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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,mens,men,poster,suicide,prevention,pub,toilet,gents,awareness,checking in,support your mates,male,wellbeing,depression,anxiety,social connection,charity,QR code,pub wellbeing campaign,hospitality venues,bar toilets,male suicide prevention,emotional support,peer support,talking to friends,friendship support,loneliness prevention,crisis support,wellbeing messaging,donation appeal,public health messaging,awareness poster,social responsibility,pub culture,community support,health communication,stigma reduction
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3ENAP4R - Two bright yellow CALM mental health posters displayed in a pub gents toilet, using beer glass imagery and pub-friendly language to encourage men and friends to check in with one another. The left poster carries the headline Cheers to Checking In and says CALM and Stonegate have joined forces to celebrate getting together with mates, sharing good times and recognising when someone may be struggling. The right poster reads Help CALM be there for everyone whose glass feels half empty and explains that Campaign Against Living Miserably is a suicide prevention charity that supports anyone struggling to stay in the game for another day. The setting is important because the message appears in a male social space where some people may feel more able to notice a friend's low mood, loneliness, anxiety, depression, money worries or change in behaviour. The visible text, pint glass graphics, QR code and donation message make the image suitable for editorial use around suicide prevention, men's mental health, peer support, pub culture, charity awareness, hospitality venues, social connection and public health communication. Stonegate Group announced a two-year partnership with CALM in 2026, with CALM messaging appearing across pubs, bars and venues through in-venue signage and digital screens. The photograph can support stories about how charities reach people outside clinical settings, how informal conversations can reduce isolation, and how pubs can be used as community spaces for awareness campaigns. It also has relevance for workplace wellbeing, hospitality social responsibility, fundraising, mental health stigma, early intervention, support for mates, and the idea that asking a simple question in an everyday setting may help someone feel less alone. The image should be handled sensitively, avoiding sensational language, and framed around support, prevention, hope and practical human connection.
United Kingdom
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,red,toilet,personal,ask,for,help,safety,notice,service station,discreet,scheme,unsafe,situation,support,public venue,protection,M5,Worcestershire,customer welfare,message,violence against women,domestic abuse awareness,vulnerable traveller assistance,bystander safety initiative,hospitality,travel security,code,codeword,customer,initiative,intervention,safer public spaces,anti harassment campaign,motorway travel security,Strensham M5 services,Feel like youre not in a safe situation,discreet help
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3F12EAJ - Red Ask for Angela safety sign is displayed on a tiled wall inside Roadchef Strensham motorway services on the M5 in Worcestershire, England. The notice asks, Feel like you're not in a safe situation? and advises anyone needing discreet help to speak to staff and ask for Angela. Trained employees will recognise the code phrase and help the person leave or manage the situation safely.
The photograph documents a widely used personal-safety and safeguarding initiative in a public travel environment. Ask for Angela gives someone who feels unsafe, vulnerable, threatened, harassed or uncomfortable a simple way to request support without openly explaining the problem. Depending on the circumstances, staff may offer a safe space, contact a friend or relative, arrange transport, involve security personnel or call the emergency services. Although associated with bars, clubs and nightlife venues, its presence at a motorway service area shows its relevance in restaurants, cafés, transport hubs and other places used by people travelling alone or meeting others.
The strong red background, large white lettering and Roadchef branding make the message conspicuous, while the smaller text preserves the discreet nature of the request. Mounted beside washroom equipment on neutral stone-effect tiles, the poster is positioned where a visitor can read it privately and remember the code phrase before approaching staff.
Strensham services operates on both carriageways of the M5 between junctions 7 and 8, between Worcester and Tewkesbury. The sites serve lone drivers, families, professional drivers and vulnerable travellers. Visible safeguarding information can provide reassurance and a practical route to assistance. The image illustrates public safety, violence and harassment prevention, staff training, customer welfare, domestic abuse awareness, safer travel and the responsibility of hospitality and transport businesses to respond appropriately when someone asks for help.
Strensham Services, M5 between Junctions 7 and 8, Strensham, Worcestershire, England, WR8 0BZ
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,LS1,centre,city,stations,West Yorkshire,Yorkshire,England,LS1 4DY,to,poster,tourist,public transport England,British railways,Network Rail,station concourse,urban transport,commuter travel,passenger rail,city gateway,colourful signage,modern station design,travel infrastructure,rail network,northern England,tourism Leeds,station branding,railway architecture,travel destination signage,phone,letters,toilet,WC,50
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2X2CG2W - This image shows a large, colourful LEEDS sign mounted within the interior of Leeds railway station in West Yorkshire, England. The sign uses bold lettering across a series of bright, patterned panels, creating a distinctive visual identity that clearly announces the city to arriving and departing passengers. Positioned above the station concourse area, the sign forms part of the station's wayfinding and branding, reinforcing Leeds as a major regional destination.
Leeds railway station is one of the busiest stations outside London and a key transport hub in the north of England. Serving the East Coast Main Line and numerous regional routes, it provides vital connections between Leeds, London, Manchester, Sheffield, York, the North East, and Scotland. The station plays a central role in daily commuter travel as well as long-distance intercity services, reflecting Leeds' importance as a commercial, financial, cultural, and educational centre.
The modern interior setting, combined with contemporary graphic design, reflects ongoing investment in passenger experience and urban transport infrastructure. This image is suitable for editorial and commercial use relating to rail travel, public transport, city identity, tourism, urban regeneration, and the role of major railway stations as gateways to UK cities.
New Station Street, Leeds, England, LS1 4DY
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,English,UK,British,PO Box 152,Liverpool,L33 7WQ,L33,UKhousing,housing,tenant,tenants,complain,complaints,issues,report,escalate,to,the,ipad,webpage,website,web,site,page,looking,issue,toilet,Complaint Handling Code,RP,RPs,services,providers,taps,basin,bathrooms
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2T267HE - Our vision is to improve residents' lives and landlords' services through housing complaints.
All local authorities and registered social housing providers are required to be members of the Housing Ombudsman Scheme. We also have several private landlords and letting agents who have joined voluntarily.
The Housing Ombudsman Scheme sets out our role, what complaints we can consider and the obligations of our members.
We are an executive non-departmental public body, sponsored by the Department of Levelling Up, Housing and Communities. The Framework Document sets out the respective responsibilities and accountability of the Housing Ombudsman, the Secretary of State and officials within the Department.
What we do
We investigate complaints and resolve disputes involving the tenants and leaseholders of social landlords (housing associations and local authorities), as well as for our voluntary members (private landlords and letting agents).
Investigating these complaints is a free, independent, and impartial service and this work is funded by annual landlord subscription fees.
We work with the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman (LGSCO) and the Regulator of Social Housing, under a memorandum of understanding, to agree a common approach to collaborative working. We have included the LGSCO and the regulator's Memorandum of Understanding documents if you'd like to know more.
Who we are
We are made up of three directorates:
Quality, Engagement and Development
Dispute Support & Resolution
Finance and Corporate Services
These teams are supported by our Senior Leadership Team (SLT) and Operational Leadership Team.
We collaborate with an Audit and Risk Assurance Committee (ARAC), an Advisory Board and an Independent Reviewer of Service Complaints to support our activities, encourage external perspectives and continually improve our performance.
PO Box 152, Liverpool L33 7WQ
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,city,transport,toilet,airport,cleanliness,CX,feedback,washroom,survey,feedback buttons,international,facilities,refurb,transformation,refurbishment,Terminal 2,Greater Manchester,M90 1QX,experience,cleaning,standards,international aviation hub,transport infrastructure,facilities management,real-time feedback,customer experience technology,public service monitoring,cleaning contractor,hygiene assessment,service performance,operational data,smart building technology,passenger services,airport investment,regional economy,northern gateway,municipal investment
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3ER9NJ2 - A passenger feedback unit inside Manchester Airport asks travellers whether they are satisfied with the cleanliness of the toilets. The wall-mounted sign carries the MAG Manchester Airport identity and the question Satisfied with the cleanliness of these toilets? , while a FeedbackNow device below offers green, amber and red face buttons for an immediate rating. The wording Your feedback powers our operations shows how live customer responses can help airport facilities teams monitor washroom standards, identify problems and direct cleaning resources.
