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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,IMG_4095,Warrington,Cheshire,Arley,cycling,walking,travel,UK,IMG,4095,Dingle,Appleton,Thorn,Wrights,Green,Dudlows,Warringtom,sing,walk,cycleway,sustainable
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3FAFBYH - Blue walking and cycling direction signs near Appleton Thorn, Warrington, pointing towards Arley, Wright's Green and Dudlow's Green. The signpost illustrates local active-travel provision linking villages and rural communities without requiring a car. Such routes are increasingly important in transport policy because short journeys made on foot or by bicycle can reduce traffic, improve health and provide mobility for people who do not drive. The image is suitable for editorial coverage of cycling, walking, sustainable transport, rural connectivity, rights of way, local authority infrastructure, leisure routes and public health. In semi-rural areas around Warrington, safe and clearly signed links can help residents access neighbouring settlements while also supporting recreational walking and cycling. The traditional green fingerpost visible alongside newer blue signs adds a contrast between historic road navigation and contemporary active-travel wayfinding. Photographed in Cheshire in August 2026. The photograph also has value as a record of everyday life in a North West English town at a time of substantial change to high streets, transport, housing and local services. Familiar signs, shops, pubs, roads and community facilities can become important visual evidence as regeneration projects progress and commercial uses change. The scene can support local-history comparisons as well as contemporary reporting on town-centre investment, household costs, accessibility, sustainability and the survival of traditional amenities. It is an unstaged editorial view, showing the subject in its normal physical and social setting.
Appleton Thorn, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,IMG_0923,WHSmith,branch,Warrington Bank Quay,railway,station,Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK,shop,retail,travel,newspapers,magazines,books,snacks,drinks,passengers,commuters,convenience,brand,rail,business,high-street,transport,shopping,commercial,store,expensive
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3ENMPX0 - WHSmith branch at Warrington Bank Quay railway station in Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK. The compact station shop has prominent blue and white WHSmith branding and sells the familiar mixture of newspapers, magazines, books, snacks, drinks and travel essentials associated with railway retail. Station branches occupy an important part of WHSmith's travel business, serving commuters and long-distance passengers in locations where convenience and extended opening hours are central to the retail offer. The photograph is suitable for editorial coverage of WHSmith, railway station retail, high-street brands, travel shops, newspapers, magazines, books, convenience retailing, Warrington Bank Quay, rail passengers, commuting, UK rail travel and changing retail patterns. The image can also illustrate business stories about the shift of major retailers towards airports, railway stations and other travel hubs as traditional town-centre retail faces increasing pressure. The station setting and clear branding make the commercial context immediately recognisable.
Warrington Bank Quay station, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,IMG_9932,4Ts Brewery,Volunteers,Grappenhall Beer Festival 2026,Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK,brewery,beer,festival,real,ale,independent,local,brewing,community,hospitality,bar,cask
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EFEG2E - . Volunteers from 4T's Brewery at Grappenhall Beer Festival 2026, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK. Photographed on 9 May 2026. The recorded location is Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK. Three men stand behind a brightly branded brewery bar and cask display, representing the people who help staff and support local beer festivals. Volunteer and brewery participation is central to many regional beer festivals, helping visitors discover locally produced ales and supporting social and fundraising activity. In relation to historic pub, historical context shows that beer culture links agriculture, brewing, distribution and the licensed trade
Cask-conditioned ale, handpumps, brewery branding and pub interiors became especially important to the real-ale revival from the 1970s onwards, while later craft brewing introduced new styles and independent producers. For the story of town centre, it is useful to note that place-based photography helps document the relationship between named locations and the people or businesses associated with them, especially where formal architectural records are limited. The historical setting for public event is that festivals turn public space into temporary cultural infrastructure, bringing together performance, food, drink, costumes and crowds
Repeated annual events can become significant parts of local identity and tourism. As of 2026, the position for historic pub is that in England eligible pubs and live-music venues receive a 15% business-rates relief for the 2026/27 billing year, reflecting continuing concern about operating costs, closures and the role of hospitality in town-centre vitality. For present-day town centre, 2026 is significant because current place-making policy increasingly emphasises distinctive local identity rather than generic development, so small landmarks and community businesses can become important parts of how an area is represented.
Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,IMG_9709,Curralls,Bakery,Thelwall,Lane,Warrington,Cheshire,shop,bread,cakes,independent,retail,traditional,highstreet,food,shopfront,England,UK,bakery,baking
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3E5HA7K - Curralls Bakery traditional shopfront on Thelwall Lane, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK. The photograph is a contemporary editorial record of the subject and its surroundings at Thelwall Lane, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK. Visible signage, lettering, architecture, street furniture, transport infrastructure, public art, commercial branding or landscape details are retained where present, giving the image value both as a description of the immediate scene and as a reference for how the place looked at the time of photography. The photograph records the traditional Curralls Bakery shopfront on Thelwall Lane in Warrington, with longstanding bakery branding, display windows and local high-street character. Independent food shops such as this provide useful editorial records of neighbourhood retail, family businesses and changing local shopping streets. The image has wider editorial relevance for local history, heritage, tourism, transport, retail, planning, regeneration, business and social change where those themes apply to the subject. It can support news and feature coverage as well as retrospective comparison if the building, business, artwork, service, route or streetscape is altered, redeveloped, rebranded, closed or otherwise changes in future. The composition also preserves small visual details that are easily lost over time, including materials, signs, logos, road or rail features, shopfront treatment, public-realm design and the relationship of the subject to neighbouring buildings or open space. This makes the photograph useful not only as a straightforward location image but also as a documentary record of everyday urban and cultural life.
Thelwall Lane, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK
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Keywords: Gotonysmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,255A0933,Volkswagen,VW,Warrington,Approved,Used,Motability,cars,dealership,motor,retail,vehicle,automotive,Cheshire,England,UK,showroom,mobility,disabled,transport,car,sales,business
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3E3P6C5 - . Volkswagen Approved Used and Motability dealership signage in Warrington, Cheshire. Photographed on 20 March 2026. The recorded location is Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK. Volkswagen Approved Used and Motability dealership in Warrington, Cheshire, with branded signs and vehicles visible outside the showroom. The photograph provides a clear editorial record of mainstream motor retailing and the Motability market, where eligible disabled customers can use qualifying mobility benefits toward a vehicle lease. It can support coverage of used-car sales, vehicle affordability, disability mobility, Motability operations, dealership networks, personal transport, electric and petrol vehicle transition, automotive retail and consumer spending. The recognisable Volkswagen branding and real dealership setting make the image useful for business, transport, motoring, disability and local-economy features in the UK. In relation to local history, historical context shows that local place names and small landmarks can be as important to community history as nationally famous buildings
Streets, neighbourhood businesses and informal attractions provide reference points that may vanish during redevelopment or rebranding. For the story of direction sign, it is useful to note that wayfinding developed from painted names and fingerposts into standardised road, rail and public-information systems
Local signs still retain distinctive typography or bilingual wording even within increasingly consistent national standards. The historical setting for AED is that public access defibrillators reflect a newer model of community emergency response in which life-saving equipment is placed outside clinical settings for use before ambulance crews arrive. As of 2026, the position for local history is that regeneration, housing growth and changing high streets continue to alter many British towns, giving well-located photographs practical relevance for local-history comparison.
Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,UK,Cheshire,England,WA1 2EW,WA1,final,Hancock,&,and,Wood,retail,shopping,department,shopper,shoppers,retail signage,shopfront sign,economic downturn,struggling high street,retail crisis,local business closure,sale promotion,liquidation sale,town centre retail,British high street,Warrington,advertising a Final Clearance sale,reflecting retail closure on the UK high street,pedestrianised,cafe,savings,cuts,prices,permanent,closure,112 years,Hancocks
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RX189J - Hancock & Wood department store on Bridge Street in Warrington town centre, photographed in daylight with a prominent Final Clearance banner, 70% off sale messaging and posters in the windows as the long-established family business prepares to close in 2026 after 112 years. Founded in 1914 by Frederick Hancock, the independent store traded from the same site for more than a century and remained one of Warrington's oldest and best-known retailers. Passed down through generations of the Hancock family, the business became a familiar part of the town's shopping life, combining fashion, gifts, accessories and a cafe under one historic high street frontage. This image captures a poignant late chapter in the store's story. The yellow vertical clearance sign, advertising substantial reductions, signals the wind-down of a landmark local business rather than a routine seasonal promotion. In announcing the closure, the owners said the decision had not been taken lightly and pointed to the growing burden of employment costs, public utilities, business rates and the volume of legislation now facing independent retailers. Their statement also thanked staff, customers and suppliers, past and present, for helping sustain the business over its long history. The photograph reflects wider pressures on traditional bricks-and-mortar town-centre retailing in Britain. Large premises, staffing, energy costs, insurance, compliance requirements and stockholding all weigh heavily on independents, while online shopping, retail parks and changing consumer habits continue to erode footfall. Even much-loved local stores with loyal customers can struggle to remain viable in such conditions. As a documentary image, this scene records both the visible final clearance sale and the broader decline of long-established department stores on the British high street, preserving a moment of commercial and social history in Warrington.
Hancock & Wood, Bridge Street, Warrington town centre, Cheshire, England, WA1 2EW
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,Warrington,England,UK,based,lane,end,WA4,Unit 2,Station Court,Cheshire,WA4 2GW,sign,developing,site,sites,Limited,gone,into,bankrupt,gate,gates,enters,enter,projects,insolvency,firm,Quantuma,affordable,homes,scheme,schemes,collapsed,contractor,unsecured,creditors,L&Q,Jigsaw Homes,Onward
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2R72E6N - Leading contractor developer for the social housing sector, Lane End Developments Construction, has gone into administration.
The Warrington-based business operates across the North west of England and Wales.
Managing directors of insolvency firm Quantuma Jeremy Woodside and Frank Ofonagoro, both of the firm's Manchester office, have been appointed joint administrators.
The company was set up in 2016 and has built more than 1,100. It currently has live projects on 17 different sites - which aimed to create 1,700 new homes - employing 118 staff.
Current projects include delivering a 177 affordable homes scheme in Llandudno in partnership with ClwydAlyn and a 60 home scheme with Torus in Wigan.
In its last financial year, to the end of May, 2022, the company generated revenues of around £81m with a pre-tax profit of nearly £250,000.
Mr Woodside said:This is obviously a very difficult and uncertain time for the company, its employees and suppliers, and its wider stakeholders.
We're currently working alongside potential funders and senior management to assess the options available to them to restructure Lane End Developments Construction and allow it to continue to operate and deliver housing projects.
The contractor had been developing schemes with a string of housing associations, including L&Q, Jigsaw Homes and Onward, when it announced its collapse in April.
At the time, the three landlords said they were disappointed and concerned about the firm's collapse, but none were named in the list of creditors that are owed money.
The administrator's proposal shows that for the year end of 31 May 2022, Lane End had a turnover of more than £81m, but its profit for the year was less than £178,000. Tangible assets were just over £1m.
Unit 2, Station Court, Stockport Rd, Thelwall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 2GW
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,Warrington,England,UK,based,lane,end,WA4,Unit 2,Station Court,Cheshire,WA4 2GW,sign,developing,site,sites,Limited,gone,into,bankrupt,gate,gates,enters,enter,projects,insolvency,firm,Quantuma,affordable,homes,scheme,schemes,collapsed,contractor,unsecured,creditors,L&Q,Jigsaw Homes,Onward
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2R72E6T - Leading contractor developer for the social housing sector, Lane End Developments Construction, has gone into administration.
The Warrington-based business operates across the North west of England and Wales.
Managing directors of insolvency firm Quantuma Jeremy Woodside and Frank Ofonagoro, both of the firm's Manchester office, have been appointed joint administrators.
The company was set up in 2016 and has built more than 1,100. It currently has live projects on 17 different sites - which aimed to create 1,700 new homes - employing 118 staff.
Current projects include delivering a 177 affordable homes scheme in Llandudno in partnership with ClwydAlyn and a 60 home scheme with Torus in Wigan.
In its last financial year, to the end of May, 2022, the company generated revenues of around £81m with a pre-tax profit of nearly £250,000.
Mr Woodside said:This is obviously a very difficult and uncertain time for the company, its employees and suppliers, and its wider stakeholders.
