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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,cash,polymer,notes,plastic,roll,rolls,of,5,10,20,five,ten,twenty,quid,heap,British,hard,loose,criminal,proceeds,crime,GBP,currency,currencies,exchange,rate,rates,crisis,fall,bands,Scottish,independence,SNP,National,party,Nicola Sturgeon,laundering
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2KYMFME - . 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. At the centre of the view is Rolls of British Scottish notes held by elastic bands, surrounding a Bank Of England 20 pound note. The locality and subject together evoke customer footfall, documentary photography, archival record, specialist retailer, visual archive, specialist shop, local enterprise, retail property, local character, bricks-and-mortar retail, independent retail, public realm, period detail, and regional identity. In present-day coverage, the subject reaches into commercial rents and town-centre regeneration, not least because of how commercial property costs affect small retailers. As a dated visual record of the recorded location, the frame retains transport arrangements and footfall, making it especially useful if refurbishment subsequently changes the scene. The photograph additionally reflects small business, place identity, commercial frontage, changing land use, town-centre trading, shopfront economy, changing streetscape, and everyday life. References to pound, British, Rolls, surrounding, and Scottish give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. The wider setting at the recorded location matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. Another strand within the photograph is commercial rents and how commercial property costs affect small retailers in a form that can be compared with future views of the recorded location. The setting also helps illustrate town-centre regeneration and the resilience of specialist shops in an online retail economy within the real-world context of the recorded location. The scene captures evidence of earlier appearance for later comparison.
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Keywords: HotpixUk,@HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,UK,England,English,dummy,in kilt,in a kilt,skirt,mens skirt,shop,Bath Street,Glasgow,Scotland,G2 1HW,Kilt Store,G2,Scottish,clothing,tartan,shop window,candle,candle stick,ghillie shirt,kilt outfits,ghillie,knee-length non-bifurcated skirt with pleats at the back,knee-length,non-bifurcated skirt,Scottish Highlands,Highlanders,great kilt,formal kilt,philibeg,Scottish kilt,King of kilts,Highland,dress,Independence
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AAT2T6 - A kilt (Scottish Gaelic: fèileadh [ˈfeːləɣ])[1] is a type of knee-length non-bifurcated skirt with pleats at the back, originating in the traditional dress of Gaelic men and boys in the Scottish Highlands. It is first recorded in the 16th century as the great kilt, a full-length garment whose upper half could be worn as a cloak. The small kilt or modern kilt emerged in the 18th century, and is essentially the bottom half of the great kilt. Since the 19th century, it has become associated with the wider culture of Scotland, and more broadly with Gaelic or Celtic heritage. It is most often made of woollen cloth in a tartan pattern.
Although the kilt is most often worn on formal occasions and at Highland games and other sports events, it has also been adapted as an item of informal male clothing, returning to its roots as an everyday garment. Particularly in North America, kilts are now made for casual wear in a variety of materials. Alternative fastenings may be used and pockets inserted to avoid the need for a sporran. Kilts have also been adopted as female wear for some sports.
39 - 41 Bath Street, Glasgow, Scotland, UK G2 1HW
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,G51,&,Alba,office,offices,and,studios,40,Pacific Quay,Glasgow,UK,G51 1DA,misinformation,bias,anti-Scottish,anti-Scotland,pro,union,unionist,pro-union,anti-SNP,SNP,against,for,independence,anti-independence,regional,programming,blatant,Scottish,pitch,no,yes,brainwashed,gaslighting,hotpix.org.uk,broadcaster
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K41KWD - A low-angle exterior view of the BBC Scotland headquarters at Pacific Quay in Glasgow, Scotland. Large black and white BBC Scotland lettering is mounted high above the glass facade, standing out against a bright blue sky crossed by broad white clouds. The upward viewpoint emphasises the scale, height and repeating geometric lines of the modern curtain-wall exterior.
The building stands at 40 Pacific Quay on the south bank of the River Clyde, within an area transformed from former dockland into a major media, cultural and visitor district. It is the principal base of BBC Scotland and brings together television, radio, online, news and production services in one prominent waterfront complex. The headquarters was designed by David Chipperfield Architects and completed in 2007.
Pacific Quay forms part of Glasgow's wider Clydeside regeneration. Nearby organisations and attractions include the Glasgow Science Centre, SEC campus and other creative, broadcasting and digital businesses. The location reflects the shift of former industrial riverside land towards media production, entertainment, tourism and contemporary urban development.
The photograph illustrates public service broadcasting, Scottish television and radio, corporate identity, modern office architecture and the creative industries. The highly visible rooftop sign identifies one of Scotland's best-known broadcasting institutions, while the glass grid and dramatic perspective give the image a strong architectural character. It is suitable for editorial themes involving BBC Scotland, journalism, news production, broadcasting policy, regional media, workplace change, cultural output, digital communications and the continuing regeneration of the River Clyde waterfront.
40 Pacific Quay, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, G51 1DA
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,G51,&,Alba,office,offices,and,studios,40,Pacific Quay,Glasgow,UK,G51 1DA,misinformation,bias,anti-Scottish,anti-Scotland,pro,union,unionist,pro-union,anti-SNP,SNP,against,for,independence,anti-independence,regional,programming,blatant,Scottish,pitch,no,yes,brainwashed,gaslighting
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K41KYJ - . A grounded documentary photograph made at 40 Pacific Quay, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, G51 1DA in 2019, combining the immediate subject with evidence of the surrounding streetscape, public realm, business activity or local character. The image documents BBC Scotland & BBC ALBA building and studios, 40 Pacific Quay, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, G51 1DA. Other connected aspects include local character, archival record, local history, contemporary social history, historical comparison, social history, street-level business, place identity, specialist retailer, before-and-after reference, regional identity, town-centre trading, specialist shop, and documentary photography. The modern context includes continuing discussion of footfall, commercial rents and the resilience of specialist shops in an online retail economy. The archival value lies partly in recording local activity and public use around 40 Pacific Quay, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, G51 1DA before later reinterpretation alters the character of the place. Further associations within the scene are visual archive, high-street commerce, changing streetscape, period detail, local enterprise, shopfront economy, customer footfall, and changing land use. The recorded references to studios, Glasgow, building, and Pacific preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. A later view of 40 Pacific Quay, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, G51 1DA 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 footfall and how shopfronts become short-lived records of changing businesses as part of the longer story of 40 Pacific Quay, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, G51 1DA. The setting also helps illustrate independent business and how shopfronts become short-lived records of changing businesses when considered against later change at 40 Pacific Quay, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, G51 1DA.
40 Pacific Quay, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, G51 1DA
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,G51,&,Alba,office,offices,and,studios,40,Pacific Quay,Glasgow,UK,G51 1DA,misinformation,bias,anti-Scottish,anti-Scotland,pro,union,unionist,pro-union,anti-SNP,SNP,against,for,independence,anti-independence,regional,programming,blatant,Scottish,pitch,no,yes,brainwashed,gaslighting,hotpix.org.uk
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K41M00 - . This authentic period view of 40 Pacific Quay, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, G51 1DA in 2019 preserves the main subject alongside smaller contextual details that can acquire greater historical value as places and uses change. The image documents BBC Scotland & BBC ALBA building and studios, 40 Pacific Quay, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, G51 1DA. The setting additionally reflects shopfront economy, historical comparison, independent retail, customer footfall, documentary photography, before-and-after reference, specialist shop, local character, changing land use, local enterprise, specialist retailer, retail property, high-street commerce, and everyday life. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with business rates, store closures and the contribution of independents to distinctive high streets. As a dated visual record of 40 Pacific Quay, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, G51 1DA, the frame retains local activity and public use, making it especially useful if closure or conversion subsequently changes the scene. The surrounding story also includes regional identity, public realm, bricks-and-mortar retail, commercial frontage, place identity, local history, period detail, and changing streetscape. Elements such as studios, Glasgow, building, and Pacific add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. For 40 Pacific Quay, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, G51 1DA, the photograph contributes to a cumulative visual history in which changes in use, signs, access and appearance can be traced over time. Another useful connection is business rates and the contribution of independents to distinctive high streets within the specific setting of 40 Pacific Quay, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, G51 1DA. The scene further reflects independent business and how commercial property costs affect small retailers as part of the longer story of 40 Pacific Quay, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, G51 1DA.
40 Pacific Quay, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, G51 1DA
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,G51,&,Alba,office,offices,and,studios,40,Pacific Quay,Glasgow,UK,G51 1DA,misinformation,bias,anti-Scottish,anti-Scotland,pro,union,unionist,pro-union,anti-SNP,SNP,against,for,independence,anti-independence,regional,programming,blatant,Scottish,pitch,no,yes,brainwashed,gaslighting,hotpix.org.uk,broadcaster,British TV
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K41M0G - . Photographed at 40 Pacific Quay, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, G51 1DA in 2019, this detailed documentary image records the subject within its real surroundings and preserves a specific stage in the life of the location. The subject captured here is BBC Scotland & BBC ALBA building and studios, 40 Pacific Quay, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, G51 1DA. The image also relates to specialist shop, independent retail, before-and-after reference, regional identity, everyday life, changing land use, community identity, place identity, local enterprise, street-level business, historical comparison, small business, retail property, and visual archive. For current editorial use, store closures and business rates provide additional context, especially through how commercial property costs affect small retailers. For later comparison, the photograph preserves signage and branding at 40 Pacific Quay, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, G51 1DA, details that may look very different after replacement signage. Other useful contextual ideas include local character, contemporary social history, shopfront economy, specialist retailer, period detail, social history, high-street commerce, and archival record. References to studios, building, Glasgow, and Pacific give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. The wider setting at 40 Pacific Quay, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, G51 1DA matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. A further contemporary connection is store closures and the contribution of independents to distinctive high streets when considered against later change at 40 Pacific Quay, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, G51 1DA. The wider significance includes town-centre regeneration and the resilience of specialist shops in an online retail economy without losing the local specificity of 40 Pacific Quay, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, G51 1DA.
40 Pacific Quay, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, G51 1DA
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Keywords: Scotland,Outer,Hebrides,CNES,Comhairle nan Eilean Siar,Comhairle,nan,Eilean,Siar,port,harbour,at,dusk,boat,fishing,vessels,twilight,end,of,days,euro,subsidy,fishing,quota,harbour at dusk,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,Tony,Smith,UK,GB,Great,Britain,United,Kingdom,Scottish,British,Scotland,problem,with,problem with,issue with,Centre,Art,Artists,social,tour,tourism,tourists,Lewis,Stornoway,outer Hebrides,outer,isles,islands,West Scotland,Stornoway Town,Town,Urban,Isle of Lewis,Steòrnabhagh,iconic,Alba,Celtic,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,tour,tourist,attraction,travel,Scots,SNP,independance,independence,Steòrnabhagh,Na h-Eileanan Siar,Western Isles,Leòdhas,Eilean,CNES,Alba,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Images of,Stock Images,Tony Smith,United Kingdom,Great Britain,British Isles,Eilean Leòdhais,Stornoway town
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HEW1HX - Stornoway (Gaelic: Steòrnabhagh) is a town on the Isle of Lewis, in the Outer Hebrides (also known as the Western Isles) of Scotland.
The town's population is around 8,000, making it the largest town in the Hebrides, with a third of the population of the civil parish of Stornoway, which includes various nearby villages and has a population of approximately 12,000.
Stornoway is an important port and the major town and administrative centre of the Outer Hebrides. It is home to Comhairle nan Eilean Siar (the Western Isles Council) and a variety of educational, sporting and media establishments. Observance of the Christian Sabbath (Sunday) has long been an aspect of the island's culture. Recent changes mean that Sunday on Lewis is now less different from Sunday on the other Western Isles or the mainland of Scotland.
Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, Scotland, UK
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Keywords: Yes,bars,pub,pubs,Bar,to a 2nd,second,freedom,second,SNP,National,Party,Nationalism,2,Scottish,SNP,independance party,independence,indyref,referendum,2nd,second,Brexit,Scottish Independence,Vote Yes,UK referendum,Nicola Sturgeon,Yes vote,No vote,Second Scottish Referendum,G2 5AE,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,Tony,Smith,UK,GB,Great,Britain,United,Kingdom,Scotish,Scottish,Scotch,British,Scotland,Alba,problem,with,problem with,issue with,#brexit,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Images of,Stock Images,Tony Smith,United Kingdom,Great Britain,British Isles,Scottish Nationalism
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy H9PM2R - . An on-location photograph from Drury St, Glasgow,Scotland,UK G2 5AE in 2016, showing the named subject as part of a wider social, commercial, cultural or physical setting rather than as an isolated object. The main point of reference is Scottish Indy Yes Bar,Glasgow,Scotland,UK - Vote Yes to a 2nd UK referendum. The subject also carries associations with everyday life, conservation architecture, architectural character, changing streetscape, period building, changing land use, before-and-after reference, local character, period detail, heritage asset, contemporary social history, adaptive reuse, archival record, and community identity. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with tourism, energy retrofit and keeping older buildings useful without erasing their distinctive character. For later comparison, the photograph preserves period objects and surrounding context at Drury St, Glasgow,Scotland,UK G2 5AE, details that may look very different after new ownership. The photograph additionally reflects architectural detail, heritage landmark, documentary photography, historic townscape, historic streetscape, urban fabric, conservation interest, and built heritage. References to Scottish, referendum, Glasgow, and Scotland give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. By fixing the subject within Drury St, Glasgow,Scotland,UK G2 5AE, the image preserves more than the headline object or building: it records part of the locality's everyday history. Another useful connection is tourism and the balance between conservation, retrofit and modern accessibility in a form that can be compared with future views of Drury St, Glasgow,Scotland,UK G2 5AE. The scene further reflects planning control and the balance between conservation, retrofit and modern accessibility within the real-world context of Drury St, Glasgow,Scotland,UK G2 5AE.