The image documents a practical example of passenger-experience technology in an international transport setting. Airport toilets are heavily used facilities where cleanliness, hygiene, maintenance and rapid response can affect customer satisfaction. Simple push-button surveys allow passengers to register an opinion quickly, creating operational data that can support service monitoring, contractor performance, cleaning schedules.
Manchester Airport is operated by Manchester Airports Group, known as MAG. Its ownership is shared between Manchester City Council, the nine other Greater Manchester local authorities and IFM Global Infrastructure Fund. The ten councils collectively hold 64.5 per cent, so the airport is majority publicly owned rather than wholly owned by the boroughs. Manchester is a major international aviation hub serving northern England.
The airport completed a ten-year, £1.3 billion transformation centred on an enlarged and modernised Terminal 2. By March 2026, Terminal 2 had more than doubled in size, handled over 75 per cent of passengers and replaced the former three-terminal arrangement with a two-terminal operation. This photograph is relevant to airport refurbishment, passenger services, customer feedback, hygiene standards, cleaning contracts, washroom management, real-time data collection and the operational pressures of running a large transport hub
Ringway Road, Manchester, Greater Manchester, England, UK, M90 1QX
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,UK,WA4,Cheshire,testing,cabin,on-site,working,toilet,trailer,contractor,for,to,surveying,Control of Asbestos Regulations,2012,ACOP,HSE,Health and Safety executive,danger,dangers,management,service,services,L127,L143,mesothelioma,asbestosis,lung cancer,lung,disease,01925,748244
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2P6JK3E - Asbestos is a naturally occurring fibrous silicate mineral. There are six types, all of which are composed of long and thin fibrous crystals, each fibre being composed of many microscopic fibrils that can be released into the atmosphere by abrasion and other processes. Inhalation of asbestos fibres can lead to various dangerous lung conditions, including mesothelioma, asbestosis, and lung cancer, so it is now notorious as a serious health and safety hazard.
Archaeological studies have found evidence of asbestos being used as far back as the Stone Age to strengthen ceramic pots, but large-scale mining began at the end of the 19th century when manufacturers and builders began using asbestos for its desirable physical properties. Asbestos is an excellent electrical insulator and is highly fire-resistant, so for much of the 20th century it was very commonly used across the world as a building material, until its adverse effects on human health were more widely acknowledged in the 1970s. Many modern buildings constructed before the 1980s are thought to contain asbestos.
The use of asbestos for construction and fireproofing has been made illegal in many countries. Despite this, at least 100,000 people are thought to die each year from diseases related to asbestos exposure. In part, this is because many older buildings still contain asbestos
in addition, the consequences of exposure can take decades to arise. The most common diseases associated with chronic asbestos exposure are asbestosis (scarring of the lungs due to asbestos inhalation) and mesothelioma (a type of cancer)
Latchford, Warrington, Cheshire, England,UK, WA4
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Askham Bar,Tadcaster Rd,York,North Yorkshire,YO24 1LW,England,UK,dispenser,machine,BlueZeus viagra,at,a,Tesco,supermarket,sex,aids,blue pill,£3,vibrating cock ring,vibrating,cock ring,packet,of three,three,pack,disposable,Skins sexual health,Never Go In Without A Skin,on a toilet wall,toilet,wall mounted,durex,contraceptive,contraceptives
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M4W2NM - . An on-location photograph from Askham Bar, Tadcaster Rd, York , North Yorkshire, England, UK, YO24 1LW in 2022, showing the named subject as part of a wider social, commercial, cultural or physical setting rather than as an isolated object. The defining feature is Skins, dispenser machine, condoms,vibe ring,BlueZeus viagra, at Tesco supermarket, Askham Bar, Tadcaster Rd, York , North Yorkshire,YO24 1LW. Further facets of the scene include beer-led hospitality, archival record, public-house heritage, hospitality economy, local character, public-health screening, historical comparison, traditional ale house, healthcare communication, medical consumer history, public-health intervention, social history, regional identity, and pub interior heritage. From a 2025-onward perspective, NHS capacity and public-health messaging are closely linked to this subject, alongside the importance of detecting disease before symptoms become advanced. The wider contemporary story combines changing drinking habits, hospitality costs and how food, drink and heritage combine in destination pubs. As a dated visual record of Askham Bar, Tadcaster Rd, York , North Yorkshire, England, UK, YO24 1LW, the frame retains materials and architectural details, making it especially useful if changing commercial priorities subsequently changes the scene. The subject also sits alongside food-and-drink business, local social venue, clinical screening, licensed trade, before-and-after reference, period detail, place identity, and patient self-testing. References to viagra, Tesco, Yorkshire, machine, and Skins give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. A later view of Askham Bar, Tadcaster Rd, York , North Yorkshire, England, UK, YO24 1LW may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. The view records a trace of local identity as a date-specific reference.
Askham Bar, Tadcaster Rd, York , North Yorkshire, England, UK, YO24 1LW
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RCDXG8 - More at https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/aug/01/public-toilets-council-cuts
According to a report by the Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH) “ appropriately titled Taking the P*** “ a fifth of Britons don't leave their home as often as they'd like because they know they'll struggle to find facilities, a phenomenon known as loo leash . For those with medical conditions, this affects more than four in 10. Ever found yourself deliberately not drinking in case you get caught short? Over half the public intentionally dehydrate themselves for fear of not finding a loo, according to the report.
By next year, 60% of government funding for local authority services will have vanished compared with 2010
The people must take to the urinals, conveniences and the cubicles, or what remains of them, because the right to pee is under threat. The decline of the public toilet “ leaving us creeping into pubs and hoping to avoid the disapproving glare of the bartender “ is just one symptom of the assault on the public realm. By next year, 60% of government funding for local authority services will have vanished compared with 2010. Toilets are not statutory services “ that is, councils are not legally obliged to provide them “ and so hundreds have been axed. The British Toilet Association tells me that up to half of public loos may have been closed over the last decade. In Cornwall, the council has stopped maintaining 94% of its toilets. Three in four Britons polled think there are not enough facilities within their communities. But why should we be resigned to this, legs firmly crossed, as a fact of life? Why is removing waste from our doorsteps regarded as an essential, universal service, but allowing us to remove waste from our bodies is not?
The public realm has been subordinated to the whims of the market and profit for over a generation, and toilets are no exception. You'll often need to spend considerably more than a penny to have a pee.