We're currently working alongside potential funders and senior management to assess the options available to them to restructure Lane End Developments Construction and allow it to continue to operate and deliver housing projects.
The contractor had been developing schemes with a string of housing associations, including L&Q, Jigsaw Homes and Onward, when it announced its collapse in April.
At the time, the three landlords said they were disappointed and concerned about the firm's collapse, but none were named in the list of creditors that are owed money.
The administrator's proposal shows that for the year end of 31 May 2022, Lane End had a turnover of more than £81m, but its profit for the year was less than £178,000. Tangible assets were just over £1m.
Unit 2, Station Court, Stockport Rd, Thelwall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 2GW
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,Warrington,England,UK,based,lane,end,WA4,Unit 2,Station Court,Cheshire,WA4 2GW,sign,developing,site,sites,Limited,gone,into,bankrupt,gate,gates,enters,enter,projects,insolvency,firm,Quantuma,affordable,homes,scheme,schemes,collapsed,contractor,unsecured,creditors,L&Q,Jigsaw Homes,Onward
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2R72E70 - Leading contractor developer for the social housing sector, Lane End Developments Construction, has gone into administration.
The Warrington-based business operates across the North west of England and Wales.
Managing directors of insolvency firm Quantuma Jeremy Woodside and Frank Ofonagoro, both of the firm's Manchester office, have been appointed joint administrators.
The company was set up in 2016 and has built more than 1,100. It currently has live projects on 17 different sites - which aimed to create 1,700 new homes - employing 118 staff.
Current projects include delivering a 177 affordable homes scheme in Llandudno in partnership with ClwydAlyn and a 60 home scheme with Torus in Wigan.
In its last financial year, to the end of May, 2022, the company generated revenues of around £81m with a pre-tax profit of nearly £250,000.
Mr Woodside said:This is obviously a very difficult and uncertain time for the company, its employees and suppliers, and its wider stakeholders.
We're currently working alongside potential funders and senior management to assess the options available to them to restructure Lane End Developments Construction and allow it to continue to operate and deliver housing projects.
The contractor had been developing schemes with a string of housing associations, including L&Q, Jigsaw Homes and Onward, when it announced its collapse in April.
At the time, the three landlords said they were disappointed and concerned about the firm's collapse, but none were named in the list of creditors that are owed money.
The administrator's proposal shows that for the year end of 31 May 2022, Lane End had a turnover of more than £81m, but its profit for the year was less than £178,000. Tangible assets were just over £1m.
Unit 2, Station Court, Stockport Rd, Thelwall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 2GW
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,UK,GB,United Kingdom,TopShine,hand,office,graffiti,red,vehicle,automobile,rear,manual,low-cost,low cost,WA2,44,Winwick St,Warrington,Cheshire,WA2 7TT,of,valet,polish,shine,wash,washing,cleaners,productivity,commercial,market,entrepreneurship,entrepreneur,sector,labour intensive,cash-in-hand economy,money landering
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2R27BYW - . Proshine / TopShine Carwash,44 Winwick Street, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA2 7TT. Photographed on 11 May 2023, this spring image records the subject in its real-world setting and provides a contemporary visual reference for the place, activity, object or organisation shown. The recorded location is 44 Winwick Street, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA2 7TT, adding precise geographical context for editorial, documentary, travel and local-history searches. Key searchable subjects associated with the scene include United Kingdom, TopShine, hand, office, graffiti, red, vehicle, automobile, rear, manual, low-cost, low cost, providing natural SEO coverage without losing the specific documentary identity of the photograph. The frame provides a detailed documentary record of the subject as it appeared at the time of photography, preserving the surrounding context as well as the principal feature. Its value is both descriptive and editorial, allowing the scene to illustrate news, features, local history, travel, social change and retrospective comparison. Visible or contextual elements such as architecture, signage, branding, public realm, transport infrastructure, street furniture and everyday activity help establish a strong sense of place where they form part of the scene. The photograph can also support future before-and-after use if the building, business, service, streetscape, transport operation or public space is later altered, redeveloped, rebranded or closed. For search and editorial use, the image is relevant to the named location, local identity, contemporary Britain, regional tourism, urban life, community activity and the changing appearance of towns and cities. Additional relevant search concepts include WA2, Winwick St, Warrington, Cheshire, WA2 7TT, valet, broadening discoverability while remaining tied to the supplied subject information. The scene contributes a specific, place-based record rather than a generic illustration.
44 Winwick Street, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA2 7TT
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK,WA2 7NG,WA2,Warrington Youth Zone,Youth Zone building,youth centre Warrington,youth services UK,Warrington landmark,base,Warrington WA2,Cheshire England,Dallam Lane,OnSide Youth Zones,young people services,community investment,modern architecture,colourful facade,public building exterior,education and wellbeing,social inclusion,town regeneration,contemporary civic building,local authority partnership,documentary photography,editorial image,LA,local,authority,WBC,outside
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2R5PNK2 - This image shows the exterior of Warrington Youth Zone, located on Dallam Lane in Warrington, Cheshire (postcode WA2 7NG). The large, purpose-built facility is designed as a modern youth centre providing safe, supportive spaces and activities for young people from across the town.
Warrington Youth Zone forms part of the national OnSide Youth Zones network, which works in partnership with local authorities, businesses, and charities to deliver affordable access to sports, creative arts, mentoring, and wellbeing services. Buildings of this type are often highly visible, architecturally bold, and positioned as symbols of community investment and regeneration.
The colourful cladding and contemporary design distinguish the building from surrounding urban fabric, reflecting its role as a welcoming and aspirational space for young people. The setting within a redeveloping area of Warrington highlights broader efforts to address youth provision, social inclusion, and community resilience.
Photographed in daylight with surrounding roads and vehicles visible, the image is well suited to editorial use covering youth services, community infrastructure, regeneration projects, charitable organisations, modern civic architecture, and social policy in England
Warrington Youth Zone, Dallam Lane, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA2 7NG
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Warrington,south,Cheshire,England,UK,WA4 2SJ,WA4,we,driving,signage,please,in,bent,crashed,Broad lane,prang,into,hit,by,a,car,at,an,angle,damage,accident,pole,poles,traffic,collision,damaged,pavement,out,of,shape,Gropenhale,ward
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2MAEY6G - . Photographed at Broad Lane, Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 3ER in 2023, this detailed documentary image records the subject within its real surroundings and preserves a specific stage in the life of the location. The photograph centres on We welcome careful drivers, Please drive carefully, in Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 3ER. Other connected aspects include period advertising, contemporary social history, archival record, changing land use, street-level marketing, public information notice, public realm, advertising ephemera, documentary photography, brand communication, changing streetscape, social history, local character, and commercial signage. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with public safety, consumer culture and the speed at which branding and promotional styles change. For later comparison, the photograph preserves lettering, decoration and surface detail at Broad Lane, Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 3ER, details that may look very different after changing commercial priorities. The wider setting retains connections with local history, historic signage, retail graphics, everyday life, community identity, period detail, visual merchandising, and public-facing notice. The combination of Grappenhall, carefully, drive, drivers, and Please anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. A later view of Broad Lane, Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 3ER may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. The location additionally provides evidence of public safety and the historical value of ordinary advertising material in a form that can be compared with future views of Broad Lane, Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 3ER. It also preserves a trace of local identity as a date-specific reference.
Broad Lane, Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 3ER
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,WA4,takeaway,carry out,carryout,124 Thelwall Lane,Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK,WA41LU,a,Fish & Chip,shop,at,Whitby Seafoods,Scampi,fried,food,Kebabs,Burgers,local,Great Britain,British,outside,front,shopfront,exterior,cod,haddock,increasing,cost,fryer,frying
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M7XF5N - . This dated editorial view of 124 Thelwall Lane, Latchford, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA41LU in 2023 captures more than the immediate subject, retaining clues about local use, design, activity and change. The photograph centres on Fishnet, a traditional British Fish & Chip shop, at 124 Thelwall Lane, Latchford, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA41LU. The locality and subject together evoke visual archive, customer footfall, nutrient-rich breakfast, local enterprise, public realm, commercial streetscape, social history, changing land use, regional identity, commercial frontage, street-level trading, everyday nutrition, fresh fruit breakfast, and consumer retail. The wider contemporary story combines healthy eating, consumer choice and the effect of food prices on healthier choices. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with town-centre regeneration, commercial rents and the role of independent businesses in maintaining active town centres. Small period details of materials and architectural details at 124 Thelwall Lane, Latchford, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA41LU may become more significant with time, particularly following refurbishment. The location also brings in community identity, before-and-after reference, contemporary social history, shopfront economy, historical comparison, wholegrain cereal, archival record, and healthy breakfast. Elements such as Thelwall, Fishnet, WA41LU, traditional, and British add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. For 124 Thelwall Lane, Latchford, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA41LU, the photograph contributes to a cumulative visual history in which changes in use, signs, access and appearance can be traced over time. The image fixes details of everyday use within the wider story of 124 Thelwall Lane, Latchford, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA41LU.
124 Thelwall Lane, Latchford, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA41LU
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Latchford,Warrington,Cheshire,MSCC,England,UK,WA4,around,the,world,shipped,IMO-9876335,MMSI-244515000,vessel,supply,gas,British,lock,locks,Ship Canal,WA4 2XT,at,night,crisis,shipping,Netherlands,fleet,liquified gas,petrochemical gases,coaster,Dutch shipping company,Chemgas Shipping BV,Jaegers Group,inland waterways
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M47T34 - Gale, Type Coaster
Capacity 3523 m3
Dimensions 91,1 x 14,8 m.
The Dutch shipping company Chemgas Shipping BV based in Rotterdam is a company of the German shipping company Jaegers Group . It is the first shipping company to transport liquefied petroleum gas known as LPG (Liquefied Petroleum Gas) on inland waterways, playing a role in the rapid development of petrochemicals . In 1965, Gastankvaartmaatschappij Chemgas BV was founded by Dutch companies Van Ommeren (now Vopak ) and Vulcaan. Chemgas Shipping BV is currently the largest shipping company for gas transport in Europe. A subsidiary is Chemgas Barging Sà rlin Luxembourg, which is responsible for inland navigation. Chemgas holds a 50 percent stake in the French company CFT Gaz based in Loire-sur-Rhône and operates gas tankers in France.
More info at chemgas.nl
Latchford Lock, MSCC, Ship Canal, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 2XT
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,UK,Warrington,Cheshire,England,WA1,1-2 Union St,WA1 2AN,1-2,Slots,Casino,online,cash,high street,FOBT,FOBTs,addiction,danger,dangers,game,games,Novomatic,brand,licensed online casino,licensed,venue,venues,Luxury Leisure,Greentube group,when the fun stops,stop,Statutory Gambling Levy,white paper,review,walk in,Peers for Gambling Reform,gambleaware,tax
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M3JBDH - Novomatic operates Admiral Casino in the United Kingdom, a brand that includes a licensed online casino, as well as a chain of more than 200 gambling venues in the UK operated by Luxury Leisure. Its online casino includes slots, jackpot games, roulette, blackjack, table games, and live casino. Luxury Leisure is owned by Greentube Alderney Limited, part of the Greentube group, which in turn is owned by Novomatic.
In 2014, Novomatic acquired Luxury Leisure, which operated seaside amusement arcades and other venues. In June 2016, Novomatic bought the UK gambling company Talarius, which operated the Quicksilver high street gambling outlets, from the Tatts Group. These retail gambling arcades were combined and rebranded as Admiral.
In 2018, Greentube Alderney launched the Admiral-branded online casino, AdmiralCasino.co.uk.
Admiral Casino is licensed to operate a remote gaming business in the United Kingdom from the UK Gambling Commission. Admiral Casino is licensed[25] and regulated by the Alderney Gambling Control Commission (AGCC) (GCB).
