along with two acres of land, for £100,000. It was eventually sold in April 2012 for £90,000 to a private couple who continue to own the property.
Paranormal activity - Two alleged incidents have been reported by Wales Online
Talacre , north coast of Wales, UK, CH8 9RD
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Keywords: Twenty,Speed,Limit,Sign,Lamington,Scotland,in,the,Snow,Winter,gotonysmith,blue,cold,icy,cut,your,speed,safe,be,safety,drive,carefully,icy,conditions,in,AA,RAC,difficult,Scotland,UK,United,Kingdom,20,gotonysmith,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy CET1E0 - . Twenty Speed Limit Sign Lamington Scotland in the Snow Winter. Photographed on 24 December 2009. The recorded location is Lamington, Lanark, Scotland, UK. Looking at the subject's development, seasonal and low-light photography can emphasise the relationship between natural conditions and the built environment
Dusk, snow, mist or dramatic cloud often reveal lighting, silhouettes and reflective surfaces that are less apparent in ordinary daylight. From a heritage perspective, signs and notices are ephemeral pieces of design that can become important Historical.html?sortBy=relevant&pseudoid=237DAF28-A4ED-4448-8173-C0E81ABEEC6F Target=_Blank>historical evidence
Lettering, logos, warnings and directions record former businesses, regulations, transport systems and public messages that may disappear long before the surrounding building changes. Historically, britain's road landscape has accumulated layers of transport history: old milestones and cast signs coexist with speed limits, parking controls, motorway infrastructure and electronic traffic management
Such details reveal how movement and road safety have been regulated over time. For the 2026 context, landscape imagery is increasingly used alongside discussion of climate, resilience, tourism and development
Older panoramas can show how skylines, waterfronts and vegetation have changed over a comparatively short period. As of 2026, digital wayfinding is widespread, but physical signage remains essential for safety, accessibility and identity
Historic notices and ghost signs are also increasingly appreciated as part of the character of streets and buildings. The wider historical story is that landscape photographs record more than scenery: buildings, vegetation, weather, transport and land use combine to show how a place appeared at a particular moment
Repeated views can later become valuable evidence of development, environmental change and shifting patterns of use. Closely related image-search terms include scenic view, night photography, seasonal landscape, and cityscape.
Lamington, Lanark, Scotland, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,London,England,UK,NW3,north London,NW3 1LJ,town,centre,electric,scooter,environmentally-friendly,green,greener,travel,forms,of,transport,schemes,parked,parking,only,rental,public,trial,Transport for London,TfL,stacked,up,lithium,charging,machines,two-wheeled,safety,safe,on,the,road,eScooters
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RA23D4 - Transport for London - TfL - Electric scooters
Rental electric scooters (e-scooters) are the only way to legally ride an e-scooter on public roads or in other public places within London - and even this is limited to specific boroughs. It is still illegal to use privately-owned e-scooters or other powered transporters on public roads.
A new form of transport
We want to explore new, environmentally-friendly forms of transport that can be used to reduce road congestion in London - but we need to make sure that any alternatives are safe for both users and non-users alike.
The current rental e-scooter trial trial is helping us test the best ways to protect the public.
Rental e-scooters have specific safety features installed. For example, they are limited to a speed of 12.5mph and have lights that are always on throughout any rental.
Our current trial of rental e-scooters is expected to run to autumn 2023. We are currently running a competitive procurement process for the new phase of London's rental e-scooter trial, and operators will be selected on their ability to meet strict safety requirements and high operating standards.
Use electric scooters legally
The London e-scooter rental scheme is approved by the Department for Transport (DfT).
Privately-owned e-scooters or other powered transporters are not legal to use on public roads.
E-scooters and powered transporters may be used on private land with permission from the landowner or occupier but several laws make it illegal and/or spell out the penalties if you're caught riding one on public roads
New End, Hampstead, north London , England, UK, NW3 1LJ
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Keywords: HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,UK,England,pub,bar,club,taxi,cab,AskForAngela,London,GB,safe,drinking,assault,prevent,preventing,rape,Lincolnshire,Hayley Child,#NoMore,NoMore,No More,womens safety,females,female,safety,Hi Im Angela,Angela,danger,dangerous,Bermondsey,female safety,misogyny,New Years Eve,Christmas Eve,night time economy,public health messaging,social issues,nightclub
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AE02EN - A close view inside a pub toilet showing an Hi I'm Angela poster from the Ask for Angela safety campaign, mounted on a painted wall next to a wall fixed hand dryer. The sign is designed as a clear, high impact public notice for people who feel unsafe on a night out or on a date. The headline text reads Hi I'm Angela and the body copy prompts situations such as a date not going well or feeling uncomfortable, including references to dating apps like Tinder and POF. It explains a discreet code phrase: if you go to the bar and ask for Angela , staff will understand that you need help getting out of the situation. The poster also indicates that staff can assist with arranging a taxi or helping someone leave discreetly, emphasising low fuss support and privacy. A hashtag askforangela is visible on the design, alongside icons and a QR code that suggests further information is available.
