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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,Cheshire,high,street,independent,shop,town,centre,retail,small,local,change,2026,Store,vinyl,record,neighbouring,Vapour,premises,vapes,blight,centres,criminality,pushed out,rundown,many,counterfeit,non-compliant,smuggled,tobacco,smuggling,trading,broken,streets,traditional,historic,building,vape
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FC89KW - . Store 101 vinyl record shop and neighbouring vapour 4u premises is photographed in Northwich town centre, a Cheshire market town whose commercial streets combine national chains with independent service and specialist businesses. Northwich grew where the Rivers Weaver and Dane meet and is one of Cheshire's historic salt towns. Salt was exploited from brine from Roman times and is recorded in the Domesday Book
later deep extraction and brine pumping supported chemical production but also caused serious subsidence. Brunner Mond established major soda-ash works at Winnington in the nineteenth century, and the firm became part of ICI in 1926. Water transport on the Weaver was vital to moving salt and chemicals, so industry, waterways and the physical form of the town are closely connected. Independent shopfronts are valuable records of how British town centres are changing in the 2020s. Local traders compete with retail parks, supermarkets, online marketplaces and home delivery while facing rent, business rates, staffing and energy costs. At the same time, specialist shops can make a centre more distinctive by serving niche interests and providing face-to-face services that are hard to reproduce online. Northwich has been through repeated regeneration and public-realm change, so photographs of individual premises also become useful evidence of occupancy, signage, branding and the mix of businesses at a particular date. As a documentary stock image, the scene has value beyond its immediate subject because signs, clothing, street furniture and commercial presentation all date the moment. Future comparisons can show how policy, technology, fashion and the built environment changed after 2026. It additionally captures ordinary material culture of 2026, including the graphic design, technology, clothing or infrastructure through which broader trends become visible at street level. A clear record of Britain in the 2020s. Useful for dated UK editorial coverage.
Witton Street, Northwich, Cheshire, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,577255A9213,Sound Leisure Soundliner,classic,jukebox,Leeds,West Yorkshire,England,UK,Sound Leisure,vinyl,records,music,machine,retro,British,manufacturing,hi-fi,selection,mechanism,heritage,engineering
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EGWJNK - . Sound Leisure Soundliner classic jukebox in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK. Photographed on 16 May 2026. The full frontal view shows the illuminated HI-FIDELITY SELECTIONS display, central record-playing mechanism and rows of traditional song-selection buttons within a dark polished cabinet. Sound Leisure is associated with the continuing manufacture of classic-style jukeboxes using modern engineering while retaining the mechanical character and nostalgic appeal of earlier machines. The historical setting for audio history is that jukeboxes brought recorded music into cafés, pubs and leisure venues, while tape machines transformed recording and broadcasting during the mid-twentieth century
Surviving machines are now valued for design, engineering and music history. Seen through technical hardware, the earlier context is that laboratories depend on specialist machines whose purpose may be obscure outside the scientific context, making photographs important records of research infrastructure and technological practice. In the 2026 discussion of audio history, recorded music is overwhelmingly digital, increasing the nostalgic and collector interest of analogue playback and recording equipment
Restored jukeboxes and tape machines also survive within a specialist market for retro technology. The 2026 relevance of technical hardware comes from the fact that scientific research relies heavily on automated instrumentation, data processing and specialist facilities, so older laboratory machines provide valuable comparison with the pace of technical change. Closely related image-search terms include reel-to-reel, magnetic tape, analogue audio, music technology, organ keyboard, organ stops, sound reproduction, music machine, vintage audio, mechanical music, recording history, printed circuit board, PCB, electronics, transistor, resistor, and capacitor. Associated keywords and synonyms include laboratory equipment and scientific instrument.
Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,255A9224,Sound Leisure Classic Jukeboxes,branding,Soundliner,mechanism,Leeds,West Yorkshire,England,UK,jukebox,classic,British,manufacturing,engineering,vinyl,music,retro,design,craftsmanship,mechanical,heritage
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EGWJNT - . Sound Leisure Classic Jukeboxes branding and Soundliner mechanism in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK. Photographed on 16 May 2026. The close-up composition places the red Sound Leisure logo above the polished mechanical interior of a classic-style jukebox, highlighting the specialist engineering and nostalgic presentation of the machine. The image combines strong corporate branding with visible internal components and can illustrate stories about jukebox production, British niche manufacturers, vinyl revival, craftsmanship, mechanical music equipment and the enduring appeal of traditional jukebox styling in modern homes, pubs and leisure venues. For the story of retro, it is useful to note that everyday objects often become better historical evidence with age because packaging, typography, materials and branding evolution more rapidly than their basic function
Souvenirs, games and household items can therefore date consumer culture very precisely. The historical setting for vintage audio is that jukeboxes brought recorded music into cafés, pubs and leisure venues, while tape machines transformed recording and broadcasting during the mid-twentieth century
Surviving machines are now valued for design, engineering and music history. For present-day retro, 2026 is significant because sustainability and reuse also give older objects new relevance, encouraging repair, second-hand sales and appreciation of durable material culture. In the 2026 discussion of vintage audio, recorded music is overwhelmingly digital, increasing the nostalgic and collector interest of analogue playback and recording equipment
Restored jukeboxes and tape machines also survive within a specialist market for retro technology. Closely connected keywords include collectable, consumer object, vintage object, memorabilia, design history, household object, collecting, manufactured object, product history, social history, reel-to-reel, magnetic tape, and analogue audio.
Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,high,fidelity,hi-fi,retro,close-up,plays,players,record,player,vinyl,records,nostalgia,system,analogue,audio,equipment,classic,technology,lettering,typography,neon,reflections,glowing,sign,1960s,entertainment,recorded music,vinyl culture,rock and roll,classic rock,rhythm and blues,soul music,pop music,pub jukebox,Americana,British pub culture,leisure
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EGWJP0 - Close-up detail of the word Hi-Fidelity on a vintage-style jukebox, photographed with warm orange and red reflections across glossy black trim and striped retro lettering. The image focuses tightly on the decorative typography rather than the full machine, making it a flexible stock photograph for stories about recorded music, vinyl culture, jukebox design, retro interiors, nostalgia, bars, diners, pubs, cafés, music venues and twentieth-century popular culture. The phrase hi-fidelity, more commonly written high fidelity or hi-fi, refers to sound reproduction intended to be clearer, richer and more accurate than ordinary playback, a term strongly associated with post-war home audio, record players, stereo systems, jukeboxes and the golden age of analogue listening. The image can illustrate the romance of choosing songs from a jukebox, the tactile appeal of physical music technology, the social history of cafés and bars, and the way music machines helped shape youth culture, dating, nightlife and leisure. The close framing, shallow angle and glowing reflections give the photograph a stylish abstract quality, useful for editorial or commercial themes around audio equipment, retro branding, music nostalgia, vintage design, popular entertainment, vinyl records, classic rock and roll, rhythm and blues, soul, pop music and pub culture. Visible details include metallic-looking block letters, parallel orange stripes, dark casing, reflective surfaces and warm ambient light, all suggesting an indoor venue or display setting. With no visible people and no wider location markers, the image works as a generic background or conceptual shot for music articles, playlist features, record collecting, hi-fi culture, vintage electronics, interior design, themed restaurants, classic Americana, British pubs using retro décor, and wider stories about how recorded music moved from jukebox cabinets to streaming platforms while keeping a powerful hold on memory and atmosphere.
