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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,UK,Cheshire,WA4,WA4 5AW,ad,advert,advertising,an,allotment,produce,sale,sales,Sunday,at,the,surplus,plant,plants,vegetable,grow,growing,own,hobby,hobbies,plot,plots,sold,selling,traditional,society,group,association
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RC316P - . Banner advertising an allotment Produce Sale, Sunday at Stockton Heath Allotments, Red Lane, Appleton, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK,WA4 5AW. Photographed on 2 July 2023, this summer 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 Stockton Heath Allotments, Red Lane, Appleton, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK,WA4 5AW, adding precise geographical context for editorial, documentary, travel and local-history searches. Key searchable subjects associated with the scene include Cheshire, WA4, WA4 5AW, advert, advertising, allotment, produce, sale, sales, Sunday, surplus, plant, providing natural SEO coverage without losing the specific documentary identity of the photograph. The wording and graphic design are important parts of the image, preserving contemporary language, typography, branding or campaigning material that may later disappear or change. The retail context supports editorial themes around high streets, shopping centres, consumer behaviour, independent and chain businesses, store branding, commercial property, hospitality and the changing economics of town and city centres. Shopfronts, promotional material, prices, signage and surrounding public space can become valuable historical evidence as businesses close, rebrand, relocate or adapt to online competition and changing consumer demand. Prominent wording, signage, posters, logos or other graphic material gives the photograph additional documentary value because it records how an organisation, campaign, business or place communicated with the public at that moment. Text and branding visible in a streetscape can be especially useful for editorial comparison after rebranding, closure, redevelopment or policy change. The composition retains practical contextual detail for news, feature, documentary, educational and historical use.
Stockton Heath Allotments, Red Lane, Appleton, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK,WA4 5AW
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Surrey,Waverley,GU7 1AB,GU7,41,England,UK,GU7 1HL,greengrocer,greengrocers,veg,vegetable,and,outside,box,boxes,stacked,retail,retailer,independent,green,local,community,village,cornershop,traditional,small,retailers,stall,fruit,vegetables,grown,Amy Lou,AmyLou
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PGAYK3 - . This scene at 41 Bridge St, Godalming, Waverley, Surrey, England, UK, GU7 1HL in 2023 forms part of the visual history of the locality, documenting the named subject together with aspects of how the area looked and functioned at the time. The frame specifically shows Amy Lou's greengrocers shop, 41 Bridge St, Godalming, Waverley, Surrey, England, UK, GU7 1HL. The setting additionally reflects trackside heritage, local history, period detail, visual archive, rail infrastructure, commuter travel, changing land use, everyday life, local character, transport interchange, social history, rail corridor, rail mobility, and public realm. From a 2025-onward perspective, public ownership and station investment are closely linked to this subject, alongside the role of public transport in reducing congestion and emissions. Small period details of street furniture and boundaries at 41 Bridge St, Godalming, Waverley, Surrey, England, UK, GU7 1HL may become more significant with time, particularly following later reinterpretation. The subject also sits alongside before-and-after reference, urban rail transport, place identity, integrated transport, mass transit, rail modernisation, changing streetscape, and regional rail. The combination of Surrey, Waverley, Godalming, Bridge, and greengrocers anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. The wider setting at 41 Bridge St, Godalming, Waverley, Surrey, England, UK, GU7 1HL matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. Another strand within the photograph is public ownership and the archival value of railway branding and infrastructure as operators change as part of the longer story of 41 Bridge St, Godalming, Waverley, Surrey, England, UK, GU7 1HL. The view records evidence of changing use as a date-specific reference. The image fixes evidence of earlier appearance for later comparison.
41 Bridge St, Godalming, Waverley, Surrey, England, UK, GU7 1HL
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,overspill,SK13,Glossop,Derbyshire,UK,Manchester overspill estates,Social,Housing,socialhousing,council,GAFA,SK13 0BN,allotments,gardens,gardening,plot,plots,grow,grown,growing,flowers,vegetables,shed,sheds,grows,agriculture,plants,planting,hut,huts,vegetable,flower,bed
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K1P06K - Gamesley is a residential area within the Borough of High Peak in Derbyshire, England, west of Glossop and close to the River Etherow which forms the boundary with Tameside in Greater Manchester. Gamesley is a ward of the High Peak Borough Council. It had a population of 2,531 at the 2011 Census
The original village of Gamesley consisted of rows of cottages inhabited by workers at the local textile mills, and it remained largely undeveloped until the 1960s, when it underwent considerable change. It was chosen as the location of an overspill estate, built by Manchester City Council. This was in order to rehouse people from decaying inner city areas of Manchester. These housing areas were also built in other towns surrounding Manchester, such as nearby Hattersley on the outskirts of Hyde.
The Gamesley estate was built in 2 half's. The first houses were built by contractors Finnegans which were constructed with
flat felted roofs, pebble dash cladding ground floors and tile cladded first floors. Finnegans houses were equipped with warm air central heating which used gas as an energy source. The Finnegan side of the estate was known locally as the ˜gas side'. In the late 1980s the local authority renovated the Finnegan system built houses, the works included re-enveloping the external building with traditional bricks and mortar. The works also added apex roofing complete with roofing tiles.