4 Station Square, Whitby, North Yorkshire, England, UK, YO21 1DX
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Llangollen,Wales,LL20 8SN,UK,the,BR,signs,signage,gender,assigned,toilets,the ladies room,ladies,woman,female,room,toilet,gentlemen,disabled,trans,transsexual,babychange,baby change,LGBT,stations,tourist,tourism,attraction,visitors,unique,heritage,Beeching,cuts,charity
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JR3MNK - . Made at The Station, Abbey Road , Llangollen, Denbighshire, Wales, UK, LL20 8SN in 2022, this photograph stock-photo/gotonysmith-Record.html?sortBy=relevant&pseudoid=237DAF28-A4ED-4448-8173-C0E81ABEEC6F Target=_Blank>records a real place and moment, preserving details that may later be altered by redevelopment, rebranding, changing ownership or different public use. The photograph centres on Gender assigned toilets, the ladies room, Llangollen railway station, LL20 8SN. The subject also carries associations with roadside transit, historical comparison, everyday life, rail transport history, rail infrastructure, public realm, visual archive, changing streetscape, surface public transport, freight wagon, trackside history, rail corridor, local mobility, and working railway heritage. The modern context includes continuing discussion of signalling technology, regional connectivity and the role of rail in lower-carbon regional transport. For current editorial use, decarbonisation and service frequency provide additional context, especially through the shift toward cleaner vehicles and integrated ticketing. The archival value lies partly in recording signage and branding around The Station, Abbey Road , Llangollen, Denbighshire, Wales, UK, LL20 8SN before refurbishment alters the character of the place. Other useful contextual ideas include signal-box architecture, street-side transport, contemporary social history, historic rolling stock, documentary photography, bus route infrastructure, period detail, and archival record. Details involving station, assigned, Llangollen, Gender, and toilets make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. For The Station, Abbey Road , Llangollen, Denbighshire, Wales, UK, LL20 8SN, the photograph contributes to a cumulative visual history in which changes in use, signs, access and appearance can be traced over time. The photograph keeps part of the area's social history as a date-specific reference. The record includes details of everyday use for later comparison.
The Station, Abbey Road , Llangollen, Denbighshire, Wales, UK, LL20 8SN
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Keywords: GotonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Moto,Moto service,area,station,pre-2011,north,WV11,old,logo,CPplus,services,road,rest,stop,poor,food,toilet,toilets,canteen,expensive,costly,branch,livery,brand,branding,recent,outside,entrance,exterior,sign,signs,signage,logos,British,English
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JM9P4M - The service area was ready to open in 1967, but due to delays completing the M6, they didn't open it until 1970.
Hilton Park features a large tower structure which used by Top Rank to house a restaurant. It closed and has been empty since the 1980s.
It became the UK's busiest service area, and was an obvious target when Granada wanted to add retail units to the front of their service areas. These units have changed brands many times over the years, including being used as a Trucker's Lounge and Moto's first KFC. They are mostly closed now, though one is used by the Central Motorway Policing Group.
The southbound service area has a picnic area far from the main building, with its own car park, which most people miss because they're looking for the main facilities. It is a legacy feature of some older service areas and only actually has one table left. Most of the parking spaces have now been turned into a Tesla charging area.
M6 Hilton Park - Essington, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England, WV11 2AT
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Keywords: GotonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Moto,Moto service,area,station,pre-2011,north,WV11,old,logo,CPplus,services,road,rest,stop,poor,food,toilet,toilets,canteen,expensive,costly,branch,livery,brand,branding,recent,outside,entrance,exterior,sign,signs,signage,logos,British,English
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JM9P4W - The service area was ready to open in 1967, but due to delays completing the M6, they didn't open it until 1970.
Hilton Park features a large tower structure which used by Top Rank to house a restaurant. It closed and has been empty since the 1980s.
It became the UK's busiest service area, and was an obvious target when Granada wanted to add retail units to the front of their service areas. These units have changed brands many times over the years, including being used as a Trucker's Lounge and Moto's first KFC. They are mostly closed now, though one is used by the Central Motorway Policing Group.
The southbound service area has a picnic area far from the main building, with its own car park, which most people miss because they're looking for the main facilities. It is a legacy feature of some older service areas and only actually has one table left. Most of the parking spaces have now been turned into a Tesla charging area.
M6 Hilton Park - Essington, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England, WV11 2AT
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Keywords: GotonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Moto,area,station,Motorway,new,logo,rebranding,smile,emblem,happy travels,clean up,cleaned up,maintenance,take a break,services,road,rest,stop,poor,food,toilet,toilets,canteen,expensive,costly,branch,livery,brand,branding,recent,outside,entrance,exterior
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JM9P5E - . This authentic period view of Moto Stafford M6 North service station, Staffordshire, England, UK, ST15 0EU in 2022 preserves the main subject alongside smaller contextual details that can acquire greater historical value as places and uses change. At the centre of the view is Service station area on M6 north at Stafford, showing new Moto logo 2022. The wider scene also brings together contemporary social history, before-and-after reference, street-side transport, historical comparison, local history, local bus network, everyday life, public transport information, changing streetscape, roadside stop, bus route infrastructure, public realm, surface public transport, and public transport stop. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with integrated transport, reliability and the importance of bus stops as the physical interface between passengers and public transport. For later comparison, the photograph preserves street furniture and boundaries at Moto Stafford M6 North service station, Staffordshire, England, UK, ST15 0EU, details that may look very different after replacement signage. The photograph additionally reflects changing land use, local mobility, bus infrastructure, passenger transport, archival record, roadside transit, local character, and transport accessibility. References to station, showing, Service, and Stafford give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. For Moto Stafford M6 North service station, Staffordshire, England, UK, ST15 0EU, the photograph contributes to a cumulative visual history in which changes in use, signs, access and appearance can be traced over time. A further contemporary connection is integrated transport and the challenge of maintaining reliable services outside dense city centres as part of the longer story of Moto Stafford M6 North service station, Staffordshire, England, UK, ST15 0EU.
Moto Stafford M6 North service station, Staffordshire, England, UK, ST15 0EU
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Keywords: HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,West Oxfordshire,England,UK,OX7 5NA,the,old,town hall,history,PC,at,toilet,toilets,public,convenience,gents,men,man,mans,male,restroom,restrooms,lavatory,lavatories,gender-separated,spaces,space,masculinity,ciscentric,heteronormative,bodily,functions,transphobic,trans-exclusionary,positions,OX7
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JPB8TX - As one of the few explicitly gender-separated spaces, the toilet has become a prominent site of conflict and a focal point for ˜gender-critical' feminism. In this article we draw upon an AHRC-funded project, Around the Toilet, to reflect upon and critique trans-exclusionary and trans-hostile narratives of toilet spaces. Such narratives include ciscentric, heteronormative and gender essentialist positions within toilet research and activism which, for example, equate certain actions and bodily functions (such as menstruation) to a particular gender, decry the need for all-gender toilets, and cast suspicion upon the intentions of trans women in public toilet spaces. These include explicitly transmisogynist discourses perpetuated largely by those calling themselves ˜gender-critical' feminists, but also extend to national media, right-wing populist discourses and beyond. We use Around the Toilet data to argue that access to safe and comfortable toilets plays a fundamental role in making trans lives possible. Furthermore, we contend that “ whether naive, ignorant or explicitly transphobic “ trans-exclusionary positions do little to improve toilet access for the majority, instead putting trans people, and others with visible markers of gender difference, at a greater risk of violence, and participating in the dangerous homogenisation of womanhood. More at https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0038026120934697
Chipping Norton, West Oxfordshire, England, UK, OX7 5NA
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Keywords: HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,West Oxfordshire,England,UK,OX7 5NA,the,old,town hall,history,PC,at,Ladies,woman,women,toilet,toilets,public,female,restroom,restrooms,lavatory,lavatories,gender-separated,spaces,space,gender-critical,feminism,ciscentric,heteronormative,bodily,functions,transphobic,trans-exclusionary,positions,womanhood,OX7
