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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Lancs,Lancashire,Merseyside,town,Sefton Council,80p,per,bar,sugar,candy,cane,canes,15 Nevill St,Southport,PR9 0DE,treats,sweets,tourist,gift,gifts,stick-shaped,stick,sticks,coloured,colours,colors,Southport rock,rock shop,rock,sweet,mint,shelf,cabinet,cabinets
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JHW8AA - . Recorded at 15 Nevill St, Southport, England, UK, PR9 0DE in 2022, the image fixes a recognisable subject and its environment at one point in time, giving later viewers a reliable basis for comparison. The principal subject is Bars of rock at a Southport seaside rock shop, Sefton, Merseyside, Lancashire, England, UK, PR8. The setting additionally reflects destination retail, retail chain, tourism retail, outdoor retail, seaside souvenir, local story.htm Target=_Blank>history, social history, high-street commerce, commercial frontage, consumer retail, public realm, coastal visitor economy, town-centre economy, and traditional confectionery. The modern context includes continuing discussion of domestic tourism, seasonality and the enduring appeal of traditional British seaside customs. For current editorial use, commercial rents and brand consolidation provide additional context, especially through the role of large retailers in town-centre and edge-of-centre economies. The archival value lies partly in recording commercial use and occupation around 15 Nevill St, Southport, England, UK, PR9 0DE before replacement signage alters the character of the place. The surrounding story also includes visitor attraction, documentary photography, physical store, local character, traditional holiday town, retail property, community identity, and resort heritage. The combination of Southport, seaside, Merseyside, Lancashire, and Sefton anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. For 15 Nevill St, Southport, England, UK, PR9 0DE, the photograph contributes to a cumulative visual history in which changes in use, signs, access and appearance can be traced over time. The wider significance includes domestic tourism and the vulnerability of resort economies to seasonality and changing visitor habits as part of the longer story of 15 Nevill St, Southport, England, UK, PR9 0DE. The photograph keeps part of the area's social history before later change alters the scene.
15 Nevill St, Southport, England, UK, PR9 0DE
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Lancs,Lancashire,Merseyside,town,Sefton Council,80p,per,bar,sugar,candy,cane,canes,15 Nevill St,Southport,PR9 0DE,treats,sweets,tourist,gift,gifts,stick-shaped,stick,sticks,coloured,colours,colors,Southport rock,rock shop,rock,sweet,mint,shelf,cabinet,cabinets
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JHW8AC - . A grounded documentary photograph made at 15 Nevill St, Southport, England, UK, PR9 0DE in 2022, combining the immediate subject with evidence of the surrounding streetscape, public realm, business activity or local character. The scene records Bars of rock at a Southport seaside rock shop, Sefton, Merseyside, Lancashire, England, UK, PR8. The surrounding context encompasses before-and-after reference, local history, public realm, brand-led retail, holiday resort economy, period detail, regional identity, seaside souvenir, commercial frontage, traditional confectionery, visual archive, coastal tourism, day-trip culture, and physical store. The wider contemporary story combines visitor spending, domestic tourism and how nostalgic retail remains part of the seaside experience. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with online shopping, business rates and how physical shops adapt to online competition. Small period details of street furniture and boundaries at 15 Nevill St, Southport, England, UK, PR9 0DE may become more significant with time, particularly following new construction. Other useful contextual ideas include shopfront economy, destination retail, high-street commerce, traditional holiday town, commercial streetscape, contemporary social history, everyday life, and documentary photography. The combination of Merseyside, Sefton, seaside, Lancashire, and Southport anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. Around 15 Nevill St, Southport, England, UK, PR9 0DE, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. The image also provides a reference for visitor spending and the enduring appeal of traditional British seaside customs in a form that can be compared with future views of 15 Nevill St, Southport, England, UK, PR9 0DE. The image fixes evidence of changing use for future local research.
15 Nevill St, Southport, England, UK, PR9 0DE
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Lancs,Lancashire,Merseyside,town,Sefton Council,80p,per,bar,sugar,candy,cane,canes,15 Nevill St,Southport,PR9 0DE,treats,sweets,tourist,gift,gifts,stick-shaped,stick,sticks,coloured,colours,colors,Southport rock,rock shop,rock,sweet,mint,shelf,cabinet,cabinets
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JHW8B7 - . An on-location photograph from 15 Nevill St, Southport, England, UK, PR9 0DE in 2022, showing the named subject as part of a wider social, commercial, cultural or physical setting rather than as an isolated object. At the centre of the view is Bars of rock at a Southport seaside rock shop, Sefton, Merseyside, Lancashire, England, UK, PR8. Another layer of the photograph includes public realm, visitor attraction, commercial streetscape, consumer retail, local character, traditional confectionery, seaside souvenir, local history, before-and-after reference, holiday resort economy, brand-led retail, retail property, seaside retail, and tourism retail. In present-day coverage, the subject reaches into seasonality and town-centre renewal, not least because of how nostalgic retail remains part of the seaside experience. Today's relevance is strengthened by changing footfall, store closures and the continuing question of the role of large retailers in town-centre and edge-of-centre economies. The archival value lies partly in recording signage and branding around 15 Nevill St, Southport, England, UK, PR9 0DE before altered transport patterns alters the character of the place. Other useful contextual ideas include contemporary social history, physical store, town-centre economy, everyday life, high-street commerce, customer footfall, coastal leisure, and shopfront economy. References to Lancashire, Sefton, seaside, Southport, and Merseyside give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. The wider setting at 15 Nevill St, Southport, England, UK, PR9 0DE matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. The setting also helps illustrate seasonality and the vulnerability of resort economies to seasonality and changing visitor habits as part of the longer story of 15 Nevill St, Southport, England, UK, PR9 0DE.
15 Nevill St, Southport, England, UK, PR9 0DE
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,city centre,Merseyside,England,UK,Levelling up,Northern Powerhouse,mural,murals,comedian,comedy,Diddymen,artist,painting,tattyfilarious,plumptious,discomknockerated,Doddy,Scouse,Happiness,song,record,Marathon Mirthquake,Ken,entertainment,famous,Scousers,painted,happiness,happy,tickle,tickling,stick,sticks,duster,dusting
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JDDR0B - Info from - https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/sir-ken-dodd-murals-unveiled-17907175
Exactly two years after his death, two magnificent murals were unveiled in memory of the great Sir Ken Dodd “ on the wall of the theatre he helped save.
The murals now adorning the Liverpool Royal Court were commissioned by The Comedy Trust and created by the artist Paul Curtis, best known for his Liverbird wings mural.
Lady Anne Dodd “ who performed the emotional ceremony “ told the ECHO: They are just amazing, absolutely amazing. I'm humbled. I'm thrilled to bits. I woke up sad this morning because it's a sad day in one way, but this just shows he brought happiness.
Ken would have felt humbled “ he would have said it was tattyfilarious, plumptious and ˜I'm totally discomknockerated!'
The first of the bright and colourful murals shows a sharply dressed Doddy, tickling stick in hand, by the seaside, in reference to Blackpool but also his love of playing seaside theatres all over the country.
The second features a couple of Diddy Men and words from the Squire of Knotty Ash's trademark song “ Happiness, which was sung by the Liverpool Royal Court Community Choir, as a big crowd gathered outside the theatre for the unveiling.
Lady Anne added: They couldn't be in a better place. They will be seen by so many people “ walking by or going past on buses “ and hopefully they will make people smile.
The murals were funded by the Mayor of Liverpool Joe Anderson with a contribution from his City Fund.
Sir Ken, who performed at the Royal Court across several decades, starting in the 1950s, played a huge part in keeping the theatre open in the 1970s.
In 1974, he entered the Guinness Book of Records thanks to his Marathon Mirthquake at the theatre “ it lasted three hours, 30 minutes and six seconds and included 1,500 jokes.