Drury St, Glasgow,Scotland,UK G2 5AE
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Keywords: Scotland,UK,at,dusk,patriot,patriotic,national,Party,indy,independance,independence,45%,45,saits,day,City,centre,City Centre,GoTonySmith,Ediburgh,Tour,tourist,tourism,tourist,attraction,Scotland,Capital,City,Scottish,icon,iconic,@Hotpixuk,HotpixUk,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Tourist Attraction,city Centre,Auld Reekie,illuminated
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy F89PRR - . St Andrews day,Jenners Store lit in blue, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK at dusk. Photographed on 30 November 2015. The recorded location is 48 Princes Street, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK EH2 2YJ. Jenners Department Store, now known simply as Jenners, is a department store located in Edinburgh, Scotland, and was the oldest independent department store in Scotland until its acquisition by House of Fraser in 2005. Jenners was founded in Edinburgh in 1838 and its landmark Princes Street department-store building, designed by William Hamilton Beattie, was completed around the turn of the twentieth century. The store became a symbol of Edinburgh retailing and was later acquired by House of Fraser. By 2026 the closed building is undergoing a major restoration and mixed-use redevelopment led by David Chipperfield Architects, with historic interiors and the grand saloon being reinstated. In historical terms, 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. As background, urban street scenes capture the cumulative effect of planning, architecture, transport, retail and public space
Shopfronts, signs, street furniture and pedestrians can date an image precisely and show how a district changes between periods of investment, decline and regeneration. During 2026, 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. Against the 2026 backdrop, current regeneration programmes make older urban photographs particularly useful
They allow comparison of high streets, underpasses, shopping areas and public spaces before redevelopment, while also documenting local identity that may not survive physical change.
48 Princes Street, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK EH2 2YJ
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Keywords: City,historic,history,stone,pano,wide,shot,wideshot,wide shot,of,on,vista,from Princes St,Princes,mound,Maiden Castles,sky,line,rock,castle rock,kingdom,royal,residence,Scottish,Scots,Jacobite,Rising,1745,GB,Great Britain,honours,moody sky,GoTonySmith,independence,independance,travel,tour,tourism,royal residence,residences,Union of the Crowns,union,the,crowns,queen,king,Jacobite Rising,great,Britain,United,Kingdom,lothian,lothians,landscape,wideangle,wide,angle,taken,with,a,lens,medieval,defences,skies,sky,Military,Tattoo,symbol,oldtown,Nova Scotia,Scots,Ecosse,Escocia,Scotia,Schottland,Scozia,outstanding,different,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Scotlands History,Scotlands History
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy ETRXC7 - Edinburgh Castle is a historic fortress which dominates the skyline of the city of Edinburgh, Scotland from its position on the Castle Rock. Archaeologists have established human occupation of the rock since at least the Iron Age (2nd century AD), although the nature of the early settlement is unclear. There has been a royal castle on the rock since at least the reign of David I in the 12th century, and the site continued to be a royal residence until the Union of the Crowns in 1603. From the 15th century the castle's residential role declined, and by the 17th century it was principally used as military barracks with a large garrison. Its importance as a part of Scotland's national heritage was recognised increasingly from the early 19th century onwards, and various restoration programmes have been carried out over the past century and a half. As one of the most important strongholds in the Kingdom of Scotland, Edinburgh Castle was involved in many historical conflicts from the Wars of Scottish Independence in the 14th century to the Jacobite Rising of 1745. Research undertaken in 2014 identified 26 sieges in its 1100 year-old history, giving it a claim to having been the most besieged place in Great Britain and one of the most attacked in the world.[2]
Few of the present buildings pre-date the Lang Siege of the 16th century, when the medieval defences were largely destroyed by artillery bombardment. The most notable exceptions are St Margaret's Chapel from the early 12th century, which is regarded as the oldest building in Edinburgh,[3] the Royal Palace and the early-16th-century Great Hall, although the interiors have been much altered from the mid-Victorian period onwards. The castle also houses the Scottish regalia, known as the Honours of Scotland and is the site of the Scottish National War Memorial and the National War Museum of Scotland. The British Army is still responsible for some parts of the castle, although its presence is now largely ceremonial.
Castle St, Edinburgh City, Midlothian, Scotland, UK
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Keywords: City,historic,history,stone,pano,wide,shot,wideshot,wide shot,of,on,vista,from Princes St,Princes,mound,Maiden Castles,sky,line,rock,castle rock,kingdom,royal,residence,Scottish,Scots,Jacobite,Rising,1745,GB,Great Britain,honours,moody sky,GoTonySmith,independence,independance,travel,tour,tourism,royal residence,residences,Union of the Crowns,union,the,crowns,queen,king,Jacobite Rising,great,Britain,United,Kingdom,lothian,lothians,landscape,wideangle,wide,angle,taken,with,a,lens,medieval,defences,skies,sky,Military,Tattoo,symbol,oldtown,Nova Scotia,Scots,Ecosse,Escocia,Scotia,Schottland,Scozia,outstanding,different,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy ETRXCC - Edinburgh Castle is a historic fortress which dominates the skyline of the city of Edinburgh, Scotland from its position on the Castle Rock. Archaeologists have established human occupation of the rock since at least the Iron Age (2nd century AD), although the nature of the early settlement is unclear. There has been a royal castle on the rock since at least the reign of David I in the 12th century, and the site continued to be a royal residence until the Union of the Crowns in 1603. From the 15th century the castle's residential role declined, and by the 17th century it was principally used as military barracks with a large garrison. Its importance as a part of Scotland's national heritage was recognised increasingly from the early 19th century onwards, and various restoration programmes have been carried out over the past century and a half. As one of the most important strongholds in the Kingdom of Scotland, Edinburgh Castle was involved in many historical conflicts from the Wars of Scottish Independence in the 14th century to the Jacobite Rising of 1745. Research undertaken in 2014 identified 26 sieges in its 1100 year-old history, giving it a claim to having been the most besieged place in Great Britain and one of the most attacked in the world.[2]
Few of the present buildings pre-date the Lang Siege of the 16th century, when the medieval defences were largely destroyed by artillery bombardment. The most notable exceptions are St Margaret's Chapel from the early 12th century, which is regarded as the oldest building in Edinburgh,[3] the Royal Palace and the early-16th-century Great Hall, although the interiors have been much altered from the mid-Victorian period onwards. The castle also houses the Scottish regalia, known as the Honours of Scotland and is the site of the Scottish National War Memorial and the National War Museum of Scotland. The British Army is still responsible for some parts of the castle, although its presence is now largely ceremonial.
Castle St, Edinburgh City, Midlothian, Scotland, UK
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Keywords: City,historic,history,stone,pano,wide,shot,wideshot,wide shot,of,on,vista,from Princes St,Princes,mound,Maiden Castles,sky,line,rock,castle rock,kingdom,royal,residence,Scottish,Scots,Jacobite,Rising,1745,GB,Great Britain,honours,moody sky,GoTonySmith,independence,independance,travel,tour,tourism,royal residence,residences,Union of the Crowns,union,the,crowns,queen,king,Jacobite Rising,great,Britain,United,Kingdom,lothian,lothians,landscape,wideangle,wide,angle,taken,with,a,lens,medieval,defences,skies,sky,Military,Tattoo,symbol,oldtown,Nova Scotia,Scots,Ecosse,Escocia,Scotia,Schottland,Scozia,outstanding,different,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Scotlands History,Scotlands History
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy ETRXCK - Edinburgh Castle is a historic fortress which dominates the skyline of the city of Edinburgh, Scotland from its position on the Castle Rock. Archaeologists have established human occupation of the rock since at least the Iron Age (2nd century AD), although the nature of the early settlement is unclear. There has been a royal castle on the rock since at least the reign of David I in the 12th century, and the site continued to be a royal residence until the Union of the Crowns in 1603. From the 15th century the castle's residential role declined, and by the 17th century it was principally used as military barracks with a large garrison. Its importance as a part of Scotland's national heritage was recognised increasingly from the early 19th century onwards, and various restoration programmes have been carried out over the past century and a half. As one of the most important strongholds in the Kingdom of Scotland, Edinburgh Castle was involved in many historical conflicts from the Wars of Scottish Independence in the 14th century to the Jacobite Rising of 1745. Research undertaken in 2014 identified 26 sieges in its 1100 year-old history, giving it a claim to having been the most besieged place in Great Britain and one of the most attacked in the world.[2]
Few of the present buildings pre-date the Lang Siege of the 16th century, when the medieval defences were largely destroyed by artillery bombardment. The most notable exceptions are St Margaret's Chapel from the early 12th century, which is regarded as the oldest building in Edinburgh,[3] the Royal Palace and the early-16th-century Great Hall, although the interiors have been much altered from the mid-Victorian period onwards. The castle also houses the Scottish regalia, known as the Honours of Scotland and is the site of the Scottish National War Memorial and the National War Museum of Scotland. The British Army is still responsible for some parts of the castle, although its presence is now largely ceremonial.
Castle St, Edinburgh City, Midlothian, Scotland, UK
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Keywords: farm,Carlops,Scottish Borders,Scotland,September,2014,sunny,day,passion,to,govern,their,own,nation,country,independance,feeling,vote,voting,referenda,referendum,catalonia,spain,break,breakup,up,of,the,UK,GB,great,Britain,British,gotonysmith indyref #indyref,Scottish,SNP,independance party,independence,indyref,referendum,2nd,second,hotpix.org.uk
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy E6JB68 - . Yes to Scottish independence sign at Carlophill farm, Carlops, Scottish Borders, Scotland September 2014. Photographed on 24 August 2014. The recorded location is Carlops, Scottish Borders, Scotland, UK. Vote YES ! The signs date from the 2014 Scottish independence referendum campaign, when voters were asked whether Scotland should become an independent country. The unionist Better Together campaign promoted a No vote, while Yes Scotland and local activists campaigned for independence. On 18 September 2014 Scotland voted 55.3% No to 44.7% Yes. More than a decade later the constitutional question remains part of Scottish politics, giving these rural campaign signs continuing historical and political relevance. The wider historical story is that public protest and electoral campaigning form part of democratic culture, documenting how people express support, opposition and identity outside formal institutions
The wording of signs can preserve the tone of a debate more directly than later summaries. The wider historical story is that signs and notices are ephemeral pieces of design that can become important historical evidence
Lettering, logos, warnings and directions record former businesses, regulations, transport systems and public messages that may disappear long before the surrounding property changes. The historical context is that british agriculture has repeatedly adapted to mechanisation, changing markets and environmental policy
Tractors, fields, cereal crops and allotment vegetables each represent different scales of food production, while also documenting seasonal work and rural landscapes. In the present 2026 context, seen from 2026, older campaign material provides a clear historical benchmark for later political arguments
The physical poster or banner captures not only a policy position but the visual language and grassroots campaigning methods of its moment.
Carlops, Scottish Borders, Scotland, UK
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Keywords: farm,Carlops,Scottish Borders,Scotland,September,2014,sunny,day,passion,to,govern,their,own,nation,country,independance,feeling,vote,voting,referenda,referendum,catalonia,spain,break,breakup,up,of,the,UK,GB,great,Britain,British,gotonysmith indyref #indyref,Scottish,SNP,independance party,independence,indyref,referendum,2nd,second,Brexit,#Brexit,hotpixuk,@hotpixuk,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy E6JB6A - . Yes to Scottish independence sign at Carlophill farm, Carlops, Scottish Borders, Scotland September 2014. Photographed on 24 August 2014. The recorded location is Carlops, Scottish Borders, Scotland, UK. Vote YES ! The signs date from the 2014 Scottish independence referendum campaign, when voters were asked whether Scotland should become an independent country. The unionist Better Together campaign promoted a No vote, while Yes Scotland and local activists campaigned for independence. On 18 September 2014 Scotland voted 55.3% No to 44.7% Yes. More than a decade later the constitutional question remains part of Scottish politics, giving these rural campaign signs continuing historical and political relevance. From a heritage perspective, public protest and electoral campaigning form part of democratic culture, documenting how people express support, opposition and identity outside formal institutions
The wording of signs can preserve the tone of a debate more directly than later summaries. From a heritage perspective, signs and notices are ephemeral pieces of design that can become important 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. The wider historical story is that british agriculture has repeatedly adapted to mechanisation, changing markets and environmental policy
Tractors, fields, cereal crops and allotment vegetables each represent different scales of food production, while also documenting seasonal work and rural landscapes. As of 2026, political photographs from earlier campaigns can be used comparatively, showing how parties, issues and constitutional debates have shifted
They are particularly useful when the underlying subject, such as Scottish independence, public spending or local government, remains unresolved.
Carlops, Scottish Borders, Scotland, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy E6JB6B - . No Thanks Purple Better Together banner in a Scottish Field September 2014. Photographed on 24 August 2014. The recorded location is West Linton, Borders, Scotland, UK. No Thanks is the slogan of the Better Together Campaign, urging people to stay in the UK as part of a united Britain. Vote will take place in September 2014. GoTonySmith. The signs date from the 2014 Scottish independence referendum campaign, when voters were asked whether Scotland should become an independent country. The unionist Better Together campaign promoted a No vote, while Yes Scotland and local activists campaigned for independence. On 18 September 2014 Scotland voted 55.3% No to 44.7% Yes. More than a decade later the constitutional question remains part of Scottish politics, giving these rural campaign signs continuing historical and political relevance. In historical terms, campaign imagery captures politics at street level, where national debates become posters, banners, marches and handwritten slogans
Such material often disappears immediately after an election or referendum, making contemporary images especially useful to historians. In the longer view, allotments and farms link household self-sufficiency with the commercial food system
Seed varieties, hand cultivation and large-scale mechanised farming provide a visual history of how people grow food and how agricultural practice changes. In historical terms, rural and botanical images document the seasonal cycles of the British landscape, from spring flowers and nesting wildlife to summer crops, autumn foliage and winter frost
They can also record changing land management, farming practice and the relationship between cultivated and wild species. During 2026, seen from 2026, earlier campaign material provides a clear historical benchmark for later political arguments
The physical poster or banner captures not only a policy position but the visual language and grassroots campaigning methods of its moment.