1-2 Union St, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 2AN
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,UK,Warrington,Cheshire,England,Eat,Sleep,sign,lighted,lit,motivate,motivational,photo,taking,pictures,photographs,eating,eater,sleepy,sleeping,shooter,shooting,shoots,archery,gun,guns,NRA,National Rifle Association,repeated,massacre,weapon,weapons,owner,automatic
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M3JBDN - . A grounded documentary photograph made at England, Great Britain , UK in 2022, combining the immediate subject with evidence of the surrounding streetscape, public realm, business activity or local character. The frame specifically shows Blue neon sign, Eat, Sleep, Shoot, Repeat. The surrounding context encompasses documentary photography, street-level message, public information notice, changing streetscape, contemporary social history, visual archive, regional identity, urban typography, place identity, community identity, graphic street detail, commercial ephemera, everyday visual culture, and social history. Current relevance extends to street design and digital substitution, particularly through how signs can document commercial, social or regulatory change. The image fixes local activity and public use within England, Great Britain , UK at one identifiable point, providing a benchmark against new ownership. The wider setting retains connections with period lettering, printed message, everyday life, historic sign, wayfinding detail, visual communication, local history, and before-and-after reference. Elements such as Repeat, Shoot, and Sleep add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. Around England, Great Britain , UK, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. Another strand within the photograph is street design and how signs can document commercial, social or regulatory change when considered against later change at England, Great Britain , UK. The setting also helps illustrate visual identity and the way lettering and materials contribute to local visual identity without losing the local specificity of England, Great Britain , UK. The frame retains a local visual benchmark for later comparison. The scene captures a point of historical comparison within the wider story of England, Great Britain , UK.
England, Great Britain , UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,history,historic,office,offices,old,Cheshire,England,UK,Wilderspool Causeway,beer,pub,bar,bars,chain,group,land,1787,family,Greenall Whitley & Co Limited,Wilderspool Business Park,building,brewing,architecture,Greenalls Avenue,Warrington,WA4 6HL,WA4,old chester ale,bitter,Mild Ale,Messrs,Grade II listed,heritage,Wilderspool Warrington
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K96BHM - Greenall's Brewery was founded by Thomas Greenall in 1762. Initially based in St Helens, the company established a second brewery at Wilderspool, south of Warrington in 1787.
It bought the Groves & Whitnall Brewery in Salford in 1961, Shipstone's Brewery in Nottingham in 1978[4] and Davenport's Brewery in Birmingham in 1986. For much of the 20th century, the company traded as Greenall Whitley & Co Limited. The St Helens brewery was demolished in the 1970s to make way for a new shopping centre. The Warrington brewery on the edge of Stockton Heath was bought by Bruntwood, renamed Wilderspool Business Park and is now let to office occupiers.
The company ceased brewing in 1991 to concentrate on running pubs and hotels.
In 1999, the tenanted wing of the Greenall's operation was sold to the Japanese bank, Nomura for £370 million and the main Greenall's operation, involving 770 pubs and 69 budget lodges, was sold to Scottish and Newcastle for £1.1billion. Greenalls started to focus its resources on its De Vere and Village Leisure hotel branding at that time.
In February 2005, Greenalls sold The Belfry to The Quinn Group for £186 million.
The Greenall family connection remained as Lord Daresbury, the descendant of the original founder, remained the non-executive chairman. This tie was severed in 2006 when Daresbury stepped down from the post and much of the family's interest was sold
Greenall's ales are distributed by Carlsberg and brewed for them by Molson Coors in Burtonwood, near Warrington. Greenall's ales can still be bought in some pubs in the North West of England, although they are gradually disappearing (thank God!). Often, only Greenall's Mild can be found. Greenall's Bitter is 3.6% ABV. Greenall's Mild is 3.1%
Wilderspool Business Park, Greenalls Avenue, Warrington ,Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 6HL
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K3J76T - History of St Thomas's Stockton Heath
On the south wall between two windows is a three quarter length tiled figure of St Thomas, the patron saint of our church. Known sometimes as ˜Doubting Thomas', the fact that most people know about him is that he asked to see proof of Jesus' death and resurrection. He was later a missionary, spreading the Christian message to many parts of the world including India. He is regarded by Indian Christians as the patron saint of India and is also the patron saint of architects, builders and stonemasons. Thomas was martyred at Myalapore, Chennai “ the spear in his hand in the picture is a symbol of his martyrdom.
London road, Stockton Heath, Warrington, Cheshire,England,UK,WA4 6HJ
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Cheshire,England,UK,time,sq,multi,storey,Warrington,from,car,park,decoration,sunny,sky,WA1 2HN,WA1,skyline,townscape,blue sky,blue skies,grid,view,views,look,looking,over,across,factory,factories,industry,industries,cloudy,clouds
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JTNA3W - . A grounded stock-photo/gotonysmith-Documentary.html?sortBy=relevant&pseudoid=237DAF28-A4ED-4448-8173-C0E81ABEEC6F Target=_Blank>documentary photograph made at Time Square, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 2HN in 2022, combining the immediate subject with evidence of the surrounding streetscape, public realm, business activity or local character. At the centre of the view is Warrington from Time Square car park, hexagon car park decoration, showing view west towards Fiddlers Ferry coal fuelled power station. The surrounding context encompasses archival record, heritage-led regeneration, rail operations, freight wagon, before-and-after reference, place-making, place identity, mechanical signalling, trackside history, changing streetscape, historical comparison, built heritage, civic architecture, and historic townscape. The wider contemporary story combines decarbonisation, signalling technology and the importance of preserving signal boxes and rolling stock as industrial heritage. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with town-centre regeneration, commercial viability and how regeneration tries to create reasons to visit traditional town centres. Future viewers can use this scene from Time Square, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 2HN to compare commercial use and occupation with whatever follows after new ownership. The photograph additionally reflects social history, everyday life, signal-box architecture, adaptive reuse, historic rolling stock, documentary photography, contemporary social history, and visual archive. The combination of Fiddlers, fuelled, Square, showing, and hexagon anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. The period setting at Time Square, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 2HN helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. The image fixes a trace of local identity as a date-specific reference. It also preserves a local visual benchmark for later comparison.
Time Square, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 2HN
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Cheshire,England,UK,WA4 3DS,WA4,red,apple,on,a,tree,from,the,many,varieties,cultivated,at,south,Warrington,apple tree,tasty,fruit,desert,russet,russets,apple trees,food,fruits,fruittrees,fruit trees,ripe,branch,orchards,orchard,bearing
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JTNA3K - . An identifiable period record of Witherwin Avenue Grappenhall, South Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK, WA4 3DS in 2022, retaining practical detail and local context that distinguish documentary photography from a generic illustration. The principal subject is Ripe autumn apples,from the many varieties cultivated,at Grappenhall Heys, walled garden, Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK, WA4 3DS. The locality and subject together evoke social history, local history, place-making, adaptive reuse, contemporary social history, local character, urban fabric, built heritage, heritage-led regeneration, changing streetscape, commercial redevelopment, period detail, historic townscape, and public-realm investment. The modern context includes continuing discussion of adaptive reuse, town-centre regeneration and how public investment can reshape pedestrian movement and evening activity. The archival value lies partly in recording lettering, decoration and surface detail around Witherwin Avenue Grappenhall, South Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK, WA4 3DS before conservation work alters the character of the place. The wider setting retains connections with town-centre renewal, mixed-use redevelopment, civic architecture, regional identity, urban regeneration, historical comparison, community identity, and before-and-after reference. The combination of garden, walled, autumn, apples, and varieties anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. A later view of Witherwin Avenue Grappenhall, South Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK, WA4 3DS may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. The scene further reflects adaptive reuse and how regeneration tries to create reasons to visit traditional town centres in a form that can be compared with future views of Witherwin Avenue Grappenhall, South Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK, WA4 3DS.
Witherwin Avenue Grappenhall, South Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK, WA4 3DS
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2X9BP77 - A memorial stone dedicated to Tim Parry and Johnathan Ball on Bridge Street in Warrington, Cheshire, England, photographed with flowers and soft toys placed at its base. The tribute commemorates the two children killed in the IRA bombing that took place in the town centre in March 1993.
The memorial stands close to the site of the attack and has become a focal point for remembrance, reflection, and peace advocacy. The presence of children's toys alongside floral tributes highlights the loss of young lives and the lasting emotional impact of the bombing on the local community and the wider public.
The Warrington bombing remains one of the most significant incidents of mainland UK terrorism linked to the Northern Ireland conflict. Memorials such as this serve both as acts of remembrance and as public statements against violence, often attracting tributes on anniversaries and during periods of renewed public reflection on peace and reconciliation.
This image is suitable for editorial use illustrating UK terrorism memorials, public remembrance, community responses to violence, British social history, the legacy of the Northern Ireland conflict in England, and civic spaces of memory and reflection.
Tim Parry and Johnathan Ball Memorial, Bridge Street, Warrington, Cheshire, WA1 2EW, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JKMWHP - . An identifiable period record of Sainsburys Warrington, town centre, Cheshire, England, UK in 2022, retaining the practical detail and local context that distinguish a documentary photograph from a generic illustration. The location is represented through Filling up,with diesel fuel pumps, unleaded, super-unleaded,, at filling station, Sainsburys Warrington, town centre, Cheshire, England, UK. Other connected aspects include regional identity, public realm, transport accessibility, everyday life, bus route infrastructure, visual archive, bus infrastructure, roadside stop, passenger transport, social history, archival record, period detail, changing streetscape, and place identity. Today's relevance is strengthened by passenger information, integrated transport and the continuing question of the challenge of maintaining reliable services outside dense city centres. As a dated visual record of Sainsburys Warrington, town centre, Cheshire, England, UK, the frame retains materials and architectural details, making it especially useful if new ownership subsequently changes the scene. The subject also sits alongside public transport information, roadside transit, street-side transport, changing land use, local mobility, historical comparison, local character, and before-and-after reference. The combination of centre, unleaded, station, Sainsburys, and Filling anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. A later view of Sainsburys Warrington, town centre, Cheshire, England, UK may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. Another strand within the photograph is passenger information and the challenge of maintaining reliable services outside dense city centres within the specific setting of Sainsburys Warrington, town centre, Cheshire, England, UK. The period view preserves a local visual benchmark for later comparison.
Sainsburys Warrington, town centre, Cheshire, England, UK
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Keywords: @HotpixUK,HotpixUK,GotonySmith,Warrington,town,Cheshire,England,UK,carbon,footprint,service,skip,bin,dumpster,WA5,WA5 1QG,Foundation Trust,by,2030,social responsibility,blue,yellow,Carbon Footprint Ltd,offsetting,offset,emission,emissions,hybrid,electric vehicles,zero,net,commitment,divert,from,landfill,neutrality,PAS2060,PAS 2060
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JJM7HA - Since 2011, B&M Waste Services have achieved carbon neutrality to the British Standards Industry (BSI)'s Publicly Available Specification (PAS) 2060. In the last 8 years, we have offset just under 20,000 tonnes CO2e by supporting projects in the UK and across the globe. These include supporting UK tree planting in schools and other locations, as well as Landfill Gas Recovery Programmes in Turkey and Indonesia. Also, we have supported a biogas project in Vietnam, renewable energy projects in India, China and Brazil as well as an Avoiding Deforestation Project in Brazil. Within the developing countries, we have supported education and welfare as well as reducing greenhouse gas emissions. This year “ our 8th year of carbon neutrality “ we will offset our carbon emissions through a UK Tree Planting and Protecting the Amazon Programme. For each tCO2e offset, one tree is planted in the UK and an additional tCO2e is offset through the Brazilian Amazon Verified Carbon Standard (VCS) Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD) project to guarantee the emission reductions.
Lovely Lane, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA5 1QG
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K148PB - Cheshire Constabulary is the territorial police force responsible for policing the English unitary authorities of Cheshire East, Cheshire West and Chester, Borough of Halton and Borough of Warrington. The force is responsible for policing an area of 946 square miles (2,450 km2) with a population of approximately 1 million.
Chief Constable Mark Roberts was appointed in 2021. The deputy chief constable is Julie Cooke, appointed in April 2019
101 Arpley St, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 1LQ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JH3W46 - . An on-location photograph from Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 2QG in 2022, showing the named subject as part of a wider social, commercial, cultural or physical setting rather than as an isolated object. The frame specifically shows British Flag flying at half mast, indicating a colleague has passed away, at a British legion / ex-Servicemans Club, Grappenhall, Warrington, UK. The setting additionally reflects contemporary city life, local character, archival record, urban change, contemporary social history, street-level documentary, everyday street life, historical comparison, changing streetscape, community life, everyday life, public realm, community identity, and period detail. For current editorial use, public-realm change and street safety provide additional context, especially through how regeneration alters the character of familiar places. Small period details of signage and branding at Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 2QG may become more significant with time, particularly following refurbishment. The location also brings in urban social history, place identity, pedestrian environment, visual archive, social landscape, local identity, before-and-after reference, and townscape record. The combination of flying, Grappenhall, ex-Servicemans, legion, and British anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. A later view of Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 2QG may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. Its period value extends to public-realm change and how ordinary street scenes become valuable records as businesses and infrastructure change within the specific setting of Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 2QG. The record includes period character as part of Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 2QG's history.
Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 2QG
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@Hotpixuk,Hotpixuk,Marks & Spencers,Spencers,Gemini,Europa Blvd,Westbrook,Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK,WA5 7WG,WA5,retail park,store,shop,shopping,bricks and morter,retail,park,MandS,physical stores,British,turnaround plan,inflation,recession,Store culls,turnover,Financial performance,Social policy,No Plan B,share price,trading,statement,St Michael,Food hall
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JDRMNW - Marks and Spencer Group plc (commonly abbreviated to M&S and colloquially known as Marks's or Marks & Sparks) is a major British multinational retailer with headquarters in Paddington, London, England, that specialises in selling clothing, beauty, home products and food products. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index
On 22 May 2018, it was confirmed that over 100 stores will have closed by 2022 in a radical plan. On 18 August 2020, M&S stated that they would cut 7,000 jobs over the next three months owing to the coronavirus pandemic. In May 2021, the company announced plans to close another 30 shops over the next 10 years as part of its turnaround plan
The company was founded by a partnership between Michael Marks, a Polish Jew born in Slonim (now Belarus), who had migrated to Leeds, England in the early 1880s, and Thomas Spencer, a cashier from the English market town of Skipton in North Yorkshire
In 1901, Marks moved to the Birkenhead open market, where he amalgamated his business with Spencer. In 1903, the two men were allocated stall numbers 11 & 12 in the centre aisle, and there they opened the Penny Bazaar. The company left Birkenhead Market on 24 February 1923.
The next few years saw Michael Marks and Tom Spencer move the original Leeds Penny Bazaar to 20, Cheetham Hill Road, Manchester, and they also opened market stalls in many locations around the North West of England
Marks and Spencer, known colloquially as Marks and Sparks, or M&S, made its reputation in the early 20th century with a policy of only selling British-made goods (it started to back down from this policy in the 1990s). It entered into long-term relationships with British manufacturers, and sold clothes and food under the St Michael brand
Gemini, Europa Blvd, Westbrook, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA5 7WG
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JDJ546 - . Recorded at Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 in 2022, the image fixes a recognisable subject and its environment at one point in time, giving later viewers a reliable basis for comparison. The main point of reference is Two working Tarmac Dry Silo Mortar hoppers, on a building site in Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK. A broader reading of the photograph includes heavy-industry heritage, manufacturing heritage, regional identity, construction project, visual archive, local character, community identity, archival record, historical comparison, social history, industrial material culture, engineering history, site transformation, and site redevelopment. Current relevance extends to housing demand and materials, particularly through how new development responds to changing demographic demand. In present-day coverage, the subject reaches into adaptive reuse and labour history, not least because of how surviving industrial objects become evidence of vanished working practices. The archival value lies partly in recording street furniture and boundaries around Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 before changed technology alters the character of the place. Other useful contextual ideas include development pipeline, place identity, construction phase, residential development, industrial artefact, documentary photography, building programme, and industrial archaeology. Elements such as hoppers, working, building, Mortar, and Tarmac add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. For Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4, the photograph contributes to a cumulative visual history in which changes in use, signs, access and appearance can be traced over time. The image also provides a reference for housing demand and how new development responds to changing demographic demand within the real-world context of Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4.
Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,rainbow,on,a,end,consultants,Hexel IT,Support,Covid,Covid19,WA4,540 Knutsford Rd,Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK,WA4 1HR,gable end,Halla Way,Hexel IT Support,Thank You NHS,Hexel,IT,colours,C19,covid,corona,virus,pandemic,care,thanks,thank,you,National Health Service
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JDDPC7 - . This scene at 540 Knutsford Rd, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 1HR in 2022 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 location is represented through Rainbow on a gable end, Halla Way, Hexel IT Support, Thank You NHS, 540 Knutsford Rd, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 1HR. Other connected aspects include care-sector development, pedestrian environment, regional identity, patient access, townscape record, local identity, historical comparison, archival record, local history, street-level documentary, city-centre activity, everyday street life, changing land use, and medical wayfinding. In present-day coverage, the subject reaches into social-care staffing and NHS funding, not least because of the continuing pressure on health and social-care capacity. Today's relevance is strengthened by regeneration, community use and the continuing question of the documentary importance of recording everyday urban environments. As a dated visual record of 540 Knutsford Rd, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 1HR, the frame retains signage and branding, making it especially useful if changed technology subsequently changes the scene. The subject also sits alongside contemporary city life, place identity, everyday life, public realm, community life, documentary photography, care provision, and visual archive. Elements such as Thank, Halla, Support, Hexel, and Rainbow add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. The period setting at 540 Knutsford Rd, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 1HR helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. The scene captures a local visual benchmark as a date-specific reference. The period view preserves a point of historical comparison for later comparison.
540 Knutsford Rd, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 1HR
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,WA4,inpost,inpost.co.uk,Amazon,Hub,pick up,here,Amazon Hub,Latchford East,Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK,WA4 1JJ,package,packages,parcel,parcels,delivery,deliver,convenient,unit,automated,the,locker,lockers,hub,hubs,order,online,web,self-service,selfservice,return,your,multiple,sizes
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JDDPC2 - . An identifiable period record of 661-663 Knutsford Rd, Latchford East, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 1JJ in 2022, retaining the practical detail and local context that distinguish a documentary photograph from a generic illustration. The location is represented through Amazon Hub + InPost Parcel Locker Service, 661-663 Knutsford Rd, Latchford East, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 1JJ. The setting additionally reflects public realm, visual archive, community life, urban change, community identity, place identity, historical comparison, local character, urban social history, regional identity, everyday life, contemporary city life, archival record, and documentary photography. Current relevance extends to regeneration and transport, particularly through how regeneration alters the character of familiar places. The image fixes equipment and working practice within 661-663 Knutsford Rd, Latchford East, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 1JJ at one identifiable point, providing a benchmark against new construction. The location also brings in pedestrian environment, before-and-after reference, contemporary social history, changing streetscape, street-level documentary, social landscape, period detail, and townscape record. The combination of Latchford, 661-663, Parcel, Amazon, and InPost anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. For 661-663 Knutsford Rd, Latchford East, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 1JJ, 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 regeneration and how regeneration alters the character of familiar places in a form that can be compared with future views of 661-663 Knutsford Rd, Latchford East, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 1JJ. The frame retains details of everyday use before later change alters the scene.
661-663 Knutsford Rd, Latchford East, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 1JJ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2J880F0 - A wig is a head or hair accessory made from human hair, animal hair, or synthetic fiber. The word wig is short for periwig, which makes its earliest known appearance in the English language in William Shakespeare's The Two Gentlemen of Verona. Some people wear wigs to disguise baldness
a wig may be used as a less intrusive and less expensive alternative to medical therapies for restoring hair or for a religious reason.
Art of wigs has become a billion dollar industry within the 21st century. India is the main source of hair. Manufacturing and processing, mainly takes place in China. A merkin is a pubic wig often worn as a decorative item or for theatrical and fashion purposes.
They are also worn by individuals who are experiencing hair loss due to medical reasons, such as cancer treatment.
8 Bridge St, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 2QW
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2MN7NNM - Viola Beach will be etched in Warrington's history forever thanks to the bronze frieze of the band unveiled September 2021.
The sculpture added outside Warrington Parr Hall serves as a tribute to Jack Dakin, River Reeves, Kris Leonard, Tom Lowe and Craig Tarry “ the members and manager of the band.
The frieze, unveiled by the commissioned artist Tom Murphy, depicts the band alongside iconic elements of Warrington and serves as a permanent tribute in their memory.
Ben Dunne, dad of River Reeves, said: As a group of family and friends, seeing our son, step-son, brother, nephew, cousin, and good friend captured in bronze with his mates was both heart-breaking and strangely comforting.
River looked happy and at peace, and to think that people in hundreds of years time will be able to see him like that is almost hard to comprehend.
Thank you to all those people who gave so generously in 2016 and to the council for making it happen, he added.
Thank you also to Tom Murphy for creating something so beautiful now destined to keep River, the band and Craig close to the heart of the town forever.
Leader of the Council, Cllr Russ Bowden, said: The unveiling of the frieze is a celebration of Jack, River, Kris, Tom and Craig, their achievements, and their iconic music.
I am pleased that the council has been able to work with their families to create this fitting tribute, which serves as a humbling reminder of their story.
Palmyra Square, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 1BL
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Keywords: HotpixUK,@HotpixUK shops,GoTonySmith,Warrington,town,centre,Cheshire,UK,England,retailing,stock,stores,Internal,inside,nappy,Kitchen Roll,bog roll,toilet paper,depleted,aisle,shelf,Brexit,delay,increased,prices,cost,LIDLs,store,outlet,grocery,reduced,economic,interior,simple,shelves,Lupilu
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2E0F12R - Aldi and Lidl take £542m in sales from big four. In the 12 weeks to 26 January 2020 alone, Aldi and Lidl took £28m from Morrisons, £35m from Sainsbury's, £36m from Asda and £44m from Tesco
Lidl Stiftung & Co. KG is a German international discount supermarket chain that operates over 10,000 stores across Europe and the United States. Headquartered in Neckarsulm, Baden-Württemberg, the company belongs to the Schwarz Group, which also operates the hypermarket chain Kaufland.
Lidl opened its first UK store in 1994. Since then, Lidl UK has grown consistently, and today has over 800 stores. While it is still a small player in the United Kingdom, with a grocery market share of less than 5%, its importance, along with that of continental, no-frills competitor Aldi is growing, with half of the shoppers in the United Kingdom visiting Aldi or Lidl over Christmas 2014.
The Lidl operation in the United Kingdom took a different approach than in Germany, with a focus on marketing and public relations, and providing employee benefits not required by law, including paying the independently verified living wage and offering a staff discount. Upmarket products were introduced, especially in the lead-up to Christmas. This required significant investment in marketing to produce sales growth but had an effect on Lidl's logistical operation and pressure on profits. Ronny Gottschlich, who had run Lidl UK for the six years to 2016, was responsible for this approach, which led to friction with head office, due to the cost involved. In September 2016, Gottschlich unexpectedly left and was replaced by the Austrian sales and operations director, German-national Christian Härtnagel. Lidl continued to have ambitious investment plans in the United Kingdom, ultimately doubling the number of stores to 1,500. In the financial year of 2015, Lidl Great Britain's revenue from its over 630 stores throughout Britain was £4.7 billion
Thelwall Ln, Latchford East, Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK, WA4 1LJ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2E0F134 - JD Sports Fashion plc, more commonly known as JD Sports or JD, is a British sports-fashion retail company based in Bury, Greater Manchester, England with shops throughout the United Kingdom, Europe, the United States, Asia and Australia. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index. It is a subsidiary of the Pentland Group.
In 2016 and again in 2019, JD Sports was profiled in British media amid allegations of mistreatment of its UK warehouse staff
letters JD in JD Sports stand for the initials of the founders of the company, John & David. In 1981, the company was established by John Wardle and David Makin, trading from a single shop in Bury, Greater Manchester. In 1983, the company opened a store in the Arndale Centre in Manchester.
In 2020, JD Sports was anticipated to appoint administrators for its nearly bankrupt Go Outdoors brand, placing additional high street workers at risk amid the Covid-19 pandemic.
On October 16, 2020 JD Sports opened a new flagship Store in Times Square New York. In December 2020, it was announced that the company had pulled out of talks aimed at rescuing department store chain Debenhams.