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JPB8W1 - As one of the few explicitly gender-separated spaces, the toilet has become a prominent site of conflict and a focal point for ˜gender-critical' feminism. In this article we draw upon an AHRC-funded project, Around the Toilet, to reflect upon and critique trans-exclusionary and trans-hostile narratives of toilet spaces. Such narratives include ciscentric, heteronormative and gender essentialist positions within toilet research and activism which, for example, equate certain actions and bodily functions (such as menstruation) to a particular gender, decry the need for all-gender toilets, and cast suspicion upon the intentions of trans women in public toilet spaces. These include explicitly transmisogynist discourses perpetuated largely by those calling themselves ˜gender-critical' feminists, but also extend to national media, right-wing populist discourses and beyond. We use Around the Toilet data to argue that access to safe and comfortable toilets plays a fundamental role in making trans lives possible. Furthermore, we contend that “ whether naive, ignorant or explicitly transphobic “ trans-exclusionary positions do little to improve toilet access for the majority, instead putting trans people, and others with visible markers of gender difference, at a greater risk of violence, and participating in the dangerous homogenisation of womanhood. More at https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0038026120934697
Chipping Norton, West Oxfordshire, England, UK, OX7 5NA
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Keywords: HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,West Oxfordshire,England,UK,OX7 5NA,the,old,town hall,history,PC,at,Ladies,woman,women,toilet,toilets,public,female,restroom,restrooms,lavatory,lavatories,gender-separated,spaces,space,gender-critical,feminism,ciscentric,heteronormative,bodily,functions,transphobic,trans-exclusionary,positions,womanhood,OX7
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JPB8W3 - As one of the few explicitly gender-separated spaces, the toilet has become a prominent site of conflict and a focal point for ˜gender-critical' feminism. In this article we draw upon an AHRC-funded project, Around the Toilet, to reflect upon and critique trans-exclusionary and trans-hostile narratives of toilet spaces. Such narratives include ciscentric, heteronormative and gender essentialist positions within toilet research and activism which, for example, equate certain actions and bodily functions (such as menstruation) to a particular gender, decry the need for all-gender toilets, and cast suspicion upon the intentions of trans women in public toilet spaces. These include explicitly transmisogynist discourses perpetuated largely by those calling themselves ˜gender-critical' feminists, but also extend to national media, right-wing populist discourses and beyond. We use Around the Toilet data to argue that access to safe and comfortable toilets plays a fundamental role in making trans lives possible. Furthermore, we contend that “ whether naive, ignorant or explicitly transphobic “ trans-exclusionary positions do little to improve toilet access for the majority, instead putting trans people, and others with visible markers of gender difference, at a greater risk of violence, and participating in the dangerous homogenisation of womanhood. More at https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0038026120934697
Chipping Norton, West Oxfordshire, England, UK, OX7 5NA
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M07A7R - Westminster is a London Underground station in the City of Westminster. It is served by the Circle, District and Jubilee lines. On the Circle and District lines, the station is between St James's Park and Embankment, and on the Jubilee line it is between Green Park and Waterloo. It is in Travelcard Zone 1. The station is located at the corner of Bridge Street and Victoria Embankment and is close to the Houses of Parliament, Westminster Abbey, Parliament Square, Whitehall, Westminster Bridge, and the London Eye. Also close by are Downing Street, the Cenotaph, Westminster Millennium Pier, the Treasury, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, and the Supreme Court.
The station is in two parts: sub-surface platforms opened in 1868 by the District Railway (DR) as part of the company's first section of the Inner Circle route and deep level platforms opened in 1999 as part of the Jubilee line extension from Green Park to Stratford. A variety of underground and main line services have operated over the sub-surface tracks, but the original station was completely rebuilt in conjunction with the construction of the deep level platforms and Portcullis House, which sits above the station.
The station was opened as Westminster Bridge on 24 December 1868 by the steam-operated District Railway (DR) (now the District line) when the railway opened the first section of its line from South Kensington.
As part of the Transported by Design programme of activities, on 15 October 2015, after two months of public voting, Westminster tube station was elected by Londoners as one of the 10 favourite transport design icons.
The station is in London fare zone 1. On the District and Circle lines, the station is between St James's Park and Embankment, and, on the Jubilee line, it is between Green Park and Waterloo.
Westminster, London, England, UK, SW1
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,interchange,Mersey,travel,rail,transport,bus,Garston,Merseyside,Speke,city,line,south,parkway,Merseyrail,Northern Line,hub,Stagecoach service 82,82,service,services,platform,platforms,Innovation,Award,Network,80A,86A,WC,Toilet,loo,gents,ladies,mixed sex
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JHPYEX - Liverpool South Parkway station is a railway station and bus interchange in the Garston district of Liverpool, England. It serves, via a bus link, Liverpool John Lennon Airport in the neighbouring suburb of Speke, as well as providing an interchange between main line services and the Merseyrail rapid transit/commuter rail network
The station is located towards the southern end of Merseyrail's Northern Line and on the junction of two main lines: the City Line from Liverpool to Manchester via Warrington and the Liverpool branch of the West Coast Main Line to London via Crewe
Allerton Traction Maintenance Depot is situated to the immediate east of the station
The station was built at a crossing point between two railway lines that had until then been served by separate stations. The first was the Cheshire Lines Committee (CLC) line from Liverpool Central to Manchester via Warrington Central, which ran from west to east. The second was the line built by the St Helens Railway from Liverpool Lime Street to Warrington Bank Quay, which crossed from northwest to southeast. The latter route became part of the Liverpool branch of the West Coast Main Line when it was connected to a new route from Crewe via the newly built Runcorn Railway Bridge. The original line to Warrington Bank Quay is now closed to passenger trains. The two lines were served by two separate stations in the area, respectively Garston and Allerton (though the latter was also located in Garston)
The first proposals for an interchange station at Garston were made in the 1960s and 1970s, when the Merseyrail semi-underground network was being planned
Liverpool South Parkway interchange, Holly Farm Rd, Garston, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L1
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,2022,GrandPrix,Formula1,GP F1,toilet,event,toilets,Farm Curve,Silverstone Circuit,British Grand Prix,cubicles,sort the toilets out,more toilets,needed,disgraceful,poor,condition,conditions,portable,toilet blocks,ladies,Loo,Loos,public conveniences,long,WC,lavatory,lavatories,wait,waits,temporary,stand,stands
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JFTMKB - . Made at Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone Village, Towcester, Northamptonshire, England, UK, NN12 8TN in 2022, this photograph records a real place and moment, preserving details that may later be altered by redevelopment, rebranding, changing ownership or different public use. The location is represented through Queue for inadequate toilets, Farm Curve, Silverstone Circuit,British Grand Prix July 2022,Northamptonshire, England,UK. The surrounding context encompasses changing streetscape, everyday life, city-centre activity, period detail, pedestrian environment, local character, community life, contemporary city life, everyday street life, before-and-after reference, community identity, regional identity, contemporary social history, and local history. Today's relevance is strengthened by community use, local identity and the continuing question of the relationship between public space and local social life. Future viewers can use this scene from Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone Village, Towcester, Northamptonshire, England, UK, NN12 8TN to compare building condition and alterations with whatever follows after replacement signage. The location also brings in archival record, social landscape, changing land use, historical comparison, documentary photography, public realm, visual archive, and street-level documentary. The combination of Silverstone, inadequate, Queue, toilets, and Curve anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. For Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone Village, Towcester, Northamptonshire, England, UK, NN12 8TN, 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 community use and the documentary importance of recording everyday urban environments as part of the longer story of Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone Village, Towcester, Northamptonshire, England, UK, NN12 8TN.
Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone Village, Towcester, Northamptonshire, England, UK, NN12 8TN
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,Hotpixuk,@HotpixUK,town centre,town,centre,Greenwood street,Manchester,England,UK,WA14 1SA,historic,popular,shop,stall,stalls,stores,retail,of,step,steps,toilet,windows,charter,house,heritage,buildings,bricks,successful,markets,hall,halls,outside,old,window,public conveniences,public convenience,ladies,gentlemen
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JC410G - . This location-specific image from Greenwood street, Altrincham, Manchester, England, UK, WA14 1SA in 2022 provides a visual record of the subject in everyday context, useful for both contemporary editorial work and later historical comparison. The main point of reference is Entrance of Altrincham historic market hall, Greenwood street, Altrincham, Manchester, England, UK, WA14 1SA. The wider scene also brings together urban social history, visual archive, commercial streetscape, everyday street life, community identity, city-centre activity, shopping district, local character, commercial frontage, retail chain, before-and-after reference, changing streetscape, pedestrian environment, and regional identity. In present-day coverage, the subject reaches into brand consolidation and consumer spending, not least because of how consumer spending patterns reshape commercial streets. Today's relevance is strengthened by transport, street safety and the continuing question of the relationship between public space and local social life. For later comparison, the photograph preserves public access and movement at Greenwood street, Altrincham, Manchester, England, UK, WA14 1SA, details that may look very different after new ownership. Further associations within the scene are changing land use, consumer retail, documentary photography, shopfront economy, town-centre economy, outdoor retail, street-level documentary, and urban change. Details involving Manchester, Entrance, Altrincham, market, and historic make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. For Greenwood street, Altrincham, Manchester, England, UK, WA14 1SA, the photograph contributes to a cumulative visual history in which changes in use, signs, access and appearance can be traced over time. The scene captures evidence of earlier appearance for later comparison. That local specificity strengthens the long-term documentary value of image 2JC410G.
Greenwood street, Altrincham, Manchester, England, UK, WA14 1SA
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,Hotpixuk,@Hotpixuk,ad,effective,charity,ineffective,captive,audience,picture,frame,eye,level,reaching,men,males,media,vehicle,company,car,motorbike,van,period,poverty,menstruation,loan,loans,M5,northbound,gents,toilet,toilets,above,urinal,typical,adverts,and,promotions
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JAGDPT - . Photographed at 3/4, M5 Motorway Northbound, Jct, Illey Ln, Birmingham, West Midlands, England, UK, B32 4AR in 2022, this detailed editorial image records the subject within its real surroundings and preserves a specific stage in the life of the location. The frame specifically shows Typical adverts and promotions in Motorway service station gents toilets, above urinals - Moneybarn vehicle car van finance, ActionAid Period poverty. Other connected aspects include local history, local character, train operations, changing land use, before-and-after reference, trackside history, railway heritage, changing streetscape, everyday life, transport interchange, rail corridor, historical comparison, public realm, and period detail. For current editorial use, decarbonisation and accessibility provide additional context, especially through the continuing importance of rail to regional connectivity. Small period details of equipment and working practice at 3/4, M5 Motorway Northbound, Jct, Illey Ln, Birmingham, West Midlands, England, UK, B32 4AR may become more significant with time, particularly following refurbishment. The photograph additionally reflects industrial railway heritage, passenger railway, place identity, community identity, regional identity, visual archive, rail infrastructure, and rail transport. References to station, ActionAid, Period, service, and above give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. The period setting at 3/4, M5 Motorway Northbound, Jct, Illey Ln, Birmingham, West Midlands, England, UK, B32 4AR helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. The image also provides a reference for decarbonisation and the continuing importance of rail to regional connectivity in a form that can be compared with future views of 3/4, M5 Motorway Northbound, Jct, Illey Ln, Birmingham, West Midlands, England, UK, B32 4AR.
3/4, M5 Motorway Northbound, Jct, Illey Ln, Birmingham, West Midlands, England, UK, B32 4AR
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Vale of Glamorgan,South Wales,Wales,UK,Butlins Holiday Camp,Butlins,Holiday Camp,Butlin,Saint Baruc,Barry Railway Company,PC,PCs,toilet,toilets,fencing,decrepit,Vale Of Glamorgan,Cymru,CF62 5DA,CF62,Barrybados,coast,south Wales,Barri,Y,attractions,town,central,sea,fenced,off,left,scruffy,eyesore,Pleasure Beach
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JDDP04 - . Made at Promenade, Barry Island , Vale Of Glamorgan, Cymru, Wales, UK, CF62 5DA in 2022, this photograph records a real place and moment, preserving details that may later be altered by redevelopment, rebranding, changing ownership or different public use. The scene records Derelict Barry Island public conveniences, Promenade, Barry Island, Vale Of Glamorgan, Cymru, Wales, UK, CF62 5DA. The image also relates to day-trip culture, holiday resort economy, everyday life, rail corridor, period detail, tourism retail, local character, public realm, changing streetscape, resort heritage, transport interchange, public transport network, place identity, and traditional confectionery. The wider contemporary story combines coastal regeneration, seasonality and the enduring appeal of traditional British seaside customs. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with reliability, accessibility and the continuing importance of rail to regional connectivity. Future viewers can use this scene from Promenade, Barry Island , Vale Of Glamorgan, Cymru, Wales, UK, CF62 5DA to compare street furniture and boundaries with whatever follows after altered transport patterns. A second descriptive layer includes British seaside culture, rail transport, railway heritage, regional rail, passenger railway, train operations, station environment, and community identity. Elements such as Promenade, public, Derelict, Barry, and Glamorgan add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. A later view of Promenade, Barry Island , Vale Of Glamorgan, Cymru, Wales, UK, CF62 5DA may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. The image fixes a trace of local identity for later comparison. It also preserves a local visual benchmark within the wider story of Promenade, Barry Island , Vale Of Glamorgan, Cymru, Wales, UK, CF62 5DA.
Promenade, Barry Island , Vale Of Glamorgan, Cymru, Wales, UK, CF62 5DA
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,South Wales,Wales,UK,Butlins Holiday Camp,Butlins,Holiday Camp,Butlin,Saint Baruc,Barry Railway Company,CF62,sign,No washing of dogs in toilets,toilet,for,washing,dog,dogs,Nid ywr cyfleusterau hyn i gael eu defnyddio ar gyfer,golchi cwn,public,convenience,conveniences,Barry Island,council,signs,English,and,Welsh,dual,language,signage,Barrybados,coast,south Wales,Barri,Y,out of order
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JDDP6B - . Made at 10 Esplanade Buildings, Barry, Vale Of Glamorgan, Cymru, Wales, CF62 5TJ in 2022, this photograph records a real place and moment, preserving details that may later be altered by redevelopment, rebranding, changing ownership or different public use. The photograph centres on Sign - No washing of dogs in toilets, Public Conveniences, at Barry Island, Vale Of Glamorgan, Cymru, Wales, UK, CF62 5TJ. The broader subject matter reaches into freight wagon, street furniture, archival record, orientation signage, rail transport, social history, passenger railway, rail infrastructure, everyday life, operational signage, changing land use, regional rail, transport interchange, and regional identity. Today's relevance is strengthened by regional connectivity, rail reform and the continuing question of the balance between railway heritage and network modernisation. From a 2025-onward perspective, accessibility and maintenance are closely linked to this subject, alongside how clear signs help people navigate complex public places. For later comparison, the photograph preserves signage and branding at 10 Esplanade Buildings, Barry, Vale Of Glamorgan, Cymru, Wales, CF62 5TJ, details that may look very different after refurbishment. The subject also sits alongside before-and-after reference, rail corridor, station environment, wayfinding system, place identity, public transport network, navigation aid, and public information signage. Elements such as Wales, toilets, Island, Glamorgan, and Cymru add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. A later view of 10 Esplanade Buildings, Barry, Vale Of Glamorgan, Cymru, Wales, CF62 5TJ may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. The period view preserves a point of historical comparison for future local research.