West Linton, Borders, Scotland, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy E6JB6C - . No Thanks Purple Better Together banner in a Scottish Field September 2014. Photographed on 24 August 2014. The recorded location is West Linton, Borders, Scotland, UK. No Thanks is the slogan of the Better Together Campaign, urging people to stay in the UK as part of a united Britain. Vote will take place in September 2014. GoTonySmith. The signs date from the 2014 Scottish independence referendum campaign, when voters were asked whether Scotland should become an independent country. The unionist Better Together campaign promoted a No vote, while Yes Scotland and local activists campaigned for independence. On 18 September 2014 Scotland voted 55.3% No to 44.7% Yes. More than a decade later the constitutional question remains part of Scottish politics, giving these rural campaign signs continuing historical and political relevance. As background, campaign imagery captures politics at street level, where national debates become posters, banners, marches and handwritten slogans
Such material often disappears immediately after an election or referendum, making contemporary photographs especially valuable to historians. From a heritage perspective, allotments and farms link household self-sufficiency with the commercial food system
Seed varieties, hand cultivation and large-scale mechanised farming provide a visual history of how people grow food and how agricultural practice changes. As background, rural and botanical images document the seasonal cycles of the British landscape, from spring flowers and nesting wildlife to summer crops, autumn foliage and winter frost
They can also record changing land management, farming practice and the relationship between cultivated and wild species. Against the 2026 backdrop, political photographs from earlier campaigns can be used comparatively, showing how parties, issues and constitutional debates have shifted
They are particularly valuable when the underlying subject, such as Scottish independence, public.
West Linton, Borders, Scotland, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy E6JB6D - . No Thanks Purple Better Together banner in a Scottish Field September 2014. Photographed on 24 August 2014. The recorded location is West Linton, Borders, Scotland, UK. No Thanks is the slogan of the Better Together Campaign, urging people to stay in the UK as part of a united Britain. Vote will take place in September 2014. GoTonySmith. The signs date from the 2014 Scottish independence referendum campaign, when voters were asked whether Scotland should become an independent country. The unionist Better Together campaign promoted a No vote, while Yes Scotland and local activists campaigned for independence. On 18 September 2014 Scotland voted 55.3% No to 44.7% Yes. More than a decade later the constitutional question remains part of Scottish politics, giving these rural campaign signs continuing historical and political relevance. In the longer view, political signs, demonstrations and campaign material are highly time-specific forms of visual evidence
Slogans, posters and banners record the language, branding and issues of a particular contest, and can gain historical significance long after the immediate vote or protest has ended. In historical terms, british agriculture has repeatedly adapted to mechanisation, changing markets and environmental policy
Tractors, fields, cereal crops and allotment vegetables each represent different scales of food production, while also documenting seasonal work and rural landscapes. In the longer view, nature photography can serve both aesthetic and documentary purposes, preserving details of species, flowering seasons, weather and land use
Repeated images of the same places also become useful evidence of environmental change over time. Current 2026 relevance comes from the fact that seen from 2026, older campaign material provides a clear historical benchmark for later political arguments
The physical poster or banner captures not only a policy position but the visual language and grassroots campaigning.
West Linton, Borders, Scotland, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy E6JB6F - . No Thanks Purple Better Together banner in a Scottish Field September 2014. Photographed on 24 August 2014. The recorded location is Coulter Village, Scottish Borders, Scotland, UK. No Thanks is the slogan of the Better Together Campaign, urging people to stay in the UK as part of a united Britain. Vote will take place in September 2014. GoTonySmith. The signs date from the 2014 Scottish independence referendum campaign, when voters were asked whether Scotland should become an independent country. The unionist Better Together campaign promoted a No vote, while Yes Scotland and local activists campaigned for independence. On 18 September 2014 Scotland voted 55.3% No to 44.7% Yes. More than a decade later the constitutional question remains part of Scottish politics, giving these rural campaign signs continuing historical and political relevance. The historical context is that public protest and electoral campaigning form part of democratic culture, documenting how people express support, opposition and identity outside formal institutions
The wording of signs can preserve the tone of a debate more directly than later summaries. Historically, farming and allotment imagery records the practical work behind food production, from ploughing and arable crops to small-scale vegetable growing
Allotments expanded strongly during periods of food shortage and remain an important part of British urban and suburban gardening culture. The historical context is that fields, flowers, trees and wildlife provide a visual record of season, habitat and countryside management
Agricultural crops sit alongside wild plants, insects and birds, illustrating the overlap between food production, biodiversity and recreation. The subject remains topical in 2026 because political photographs from earlier campaigns can be used comparatively, showing how parties, issues and constitutional debates have shifted
They are particularly useful when the underlying subject, such as.
Coulter Village, Scottish Borders, Scotland, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy E6JB6G - . No Thanks Purple Better Together banner in a Scottish Field September 2014. Photographed on 24 August 2014. The recorded location is Coulter Village, Scottish Borders, Scotland, UK. No Thanks is the slogan of the Better Together Campaign, urging people to stay in the UK as part of a united Britain. Vote will take place in September 2014. GoTonySmith. The signs date from the 2014 Scottish independence referendum campaign, when voters were asked whether Scotland should become an independent country. The unionist Better Together campaign promoted a No vote, while Yes Scotland and local activists campaigned for independence. On 18 September 2014 Scotland voted 55.3% No to 44.7% Yes. More than a decade later the constitutional question remains part of Scottish politics, giving these rural campaign signs continuing historical and political relevance. From a heritage perspective, political signs, demonstrations and campaign material are highly time-specific forms of visual evidence
Slogans, posters and banners record the language, branding and issues of a particular contest, and can gain historical significance long after the immediate vote or protest has ended. As background, british agriculture has repeatedly adapted to mechanisation, changing markets and environmental policy
Tractors, fields, cereal crops and allotment vegetables each represent different scales of food production, while also documenting seasonal work and rural landscapes. From a heritage perspective, nature photography can serve both aesthetic and documentary purposes, preserving details of species, flowering seasons, weather and land use
Repeated images of the same places also become useful evidence of environmental change over time. As of 2026, political photographs from earlier campaigns can be used comparatively, showing how parties, issues and constitutional debates have shifted
They are particularly useful when the underlying subject, such as Scottish independence, public.
Coulter Village, Scottish Borders, Scotland, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy E6JB6J - . No Thanks Purple Better Together banner in a Scottish Field September 2014. Photographed on 24 August 2014. The recorded location is Coulter Village, Scottish Borders, Scotland, UK. No Thanks is the slogan of the Better Together Campaign, urging people to stay in the UK as part of a united Britain. Vote will take place in September 2014. GoTonySmith. The signs date from the 2014 Scottish independence referendum campaign, when voters were asked whether Scotland should become an independent country. The unionist Better Together campaign promoted a No vote, while Yes Scotland and local activists campaigned for independence. On 18 September 2014 Scotland voted 55.3% No to 44.7% Yes. More than a decade later the constitutional question remains part of Scottish politics, giving these rural campaign signs continuing historical and political relevance. In historical terms, public protest and electoral campaigning form part of democratic culture, documenting how people express support, opposition and identity outside formal institutions
The wording of signs can preserve the tone of a debate more directly than later summaries. In the longer view, farming and allotment imagery records the practical work behind food production, from ploughing and arable crops to small-scale vegetable growing
Allotments expanded strongly during periods of food shortage and remain an important part of British urban and suburban gardening culture. In historical terms, fields, flowers, trees and wildlife provide a visual record of season, habitat and countryside management
Agricultural crops sit alongside wild plants, insects and birds, illustrating the overlap between food production, biodiversity and recreation. During 2026, seen from 2026, earlier campaign material provides a clear historical benchmark for later political arguments
The physical poster or banner captures not only a policy position but the visual language and grassroots campaigning methods of its moment.
Coulter Village, Scottish Borders, Scotland, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DDXJ9D - The Mound is an artificial hill in central Edinburgh, Scotland, which connects Edinburgh's New Town and Old Town. It was formed by dumping around 1,501,000 cartloads of earth excavated from the foundations of the New Town into the drained Nor Loch which forms today's Princes Street Gardens.
The construction of the Earthen Mound, as it was originally called, was begun in 1781 and it was extended over the years until by 1830 it was macadamised and landscaped so that it appeared more or less complete. When the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway was extended to Waverley in 1846, tunnels were driven under The Mound to allow access to the west. The Bank of Scotland headquarters on the Mound
Some of Edinburgh's most notable buildings and institutions have their premises on The Mound, including the National Gallery of Scotland, the Royal Scottish Academy, the spires of New College, the General Assembly Hall of the Church of Scotland, the elegant domed Headquarters of the Bank of Scotland, and its museum, Museum on the Mound.
Today The Mound is a busy, if fairly steep, thoroughfare taking traffic to and from Princes Street and the Royal Mile in the Old Town. Due to its raised elevation, the Mound commands expansive views over Princes Street and the New Town of Edinburgh and towards Calton Hill.
The Mound, Old Town, Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DDXJAD - The Mound is an artificial hill in central Edinburgh, Scotland, which connects Edinburgh's New Town and Old Town. It was formed by dumping around 1,501,000 cartloads of earth excavated from the foundations of the New Town into the drained Nor Loch which forms today's Princes Street Gardens.
The construction of the Earthen Mound, as it was originally called, was begun in 1781 and it was extended over the years until by 1830 it was macadamised and landscaped so that it appeared more or less complete. When the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway was extended to Waverley in 1846, tunnels were driven under The Mound to allow access to the west. The Bank of Scotland headquarters on the Mound
Some of Edinburgh's most notable buildings and institutions have their premises on The Mound, including the National Gallery of Scotland, the Royal Scottish Academy, the spires of New College, the General Assembly Hall of the Church of Scotland, the elegant domed Headquarters of the Bank of Scotland, and its museum, Museum on the Mound.
Today The Mound is a busy, if fairly steep, thoroughfare taking traffic to and from Princes Street and the Royal Mile in the Old Town. Due to its raised elevation, the Mound commands expansive views over Princes Street and the New Town of Edinburgh and towards Calton Hill.
The Mound, Old Town, Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DDXKB3 - National Museums Scotland was formed by Act of Parliament in 1985 , amalgamating the former National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland and The Royal Scottish Museum. The National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland, was formed in 2006 with the merger of the new Museum of Scotland, with collections relating to Scottish antiquities, culture and history, and the adjacent Royal Museum (so renamed in 1995), with collections covering science and technology, natural history, and world cultures.
The two connected buildings stand beside each other on Chambers Street, by the intersection with the George IV Bridge, in central Edinburgh. The museum is part of National Museums Scotland. Admission is free.
The two buildings retain distinctive characters: the Museum of Scotland is housed in a modern building opened in 1998, while the former Royal Museum building was begun in 1861, and partially opened in 1866, with a Victorian Romanesque Revival facade and a grand central hall of cast iron construction that rises the full height of the building. This building reopened on 29 July 2011 after a £47 million project to restore and extend the building, and redesign the exhibitions (by Ralph Appelbaum).
The National Museum incorporates the collections of the former National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland, and the Royal Museum. As well as the main national collections of Scottish archaeological finds and medieval objects, the museum contains artifacts from around the world, encompassing geology, archaeology, natural history, science, technology and art. The 16 new galleries reopened in 2011 include 8,000 objects, 80 per cent of which were not formerly on display.
One of the more notable exhibits is the stuffed body of Dolly the sheep, the first successful clone of a mammal from an adult cell. Other highlights include Ancient Egyptian exhibitions, one of Elton John's extravagant suits and a large kinetic sculpture named the Millennium Clock.
Chambers St, Edinburgh city, Scotland UK EH1 1JF
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DDXRN6 - . I love Scot Land shop Edinburgh Scotland UK. Photographed at Edinburgh , Scotland, UK. The photograph was taken on 31 August 2013. This editorial stock image documents the subject as it appeared at that time, preserving a clear record of the place, its appearance and the everyday details surrounding it. Signage, lettering, logos, numbers or other visible information form an important part of the record, helping identify the subject and capture contemporary branding or public messaging. The scene is closely associated with love, Scot, Land, shop, Edinburgh, patriotism, Scots, Scottish, Scotch and independance, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. The scene is relevant to retail, shopping, consumer behaviour, town and city centres, independent businesses and the changing appearance of the British high street. It can support editorial stories about shops, shopping centres, retail architecture, store branding, local commerce, vacancies, regeneration, consumer spending, tourism and the pressure on traditional bricks-and-mortar businesses. Shopfronts, signs, windows, displays, arcades and surrounding public realm provide useful visual context for how retail space is designed and experienced by pedestrians. The photograph also acts as a dated record of a business or shopping location, valuable when premises later change hands, rebrand, close or are redeveloped. Search themes include retail, shopping, shopfronts, consumer behaviour, high streets, town centres, commercial property, independent business, branding and changing local economies. A dated view of a shop or shopping environment gains extra archive value when businesses rebrand, close, move or when premises are redeveloped. The combination of a named subject, precise location and capture date gives the image particular value to editors who need a real, identifiable place rather than a generic illustrative photograph.
Edinburgh , Scotland, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DG39NX - Early in his career, in 1896, Mackintosh met Catherine Cranston (widely known as Kate Cranston or simply Miss Cranston), an entrepreneurial local business woman who was the daughter of a Glasgow tea merchant and a strong believer in temperance.
The temperance movement was becoming increasingly popular in Glasgow at the turn of the century and Miss Cranston had conceived the idea of a series of art tearooms, venues where people could meet to relax and enjoy non-alcoholic refreshments in a variety of different rooms within the same building. This proved to be the start of a long working relationship between Miss Cranston and Mackintosh. Between 1896 and 1917 he designed and re-styled interiors in all four of her Glasgow tearooms, often in collaboration with his wife Margaret MacDonald.
Mackintosh's redesigned external facade was a carefully considered asymmetric, abstractly modelled composition with shallow curves on some areas of the surface, and varying depths of recesses to windows and the main entrance. The composition respected the urban context of the neighbouring buildings, matching the major cornice lines and heights of adjoining buildings, whilst still exploring emerging ideas of Art Nouveau and the modern movement.