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,63255A9213,Sound Leisure Soundliner,classic,jukebox,Leeds,England,UK,Sound Leisure,vinyl,records,music,machine,retro,design,British,manufacturing,hi-fi,selection,mechanism,heritage,engineering
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EJ11MB - . Sound Leisure Soundliner classic jukebox top and record-selection mechanism, Leeds, England, UK. Photographed on 16 May 2026. The recorded location is Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK. The close view shows the illuminated HI-FIDELITY SELECTIONS panel and internal mechanism of a traditional-style jukebox made by the long-established British manufacturer Sound Leisure. Sound Leisure is associated with modern production of classic-style jukeboxes using contemporary engineering while retaining the visual appeal and mechanical fascination of earlier machines. Looking at vintage audio, the longer history is that music technology changed from mechanical instruments and analogue magnetic tape to digital files and streaming
Jukeboxes, reel-to-reel recorders and organ mechanisms make that history visible through buttons, reels, valves, motors and physical media. The background to printed circuit board is that printed circuit boards transformed electronics by replacing much hand wiring with compact, repeatable assemblies
Resistors, capacitors and transistors became the standard building blocks of domestic appliances, communications and computing. In 2026, vintage audio remains relevant because historic instruments and analogue audio equipment remain relevant to debates about preservation, repair skills and the distinctive sound and tactile experience of pre-digital music technology. Current 2026 context around printed circuit board is that electronics are increasingly miniaturised and integrated, while right-to-repair and electronic waste have increased interest in the components hidden inside appliances and devices. Associated keywords and synonyms include recording equipment, organ keyboard, organ stops, retro technology, sound reproduction, audio history, music machine, mechanical music, recording history, PCB, laboratory equipment, scientific instrument, electronic component, and technology history.
Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,255A0096,Rough,Trade,East,record,shop,Brick,Lane,London,music,vinyl,Truman,Brewery,retail,independent,EastLondon,culture,England,UK,records,store
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3E302FE - . Rough Trade East record shop at the Old Truman Brewery, Brick Lane, London. Photographed on 24 August 2025. The recorded location is 91 Brick Lane, London, England, UK, E1 6QL. The well-known independent music retailer occupies part of the former brewery complex and has become a destination for vinyl buyers, music fans and live events. Its Brick Lane location adds wider context around tourism, markets, nightlife, gentrification and the creative economy of east London. Brick Lane developed through successive migrant communities and industries in London's East End, becoming especially associated with Jewish tailoring and later the Bangladeshi community. The former Truman Brewery complex has been reused for markets, offices, exhibitions and creative businesses, helping turn the area into a major destination for street art, food, fashion and independent retail. For hospitality, the historical context is that public houses form a distinctive strand of British social past
Coaching routes, tied brewery estates, Victorian urban growth and twentieth-century leisure each shaped the location and appearance of pubs, many of which later became restaurants, shops, housing or community assets. Looking at retail and leisure, the longer history is that local businesses provide unusually precise social-history evidence because names, branding and uses change more quickly than the buildings they occupy
A shop, café, pub or service company can disappear while the façade survives, leaving photographs as a record of the previous commercial life of the street. The background to retail history is that high streets evolved from traditional specialist traders and municipal markets towards department stores, chain retailers, shopping centres and mixed food-and-leisure destinations
Surviving shopfronts and signs document that shift in local economies and consumer habits. The scene also brings together music, vinyl, Truman, Brewery, retail, independent, and EastLondon.
91 Brick Lane, London, England, UK, E1 6QL
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Keywords: HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,city,centre,Manchester vinyl records,Manchester music culture,independent music retailer,vinyl revival UK,Manchester record shop,urban music heritage,vinyl,music,releases,independent retail survival,cultural infrastructure,grassroots music economy,vinyl resurgence,anti-mainstream culture,DIY music scenes,creative industries UK,cultural resistance,nostalgia and modernity,analogue media,music collectors,subculture identity,Manchester M1 2BA,city centre,9""11,Paton Street,M1 2BA,M1,red,exterior,punk and post-punk culture,indie,scene,N4Q
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3DCX6FJ - Clampdown Records is an independent record shop located at 911 Paton Street, Manchester M1 2BA, in Manchester city centre. The venue is part of the city's long-standing tradition of independent music retail, occupying a niche space away from mainstream high-street chains and reflecting Manchester's deep-rooted alternative music culture.
The shop's signage, prominently displaying the name Clampdown Records, references a confrontational, anti-establishment aesthetic closely associated with punk, post-punk and politically engaged music cultures. Such naming conventions have historically signalled alignment with underground scenes rather than commercial chart music, positioning shops like Clampdown as cultural hubs rather than purely retail outlets.
Independent record shops have played a crucial role in Manchester's music history, acting as meeting points for musicians, fans, collectors and promoters, and serving as informal distribution centres for local and international underground releases. In an era of digital streaming and declining physical retail, stores such as Clampdown Records are often cited as symbols of the vinyl revival and the persistence of analogue music formats valued for their tactile, collectible and cultural qualities.
Paton Street sits close to areas historically associated with Manchester's music and nightlife economy, and the presence of an independent record shop here contributes to wider discussions about urban regeneration, cultural survival and the future of independent high streets in UK cities. The image captures not only the physical storefront but also the broader cultural significance of independent music retail within Manchester's identity as a city shaped by sound, subculture and creative resistance.
Photographed in close-up with architectural details and signage clearly visible, the image offers strong editorial value for themes including music heritage, independent business, cultural economics and the continuing relevance
Signage and exterior detail of Clampdown Records, an independent record shop on Paton Street in Manc
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,history,heritage,brands,firms,companies,trademarks,old,historic,labels,Emitex,sleeves,international,TopRank,7,inch,vinyl,single,singles,box,of,45,rpm,Scotland,record,records,token,tokens,Green Hills of Tyrol,professional,wrestler,Rowdy,Glasgow,MBE,hotpix.org.uk
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RWDK0N - A Scottish Soldier is a song written by Andy Stewart using the tune of The Green Hills of Tyrol, which was transcribed by John MacLeod during the Crimean War from La Tua Danza Sì Leggiera, a chorus part in the third act of Gioachino Rossini's 1829 opera Guglielmo Tell (William Tell). The song is about a dying Scottish soldier, wishing to return to the hills of his homeland rather than die in the Tyrol. The song was one of two US chart entries by Andy Stewart. A Scottish Soldier reached no. 1 in Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. It spent 36 weeks in the UK Singles Chart in 1961.
This song was the entrance theme of professional wrestler Rowdy Roddy Piper
Andrew Stewart MBE (30 December 1933 11 October 1993) was a Scottish singer and entertainer. He presented the BBC TV variety show The White Heather Club throughout the 1960s, and his song Donald Where's Your Troosers? was a hit in both 1960 and 1989. Internationally, the song most closely associated with Stewart is A Scottish Soldier.
Stewart was born in Glasgow, Scotland in 1933, the son of a teacher. When he was five years old, the family moved to Perth and then, six years later, to Arbroath.
Scotland, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Wigan,Greater Manchester,Lancashire,England,UK,WN1 1BH,town,centre,label,45,track,by,cover,vinyl,record,allnighter,famous,Northern Soul,artist,music,musician,Casino club,WCSC,night owl,owls,red,sleeve,3 before 8,3before8,sign,signed,sleeves,bag,nightclub
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2MKF7EC - Tobi Lark (born Bessie Grace Gupton
1941) is an American-born Canadian soul and gospel singer, who also recorded under the names Bessie Watson and Tobi Legend. She had a top 40 hit in 1970 in Canada with We're All in This Together. Elsewhere her best known record is Time Will Pass You By, regarded as a classic of Northern soul, which she recorded in 1968 believing it was just a demo
it was released under the name of Tobi Legend without her approval.
