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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,LS1,centre,city,stations,West Yorkshire,Yorkshire,England,LS1 4DY,to,poster,tourist,public transport England,British railways,Network Rail,station concourse,urban transport,commuter travel,passenger rail,city gateway,colourful signage,modern station design,travel infrastructure,rail network,northern England,tourism Leeds,station branding,railway architecture,travel destination signage,phone,letters,toilet,WC,50
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2X2CG2W - This image shows a large, colourful LEEDS sign mounted within the interior of Leeds railway station in West Yorkshire, England. The sign uses bold lettering across a series of bright, patterned panels, creating a distinctive visual identity that clearly announces the city to arriving and departing passengers. Positioned above the station concourse area, the sign forms part of the station's wayfinding and branding, reinforcing Leeds as a major regional destination.
Leeds railway station is one of the busiest stations outside London and a key transport hub in the north of England. Serving the East Coast Main Line and numerous regional routes, it provides vital connections between Leeds, London, Manchester, Sheffield, York, the North East, and Scotland. The station plays a central role in daily commuter travel as well as long-distance intercity services, reflecting Leeds' importance as a commercial, financial, cultural, and educational centre.
The modern interior setting, combined with contemporary graphic design, reflects ongoing investment in passenger experience and urban transport infrastructure. This image is suitable for editorial and commercial use relating to rail travel, public transport, city identity, tourism, urban regeneration, and the role of major railway stations as gateways to UK cities.
New Station Street, Leeds, England, LS1 4DY
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RCDXG8 - More at https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/aug/01/public-toilets-council-cuts
According to a report by the Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH) “ appropriately titled Taking the P*** “ a fifth of Britons don't leave their home as often as they'd like because they know they'll struggle to find facilities, a phenomenon known as loo leash . For those with medical conditions, this affects more than four in 10. Ever found yourself deliberately not drinking in case you get caught short? Over half the public intentionally dehydrate themselves for fear of not finding a loo, according to the report.
By next year, 60% of government funding for local authority services will have vanished compared with 2010
The people must take to the urinals, conveniences and the cubicles, or what remains of them, because the right to pee is under threat. The decline of the public toilet “ leaving us creeping into pubs and hoping to avoid the disapproving glare of the bartender “ is just one symptom of the assault on the public realm. By next year, 60% of government funding for local authority services will have vanished compared with 2010. Toilets are not statutory services “ that is, councils are not legally obliged to provide them “ and so hundreds have been axed. The British Toilet Association tells me that up to half of public loos may have been closed over the last decade. In Cornwall, the council has stopped maintaining 94% of its toilets. Three in four Britons polled think there are not enough facilities within their communities. But why should we be resigned to this, legs firmly crossed, as a fact of life? Why is removing waste from our doorsteps regarded as an essential, universal service, but allowing us to remove waste from our bodies is not?
The public realm has been subordinated to the whims of the market and profit for over a generation, and toilets are no exception. You'll often need to spend considerably more than a penny to have a pee.
4 Station Square, Whitby, North Yorkshire, England, UK, YO21 1DX
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,sign,signs,pointer,pointing,signpost,post,posts,for,and,village,villages,comedy,funny,bus stop,Hayfield,fat,overweight,obese,fatty,fatties,this,way,direction,WC,WCs,history,historic,fun,humour,joke,jokey,bottom,bottoms
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K1NRHD - . An on-location photograph from 1 Glossop Rd, Charlesworth, Glossop, High Peak, Derbyshire,England, UK, SK13 5EZ in 2022, showing the named subject as part of a wider social, commercial, cultural or physical setting rather than as an isolated object. The image documents Charlesworth fingerpost sign posts for Broadbottom and Public Conveniences, 1 Glossop Rd, Charlesworth, Glossop SK13 5EZ. The wider scene also brings together public realm, regional identity, historic townscape, changing streetscape, town-centre renewal, place identity, changing land use, public transport stop, public-transport wayfinding, local character, period detail, everyday life, surface public transport, and passenger transport. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with accessibility, bus funding and how local bus services affect access to work, education and healthcare. The modern context includes continuing discussion of commercial viability, construction costs and how public investment can reshape pedestrian movement and evening activity. The image fixes street furniture and boundaries within 1 Glossop Rd, Charlesworth, Glossop, High Peak, Derbyshire,England, UK, SK13 5EZ at one identifiable point, providing a benchmark against altered transport patterns. The wider setting retains connections with adaptive reuse, local mobility, urban fabric, community identity, contemporary social history, commercial redevelopment, local bus network, and social history. Elements such as Public, Conveniences, fingerpost, Broadbottom, and Glossop add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. By fixing the subject within 1 Glossop Rd, Charlesworth, Glossop, High Peak, Derbyshire,England, UK, SK13 5EZ, the image preserves more than the headline object or building: it records part of the locality's everyday history. It also preserves details of everyday use before later change alters the scene.