10 Esplanade Buildings, Barry, Vale Of Glamorgan, Cymru, Wales, CF62 5TJ
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Keywords: @HotpixUK,HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,UK,Birmingham,City Centre,West Midlands,England,Moor Street railway station,Queensway,metal,cast,iron,toilet,toilet sign,gents,gentleman,woke,trans,rights,transsexual,transitioning,debate,transgender,ladies,gentlemen,polite,politeness,clothing,rude,clothes,Please,Adjust Your Dress,Before,Leaving,the toilet,public convenience,lavatory
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2ABJGFN - . This period scene at Moor Street Queensway, Birmingham, B4 7UL in 2019 provides a visual reference to the named subject and the wider commercial, social, cultural or physical environment around it. The view centres on Please Adjust Your Dress,Before Leaving,sign,Moor Street railway station,Queensway,Birmingham,West Midlands,England,UK. The setting also relates to visual archive, contemporary social story.htm Target=_Blank>history, operational signage, public realm, everyday life, rail modernisation, rail corridor, regional identity, compliance notice, site information, documentary photography, rail mobility, rule enforcement, and public information notice. In the mid-2020s, rail reform and decarbonisation keep the subject current, particularly through reducing congestion and car dependency. The subject remains useful for current coverage of venue policy and child safeguarding, not least because of the importance of clear wording in shared public environments. As a dated visual record, the photograph anchors the way the place functioned before later physical or commercial change at the recorded site in Moor Street Queensway, Birmingham, B4 7UL. The setting also brings in safety messaging, access-control notice, archival record, changing land use, before-and-after reference, local history, rail transport, and period detail. The combination of Adjust, Leaving, Midlands, railway, and station anchors the image to a recognisable activity, place or moment. Around Moor Street Queensway, Birmingham, B4 7UL, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. The image also provides a reference for rail reform and making rail simpler and more dependable as part of the longer story of Moor Street Queensway, Birmingham, B4 7UL. It also preserves period character as part of Moor Street Queensway, Birmingham, B4 7UL's history.
Moor Street Queensway, Birmingham, B4 7UL
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Keywords: @HotpixUK,Hotpixuk,GoTonySmith,Birmingham,West Midlands,England,UK,B3 1EU,arch,16,B3,est 2014,Indian Street Food,ale,craft,ber,pub,bar,Birmingham brewed beers,Birmingham lager,indianbrewery,The Indian,taproom,tap room,2014,toilets,toilet,sign,signage,local,fusion,crossover,culture,cultural,integration,mixing,mix
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AEPXAR - Here at The Indian Brewery we brew some awesome craft beers whilst maintaining quality of colour, aroma and taste. We value innovation in both our craft and design. We carry a strong appreciation for the boundless limits created by hard work. We're influenced by the natural elements of our everyday living, fuelled by creative thinking, and powered to develop high quality.
Craft beer is all about brewing in small batches, it's about putting your heart in to the products you brew and aiming for, the best tasting beer anybody has ever sipped. When it comes to craft beer, there is no such thought of cheap ingredients. What you put in is what you get out.
Our team consists of family and friends which enables us to make our beer's hand crafted to the best of our ability.
Snowhill,Arch 16 Livery Street, Birmingham,West Midlands,England,UK, B3 1EU
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Keywords: HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,England,UK,the end of the toilet roll,toilet roll,end of the toilet roll,bog roll,bog roll end,tube,empty tube,finishing the roll,not replacing,toilet paper,toilet,bathroom,restroom,tiles,tile,last sheet,sheet,sheets,last sheet on the roll,remaining sheet,toilet roll holder,bog standard,cruel,unfair,selfish,toilet habit,toilet habits,jeopardy,hopeless,hopelessness,IBS,Irritable Bowel Syndrome,bowel,movement,poo
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AFMK1W - . A grounded documentary photograph made at Westminster, England, UK in 2019, preserving the main subject alongside smaller details that may become more historically useful with time. The principal point of reference is The ultimate toilet crime, finishing the toilet roll and not replacing it. The wider subject matter also includes place identity, before-and-after reference, historic commercial architecture, conservation interest, community identity, social history, built heritage, regional identity, archival record, heritage asset, architectural detailing, period building, adaptive reuse, and everyday life. For contemporary context, planning control and embodied carbon are closely related themes, especially where the issue becomes the role of distinctive architecture in local identity. As a dated visual record, the image captures a particular stage in the life of the location in the immediate surroundings of Westminster, England, UK. The wider local story also touches on historic frontage, conservation architecture, public realm, documentary photography, historic context, heritage landmark, period detail, and period streetscape. Elements such as ultimate, toilet, finishing, crime, and replacing add documentary specificity and may become more useful when compared with later records. The surrounding context at Westminster, England, UK matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. A further contemporary connection is planning control and the role of distinctive architecture in local identity when considered against later change at Westminster, England, UK. The wider significance includes adaptive reuse and the role of distinctive architecture in local identity without losing the local specificity of Westminster, England, UK. The image fixes period character for later comparison. It also preserves a trace of local identity within the wider story of Westminster, England, UK.
Westminster, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AFMK22 - . This documentary view of Westminster, England, UK in 2019 captures the subject within its actual surroundings, preserving a dated piece of visual history rather than an isolated object study. The defining feature is The ultimate toilet crime, finishing the toilet roll and not replacing it. The frame also contains themes of changing streetscape, historic context, visual archive, place identity, archival record, adaptive reuse, public realm, heritage asset, contemporary social history, conservation interest, urban fabric, historic frontage, changing land use, and period detail. The subject remains useful for current coverage of heritage conservation and adaptive reuse, not least because of the contrast between preservation and redevelopment. Looking back from the mid-2020s, the photograph anchors the relationship between the subject and its surroundings as seen at Westminster, England, UK. The photograph additionally reflects historic townscape, documentary photography, architectural character, period building, traditional masonry, historical comparison, local character, and everyday life. Elements such as finishing, toilet, replacing, ultimate, and crime add documentary specificity and may become more useful when compared with later records. A later view of Westminster, England, UK 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 heritage conservation and the contrast between preservation and redevelopment when considered against later change at Westminster, England, UK. The image also provides a reference for planning control and the role of distinctive architecture in local identity without losing the local specificity of Westminster, England, UK. Another useful connection is planning control and the contrast between preservation and redevelopment in a form that can be compared with future views of Westminster, England, UK.
Westminster, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy PB6G53 - Virgin introduces talking train lavatories
Virgin Trains has turned to humour to tackle the vexed problem of blocked lavatories
In the heyday of British Rail, gentlemen were urged to lift the seat when using the lavatories,
Now rather more explicit instructions are being given to Passengers.htm Target=_Blank>passengers on Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Trains services to the west midlands, north west England and Scotland.
After the lavatory door shuts passengers are greeted with a pre-recorded message.
It declares: Please don't flush nappies, sanitary towels, paper towels, gum, old phones, unpaid bills, junk mail, your ex's sweater, hopes, dreams or goldfish down this toilet.
Lavatories have already been adapted on the fleet of 20 Voyager trains and work is under way on its 56 tilting Pendolino trains.
At times there have been problems with lavatories being blocked by inappropriate items flushed down the bowl.
Passenger forums suggest that the issue of blocked lavatories is a major source of annoyance for the travelling public
This has prompted Virgin, which earlier this year was given an extension of its franchise on the West Coast Main Line, to act.
When lavatories get blocked it means trains have to be taken out of service, a spokesman said.
It is also a huge inconvenience to passengers especially on a long trip.
We wanted to do something which would grab people's attention and a talking toilet does get the message across.
They are being well received, but time will tell. We're trying to face a serious issue in a chummy, informal way.
The initiative was welcomed by Antony Smith, chief executive of the consumer watchdog, Passenger Focus.
It can be frustrating to find that toilets are out of order or blocked, so hopefully the announcements will help this happen less.
Anything that gets useful information across to passengers in a fun way is to be welcomed.
Preston, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy PB6G55 - Virgin introduces talking train lavatories
Virgin Trains has turned to humour to tackle the vexed problem of blocked lavatories
In the heyday of British Rail, gentlemen were urged to lift the seat when using the lavatories,
Now rather more explicit instructions are being given to Passengers.htm Target=_Blank>passengers on Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Trains services to the west midlands, north west England and Scotland.
After the lavatory door shuts passengers are greeted with a pre-recorded message.