Life and career
She was born Bessie Grace Gupton in Alabama, the daughter of gospel singer Emma Washington. She grew up in Detroit and first performed in her mother's choir, the Emma Washington Gospel Singers. She toured with the group for ten years, from the age of nine, before securing her first professional job, as a backing singer for B. B. King. As Bessie Watson, she first recorded in 1963, releasing the single 'Deed I Do backed by the Cannonball Adderley Quintet, on the Riverside label, and then two singles, I'm in Your Corner and Wake Up Crying on the Jay Pee label. As Tobi Lark, she then recorded several singles for the Palmer, Topper, and U.S.D. labels, but none achieved much commercial success. She also performed with the Impressions, the Four Tops, Ben E. King, Wilson Pickett, King Curtis, and Duke Ellington, among others
In 1968, in Detroit, she recorded Time Will Pass You By, a song written by English-born songwriter and record producer John Rhys Eddins with Nick Zesses and Dino Fekaris. The record was released on the Mala label under the name Tobi Legend, but it was unsuccessful until it was picked up in the early 1970s by followers of the Northern soul scene in the UK. The song became known as one of the Three Before Eight, played at the conclusion of every all-nighter at the Wigan Casino club, and has since featured on several anthologies of Northern soul music including The Best Northern Soul All-Nighter ... Ever!, The Northern Soul Story, and The Wigan Casino Story
Station Road, Wigan, Lancashire, England, UK ,WN1 0SD
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,UK,Warrington,Cheshire,company,electronics,turn table,case,speed,45,33,78,16,rpm,vinyl,records,tone,arm,with,Polygon,label,red,12,12 inch,12inch,on,the,teenage,teenager,English,British,playing,music,an,album,audio,mains,valve
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M3JB7E - . An on-location photograph from the recorded location in 2022, showing the named subject as part of a wider social, commercial, cultural or physical setting rather than as an isolated object. At the centre of the view is 1960s Baird Record player, with Polygon vinyl 12 LP on the turntable. The locality and subject together evoke social history, local history, community identity, regional music heritage, memorial culture, archival record, place identity, contemporary social history, local character, commemorative plaque, documentary photography, public realm, before-and-after reference, and cultural memory. In present-day coverage, the subject reaches into venue closures and commemoration, not least because of how public plaques turn personal remembrance into shared cultural memory. Future viewers can use this scene from the recorded location to compare materials and architectural details with whatever follows after closure or conversion. A second descriptive layer includes period detail, local remembrance, changing streetscape, community tribute, popular-music heritage, historical comparison, music-scene memorial, and visual archive. The combination of Record, vinyl, Baird, player, and 1960s anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. The wider setting at the recorded location matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. A further contemporary connection is venue closures and how public plaques turn personal remembrance into shared cultural memory without losing the local specificity of the recorded location. The wider significance includes music heritage and how public plaques turn personal remembrance into shared cultural memory in a form that can be compared with future views of the recorded location. The scene captures evidence of changing use as part of the recorded location's history.
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Keywords: @HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,store,a,an,and,near,singles,single,album,LP,EPs,Dagfields Craft & Antique Centre,Dagfields,Heathfield,CW5 7LG,CW5,Nantwich,annual,Record Store Day,now playing,fair,fayre,rare,rarities,limited,edition,pressing,pressings,vinyl,at,records,outside,exterior,books,book,magazines
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JP5T19 - . An on-location photograph from Dagfields Craft & Antique Centre, Crewe Rd, Heathfield, Nantwich, Cheshire, England, UK, CW5 7LG in 2022, showing the named subject as part of a wider social, commercial, cultural or physical setting rather than as an isolated object. The scene records Collectors vinyl at Record Mart, An independent record and vinyl shop Dagfields, near Audlem, Nantwich, Crewe , Cheshire, England, UK, CW5 7LG. The subject also carries associations with place identity, regional identity, community identity, shopfront economy, visual archive, local history, before-and-after reference, independent retail, public realm, changing land use, contemporary social history, social history, town-centre economy, and small business. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with online shopping, consumer spending and the role of small retailers in maintaining active town centres. The image fixes period objects and surrounding context within Dagfields Craft & Antique Centre, Crewe Rd, Heathfield, Nantwich, Cheshire, England, UK, CW5 7LG at one identifiable point, providing a benchmark against new construction. The subject also sits alongside period detail, specialist retailer, everyday life, local enterprise, historical comparison, changing streetscape, high-street commerce, and documentary photography. References to Dagfields, Audlem, Nantwich, Record, and Collectors give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. Around Dagfields Craft & Antique Centre, Crewe Rd, Heathfield, Nantwich, Cheshire, England, UK, CW5 7LG, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. The setting also helps illustrate online shopping and how consumer spending and property costs shape local commercial streets as part of the longer story of Dagfields Craft & Antique Centre, Crewe Rd, Heathfield, Nantwich, Cheshire, England, UK, CW5 7LG.
Dagfields Craft & Antique Centre, Crewe Rd, Heathfield, Nantwich, Cheshire, England, UK, CW5 7LG
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,WWII,1930,1920,Brits,British,people,learning,language,languages,lazy,sounds,countries,country,EU,Europe,European,conversational,travel,army,UK,England,1930s,learn,speaking,in,the,reduction,disinterest,Brexit,Post,GCSE,GCSEs,Linguaphone,vinyl,records,disc,discs
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2R5PP7B - Linguaphone is a global language training provider based in London that has provided self-study language courses since 1901.
Methodology
Linguaphone's self-study courses follow Linguaphone's in-house methodology of Listen, Understand, Speak. Students are encouraged to listen to the language from the beginning, to begin to read as they listen, and only to speak once they have learned to understand the language presented.
Linguaphone was established in 1901 by Jacques Roston, a translator and language teacher, born in Poland, (Koło), and they were the first language training company to recognise the potential of combining the traditional written course with the wax cylinder and later with records.
At the height of their popularity, Linguaphone was not only a large, international publishing house with many prestigious representative offices (for books, records, tapes and cassettes) but they also ran fashionable language schools in a number of major cities across the world, such as London, Paris, New York and Tokyo. This chain of Linguaphone Institutes could claim to be the second oldest among the international language teaching establishments (the oldest being Berlitz, founded in 1878 and known today as Berlitz International, with the controversial[why?] Berlitz method) and, as such, Linguaphone had, at one time, the privilege of being an almost automatic first choice among the famous of the day, including royalty.
England, Great Britain , UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,bathroom,bathing,bathrooms,Yellow plastic ducks,yellow duck,get your,get,duck,yellow,bright,tapend,floating,in bathtub,toys,Documotive,many,hundreds,hundred,of,thousands,fetish,rubber ducks bath,yellow plastic bath toys,duck-shaped,bath toy,bathtime,toy,rubber ducky,rubber,ducky,stylized duck,stylized,stylised,vinyl,plastic,Peter Ganine
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2ADE492 - A rubber duck (also known as a rubber ducky) is a toy shaped like a stylized duck, generally yellow with a flat base. It may be made of rubber or rubber-like material such as vinyl plastic. Rubber ducks naturally inspire water play that develops muscle strength and coordination. With their bright color, smooth texture, and (for some) squeaky or quacky sounds, rubber ducks sharpen toddlers' senses[citation needed]. Their presence in the bathtub soothes youngsters' fears of water and water immersion and makes good clean fun of the routine hygiene they are learning. The yellow rubber duck has achieved an iconic status in Western pop culture and is often symbolically linked to bathing.
Sculptor Peter Ganine created a sculpture of a duck in the 1940s. He then patented it and reproduced it as a floating toy, of which over 50 million were sold
Rubber ducks are collected by enthusiasts. The 2011 Guinness World Record for World's Largest Rubber Duck Collection stood at 5,631 different rubber ducks, and was awarded to Charlotte Lee. In 2013, the rubber duck was inducted into the Toy Hall of Fame, a museum in Rochester, New York, along with the game of chess. Toys are selected based on factors like icon-status, longevity, and innovation
Rubber duck races, also known as derby duck races, have been used as a method of fundraising for organizations worldwide. People donate money to the organization by sponsoring a duck. At the end of the fundraising drive, all of the ducks are dumped into a waterway, with the first to float past the finish line winning a prize for its sponsor.