The setting, a pub toilet, matters because it is one of the few private spaces in a venue where someone can pause, read, and decide to seek help. The combination of everyday washroom fixtures and the bold campaign design reinforces the message that safeguarding is part of normal venue operation, not an exceptional response. The image works well for editorial use covering women's safety, night time economy responsibility, harassment prevention, and the practical measures pubs and bars adopt to support customers. It also fits features about modern dating culture and the risks some people experience when meeting strangers, showing how public venues can provide a structured, discreet route to assistance without requiring confrontation. The readable text and recognisable campaign branding make it useful as an illustrative image for news articles, community safety communications, safeguarding training, and awareness content about staying safe while socialising.
Hi I'm Angela, Ask for Angela poster in bar toilet , Bermondsey, South London, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy MHM6BA - . A grounded documentary photograph made at the recorded location in 2018, combining the immediate subject with evidence of the surrounding streetscape, public realm, business activity or local character. At the centre of the view is Sandrena Hormone Replacement Therapy HRT, Estradiol, drug for transdermal use on skin. The frame also records themes of local character, period building, community identity, regional identity, architectural detail, changing streetscape, period architecture, everyday life, contemporary social history, urban fabric, cityscape history, conservation interest, social history, and conservation architecture. The modern context includes continuing discussion of heritage conservation, planning control and keeping older buildings useful without erasing their distinctive character. For later comparison, the photograph preserves materials and architectural details at the recorded location, details that may look very different after replacement signage. A second descriptive layer includes visual archive, historic townscape, historic streetscape, architectural character, changing land use, period detail, before-and-after reference, and local history. Elements such as Replacement, Therapy, Estradiol, Hormone, and transdermal add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. 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 setting also helps illustrate heritage conservation and keeping older buildings useful without erasing their distinctive character within the specific setting of the recorded location. The image also provides a reference for energy retrofit and how historic buildings acquire new uses as cities change as part of the longer story of the recorded location. The photograph keeps part of the area's social history within the wider story of the recorded location.
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,NI,railway,Bushmills Road,Northern Ireland,UK,BT52 2BN,BT52,train,carriages,passes,pass,safely,track,gate,gates,barrier,danger,safe,lights,signal,signals,public,transport,in,line,route,sunny,blue sky,Irish Gauge,trains,CAF,Class 4000,DMU,Diesel
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RAP37C - NI stock-photo/gotonysmith-Railways.html?sortBy=relevant&pseudoid=237DAF28-A4ED-4448-8173-C0E81ABEEC6F Target=_Blank>Railways, also known as Northern Ireland Railways (NIR) (Irish: Iarnród Thuaisceart Éireann)
and for a brief period Ulster Transport Railways (UTR), is the railway operator in Northern Ireland. NIR is a subsidiary of Translink, whose parent company is the Northern Ireland Transport Holding Company (NITHCo), and is one of seven publicly owned train operators in the United Kingdom, the others being Direct Rail Services, Northern Trains, Transport for Wales Rail, Southeastern, LNER, and ScotRail. It has a common Board of Management with the other two companies in the group, Ulsterbus and Metro (formerly Citybus).
The rail network in Northern Ireland is not part of the National Rail network of Great Britain, nor does it use Standard Gauge, instead using Irish Gauge in common with the Republic of Ireland. Also, NIR is the only commercial non-heritage passenger operator in the United Kingdom to operate a vertical integration model, with responsibility of all aspects of the network including running trains, maintaining rolling stock and infrastructure, and pricing. Since the Single European Railway Directive 2012, the company has allowed open access operations by other rail operators, although no operator has started such a service. In 2019, NI Railways carried over 15 million passengers
Bushmills Rd, Coleraine, Northern Ireland, UK, BT52 2BN
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Cheshire,train,England,UK,rail,public,CW2 6HR,CW2,Nantwich Road,Crewe,the,innovation,waiting,room,hidden,disabilities,disability,a,safe,and,calm,environment,station,dementia,Megan Hughes,Aspergers Syndrome,Alzheimers Society,London Northwestern Railway,first,1st,JAM card,Just a Minute,for,people,passengers,with
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2R8T9G4 - Passengers at Crewe station now have access to a new waiting room, specifically designed to offer those with hidden disabilities a safe and calm environment.
The Calm Corner is the first of its kind on the rail network. It features the use of grey and green colours in order to give a calming effect, a living wall and plants to complement the colour scheme, specially designed furniture for comfort and relaxation, a child's play table, LED rope lighting that can change brightness to suit all.