1 Glossop Rd, Charlesworth, Glossop, High Peak, Derbyshire,England, UK, SK13 5EZ
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,sign,signs,pointer,pointing,signpost,post,posts,for,and,village,villages,comedy,funny,Hayfield,bus stop,fat,overweight,obese,fatty,fatties,this,way,direction,WC,WCs,history,historic,fun,humour,joke,jokey,bottom,bottoms
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K1NRHE - . Made at 1 Glossop Rd, Charlesworth, Glossop, High Peak, Derbyshire,England, UK, SK13 5EZ in 2022, this photograph records a real place and moment, preserving details that may later be altered by redevelopment, rebranding, changing ownership or different public use. The frame specifically shows Charlesworth fingerpost sign posts for Broadbottom and Public Conveniences, 1 Glossop Rd, Charlesworth, Glossop SK13 5EZ. Other connected aspects include public-transport wayfinding, community identity, archival record, local character, civic architecture, mixed-use redevelopment, roadside transit, adaptive reuse, everyday life, local history, public-realm investment, period architecture, urban regeneration, and town-centre renewal. Today's relevance is strengthened by passenger information, reliability and the continuing question of the shift toward cleaner vehicles and integrated ticketing. From a 2025-onward perspective, planning and town-centre regeneration are closely linked to this subject, alongside how public investment can reshape pedestrian movement and evening activity. Future viewers can use this scene from 1 Glossop Rd, Charlesworth, Glossop, High Peak, Derbyshire,England, UK, SK13 5EZ to compare commercial use and occupation with whatever follows after refurbishment. The surrounding story also includes urban fabric, place-making, surface public transport, historic townscape, passenger transport, built heritage, local mobility, and period detail. References to Charlesworth, Conveniences, Public, fingerpost, and posts give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. Around 1 Glossop Rd, Charlesworth, Glossop, High Peak, Derbyshire,England, UK, SK13 5EZ, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. Image 2K1NRHE also remains a dated record of 1 Glossop Rd, Charlesworth, Glossop, High Peak, Derbyshire,England, UK, SK13 5EZ.
1 Glossop Rd, Charlesworth, Glossop, High Peak, Derbyshire,England, UK, SK13 5EZ
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,interchange,Mersey,travel,rail,transport,bus,Garston,Merseyside,Speke,city,line,south,parkway,Merseyrail,Northern Line,hub,Stagecoach service 82,82,service,services,platform,platforms,Innovation,Award,Network,80A,86A,WC,Toilet,loo,gents,ladies,mixed sex
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JHPYEX - Liverpool South Parkway station is a railway station and bus interchange in the Garston district of Liverpool, England. It serves, via a bus link, Liverpool John Lennon Airport in the neighbouring suburb of Speke, as well as providing an interchange between main line services and the Merseyrail rapid transit/commuter rail network
The station is located towards the southern end of Merseyrail's Northern Line and on the junction of two main lines: the City Line from Liverpool to Manchester via Warrington and the Liverpool branch of the West Coast Main Line to London via Crewe
Allerton Traction Maintenance Depot is situated to the immediate east of the station
The station was built at a crossing point between two railway lines that had until then been served by separate stations. The first was the Cheshire Lines Committee (CLC) line from Liverpool Central to Manchester via Warrington Central, which ran from west to east. The second was the line built by the St Helens Railway from Liverpool Lime Street to Warrington Bank Quay, which crossed from northwest to southeast. The latter route became part of the Liverpool branch of the West Coast Main Line when it was connected to a new route from Crewe via the newly built Runcorn Railway Bridge. The original line to Warrington Bank Quay is now closed to passenger trains. The two lines were served by two separate stations in the area, respectively Garston and Allerton (though the latter was also located in Garston)
The first proposals for an interchange station at Garston were made in the 1960s and 1970s, when the Merseyrail semi-underground network was being planned
Liverpool South Parkway interchange, Holly Farm Rd, Garston, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L1
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,2022,GrandPrix,Formula1,GP F1,toilet,event,toilets,Farm Curve,Silverstone Circuit,British Grand Prix,cubicles,sort the toilets out,more toilets,needed,disgraceful,poor,condition,conditions,portable,toilet blocks,ladies,Loo,Loos,public conveniences,long,WC,lavatory,lavatories,wait,waits,temporary,stand,stands