Wilson Patten Street,Warrington,Cheshire,England, UK, WA1 1PS
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Keywords: HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK,note,notes,cash,sterling,currency,5 pound,10 pound,20 pound,cash money,economy,bribe,inducement,commission,payment,black economy,back hander,backhander,Scotland,Scottish money,back of a jeans pocket,Jeans,trouser,trousered,pocket,rear,back,legal tender,laundering,mix,mixed,Rachel Reeves,Keir Starmer
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2CBET91 - Sterling banknotes are the banknotes in circulation in the United Kingdom and its related territories, denominated in pounds sterling (symbol: £
ISO 4217 currency code GBP [Great Britain pound]).
Sterling banknotes are official currency in the United Kingdom, Jersey, Guernsey, the Isle of Man, British Antarctic Territory, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, and Tristan da Cunha in St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha. One pound is equivalent to 100 pence. Three British Overseas Territories also have currencies called pounds which are at par with the pound sterling.
The Bank of England has a monopoly of banknote issuance in England and Wales but, for historic reasons, three banks in Scotland and four banks in Northern Ireland are permitted to issue their own currency “ but the law requires that the issuing banks hold a sum of Bank of England banknotes (or gold) equivalent to the total value of notes issued. Versions of the pound sterling issued by Crown dependencies and other areas are regulated only by local governments and not the Bank of England.
Great Britain, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK,construction,new homes,homes,houses,help to buy,stamp duty,builder,WA4,building new houses,Hawthorn Grove Appleton Thorn,problems,problem,John Bloor,Bloor Holdings,WA4 4QX,expansion,of,rural,green,belt,development,developments,brand,signs,building,builders,unaffordable,property,properties
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2C5R3A4 - . An authentic period record of Appleton Thorn, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 4QX, retaining the practical visual detail that later redevelopment, rebranding or altered use can remove. The photograph is concerned with Hawthorn Grove, Appleton Thorn,under construction,by Bloor Homes, Warrington,Cheshire, England, UK. Its broader subject matter includes urban change, built environment, period detail, residential construction, community identity, housing delivery, place identity, private development, construction safety, developer-led housing, new neighbourhood, planning-led growth, archival record, and estate road construction. In the mid-2020s, biodiversity and drainage and housing supply keep this subject current, particularly through the pressure to build more homes without overloading roads, schools and services. The archival value lies partly in recording ownership and occupation around Appleton Thorn, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 4QX before new construction alters the character of the place. The wider local story also touches on suburban expansion, local history, regional identity, greenfield development, historical comparison, everyday Britain, new housing estate, and visual archive. References to Thorn, under, Homes, Hawthorn, and Bloor give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to the named subject. The period setting at Appleton Thorn, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 4QX helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. Another strand within the photograph is biodiversity and drainage and whether new estates provide genuinely affordable homes within the real-world context of Appleton Thorn, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 4QX. The frame therefore remains a dated reference for Appleton Thorn, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 4QX and the changing story of the subject shown.
Appleton Thorn, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 4QX
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AE02ND - On World Polio Day, 24th October, thousands of Rotary clubs around the world will hold events and fundraisers to recognize the progress in the global fight to end polio.
Warrington Rotary, as part of its Purple for Polio campaign, and with the support of Warrington Borough Council, intend to mark the occasion by lighting the town hall purple
In 1985, Rotary launched the first initiative to tackle global polio eradication through the mass vaccination of children. Since the first project to vaccinate children polio has been eradicated by 99.9%. Although there is no cure for polio it can be prevented with a vaccine.
Rotary has been joining forces with associations such as the World Health Organization in a battle to reach the remaining endemic countries- Pakistan, Afghanistan and Nigeria. Unless polio is eradicated everywhere, within ten years we could see as many as 200,000 new cases annually.
World Polio Day is an opportunity to raise awareness of the devastating effects of polio and why Rotary clubs work together to eradicate it from the world.
The first effective attempt to fight polio was made by Jonas Salk in 1955. He and his team created an inactivate vaccine. To honour his work, Rotary International named October 24th as World Polio Day.
Sankey St, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 1UH
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Keywords: HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,Cheshire,England,Warrington,UK,WA4 4QX,Thorn,Warrington Villages,autumn,Epeltune,Bawming the Thorn,Bawning the Thorn,Thorn Cross HM Prison,YOI,Young Offenders Institute,HMS Blackcap,HMS Black cap,villages,ward,boundary,boundaries,enter,entering,gate,fence,fences,Lumb Brook Rd,Lumb Brook Road,Grappenhall Ln,speed,limit,limits,lane,road,Rd
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2A989X2 - Appleton Thorn is a village in the borough of Warrington in Cheshire, England.
Appleton appeared in the Domesday survey as Epeltune,meaning the tun where the apples grew.
Bawming the Thorn
Each June, the village hosts the ceremony of Bawming the Thorn. The current form of the ceremony dates from the 19th century, when it was part of the village's walking day. It involved children from Appleton Thorn Primary School walking through the village and holding sports and games at the school. This now takes place at the village hall. The ceremony stopped in the 1930s, but was revived by the then headmaster, Mr Bob Jones in the early 1970s. Bawming the Thorn occurs on the Saturday nearest to Midsummer's Day.
Local schoolchildren dance around the tree in the style of a maypole chanting verses to the tune of Bonnie Dundee, with the following repeated chorus:
Up with fresh garlands this midsummer morn,
Up with red ribbons on Appleton Thorn.
Come lasses and lads to the Thorn Tree today
To bawm it and shout as ye bawm it Hurray!
Bawming means decorating “ during the ceremony the thorn tree is decorated with ribbons and garlands. According to legend, the hawthorn at Appleton Thorn grew from a cutting of the Holy Thorn at Glastonbury, which was itself said to have sprung from the staff of Joseph of Arimathea, the man who arranged for Jesus's burial after the crucifixion. Thorn Cross (HM Prison) is in Appleton Thorn, on the site formerly occupied by Royal Naval Air Station HMS Blackcap, a wartime aircrew training and aircraft repair airfield. There are a number of graves of aircrew who died at HMS Blackcap, mainly in flying accidents, in St Cross churchyard, known locally as the war graves.
Grappenhall Ln, Appleton Thorn, Warrington WA4 4QX
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Keywords: HotpixUk,@HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,UK,England,English,Appleton,CAMRA National Club of the Year 2019,National Club of the Year,2019,Warrington,Cheshire,WA4 4RT,local beer festival,village beer festival,awarded,awards,real ale,bitters,IPA,British ales,brewing,range of ales,Great British Beer Festival,campaign for real ale,CAMRA,beer,festivals,ATVH,club,of,the,year,village,bar,bars,pubs,pub
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AAT2GG - The hub of the community, the Village Hall, CAMRA National Club of the Year 2019 and multi local CAMRA award winner, has a comfortable lounge and a larger bar/function room served from a central bar. The function room hosts quizzes, live music and the annual beer festival in October. On the bar are up to seven beers from regional and microbreweries, plus up to five ciders/perries. Light lunches are served on Sunday 1-3pm. Non-members pay a minimal fee for admission.
Stretton Road, Appleton Thorn,Warrington,Cheshire, England, WA4 4RT
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,store,retail,out of town,JunctionNINE,Retail Park,WA2,Warrington,WA2 8TW,UK,shopping,Cheshire,England,parking,larger,wider,wide,bay,space,for,kids,car park,family,with,baby,babies,parent,parents,married,marriage,partners,civil partnership,relationship,unit,vehicle,car,pram,buggy
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2MG41WN - . This authentic period view of JunctionNINE Retail Park, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA2 8TW in 2019 preserves the main subject alongside smaller contextual details that can acquire greater historical value as places and uses change. The image documents Larger parking space outside a store, for parents with children, JunctionNINE Retail Park, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA2 8TW. Other connected aspects include historic signage, local history, commercial signage, commercial frontage, place identity, local character, visual merchandising, commercial streetscape, town-centre economy, independent retail, customer footfall, small-business culture, everyday life, and public information notice. For current editorial use, brand consolidation and online shopping provide additional context, especially through how physical shops adapt to online competition. Current relevance extends to retail change and branding, particularly through the speed at which branding and promotional styles change. Small period details of transport arrangements and footfall at JunctionNINE Retail Park, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA2 8TW may become more significant with time, particularly following conservation work. The wider setting retains connections with public-facing notice, regional identity, documentary photography, contemporary social history, bricks-and-mortar business, brand display, street-level marketing, and visual archive. The recorded references to space, parents, outside, JunctionNINE, and Larger preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. Around JunctionNINE Retail Park, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA2 8TW, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. The record includes details of everyday use for later comparison. That local specificity strengthens the long-term documentary value of image 2MG41WN.
JunctionNINE Retail Park, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA2 8TW
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,store,retail,JunctionNINE,Retail Park,WA2,Warrington,WA2 8TW,UK,shopping,Cheshire,England,parking,big,out,of,town,product,products,sign,signage,entrance,door,unit,the,bed,beds,specialist,specialists,Mattresses,Sofa Beds,Headboards,Bedroom Furniture,Bedding
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2MG41WY - . An on-location photograph from JunctionNINE Retail Park, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA2 8TW in 2019, showing the named subject as part of a wider social, commercial, cultural or physical setting rather than as an isolated object. The image documents Dreams, JunctionNINE Retail Park, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA2 8TW. Other connected aspects include community identity, visual archive, customer footfall, local character, public realm, public-facing notice, retail property, historical comparison, commercial signage, social history, period advertising, public information notice, visual merchandising, and commercial frontage. From a 2025-onward perspective, brand consolidation and online shopping are closely linked to this subject, alongside how physical shops adapt to online competition. The wider contemporary story combines consumer culture, branding and the historical value of ordinary advertising material. The image fixes local activity and public use within JunctionNINE Retail Park, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA2 8TW at one identifiable point, providing a benchmark against changed technology. A second descriptive layer includes archival record, shop display, brand communication, high-street commerce, town-centre economy, changing land use, consumer retail, and local enterprise. Details involving JunctionNINE, Retail, and Dreams make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. For JunctionNINE Retail Park, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA2 8TW, 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 brand consolidation and how physical shops adapt to online competition in a form that can be compared with future views of JunctionNINE Retail Park, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA2 8TW.
JunctionNINE Retail Park, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA2 8TW
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,store,retail,JunctionNINE,Retail Park,WA2,Warrington,WA2 8TW,UK,shopping,Cheshire,England,parking,big,out,of,town,product,products,sign,signage,entrance,door,unit,hobbies,arts,and,crafts,superstore,chain,craft,supplies,investment,group,Bridgepoint
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2MG421P - Hobbycraft is an arts and crafts superstore retail chain in the United Kingdom. It is currently owned by investment group Bridgepoint.
Hobbycraft in Tunbridge Wells, using the former logo
It was started by the Haskins Group, a nursery and garden supplier in the south of England, and was bought by investment group Bridgepoint in April 2010.
The stores have been blamed for putting independent craft suppliers out of business, and the amount of choice for specific hobbies has been said to be not as good as in specialised stores. Hobbycraft reported a 10% increase in sales in the beginning of 2010, and opened two new stores, with the chief executive saying arts and crafts are a low cost hobby and he believed they would do well despite difficulties in the economy
In September 2014, it was revealed that Hobbycraft's profits had halved, due to chains such as Aldi, Lidl, Poundland, and online retailers such as Amazon moving into the craft market. Hobbycraft's CEO Catriona Marshall said that the company's profits had been depressed by a £3m investment on a rented warehouse in Burton-upon-Trent, on which Hobbycraft took out a fifteen-year lease
In August 2020, Hobbycraft announced multi-channel growth plans after a complete financial year in which its online revenues increased by 19%. The company has seen e-commerce turbocharged this year “ recording a 200% rise in internet revenues as the 12-week shutdown of Covid-19 channelled much of its web revenue.
In May 2021, Hobbycraft was revealed as the Fourth Best Big Company to Work for in the UK and the third Best Retail Company to work for in the UK by the Best Companies Awards 2021
JunctionNINE Retail Park, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA2 8TW
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K43P0P - A 17 year old has been jailed for life after he battered another teenager to death.
Victim Stuart Lowe, 18, was killed in Warrington, in October, when Sibongiseni Majola struck him about the head with a screwdriver and kicked him while on the ground.
Stuart had suffered a massive brain injury and although he clung to life for seven days, he died a week later without regaining conciousness.