The ground floor entrance door is placed far to the left of a wide band of fenestration, both of which are recessed below the first-floor level, the location of the Room de Luxe. To emphasise the importance of this room, Mackintosh designed a full width bay window, projecting the facade outwards with a gentle curve. The two storeys above this featured a more regular pattern of fenestration with three individual windows per floor, recessed to different degrees. The asymmetry of the composition was continued by widening the left side windows and creating another gentle curve in this part of the facade, extending through both storeys. This repeated the curved form of the first floor and emphasised the heavily recessed entrance to the building
217 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, Scotland UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DG374N - While provincial banks in England and Wales lost the right to issue paper currency altogether, the practice of private banknote issue has continued in Scotland and Northern Ireland. The right of Scottish banks to issue notes is popularly attributed to the author Sir Walter Scott, who in 1826 waged a campaign to retain Scottish banknotes under the pseudonym Malachi Malagrowther.
Scott feared that the limitation on private banknotes proposed with the Bankers (Scotland) Act 1826 would be have adverse economic consequences if enacted in Scotland because gold and silver were scarce and Scottish commerce relied on small notes as the principal medium of circulating money. His action eventually halted the abolition of private banknotes in Scotland.
Scottish and Northern Irish banknotes are unusual, firstly because they are issued by retail banks, not central banks, and secondly, as they are not legal tender anywhere in the UK not even in Scotland or Northern Ireland they are in fact promissory notes.
Seven retail banks have the authority of HM Treasury to issue sterling banknotes as currency. Despite this, the notes can be refused at the discretion of recipients in England and Wales, and are often not accepted by banks and exchange bureaus outside of the United Kingdom. This is particularly true in the case of the Royal Bank of Scotland £1 note, which is the only £1 note to remain in circulation within the UK.
In 2000, the European Central Bank indicated that, should the United Kingdom join the euro, Scottish banks (and, by extension, Northern Ireland banks) would have to cease banknote issue. During the Financial crisis of 20072008, the future of private banknotes in the United Kingdom was uncertain. It has been suggested that the Banking Act 2009 would restrict the issue of banknotes by commercial banks in Scotland and Northern Ireland by removing many of the provisions of the Acts quoted above.Banks would be forced to lodge sterling.
Dalkeith, Edinburgh, Scotland UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DED1DX - . Edinburgh Kilt hire shop. Special tourist offer £49.99 Sporran, Chain, Ghillie Shirt Kilt Pin, Royal Mile. Photographed at Royal Mile, Edinburgh, Scotland UK. The photograph was taken on 26 August 2013. This editorial stock image documents the subject as it appeared at that time, preserving a clear record of the place, its appearance and the everyday details surrounding it. The scene is closely associated with Edinburgh, Kilt, hire, shop, Special, offer, family, tartan, Edinburgh Kilt hire shop. Special tourist offer £49.99 Sporran and Chain, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. The scene is relevant to retail, shopping, consumer behaviour, town and city centres, independent businesses and the changing appearance of the British high street. It can support editorial stories about shops, shopping centres, retail architecture, store branding, local commerce, vacancies, regeneration, consumer spending, tourism and the pressure on traditional bricks-and-mortar businesses. Shopfronts, signs, windows, displays, arcades and surrounding public realm provide useful visual context for how retail space is designed and experienced by pedestrians. The photograph also acts as a dated record of a business or shopping location, valuable when premises later change hands, rebrand, close or are redeveloped. Search themes include retail, shopping, shopfronts, consumer behaviour, high streets, town centres, commercial property, independent business, branding and changing local economies. A dated view of a shop or shopping environment gains extra archive value when businesses rebrand, close, move or when premises are redeveloped. The combination of a named subject, precise location and capture date gives the image particular value to editors who need a real, identifiable place rather than a generic illustrative photograph.
Royal Mile, Edinburgh, Scotland UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DED215 - . Old Town Graffiti 2 New st, Canongate Edinburgh Old Town Scotland. Photographed at Edinburgh Old Town, Lothian, Scotland EH1. The photograph was taken on 26 August 2013. This editorial stock image documents the subject as it appeared at that time, preserving a clear record of the place, its appearance and the everyday details surrounding it. Signage, lettering, logos, numbers or other visible information form an important part of the record, helping identify the subject and capture contemporary branding or public messaging. The scene is closely associated with Edinburgh, Scots, graffiti, Royal, Mile, Scottish, Scot, independance, independence and street, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. The photograph gives particular emphasis to signage, lettering, public information, branding or graphic communication in a real-world setting. It can support editorial features about wayfinding, advertising, local identity, warnings, public information, business branding, typography, street design and the visual language of towns and cities. Words, symbols, colours, materials and the physical setting of the sign provide useful documentary detail for researchers interested in how information was presented at the time. Because signs and branding are frequently replaced, repainted or removed, the image also has useful archive and social-history value. Search themes include signs, lettering, typography, advertising, wayfinding, public information, warnings, branding, street graphics and local identity. Because signs are frequently replaced or repainted, a clear dated photograph of wording or graphics can acquire strong archive and social-history value. 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.
Edinburgh Old Town, Lothian, Scotland EH1
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DED2FH - . Dirty Dicks Pub Rose St Edinburgh New Town Scotland. Photographed at Edinburgh Old Town, Lothian, Scotland EH1. The photograph was taken on 26 August 2013. This editorial stock image documents the subject as it appeared at that time, preserving a clear record of the place, its appearance and the everyday details surrounding it. The scene is closely associated with Edinburgh, Scots, Dirty, Dicks, Pub, bar, Scottish, Scot, independance and independence, 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. It can be used in newspapers, magazines, books, websites, documentaries, heritage projects and retrospective features where geographical accuracy and period detail matter.
Edinburgh Old Town, Lothian, Scotland EH1
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DED2HN - . Bars and visitors in Rose St Edinburgh old town Scotland. Photographed at Edinburgh Old Town, Lothian, Scotland EH1. The photograph was taken on 26 August 2013. This editorial stock image documents the subject as it appeared at that time, preserving a clear record of the place, its appearance and the everyday details surrounding it. The 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 Edinburgh, Scots, Rose, Street, bars, Scottish, Scot, independance, independence and narrow, 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.
Edinburgh Old Town, Lothian, Scotland EH1
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DED2RA - . The Scottish Parliament / Government Queensberry House in Edinburgh which would be home of an independent Scotland. Photographed at Horse Wynd, Holyrood, Edinburgh, EH99 1SP. The photograph was taken on 26 August 2013. This editorial stock image documents the subject as it appeared at that time, preserving a clear record of the place, its appearance and the everyday details surrounding it. The scene is closely associated with Scottish, Parliament, Government, Edinburgh, referendum, SNP, devolved, which, would and home, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. The photograph is relevant to homes, residential streets, domestic architecture and the everyday details that shape the appearance of British housing. It can support editorial features about housing, addresses, front doors, neighbourhood identity, home ownership, renting, property condition, postal delivery, security and suburban or urban streets. Doors, windows, numbers, letterboxes, gardens, walls and other domestic details can provide a recognisable visual shorthand for home and residence without relying on a staged interior. As a dated record, the image can also be useful for local history and later comparison as properties are altered, refurbished or redeveloped. Search themes include housing, homes, front doors, addresses, letterboxes, house numbers, residential streets, property, neighbourhoods, renting and home ownership. Small domestic details can become useful archive evidence when properties are refurbished, altered, renumbered or redeveloped. The combination of a named subject, precise location and capture date gives the image particular value to editors who need a real, identifiable place rather than a generic illustrative photograph. It can be used in newspapers, magazines, books, websites, documentaries, heritage projects and retrospective features where geographical accuracy and period detail matter.
Horse Wynd, Holyrood, Edinburgh, EH99 1SP
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DED30E - . The Scottish Parliament Canon gate door / Government in Edinburgh which would be home of an independent Scotland. Photographed at Horse Wynd, Holyrood, Edinburgh, EH99 1SP. The photograph was taken on 26 August 2013. This editorial stock image documents the subject as it appeared at that time, preserving a clear record of the place, its appearance and the everyday details surrounding it. The scene is closely associated with Scottish, Parliament, Government, Edinburgh, referendum, SNP, devolved, which, would and home, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. The photograph is relevant to homes, residential streets, domestic architecture and the everyday details that shape the appearance of British housing. It can support editorial features about housing, addresses, front doors, neighbourhood identity, home ownership, renting, property condition, postal delivery, security and suburban or urban streets. Doors, windows, numbers, letterboxes, gardens, walls and other domestic details can provide a recognisable visual shorthand for home and residence without relying on a staged interior. As a dated record, the image can also be useful for local history and later comparison as properties are altered, refurbished or redeveloped. Search themes include housing, homes, front doors, addresses, letterboxes, house numbers, residential streets, property, neighbourhoods, renting and home ownership. Small domestic details can become useful archive evidence when properties are refurbished, altered, renumbered or redeveloped. The combination of a named subject, precise location and capture date gives the image particular value to editors who need a real, identifiable place rather than a generic illustrative photograph. It can be used in newspapers, magazines, books, websites, documentaries, heritage projects and retrospective features where geographical accuracy and period detail matter.
Horse Wynd, Holyrood, Edinburgh, EH99 1SP
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DED31Y - . The Scottish Parliament Canongate Entrance / Government in Edinburgh which would be home of an independent Scotland. Photographed at Horse Wynd, Holyrood, Edinburgh, EH99 1SP. The photograph was taken on 26 August 2013. This editorial stock image documents the subject as it appeared at that time, preserving a clear record of the place, its appearance and the everyday details surrounding it. The scene is closely associated with Scottish, Parliament, Government, Edinburgh, elected, pro-independence, Alba, which, would and home, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. The photograph is relevant to homes, residential streets, domestic architecture and the everyday details that shape the appearance of British housing. It can support editorial features about housing, addresses, front doors, neighbourhood identity, home ownership, renting, property condition, postal delivery, security and suburban or urban streets. Doors, windows, numbers, letterboxes, gardens, walls and other domestic details can provide a recognisable visual shorthand for home and residence without relying on a staged interior. As a dated record, the image can also be useful for local history and later comparison as properties are altered, refurbished or redeveloped. Search themes include housing, homes, front doors, addresses, letterboxes, house numbers, residential streets, property, neighbourhoods, renting and home ownership. Small domestic details can become useful archive evidence when properties are refurbished, altered, renumbered or redeveloped. The combination of a named subject, precise location and capture date gives the image particular value to editors who need a real, identifiable place rather than a generic illustrative photograph. It can be used in newspapers, magazines, books, websites, documentaries, heritage projects and retrospective features where geographical accuracy and period detail matter.
Horse Wynd, Holyrood, Edinburgh, EH99 1SP
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DED33D - The West Port is a street in Edinburgh's Old Town, Scotland, located just south of Edinburgh Castle. It runs from Main Point (the junction of Bread Street, Lauriston Street, East Fountainbridge and High Riggs) down to the south west corner of the Grassmarket. Its name derives from the fact it sloped up from the West Port, which was the only westwards exit from the city when the city walls stood, allowing one to pass through the Flodden Wall. The port (gate) itself was demolished in 1786.
Edinburgh Old Town, Lothian, Scotland EH1
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DED35F - The sporran (/ˈspɒrən/
Scottish Gaelic for purse), a traditional part of male Scottish Highland dress, is a pouch that performs the same function as pockets on the pocketless kilt. Made of leather or fur, the ornamentation of the sporran is chosen to complement the formality of dress worn with it. The sporran is worn on a leather strap or chain, conventionally positioned in front of the groin of the wearer.
Since the traditional kilt does not have pockets, the sporran serves as a wallet and container for any other necessary personal items. It is essentially a survival of the common European medieval belt-pouch, superseded elsewhere as clothing came to have pockets, but continuing in the Scottish Highlands because of the lack of these accessories in traditional dress. The sporran hangs below the belt buckle
and much effort is made to match their style and design. The kilt belt buckle can be very ornate, and contain similar motifs to the sporran cantle and the Sgian Dubh. Early sporrans would have been worn suspended from the belt on one or other of the hips, rather than hung from a separate strap in front of the wearer.
When driving a car, dancing, playing drums, or engaging in any activity where a heavy pouch might encumber the wearer, the sporran can be turned around the waist to let it hang on the hip in a more casual position
Edinburgh Old Town, Lothian, Scotland EH1
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DED35Y - The sporran (/ˈspɒrən/
Scottish Gaelic for purse), a traditional part of male Scottish Highland dress, is a pouch that performs the same function as pockets on the pocketless kilt. Made of leather or fur, the ornamentation of the sporran is chosen to complement the formality of dress worn with it. The sporran is worn on a leather strap or chain, conventionally positioned in front of the groin of the wearer.
Since the traditional kilt does not have pockets, the sporran serves as a wallet and container for any other necessary personal items. It is essentially a survival of the common European medieval belt-pouch, superseded elsewhere as clothing came to have pockets, but continuing in the Scottish Highlands because of the lack of these accessories in traditional dress. The sporran hangs below the belt buckle
and much effort is made to match their style and design. The kilt belt buckle can be very ornate, and contain similar motifs to the sporran cantle and the Sgian Dubh. Early sporrans would have been worn suspended from the belt on one or other of the hips, rather than hung from a separate strap in front of the wearer.
When driving a car, dancing, playing drums, or engaging in any activity where a heavy pouch might encumber the wearer, the sporran can be turned around the waist to let it hang on the hip in a more casual position
Edinburgh Old Town, Lothian, Scotland EH1
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DED3YP - The Old Tolbooth was the main municipal building in the city of Edinburgh, Scotland for more than 400 years. The medieval structure, which was located at the west end of the Luckenbooths on the High Street in the Old Town, was first established in the 14th century by royal charter. Over the years it served a variety of purposes such as housing the Burgh Council, early meetings of the Estates of Scotland and the Court of Session. The Tolbooth was also the burgh's main gaol where public execution and torture were routinely conducted.
In 1817 the building, which had been rebuilt and renovated several times, was demolished.