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JFTMKB - . Made at Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone Village, Towcester, Northamptonshire, England, UK, NN12 8TN in 2022, this photograph records a real place and moment, preserving details that may later be altered by redevelopment, rebranding, changing ownership or different public use. The location is represented through Queue for inadequate toilets, Farm Curve, Silverstone Circuit,British Grand Prix July 2022,Northamptonshire, England,UK. The surrounding context encompasses changing streetscape, everyday life, city-centre activity, period detail, pedestrian environment, local character, community life, contemporary city life, everyday street life, before-and-after reference, community identity, regional identity, contemporary social history, and local history. Today's relevance is strengthened by community use, local identity and the continuing question of the relationship between public space and local social life. Future viewers can use this scene from Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone Village, Towcester, Northamptonshire, England, UK, NN12 8TN to compare building condition and alterations with whatever follows after replacement signage. The location also brings in archival record, social landscape, changing land use, historical comparison, documentary photography, public realm, visual archive, and street-level documentary. The combination of Silverstone, inadequate, Queue, toilets, and Curve anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. For Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone Village, Towcester, Northamptonshire, England, UK, NN12 8TN, the photograph contributes to a cumulative visual history in which changes in use, signs, access and appearance can be traced over time. The wider significance includes community use and the documentary importance of recording everyday urban environments as part of the longer story of Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone Village, Towcester, Northamptonshire, England, UK, NN12 8TN.
Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone Village, Towcester, Northamptonshire, England, UK, NN12 8TN
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Keywords: HotpixUK,@HotpixUk,GoTonySmith,NYC,NY,New York,Manhattan,USA,city,city centre,US,WC,New York City,United States,with office blocks in background,World Trade Center Place,New York state,square,Manhattan Skyline,skyline,9/11,New York Skyline,museum,skyward,sky,transportation hub,looking up,WTC,Freedom Tower,new buildings,wide,wideangle,sunny,summer,blue sky,blue skies
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AFK6HE - . This location-based editorial photograph from the recorded location in 2018 preserves a recognisable subject together with clues about how the place was used and presented at the time. The defining feature is WTC,World Trade Center Place, New York City, NYC, New York state,USA, with office blocks in background. Other connected aspects include changing land use, retail property, commercial streetscape, shopfront economy, everyday life, high-street commerce, town-centre economy, commercial frontage, local character, historical comparison, regional identity, independent trading, changing streetscape, and local trading. Today's wider story includes consumer spending, town-centre regeneration and the practical question of how high streets adapt when traditional retail contracts. From an archival perspective, the photograph preserves the way the place functioned before later physical or commercial change in the immediate surroundings of the recorded location. Further connections include visual archive, period detail, public realm, local history, customer footfall, bricks-and-mortar retail, place identity, and before-and-after reference. The recorded references to Center, office, Trade, Place, and background preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. 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. The wider significance includes consumer spending and how high streets adapt when traditional retail contracts within the specific setting of the recorded location. Another strand within the photograph is consumer spending and the shift toward mixed retail, leisure, service and residential centres as part of the longer story of the recorded location. The record includes part of the area's social history as part of the recorded location's history.