Yesterday, Majola, from Warrington, was sentenced to life behind bars, with a recommendation he serve at least 12 years before he can be considered for parole.
He had admitted murder last month at Chester crown court.
The court heard that joinery apprentice Stuart had gone to a party at The Bank Quay Social Club on October 17, last year.
It finished at 11pm and led to up to 100 young people, mostly students, milling around on the streets outside.
The mood began to change when football songs were chanted and witnesses report seeing fighting breaking out.
Majola and his friend were hit, and later claimed they had been subjected to racist comments.
The defendant left the scene in a friend's car and was dropped off at his home nearby.
But instead of staying there, he armed himself with a screwdriver, and headed back to Warrington town centre.
His friend, who had also armed himself with a shovel, joined him.
As they walked along Sankey Street they came across Stuart Lowe with his friends, making their way home.
Although Stuart was not involved in the initial fight, an altercation developed between the two groups, and Majola struck his head with the screwdriver.
Witnesses say Majola kicked Stuart as he lay on the floor before running off.
A 17-year-old, from Warrington, pleaded guilty to the possession of the shovel and affray and was jailed for 18 months.
Sankey Street, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 1SU
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,WA1,music,chain,closed,shop,Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK,WA1 1SU,65,head,office,quarters,piano tuner,keyboards,drums,instrument,iconic,retail,store,for,musicians,shutters,shuttered,bankrupt,retailer,owners,owner,Arranged Musical Options,Ltd,Andrew M Oliver,Karen Oliver
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K43P0R - Plans have been submitted for a major conversion of the former Dawson's Music store in Sankey Street, Warrington.
The proposals are to convert the building into four apartments, offices and two smaller retail shops.
Dawson's closed the store in 2019 after trading in Warrington for 121-years.
At the time, it was claimed the store was a victim of online shopping.It has stood empty ever since.
Developers say the proposal will make little difference to the exterior appearance of the three-storey building.
Dawson's was founded in 1898 by piano tuner John Dawson and has had a major presence from its Sankey Street HQ, since 1914.
During the 1970s and 1980s it was the go to store for youngsters buying their first records in Warrington. But later it changed to concentrate on the sale of musical instruments and running a music school.
65 Sankey St, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 1SU
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,Hotpixuk,@Hotpixuk,England,UK,Warrington,Cheshire,Lewis Carroll Alice,Stained Glass,story,religion,religious,Alices Adventures in Wonderland,All saints,church,Lewis Carroll Visitor Centre,Visitor Centre,parish church,Daresbury Lane,WA4,4AE,author,All Saints Vicarage,Lewis Carroll birthplace,Cheshire Cat,Cat,Daniell Chapel,Lewis Carroll Memorial Window,Memorial Window,artist,stained glass artist,Geoffrey Webb,WA4 4AE,5,five,windows,dedicated,to
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2DDW6D4 - Powerapps ?
Daresbury was the birthplace of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland author Lewis Carroll, in All Saints' Vicarage. Daresbury has a Lewis Carroll Visitor Centre and the parish church, All Saints, a Lewis Carroll window, including an image of the Cheshire Cat.Lewis Carroll as born 27 January 1832 “ 14 January 1898.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (commonly shortened to Alice in Wonderland) is an 1865 novel by English author Lewis Carroll (the pseudonym of Charles Dodgson). It tells of a young girl named Alice, who falls through a rabbit hole into a subterranean fantasy world populated by peculiar, anthropomorphic creatures. It is considered to be one of the best examples of the literary nonsense genre. The tale plays with logic, giving the story lasting popularity with adults as well as with children.
The Daniell Chapel contains one of the best-known features of All Saints', the Lewis Carroll Memorial Window. To mark the centenary of his birth, Carroll enthusiasts from all over the world subscribed to a memorial fund, which resulted in a gift to All Saints' of this striking and unusual stained glass window, dedicated in 1935.
The window was designed by the stained glass artist Geoffrey Webb and depicts a Nativity scene, at which both Carroll and Alice are present. Below the Nativity scene are 5 panels illustrated with characters and scenes from Alice in Wonderland including the White Rabbit, the Lizard, the Dodo, the Caterpillar, Fish-Footman, Mad Hatter, Dormouse, March Hare, Duchess, Gryphon, Mock Turtle, Knave and Queen of Hearts. The famous Cheshire Cat can be found in the centre of the fifth panel. The 3 centre panels contain verses from the Lewis Carroll's poem ˜Christmas Greetings (From a Fairy to a Child)'.
Geoffrey Webb's mark was a spider's web that he would incorporate into the design of his windows. The web can be found in the fifth section of the Window, just above the Queen of Hearts and includes the date ˜1935'.
Daresbury Lane, Daresbury,Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK, WA4 4AE
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,UK,England,North West England,Warrington,Cheshire,crops,rotting,field,in a field,due to lack of,labourers,rot,agriculture,Brexit,UK farming,farms,How Brexit will Impact UK Farmers,UK Farmers,employment,productivity,Risks That Brexit Could Pose To Agriculture,Risks That Brexit Could Pose,Agriculture,No-deal Brexit,No deal Brexit,catastrophic for UK farmers,NFU,warn,warning,tariffs,WTO,rules,British food,food,UK food
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy RK9X6R - . A detailed visual record preserves the character of the recorded location, in this period view from 2019. The scene is specifically associated with Maize rotting in a field, due to lack of labourers and low paid workers. The scene also brings together service economy, hospitality employment, hospitality premises, local tourism, leisure venue, food-and-drink business, leisure hospitality, hospitality trade, tourist accommodation, catering trade, tourism economy, and customer service. For present-day editorial use, food service can also illustrate debates about delivery-platform competition and food and energy costs, particularly where these affect adaptable venues. Because this is a time-specific record of the recorded location, later comparison can reveal changes in signage, ownership, land use, transport, street furniture, building condition and the way the public uses the surrounding space, specifically in relation to Maize rotting in a field. The surrounding story includes restaurant sector, food culture, destination economy, local dining, food service, visitor destination. Associated details include temporary workers, EU immigrants, not picked, vegetables, low paid jobs, How Brexit Could Impact UK Farmers. In the mid-2020s, customer-facing businesses is increasingly discussed through commercial rents and food and energy costs, with attention turning to resilient local hospitality. The lasting documentary value lies in its record of physical infrastructure, signage and branding, community life, commercial identity, and local continuity within the surrounding area. For future comparison, the scene preserves movement through the area, everyday services, historic fabric, planning and redevelopment, and social change as part of the area's longer social history. The scene keeps a record of the surrounding streetscape for later comparison. Details around Maize rotting in a field strengthen its value as a dated record of the place.
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Keywords: SpreadEagel,Spread Eagle,pub,bar,Lymm,Eagle Brow,Cheshire,WBC,Warrington,England,UK,fog,foggy,weather,winter,real ale,village,boozer,sepia,brown,wet,dull,rain,rainy,trees,tree
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4596979965 - 'While high pressure systems bring lovely clear blue skies &
sunny days, in winter they can also bring cold grey fog, for days on end.
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,UK,England,North West England,Warrington,Cheshire,WA1,WA1 1QB,Unit 107,Golden Square,Shopping Centre,town centre,Warrington town centre,Patisserie Valarie Chain,cafés,shop front,company,rain,rainy day,financial problems,problems,bankrupt,accounting,irregularities,Chris Marsh,Grant Thornton,fine,fined,issue,finance,collapsed,cake,chain,branch
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy RK9X6K - Patisserie Valerie is a chain of cafés that operates in the United Kingdom. The chain specialises in cakes, and its menu included continental breakfasts, lunches and teas and coffees. The company went into administration in January 2019, prior to a management buyout funded by Causeway Capital Partners.
According to Helene (Leni) Vermeirsch, the niece of the founders, Patisserie Valerie was first opened in 1926 on the corner of Dean Street and Old Compton Street in Soho, London by Esther van Gyseghem, born in Ostende, Belgium on 22 April 1900 and her husband Theophile (Theo) Vermeirsch. There is not known to have been a Valerie in the founders' families, but Esther came to be referred to as Madame Valerie.
The chain has expanded rapidly since 2006, growing from eight shops in 2006 to 192 as of May 2017. It opened its first shop in the Republic of Ireland in 2017, in Debenhams in Blanchardstown Centre.
In April 2014 the company announced plans to raise £33m on the London Alternative Investment Market, using the sum to reduce its debt.
Trading in the shares of Patisserie Holdings, the parent company of Patisserie Valerie, were suspended on 10 October 2018 following the discovery of potentially fraudulent accounting irregularities, which had led to the possibility that there had been a material mis-statement of the company's accounts.
Unit 107 Golden Square Shopping Centre, Warrington, Cheshire, UK, WA1 1QB
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,UK,North West England,Cheshire,GB,town,town centre,Warrington Wire,Warrington Wolves,Wolves,Wire,Rugby,League,Rugby League,Our Town,is,Primrose and Blue,poster,yellow,The Wire,the Wolves,North West,27,Old Market Place,Warrington,WA1 1QB,Primrose & Blue,posters,centre,sport,sports,team,pride
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy RG9A59 - . An on-location image documents the working environment around 27 Old Market Place, Warrington, Cheshire, England, WA1 1QB, in a documentary image made in 2019. The scene is specifically associated with Warrington, Our Town Is Primrose and Blue, Golden Square Shopping Centre, 27 Old Market Place, Warrington, Cheshire, England, WA1 1QB. The photograph carries associations with bricks-and-mortar retail, fan culture, shopping habits, high-street commerce, arena infrastructure, supporter culture, local trading, athletic heritage, competitive sport, professional sport, commercial frontage, and sports venue. In the mid-2020s, retail streets is increasingly discussed through brand consolidation and online shopping, with attention turning to adaptable commercial space. For present-day editorial use, spectator events can also illustrate debates about sponsorship and financial sustainability, particularly where these affect better supporter facilities. Documentary value is strengthened by the precise setting at 27 Old Market Place, Warrington, Cheshire, England, WA1 1QB, where even ordinary details of frontage, equipment, signs, traffic or public activity may disappear as the area evolves. The scene also relates to sporting identity, independent retail, storefront culture, chain-store economy, retail property, commercial streetscape. Other local associations include billboard, the wire, wire, Primrose & Blue. The same setting also brings together spectator sport, retail vacancy, city-centre economy, sports tourism, consumer retail, customer footfall, match-day economy, stadium environment, town-centre trading, and stadium architecture. Current debate around independent trading often combines operating costs, hybrid working and the practical challenge of bringing empty units back into use. The dated view captures everyday use associated with Warrington as part of the area's social history.
27 Old Market Place, Warrington, Cheshire, England, WA1 1QB
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Keywords: HousingITguy,Project365,2nd 365,HotpixUK365,Tone Smith,GoTonySmith,365,2365 one a day,Tony Smith,Hotpix,Appleton Grange,Warrington,Cheshire,Appleton,Stretton,new,build,newbuild,Barratt,UK,Houses,New Houses,homes,New Homes
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4572742367 - 'The title is a line from a Smiths track called 'Paint a Vulgar Picture'.
New development not that far from me, from Barratt Homes, Appleton Grange, eating up a bit more green belt. Personally, I can live with that if the appropriate infrastructure (roads, schools etc) are arranged to support it and a mix of tenures (including some affordable (small a) help locals, especially young ones to get on the housing ladder, if they want to.
Based on the Trustpilot reviews, I am unsure if Barratt would be one of my first goto builders however - uk.trustpilot.com/review/barrattdevelopments.co.uk
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 3193264384 - 'The short cut if a ship goes down the Manchester Ship Canal and the main road bridges are swung.
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4489041374 - 'If you are on Twitter, do add a follow there and I will follow back in return mobile.twitter.com/HotpixUK
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Keywords: HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,Ball Parry,Tim Parry Jonathan Ball,terrorism,terrorist,peace,pano,panorama,wide,wideshot,The River of Life memorial,Bridge St,Warrington,Cheshire,North West England,UK,Bridge Street,Plaque,waterfall,water feature,1993,1993 bombing,Tear shaped,tear shaped water feature,Good Friday agreement,comemeration,commemoration,WBC,Warrington Borough Council,Stephen Broadbent,Broadbent,artist,design,designer,Broadbent Studio,Fatal IRA bomb attack,public art installation,Shopping street,remembrance
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy PEHG7C - The River of Life project was developed in the aftermath of the 1993 IRA bomb in Warrington, which killed two boys - Tim Parry and Jonathan Ball - and injured dozens of people in Warrington City Centre.