It declares: Please don't flush nappies, sanitary towels, paper towels, gum, old phones, unpaid bills, junk mail, your ex's sweater, hopes, dreams or goldfish down this toilet.
Lavatories have already been adapted on the fleet of 20 Voyager trains and work is under way on its 56 tilting Pendolino trains.
At times there have been problems with lavatories being blocked by inappropriate items flushed down the bowl.
Passenger forums suggest that the issue of blocked lavatories is a major source of annoyance for the travelling public
This has prompted Virgin, which earlier this year was given an extension of its franchise on the West Coast Main Line, to act.
When lavatories get blocked it means trains have to be taken out of service, a spokesman said.
It is also a huge inconvenience to passengers especially on a long trip.
We wanted to do something which would grab people's attention and a talking toilet does get the message across.
They are being well received, but time will tell. We're trying to face a serious issue in a chummy, informal way.
The initiative was welcomed by Antony Smith, chief executive of the consumer watchdog, Passenger Focus.
It can be frustrating to find that toilets are out of order or blocked, so hopefully the announcements will help this happen less.
Anything that gets useful information across to passengers in a fun way is to be welcomed.
Preston, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,toilet,toilets,urinals,WC,line,of,leeds,fixture,for,pisspot,piss,pissing,waterless,water-less,sensor-operated,sensor operated,sensor,operated,ceramic,Timed flush,flush,in a washroom,flushless urinals,flushless,Wilhelm Beetz,Falcon Waterfree Technologies,Urinol,struvite,urine stone,calcium phosphate precipitates,maintenance,manufacturer,law,piss tubes,makeshift urinal,Leeds,hotel
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy P4HWH5 - A urinal is a sanitary plumbing fixture for urination only. Urinals are usually used in a standing position and are popular with male users. Urinals can be with automatic or manual flushing, or without flush water as is the case for waterless urinals. They can be arranged as single sanitary fixtures (with or without privacy walls) or in a trough design without privacy walls.
The term urinal may also apply to a small building or other structure containing such fixtures. It can also refer to a small container in which urine can be collected for medical analysis, or for use where access to toilet facilities is not possible, such as in small aircraft, during extended stakeouts, or for the bedridden.
Urinals designed for females (female urinals) also exist on the market but are not widespread. It is possible for females to use male urinals with a female urination device.
Urinals for high throughput capacity are part of an efficiently designed washroom architecture. Large numbers of them are usually installed along a common supply pipe and drain. There may or may not be partitions installed for privacy.
Urinals in high-capacity washrooms are usually arranged in one or more rows directly opposite the door, so that users have their backs to people entering or standing outside. Urinals in the street may be arranged in a circle, with all users facing the center, with partitions high enough that they cannot wet each other, and usually high enough that they cannot see over. In a street urinal with an outside screen or wall, the users may stand back to back.
Often, one or two of the urinals, typically at one end of a long row, will be mounted lower than the others
they are meant for the disabled and other users who cannot reach the regular urinals. In facilities where people of various heights are present, such as schools, urinals that extend down to floor level may be used to allow anyone of any height to use any urinal.
Instead of individual fixtures, trough urinals
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,toilet,toilets,urinals,WC,line,of,leeds,fixture,for,pisspot,piss,pissing,waterless,water-less,sensor-operated,sensor operated,sensor,operated,ceramic,Timed flush,flush,in a washroom,flushless urinals,flushless,Wilhelm Beetz,Falcon Waterfree Technologies,Urinol,struvite,urine stone,calcium phosphate precipitates,maintenance,manufacturer,law,piss tubes,makeshift urinal,Leeds,hotel
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy P4HWH9 - A urinal is a sanitary plumbing fixture for urination only. Urinals are usually used in a standing position and are popular with male users. Urinals can be with automatic or manual flushing, or without flush water as is the case for waterless urinals. They can be arranged as single sanitary fixtures (with or without privacy walls) or in a trough design without privacy walls.
The term urinal may also apply to a small building or other structure containing such fixtures. It can also refer to a small container in which urine can be collected for medical analysis, or for use where access to toilet facilities is not possible, such as in small aircraft, during extended stakeouts, or for the bedridden.
Urinals designed for females (female urinals) also exist on the market but are not widespread. It is possible for females to use male urinals with a female urination device.
Urinals for high throughput capacity are part of an efficiently designed washroom architecture. Large numbers of them are usually installed along a common supply pipe and drain. There may or may not be partitions installed for privacy.
Urinals in high-capacity washrooms are usually arranged in one or more rows directly opposite the door, so that users have their backs to people entering or standing outside. Urinals in the street may be arranged in a circle, with all users facing the center, with partitions high enough that they cannot wet each other, and usually high enough that they cannot see over. In a street urinal with an outside screen or wall, the users may stand back to back.
Often, one or two of the urinals, typically at one end of a long row, will be mounted lower than the others
they are meant for the disabled and other users who cannot reach the regular urinals. In facilities where people of various heights are present, such as schools, urinals that extend down to floor level may be used to allow anyone of any height to use any urinal.
Instead of individual fixtures, trough urinals
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy H4EDT6 - A urinal is a sanitary plumbing fixture for urination only, predominantly used by males. It can take the form of a container or simply a wall, with drainage and automatic or manual flushing, or without flush water as is the case for waterless urinals.
The different types of urinals, be it for single users or as trough designs for multiple users, are intended to be utilized from a standing position (rather than squatting or sitting). The term may also apply to a small building or other structure containing such fixtures. It can also refer to a small container in which urine can be collected for medical analysis, or for use where access to toilet facilities is not possible, such as in small aircraft, during extended stakeouts, or for the bedridden.
While urinals are generally intended for use by males, it is also possible for females to use them. Designers of urinals for women have adopted various approaches: some intending the user to hover over the unit, facing away from it, others intending the user to stand facing the urinal, with or without a female urination device. While uncommon due to restroom segregation, it is possible for females to use male urinals
Deansgate, Manchester,England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy H4EDTJ - A urinal is a sanitary plumbing fixture for urination only, predominantly used by males. It can take the form of a container or simply a wall, with drainage and automatic or manual flushing, or without flush water as is the case for waterless urinals.
The different types of urinals, be it for single users or as trough designs for multiple users, are intended to be utilized from a standing position (rather than squatting or sitting). The term may also apply to a small building or other structure containing such fixtures. It can also refer to a small container in which urine can be collected for medical analysis, or for use where access to toilet facilities is not possible, such as in small aircraft, during extended stakeouts, or for the bedridden.
While urinals are generally intended for use by males, it is also possible for females to use them. Designers of urinals for women have adopted various approaches: some intending the user to hover over the unit, facing away from it, others intending the user to stand facing the urinal, with or without a female urination device. While uncommon due to restroom segregation, it is possible for females to use male urinals
Deansgate, Manchester,England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K5J0BH - These underground toilets in St Giles' were built in 1895. They were for gentlemen only, as there was no question in Victorian times of building an outdoor public convenience for women.
Work on excavating the site had started by 17 August 1895, when the following report appeared in Jackson's Oxford Journal:
DISCOVERY OF RELICS.” During the excavation which has been made in connection with the new underground public convenience in St. Giles's the workmen came upon a large quantity of bones and horns, apparently those of oxen and deer, at a depth of about 7ft., a pair of horns being in excellent preservation
they also found a stoneware jug, minus the handle and broken at the spout, and two small cups made of red pottery and glazed, both much damaged.
Toilet railings
The work was completed by 12 October 1895, when Jackson's Oxford Journal reported:
Corporation works
An underground convenience has been built near the southern end of St. Giles-street, containing two w.c.'s and four urinals. These are reached by a flight of York stone steps from the surface of the street, and the structure is surrounded by a strong cast-iron railing on York stone base. The fittings are in the best white glazed ware, and the whole of the brickwork is lined internally with white and buff glazed bricks, the floor being of vitrified tiles laid upon concrete. The convenience is roofed with cement concrete carried upon steel girders, with pavement lights, cast-iron ventilators, &c.