The second half of the Gamesley estate was built a couple of years later by George Wimpey using the Wimpey no-fines house building method. The houses were constructed with full pebble dash finish and tiled apex roofing. The houses built by George Wimpey had a solid concrete ground floor which had electrical underfloor heating installed, the first floors of these houses were built with no heating. Due to electricity being the main energy source for heating, the George Wimpey side of Gamesley became known locally as the ˜electric side'.
Gamesley Estate, Melandra Castle Road, Gamesley, High Peak,England, UK, SK13 0BN
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,overspill,SK13,Glossop,Derbyshire,UK,Manchester overspill estates,Social,Housing,socialhousing,council,GAFA,SK13 0BN,allotments,gardens,gardening,plot,plots,grow,grown,growing,flowers,vegetables,shed,sheds,grows,agriculture,plants,planting,hut,huts,vegetable,flower,bed
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K1P06Y - Gamesley is a residential area within the Borough of High Peak in Derbyshire, England, west of Glossop and close to the River Etherow which forms the boundary with Tameside in Greater Manchester. Gamesley is a ward of the High Peak Borough Council. It had a population of 2,531 at the 2011 Census
The original village of Gamesley consisted of rows of cottages inhabited by workers at the local textile mills, and it remained largely undeveloped until the 1960s, when it underwent considerable change. It was chosen as the location of an overspill estate, built by Manchester City Council. This was in order to rehouse people from decaying inner city areas of Manchester. These housing areas were also built in other towns surrounding Manchester, such as nearby Hattersley on the outskirts of Hyde.
The Gamesley estate was built in 2 half's. The first houses were built by contractors Finnegans which were constructed with
flat felted roofs, pebble dash cladding ground floors and tile cladded first floors. Finnegans houses were equipped with warm air central heating which used gas as an energy source. The Finnegan side of the estate was known locally as the ˜gas side'. In the late 1980s the local authority renovated the Finnegan system built houses, the works included re-enveloping the external building with traditional bricks and mortar. The works also added apex roofing complete with roofing tiles.
The second half of the Gamesley estate was built a couple of years later by George Wimpey using the Wimpey no-fines house building method. The houses were constructed with full pebble dash finish and tiled apex roofing. The houses built by George Wimpey had a solid concrete ground floor which had electrical underfloor heating installed, the first floors of these houses were built with no heating. Due to electricity being the main energy source for heating, the George Wimpey side of Gamesley became known locally as the ˜electric side'.
Gamesley Estate, Melandra Castle Road, Gamesley, High Peak,England, UK, SK13 0BN
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,overspill,SK13,Glossop,Derbyshire,UK,Manchester overspill estates,Social,Housing,socialhousing,council,GAFA,SK13 0BN,allotments,gardens,gardening,plot,plots,grow,grown,growing,flowers,vegetables,shed,sheds,grows,agriculture,plants,planting,hut,huts,vegetable,flower,bed
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K1P071 - Gamesley is a residential area within the Borough of High Peak in Derbyshire, England, west of Glossop and close to the River Etherow which forms the boundary with Tameside in Greater Manchester. Gamesley is a ward of the High Peak Borough Council. It had a population of 2,531 at the 2011 Census
The original village of Gamesley consisted of rows of cottages inhabited by workers at the local textile mills, and it remained largely undeveloped until the 1960s, when it underwent considerable change. It was chosen as the location of an overspill estate, built by Manchester City Council. This was in order to rehouse people from decaying inner city areas of Manchester. These housing areas were also built in other towns surrounding Manchester, such as nearby Hattersley on the outskirts of Hyde.
The Gamesley estate was built in 2 half's. The first houses were built by contractors Finnegans which were constructed with
flat felted roofs, pebble dash cladding ground floors and tile cladded first floors. Finnegans houses were equipped with warm air central heating which used gas as an energy source. The Finnegan side of the estate was known locally as the ˜gas side'. In the late 1980s the local authority renovated the Finnegan system built houses, the works included re-enveloping the external building with traditional bricks and mortar. The works also added apex roofing complete with roofing tiles.
The second half of the Gamesley estate was built a couple of years later by George Wimpey using the Wimpey no-fines house building method. The houses were constructed with full pebble dash finish and tiled apex roofing. The houses built by George Wimpey had a solid concrete ground floor which had electrical underfloor heating installed, the first floors of these houses were built with no heating. Due to electricity being the main energy source for heating, the George Wimpey side of Gamesley became known locally as the ˜electric side'.
Gamesley Estate, Melandra Castle Road, Gamesley, High Peak,England, UK, SK13 0BN
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,Hotpixuk,@HotpixUK,on,blue,background,unhealthy,fatty food,poor,chips,potatoes,chippy,fish and chips,oil,lard,vegetable,frying,tonight,fast food,restaurant,Manchester,bright,glow,glowing,sign,signage,take out,takeout,business,cafe,diner,dinner,meal,snack,chip butty,M1,Mancunian,crisis
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JYYR9X - . Photographed at Manchester, England, UK, M1 in 2022, this detailed documentary image records the subject within its real surroundings and preserves a specific stage in the life of the location. The principal subject is Dirty Fries, yellow neon sign on blue background, fried fatty food, fast food restaurant, Manchester. The wider scene also brings together local character, before-and-after reference, traditional hostelry, licensed trade, changing streetscape, food-and-drink business, neighbourhood drinking venue, local social venue, night-time economy, place identity, contemporary social history, changing land use, social history, and hospitality trade. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with hospitality costs, changing drinking habits and the pressure on customer-facing businesses in a high-cost economy. The image fixes landscape treatment and surrounding development within Manchester, England, UK, M1 at one identifiable point, providing a benchmark against changing commercial priorities. The subject also sits alongside period detail, customer-facing leisure, local history, licensed hospitality, pub heritage, casual dining, everyday life, and hospitality economy. The combination of Manchester, restaurant, Dirty, fatty, and fried anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. By fixing the subject within Manchester, England, UK, M1, the image preserves more than the headline object or building: it records part of the locality's everyday history. The image also provides a reference for hospitality costs and the pressure on customer-facing businesses in a high-cost economy within the specific setting of Manchester, England, UK, M1. Another useful connection is pub closures and how branded and independent hospitality compete for changing leisure spending as part of the longer story of Manchester, England, UK, M1. It also preserves evidence of changing use as a date-specific reference.