Later, he became part of the Royal Court Theatre and Arts Trust “ and even sold the first tickets at the box office for Laughter Show
1 Roe St, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L1 1HL
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2MCGA3X - . This scene at Dublin, Eire, Ireland in 2019 forms part of the visual history of the locality, documenting the named subject together with aspects of how the area looked and functioned at the time. The main point of reference is Graffiti - Disobey, Memory of Darragh Moran 1977-2019, Dublin, Eire, Ireland. The image also relates to historic townscape, conservation interest, community identity, mural culture, public art, changing land use, local history, heritage asset, urban graphics, visual archive, visual street culture, before-and-after reference, public realm, and urban artwork. From a 2025-onward perspective, graffiti policy and creative districts are closely linked to this subject, alongside the role of murals in giving neighbourhoods a distinctive identity. The wider contemporary story combines heritage conservation, planning control and the value of architectural landmarks to local identity. Small period details of public access and movement at Dublin, Eire, Ireland may become more significant with time, particularly following later reinterpretation. Further associations within the scene are documentary photography, period architecture, regional identity, architectural character, historic streetscape, period building, public-realm art, and built heritage. Elements such as Moran, Memory, Darragh, Disobey, and Dublin add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. Around Dublin, Eire, Ireland, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. Its period value extends to graffiti policy and the role of murals in giving neighbourhoods a distinctive identity as part of the longer story of Dublin, Eire, Ireland. The location additionally provides evidence of adaptive reuse and the balance between conservation and modern commercial use when considered against later change at Dublin, Eire, Ireland.
Dublin, Eire, Ireland
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy MM9A39 - . Photographed at the recorded location in 2018, this detailed documentary image records the subject within its real surroundings and preserves a specific stage in the life of the location. The frame specifically shows Middle eastern Mint Tea with Sugar Swizzle stick. The image also relates to period detail, contemporary social history, architectural character, architectural detail, community identity, documentary photography, historic townscape, public realm, visual archive, conservation interest, before-and-after reference, heritage landmark, conservation architecture, and changing streetscape. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with planning control, redevelopment pressure and keeping older buildings useful without erasing their distinctive character. The image fixes period objects and surrounding context within the recorded location at one identifiable point, providing a benchmark against different community use. Other useful contextual ideas include historical comparison, regional identity, period architecture, cityscape history, place identity, adaptive reuse, everyday life, and local history. The combination of Middle, eastern, Sugar, stick, and Swizzle anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. A later view of the recorded location may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. The wider significance includes planning control and keeping older buildings useful without erasing their distinctive character within the specific setting of the recorded location. Another strand within the photograph is redevelopment pressure and the value of architectural landmarks to local identity and tourism as part of the longer story of the recorded location. The setting also helps illustrate maintenance and how historic buildings acquire new uses as cities change when considered against later change at the recorded location.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy H4HKYM - Kenneth Arthur Ken Dodd, OBE (born 8 November 1927) is an English comedian, singer-songwriter and actor, identified by his trademark unruly hair and protruding teeth, his red, white and blue tickling stick and his famous, upbeat greeting of How tickled I am!. He also created the world and characters of the Diddy Men, with 'diddy' being Liverpudlian slang for small.
He works mainly in the music hall tradition, although, in the past, has occasionally appeared in drama, including as Malvolio in Shakespeare's Twelfth Night on stage in Liverpool in 1971
on television in the cameo role of 'The Tollmaster' in the 1987 Doctor Who story Delta and the Bannermen
and as Yorick (in silent flashback) in Kenneth Branagh's film version of Shakespeare's Hamlet in 1996. In the 1960s his fame in the UK was such that he rivalled The Beatles as a household name, with his recording of Tears being the UK's third-best-selling single of the 1960s. His records have sold millions worldwide. As of 2016 he continues to tour with his comedy and music show.
Lime Street, Liverpool, England, UK, L1 1JD