There was originally just one entrance (the present southern one), and the railings surrounding are inscribed with the name of their maker, LUCY & CO, OXFORD (right) A second entrance with matching railings was built at a later date.
St Giles, Woodstock Road, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK, OX2 6HT
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DGHE99 - . Standard clean assessable disabled toilet in the UK with grab rail soap mirror wash hand basin hot and cold water. Photographed at Grappenhall, Warrington, England, UK, WA4. The photograph was taken on 09 May 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 Standard, disabled, toilet, grab, rail, wheelchair, roll, paper, white and vitrious, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. The photograph is a documentary record of an identifiable subject and location, useful for editorial, archive, travel, local-history and social-history picture research. It can support features about everyday life, place, public space, local identity, tourism, consumer behaviour and the changing appearance of towns, cities and communities. Visible objects, signs, buildings and environmental details provide contextual clues that make the image useful beyond its immediate subject. As a dated stock photograph it also offers a reference point for later comparison, especially where businesses, streets, public services or local surroundings subsequently change. Search themes include documentary photography, local history, everyday life, place, public space, travel, community identity, social history and changing surroundings. Its specificity makes it more useful than a generic concept image when an editor needs a recognisable real-world subject and setting. 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.
Grappenhall, Warrington, England, UK, WA4
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy D8HDAC - The Philharmonic Dining Rooms is the name of a public house at the corner of Hope Street and Hardman Street in Liverpool, Merseyside, England, and stands diagonally opposite the Liverpool Philharmonic Hall.
It is commonly known as The Phil. The public house has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade II* listed building
36 Hope St Liverpool, Merseyside L1 9BP
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PP0NK7 - . Victorian urinals, John Rylands Research Institute and Library, 150 Deansgate, Manchester, England, UK, M3 3EH. Photographed on 22 May 2010, this spring image records the subject in its real-world setting and provides a contemporary visual reference for the place, activity, object or organisation shown. The recorded location is John Rylands Research Institute and Library, 150 Deansgate, Manchester, England, UK, M3 3EH, adding precise geographical context for editorial, documentary, travel and local-history searches. Key searchable subjects associated with the scene include John Rylands Library, Research Institute, John Rylands Research Institute and Library, M3 3EH, Deansgate, gentlemen, fashioned, toilets, WCs, sink, sinks, marble, providing natural SEO coverage without losing the specific documentary identity of the photograph. Architecturally, the scene records the form, materials, scale and public-facing character of the built environment, making it useful for coverage of design, planning, conservation, development and urban identity. The image has value for architectural and place-based research because buildings and interiors can be refurbished, repurposed, demolished or substantially altered, while streets and public spaces also evolve. The heritage dimension gives the photograph relevance to local history, conservation, collective memory, historic buildings and objects, civic identity and the ways in which earlier generations are represented in today's public realm. As a contemporary record of a historic subject, it can illustrate preservation, interpretation, restoration, tourism and debates about how cultural and industrial heritage is maintained and reused. The frame provides a detailed documentary record of the subject as it appeared at the time of photography, preserving the surrounding context as well as the principal feature. The scene contributes a specific, place-based record rather than a generic illustration.
John Rylands Research Institute and Library, 150 Deansgate, Manchester, England, UK, M3 3EH
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4354158669 - 'Before someone comments, yes, another bog standard post!
A free standing outside toilet / WC as would have been seen in the back yards of British terraced back to back housing. While tenements and closes were more prominent in Scotland, this was the typical english workers house loo.
this reminds me of my dads brother my uncle Arthur. When he moved his bathroom and toilet indoors he took pride in keeping his outdoor privy. Although it became rather proudly his white wine cellar in winter.
I once was on a health and safety course. There was a story about a man arriving to hospital with a fractured skull. When he came around apparently a toilet tank had collapsed on to him while on the toilet. Apparently he had pulled the chain and the bracket had collapsed.
When asked 'Why on earth did you do that', he replied 'Just to see what it felt like!'
...these people should get out more, life on the edge...mmmmnnn!
Another classic place to see a north west england toilet www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/3804831303/
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4349292119 - 'Time flies
Time crawls
Like an insect
Up and down the walls
The light pours out of me
The light pours out of me
The conspiracy
Of silence ought
To revolutionize
My thought
The light pours out of me
The light pours out of me
The cold light of day
Pours out of me
Leaving me black
And so healthy
The light pours out of me
The light pours out of me
It jerks out of me
Like blood
In this still life
Heart beats up love
The light pours out of me
The light pours out of me...
I remember when backpacking in Japan back 20 years ago, the rage was heated toilet seats. Thermostatically controlled mind.
Every Ryoken or house (but not temple) offering B&
B seemed to yank up the temperature to 30 degrees for gaijin (foreigners or outsiders), while others probably like me discreetly switched them off (together with stool analysis and a number of other innovations that have thankfully never left Japan). So think about how lucky you are when you next complain about that chilly bog seat.
Magazine live on the reunion tour 2009 - www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/3356735418/
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Keywords: Abington,Abingdon,Service,area,services,rest,Scotland,UK,Shell,Fuels,GB,welcome,break,5star,5,star,crapper,toilet,dunny,HotpixOrgUK,365days,Schotland,l'Ecosse,Ecosse,Schottland,\u03a3\u03ba\u03c9\u03c4\u03af\u03b1,la,Scozia,\u30b9\u30b3\u30c3\u30c8\u30e9\u30f3\u30c9,\uc2a4\ucf54\ud2c0\ub780\ub4dc,\u0428\u043e\u0442\u043b\u0430\u043d\u0434\u0438\u044f,Escocia,HDR,high dynamic range,edinbrugh,hotpix!
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4083467109 - 'M74 / A74M Abington Welcome Break services Shell fuels for sale.
A recent survey concluded that the services have the best toilets of all motorway services in Scotland 2008-5 star (alegedly - if you find otherwise please dont blame us).
On exit there is a useful 'Drive on the left' sign translated into four further european languages.
Abington is the first service area (alphabetically - a fact that might be useful one day for a pub quiz).
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2BM3JP6 - Non-flushing water closets”portable pieces of furniture with removable containers for waste”became the standard in pre-Victorian Britain, though many households continued to rely on the backyard privy. The problem of waste disposal”whether from a chamber pot or from an overused hole in the ground”remained.
The Victorians made the connection between unsanitary conditions and disease that the Elizabethans hadn't and developed municipal sewer systems to try to keep their cities cleaner. The problem was that they didn't have a good way of connecting individual households to the system. Non-flushing water closets could be dressed up, but their contents couldn't be taken out. In the late 18th and early 19th centuries (about the same time the sewers were built), English patents were granted for several different types of water-closet valves, but their flushing actions were pretty inefficient. The wall mounted cistern that became popular in the 1870s vastly improved the situation because it provided a large volume of water under more pressure. Water-closet bowls remained a problem, though, because their rudimentary traps didn't do a very good job of either letting waste go down the drain or keeping sewer gases out of the building. At first these bowls were made of earthenware and glazed with sometimes-elaborate designs. In 1885, Thomas Twyford built the first vitreous china toilet, inspiring competition from other notable English potteries such as Wedgwood and Doulton
it wasn't long before vitreous china became the standard for the fledgling industry.
American inventors were also seeking solutions to the problem of building a sanitary water closet. As early as 1875, James Henry and William Campbell patented a plunger-type water closet
over the next 50 or so years more than 350 applications for patents for various types of water-closet designs were received by the U.S. patent office. In 1907
Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK