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Keywords: HotpixUK,@HotpixUk,GoTonySmith,NYC,NY,New York,Manhattan,USA,city,city centre,US,WC,New York City,United States,with office blocks in background,World Trade Center Place,New York state,square,Manhattan Skyline,skyline,9/11,New York Skyline,museum,skyward,sky,transportation hub,looking up,WTC,Freedom Tower,new buildings,wide,wideangle,sunny,summer,blue sky,blue skies,mirrors,mirror,glass,curves
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AFK6J2 - . Made at the recorded location in 2018, this photograph records a real place and subject in context, allowing later viewers to compare what has survived, changed, closed, moved or been replaced. The view centres on WTC,World Trade Center Place, New York City, NYC, New York state,USA, with office blocks in background. The photograph also reflects documentary photography, commercial streetscape, place identity, high-street commerce, local trading, community identity, period detail, urban commerce, changing streetscape, retail property, contemporary social history, bricks-and-mortar retail, regional identity, and local character. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject sits within continuing debate about commercial rents, consumer spending and the shift toward mixed retail, leisure, service and residential centres. With the passage of time, the image retains small features of identity that written records may overlook within the recorded location. The setting also brings in historic context, retail vacancy, customer footfall, shopfront economy, consumer retail, town-centre economy, commercial frontage, and independent trading. Elements such as blocks, Center, Place, background, and state add documentary specificity and may become more useful when compared with later records. 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. The location additionally provides evidence of commercial rents and the shift toward mixed retail, leisure, service and residential centres as part of the longer story of the recorded location. A further contemporary connection is commercial rents and bringing underused premises back into productive use when considered against later change at the recorded location. The scene captures a point of historical comparison as a date-specific reference.
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Keywords: HotpixUK,@HotpixUk,GoTonySmith,NYC,USA,city,city centre,US,New York state,square,WC,World Trade Center Place,New York City,with office blocks in background,United States,center,centre,skyline,cityscape,architecture,building,rebuilding,buildings,285 Fulton St,285 Fulton Street,Fulton Street,money,real estate,scheme,schemes,apartments,flats,property,America,playground,office blocks,skyscrapers,skyscraper
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AFK75M - . This location-based editorial photograph from 285 Fulton St, New York, NY 10007, United States in 2018 preserves a recognisable subject together with clues about how the place was used and presented at the time. The principal point of reference is WTC,World Trade Center Place, New York City, NYC, New York state,USA, with office blocks in background. The image connects the immediate subject with housing quality, historic townscape, estate environment, documentary photography, neighbourhood regeneration, regional identity, built environment, historic context, affordable homes, adaptive reuse, local history, period streetscape, place identity, and historical comparison. Today's wider story includes tenant rights, damp and mould and the practical question of the balance between new supply and local infrastructure. For contemporary context, redevelopment pressure and planning control are closely related themes, especially where the issue becomes the contrast between preservation and redevelopment. Looking back from the mid-2020s, the scene keeps a record of period details that may disappear after redevelopment or refurbishment in the immediate surroundings of 285 Fulton St, New York, NY 10007, United States. The wider local story also touches on visual archive, conservation interest, community housing, architectural character, cityscape history, urban fabric, heritage landmark, and contemporary social history. References to office, state, Trade, background, and Place help fix the photograph to its own subject and period rather than reducing it to a generic view. A later view of 285 Fulton St, New York, NY 10007, United States may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. The wider significance includes tenant rights and the balance between new supply and local infrastructure as part of the longer story of 285 Fulton St, New York, NY 10007, United States.
285 Fulton St, New York, NY 10007, United States
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AFK75T - . An authentic period view of 285 Fulton St, New York, NY 10007, United States in 2018, showing a subject whose value extends beyond the immediate scene into local history and changing social context. The subject recorded here is WTC,World Trade Center Place, New York City, NYC, New York state,USA, with office blocks in background. The image connects the immediate subject with period detail, regional identity, traditional masonry, local history, built heritage, period building, place identity, community identity, architectural character, changing streetscape, visual archive, historical comparison, documentary photography, and before-and-after reference. For contemporary context, planning and damp and mould are closely related themes, especially where the issue becomes the balance between new supply and local infrastructure. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject sits within continuing debate about planning control, heritage conservation and the contrast between preservation and redevelopment. With the passage of time, the scene keeps a record of evidence of how the subject fitted into ordinary life within the setting of 285 Fulton St, New York, NY 10007, United States. A second layer of the scene includes adaptive reuse, archival record, built environment, heritage asset, cityscape history, neighbourhood regeneration, public realm, and everyday life. Elements such as blocks, Place, office, Center, and Trade add documentary specificity and may become more useful when compared with later records. Around 285 Fulton St, New York, NY 10007, United States, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. A further contemporary connection is planning and the balance between new supply and local infrastructure within the real-world context of 285 Fulton St, New York, NY 10007, United States. The image fixes a trace of local identity for future local research.
285 Fulton St, New York, NY 10007, United States
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Keywords: NYC,NY,New York,Manhattan,USA,city,city centre,US,Woman passes World Trade Center Place,New York state,past,square,WC,office blocks,@HotpixUk,GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,United states,skyscraper,flats,scheme,Fulton Street,285 Fulton St,building,skyline,center,centre,architecture,buildings,285 Fulton Street,rebuilding,cityscape,money,real estate,apartments,skyscrapers,property,schemes,New York City,United States,with office blocks in background
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AFK763 - . Photographed at the recorded location in 2018, this is a specific real-world record of the subject, its setting and the period details surrounding it. The view centres on Woman passes World Trade Center Place, New York City, NYC, New York state,USA, with office blocks in background. The setting also relates to historical comparison, public realm, period building, community housing, before-and-after reference, conservation architecture, neighbourhood regeneration, everyday life, estate environment, changing land use, contemporary social history, period detail, community identity, and traditional masonry. From a 2025-onward perspective, the scene also connects with tenant rights, energy retrofit and how housing quality affects everyday wellbeing. In the mid-2020s, embodied carbon and energy retrofit keep the subject current, particularly through the role of distinctive architecture in local identity. Looking back from the mid-2020s, the view leaves evidence of the combination of built form, activity and local identity as seen at the recorded location. Other useful associations include historic context, local history, heritage asset, period streetscape, historic commercial architecture, regional identity, residential development, and architectural detailing. The recorded references to World, background, Place, Trade, and Center preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. 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. Another useful connection is tenant rights and how housing quality affects everyday wellbeing within the specific setting of the recorded location. The scene further reflects redevelopment pressure and reusing existing buildings rather than demolishing them as part of the longer story of the recorded location.
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Keywords: @HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,WC,loo,toilet,pan,Virgin toilet,Virgin down the toilet,number two,number one,engaged,flush,WCML,TOC,Train Operating Company,toilet engaged,carriage toilet,down the toilet,talking,talking toilet,Richard Branson,Branson,West Coast Main Line,Virgin Trains talking toilet,sign,sticker,train carriage,rail,railway,public convenience,public conveniences,information,blockages,blocking the toilet,toilet blocked,dirty,clean,humour,toilet seat,out of order
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy PB6G53 - Virgin introduces talking train lavatories
Virgin Trains has turned to humour to tackle the vexed problem of blocked lavatories
In the heyday of British Rail, gentlemen were urged to lift the seat when using the lavatories,
Now rather more explicit instructions are being given to Passengers.htm Target=_Blank>passengers on Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Trains services to the west midlands, north west England and Scotland.
After the lavatory door shuts passengers are greeted with a pre-recorded message.
It declares: Please don't flush nappies, sanitary towels, paper towels, gum, old phones, unpaid bills, junk mail, your ex's sweater, hopes, dreams or goldfish down this toilet.
Lavatories have already been adapted on the fleet of 20 Voyager trains and work is under way on its 56 tilting Pendolino trains.
At times there have been problems with lavatories being blocked by inappropriate items flushed down the bowl.
Passenger forums suggest that the issue of blocked lavatories is a major source of annoyance for the travelling public
This has prompted Virgin, which earlier this year was given an extension of its franchise on the West Coast Main Line, to act.
When lavatories get blocked it means trains have to be taken out of service, a spokesman said.
It is also a huge inconvenience to passengers especially on a long trip.
We wanted to do something which would grab people's attention and a talking toilet does get the message across.
They are being well received, but time will tell. We're trying to face a serious issue in a chummy, informal way.
The initiative was welcomed by Antony Smith, chief executive of the consumer watchdog, Passenger Focus.
It can be frustrating to find that toilets are out of order or blocked, so hopefully the announcements will help this happen less.
Anything that gets useful information across to passengers in a fun way is to be welcomed.
Preston, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy PB6G55 - Virgin introduces talking train lavatories
Virgin Trains has turned to humour to tackle the vexed problem of blocked lavatories
In the heyday of British Rail, gentlemen were urged to lift the seat when using the lavatories,
Now rather more explicit instructions are being given to Passengers.htm Target=_Blank>passengers on Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Trains services to the west midlands, north west England and Scotland.
After the lavatory door shuts passengers are greeted with a pre-recorded message.
It declares: Please don't flush nappies, sanitary towels, paper towels, gum, old phones, unpaid bills, junk mail, your ex's sweater, hopes, dreams or goldfish down this toilet.
Lavatories have already been adapted on the fleet of 20 Voyager trains and work is under way on its 56 tilting Pendolino trains.
At times there have been problems with lavatories being blocked by inappropriate items flushed down the bowl.
Passenger forums suggest that the issue of blocked lavatories is a major source of annoyance for the travelling public
This has prompted Virgin, which earlier this year was given an extension of its franchise on the West Coast Main Line, to act.
When lavatories get blocked it means trains have to be taken out of service, a spokesman said.
It is also a huge inconvenience to passengers especially on a long trip.
We wanted to do something which would grab people's attention and a talking toilet does get the message across.
They are being well received, but time will tell. We're trying to face a serious issue in a chummy, informal way.
The initiative was welcomed by Antony Smith, chief executive of the consumer watchdog, Passenger Focus.
It can be frustrating to find that toilets are out of order or blocked, so hopefully the announcements will help this happen less.
Anything that gets useful information across to passengers in a fun way is to be welcomed.
Preston, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,toilet,toilets,urinals,WC,line,of,leeds,fixture,for,pisspot,piss,pissing,waterless,water-less,sensor-operated,sensor operated,sensor,operated,ceramic,Timed flush,flush,in a washroom,flushless urinals,flushless,Wilhelm Beetz,Falcon Waterfree Technologies,Urinol,struvite,urine stone,calcium phosphate precipitates,maintenance,manufacturer,law,piss tubes,makeshift urinal,Leeds,hotel
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy P4HWH5 - A urinal is a sanitary plumbing fixture for urination only. Urinals are usually used in a standing position and are popular with male users. Urinals can be with automatic or manual flushing, or without flush water as is the case for waterless urinals. They can be arranged as single sanitary fixtures (with or without privacy walls) or in a trough design without privacy walls.
The term urinal may also apply to a small building or other structure containing such fixtures. It can also refer to a small container in which urine can be collected for medical analysis, or for use where access to toilet facilities is not possible, such as in small aircraft, during extended stakeouts, or for the bedridden.
Urinals designed for females (female urinals) also exist on the market but are not widespread. It is possible for females to use male urinals with a female urination device.
Urinals for high throughput capacity are part of an efficiently designed washroom architecture. Large numbers of them are usually installed along a common supply pipe and drain. There may or may not be partitions installed for privacy.
Urinals in high-capacity washrooms are usually arranged in one or more rows directly opposite the door, so that users have their backs to people entering or standing outside. Urinals in the street may be arranged in a circle, with all users facing the center, with partitions high enough that they cannot wet each other, and usually high enough that they cannot see over. In a street urinal with an outside screen or wall, the users may stand back to back.
Often, one or two of the urinals, typically at one end of a long row, will be mounted lower than the others
they are meant for the disabled and other users who cannot reach the regular urinals. In facilities where people of various heights are present, such as schools, urinals that extend down to floor level may be used to allow anyone of any height to use any urinal.
Instead of individual fixtures, trough urinals
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,toilet,toilets,urinals,WC,line,of,leeds,fixture,for,pisspot,piss,pissing,waterless,water-less,sensor-operated,sensor operated,sensor,operated,ceramic,Timed flush,flush,in a washroom,flushless urinals,flushless,Wilhelm Beetz,Falcon Waterfree Technologies,Urinol,struvite,urine stone,calcium phosphate precipitates,maintenance,manufacturer,law,piss tubes,makeshift urinal,Leeds,hotel
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy P4HWH9 - A urinal is a sanitary plumbing fixture for urination only. Urinals are usually used in a standing position and are popular with male users. Urinals can be with automatic or manual flushing, or without flush water as is the case for waterless urinals. They can be arranged as single sanitary fixtures (with or without privacy walls) or in a trough design without privacy walls.
The term urinal may also apply to a small building or other structure containing such fixtures. It can also refer to a small container in which urine can be collected for medical analysis, or for use where access to toilet facilities is not possible, such as in small aircraft, during extended stakeouts, or for the bedridden.
Urinals designed for females (female urinals) also exist on the market but are not widespread. It is possible for females to use male urinals with a female urination device.
Urinals for high throughput capacity are part of an efficiently designed washroom architecture. Large numbers of them are usually installed along a common supply pipe and drain. There may or may not be partitions installed for privacy.
Urinals in high-capacity washrooms are usually arranged in one or more rows directly opposite the door, so that users have their backs to people entering or standing outside. Urinals in the street may be arranged in a circle, with all users facing the center, with partitions high enough that they cannot wet each other, and usually high enough that they cannot see over. In a street urinal with an outside screen or wall, the users may stand back to back.
Often, one or two of the urinals, typically at one end of a long row, will be mounted lower than the others
they are meant for the disabled and other users who cannot reach the regular urinals. In facilities where people of various heights are present, such as schools, urinals that extend down to floor level may be used to allow anyone of any height to use any urinal.
Instead of individual fixtures, trough urinals
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy H9PM2K - . An identifiable period record of the recorded location in 2016, retaining the practical detail and local context that distinguish a documentary photograph from a generic illustration. The principal subject is Closed Public Toilet in Glasgow City Centre, Scotland, UK. The locality and subject together evoke contemporary social history, historic streetscape, everyday life, local character, changing land use, changing streetscape, documentary photography, heritage asset, public realm, cityscape history, architectural character, period detail, archival record, and social history. The modern context includes continuing discussion of energy retrofit, heritage conservation and keeping older buildings useful without erasing their distinctive character. For later comparison, the photograph preserves landscape treatment and surrounding development at the recorded location, details that may look very different after new construction. The subject also sits alongside visual archive, adaptive reuse, heritage landmark, period building, built heritage, urban fabric, place identity, and architectural detail. Elements such as Closed, Centre, Public, Glasgow, and Scotland add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. 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. The wider significance includes energy retrofit and keeping older buildings useful without erasing their distinctive character when considered against later change at the recorded location. Another strand within the photograph is tourism and the value of architectural landmarks to local identity and tourism without losing the local specificity of the recorded location. The photograph keeps period character before later change alters the scene. The record includes a trace of local identity as a date-specific reference.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HDEYKK - . Made at the recorded location in 2016, this photograph records a real place and moment, preserving details that may later be altered by redevelopment, rebranding, changing ownership or different public use. The principal subject is Typical WC Toilet with Toilet Duck. The subject also carries associations with social history, documentary photography, architectural character, historic townscape, archival record, contemporary social history, changing streetscape, changing land use, conservation architecture, conservation interest, historical comparison, historic streetscape, place identity, and architectural detail. The modern context includes continuing discussion of redevelopment pressure, maintenance and the balance between conservation, retrofit and modern accessibility. As a dated visual record of the recorded location, the frame retains public access and movement, making it especially useful if changing commercial priorities subsequently changes the scene. The wider setting retains connections with everyday life, period architecture, heritage landmark, urban fabric, regional identity, public realm, local history, and cityscape history. The combination of Typical and Toilet anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. Rather than relying on a broad place description, HDEYKK gains specificity from the photographed subject, Typical WC Toilet with Toilet Duck, and the period details visible within the frame. Another useful connection is redevelopment pressure and how historic buildings acquire new uses as cities change in a form that can be compared with future views of the recorded location. The scene further reflects adaptive reuse and keeping older buildings useful without erasing their distinctive character within the real-world context of the recorded location. Its period value extends to embodied carbon and how historic buildings acquire new uses as cities change within the specific setting of the recorded location.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy ED9CE4 - . Durex Condom Vending Machine in a Motorway Services Toilet, M5, M50 Strensham, England, UK. Photographed at M5 services, England, UK. The photograph was taken on 07 December 2014. This editorial stock image documents the subject as it appeared at that time, preserving a clear record of the place, its appearance and the everyday details surrounding it. The scene is closely associated with Durex, Condom, Vending, Machine, Motorway, Service, Services Toilet, contraception, tic tac and sweets, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. The image has relevance to landscape, countryside, waterways, parks, gardens, environmental quality and the relationship between natural features and nearby settlement. It can illustrate editorial coverage of tourism, walking, recreation, conservation, seasonal change, biodiversity, green space, waterways and local identity. Vegetation, water, paths, buildings, weather and landform provide geographic and environmental context, helping the image work as both a place record and a broader landscape photograph. The documentary approach is useful for archive comparison, showing how a location looked at a particular time and how vegetation, land use or development may change later. Search themes include landscape, countryside, waterways, parks, gardens, environment, green space, tourism, recreation, seasonal conditions and local geography. The location view can also provide a useful baseline for later comparison as vegetation, land use, water levels or surrounding development change. The combination of a named subject, precise location and capture date gives the image particular value to editors who need a real, identifiable place rather than a generic illustrative photograph. It can be used in newspapers, magazines, books, websites, documentaries, heritage projects and retrospective features where geographical accuracy and period detail matter.