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,bathroom,bathing,bathrooms,Yellow plastic ducks,yellow duck,get your,get,duck,yellow,bright,tapend,floating,in bathtub,toys,Documotive,many,hundreds,hundred,of,thousands,fetish,rubber ducks bath,yellow plastic bath toys,duck-shaped,bath toy,bathtime,toy,rubber ducky,rubber,ducky,stylized duck,stylized,stylised,vinyl,plastic,Peter Ganine
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2ADE49M - A rubber duck (also known as a rubber ducky) is a toy shaped like a stylized duck, generally yellow with a flat base. It may be made of rubber or rubber-like material such as vinyl plastic. Rubber ducks naturally inspire water play that develops muscle strength and coordination. With their bright color, smooth texture, and (for some) squeaky or quacky sounds, rubber ducks sharpen toddlers' senses[citation needed]. Their presence in the bathtub soothes youngsters' fears of water and water immersion and makes good clean fun of the routine hygiene they are learning. The yellow rubber duck has achieved an iconic status in Western pop culture and is often symbolically linked to bathing.
Sculptor Peter Ganine created a sculpture of a duck in the 1940s. He then patented it and reproduced it as a floating toy, of which over 50 million were sold
Rubber ducks are collected by enthusiasts. The 2011 Guinness World Record for World's Largest Rubber Duck Collection stood at 5,631 different rubber ducks, and was awarded to Charlotte Lee. In 2013, the rubber duck was inducted into the Toy Hall of Fame, a museum in Rochester, New York, along with the game of chess. Toys are selected based on factors like icon-status, longevity, and innovation
Rubber duck races, also known as derby duck races, have been used as a method of fundraising for organizations worldwide. People donate money to the organization by sponsoring a duck. At the end of the fundraising drive, all of the ducks are dumped into a waterway, with the first to float past the finish line winning a prize for its sponsor.
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Eire,Ireland,tourist,travel,Bacardi,bar,pub,restaurant,woman,lady,DJ,blue,hair,decks,on,the,at,flowers,music,vinyl,red,Dublin,D02 X098,Jameson,black barrel,34,Annes Ln,street art,street,art,streetart,pubs,bars,rum,Annes Lane
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2MG1114 - . This location-specific image from 34 Anne's Ln, Dublin, D02 X098, Eire, Ireland in 2019 provides a visual record of the subject in everyday context, useful for both contemporary editorial work and later historical comparison. At the centre of the view is Painted mural at Venue35 event space, 34 Anne's Ln, Dublin, D02 X098. The frame also records themes of contemporary mural, historic hostelry, mural culture, documentary photography, visual street culture, pub interior heritage, changing land use, public-realm art, street creativity, historical comparison, temporary artwork, hospitality economy, public-house heritage, and regional identity. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with creative districts, public art and the role of murals in giving neighbourhoods a distinctive identity. The modern context includes continuing discussion of business rates, tourism and the survival of local pubs as social meeting places. For later comparison, the photograph preserves signage and branding at 34 Anne's Ln, Dublin, D02 X098, Eire, Ireland, details that may look very different after later reinterpretation. Further associations within the scene are traditional pub, contemporary social history, before-and-after reference, beer-led hospitality, urban graphics, public realm, community identity, and street-level design. The recorded references to space, mural, Painted, Dublin, and event preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. A later view of 34 Anne's Ln, Dublin, D02 X098, Eire, Ireland may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. The image also provides a reference for creative districts and the role of murals in giving neighbourhoods a distinctive identity in a form that can be compared with future views of 34 Anne's Ln, Dublin, D02 X098, Eire, Ireland.
34 Anne's Ln, Dublin, D02 X098, Eire, Ireland
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AFFF94 - . An on-location image from Legh St, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 1UG in 2019, useful both for the specific subject shown and for the evidence it retains about local identity, design, use and everyday life. The principal point of reference is Owner,Lizard Inc Records,Independent Record Shop,Legh St, Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK, WA1 1UG,playing a single. The locality and subject together evoke music heritage, commercial streetscape, retail property, documentary photography, live music, music subculture, changing streetscape, performance culture, everyday life, visual archive, contemporary social history, regional identity, shopfront economy, and period detail. For contemporary context, changing footfall and online shopping are closely related themes, especially where the issue becomes the rapid turnover of shopfronts and trading names. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject sits within continuing debate about music tourism, audience behaviour and the fragility of local music scenes. As the area changes, the image retains local appearance, occupation, access and public activity at Legh St, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 1UG. The photograph additionally reflects bricks-and-mortar retail, grassroots gig, cultural identity, local trading, historical comparison, town-centre economy, historic context, and changing land use. The recorded references to Records, Independent, Warrington, single, and playing preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. Around Legh St, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 1UG, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. A further contemporary connection is changing footfall and how high streets adapt when traditional retail contracts within the specific setting of Legh St, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 1UG.
Legh St, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 1UG
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Keywords: @HotpixUK,HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,turntable,WA1,town centre,Owner,Legh St,Cheshire,England,WA1 1UG,retail,music,independent,shop,store,stores,Lizard Inc,records,vinyl,7inch,playing a single,playing music,single,vinyls,disk,enthusiasts,Specialising in,pre-owned,vinyl emporium,emporium,record shops,Record Label,Racks of lovely vinyl,Racks,lovely vinyl,comeback of vinyl,vinyl comeback,Steven Davidson,Steve
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AFFF95 - . A dated documentary view of Legh St, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 1UG in 2019, recording the subject as it appeared at that point rather than as a generic stock illustration. The main subject is Owner,Lizard Inc Records,Independent Record Shop,Legh St, Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK, WA1 1UG,playing a single. The setting also relates to high-street commerce, cultural identity, archival record, venue culture, place identity, retail property, commercial frontage, social history, local trading, music subculture, urban commerce, live music, everyday life, and regional music scene. Today's wider story includes changing footfall, commercial rents and the practical question of the shift toward mixed retail, leisure, service and residential centres. For contemporary context, independent promotion and music tourism are closely related themes, especially where the issue becomes the role of small venues in developing performers. As the area changes, the view leaves evidence of small features of identity that written records may overlook at the recorded site in Legh St, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 1UG. Other useful associations include shopfront economy, local character, public realm, documentary photography, retail vacancy, independent trading, regional identity, and performance culture. The combination of Record, single, playing, Records, and Lizard anchors the image to a recognisable activity, place or moment. Around Legh St, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 1UG, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. The wider significance includes changing footfall and the shift toward mixed retail, leisure, service and residential centres within the real-world context of Legh St, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 1UG. The record includes a local visual benchmark for future local research.
Legh St, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 1UG
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Keywords: @HotpixUK,HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,turntable,WA1,Owner,Legh St,Cheshire,England,WA1 1UG,retail,independent,shop,store,stores,Lizard Inc,records,vinyl,7inch,playing a single,playing music,single,vinyls,disk,enthusiasts,Specialising in,pre-owned,vinyl emporium,emporium,record shops,Record Label,Racks of lovely vinyl,Racks,lovely vinyl,comeback of vinyl,vinyl comeback,Steven Davidson,Steve,pano,panorama,wide shot
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AFFF9Y - . An authentic period view of Legh St, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 1UG in 2019, showing a subject whose value extends beyond the immediate scene into local history and changing social context. At the centre of the frame is Pano,Panorama,Owner,Lizard Inc Records.html?sortBy=relevant&pseudoid=237DAF28-A4ED-4448-8173-C0E81ABEEC6F Target=_Blank>Records,Independent Record Shop,Legh St, Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK, WA1 1UG,playing a single. The image connects the immediate subject with contemporary social history, nightlife culture, independent trading, local character, historic context, before-and-after reference, visual archive, live music, grassroots gig, music heritage, social history, regional identity, archival record, and everyday life. The subject remains useful for current coverage of online shopping and town-centre regeneration, not least because of the rapid turnover of shopfronts and trading names. Today's wider story includes audience behaviour, grassroots venues and the practical question of the way music contributes to a city's identity. From an archival perspective, the photograph anchors period details that may disappear after redevelopment or refurbishment as seen at Legh St, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 1UG. The setting also brings in public realm, retail property, changing streetscape, retail vacancy, customer footfall, concert photography, historical comparison, and community identity. The combination of Record, Records, Lizard, Independent, and Warrington anchors the image to a recognisable activity, place or moment. Around Legh St, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 1UG, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. Another strand within the photograph is online shopping and how high streets adapt when traditional retail contracts without losing the local specificity of Legh St, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 1UG. The period view preserves a local visual benchmark for later comparison.