Manchester, England, UK, M1
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Herefordshire,and,vegetable,fodder,shop,store,city,centre,high,Argentina,South America,green,being,air,freight,righteous,apple,apples,UK,alternatives,local,not local,red grapefruit,Gala,Pattypan,squash,pear,world travel,travelled,around,the,world,vegan,low carbon,organics,Fodders
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JPMWR3 - . An identifiable period record of the recorded location in 2022, retaining practical detail and local context that distinguish documentary photography from a generic illustration. The image documents Organic fruit & vegetables, that have large carbon footprint, after coming halfway around the world. The surrounding context encompasses everyday life, local enterprise, devotional artwork, sacred architecture, bricks-and-mortar retail, documentary photography, parish church heritage, contemporary social story.htm Target=_Blank>history, destination shopping, Christian iconography, changing land use, archival record, regional identity, and period detail. The modern context includes continuing discussion of historic fabric, heritage conservation and the conservation challenge of historic interiors and artwork. For current editorial use, business rates and store closures provide additional context, especially through the role of markets and independent shops in keeping town centres active. The archival value lies partly in recording materials and architectural details around the recorded location before changing commercial priorities alters the character of the place. The photograph additionally reflects mixed-use town centre, historic church fabric, faith heritage, heritage worship space, public realm, ecclesiastical craftsmanship, consumer retail, and local history. Elements such as halfway, fruit, Organic, world, and footprint add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. 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 historic fabric and how places of worship combine active faith use with heritage and tourism as part of the longer story of the recorded location. The photograph keeps part of the area's social history as part of the recorded location's history.
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Herefordshire,and,vegetable,fodder,shop,store,city,centre,high,Argentina,South America,green,being,air,freight,righteous,apple,apples,UK,alternatives,local,not local,red grapefruit,Gala,Pattypan,squash,pear,world travel,travelled,around,the,world,vegan,low carbon,organics,Fodders
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JPMWR7 - . Photographed at the recorded location in 2022, this detailed documentary image records the subject within its real surroundings and preserves a specific stage in the life of the location. The defining feature is Organic fruit & vegetables, that have large carbon footprint, after coming halfway around the world. The subject also carries associations with urban fabric, changing land use, local character, high-street commerce, town-centre economy, contemporary social history, shopfront economy, historic townscape, urban regeneration, place-making, street-level business, community identity, regional identity, and mixed-use redevelopment. From a 2025-onward perspective, consumer spending and commercial rents are closely linked to this subject, alongside the rapid turnover of shopfronts and trading names. The wider contemporary story combines heritage conservation, housing pressure and how regeneration tries to create reasons to visit traditional town centres. Future viewers can use this scene from the recorded location to compare landscape treatment and surrounding development with whatever follows after changing commercial priorities. Further associations within the scene are civic architecture, commercial streetscape, local enterprise, consumer retail, everyday life, period architecture, local history, and visual archive. References to carbon, world, large, fruit, and around give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. For the recorded location, the photograph contributes to a cumulative visual history in which changes in use, signs, access and appearance can be traced over time. The setting also helps illustrate consumer spending and how mixed retail, leisure and residential uses are reshaping high streets within the specific setting of the recorded location. The view records details of everyday use for future local research. The image fixes evidence of changing use before later change alters the scene.
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Herefordshire,and,vegetable,fodder,shop,store,city,centre,high,Argentina,South America,green,being,air,freight,righteous,apple,apples,UK,alternatives,local,not local,red grapefruit,Gala,Pattypan,squash,pear,world travel,travelled,around,the,world,vegan,low carbon,organics,Fodders
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JPMWRC - . Photographed at the recorded location in 2022, this detailed documentary image records the subject within its real surroundings and preserves a specific stage in the life of the location. The subject captured here is Organic fruit & vegetables, that have large carbon footprint, after coming halfway around the world. The subject also carries associations with church interior, bricks-and-mortar retail, historic church fabric, sacred architecture, visual archive, Christian iconography, changing streetscape, regional identity, social history, archival record, local character, consumer retail, commercial streetscape, and high-street commerce. For current editorial use, heritage conservation and energy costs provide additional context, especially through the conservation challenge of historic interiors and artwork. Current relevance extends to changing footfall and brand consolidation, particularly through how mixed retail, leisure and residential uses are reshaping high streets. For later comparison, the photograph preserves period objects and surrounding context at the recorded location, details that may look very different after changing commercial priorities. A second descriptive layer includes sacred decoration, liturgical art, ecclesiastical craftsmanship, everyday life, community identity, local enterprise, ecclesiastical art, and local history. Details involving vegetables, carbon, world, coming, and Organic make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. The period setting at the recorded location helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. A further contemporary connection is heritage conservation and the conservation challenge of historic interiors and artwork within the real-world context of the recorded location. The record includes a local visual benchmark before later change alters the scene.