It also has screens with old images of Crewe station and town centre to help trigger memories for those suffering from dementia and has a rail point Totem offering helpful advice (EG train and station layout).
It was brought to life through the work of train operators at the station, Network Rail and advice from a number of partner charities.
The idea was first suggested by work experience student, Megan Hughes, who used her own experience of living with Aspergers Syndrome as inspiration for the project.
Passengers using the waiting room can have access to the same support and passenger information they would get elsewhere on the station. However, it will be with the addition of a special totem screen, offering helpful advice such as train times, onward travel information and station layout.
Through ongoing work with Alzheimer's Society, London Northwestern Railway is committed to improving the experience for passengers living with dementia, to help support independent living through the use of the rail network.
The train operator is now working on initiatives to improve staff training as well as implementing small changes at stations that will make a big difference to the experience for passengers.
The ˜memory corner' has been designed to help trigger memories for those who have used Crewe station for many years using a collection of historic photos of the station.
It is hoped this collection can grow, with contributions from passengers, families and other supporters.
Nantwich Road, Crewe, Cheshire, England, UK, CW2 6HR
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K3XNAB - . This location-specific image from England, Great Britain , UK in 2019 provides a visual record of the subject in everyday context, useful for both contemporary editorial work and later historical comparison. The photograph centres on Welcome To The Man cave sign, on a red door. The image also relates to place identity, historical comparison, historic sign, community identity, commercial ephemera, street-level message, local history, everyday life, documentary photography, visual communication, material sign design, before-and-after reference, social history, and printed message. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with local history, street design and how signs can document commercial, social or regulatory change. Small period details of commercial use and occupation at England, Great Britain , UK may become more significant with time, particularly following altered transport patterns. The subject also sits alongside visual archive, public information notice, instructional wording, wayfinding detail, contemporary social history, everyday visual culture, public-facing signage, and period lettering. The combination of Welcome anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. Around England, Great Britain , UK, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. The wider significance includes local history and how signs can document commercial, social or regulatory change without losing the local specificity of England, Great Britain , UK. Another strand within the photograph is visual identity and how signs can document commercial, social or regulatory change in a form that can be compared with future views of England, Great Britain , UK. The setting also helps illustrate commercial branding and how signs can document commercial, social or regulatory change within the real-world context of England, Great Britain , UK.
England, Great Britain , UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy R9GTJ8 - Closed-circuit television (CCTV), also known as video surveillance, is the use of video cameras to transmit a signal to a specific place, on a limited set of monitors. It differs from broadcast television in that the signal is not openly transmitted, though it may employ point to point (P2P), point to multipoint (P2MP), or mesh wired or wireless links. Though almost all video cameras fit this definition, the term is most often applied to those used for surveillance in areas that may need monitoring such as banks, stores, and other areas where security is needed. Though Videotelephony is seldom called 'CCTV' one exception is the use of video in distance education, where it is an important tool.
Surveillance of the public using CCTV is common in many areas around the world. In recent years, the use of body worn video cameras has been introduced as a new form of surveillance, often used in law enforcement, with cameras located on a police officer's chest or head. Video surveillance has generated significant debate about balancing its use with individuals' right to privacy even when in public.
There are about 350 million surveillance cameras worldwide as of 2016. About 65% of these cameras are installed in Asia.
An article published in CCTV Image magazine estimated the number of private and local government operated cameras in the United Kingdom was 1.85 million in 2011. The estimate was based on extrapolating from a comprehensive survey of public and private cameras within the Cheshire Constabulary jurisdiction. This works out as an average of one camera for every 32 people in the UK, although the density of cameras varies greatly from place to place. The Cheshire report also claims that the average person on a typical day would be seen by 70 CCTV cameras.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy EY5KEK - Bath St,Warrington Hospitals NHS Trust,Cheshire,England,UK is a useful documentary subject because it fixes a recognisable place, object or activity in its real setting rather than presenting it as a staged illustration. A hospital trust building on Bath Street speaks to the everyday estate behind the NHS, the offices, access roads and local facilities that support clinical care but rarely appear in headline imagery. The scene can illustrate health administration, hospital pressures, public-sector estates, local employment, patient services and the place of NHS sites within town-centre streets. The location detail, Warrington, strengthens searches for regional features, travel pages, local-history pieces and news use where a named place matters. Relevant editorial themes include NHS, hospital estate, healthcare infrastructure and public services, with each theme rooted in the visible subject, place or activity. It would suit newspaper, magazine, web, council, transport, heritage, housing, retail, travel or social-commentary use where a believable, unpolished view of real life is more valuable than a generic illustration.