Legh St, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 1UG
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Keywords: @HotpixUK,HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,Funk,Motown,Indie,Reggae,Post Punk,music,record shop,collectables,collectable,sleeves,vinyl singles,rarities,rare singles,rare records,cuts,support your local record shop,browsing,records,singles,vinyl,box of singles,Dj,box,rack,racks of vinyl,45s,45rpm,Secondhand records for sale,selling Secondhand records,fleamarket,market,carboot,car boot,sale,classic 45rpm vinyl
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AFFFA7 - In music, a single is a type of release, typically a song recording of fewer tracks than an LP record or an album. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of formats. In most cases, a single is a song that is released separately from an album, although it usually also appears on an album. Typically, these are the songs from albums that are released separately for promotional uses such as digital download or commercial radio airplay and are expected to be the most popular. In other cases a recording released as a single may not appear on an album
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Keywords: City centre,city,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,North West England,UK,England,shop,vinyl,records,music,M1,M1 1DN,Record,Store,nightclub,Afflecks Palace,tourist,destination,Manchester music scene,DJ,EB,E. Bloc,famous,Madchester,record,store,shops,stores,day,centre,Eastern Block,7 inch,12 inch,John Berry,Martin Price,808 State
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy RFF662 - Eastern Bloc was established in 1985 by John Berry & Martin Price (808 State). The shop was originally located in Afflecks Palace and has recently moved to its present location on Stevenson Square (5a Stevenson Sq, Northern Quarter, Manchester, M1 1DN) in 2011. It soon became a cultural icon and integral part within the Manchester music scene. Back in the late 80's E Bloc helped to launch bands such as the Inspiral Carpets, while also hosting in-store signings with The Stone Roses and Happy Mondays. The shop was also responsible for breaking much of the new dance music at the time, being one of the only shops in the UK to import dance music from around the globe. One of the owners went on to become part of 808 State. E Bloc also had heavy involvement in the early career paths of A Guy Called Gerald & K Klass. Many famous faces have worked behind the counter or been regular customers in the shop. Local DJ's and globe trotting club DJ's would use E Bloc as their first port of call to get their hands on the latest vinyl promos. Customers include Laurent Garnier, Jon Da Silva, Mike Pickering, Graeme Park, Sasha, Chemical Brothers, DJ Marky, Anthony Shake Shakir, Pepe Bradock, Eric Morillo, Josh Wink, Ben Sims, James Holroyd, Derrick Carter, Carl Cox, Synkro, Indigo, AnD, XXXY, Jon K, Rich Reason and many more. Previous members of staff include Justin Robertson, Marcus Intalex, Mark XTC, Moonboots, Dean Wilson, Paul Walker, Paul Taylor, Karl Roscoe, Chris Fatboy.
E Bloc has always been at the cutting edge of the music scene as is arguably one of the most respected, renowned, influential and notorious in the world. Today, the store is still shifting vinyl and cd's, specialising mainly in drum & bass, jungle, dubstep, house, techno and electronica
As mentioned before, we relocated in 2011 to Stevenson Square in the Northern Quarter, where we continue to provide the best in electronic music on vinyl.
5a Stevenson Square, Manchester, North West England, UK, M1 1DN
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy RG9A56 - . An editorial view places on record a moment within Legh St, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 1UG, in a 2019 record. The source caption identifies Lizard Inc Records, independent records shop, Legh St, Warrington, UK, WA1 1UG. The physical and social setting additionally connects with consumer retail, heritage asset, period architecture, retail decline and renewal, bricks-and-mortar retail, consumer spending, architectural heritage, built heritage, historic fabric, architectural character, local landmark, and period property. Current debate around commercial property often combines vacant premises, hybrid working and the practical challenge of heritage-led regeneration. In the mid-2020s, local landmarks is increasingly discussed through planning control and redevelopment pressure, with attention turning to heritage-led regeneration. The photograph fixes Legh St, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 1UG at one identifiable stage in its history, providing a reference against which later refurbishment, closure, demolition, conversion, new ownership or altered public use can be assessed. The broader context includes commercial streetscape, local trading, retail vacancy, conservation architecture, shopfront economy, town-centre trading. The scene is further associated with Record Shop, independent Record Shop, LizardInc, Vinyl, LP, North West England. Other relevant facets include independent retail, shopping habits, heritage streetscape, customer footfall, townscape identity, shopping district, traditional building, retail property, urban conservation, and chain-store economy. The wider contemporary story of independent trading now includes operating costs alongside shifts in leisure spending, while policy and investment increasingly consider stronger local footfall. It remains a grounded period reference to Legh St, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 1UG, its use, appearance and changing local context.
Legh St, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 1UG
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Keywords: Probe,record,shop,famous,Punk,vinyl,building,Victorian,architecture,Merseyside,Record Shop,Baker House,Cavern Walks,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,Tony,Smith,UK,GB,Great,Britain,United,Kingdom,English,British,England,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Images of,Stock Images,Tony Smith,United Kingdom,Great Britain,British Isles
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy H4HKR6 - . This scene at Cavern Walks, Mathew St, Liverpool, Merseyside, England in 2016 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 scene records Baker House, Cavern Walks, Liverpool. Formally Probe record shop. The setting additionally reflects commercial streetscape, street-level business, changing streetscape, changing land use, public realm, everyday life, customer footfall, high-street commerce, regional identity, documentary photography, community identity, social history, shopfront economy, and before-and-after reference. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with store closures, independent business and how shopfronts become short-lived records of changing businesses and branding. Future viewers can use this scene from Cavern Walks, Mathew St, Liverpool, Merseyside, England to compare public access and movement with whatever follows after conservation work. The location also brings in local trading, local history, commercial frontage, visual archive, bricks-and-mortar retail, independent retail, local character, and town-centre economy. Elements such as Baker, Liverpool, Cavern, Walks, and House add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. By fixing the subject within Cavern Walks, Mathew St, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, the image preserves more than the headline object or building: it records part of the locality's everyday history. A further contemporary connection is store closures and how shopfronts become short-lived records of changing businesses and branding within the specific setting of Cavern Walks, Mathew St, Liverpool, Merseyside, England. The wider significance includes online shopping and the resilience of independent shops in an online retail economy as part of the longer story of Cavern Walks, Mathew St, Liverpool, Merseyside, England.
Cavern Walks, Mathew St, Liverpool, Merseyside, England
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy GJ7911 - . This scene at 9-11 Paton St, Manchester M1 2BA in 2016 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 image documents Clampdown Records, Northern Quarter Artwork, NQ, Manchester, North West England, UK, M1 1JR. Further facets of the scene include community identity, visual archive, period detail, archival record, local character, visual street culture, changing land use, urban artwork, changing streetscape, public art, street-level design, creative district, creative placemaking, and contemporary mural. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with gentrification, local identity and the blurred line between commissioned public art and unsanctioned graffiti. The archival value lies partly in recording local activity and public use around 9-11 Paton St, Manchester M1 2BA before new construction alters the character of the place. The photograph additionally reflects documentary photography, graffiti heritage, mural culture, public-realm art, local history, urban graphics, public realm, and historical comparison. Details involving Records, Artwork, Northern, Quarter, and Manchester make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. For 9-11 Paton St, Manchester M1 2BA, 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 gentrification and the blurred line between commissioned public art and unsanctioned graffiti in a form that can be compared with future views of 9-11 Paton St, Manchester M1 2BA. Another strand within the photograph is gentrification and how temporary street art becomes an important visual archive within the real-world context of 9-11 Paton St, Manchester M1 2BA. It also preserves a local visual benchmark as a date-specific reference.