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,W10,old,store,shuttered,shutters,closed,close,shop,at,shopkeeper,56 Golborne Road,Notting Hill,RBKC,London,England,UK,W10 5PR,56,abandoned,derelict,history,historic,heritage,Kensington,Chelsea,borough,preservation,preserving,preserved,listed,listing,Fruit,veg,vegetable
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M0F6HH - . Recorded at 56 Golborne Road, Notting Hill, RBKC, London, England, UK, W10 5PR 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 image documents W.Hicks, old greengrocers shop, Fresh Fruit & Veg, at 56 Golborne Road, Notting Hill, RBKC, London, England, UK, W10 5PR. The wider scene also brings together place identity, London visitor economy, community identity, public realm, iconic London transport, social history, regional identity, London cityscape, documentary photography, urban tourism, metropolitan identity, contemporary social history, Thames city view, and transport accessibility. The modern context includes continuing discussion of reliability, bus funding and the challenge of maintaining reliable local services. For current editorial use, security and housing pressure provide additional context, especially through how familiar London symbols function as global shorthand for Britain. The image fixes local activity and public use within 56 Golborne Road, Notting Hill, RBKC, London, England, UK, W10 5PR at one identifiable point, providing a benchmark against redevelopment. The wider setting retains connections with local bus network, before-and-after reference, local mobility, heritage tourism, everyday life, bus infrastructure, historic London streetscape, and public-transport wayfinding. The combination of Fresh, Notting, greengrocers, Hicks, and Fruit anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. By fixing the subject within 56 Golborne Road, Notting Hill, RBKC, London, England, UK, W10 5PR, the image preserves more than the headline object or building: it records part of the locality's everyday history. The photograph keeps a local visual benchmark as a date-specific reference. The record includes a point of historical comparison for later comparison.
56 Golborne Road, Notting Hill, RBKC, London, England, UK, W10 5PR
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,WA4,Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK,WA4 3DS,Grappenhall Heys,ceramic,winter,vegetable,bell-shaped,pots,pot,bell,shaped,forcing,example,examples,false fruit,false,fruit,cultivating,cultivation,wintering,forces,darkness,gardens,fruit gardon,goodlife,cordon-vert,vegetarian,veggies,patch,veg
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K3XN94 - Rhubarb forcers are bell-shaped pots with a lidded opening at the top, used to cover rhubarb to limit photosynthesis. They encourage the plant to grow early in the season and also to produce blanched stems. The pots are placed over two- to three-year-old rhubarb crowns during winter or very early spring. Once shoots appear the lid is taken off, causing them to grow towards the light.
Around 18 inches (46 cm) high and 14 inches (36 cm) wide without the lid, they are traditionally made of terracotta but can be as simple as an upside down plastic bucket
Witherwin Avenue Grappenhall, South Warrington WA4 3DS
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,Cheese,Olive,Crumb,gourmet,Globe Artichoke,served in Oxford,Magdalen Arms,OX4 1SJ,menu,foodie,gourmand,eat,eating,dining,fine dining,quality,Cynara cardunculus,cooked,baked,Oxfordshire,food,out,restaurant,thistle,French artichoke,green artichoke,plant,vegetable,plated,on,plate,buds,edible
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy P4HWP4 - The globe artichoke (Cynara cardunculus var. scolymus), also known as French artichoke and green artichoke in the USA, is a variety of a species of thistle cultivated as a food.
The edible portion of the plant consists of the flower buds before the flowers come into bloom. The budding artichoke flower-head is a cluster of many budding small flowers (an inflorescence), together with many bracts, on an edible base. Once the buds bloom, the structure changes to a coarse, barely edible form. Another variety of the same species is the cardoon, a perennial plant native to the Mediterranean region. Both wild forms and cultivated varieties (cultivars) exist.
243 Iffley Rd, Oxford, England, UK, OX4 1SJ
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Keywords: agriculture,farm,farming,England,UK,hand,hands,holding,yellow,close,macro,environmental,issue,farm,farmer,farming,vegetable,fruiting,holdin,holding,organic,produce,cob,ear,fresh,harvest,yellow,husk,ingredient,natural,nature,cultivated,ripe,Where does sweetcorn come from,How does corn grow,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,Tony,Smith,UK,GB,Great,Britain,United,Kingdom,English,British,popcorn,popping,August,close,up,closeup,cereal,cereals,oil,cornoil,environment,farm,field,food,fresh,freshness,golden,grain,green,hands,harvest,health,healthy,hold,ingredients,kernels,nature,nutrition,nutritious,raw,vitamin,yellow,lemon,5aday,five,5,aday,a,day,plant,plantation,planting,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Images of,Stock Images,Tony Smith,United Kingdom,Great Britain,Popping Corn,Corn oil,Where Food Comes from
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy GY19WJ - Maize also known as corn, is a cereal grain first domesticated by indigenous peoples in southern Mexico about 10,000 years ago. The leafy stalk of the plant produces pollen inflorescences and separate ovuliferous inflorescences called ears that yield kernels or seeds, which are fruits.