Famous inmates held in the Old Tolbooth
Thomas Aikenhead
Archibald Campbell, 1st Marquis of Argyll
Robert Balfour, 5th Lord Balfour of Burleigh
Deacon Brodie
James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton
John Fian
James Graham, 1st Marquis of Montrose
Alexander Home, 3rd Lord Home
Archibald Johnston, Lord Warriston
Alexander Peden
Captain John Porteous
Agnes Sampson
Major Weir
Edinburgh Old Town, Lothian, Scotland EH1
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DED415 - . Welcome To Scotland, Apron for your Kitchen, gift souvenir, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, shop in the old town. Photographed at Edinburgh Old Town, Lothian, Scotland EH1. The photograph was taken on 26 August 2013. This editorial stock image documents the subject as it appeared at that time, preserving a clear record of the place, its appearance and the everyday details surrounding it. The scene is closely associated with Edinburgh, Scots, PVC, Kitchen, Apron, souvenirs, Scottish, Scot, independance and independence, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. The scene is relevant to retail, shopping, consumer behaviour, town and city centres, independent businesses and the changing appearance of the British high street. It can support editorial stories about shops, shopping centres, retail architecture, store branding, local commerce, vacancies, regeneration, consumer spending, tourism and the pressure on traditional bricks-and-mortar businesses. Shopfronts, signs, windows, displays, arcades and surrounding public realm provide useful visual context for how retail space is designed and experienced by pedestrians. The photograph also acts as a dated record of a business or shopping location, valuable when premises later change hands, rebrand, close or are redeveloped. Search themes include retail, shopping, shopfronts, consumer behaviour, high streets, town centres, commercial property, independent business, branding and changing local economies. A dated view of a shop or shopping environment gains extra archive value when businesses rebrand, close, move or when premises are redeveloped. The combination of a named subject, precise location and capture date gives the image particular value to editors who need a real, identifiable place rather than a generic illustrative photograph. The view is firmly rooted in a real location rather than a constructed studio setting.
Edinburgh Old Town, Lothian, Scotland EH1
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DED43T - . Whiteford House Plaque, Canongate, Holyrood Edinburgh Scotland. Photographed at Edinburgh Old Town, Lothian, Scotland EH1. The photograph was taken on 26 August 2013. This editorial stock image documents the subject as it appeared at that time, preserving a clear record of the place, its appearance and the everyday details surrounding it. Signage, lettering, logos, numbers or other visible information form an important part of the record, helping identify the subject and capture contemporary branding or public messaging. The scene is closely associated with Edinburgh, Scots, Whiteford, metal, Plaque, calloways, Scottish, Scot, independance and independence, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. The photograph gives particular emphasis to signage, lettering, public information, branding or graphic communication in a real-world setting. It can support editorial features about wayfinding, advertising, local identity, warnings, public information, business branding, typography, street design and the visual language of towns and cities. Words, symbols, colours, materials and the physical setting of the sign provide useful documentary detail for researchers interested in how information was presented at the time. Because signs and branding are frequently replaced, repainted or removed, the image also has useful archive and social-history value. Search themes include signs, lettering, typography, advertising, wayfinding, public information, warnings, branding, street graphics and local identity. Because signs are frequently replaced or repainted, a clear dated photograph of wording or graphics can acquire strong archive and social-history value. 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.
Edinburgh Old Town, Lothian, Scotland EH1
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DED45N - . Whitefoord House Canongate Royal Mile , Edinburgh Scotland. Photographed at Edinburgh Old Town, Lothian, Scotland EH8 8BS. The photograph was taken on 26 August 2013. This editorial stock image documents the subject as it appeared at that time, preserving a clear record of the place, its appearance and the everyday details surrounding it. The scene is closely associated with Edinburgh, Scots, Whitefoord, Canongate, Royal, Mile, Scottish, Scot, independance and independence, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. The image has relevance to landscape, countryside, waterways, parks, gardens, environmental quality and the relationship between natural features and nearby settlement. It can illustrate editorial coverage of tourism, walking, recreation, conservation, seasonal change, biodiversity, green space, waterways and local identity. Vegetation, water, paths, buildings, weather and landform provide geographic and environmental context, helping the image work as both a place record and a broader landscape photograph. The documentary approach is useful for archive comparison, showing how a location looked at a particular time and how vegetation, land use or development may change later. Search themes include landscape, countryside, waterways, parks, gardens, environment, green space, tourism, recreation, seasonal conditions and local geography. The location view can also provide a useful baseline for later comparison as vegetation, land use, water levels or surrounding development change. 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.
Edinburgh Old Town, Lothian, Scotland EH8 8BS
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Keywords: EH1,Scottish,Scot,scots,independance,independence,Shoppe,and,cafe,typical,eating,common,tourist,grassmarket,west,bow,westbow,shop,sign,fun,word,words,scotish,scottish,language,bad,diet,poor,life,expectancy,lifeexpectancy,Gotonysmith,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DED46J - . Auld Jocks Pie Shoppe and cafe Edinburgh Scotland. Photographed at Edinburgh Old Town, Lothian, Scotland EH1. The photograph was taken on 26 August 2013. This editorial stock image documents the subject as it appeared at that time, preserving a clear record of the place, its appearance and the everyday details surrounding it. Signage, lettering, logos, numbers or other visible information form an important part of the record, helping identify the subject and capture contemporary branding or public messaging. The scene is closely associated with Edinburgh, Scots, Auld, Jocks, Pie, Shop, Scottish, Scot, independance and independence, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. The photograph is useful for editorial coverage of eating out, restaurant culture, food presentation, hospitality and the way international cuisine has become part of everyday dining in British cities. Food, crockery, tableware, menus, serving dishes and restaurant surroundings can provide strong visual cues for features about cuisine, ingredients, dining habits, tourism, leisure spending and the hospitality economy. The image is documentary rather than studio food photography, giving it relevance to real-world restaurant reviews, travel features, local food guides and stories about consumer choice. It also records the appearance and presentation of a meal at a particular time and place, useful for archive, lifestyle and social-history contexts. Search themes include restaurant dining, cuisine, food presentation, hospitality, eating out, table settings, tourism, consumer lifestyle and the local food economy. Because this is a real meal in a real venue rather than a studio arrangement, it has particular value for travel, dining and social-history features. This particular view is catalogued under Alamy image reference DED46J, distinguishing it from other photographs of the same or related subject.
Edinburgh Old Town, Lothian, Scotland EH1
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Keywords: EH1,Scottish,Scot,scots,independance,independence,zoo,smock,kitchen,wear,strap,straps,tartan,PVC,Kitchen,Souvenir,pride,ideal,gift,gifts,shop,shops,cute,royal,mile,tat,crap,indian,shop,asian,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Gotonysmith,pregnancy
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DED4H3 - . Panda gift Edinburgh Scotland PVC Kitchen Apron Souvenir. Photographed at Edinburgh Old Town, Lothian, Scotland EH1. The photograph was taken on 26 August 2013. This editorial stock image documents the subject as it appeared at that time, preserving a clear record of the place, its appearance and the everyday details surrounding it. The scene is closely associated with Edinburgh, Scots, Panda, gift, pandas, birth, Apron, Scottish, Scot and independance, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. The scene is relevant to retail, shopping, consumer behaviour, town and city centres, independent businesses and the changing appearance of the British high street. It can support editorial stories about shops, shopping centres, retail architecture, store branding, local commerce, vacancies, regeneration, consumer spending, tourism and the pressure on traditional bricks-and-mortar businesses. Shopfronts, signs, windows, displays, arcades and surrounding public realm provide useful visual context for how retail space is designed and experienced by pedestrians. The photograph also acts as a dated record of a business or shopping location, valuable when premises later change hands, rebrand, close or are redeveloped. Search themes include retail, shopping, shopfronts, consumer behaviour, high streets, town centres, commercial property, independent business, branding and changing local economies. A dated view of a shop or shopping environment gains extra archive value when businesses rebrand, close, move or when premises are redeveloped. The combination of a named subject, precise location and capture date gives the image particular value to editors who need a real, identifiable place rather than a generic illustrative photograph. This particular view is catalogued under Alamy image reference DED4H3, distinguishing it from other photographs of the same or related subject.
Edinburgh Old Town, Lothian, Scotland EH1
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Keywords: Multi-lingual,sign,in,Slateford,Railway,Station,in,Edinburgh,Scotland,UK,united,kingdom,gb,great,Britain,british,brits,Ath,na,Sgleata,celtic,gaelic,gealic,language,scots,scottish,independence,independance,signage,signs,railroad,rail,road,public,telephone,info,information,independence,scotrail,br,SLA,gotonysmith,Britishrail,line,train,trains,portrait,bilingual,bi-lingual,scots,sunny,day,summer,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DANJRA - . Multi-lingual sign in Slateford Railway Station in Edinburgh Scotland UK. Photographed on 12 June 2013. The recorded location is Slateford, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK EH14 1BX. In preparation for Scottish Independence, signs in Gaelic. The wider historical story is that public wording is part of the visual landscape
Direction signs, warning notices, painted advertisements and engraved plaques show how authorities and businesses communicated before digital screens and app-based information became widespread. In the longer view, britain's railways reshaped towns, industry and passenger travel from the nineteenth century onwards, creating a dense network of stations, goods yards, signalling infrastructure and long-distance routes
Surviving buildings, signs and operating equipment now document both railway heritage and continuing public transport. In the present 2026 context, much public information has moved onto smartphones and digital displays, making older fixed signs and printed notices increasingly useful as evidence of how people once navigated places, bought services and followed rules. Current 2026 relevance comes from the fact that rail policy is especially topical: the Railways Bill is progressing through Parliament and is intended to establish Great British Railways as the publicly owned directing mind for track, stations, timetables and passenger services
Older branded trains and station scenes therefore gain additional documentary value during another major restructuring of the industry. Looking at the subject's development, signs and notices are ephemeral pieces of design that can become important 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. Further relevant search phrases include signage, typography, wayfinding, street sign, warning sign, graphic design, ghost sign, and inscription.
Slateford, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK EH14 1BX
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Keywords: Scotland,Outer,Hebrides,CNES,Comhairle nan Eilean Siar,Comhairle,nan,Eilean,Siar,port,harbour,man,Steòrnabhagh,Na h-Eileanan Siar,Western Isles,Leòdhas,Eilean,CNES,Alba,Stornoway Castle,Eilean Leòdhais,Stornoway town,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,Tony,Smith,UK,GB,Great,Britain,United,Kingdom,Scottish,British,Scotland,problem,with,problem with,issue with,Centre,Art,Artists,social,tour,tourism,tourists,Lewis,Stornoway,outer Hebrides,outer,isles,islands,West Scotland,Stornoway Town,Town,Urban,Isle of Lewis,Steòrnabhagh,iconic,Alba,Celtic,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,tour,tourist,attraction,travel,Scots,SNP,independance,independence,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Images of,Stock Images,Tony Smith,United Kingdom,Great Britain,British Isles
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HEW1JW - Stornoway (Gaelic: Steòrnabhagh) is a town on the Isle of Lewis, in the Outer Hebrides (also known as the Western Isles) of Scotland.
The town's population is around 8,000, making it the largest town in the Hebrides, with a third of the population of the civil parish of Stornoway, which includes various nearby villages and has a population of approximately 12,000.
Stornoway is an important port and the major town and administrative centre of the Outer Hebrides. It is home to Comhairle nan Eilean Siar (the Western Isles Council) and a variety of educational, sporting and media establishments. Observance of the Christian Sabbath (Sunday) has long been an aspect of the island's culture. Recent changes mean that Sunday on Lewis is now less different from Sunday on the other Western Isles or the mainland of Scotland.
Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, Scotland, UK
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Keywords: Scotland,Outer,Hebrides,CNES,Comhairle nan Eilean Siar,Comhairle,nan,Eilean,Siar,port,harbour,hill,Steòrnabhagh,Na h-Eileanan Siar,Western Isles,Leòdhas,Eilean,CNES,Alba,Eilean Leòdhais,Stornoway town,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,Tony,Smith,UK,GB,Great,Britain,United,Kingdom,Scottish,British,Scotland,problem,with,problem with,issue with,Centre,Art,Artists,social,tour,tourism,tourists,Lewis,Stornoway,outer Hebrides,outer,isles,islands,West Scotland,Stornoway Town,Town,Urban,Isle of Lewis,Steòrnabhagh,iconic,Alba,Celtic,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,tour,tourist,attraction,travel,Scots,SNP,independance,independence,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Images of,Stock Images,Tony Smith,United Kingdom,Great Britain,British Isles
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HEW1M2 - Stornoway (Gaelic: Steòrnabhagh) is a town on the Isle of Lewis, in the Outer Hebrides (also known as the Western Isles) of Scotland.
The town's population is around 8,000, making it the largest town in the Hebrides, with a third of the population of the civil parish of Stornoway, which includes various nearby villages and has a population of approximately 12,000.
Stornoway is an important port and the major town and administrative centre of the Outer Hebrides. It is home to Comhairle nan Eilean Siar (the Western Isles Council) and a variety of educational, sporting and media establishments. Observance of the Christian Sabbath (Sunday) has long been an aspect of the island's culture. Recent changes mean that Sunday on Lewis is now less different from Sunday on the other Western Isles or the mainland of Scotland.
Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, Scotland, UK
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Keywords: Scotland,Outer,Hebrides,CNES,Comhairle nan Eilean Siar,Comhairle,nan,Eilean,Siar,port,harbour,reflect,reflections,Steòrnabhagh,Na h-Eileanan Siar,Western Isles,Leòdhas,Eilean,CNES,Alba,town,capital,Eilean Leòdhais,Stornoway town,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,Tony,Smith,UK,GB,Great,Britain,United,Kingdom,Scottish,British,Scotland,problem,with,problem with,issue with,Centre,Art,Artists,social,tour,tourism,tourists,Lewis,Stornoway,outer Hebrides,outer,isles,islands,West Scotland,Stornoway Town,Town,Urban,Isle of Lewis,Steòrnabhagh,iconic,Alba,Celtic,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,tour,tourist,attraction,travel,Scots,SNP,independance,independence,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Images of,Stock Images,Tony Smith,United Kingdom,Great Britain,British Isles
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HEW1MF - Stornoway (Gaelic: Steòrnabhagh) is a town on the Isle of Lewis, in the Outer Hebrides (also known as the Western Isles) of Scotland.