9-11 Paton St, Manchester M1 2BA
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Keywords: Tony,Wilson,offices,sign,city,centre,FACT,famous,logo,Manchester M1 7EN,England,UK,red,black,steel,metal,entrance,design,innovation,music,artists,Joy,Division,Anthony H Wilson,Anthony Howard Wilson,11 Princess St,Toy Wilson,Tony Wilson,FACT 251,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,United,Kingdom,GB,English,British,interesting,unique,indie,label,vinyl,CD,classical,01612727251,table,FactoryManchester.com,club,venue,HQ,Peter,Hook,Ben,Kelly,communications,112-118,princess,st,Street,Tokyo,industries,paradise,dance,floor,dancefloors,new,order,Joy,Division,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Images of,Stock Images,United Kingdom,Great Britain,great pictures of,great photos of,Factory Classical,Factory HQ,Peter Hook,Ben Kelly,Factory Communications Ltd,Tokyo Industries,Paradise Factory,New Order
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy GJBMP4 - . Factory Records Offices FACT251, 118 Princess St, Manchester M1 7EN, England, UK. Photographed on 9 August 2016. The recorded location is 118 Princess St, Manchester, England, UK M1 7EN. The old HQ building of Factory Records, iconic indie record label. 118 Princess Street was associated with Factory Records as the label's later Manchester headquarters, commonly identified by the catalogue-style designation FAC 251. Factory, founded by Tony Wilson and Alan Erasmus with designer Peter Saville and producer Martin Hannett among its defining collaborators, became central to Manchester's post-punk and dance culture through Joy Division, New Order and the Haçienda. Images of the office connect the city's built environment with the wider story of independent music, graphic design and the Madchester era. From a heritage perspective, industrial buildings and machinery preserve the material history of manufacturing Britain: steam power, engineering, mining, textiles, ceramics and mass production transformed both the economy and the physical character of towns
Surviving equipment is now studied as industrial archaeology and often conserved within museums or regenerated sites. As background, popular-music history is often preserved through ephemeral material: concert tickets, venue signage, record-company offices, flyers and amateur recordings
Such objects can connect a specific date and place with wider movements in rock, punk, post-punk and independent music. The wider historical story is that city-centre photography documents both designed space and informal use
Architecture, signage, traffic, public art and pedestrian movement together reveal how people experience a place, often providing a more useful record of urban change than landmark images alone. As of 2026, industrial heritage is increasingly tied to regeneration, tourism, conservation and skills education, particularly in former manufacturing towns seeking new uses for historic sites
Preserved.
118 Princess St, Manchester, England, UK M1 7EN
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Keywords: St,street,city,centre,capital,verse,Scottish,Scots,UK,poem,of,the,season,literary,writing,artist,writer,wall,mounted,essential,Princes,Foundation,Unesco,vinyl,sheets,verse,Rose Street,Poem of the season,street art,GoTonySmith,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,poetry,poems,read,reading,The Roxburghe
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy F89P12 - This Project came about as a result of a commission by Essential Edinburgh and was kindly supported by the Prince's Foundation, Edinburgh Unesco City of Literature and the Roxburghe Hotel. Rose Street is located in Edinburgh's New Town and is a vibrant pedestrianised zone well known for its shops and many pubs which hosted the 'Rose Street Poets' during the 1950's and 1960's. The poetry displayed within the frame is by poets associated with Rose Street or Edinburgh and will be rotating with the seasons. All motives are papercuts, cut by hand and then enlarged for print onto large vinyl sheets, printed and fitted to the walls by Totem Signs.
Rose Street, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
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Keywords: St,street,city,centre,capital,verse,Scottish,Scots,UK,poem,of,the,season,literary,writing,artist,writer,wall,mounted,essential,Princes,Foundation,Unesco,vinyl,sheets,verse,Rose Street,Poem of the season,street art,GoTonySmith,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,poetry,poems,read,reading,The Roxburghe
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy F89P14 - This Project came about as a result of a commission by Essential Edinburgh and was kindly supported by the Prince's Foundation, Edinburgh Unesco City of Literature and the Roxburghe Hotel. Rose Street is located in Edinburgh's New Town and is a vibrant pedestrianised zone well known for its shops and many pubs which hosted the 'Rose Street Poets' during the 1950's and 1960's. The poetry displayed within the frame is by poets associated with Rose Street or Edinburgh and will be rotating with the seasons. All motives are papercuts, cut by hand and then enlarged for print onto large vinyl sheets, printed and fitted to the walls by Totem Signs.
Rose Street, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
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Keywords: number,numbers,integer,integers,45,forty,five,fortyfive,vinyl,record,nick,lowe,stiff,single,45s,singles,buy,1,buy1,it,goes,soitgoes,tonysmith,tonysmith@hotpix,cover,jacket,records
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 1077763632 - 'View this whole set here. If you do Twitter add me here.
Forty-five is a triangular number, and in particular the sum of all the decimal digits (0 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + 7 + 8 + 9 = 45). It is the smallest triangle number (after 1) which can be written as the sum of two squares. It is also a hexagonal and 16-gonal number.
The '45 refers to the 1745 Jacobite Rising in Great Britain, or the year that World War II ended, which was 1945. Guns or ammunition of .45 caliber. In the United States, '45' is often a reference to one of two specific .45 caliber cartridges\u2014 the .45 Colt or the .45 ACP.
Its a type of gramophone record classified by its revolution speed of 45 revolutions per minute (rpm). One of the key 45 single generating labels of my youth was Stiff.
Stiff Records.html?sortBy=relevant&pseudoid=237DAF28-A4ED-4448-8173-C0E81ABEEC6F Target=_Blank>Records is a British independent record label formed in London, England, by Dave Robinson and Andrew Jakeman (aka Jake Riviera). Originally active from 1976 to 1985, the label was reactivated in 2007.
Established at the outset of the punk rock boom, Stiff Records signed various punk and New Wave acts such as Nick Lowe, The Damned, Lene Lovich, Wreckless Eric, Plummet Airlines, Elvis Costello, and Ian Dury. The label's marketing and advertising was often provocative and witty billing itself as 'The World's Most Flexible Record Label'. Other slogans were 'We came. We saw. We left', 'If It Ain't Stiff, It Ain't Worth a F**k', and 'When You Kill Time, You Murder Success' (printed on promotional wall clocks).
On the label of Stiff's sampler compilation Heroes &
Cowards was printed: 'In '78 everyone born in '45 will be 33-1/3'. A very early Stiff sampler album, A Bunch of Stiff Records, introduced the slogan, 'If they're dead, we'll sign them' and 'Undertakers to the Industry'.
This is the first vingle single released on the label (Buy-1) So It Goes, by Nick Lowe. Here in its original Stiff sleeve.
(c) Hotpix / HotpixUK Tony Smith - tone@Hotpix.freeserve.co.uk WDCC',
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Keywords: recording,RPM,78RPM,Vinyl,record,sold,by,willmotts,Wilmotts,Norwich,black,box,needle,HMV,his,masters,voice,label,red,hismastersvoice,Moonlight,Serenade,song,Glen,Miller,and,his,orchestra,speed,of,rotation,phono,phonograph,portable,audio,recording,format,Thomas,Edison,disc,disk,gotonysmith,gramaphone,gramofone,gramafone,English,England,UK,GB,great,Britain,walkman,early,formats,discs,disks,discs,recorded,sound,windup,handle,wound,woundup,spiral,groove,drive,system,the,needle,and,stylus,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DEJNDD - The phonograph, record player, or gramophone (from the Greek: gramma, letter and phōnē, voice), is a device introduced in 1877 for the recording and reproduction of sound recordings. The recordings played on such a device consist of waveforms that are engraved onto a rotating cylinder or disc. As the cylinder or disc rotates, a stylus or needle traces the waveforms and vibrates to reproduce the recorded sound waves.