Maize has become a staple food in many parts of the world, with the total production of maize surpassing that of wheat or rice. However, little of this maize is consumed directly by humans: most is used for corn ethanol, animal feed and other maize products, such as corn starch and corn syrup. The six major types of maize are dent corn, flint corn, pod corn, popcorn, flour corn, and sweet corn.
Maize is widely cultivated throughout the world, and a greater weight of maize is produced each year than any other grain. In 2014, total world production was 1.04 billion tonnes, led by the United States with 35% of the total. China produced 21% of the global total.
In 2016, maize (corn) production was forecast to be over 15 billion bushels, an increase of 11% over 2014 American production. Based on conditions as of August 2016, the expected yield would be the highest ever for the United States. The area of harvested maize was forecast to be 87 million acres, an increase of 7% over 2015. Maize is especially popular in Midwestern states such as Indiana and Illinois
in the latter, it was named the state's official grain in 2017
Cheshire, England, UK
Description
Keywords: agriculture,farm,farming,England,UK,hand,hands,holding,yellow,close,macro,environmental,issue,farm,farmer,farming,vegetable,fruiting,holdin,holding,organic,produce,cob,ear,fresh,harvest,yellow,husk,ingredient,natural,nature,cultivated,ripe,Where does sweetcorn come from,How does corn grow,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,Tony,Smith,UK,GB,Great,Britain,United,Kingdom,English,British,popcorn,popping,August,close,up,closeup,cereal,cereals,oil,cornoil,environment,farm,field,food,fresh,freshness,golden,grain,green,hands,harvest,health,healthy,hold,ingredients,kernels,nature,nutrition,nutritious,raw,vitamin,yellow,lemon,5aday,five,5,aday,a,day,plant,plantation,planting,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Images of,Stock Images,Tony Smith,United Kingdom,Great Britain,Popping Corn,Corn oil,Where Food Comes from
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy GY1APK - Maize also known as corn, is a cereal grain first domesticated by indigenous peoples in southern Mexico about 10,000 years ago. The leafy stalk of the plant produces pollen inflorescences and separate ovuliferous inflorescences called ears that yield kernels or seeds, which are fruits.
Maize has become a staple food in many parts of the world, with the total production of maize surpassing that of wheat or rice. However, little of this maize is consumed directly by humans: most is used for corn ethanol, animal feed and other maize products, such as corn starch and corn syrup. The six major types of maize are dent corn, flint corn, pod corn, popcorn, flour corn, and sweet corn.
Maize is widely cultivated throughout the world, and a greater weight of maize is produced each year than any other grain. In 2014, total world production was 1.04 billion tonnes, led by the United States with 35% of the total. China produced 21% of the global total.
In 2016, maize (corn) production was forecast to be over 15 billion bushels, an increase of 11% over 2014 American production. Based on conditions as of August 2016, the expected yield would be the highest ever for the United States. The area of harvested maize was forecast to be 87 million acres, an increase of 7% over 2015. Maize is especially popular in Midwestern states such as Indiana and Illinois
in the latter, it was named the state's official grain in 2017
Cheshire, England, UK
Description
Keywords: agriculture,farm,farming,England,UK,hand,hands,holding,yellow,close,macro,environmental,issue,farm,farmer,farming,vegetable,fruiting,holdin,holding,organic,produce,cob,ear,fresh,harvest,yellow,husk,ingredient,natural,nature,cultivated,ripe,Where does sweetcorn come from,How does corn grow,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,Tony,Smith,UK,GB,Great,Britain,United,Kingdom,English,British,popcorn,popping,August,close,up,closeup,cereal,cereals,oil,cornoil,environment,farm,field,food,fresh,freshness,golden,grain,green,hands,harvest,health,healthy,hold,ingredients,kernels,nature,nutrition,nutritious,raw,vitamin,yellow,lemon,5aday,five,5,aday,a,day,plant,plantation,planting,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Images of,Stock Images,Tony Smith,United Kingdom,Great Britain,Popping Corn,Corn oil,Where Food Comes from
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy GY1B41 - Maize also known as corn, is a cereal grain first domesticated by indigenous peoples in southern Mexico about 10,000 years ago. The leafy stalk of the plant produces pollen inflorescences and separate ovuliferous inflorescences called ears that yield kernels or seeds, which are fruits.
Maize has become a staple food in many parts of the world, with the total production of maize surpassing that of wheat or rice. However, little of this maize is consumed directly by humans: most is used for corn ethanol, animal feed and other maize products, such as corn starch and corn syrup. The six major types of maize are dent corn, flint corn, pod corn, popcorn, flour corn, and sweet corn.
Maize is widely cultivated throughout the world, and a greater weight of maize is produced each year than any other grain. In 2014, total world production was 1.04 billion tonnes, led by the United States with 35% of the total. China produced 21% of the global total.