The town's population is around 8,000, making it the largest town in the Hebrides, with a third of the population of the civil parish of Stornoway, which includes various nearby villages and has a population of approximately 12,000.
Stornoway is an important port and the major town and administrative centre of the Outer Hebrides. It is home to Comhairle nan Eilean Siar (the Western Isles Council) and a variety of educational, sporting and media establishments. Observance of the Christian Sabbath (Sunday) has long been an aspect of the island's culture. Recent changes mean that Sunday on Lewis is now less different from Sunday on the other Western Isles or the mainland of Scotland.
Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, Scotland, UK
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Keywords: Scotland,Outer,Hebrides,CNES,Comhairle nan Eilean Siar,Comhairle,nan,Eilean,Siar,port,harbour,harbor,dusk,night,wide,shot,wideshot,ferry,shore,dock,docks,Steòrnabhagh,Na h-Eileanan Siar,Western Isles,Leòdhas,Eilean,CNES,Alba,Eilean Leòdhais,Stornoway town,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,Tony,Smith,UK,GB,Great,Britain,United,Kingdom,Scottish,British,Scotland,problem,with,problem with,issue with,Centre,Art,Artists,social,tour,tourism,tourists,Lewis,Stornoway,outer Hebrides,outer,isles,islands,West Scotland,Stornoway Town,Town,Urban,Isle of Lewis,Steòrnabhagh,iconic,Alba,Celtic,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,tour,tourist,attraction,travel,Scots,SNP,independance,independence,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Images of,Stock Images,Tony Smith,United Kingdom,Great Britain,British Isles
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HEW1YF - Stornoway (Gaelic: Steòrnabhagh) is a town on the Isle of Lewis, in the Outer Hebrides (also known as the Western Isles) of Scotland.
The town's population is around 8,000, making it the largest town in the Hebrides, with a third of the population of the civil parish of Stornoway, which includes various nearby villages and has a population of approximately 12,000.
Stornoway is an important port and the major town and administrative centre of the Outer Hebrides. It is home to Comhairle nan Eilean Siar (the Western Isles Council) and a variety of educational, sporting and media establishments. Observance of the Christian Sabbath (Sunday) has long been an aspect of the island's culture. Recent changes mean that Sunday on Lewis is now less different from Sunday on the other Western Isles or the mainland of Scotland.
Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, Scotland, UK
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Keywords: Scotland,Outer,Hebrides,CNES,Comhairle nan Eilean Siar,Comhairle,nan,Eilean,Siar,port,harbour,An,Centre,dusk,at,night,nighttime,art,cultural,artistic,Steòrnabhagh,Na h-Eileanan Siar,Western Isles,Eilean,CNES,Stornoway town,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,Tony,Smith,UK,GB,Great,Britain,United,Kingdom,Scottish,British,Scotland,problem,with,problem with,issue with,Centre,Art,Artists,social,tour,tourism,tourists,Lewis,Stornoway,outer Hebrides,outer,isles,islands,West Scotland,Stornoway Town,Town,Urban,Isle of Lewis,Steòrnabhagh,iconic,Alba,Celtic,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,tour,tourist,attraction,travel,Scots,SNP,independance,independence,Alba,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Images of,Stock Images,Tony Smith,United Kingdom,Great Britain,British Isles
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HEW1N4 - Stornoway (Gaelic: Steòrnabhagh) is a town on the Isle of Lewis, in the Outer Hebrides (also known as the Western Isles) of Scotland.
The town's population is around 8,000, making it the largest town in the Hebrides, with a third of the population of the civil parish of Stornoway, which includes various nearby villages and has a population of approximately 12,000.
Stornoway is an important port and the major town and administrative centre of the Outer Hebrides. It is home to Comhairle nan Eilean Siar (the Western Isles Council) and a variety of educational, sporting and media establishments. Observance of the Christian Sabbath (Sunday) has long been an aspect of the island's culture. Recent changes mean that Sunday on Lewis is now less different from Sunday on the other Western Isles or the mainland of Scotland.
Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, Scotland, UK
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Keywords: Scotland,Outer,Hebrides,CNES,Comhairle nan Eilean Siar,Comhairle,nan,Eilean,Siar,port,harbour,Point,St,street,Scotland,UK,Criterion,Digby,food,Steòrnabhagh,Na h-Eileanan Siar,Western Isles,Leòdhas,Eilean,CNES,Alba,Eilean Leòdhais,Stornoway town,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,Tony,Smith,UK,GB,Great,Britain,United,Kingdom,Scottish,British,Scotland,problem,with,problem with,issue with,Centre,Art,Artists,social,tour,tourism,tourists,Lewis,Stornoway,outer Hebrides,outer,isles,islands,West Scotland,Stornoway Town,Town,Urban,Isle of Lewis,Steòrnabhagh,iconic,Alba,Celtic,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,tour,tourist,attraction,travel,Scots,SNP,independance,independence,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Images of,Stock Images,Tony Smith,United Kingdom,Great Britain,British Isles
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HEW1PF - Stornoway (Gaelic: Steòrnabhagh) is a town on the Isle of Lewis, in the Outer Hebrides (also known as the Western Isles) of Scotland.
The town's population is around 8,000, making it the largest town in the Hebrides, with a third of the population of the civil parish of Stornoway, which includes various nearby villages and has a population of approximately 12,000.
Stornoway is an important port and the major town and administrative centre of the Outer Hebrides. It is home to Comhairle nan Eilean Siar (the Western Isles Council) and a variety of educational, sporting and media establishments. Observance of the Christian Sabbath (Sunday) has long been an aspect of the island's culture. Recent changes mean that Sunday on Lewis is now less different from Sunday on the other Western Isles or the mainland of Scotland.
Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, Scotland, UK
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Keywords: Scotland,Outer,Hebrides,CNES,Comhairle nan Eilean Siar,Comhairle,nan,Eilean,Siar,port,harbour,bar,pub,HS1 2XF,HS1,2XF,Steòrnabhagh,Na h-Eileanan Siar,Western Isles,Leòdhas,Eilean,CNES,Alba,Eilean Leòdhais,Stornoway town,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,Tony,Smith,UK,GB,Great,Britain,United,Kingdom,Scottish,British,Scotland,problem,with,problem with,issue with,Centre,Art,Artists,social,tour,tourism,tourists,Lewis,Stornoway,outer Hebrides,outer,isles,islands,West Scotland,Stornoway Town,Town,Urban,Isle of Lewis,Steòrnabhagh,iconic,Alba,Celtic,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,tour,tourist,attraction,travel,Scots,SNP,independance,independence,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Images of,Stock Images,Tony Smith,United Kingdom,Great Britain,British Isles
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HEW1PT - Stornoway (Gaelic: Steòrnabhagh) is a town on the Isle of Lewis, in the Outer Hebrides (also known as the Western Isles) of Scotland.
The town's population is around 8,000, making it the largest town in the Hebrides, with a third of the population of the civil parish of Stornoway, which includes various nearby villages and has a population of approximately 12,000.
Stornoway is an important port and the major town and administrative centre of the Outer Hebrides. It is home to Comhairle nan Eilean Siar (the Western Isles Council) and a variety of educational, sporting and media establishments. Observance of the Christian Sabbath (Sunday) has long been an aspect of the island's culture. Recent changes mean that Sunday on Lewis is now less different from Sunday on the other Western Isles or the mainland of Scotland.
32 Point St, Stornoway HS1 2XF, Isle of Lewis, Scotland, UK
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Keywords: Scotland,Outer,Hebrides,CNES,Comhairle nan Eilean Siar,Comhairle,nan,Eilean,Siar,port,Bar,bars,pubs,yellow,street,Stornoway,HS1,2XF,Na h-Eileanan Siar,Western Isles,Leòdhas,Eilean,CNES,Alba,HS1 2XF,Eilean Leòdhais,Stornoway town,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,Tony,Smith,UK,GB,Great,Britain,United,Kingdom,Scottish,British,Scotland,problem,with,problem with,issue with,Centre,Art,Artists,social,tour,tourism,tourists,Lewis,Stornoway,outer Hebrides,outer,isles,islands,West Scotland,Stornoway Town,Town,Urban,Isle of Lewis,Steòrnabhagh,iconic,Alba,Celtic,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,tour,tourist,attraction,travel,Scots,SNP,independance,independence,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Images of,Stock Images,Tony Smith,United Kingdom,Great Britain,British Isles
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HEW1R4 - Stornoway (Gaelic: Steòrnabhagh) is a town on the Isle of Lewis, in the Outer Hebrides (also known as the Western Isles) of Scotland.
The town's population is around 8,000, making it the largest town in the Hebrides, with a third of the population of the civil parish of Stornoway, which includes various nearby villages and has a population of approximately 12,000.
Stornoway is an important port and the major town and administrative centre of the Outer Hebrides. It is home to Comhairle nan Eilean Siar (the Western Isles Council) and a variety of educational, sporting and media establishments. Observance of the Christian Sabbath (Sunday) has long been an aspect of the island's culture. Recent changes mean that Sunday on Lewis is now less different from Sunday on the other Western Isles or the mainland of Scotland.
32 Point St, Stornoway HS1 2XF, Isle of Lewis, Scotland, UK
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Keywords: Scotland,Outer,Hebrides,CNES,Comhairle nan Eilean Siar,Comhairle,nan,Eilean,Siar,port,harbour,lights,M&Co,Steòrnabhagh,Na h-Eileanan Siar,Western Isles,Leòdhas,Eilean,CNES,Alba,Eilean Leòdhais,Stornoway town,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,Tony,Smith,UK,GB,Great,Britain,United,Kingdom,Scottish,British,Scotland,problem,with,problem with,issue with,Centre,Art,Artists,social,tour,tourism,tourists,Lewis,Stornoway,outer Hebrides,outer,isles,islands,West Scotland,Stornoway Town,Town,Urban,Isle of Lewis,Steòrnabhagh,iconic,Alba,Celtic,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,tour,tourist,attraction,travel,Scots,SNP,independance,independence,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Images of,Stock Images,Tony Smith,United Kingdom,Great Britain,British Isles
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HEW1T4 - Stornoway (Gaelic: Steòrnabhagh) is a town on the Isle of Lewis, in the Outer Hebrides (also known as the Western Isles) of Scotland.
The town's population is around 8,000, making it the largest town in the Hebrides, with a third of the population of the civil parish of Stornoway, which includes various nearby villages and has a population of approximately 12,000.
Stornoway is an important port and the major town and administrative centre of the Outer Hebrides. It is home to Comhairle nan Eilean Siar (the Western Isles Council) and a variety of educational, sporting and media establishments. Observance of the Christian Sabbath (Sunday) has long been an aspect of the island's culture. Recent changes mean that Sunday on Lewis is now less different from Sunday on the other Western Isles or the mainland of Scotland.
Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, Scotland, UK
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Keywords: glowing,scotland,scots,scottish,independence,independance,prrinces,street,winter,victorian,old,town,from,calton,caltan,carlton,carltan,hill,tourist,tourism,parliament,traffic,late,at,night,nightime,time,glow,from,early,evening,traffic,glow,glowing,skyline,gotonysmith,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy D8HDAY - . This scene at Calton Hill, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK in 2010 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 Edinburgh City at Night Princes St dusk glow from early evening traffic, Calton Hill. The subject also carries associations with transport accessibility, changing land use, documentary photography, visual archive, local bus network, community identity, contemporary social history, regional identity, everyday life, local mobility, passenger information, public-transport wayfinding, archival record, and roadside transit. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with integrated transport, passenger information and the importance of buses for access to work, education and healthcare. For later comparison, the photograph preserves period objects and surrounding context at Calton Hill, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, details that may look very different after new construction. The photograph additionally reflects bus infrastructure, local history, passenger transport, place identity, changing streetscape, period detail, historical comparison, and public realm. References to early, Calton, evening, traffic, and Edinburgh give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. A later view of Calton Hill, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. The setting also helps illustrate integrated transport and the importance of buses for access to work, education and healthcare as part of the longer story of Calton Hill, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. The image also provides a reference for passenger information and the challenge of maintaining reliable local services when considered against later change at Calton Hill, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK.
Calton Hill, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
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Keywords: Scotland,Scottish,Independance,independence,behind,people,boy,girl,man,woman,city,cities,tourist,tourism,travel,romance,romantic,night,shot,evening,love,loving,it,gotonysmith,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,lovers Carlton Hill,valentine,valentines day,capital,centre,city centre,center,city center,dusk,winter,hotpix.org.uk,kiss,kissing,kissers
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy D8HDMT - . A grounded documentary photograph made at Carlton Hill, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK in 2010, combining the immediate subject with evidence of the surrounding streetscape, public realm, business activity or local character. The scene records Lovers kissing Carlton Hill Edinburgh Dusk. The broader subject matter reaches into changing land use, community identity, local character, period detail, contemporary social history, changing streetscape, street-level business, independent retail, specialist retailer, high-street commerce, place identity, commercial frontage, retail property, and before-and-after reference. The modern context includes continuing discussion of independent business, consumer spending and the contribution of independents to distinctive high streets. The image fixes landscape treatment and surrounding development within Carlton Hill, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK at one identifiable point, providing a benchmark against new ownership. The location also brings in local enterprise, everyday life, small business, local history, specialist shop, bricks-and-mortar retail, archival record, and visual archive. References to Edinburgh, kissing, Carlton, and Lovers give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. Around Carlton Hill, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. The scene further reflects independent business and how commercial property costs affect small retailers within the real-world context of Carlton Hill, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. Its period value extends to commercial rents and how commercial property costs affect small retailers within the specific setting of Carlton Hill, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. The photograph keeps evidence of earlier appearance as a date-specific reference. The record includes period character for later comparison.