The phonograph was invented in 1877 by Thomas Edison. While other inventors had produced devices that could record sounds, Edison's phonograph was the first to be able to reproduce the recorded sound. His phonograph originally recorded sound onto a tinfoil sheet phonograph cylinder, and could both record and reproduce sounds.
Alexander Graham Bell's Volta Laboratory made several improvements in the 1880s, including the use of wax-coated cardboard cylinders, and a cutting stylus that moved from side to side in a zig zag pattern across the record. At the turn of the 20th century, Emile Berliner initiated the transition from phonograph cylinders to gramophone records: flat, double-sided discs with a spiral groove running from the periphery to near the center.
Other improvements were made throughout the years, including modifications to the turntable and its drive system, the needle and stylus, and the sound and equalization systems.
The gramophone record was one of the dominant audio recording formats throughout much of the 20th century. From the mid-1980s, phonograph use declined sharply because of the rise of the Compact Disc and other digital recording formats. While no longer mass market items, modest numbers of phonographs and phonograph records continue to be produced in the second decade of the 21st century.
England, UK
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Keywords: recording,RPM,78RPM,Vinyl,record,sold,by,willmotts,Wilmotts,Norwich,black,box,needle,HMV,his,masters,voice,label,red,hismastersvoice,Moonlight,Serenade,song,Glen,Miller,and,his,orchestra,speed,of,rotation,phono,phonograph,portable,audio,recording,format,Thomas,Edison,disc,disk,gotonysmith,gramaphone,gramofone,gramafone,English,England,UK,GB,great,Britain,walkman,early,formats,discs,disks,discs,recorded,sound,windup,handle,wound,woundup,spiral,groove,drive,system,the,needle,and,stylus
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DEJNHK - Portable wind-up gramophone record player is displayed on a wooden tabletop in England, United Kingdom. The black suitcase-style machine is shown with its hinged lid open, a record positioned on the turntable and the curved metal tonearm resting over the playing surface. A detachable hand crank projects from the side of the case, while additional records and a brown paper sleeve lie nearby.
This type of mechanical gramophone required no mains electricity. The user wound an internal spring motor using the external handle, placed the needle into the groove and allowed the rotating disc to transmit vibrations through the soundbox. These were acoustically amplified through an internal horn or sound chamber contained inside the portable case. The compact construction made suitcase gramophones suitable for moving between rooms, taking on holidays, using outdoors or providing entertainment at social gatherings.
The disc shown is described as a 78 rpm record. Historic records made for machines of this kind were generally manufactured from a comparatively brittle shellac-based compound rather than the flexible vinyl material associated with later long-playing records. The term vinyl is nevertheless often used informally for older circular records, although shellac record is the more historically accurate description.
Portable gramophones became familiar household entertainment devices during the first half of the twentieth century, before electrically amplified radiograms, record players and modern audio systems became widespread. They allowed recorded songs, orchestral performances, dance music, comedy and spoken-word material to be enjoyed away from concert halls and theatres.
The photograph records the physical and mechanical character of early consumer sound technology, including the winding handle, turntable, needle assembly, chrome tonearm, circular soundbox, record label and protective carrying case. It is suitable for themes involving recorded music history
England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 5401693250 - 'A tale in 12 fragments - 05/12 \u2013 Rabid Dogs.
\u00bfWhats A story in 12 Fragments all about? Read about it here
05/12 \u2013 Rabid Dogs
It was a music time of change too. Older brothers ELP, Greenslade and Mott gave way to the filth and the fury.
Pub bands quickly morphed into punk bands. Belle Vue, The Mayflower and the Electric Circus was the baptism. Slaughter &
The Dogs, V2, Albertos, The Distractions and the Manchester Music Collective. Lifts to be scrounged, strange orange SELNEC bus journeys, photocopied fanzines.
John Peel was the daddy, 10 til 12 under the candlewick bedspread, then Piccadilly Records on Saturday to track down his faves. Which mostly became his faves, running through his life like letters in a stick of rock.
\u00bfWhats A Story in 12 Fragments all about? Read about it here
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Keywords: 2010,british,uk,general,election,politics,parliament,polling,party,political,vinyl,album,lord Sutch and heavy friends,jimmy,page,music,musicians,sex,sexy,history,old,hotpix!
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4601233205 - 'Well, this will be one year when I cannot vote for the 'Official Monster Raving Loony Party'. Lord Sutch (or David Edward Sutch aka the 3rd Earl of Harrow) being no longer with us. With his death 16th June 1999, one strand of eccentric British tradition ended.
I once met him before the 1997 election. I had a short chat at a gig in Macclesfield when photographing a rock band who was supporting him. He certainly had many contacts in the music world, as this old vinyl album of mine testifies.
In 1963, Sutch and his manager, Reginald Calvert, took over Shivering Sands Army Fort, a Maunsell Fort off Southend. From there in 1964 they started 'Radio Sutch'. It was the time of pirate radio stations such as Radio Caroline. Broadcasts consisted of music and Mandy Rice-Davies reading Lady Chatterley's Lover. Sutch tired of the station, and sold it to Calvert, which was renamed 'Radio City', which lasted until 1967. In 1966 Calvert was shot dead by Oliver Smedley over a financial dispute. Smedley was acquitted on grounds of self-defence. About this time Ritchie Blackmore left his band, 'The Savages' to form prog rockers 'Deep Purple'.
In 1968, Sutch toured parts of the United States in the Rolls Royce on this cover, with a Union Jack Flag on the roof and a trailer of Marshall amplifiers to sell, hitched to the back. This album 'Lord Sutch and Heavy Friends' was named in a 1998 BBC poll as the worst album of all time, a status it also held in Colin Larkin's book The Top 1000 Albums of All Time. All despite the fact that Jimmy Page, John Bonham, Jeff Beck, Noel Redding and Nicky Hopkins performed on it and helped write it.
In the Rolling Stones song 'Get Off of My Cloud', the guy who shows up 'All dressed up just like a Union Jack' was infact Lord Sutch, uninvited in Mick Jagger's room.
He founded the Official Monster Raving Loony Party in the UK 1983 and fought the Bermondsey by-election. In his career he contested over 40 elections, rarely threatening the major candidates, but often getting a respectable number of votes. He was easily recognisable at election counts by his flamboyant clothes. It was after he polled several hundred votes in Margaret Thatcher's Finchley constituency in 1983 that the deposit paid by candidates was raised from \u00a3150 to \u00a3500. This did little to deter Sutch, who increased the concerts he performed to pay for campaigns.
His most significant contribution to politics came at the Bootle by-election in 1990. He secured more votes than the candidate of the Continuing Social Democratic Party (SDP), led by former Foreign Secretary David Owen. Within days the SDP dissolved itself. In 1993, when the British National Party gained its first local councillor, Derek Beackon, Sutch pointed out that the Official Monster Raving Loony Party already had six.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2R5PPB2 - Vivid blue, pink and red neon Top of the Pops sign celebrates one of the best-known brands in British broadcasting and popular music. The illuminated circular design features the handwritten Top of the Pops title surrounded by glowing arcs and diagonal light bars, creating the energetic visual style associated with television studios, pop culture, night-time entertainment and retro display design.
Top of the Pops, commonly shortened to TOTP, was the BBC's long-running weekly television music chart programme. First broadcast in 1964, it became a major part of British popular culture, presenting current hit records, studio performances, promotional appearances and the weekly singles chart to successive generations of viewers. For decades, an appearance on the programme was an important marker of commercial success for British and international singers, groups and musicians.
The neon display evokes the show's colourful television graphics, stage lighting, title sequences and changing visual identity across the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s and early 2000s. Its intense magenta, electric blue and scarlet lighting also suggests nightlife, music venues, television heritage exhibitions, broadcasting memorabilia and nostalgia for the era when millions of viewers followed the UK record charts through scheduled terrestrial television.