The desire was to bring hope, freshness and new life to Bridge Street and the community. A streetscape concept emerged, incorporating every aspect of the urban landscape and its elements including paving, seating units and lighting columns.
CONCEPT
Central to the design is a tear shaped water feature. Water emerges from a broken glacial boulder, flows along a bronze channel, whose sides tell the story of creation, in low relief detail, and cascades onto a bronze dome, which bears the imprints of the hands of local school children. The dome is circled by a disk of etched copper that pictures the faces of several children, including Tim and Jonathan. Inspiration for the River of Life came from the powerful description of waters and the leaves of the trees - for the healing of the nations - described in the biblical book of Revelation. Symbols of brokeness, healing, new life and the passage of time can be seen and discovered throughout this unique artwork.
A symbolic water source is re-created over the full length of the pedestrianised section of Bridge Street. Using natural stone and granite sets, the floor design detail accurately mirrors the meandering course of the River Mersey as it passes through the borough of Warrington. Set into this meandering path are 12 bronze discs, that are part of the Leaves of the Trees project and involved twelve primary schools from the Borough.
Bridge Street, Warrington, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy PCTAF6 - Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, (27 January 1832 “ 14 January 1898), better known by his pen name Lewis Carroll, was an English writer of world-famous children's fiction, notably Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and its sequel Through the Looking-Glass. He was noted for his facility at word play, logic and fantasy. The poems Jabberwocky and The Hunting of the Snark are classified in the genre of literary nonsense. He was also a mathematician, photographer and Anglican deacon.
Carroll came from a family of High Church Anglicans, and developed a long relationship with Christ Church, Oxford, where he lived for most of his life as a scholar and teacher. It was the Dean of Christ Church, Henry Liddell, whose daughter Alice is widely identified as the original for Alice in Wonderland, though Carroll always denied this.
Several aspects of Carroll's life appear to confirm suspicions that he was a pedophile, though scholars have also made a credible case in his defence. In the absence of hard evidence, the issue of Carroll's hidden private life has provoked a lively debate, especially in recent times.
Dodgson was born in the small parsonage at Daresbury in Cheshire near the towns of Warrington and Runcorn, the eldest boy but already the third child of the four-and-a-half-year-old marriage. Eight more children followed. When Charles was 11, his father was given the living of Croft-on-Tees in North Yorkshire, and the whole family moved to the spacious rectory. This remained their home for the next 25 years.
Morphany Lane, Warrington, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy PC9XYC - The town's three community recycling centres (CRCs) are located in Stockton Heath, on Sandy Lane, Gatewarth, on Barnard Street, and Woolston, on New Cut Lane.
The village site was saved in 2014 following a huge public outcry over plans to shut it.
A petition opposing any proposed closure was launched in April after the Warrington Guardian revealed the tip had been earmarked for closure.
The petition, which has secured more than 3,000 signatures, has been submitted to the authority.
During Tuesday's executive board meeting, members approved plans to carry out a six-week consultation 'on the current and potential future provision of waste recycling services' at the facility.
In her report to members, Cllr Judith Guthrie, executive board member for environment and public protection, said: Given the current site constraints of Stockton Heath, with particular regard to the size and access restrictions, together with the impact on immediate neighbours, officers understand that obtaining the required environmental permit would be challenging, in respect to both achieving technical and environmental specification compliance.
However, before any decision is made on the future of Stockton Heath, we propose to undertake a consultation on the provision of waste recycling services at the site to obtain consultees' views on future options.
The current budget for the operation of the three CRCs is £854,854, which includes disposal and management fee haulage costs.
However, the cost of operating these sites in 2017-18 was £1,149,110 “ an overspend of £294,256.
Deputy council leader Cllr Russ Bowden said: What is clear to me is, if we are designing a waste system for Warrington with a blank sheet of paper, it would not look anything like this.
I think what we can see is the Stockton Heath site is far more expensive to run than the other two.
It is right the council consults with the public about the future provision of that site.
Sandy Lane, Warrington, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy PC9XYE - The town's three community recycling centres (CRCs) are located in Stockton Heath, on Sandy Lane, Gatewarth, on Barnard Street, and Woolston, on New Cut Lane.
The village site was saved in 2014 following a huge public outcry over plans to shut it.
A petition opposing any proposed closure was launched in April after the Warrington Guardian revealed the tip had been earmarked for closure.
The petition, which has secured more than 3,000 signatures, has been submitted to the authority.
During Tuesday's executive board meeting, members approved plans to carry out a six-week consultation 'on the current and potential future provision of waste recycling services' at the facility.
In her report to members, Cllr Judith Guthrie, executive board member for environment and public protection, said: Given the current site constraints of Stockton Heath, with particular regard to the size and access restrictions, together with the impact on immediate neighbours, officers understand that obtaining the required environmental permit would be challenging, in respect to both achieving technical and environmental specification compliance.
However, before any decision is made on the future of Stockton Heath, we propose to undertake a consultation on the provision of waste recycling services at the site to obtain consultees' views on future options.
The current budget for the operation of the three CRCs is £854,854, which includes disposal and management fee haulage costs.
However, the cost of operating these sites in 2017-18 was £1,149,110 “ an overspend of £294,256.
Deputy council leader Cllr Russ Bowden said: What is clear to me is, if we are designing a waste system for Warrington with a blank sheet of paper, it would not look anything like this.
I think what we can see is the Stockton Heath site is far more expensive to run than the other two.
It is right the council consults with the public about the future provision of that site.
Sandy Lane, Warrington, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy PC9XYF - The town's three community recycling centres (CRCs) are located in Stockton Heath, on Sandy Lane, Gatewarth, on Barnard Street, and Woolston, on New Cut Lane.
The village site was saved in 2014 following a huge public outcry over plans to shut it.
A petition opposing any proposed closure was launched in April after the Warrington Guardian revealed the tip had been earmarked for closure.
The petition, which has secured more than 3,000 signatures, has been submitted to the authority.
During Tuesday's executive board meeting, members approved plans to carry out a six-week consultation 'on the current and potential future provision of waste recycling services' at the facility.
In her report to members, Cllr Judith Guthrie, executive board member for environment and public protection, said: Given the current site constraints of Stockton Heath, with particular regard to the size and access restrictions, together with the impact on immediate neighbours, officers understand that obtaining the required environmental permit would be challenging, in respect to both achieving technical and environmental specification compliance.
However, before any decision is made on the future of Stockton Heath, we propose to undertake a consultation on the provision of waste recycling services at the site to obtain consultees' views on future options.
The current budget for the operation of the three CRCs is £854,854, which includes disposal and management fee haulage costs.
However, the cost of operating these sites in 2017-18 was £1,149,110 “ an overspend of £294,256.
Deputy council leader Cllr Russ Bowden said: What is clear to me is, if we are designing a waste system for Warrington with a blank sheet of paper, it would not look anything like this.
I think what we can see is the Stockton Heath site is far more expensive to run than the other two.
It is right the council consults with the public about the future provision of that site.
Sandy Lane, Warrington, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy PC2FGR - Grappenhall Cricket Club played its first game in 1881 on a ground in Bellhouse Lane. The club moved to its current home of Broad Lane in 1892 with a new clubhouse. There have been several new clubhouses built on the existing site with the most recent developments coming in the late 1980's with significant improvements to the facilities in 2011.
In the early days the club played a number of friendly matches. Grappers then played regular fixtures up to the 2nd World War. In 1939, before war broke out, Grappers were founder members of the North Cheshire League but the league was stopped at the start of the war and was never resumed.
From the 1960's onwards GCC were members of the Manchester Association which was the prelude to the clubs most successful period.
The 70's & 80's “ the golden years
In 1981, after a couple of good seasons following promotion to the top division in the late 70's, the 1st XI won the top flight for the first time. One of Grappenhall's best teams, it included some famous Grappers names such as Duncan Martindale, Rick Houghton, Chris Ashton, Neil Titchard, Jim Green, Nick Sharp and a young Neil Fairbrother, only a few years before he headed off for big things with Lancashire and England.
In 1982, the 1st XI went one better, this time winning the league and cup double with the HC Cup Final being one of a number of appearances the club mate at Old Trafford in the 80's.
The double was repeated in 1987 with another appearance at Old Trafford, this time with the team including another future Lancashire star and future Grappers captain in Steve Titchard. In the same season, the 2nd XI also tasted success by winning the Worthington Cup.
There were a number of other cup successes for the club during this period for the different senior and junior teams, with many a memorable game taking place and the tales still being regaled today.
In 1992, the club were in their last season in Manchester Association before a move to the CCCL
Grappenhall Christmas Trees, Broad Lane, Warrington, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy PAN56H - . A detailed visual record places on record the social and built context of Friars Court, Rylands St, Warrington WA1 1EN, UK, in a photograph originating in 2018. The described feature is 21 Rylands Street, Warrington town centre, Cheshire, North West England, UK. Further features of the subject include custody infrastructure, heritage streetscape, public policy, period property, criminal justice, conservation interest, rehabilitation, historic fabric, built heritage, court and custody, public services, and traditional building. For present-day editorial use, the criminal-justice system can also illustrate debates about early-release measures and staffing, particularly where these affect sustainable capacity. Modern coverage of older urban fabric frequently reaches beyond the immediate scene to questions of vacancy, conservation of original fabric and preserving local character. Seen from a 2025-onward perspective, public services also connects with the cost of living, housing and efforts aimed at changing funding priorities. Small period details preserved at Friars Court, Rylands St, Warrington WA1 1EN, 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 surrounding story includes local authority, political controversy, architectural heritage, penal system, civic administration, justice services. Associated details include shuttered, town centre office, empty offices, unused offices, business. A second layer of description includes social policy, custodial estate, security estate, public-sector policy, local landmark, architectural character, law enforcement, democratic accountability, urban conservation, and civic debate. The resulting record of Friars Court, Rylands St, Warrington WA1 1EN, UK is specific enough to support future before-and-after study of the same site.
Friars Court, Rylands St, Warrington WA1 1EN, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy P110DR - The River Reeves Foundation has the ambition to help young people realise their dreams as actors, writers, artists, directors and musicians through grants, donations and other payments. We aim to provide the financial support that ensures passionate, talented young men and women can dare to dream about their futures within the arts.
The River Reeves Foundation will also be working closely with schools across Warrington to support the town's most talented pupils. The River Reeves Foundation will be providing the funding for talented pupils selected by their schools to receive musical tuition across a range of instruments.
The River Reeves Foundation is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) and our Charity Objectives are:
For the benefit of the public, to promote the education of people under the age of 25 years in Warrington in such ways as the charity trustees think fit
The Gateway, Warrington, Cheshire, England, WA1 1SR
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy H0N8DP - Grappenhall is a suburban village in Warrington, Cheshire, England. It is situated along the Bridgewater Canal, and forms one of the principal settlements of Grappenhall and Thelwall civil parish. According to the 2001 UK census, the population of the entire civil parish was 9,377.
Grappenhall is mentioned in the Domesday Book with the name Gropenhale and with a valuation of five shillings.
St Wilfrid's Church has a carving of a cat on the west face of the tower. This is believed to be Lewis Carroll's inspiration for the grinning Cheshire Cat in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. The church itself was first constructed in 1120, though was rebuilt 400 years later. The church was also, at a time, in the possession of the Boidelle (Boydell) family.
Along with the church, the centre of the village contains two pubs “ the Parr Arms and the Ram's Head “ and Grappenhall Hall Residential School (no longer a Residential School) and St. Wilfrid's Primary School. Bradshaw Community Primary School is located north of the village centre.
Parts of the Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes were filmed in the centre of Grappenhall. The village name appears in the title of the song Grappenhall Rag, by the Darwen singer-songwriter Bryn Haworth.
Grappenhall is home to the 25th Warrington East (St. Wilfrid's) Scout Troop. There is also a cricket ground, which is the home of Grappenhall Cricket Club.