Carlton Hill, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
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Keywords: Inverlochlarig Beg,Balquhidder,Sterling,Scotland,UK,Beg,Robert,Raibeart,Ruadh,MacGriogair,countryside,rural,grave,burial,place,burial place,chapel,Scotlands History,Scotlands History,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,Tony,Smith,UK,GB,Great,Britain,United,Kingdom,Scotish,Scottish,Scotch,British,Scotland,Alba,problem,with,problem with,issue with,tourist,tour,travel,visit,famous,hero,martyr,tourism,beautiful,SNP,Scottish National Party,independance,independent,independence,wild,culture,Scots,Scots Culture,Scottish Culture,Historic,history,Historic Scotland,stone,stones,bones,Balquidder,film,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Images of,Stock Images,Tony Smith,United Kingdom,Great Britain,British Isles,Scottish Nationalism
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HG6T3E - Robert Rob Roy MacGregor (Gaelic: Raibeart Ruadh MacGriogair
baptised 7 March 1671 died 28 December 1734) was a Scottish outlaw, who later became a folk hero. The name Roy comes from Gaelic Ruadh meaning Red, and referred to his red hair. Rob Roy was born at Glengyle, at the head of Loch Katrine, as recorded in the baptismal register of Buchanan, Stirling. His parents were Donald Glas MacGregor and Margaret Campbell. He was also descended from the Macdonalds of Keppoch through his paternal grandmother. In January 1693, at Corrie Arklet farm near Inversnaid, he married Mary Helen MacGregor of Comar (1671-1745), who was born at Leny Farm, Strathyre. The couple had four sons: James, Ranald, Coll and Robert (known as Robin Oig or Young Rob). They also adopted a cousin named Duncan.
Inverlochlarig Beg, Balquhidder,Sterling,Scotland, UK
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Keywords: Inverlochlarig Beg,Balquhidder,Sterling,Scotland,UK,Inverlochlarig,Beg,Robert,Roy,MacGriogair,countryside,rural,grave,burial,place,burial place,pano,panorama,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,Tony,Smith,UK,GB,Great,Britain,United,Kingdom,Scotish,Scottish,Scotch,British,Scotland,Alba,problem,with,problem with,issue with,tourist,tour,travel,visit,famous,hero,martyr,tourism,beautiful,SNP,Scottish National Party,independance,independent,independence,wild,culture,Scots,Scots Culture,Scottish Culture,Historic,history,Historic Scotland,stone,stones,bones,Balquidder,film,Scottish,SNP,independance party,independence,indyref,referendum,2nd,second,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Images of,Stock Images,Tony Smith,United Kingdom,Great Britain,British Isles,Scottish Nationalism
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HG6T89 - Robert Rob Roy MacGregor (Gaelic: Raibeart Ruadh MacGriogair
baptised 7 March 1671 died 28 December 1734) was a Scottish outlaw, who later became a folk hero. The name Roy comes from Gaelic Ruadh meaning Red, and referred to his red hair. Rob Roy was born at Glengyle, at the head of Loch Katrine, as recorded in the baptismal register of Buchanan, Stirling. His parents were Donald Glas MacGregor and Margaret Campbell. He was also descended from the Macdonalds of Keppoch through his paternal grandmother. In January 1693, at Corrie Arklet farm near Inversnaid, he married Mary Helen MacGregor of Comar (1671-1745), who was born at Leny Farm, Strathyre. The couple had four sons: James, Ranald, Coll and Robert (known as Robin Oig or Young Rob). They also adopted a cousin named Duncan.
Inverlochlarig Beg, Balquhidder,Sterling,Scotland, UK
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Keywords: Edinburgh Big Wheel at Dusk,winter,gardens,Princes,St,street,night,shot,Scotland,UK,blue,gotonysmith,movement,blue,orange,good,shot,tourist,tourism,Fair,amusements,amusement,rides,ride,fun.,ice,icy,snow,cold,freezing,frozen,big,freeze,bigfreeze,UK,united,kingdom,scottish,independance,independence,gotonysmith,scottish,independance,independence,home,rule,devolution,parliament,SNP,national,party,@Hotpixuk,Government,gotonysmith,Tour,tourist,tourism,tourist,attraction,Scotland,Capital,City,Scots,Scottish,icon,iconic,@Hotpixuk,HotpixUk,HotpixUk,fair,fayre,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Tourist Attraction,city Centre,Edinburgh Fair,Edinburgh Fayres
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy CEMWX9 - . Edinburgh Big Wheel at Dusk, winter gardens at Princes St
Street night shot, Scotland UK. Taken at blue hour @HotpixUK. Photographed on 28 December 2009. The recorded location is Princes Street Gardens, Edinburgh, Lothians, Scotland, UK. Edinburgh Big Wheel at Dusk. . Here in winter, December when the fair comes to Edinburgh for Scotland's Hogmanay. From a heritage perspective, 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. The wider historical story is that urban street scenes capture the cumulative effect of planning, architecture, transport, retail and public space
Shopfronts, signs, street furniture and pedestrians can date an image precisely and show how a district changes between periods of investment, decline and regeneration. The historical context is that festive objects and decorations are part of a long tradition of Christmas visual culture, from greetings cards and church imagery to illuminated houses, fairs and satirical 'Bah Humbug' humour
Designs and typography can quickly become associated with a particular decade. As of 2026, current interest in climate and place-making gives atmospheric landscape photographs added documentary value, particularly where weather, coastlines or urban development are prominent. In the present 2026 context, urban regeneration in England continues to focus on town-centre renewal, housing, public realm and reuse of vacant commercial property
Earlier street scenes provide valuable before-and-after evidence of these changes and of the businesses or structures lost along the way. In the present 2026 context, current interest in climate and place-making gives atmospheric landscape photographs added documentary value, particularly where weather, coastlines or urban development are prominent.
Princes Street Gardens, Edinburgh, Lothians, Scotland, UK
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Keywords: Edinburgh,Helter,Skelter,at,Dusk,winter,city,night,shot,lights,tungsten,Scotland,UK,blue,warm,newyear,new,year,princes,st,streat,st,street,excitement,fun,travel,gotonysmith,scottish,independance,independence,home,rule,devolution,parliament,SNP,national,party,@Hotpixuk,Government,gotonysmith,Ediburgh,fun,Edinburg,Tour,tourist,tourism,tourist,attraction,Scotland,Capital,City,Scots,Scottish,icon,iconic,@Hotpixuk,HotpixUk,HotpixUk,fair,fayre,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,city Centre,Edinburgh Fair,Edinburgh Fayres
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy CEMWYW - . Edinburgh Helter Skelter at Dusk, winter, Christmas city night shot, with tungsten lights against the blue sky. Scotland UK. Photographed on 28 December 2009. The recorded location is Edinburgh, Princes St Gardens, Scotland United Kingdom. Historically, christmas imagery ranges from religious observance to commercial decoration, seasonal entertainment and humour
Cards, shop displays, lights and novelty messages reveal how the festival has been represented in popular culture as well as how retail and public spaces respond to the winter season. In historical terms, panoramic and atmospheric views place individual landmarks within their wider setting
Light, season and weather affect how architecture and landscape are perceived, while distant development can offer clues to the changing form of a town or coastline. Historically, travel photography documents the visitor economy as well as scenery, showing how historical places, coastlines and resort facilities are packaged, experienced and adapted for tourists over time. In 2026, contemporary Christmas coverage frequently combines celebration with consumer spending, energy use, travel and sustainability
Older festive designs can also function as nostalgic or retro visual references. During 2026, 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. The historical context is that festive objects and decorations are part of a long tradition of Christmas visual culture, from greetings cards and church imagery to illuminated houses, fairs and satirical 'Bah Humbug' humour
Designs and typography can quickly become associated with a particular decade. Closely connected keywords include Xmas, festive season, Christmas card, seasonal decoration, winter celebration, Christmas lights, festive humour, holiday tradition, and seasonal retail.
Edinburgh, Princes St Gardens, Scotland United Kingdom
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Keywords: Edinburgh,Princes,St,traffic,Dusk.,A,night,shot,showing,city,car,trails,tram,scotland,capital,UK,red,stream,tony,smith,gotonysmith,car,trails,tram,line,lines,national,gallery,night,long,exposure,nightshot,rushing,traffic,middle,of,road,busy,lightstream,light,stream,speeding,cars,trams,speed,fast,red,scottish,scots,escotia,ecosse,rue,waverley,national,gallery,scottish,independance,independence,home,rule,devolution,parliament,SNP,national,party,@Hotpixuk,Government,trams,capital,Scotlands,scottish,Scots,2014,gotonysmith,Tour,tourist,tourism,tourist,attraction,Scotland,Capital,City,Scots,Scottish,icon,iconic,@Hotpixuk,HotpixUk,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Tourist Attraction,city Centre
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy CEMX0G - . Edinburgh Princes St traffic Dusk. A night shot showing city car trails along tram lines, Scotlands capital, UK @HotpixUK. Photographed on 28 December 2009. The recorded location is Princes St, Edinburgh, Scotland UK. As background, cars and garage equipment are part of twentieth-century material culture
Imported American models, British registrations, oil-company branding and automated car washes each represent different aspects of the expanding motoring economy. Looking at the subject's development, road signs, mileposts, traffic systems and street furniture document the development of Britain's highway network from historic turnpikes and coaching roads to motorways and modern traffic management
Even everyday signs can become valuable evidence of changing regulations, road design and local geography. In historical terms, panoramic and atmospheric views place individual landmarks within their wider setting
Light, season and weather affect how architecture and landscape are perceived, while distant development can offer clues to the changing form of a town or coastline. Against the 2026 backdrop, the motor industry is undergoing another major transition as electric vehicles gain market share and charging infrastructure expands
Images of petrol pumps, classic cars and older service stations provide a direct visual contrast with the emerging electric-mobility landscape. For the 2026 context, congestion, road safety and decarbonisation remain prominent transport issues
Historic signs, traffic jams and older road infrastructure therefore work both as location records and as evidence of how the road network and travel behaviour have changed. As of 2026, the motor industry is undergoing another major transition as electric vehicles gain market share and charging infrastructure expands
Images of petrol pumps, classic cars and older service stations provide a direct visual contrast with the emerging electric-mobility landscape.
Princes St, Edinburgh, Scotland UK
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Keywords: Edinburgh Waverley Station in winter snow,cold,weather,scotland,scotrail,scot,rail,tracks,UK,tony,smith,gotonysmith,icy,conditions,RF,hotel,skyline,scottish,independance,independence,home,rule,devolution,parliament,SNP,national,party,@Hotpixuk,Government,2014,Scots,vote,voting,network,frozen,freezing,gotonysmith,Tour,tourist,tourism,tourist,attraction,Scotland,Capital,City,Scots,Scottish,icon,iconic,@Hotpixuk,HotpixUk,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Tourist Attraction,city Centre
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy CEMX15 - Edinburgh Waverley Station in winter snow, Scotland UK.
Edinburgh Waverley railway station (referred to by National Rail simply as Edinburgh but also commonly called Waverley) is the main railway station in the Scottish capital Edinburgh. Covering an area of over 25 acres (101,000 m²) in the centre of the city, it is the second-largest main line railway station in the United Kingdom in terms of area, the largest being London Waterloo
it is one of 18 stations managed by Network Rail. It is the northern terminus of the East Coast Main Line, and the terminus of the Edinburgh branch of the West Coast Main Line.
Waverley is the second-busiest railway station in Scotland, with only Glasgow Central handling more passengers. According to Network Rail, which manages the station, over 19.2 million people use it annually
Edinburgh Waverley, Edinburgh, Scotland UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,G51,&,Alba,office,offices,and,studios,40,Pacific Quay,Glasgow,UK,G51 1DA,misinformation,bias,anti-Scottish,anti-Scotland,pro,union,unionist,pro-union,anti-SNP,SNP,against,for,independence,anti-independence,regional,programming,blatant,Scottish,pitch,no,yes,brainwashed,gaslighting,broadcaster,British TV
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K41M09 - BBC Alba signage above an entrance to the modern BBC Scotland headquarters at Pacific Quay in Glasgow, Scotland. The black and white channel logo is mounted on a projecting entrance canopy beneath the building's extensive glass curtain-wall facade. The photograph is taken from a low, sharply angled viewpoint, emphasising the height, geometry and contemporary architecture of the broadcasting complex.
BBC Alba is a Scottish Gaelic-language public television channel operated through a partnership between the BBC and MG Alba. Its name uses the Gaelic word for Scotland, while its programmes help bring Gaelic-language news, entertainment, music, sport, children's content and cultural coverage to viewers. The channel launched in 2008 and has become an important part of Scotland's minority-language broadcasting and wider efforts to maintain, promote and normalise the use of Scottish Gaelic.
The Pacific Quay complex is the principal headquarters of BBC Scotland and houses television, radio, production and newsroom facilities. Completed during the regeneration of former industrial and dockland areas beside the River Clyde, the glass-fronted building opened in 2007. It occupies a prominent waterfront location near Glasgow Science Centre, the SEC campus and other media and cultural organisations.
This architectural detail represents Scottish broadcasting, public service media, Gaelic cultural identity, indigenous and minority-language provision, digital television, creative industries and the regeneration of Glasgow's Clydeside waterfront. The visible BBC Alba branding also illustrates the importance of maintaining a distinctive identity for Gaelic programmes within the broader BBC Scotland broadcasting operation.
40 Pacific Quay, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, G51 1DA
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Keywords: Scotland,Outer,Hebrides,CNES,Comhairle,nan,Eilean,Siar,port,shore,port,blue,dusk,reflections,sea,river,Na h-Eileanan Siar,Western Isles,Leòdhas,Eilean,CNES,Alba,Eilean Leòdhais,Stornoway town,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,Tony,Smith,UK,GB,Great,Britain,United,Kingdom,Scottish,British,Scotland,problem,with,problem with,issue with,Centre,Art,Artists,social,tour,tourism,tourists,Lewis,Stornoway,outer Hebrides,outer,isles,islands,West Scotland,Stornoway Town,Town,Urban,Isle of Lewis,Steòrnabhagh,iconic,Alba,Celtic,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,tour,tourist,attraction,travel,Scots,SNP,independance,independence,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Images of,Stock Images,Tony Smith,United Kingdom,Great Britain,British Isles
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HEW1TY - Stornoway (Gaelic: Steòrnabhagh) is a town on the Isle of Lewis, in the Outer Hebrides (also known as the Western Isles) of Scotland.