In 2016, maize (corn) production was forecast to be over 15 billion bushels, an increase of 11% over 2014 American production. Based on conditions as of August 2016, the expected yield would be the highest ever for the United States. The area of harvested maize was forecast to be 87 million acres, an increase of 7% over 2015. Maize is especially popular in Midwestern states such as Indiana and Illinois
in the latter, it was named the state's official grain in 2017
Cheshire, England, UK
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Keywords: UK,United,Kingdom,miso,fried,healthy,food,traditional,interesting,tourist,meal,meals,Yorkshire,west,vegatable,vegetable,tofu,mushroom,batter,battered,fat,fatty,fattening,United Kingdom,Miso Soup,West Yorkshire,GoTonySmith,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,plate,prawn,Japanese,Fried-food,chopsticks,wooden Chopstick,chopstick,Deep-fried,soup,Japan,menu
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy EY7XW9 - . This scene at Leeds, Yorkshire, England, UK in 2015 forms part of the visual history of the locality, documenting the named subject together with aspects of how the area looked and functioned at the time. The frame specifically shows Meal in a Japanese Restaurant, Leeds, England, UK- Sashimi Tempora Miso Soup. Further facets of the scene include food heritage, classic British meal, archival record, hospitality food service, period detail, everyday life, community identity, local dining tradition, regional food culture, changing land use, regional identity, local history, everyday cuisine, and food-and-drink heritage. From a 2025-onward perspective, hospitality costs and local business are closely linked to this subject, alongside the enduring appeal of traditional takeaway meals. As a dated visual record of Leeds, Yorkshire, England, UK, the frame retains local activity and public use, making it especially useful if replacement signage subsequently changes the scene. Further associations within the scene are documentary photography, public realm, local character, comfort food, changing streetscape, street food culture, contemporary social history, and before-and-after reference. References to Sashimi, Japanese, Restaurant, Leeds, and Tempora give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. The period setting at Leeds, Yorkshire, England, UK helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. The scene further reflects hospitality costs and the enduring appeal of traditional takeaway meals in a form that can be compared with future views of Leeds, Yorkshire, England, UK. Its period value extends to consumer spending and the pressure of food and energy prices on small hospitality businesses within the real-world context of Leeds, Yorkshire, England, UK. The view records evidence of earlier appearance as a date-specific reference.
Leeds, Yorkshire, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DDXMH8 - The carrot (Daucus carota subsp. sativus
is a root vegetable, usually orange in colour, though purple, red, white, and yellow varieties exist. It has a crisp texture when fresh. The most commonly eaten part of a carrot is a taproot, although the greens are sometimes eaten as well. It is a domesticated form of the wild carrot Daucus carota, native to Europe and southwestern Asia.
The domestic carrot has been selectively bred for its greatly enlarged and more palatable, less woody-textured edible taproot. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) reports that world production of carrots and turnips (these plants are combined by the FAO for reporting purposes) for calendar year 2011 was almost 35.658 million tonnes. Almost half were grown in China. Carrots are widely used in many cuisines, especially in the preparation of salads, and carrot salads are a tradition in many regional cuisines.
Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DDXMHD - The parsnip (Pastinaca sativa) is a root vegetable closely related to the carrot and parsley. It is a biennial plant usually grown as an annual. Its long tuberous root has cream-colored skin and flesh and can be left in the ground when mature as it becomes sweeter in flavor after winter frosts. In its first growing season, the plant has a rosette of pinnate, mid-green leaves. If unharvested, it produces its flowering stem, topped by an umbel of small yellow flowers, in its second growing season. By this time the stem is woody and the tuber inedible. The seeds are pale brown, flat and winged.
The parsnip is native to Eurasia. It has been used as a vegetable since antiquity and was cultivated by the Romans, although there is some confusion in the literature of the time between parsnips and carrots. It was used as a sweetener before the arrival in Europe of cane sugar. It was introduced into the United States in the nineteenth century.
The parsnip is usually cooked but can also be eaten raw. It is high in vitamins and minerals, especially potassium. It also contains antioxidants and both soluble and insoluble dietary fiber. It can be cultivated in deep, stone-free soils and is attacked by the carrot fly and other insect pests, viruses and fungal diseases, of which canker is the most serious. In sunlight, handling the stems and foliage can cause a skin rash.
Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1
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Keywords: your,own,on,the,council,municipal,ground,land,at,home,recession,prices,high,avoiding,eco,green,party,self-sufficient,back,to,nature,The,pleasures,of,growing,your,own,fruit,and,vegetables,on,an,allotment,or,on,a,veg,patch,at,home,Parsnips,plant,plants,pasnips,recipe,recipies,recipes,vegetable,plot,gotonysmith,agenda,veggies,vegetarian,cordon,vert,cordon-vert,fresh,natural,society,goodlife,good,life,financial,crash,hard,times,hardtimes,benefit,HB,cuts,plots,foodbank,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DCYCD3 - . Growing food on the allotment - Parsnips variety Tender & True. Photographed on 9 August 2013. The recorded location is England, UK. The pleasures of growing your own fruit and vegetables, on an allotment or on a veg patch at home. In these times of recession, people are turning back to nature. Looking at the subject's development, allotments and farms link household self-sufficiency with the commercial food system
Seed varieties, hand cultivation and large-scale mechanised farming provide a visual history of how people grow food and how agricultural practice changes. From a heritage perspective, growing vegetables at home links horticulture, food security and recreation
Allotment plots became a distinctive part of British urban life, allowing gardeners to cultivate fruit and vegetables on small rented plots while preserving varieties and practical knowledge. As background, everyday food and drink sit within wider histories of farming, manufacturing, retail and hospitality
Ingredients and brands that appear ordinary at one moment can later become useful markers of changing diets, packaging, provenance and food fashion. For the 2026 context, food security, soil health, biodiversity and climate resilience are increasingly central to UK farming and gardening
Images of crops, allotments and field work can support coverage of domestic food production, sustainable agriculture and adaptation to more variable weather. As of 2026, allotments and grow-your-own gardening remain relevant to food prices, wellbeing, biodiversity and interest in shorter food chains
Waiting lists in many urban areas underline continuing demand for small plots where people can grow vegetables, fruit and flowers. In 2026, current agricultural debate combines food production with environmental land management, biodiversity and climate adaptation
Photographs of crops and cultivation therefore have both traditional rural and contemporary sustainability relevance.