Bath Street, Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK
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Keywords: Pilot,bald,danger,dangers,Speke,Flight,path,collide,collision,Runcorn,RTFX8,black,in,sky,Merseyside,England,UK,UAV,technology,Quadcopter,open,space,regulate,regulation,regulated,risk,harm,sensible,FAA,aviation,authority,remote,control,toy,dangerous,incident,Flight Path,River Mersey,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,Tony,Smith,different,unique,how,to,fly,app,wifi,wireless,digital,automation,delivery,deliver,Robotics,land,Gimbal,untrained,trained,training,course,courses,mentor,mentoring,toys,devices,medium,small,large,Airbus,A320,incidents,worry,worrying,event,events,lost,CAA,near,miss,FAA,report,reports,altitude,electronic,exclusion,zone,flown,camera,GoPro,global,UAS,vehicle,transport,licence,licenced,deadly,jammers,lasers,responsible,safe,drone,flight,responsible,safety,FAA,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Images of,Stock Images,Tony Smith,Photo of,UAV Technology,How To Fly A Drone,Solo App,3D Robotics,Open Space,sensible flying,Remote Control,Small Flying Devices,John Lennon,Lost Control,Civil Aviation Authority,near-miss,US Federal Aviation Authority,unmanned air system,Exclusion Zone
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy H369J2 - An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), commonly known as a drone, as an unmanned aircraft system (UAS), or by several other names, is an aircraft without a human pilot aboard. The flight of UAVs may operate with various degrees of autonomy: either under remote control by a human operator, or fully or intermittently autonomously, by onboard computers.
Here, an owner flies a medium sized drone over the river Mersey, close to Runcorn, Widnes, Fiddlers Ferry and the new toll crossing, which is under construction.
Civilian drones now vastly outnumber military drones, with estimates of over a million sold by 2015.
Wigg Island, Runcorn, Cheshire, England, UK
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Keywords: England,UK,road,safety,travel,transport,car,accident,accidents,evening,morning,clocks,putting,back,forward,BST,Clock,safe,cross,button,indicator,indicate,signal,std,standard,set,of,traffic,light,lights,Putting Clocks back,Putting Clocks Forward,Road Safety,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,Tony,Smith,PEdestrian LIght,CONtrolled,oncoming,vehicle,vehicles,pictogram,PELICON,United,Kingdom,GB,Great,Britain,English,Scottish,British,pedestrian,walk,dont,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Images of,Stock Images,Tony Smith,PEdestrian LIght CONtrolled Crossing,Green Cross man,Green Cross Code,Dont Walk
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy H04FY7 - A pelican crossing (previously Pelicon Crossing “ PEdestrian LIght CONtrolled Crossing) is a type of pedestrian crossing, which features a pair of poles each with a standard set of traffic lights facing oncoming traffic, a push button and two illuminated, coloured pictograms facing the pedestrian from across the road.
These are a red, stationary person to indicate that it is not safe to cross, and a green, walking person to indicate that it is safe to do so. Pelican crossings also provide non-visual indication that it is safe to cross, such as a beep, vibrating button or tactile rotating cone in order to assist visually impaired pedestrians.
Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,London Overground Class 378,Clapham Junction station,London commuter train,electric multiple unit,passenger train at night,yellow front train,UK railway network,public transport,safe,transport,commuting,rail travel,mobility,city life,urban living,sustainability,mass transit,modern cities,European transport,editorial transport,everyday travel,working city,night photography,United Kingdom,UK railway station,commuter rail,night time station,platform at night,railway platform,modern train design,public transport London,rail infrastructure,transport hub,platform lighting,urban transport,train waiting at platform
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DJ7AYY - A London Overground Class 378 electric multiple unit train stands at the platform at Clapham Junction railway station in South West London during night-time operations. The train's distinctive yellow front and blue-and-orange livery are illuminated by platform lighting, while the digital destination display glows against the darker surroundings. The scene captures the train paused between services, emphasising the routine, functional nature of London's suburban rail network after dark.
Clapham Junction is one of the busiest railway stations in Europe and a critical interchange for commuter services across London and the South East. London Overground Class 378 trains operate high-frequency routes linking outer and inner London, forming a key part of the capital's public transport system and supporting daily commuting, evening travel and night-time connectivity. The station's multiple platforms, canopy structure and signage frame the train within a working urban transport environment.
The image highlights modern rail design and infrastructure in everyday use rather than staged or promotional contexts. The quiet platform, reflective surfaces and artificial lighting convey the atmosphere of late-evening travel, when stations shift from peak-hour intensity to a calmer but still essential role in city life. Details such as tactile paving, platform markings and illuminated signals reinforce themes of safety, accessibility and operational precision.
This photograph is well suited for editorial use covering public transport, rail infrastructure, commuting patterns, London urban life and sustainable mobility, as well as commercial applications relating to transport planning, infrastructure investment, urban development and representations of modern European city transport systems.
London Overground Class 378 train standing at Clapham Junction station in South West London at night