The town's population is around 8,000, making it the largest town in the Hebrides, with a third of the population of the civil parish of Stornoway, which includes various nearby villages and has a population of approximately 12,000.
Stornoway is an important port and the major town and administrative centre of the Outer Hebrides. It is home to Comhairle nan Eilean Siar (the Western Isles Council) and a variety of educational, sporting and media establishments. Observance of the Christian Sabbath (Sunday) has long been an aspect of the island's culture. Recent changes mean that Sunday on Lewis is now less different from Sunday on the other Western Isles or the mainland of Scotland.
Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, Scotland, UK
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Keywords: EH1,Scottish,Scot,scots,independance,independence,on,sale,in,a,shop,greengrocer,greengrocers,regional,journalism,provinces,province,provincial,local,under,threat,demise,of,decline,declining,circulation,reduce,paper,read,readers,killed,by,the,internet,united,kingdom,Gotonysmith press regulation,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DED335 - Photo shows The Scotsman newspaper on sale in Edinburgh Scotland. The image is useful for illustrating British and Irish pub culture, real ale, traditional bars, hospitality, visitor economy stories and the continued importance of pubs as social places. Where a named pub, brewery, beer pump, pint glass or drinking street is visible, it can support articles on licensed premises, cask ale, CAMRA interest, tourism, nightlife, local character and changing high streets. The supplied location evidence places the subject at or near Edinburgh, Scotland, which adds value for buyers searching by town, city, region or postcode. Visible wording, branding or signage noted in the supplied caption should be kept as search evidence because it helps buyers looking for specific editorial concepts, public messages, commercial streets, transport detail or local identity. Weather and season may be visible outside or through the setting
the subject has clear hospitality and leisure value. It should work for editorial buyers needing authentic, non-staged British or travel imagery for news, magazine, blog, local government, heritage, housing, transport, tourism, retail, public policy or social commentary use. The caption should be checked against the visible photograph before upload so that any readable signs, weather, time of day and people context are accurately reflected without overstating facts not shown in the image. The strongest sales value is the combination of named subject, real location and everyday documentary style, giving picture editors a flexible image that can sit alongside features, opinion pieces, explainers, historical retrospectives and local news.
Edinburgh Old Town, Lothian, Scotland EH1
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Keywords: Dusk,B&B,places,to,stay,city,capital,of,Scotland,UK,GB,Great,Britain,The,Shore,Bed,and,Breakfast,boutique,places,place,to,stay,tourist,tourists,travel,travellers,cities,water,front,eat,eating,chain,reflections,reflection,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,gotonysmith,Malmaisons.,The,former,house,of,ill-repute,now,has,a,reputation,thats,second,to,none,and,its,also,just,a,short,taxi,ride,away,from,Waverley,Station.,Malmaison,Edinburgh,bides,at,Leith,(as,they,say,up,here),just a stones throw from the Royal Yacht Britannia,but offering far more funky luxury. Yes,when you want exciting hotels in Edinburgh,this is the King,not,the,castle.,Our,Edinburgh,hotel,puts,you,close,to,all,of,Edinburghs,cobbled,splendours,incredible,shopping,and,famous,galleries.,Then,its,back,to,Mal,for,Scots,dining,with,a,twist,a,fine,selection,of,single,malts,and,mojitos,in,the,bar,and,then,back,to,the,slinkiest,and,most,spectacular,rooms,in,the,Scots,capital,scottish,independance,independence,home,rule,devolution,parliament,SNP,national,party,@Hotpixuk,Government,2014,Scots,vote,voting
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy D8HD9B - The Malmaison Hotel at Leith at Night Edinburgh
It's the mother of all Malmaison's. The former house of ill-repute now has a reputation that's second to none, and it's also just a short taxi ride away from Waverley Station. Malmaison Edinburgh bides at Leith (as they say up here), just a stone's throw from the Royal Yacht Britannia, but offering far more funky luxury. Yes, when you want exciting hotels in Edinburgh, this is the King, not the castle. Our Edinburgh hotel puts you close to all of Edinburgh's cobbled splendours, incredible shopping and famous galleries. Then it's back to Mal for Scots dining with a twist, a fine selection of single malts and mojitos in the bar and then back to the slinkiest and most spectacular rooms in the Scots capital.
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Keywords: gotonysmith,Carton,Hill,Pano,at,Dusk,sunset,joiner,wide,view,wideview,Scot,Scottish,Scotland,monument,independent,independant,country,devolution,vote,2014,autumn,city,tourist,vista,view,EH13EB,EH1,3EB,scottish,independance,independence,home,rule,devolution,parliament,SNP,national,party,@Hotpixuk,Carlton,Hill,Panorama,at,Dusk,Sepia,tourist,tourism,tourists,calton,calten,viewpoint,view,point,night,shot,night,shot,photo,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy D8FBCD - . Carlton Hill Panorama at Dusk sunset in Edinburgh Scotland UK @hotpixuk. Photographed on 10 March 2010. The recorded location is Carlton Hill, Edinburgh Scotland UK EH1 3EB. 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. From a heritage perspective, alternative photographic processes can make familiar subjects appear unfamiliar
Black-and-white and sepia evoke older photographic traditions, selective colour isolates a chosen detail, and infrared can render foliage and skies with striking tonal separation. In the present 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, these effects can be produced digitally with ease, but their usefulness still depends on the underlying subject and the visual information retained
Older examples also document the aesthetics of an era when strong selective colour and infrared processing were especially popular in creative digital photography. Looking at the subject's development, panoramic and atmospheric views place individual landmarks within their wider setting
Light, season and weather affect how architecture and landscape are perceived, while distant development can provide clues to the changing form of a town or coastline. 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. Relevant alternative phrases include scenic view and night photography.
Carlton Hill, Edinburgh Scotland UK EH1 3EB
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Keywords: Multi-lingual,sign,in,Railway,in,Scotland,UK,united,kingdom,gb,great,Britain,british,brits,Ath,na,Sgleata,celtic,gaelic,language,scots,scottish,independence,independance,signs,railroad,rail,road,public,telephone,info,information,br,SLA,gotonysmith,Britishrail,line,train,trains,landscape,bilingual,bi-lingual,scots,sunny,day,summer,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DANJRX - . Multi-lingual sign in Slateford Railway Station in Edinburgh Scotland UK. Photographed on 12 June 2013. The recorded location is Slateford, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK EH14 1BX. In preparation for Scottish Independence, signs in Gaelic. As background, street signs, shop fascias, notices and inscriptions combine practical communication with graphic design
Typefaces, colours and wording can identify an era, organisation or local custom, making close photographs valuable for social, transport and commercial history. The historical context is that stations and railway infrastructure are both working transport assets and historical records
Their changing operators, signage, ticketing systems, rolling stock and architecture chart the development of British rail travel from the Victorian era to modern inter-city and commuter services. Against the 2026 backdrop, 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 subject remains topical in 2026 because rail reform gives this type of image extra context
The government is legislating for Great British Railways to coordinate infrastructure, services, fares and timetables, while historic operator liveries and station equipment increasingly become records of the post-privatisation era. From a heritage perspective, public wording is part of the visual landscape
Direction signs, warning notices, painted advertisements and engraved plaques show how authorities and businesses communicated before digital screens and app-based information became widespread. As of 2026, much public information has moved onto smartphones and digital displays, making older fixed signs and printed notices increasingly useful as evidence of how people once navigated places, bought services and followed rules.
Slateford, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK EH14 1BX
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Keywords: EH1,Scottish,Scot,scots,independance,independence,at,a,grocers,shop,Local,Newspapers,on,a,stand,newstand,newsstand,news,stand,paper,journalism,fruit,international,nort,of,border,press,rack,information,royal,mile,Gotonysmith,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,grocer,store,convenience,media
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DED4FA - . Local Newspapers on a stand Edinburgh Scotland at a grocers shop. Photographed at Edinburgh Old Town, Lothian, Scotland EH1. The photograph was taken on 26 August 2013. This editorial stock image documents the subject as it appeared at that time, preserving a clear record of the place, its appearance and the everyday details surrounding it. The scene is closely associated with Edinburgh, Scots, herald, scotsman, cornershop, local news, Scottish, Scot, independance and independence, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. The scene is relevant to retail, shopping, consumer behaviour, town and city centres, independent businesses and the changing appearance of the British high street. It can support editorial stories about shops, shopping centres, retail architecture, store branding, local commerce, vacancies, regeneration, consumer spending, tourism and the pressure on traditional bricks-and-mortar businesses. Shopfronts, signs, windows, displays, arcades and surrounding public realm provide useful visual context for how retail space is designed and experienced by pedestrians. The photograph also acts as a dated record of a business or shopping location, valuable when premises later change hands, rebrand, close or are redeveloped. Search themes include retail, shopping, shopfronts, consumer behaviour, high streets, town centres, commercial property, independent business, branding and changing local economies. A dated view of a shop or shopping environment gains extra archive value when businesses rebrand, close, move or when premises are redeveloped. The combination of a named subject, precise location and capture date gives the image particular value to editors who need a real, identifiable place rather than a generic illustrative photograph. The view is firmly rooted in a real location rather than a constructed studio setting.
Edinburgh Old Town, Lothian, Scotland EH1
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Keywords: Glasgow,by,night,John,St,City,Chambers,Scotland,Strathclyde,UK,dusk,long,exposure,trails,gotonysmith,tony,smith,classic,Merchent,bars,businesses,rain,rainy,reflections,bright,colourful,scottish,independance,independence,home,rule,devolution,parliament,SNP,national,party,night,Business,HDR,HISTORY,HISTORIC,scottish,independance,independence,home,rule,devolution,parliament,SNP,national,party,@Hotpixuk,Government,2014,Scots,vote,voting,gotonysmith,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Scotlands History,Scotlands History,Merchant City
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy CEMX4A - . Glasgow by night John St, Merchant City Chambers, Scotland (Strathclyde UK) at dusk with a blue sky. @Hotpixuk. Photographed on 5 May 2009. The recorded location is City Chambers, George / John Street, Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland. A shot of the Merchant City Chambers, from John Street, Glasgow, Strathclyde, UK at dusk. The long exposure has brought out the reflections from the rainy street and the bright blue of the cloudy sky. In the longer view, 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. In historical terms, buildings are often the most durable evidence of former institutions and businesses
Stonework, brickwork, windows, signs and decorative details can survive changes of ownership and use, allowing images to document both architectural style and the evolution of a street. Current 2026 relevance comes from the fact that 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. During 2026, current regeneration policy places growing emphasis on reusing established buildings and strengthening town centres. historic façades, redundant offices and converted commercial properties are especially relevant to debates about conservation, viability and adaptive reuse. In historical terms, panoramic and atmospheric views place individual landmarks within their wider setting
Light, season and weather affect how architecture and landscape are perceived, while distant development can offer clues to the changing form of a town or coastline. Relevant long-tail terms include scenic view, night photography, seasonal landscape, cityscape, and coastal landscape.
City Chambers, George / John Street, Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland
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Keywords: Scotland,Outer,CNES,Comhairle nan Eilean Siar,Comhairle,nan,Eilean,Siar,port,harbour,art,artist,Na h-Eileanan Siar,Western Isles,Leòdhas,Eilean,CNES,Alba,Eilean Leòdhais,Stornoway town,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,Tony,Smith,UK,GB,Great,Britain,United,Kingdom,Scottish,British,Scotland,problem,with,problem with,issue with,Centre,Art,Artists,social,tour,tourism,tourists,Lewis,Stornoway,outer Hebrides,outer,isles,islands,West Scotland,Stornoway Town,Town,Urban,Isle of Lewis,Steòrnabhagh,iconic,Alba,Celtic,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,tour,tourist,attraction,travel,Scots,SNP,independance,independence,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Images of,Stock Images,Tony Smith,United Kingdom,Great Britain,British Isles
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HEW1JD - Stornoway (Gaelic: Steòrnabhagh) is a town on the Isle of Lewis, in the Outer Hebrides (also known as the Western Isles) of Scotland.
The town's population is around 8,000, making it the largest town in the Hebrides, with a third of the population of the civil parish of Stornoway, which includes various nearby villages and has a population of approximately 12,000.
Stornoway is an important port and the major town and administrative centre of the Outer Hebrides. It is home to Comhairle nan Eilean Siar (the Western Isles Council) and a variety of educational, sporting and media establishments. Observance of the Christian Sabbath (Sunday) has long been an aspect of the island's culture. Recent changes mean that Sunday on Lewis is now less different from Sunday on the other Western Isles or the mainland of Scotland.
Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, Scotland, UK
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Keywords: Scotland,Outer,CNES,Comhairle nan Eilean Siar,Comhairle,nan,Eilean,Siar,port,harbour,night,blue,bluehour,reflection,reflections,Na h-Eileanan Siar,Leòdhas,Eilean,CNES,Alba,harbour at night,Eilean Leòdhais,Stornoway town,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,Tony,Smith,UK,GB,Great,Britain,United,Kingdom,Scottish,British,Scotland,problem,with,problem with,issue with,Centre,Art,Artists,social,tour,tourism,tourists,Lewis,Stornoway,outer Hebrides,outer,isles,islands,West Scotland,Stornoway Town,Town,Urban,Isle of Lewis,Steòrnabhagh,iconic,Alba,Celtic,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,tour,tourist,attraction,travel,Scots,SNP,independance,independence,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Images of,Stock Images,Tony Smith,United Kingdom,Great Britain,British Isles
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HEW1MK - Stornoway (Gaelic: Steòrnabhagh) is a town on the Isle of Lewis, in the Outer Hebrides (also known as the Western Isles) of Scotland.
The town's population is around 8,000, making it the largest town in the Hebrides, with a third of the population of the civil parish of Stornoway, which includes various nearby villages and has a population of approximately 12,000.
Stornoway is an important port and the major town and administrative centre of the Outer Hebrides. It is home to Comhairle nan Eilean Siar (the Western Isles Council) and a variety of educational, sporting and media establishments. Observance of the Christian Sabbath (Sunday) has long been an aspect of the island's culture. Recent changes mean that Sunday on Lewis is now less different from Sunday on the other Western Isles or the mainland of Scotland.
Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, Scotland, UK