M5 services, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy D8HDAC - The Philharmonic Dining Rooms is the name of a public house at the corner of Hope Street and Hardman Street in Liverpool, Merseyside, England, and stands diagonally opposite the Liverpool Philharmonic Hall.
It is commonly known as The Phil. The public house has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade II* listed building
36 Hope St Liverpool, Merseyside L1 9BP
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4354158669 - 'Before someone comments, yes, another bog standard post!
A free standing outside toilet / WC as would have been seen in the back yards of British terraced back to back housing. While tenements and closes were more prominent in Scotland, this was the typical english workers house loo.
this reminds me of my dads brother my uncle Arthur. When he moved his bathroom and toilet indoors he took pride in keeping his outdoor privy. Although it became rather proudly his white wine cellar in winter.
I once was on a health and safety course. There was a story about a man arriving to hospital with a fractured skull. When he came around apparently a toilet tank had collapsed on to him while on the toilet. Apparently he had pulled the chain and the bracket had collapsed.
When asked 'Why on earth did you do that', he replied 'Just to see what it felt like!'
...these people should get out more, life on the edge...mmmmnnn!
Another classic place to see a north west england toilet www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/3804831303/
(c) Hotpix / HotpixUK Tony Smith - Hotpix.freeserve.co.uk WDCC 07092182899',
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PJNEXF - Neglected accessible toilet cubicle in the United Kingdom, with loose and used toilet tissue scattered across the tiled floor around a raised white lavatory fitted with a dark contrasting seat. The untidy and apparently unhygienic condition suggests that the facility has not been inspected, cleaned or replenished frequently enough. For a disabled visitor who may depend upon this specially adapted space, such poor maintenance can turn an essential public facility into an unpleasant, undignified and potentially unsafe environment.
The cubicle includes several features intended to support wheelchair users and people with limited mobility. Horizontal blue grab rails run along the tiled walls, while a padded fold-down support rail is positioned behind the toilet. A stainless steel flushing panel is mounted above the WC, and a large circular toilet-paper dispenser is fixed to the adjacent wall. However, the dispenser appears open or incomplete and several cardboard tubes remain exposed, while torn paper and debris are visible on the floor. Accessibility equipment alone does not provide genuine inclusion when basic cleanliness, consumable supplies and routine supervision are missing.
Accessible toilets can be crucial to a person's ability to travel, work, shop, attend appointments and participate independently in everyday public life. Their condition therefore concerns more than ordinary housekeeping. A dirty or unusable disabled lavatory may create additional barriers for wheelchair users, older people, carers and anyone requiring extra space or support. It can also communicate that their comfort, health and dignity have been treated as a lower priority.
UK workplace guidance requires sanitary facilities to be maintained in a clean and orderly condition, while organisations providing services must consider reasonable adjustments and equal access for disabled people. Regular inspection records, responsive cleaning arrangements, replenished supplies and prompt reporting
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DBHR0X - . Made at Stoke-on-trent, Stoke On Trent, Staffs in 2013, this photograph records a real place and moment, preserving details that may later be altered by redevelopment, rebranding, changing ownership or different public use. The principal subject is Crappers Valveless waste Preventer, No 814,No814 - WC - water Closet Toilet. The wider scene also brings together period detail, changing land use, contemporary social history, underground utilities, civil engineering history, municipal services, everyday life, Victorian sanitation, social history, cast-iron street furniture, documentary photography, urban sanitation, local character, and utility heritage. The wider contemporary story combines urban growth, sewer capacity and the hidden infrastructure that made dense cities healthier and safer. Small period details of equipment and working practice at Stoke-on-trent, Stoke On Trent, Staffs may become more significant with time, particularly following replacement signage. The photograph additionally reflects historical comparison, public-health engineering, before-and-after reference, archival record, sewerage heritage, regional identity, visual archive, and community identity. References to Preventer, Crappers, Closet, waste, and Toilet give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. For Stoke-on-trent, Stoke On Trent, Staffs, the photograph contributes to a cumulative visual history in which changes in use, signs, access and appearance can be traced over time. Its period value extends to urban growth and how cast-iron utility covers preserve municipal and engineering history within the real-world context of Stoke-on-trent, Stoke On Trent, Staffs. The location additionally provides evidence of public health and the continuing importance of investment in ageing water and sewer networks within the specific setting of Stoke-on-trent, Stoke On Trent, Staffs.
Stoke-on-trent, Stoke On Trent, Staffs