England, UK
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Keywords: your,own,on,the,council,municipal,ground,land,at,home,recession,prices,high,avoiding,eco,green,party,self-sufficient,back,to,nature,The,pleasures,of,growing,your,own,fruit,and,vegetables,on,an,allotment,or,on,a,veg,patch,at,home,recipes,plot,vegetable,gotonysmith,agenda,veggies,vegetarian,cordon,vert,cordon-vert,fresh,natural,society,goodlife,good,life,financial,crash,hard,times,hardtimes,benefit,HB,cuts,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DCYCHN - . Growing food on the allotment Perpetual spinach. Photographed on 9 August 2013. The recorded location is England, UK. The pleasures of growing your own fruit and vegetables, on an allotment or on a veg patch at home. In these times of recession, people are turning back to nature. From a heritage perspective, british agriculture has repeatedly adapted to mechanisation, changing markets and environmental policy
Tractors, fields, cereal crops and allotment vegetables each represent different scales of food production, while also documenting seasonal work and rural landscapes. In historical terms, british allotments grew from nineteenth-century attempts to provide working families with land for food production and became especially important during the two world wars, when Dig for Victory encouraged household cultivation
Seed packets and named vegetable varieties also reflect the long commercial history of amateur gardening. In the longer view, food photographs can document changing tastes, brands and methods of preparation as effectively as they illustrate a meal
Regional products, traditional recipes, independent food businesses and packaging all carry information about consumer culture and local identity. As of 2026, current agricultural debate combines food production with environmental land management, biodiversity and climate adaptation
Photographs of crops and cultivation therefore have both traditional rural and contemporary sustainability relevance. During 2026, allotments and grow-your-own gardening remain relevant to food prices, wellbeing, biodiversity and interest in shorter food chains
Waiting lists in many urban areas underline continuing demand for small plots where people can grow vegetables, fruit and flowers. Useful alternative terminology includes farming, horticulture, grow your own, arable farming, vegetable growing, rural economy, farmland, sustainable agriculture, food security, seasonal crop, and vegetable gardening.
England, UK
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Keywords: Sun,sunny,isolated,macro,close,up,closeup,close-up,cereal,grain,british,Wheat,English,england,field,farmer,farmers,farming,arable,grain,world,trade,vegetable,protein,food,Triticeae,Triticum,starch,endosperm,ear,white,flour,Gluten,sensitivity,sensitive,undetected,coeliac,disease,celiac,gliadin,Gotonysmith,barley,and,rye,gliadin,the,enzyme,tissue,transglutaminase,gluten-free,diet,glutenfree,harvested,harvests,festival,high,quality,prices,price,bushel,yield,improvement,futures,producer,low,crop,anthesis,stage,Whole,golden,gold,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DB0GF7 - Wheat is a cereal grain, originally from the Levant region of the Near East and Ethiopian Highlands, but now cultivated worldwide. In 2010, world production of wheat was 651 million tons, making it the third most-produced cereal after maize (844 million tons) and rice (672 million tons). Wheat was the second most-produced cereal in 2009
world production in that year was 682 million tons, after maize (817 million tons), and with rice as a close third (679 million tons).
This grain is grown on more land area than any other commercial food.
World trade in wheat is greater than for all other crops combined. Globally, wheat is the leading source of vegetable protein in human food, having a higher protein content than other major cereals, maize (corn) or rice. In terms of total production tonnages used for food, it is currently second to rice as the main human food crop and ahead of maize, after allowing for maize's more extensive use in animal feeds.
Wheat was a key factor enabling the emergence of city-based societies at the start of civilization because it was one of the first crops that could be easily cultivated on a large scale, and had the additional advantage of yielding a harvest that provides long-term storage of food. Wheat contributed to the emergence of city-states in the Fertile Crescent, including the Babylonian and Assyrian empires.
Wheat grain is a staple food used to make flour for leavened, flat and steamed breads, biscuits, cookies, cakes, breakfast cereal, pasta, noodles, couscous and for fermentation to make beer, other alcoholic beverages, or biofuel.
Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK
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Keywords: Sun,sunny,isolated,macro,close,up,closeup,close-up,cereal,grain,british,Wheat,English,england,field,farmer,farmers,farming,arable,grain,world,trade,vegetable,protein,food,Triticeae,Triticum,starch,endosperm,ear,white,flour,Gluten,sensitivity,sensitive,undetected,coeliac,disease,celiac,gliadin,Gotonysmith,barley,and,rye,gliadin,the,enzyme,tissue,transglutaminase,gluten-free,diet,glutenfree,harvested,harvests,festival,high,quality,prices,price,bushel,yield,improvement,futures,producer,low,crop,anthesis,stage,Whole,golden,gold,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DB0GKG - Wheat is a cereal grain, originally from the Levant region of the Near East and Ethiopian Highlands, but now cultivated worldwide. In 2010, world production of wheat was 651 million tons, making it the third most-produced cereal after maize (844 million tons) and rice (672 million tons). Wheat was the second most-produced cereal in 2009
world production in that year was 682 million tons, after maize (817 million tons), and with rice as a close third (679 million tons).