The close-up composition concentrates on the glowing lettering and overlapping tubes, with reflections and saturated colour filling the frame. It can illustrate BBC television history, British music broadcasting, chart culture, youth entertainment, retro neon art, media nostalgia, popular music heritage and the continuing cultural recognition of the Top of the Pops name. The image also has wider editorial relevance to archive television, music programming, entertainment branding, classic television formats and the visual language of vintage pop culture
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AGP30G - . An on-location image from Great Britain, UK in 2019, useful both for the specific subject shown and for the evidence it retains about local identity, design, use and everyday life. The location is represented through Record Store Day - 7 Singles by genre, in an English independent record shop. The image connects the immediate subject with local character, customer footfall, music heritage, grassroots gig, music subculture, consumer retail, urban commerce, documentary photography, public realm, concert photography, popular-music history, commercial frontage, retail property, and period detail. From a 2025-onward perspective, the scene also connects with online shopping, hybrid working and the shift toward mixed retail, leisure, service and residential centres. In the mid-2020s, audience behaviour and regional culture keep the subject current, particularly through the fragility of local music scenes. For later comparison, the scene fixes the visual character of the locality at the time at Great Britain, UK. The photograph additionally reflects changing land use, regional music scene, social history, local history, independent trading, commercial streetscape, historic context, and high-street commerce. The recorded references to Record, genre, Singles, Store, and independent preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. The period setting at Great Britain, UK helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. Another useful connection is online shopping and the shift toward mixed retail, leisure, service and residential centres when considered against later change at Great Britain, UK. The scene further reflects heritage and the fragility of local music scenes without losing the local specificity of Great Britain, UK. The frame retains part of the area's social history within the wider story of Great Britain, UK.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy GJBMT0 - . Factory Records Offices FACT251, 118 Princess St, Manchester M1 7EN, England, UK. Photographed on 9 August 2016. The recorded location is 118 Princess St, Manchester, England, UK M1 7EN. The old HQ building of Factory Records, iconic indie record label. Designed by Ben Kelly. 118 Princess Street was associated with Factory Records as the label's later Manchester headquarters, commonly identified by the catalogue-style designation FAC 251. Factory, founded by Tony Wilson and Alan Erasmus with designer Peter Saville and producer Martin Hannett among its defining collaborators, became central to Manchester's post-punk and dance culture through Joy Division, New Order and the Haçienda. Images of the office connect the city's built environment with the wider story of independent music, graphic design and the Madchester era. The wider historical story is that industrial buildings and machinery preserve the material history of manufacturing Britain: steam power, engineering, mining, textiles, ceramics and mass production transformed both the economy and the physical character of towns
Surviving equipment is now studied as industrial archaeology and often conserved within museums or regenerated sites. Looking at the subject's development, popular-music history is often preserved through ephemeral material: concert tickets, venue signage, record-company offices, flyers and amateur recordings
Such objects can connect a specific date and place with wider movements in rock, punk, post-punk and independent music. In the present 2026 context, former industrial sites continue to be repurposed as housing, offices, cultural attractions and heritage venues
That makes historical machinery and surviving industrial fabric relevant both to the story of deindustrialisation and to current regeneration of northern English and Midlands towns. Further subject-specific language includes industrial heritage, engineering history, historic machinery, mill, and labour history.
118 Princess St, Manchester, England, UK M1 7EN
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy GJBMRG - . Factory Records Offices FACT251, 118 Princess St, Manchester M1 7EN, England, UK. Photographed on 9 August 2016. The recorded location is 118 Princess St, Manchester, England, UK M1 7EN. The old HQ building of Factory Records, iconic indie record label. 118 Princess Street was associated with Factory Records as the label's later Manchester headquarters, commonly identified by the catalogue-style designation FAC 251. Factory, founded by Tony Wilson and Alan Erasmus with designer Peter Saville and producer Martin Hannett among its defining collaborators, became central to Manchester's post-punk and dance culture through Joy Division, New Order and the Haçienda. Images of the office connect the city's built environment with the wider story of independent music, graphic design and the Madchester era. Historically, factories, mills, engines and workshops record the technologies and labour that powered Britain's industrial expansion
Their machinery, inscriptions and specialist buildings are valuable evidence of engineering practice, working conditions, regional industries and the later shift from heavy industry to heritage, housing or new commercial uses. The historical context is that music scenes are shaped by both performers and infrastructure, including rehearsal rooms, record labels, promoters, venues and audiences
Photographs of these details help document local cultural ecosystems that can be lost quickly through redevelopment or changing entertainment habits. In the longer view, urban street scenes capture the cumulative effect of planning, architecture, transport, retail and public space
Shopfronts, signs, street furniture and pedestrians can date an image precisely and show how a district changes between periods of investment, decline and regeneration. In 2026, industrial heritage is increasingly tied to regeneration, tourism, conservation and skills education, particularly in former manufacturing towns seeking new uses for historic sites.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy RMJ3BN - . This descriptive scene documents the physical context of Soho, London, UK, as photographed in 2018. The image record centres upon Neon sign, at a record shop, vinyl disks, SoHo, London, South East England, UK. The photograph carries associations with city-centre economy, commercial streetscape, retail vacancy, storefront culture, consumer retail, retail property, shopping district, shopfront economy, commercial frontage, town-centre trading, high-street commerce, and consumer spending. For present-day editorial use, physical shops can also illustrate debates about hybrid working and operating costs, particularly where these affect adaptable commercial space. Small period details preserved at Soho, London, UK may become historically important as commercial occupants, public services, infrastructure and the built environment change, making the image useful for retrospective editorial coverage. The view also records themes involving chain-store economy, bricks-and-mortar retail, local trading, retail decline and renewal, independent retail, urban commerce. The scene is further associated with green orange neon, records sign, lighted, neon lights, vinyl shop. Other relevant facets include shopping habits, and customer footfall. In the mid-2020s, retail streets is increasingly discussed through brand consolidation and vacant premises, with attention turning to mixed-use town centres. For future comparison, the scene preserves regional identity, the condition of buildings, public-realm details, patterns of everyday use, and local business activity as an authentic period reference. Viewed retrospectively, the photograph can reveal public activity, period design, changes of use, the appearance of the built environment, and local character at this precise location. That gives this view of Soho, London, UK continuing value for local history, retrospective reporting and visual comparison.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy GJBMR5 - . Factory Records Offices FACT251, 118 Princess St, Manchester M1 7EN, England, UK. Photographed on 9 August 2016. The recorded location is 118 Princess St, Manchester, England, UK M1 7EN. The old HQ building of Factory Records, iconic indie record label. 118 Princess Street was associated with Factory Records as the label's later Manchester headquarters, commonly identified by the catalogue-style designation FAC 251. Factory, founded by Tony Wilson and Alan Erasmus with designer Peter Saville and producer Martin Hannett among its defining collaborators, became central to Manchester's post-punk and dance culture through Joy Division, New Order and the Haçienda. Images of the office connect the city's built environment with the wider story of independent music, graphic design and the Madchester era. In historical terms, industrial heritage links machinery and architecture with the lives of workers who operated mines, mills, potbanks, foundries and factories
As production declined or modernised, many sites were demolished, adapted or preserved, making photographs an important record of manufacturing landscapes and engineering culture. In the longer view, live music leaves a material trail through venues, tickets, posters, recording equipment and the buildings associated with bands and labels
These apparently everyday objects become cultural-history evidence as scenes, technologies and venues change or disappear. During 2026, former industrial sites continue to be repurposed as housing, offices, cultural attractions and heritage venues
That makes historic machinery and surviving industrial fabric relevant both to the story of deindustrialisation and to current regeneration of northern English and Midlands towns. Current 2026 relevance comes from the fact that the economics of live music remain under scrutiny as independent venues face costs while audiences increasingly discover and consume music digitally
Historic tickets, venue exteriors and recording.
118 Princess St, Manchester, England, UK M1 7EN