Grappenhall Village, Warrington, Cheshire, England, WA4 3EP
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DCYD2M - . This scene at Grappenhall Heys, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 3LH in 2013 forms part of the visual history of the locality, documenting the named subject together with aspects of how the area looked and functioned at the time. The frame specifically shows Sign, Beware Bees Active, in this area. Another layer of the photograph includes town-centre trading, period detail, public realm, archival record, high-street commerce, visual archive, place identity, specialist shop, local enterprise, regional identity, bricks-and-mortar retail, changing land use, documentary photography, and independent retail. From a 2025-onward perspective, town-centre regeneration and consumer spending are closely linked to this subject, alongside how commercial property costs affect small retailers. As a dated visual record of Grappenhall Heys, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 3LH, the frame retains signage and branding, making it especially useful if conservation work subsequently changes the scene. The wider setting retains connections with commercial frontage, local character, social history, specialist retailer, shopfront economy, changing streetscape, street-level business, and retail property. The recorded references to Beware and Active preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. Around Grappenhall Heys, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 3LH, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. The wider significance includes town-centre regeneration and how commercial property costs affect small retailers within the real-world context of Grappenhall Heys, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 3LH. Another strand within the photograph is store closures and the contribution of independents to distinctive high streets within the specific setting of Grappenhall Heys, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 3LH.
Grappenhall Heys, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 3LH
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 6026541669 - 'Peter Gabriel - Steam - Play this track here.
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'Steam' is the second single from Peter Gabriel's 1992 album, Us. It reached number 10 on the UK singles chart.
Peter Gabriel has said that the song is about a relationship in which the woman is sophisticated, bright, cultured, and knows everything about anything and that the man knows nothing about anything, except, he does know about the woman, and she doesn't know much about herself.
An alternate version of this song called 'Quiet Steam' was a B-side on the 'Digging in the Dirt' single. It is a very lo-fi take on the popular version that appeared on the album. On Secret World Live, 'Steam' is preceded for a minute or so by the 'Quiet Steam' version.
As you will probably know, Peter Brian Gabriel (born 1950) is a British singer, musician, and songwriter who rose to fame as the lead vocalist and flautist of the 1970's progressive rock group Genesis.
After leaving Genesis in 1975, Gabriel went on to a successful solo career. More recently he has focused on producing and promoting world music and pioneering digital distribution methods for music. He has also been involved in various humanitarian efforts. In 2007 Gabriel was honoured as a BMI Icon at the 57th annual BMI London Awards for his \u201cinfluence on generations of music makers.\u201d
Gabriel was also awarded the Polar Music Prize in 2009 and inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Genesis in 2010.
A Showman's road locomotive or showman's engine is a steam-powered road-going 'locomotive' designed to provide power and transport for a travelling fair or circus. Similar to other road-going traction engines, showman's engines were normally distinguished by the addition of a full-length canopy, a dynamo mounted in front of the chimney, and brightly coloured paintwork with ornate decorations. The dynamo was used to generate electricity to illuminate and power various fairground rides. Although originally the ride's motion was powered by an internal steam engine, some later rides were driven direct from the showman's engine via a belt drive.
The one shown here is the John Murphys proud Peacocks Fowler B6 traction Engine. Seen here at the 2011 Cheshire Steam fair, held at Daresbury near Warrington 9th July 2011.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy PC9XYK - Entrance sign at Stockton Heath Recycling and Household Waste Centre on Sandy Lane in south Warrington, Cheshire, photographed under a cloudy grey sky with the site entrance, waste containers and access road visible beyond. The large Recycle for Warrington sign welcomes visitors and stresses the importance of separating waste into recyclable and non-recyclable material. Visible categories include garden waste, glass, white goods, car batteries, food and drink cans, plastic bottles, furniture, fridges, general waste, soil and rubble, plasterboard, timber, asbestos, clothing and clear glass. A performance panel shows last month's recycling rate at 79 per cent, making the image useful for stories about household waste, council recycling performance, waste sorting, environmental behaviour and local authority services.
The image has strong editorial value because it shows the public-facing edge of municipal waste management rather than a generic recycling symbol. Community recycling centres are where household behaviour, council budgets, environmental targets, vehicle access and public convenience meet. Stockton Heath serves residents in south Warrington and nearby areas, making it relevant to stories about recycling habits, fly-tipping prevention, bulky waste, DIY waste, reuse and keeping recyclable material out of general waste streams.
The site has been part of local debate about recycling centre provision in Warrington, with concerns over potential closure reported in recent years. That gives the photograph wider relevance for coverage of public service savings, environmental infrastructure, access to waste facilities and the impact of council decisions on residents. The overcast weather, functional signage, patched road surface, yard and containers create a documentary image of everyday civic infrastructure in North West England. It can support articles on recycling rates, household waste centres, service delivery, sustainability and climate action.
South Warrington household waste site sign highlights recycling, non-recyclable waste and local envi
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M69CF8 - Section 24 means that private landlords can no longer offset mortgage payments
The Government has made recent changes to individual landlord's tax relief. Since April 2020 buy-to-let landlords have had to pay income tax on the entire rental income, regardless of how much is taken by mortgage interest. Instead, this has been replaced with a 20% tax credit, meaning private landlords with a mortgage can no longer offset mortgage interest costs in full against income tax bills on rent.
As a result, landlords now pay tax on rental income based on revenue rather than their profit after mortgage interest is paid. For those of you thinking of setting up a limited company, you'll be glad to know that mortgage interest is treated as a business expense. That means if your property is owned by a limited company, you can minus the cost before paying corporation tax. If this is something you are considering, it's always smart to obtain financial advice from a registered tax expert.
What are the implications of the Capital Gains Tax changes?
There have been recent tweaks to Capital Gains Tax. This means that buy-to-let investors also face a heftier tax bill on profits when they sell up. The Capital Gains Tax rate on residential property is 28% for higher rate taxpayers and 18% for basic rate taxpayers versus 18% and 10% on other assets.
66-70 London Rd, Stockton Heath, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 6HR
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JKMWXH - A close view of two green petrol pump nozzles at Sainsbury's filling station on Church Street in Warrington town centre, Cheshire. The left nozzle is labelled Unleaded E10 and the right is marked Super Unleaded E5, showing the two principal petrol grades available to British motorists. Black rubber hoses, moulded handles and rounded advertising panels form a practical study of everyday vehicle refuelling equipment.
The pump-mounted advertisements carry Elysium Healthcare recruitment messages seeking support workers and nurses for Arbury Court and St Mary's Hospital in Warrington. A monochrome portrait, orange panel and vacancy wording turn the fuel dispenser into a local recruitment medium, combining petrol retailing with healthcare employment advertising. The image records both transport infrastructure and the use of commercial forecourts to reach drivers and potential job applicants.
E10 became the standard grade of unleaded petrol in Great Britain, while E5 remains available as a super-unleaded option for vehicles requiring or better suited to fuel with a lower ethanol content. The prominently displayed grade labels help motorists select the correct product before refuelling.
Sainsbury's Warrington petrol station forms part of the supermarket site at 100 Church Street, close to the town centre. Supermarket forecourts are familiar features of British retail and transport infrastructure, supplying petrol and diesel alongside grocery shopping and other everyday journeys.
The photograph has editorial value for petrol retailing, E10 and E5 fuel grades, supermarket filling stations, motoring expenditure, fossil fuels, road transport, healthcare recruitment, nursing vacancies, support work, mental health services and local employment in Warrington. The tight composition gives clear prominence to the fuel labels, pump hardware and recruitment campaign.
Sainsburys Warrington, town centre, Cheshire, England, UK
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Keywords: M6 Junction 21 at dusk,night,shot,slow,exposure,blue-hour,bluehour,gotonysmith,freeway,turnpike,england,english,british,car,cartrail,cartrails,long,speed,speeding,70,mph,gotonysmith,Motorways,freeway,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,movement,Thelwall,viaduct,bridge,Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK,WA1,WA3 6DR,WA3
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy CEXEK3 - . M6 Junction 21 at dusk, night shot slow exposure, Thelwall viaduct bridge, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA3 6DR. Photographed on 9 June 2009. The recorded location is M6 j21, Birchwood, Warrington, Cheshire, England UK WA3 6DR. As background, landscape images record more than scenery: buildings, vegetation, weather, transport and land use combine to show how a place appeared at a particular moment
Repeated views can later become valuable evidence of development, environmental change and shifting patterns of use. From a heritage perspective, britain's road landscape has accumulated layers of transport history: old milestones and cast signs coexist with speed limits, parking controls, motorway infrastructure and electronic traffic management
Such details reveal how movement and road safety have been regulated over time. Against the 2026 backdrop, current interest in climate and place-making gives atmospheric landscape images added documentary value, particularly where weather, coastlines or urban development are prominent. As of 2026, road policy continues to focus on safety, congestion, emissions and the balance between private cars, buses, cycling and walking
Images of older traffic controls, signs and busy roads provide useful comparison with current debates about sustainable transport and street design. From a heritage perspective, panoramic and atmospheric views place individual landmarks within their wider setting
Light, season and weather affect how architecture and landscape are perceived, while distant development can provide clues to the evolving form of a town or coastline. Looking at the subject's development, seasonal and low-light photography can emphasise the relationship between natural conditions and the built environment
Dusk, snow, mist or dramatic cloud often reveal lighting, silhouettes and reflective surfaces that are less apparent in ordinary daylight.
M6 j21, Birchwood, Warrington, Cheshire, England UK WA3 6DR
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Daresbury was the birthplace of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland author Lewis Carroll, in All Saints' Vicarage. Daresbury has a Lewis Carroll Visitor Centre and the parish church, All Saints, a Lewis Carroll window, including an image of the Cheshire Cat.Lewis Carroll as born 27 January 1832 “ 14 January 1898.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (commonly shortened to Alice in Wonderland) is an 1865 novel by English author Lewis Carroll (the pseudonym of Charles Dodgson). It tells of a young girl named Alice, who falls through a rabbit hole into a subterranean fantasy world populated by peculiar, anthropomorphic creatures. It is considered to be one of the best examples of the literary nonsense genre. The tale plays with logic, giving the story lasting popularity with adults as well as with children.
The Daniell Chapel contains one of the best-known features of All Saints', the Lewis Carroll Memorial Window. To mark the centenary of his birth, Carroll enthusiasts from all over the world subscribed to a memorial fund, which resulted in a gift to All Saints' of this striking and unusual stained glass window, dedicated in 1935.
The window was designed by the stained glass artist Geoffrey Webb and depicts a Nativity scene, at which both Carroll and Alice are present. Below the Nativity scene are 5 panels illustrated with characters and scenes from Alice in Wonderland including the White Rabbit, the Lizard, the Dodo, the Caterpillar, Fish-Footman, Mad Hatter, Dormouse, March Hare, Duchess, Gryphon, Mock Turtle, Knave and Queen of Hearts. The famous Cheshire Cat can be found in the centre of the fifth panel. The 3 centre panels contain verses from the Lewis Carroll's poem ˜Christmas Greetings (From a Fairy to a Child)'.
Geoffrey Webb's mark was a spider's web that he would incorporate into the design of his windows. The web can be found in the fifth section of the Window, just above the Queen of Hearts and includes the date ˜1935'.
Daresbury Lane, Daresbury,Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK, WA4 4AE
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy PAN56K - Queue at a Royal Mail Sorting Office, Milner St , Warrington, Cheshire, North West England, UK works as a grounded stock photograph because the subject is specific, legible and connected to wider social, economic or cultural themes. A queue at a Royal Mail sorting office captures a familiar pre-Christmas and missed-parcel ritual, where online shopping and delivery systems still end with people waiting at a local counter. The scene is useful for stories about postal delays, e-commerce, parcel volumes, public service, industrial relations, consumer expectations and the pressure on delivery networks. The location detail, Warrington, strengthens searches for regional features, travel pages, local-history pieces and news use where a named place matters. Relevant editorial themes include office building, head office, workplace, corporate premises, railway station, passenger rail, train travel and public transport, with each theme rooted in the visible subject, place or activity. The scene has practical value for features needing authentic British or international street-level evidence, especially where policy, culture, business, tourism or social change is easier to explain through one clear example.
28-32 Milner St, Warrington WA5 1AD, UK