This grain is grown on more land area than any other commercial food.
World trade in wheat is greater than for all other crops combined. Globally, wheat is the leading source of vegetable protein in human food, having a higher protein content than other major cereals, maize (corn) or rice. In terms of total production tonnages used for food, it is currently second to rice as the main human food crop and ahead of maize, after allowing for maize's more extensive use in animal feeds.
Wheat was a key factor enabling the emergence of city-based societies at the start of civilization because it was one of the first crops that could be easily cultivated on a large scale, and had the additional advantage of yielding a harvest that provides long-term storage of food. Wheat contributed to the emergence of city-states in the Fertile Crescent, including the Babylonian and Assyrian empires.
Wheat grain is a staple food used to make flour for leavened, flat and steamed breads, biscuits, cookies, cakes, breakfast cereal, pasta, noodles, couscous and for fermentation to make beer, other alcoholic beverages, or biofuel.
Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 8015160682 - 'View a whole set of Fringe 2012 madness from Edinburgh Scotland here. If you do Twitter add me here.
Picky with your food? Alegies, Vegetarian? August, always a mad busy crazy time in Edinburgh, during the festival and fringe, which seems to have grown even bigger than the tattoo and festival. There's plenty of vegetable based humour here, its a broad church!.
At venue 203, The Princes Mall, just next to Waverley bridge and railway station, this show was on throughout the festival 4-25th August, as part of the free fringe.
The question raised is 'Wheres the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked?' and more importantly 'Why did he pick it'?
As the blurb says:
This highly intriguing work exposes the truth. A truth in which The Mafia, Ms Muffet, David Cameron, Cabbage Beards, a talking pea,The Man from Del Monte, Assasination attempts and sports vouchers for schools are all involved.
Surrealist, Realist, Thoughtful, Funny, Free.
A reall nice bloke too!
The Edinburgh Festival Fringe (The Fringe) is the world's largest arts festival, with the 2012 event spanning 25 days totalling over 2,695 shows from 47 countries in 279 venues. Established in 1947 as an alternative to the Edinburgh International Festival, it takes place annually in Scotland's capital, in the month of August. The Fringe is a showcase for the performing arts, particularly theatre and comedy (which has seen substantial growth in recent years), although dance and music are also represented. In 2012, 36% of shows were comedy and 28% theatrical productions. Theatrical productions range from the classics of ancient Greece to William Shakespeare, Samuel Beckett and contemporary works. In 2012, 1,418 shows were having their world premiere.
The Fringe is an unjuried festival \u2013 with no selection committee, and therefore any type of performance may participate. The Fringe has often showcased experimental works that might not be invited to a more conservative arts festival. In addition to ticketed, programmed events, the Festival has included a street fair, located primarily on the Royal Mile. The Festival is organized by the Festival Fringe Society, which publishes the programme, sells tickets, and offers advice to performers. Their offices are on the Royal Mile.
File under: street fringe fring2012 fringe2012 comedy show 2012fringe shows actors performers entertainers in Edinburgh dance free artists grainy gritty mono pictures man with severed head holding it .
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2BTY2AN - . A detailed documentary view from Cheshire, England, UK, preserving the appearance and character of the subject at a particular point in time. The photograph is concerned with Organic Turnip plant, with mud, vegan or vegetarian vegetable - Gardening for Brexit. The setting additionally reflects public realm, public policy, electoral messaging, documentary photography, everyday Britain, government policy, campaign literature, constituency representation, changing streetscape, Westminster politics, political campaigning, regional identity, period detail, and democratic accountability. In the mid-2020s, constituency representation and public spending keep this subject current, particularly through comparing earlier political promises with later policy. Future viewers can use this scene from Cheshire, England, UK to compare street furniture and boundaries with whatever follows after different community use. A second layer of the scene includes social history, built environment, historical comparison, civic debate, archival record, party-political communication, place identity, and public administration. Elements such as plant, Brexit, vegetable, vegan, and Turnip add documentary specificity and may become useful when the scene is compared with later records. A later view of Cheshire, England, UK may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. That also gives the frame relevance to constituency representation and tracking how priorities change after elections and changes of government when considered against later change at Cheshire, England, UK. Another useful connection is constituency representation and preserving campaign language that can quickly date without losing the local specificity of Cheshire, England, UK. The frame therefore remains a dated reference for Cheshire, England, UK and the changing story of the subject shown.
Cheshire, England, UK
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Keywords: Strawberry,fruit,patch,veggie,vegatable,vegetable,Grappenhall,Heys,walled,secret,garden,cheshire,village,warrington,UK,GB,great,britain,united,kingdom,plants,october,autumn,Grappenhall Village,England,A50,A56,365days,wonder,seeds,red,rouge,rot,tasty,food,this photo rocks,rot-rosso-rouge-rood,Hotpicks,hotpics,hot,pics,pix,picks,hotpix.freeserve.co.uk,hotpix!
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4050861051 - 'A strawberry plant fruiting still hanging on in the Grappenhall Heys (Warrington Cheshire UK ) walled garden veggie patch. I am sure frost is coming soon unfortunately, your number will soon be up.
(c) Hotpix / HotpixUK Tony Smith - Hotpix.freeserve.co.uk WDCC',
