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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,Hancock & Wood,Hancock and Wood,final,closing,down,sale,Bridge St,Warrington,Bridge Street,WA1,the,end,for,retail,closing down sale UK,closing down sale England,closing down sale Warrington,closing down mall
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3F3WNDB - . Hancock & Wood final closing down sale, Bridge St , Warrington - the end for retail. Photographed on 25 July 2026, this summer image records the subject in its real-world setting and provides a contemporary visual reference for the place, activity, object or organisation shown. Key searchable subjects associated with the scene include Hancock & Wood, Hancock and Wood, final, closing, down, sale, Bridge St, Warrington, Bridge Street, WA1, end, retail, providing natural SEO coverage without losing the specific documentary identity of the photograph. The retail context supports editorial themes around high streets, shopping centres, consumer behaviour, independent and chain businesses, store branding, commercial property, hospitality and the changing economics of town and city centres. Shopfronts, promotional material, prices, signage and surrounding public space can become valuable historical evidence as businesses close, rebrand, relocate or adapt to online competition and changing consumer demand. The transport setting gives the image wider relevance to mobility, infrastructure, roads and public transport, travel behaviour, local connectivity, logistics and the relationship between vehicles and the built environment. It can illustrate planning, transport policy, accessibility, congestion, public investment and the changing technologies and services used to move people or goods. 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.
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,WCML,Cheshire,WA1,Avanti,trains,tilting,train,panorama,at,WBQ,unusual,Warrington,Bank Quay,railway,rail,station
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3F7JBFW - . Avanti West Coast electric tilting train at Warrington Bank Quay railway station in Cheshire, England, shown in a wide panoramic view on the West Coast Main Line. Warrington Bank Quay is an important inter-city station between London, Birmingham, the North West and Scotland, with long-distance services linking Warrington directly with London Euston, Birmingham, the West Midlands, Cumbria and Glasgow. The station occupies a historic railway location where early lines through Warrington became part of the developing trunk route between London and the industrial cities of northern Britain. The first Bank Quay station opened in 1837 with the Grand Junction Railway, an important component of what later became the West Coast Main Line, while the present station layout developed through subsequent rebuilding and electrification. Avanti West Coast operates high-speed inter-city services on the route using electric trains, including tilting Pendolino units designed to negotiate curves at higher speeds. The photograph is suitable for editorial coverage of Avanti West Coast, British railways, train travel, railway infrastructure, West Coast Main Line, Warrington transport, electric rail, tilting trains, inter-city services, rail fares, passenger transport, commuting, railway modernisation and sustainable travel. The panoramic composition records the train, platforms, overhead electrification and station environment together, providing useful context for one of Cheshire's key long-distance rail connections. It can also support stories about rail investment, service reliability, franchise operations, passenger growth and the continuing strategic importance of Warrington as a junction and transport centre between major UK cities. The image also has relevance to discussions of decarbonising domestic travel, the competitiveness of rail against road and short-haul air journeys, and the importance of reliable north-south rail links to regional economies.
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,IMG_0394,Fire,eater,rainbow,costume,performing,Warrington Pride 2026,Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK,red-haired,performer,street,flaming,prop,Pride,LGBTQ+,visibility,equality,diversity,festival,live,community,summer,theatrical,entertainment,WA1,WA1 2NT,Time Sq,Time Square
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EPRNM5 - . Fire eater in rainbow costume performing at Warrington Pride 2026 in Time Square , Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK WA1 2NT. Photographed on 13 June 2026. The recorded location is Time Square, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 2NT. The full-length view shows the red-haired performer standing in the street with arms raised and a flaming prop, wearing vivid rainbow clothing that connects the act directly with Pride symbolism. The upright composition clearly shows the performer's costume and theatrical pose, making it useful for illustrating both Pride identity and the specialist entertainment staged around the town centre. Seen through townscape, the earlier context is 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. For retro clothing, the historical context is that clothing and accessories are precise markers of fashion history
Fabric, colour, width, pattern and construction can identify an era even when the wearer is absent, making small objects such as ties useful records of changing male dress. Looking at public life, the longer history is that civic spaces often accumulate layers of architecture from different periods while retaining a stable role as meeting places and pedestrian routes. The 2026 relevance of townscape comes from the fact that 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. For retro clothing, the 2026 context is that formal office dress is less universal than it was in previous decades, giving vintage ties and traditional menswear additional relevance to stories about changing workplace culture, resale and retro fashion. Other closely matched search terms include local history, place identity, and streetscape.
Time Square, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 2NT
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,IMG_0418,Fire,eater,blowing,flames,Warrington Pride 2026,Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK,red-haired,entertainer,rainbow,costume,fire-breathing,Pride,LGBTQ+,festival,live,performer,street,theatre,equality,community,summer,spectacle,action,WA1,WA1 2NT,Time Square,Time Sq,LGBT,LGBTQ
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EPRNM9 - . Fire eater blowing flames during Warrington Pride 2026 in Time Square ,Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK. WA1 2NT. Photographed on 13 June 2026. The recorded location is Time Sq, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK WA1 2NT. A red-haired entertainer in a rainbow-fringed costume performs a dramatic fire-breathing act at close range, with bright orange flames surrounding the performer's face and hands. The tight composition gives a particularly strong sense of spectacle and danger while the rainbow clothing anchors the image clearly in the Pride festival context. The historical setting for place identity is that town and neighbourhood photographs record the accumulation of ordinary change: road layouts, shop names, signage, public art and building uses
Their value increases when compared over decades because apparently minor details can become the clearest evidence of transformation. Seen through city centre, the earlier context is that banners, monuments and temporary installations can transform a formal square into a record of particular events or institutional identity. For textile, the historical context is that clothing and accessories are precise markers of fashion history
Fabric, colour, width, pattern and construction can identify an era even when the wearer is absent, making small objects such as ties useful records of changing male dress. In the 2026 discussion of place identity, regeneration, housing growth and changing high streets continue to alter many British towns, giving well-located photographs practical relevance for local-past comparison. The 2026 relevance of city centre comes from the fact that well-used squares continue to be important to tourism and local identity, while redesign projects often focus on accessibility, shade, planting and flexible event use. Closely related image-search terms include local history, townscape, streetscape, community history, local landmark, urban change, local character, and public realm.
Time Sq, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK WA1 2NT
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,IMG_0420,Fire,eater,performing,flaming,torches,Warrington Pride 2026,Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK,red-haired,performer,rainbow,costume,flames,Pride,LGBTQ+,festival,street,theatre,live,entertainment,equality,community,summer,action,stage,WA1,WA1 2NT,Time Sq,Time Square,times square warrington,time square warrington
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EPRNMC - . Fire eater performing with flaming torches at Warrington Pride 2026 in Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK WA1 2NT. Photographed on 13 June 2026. The recorded location is Time Sq, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK WA1 2NT. The red-haired performer wears a bright rainbow costume and handles multiple flames during a live outdoor act, creating a dramatic contrast against the dark stage background. The image combines strong action with recognisable Pride colours and documents the increasingly varied entertainment programmes used to attract broad audiences to modern town-centre Pride events. For the story of local history, it is useful to note that local place names and small landmarks can be as significant to community history as nationally famous buildings
Streets, neighbourhood businesses and informal attractions offer reference points that may vanish during redevelopment or rebranding. The historical setting for themed attraction is that leisure businesses are highly responsive to fashion
Names, signs and interiors can therefore become strong markers of a particular period even when the underlying premises remain in use. Seen through fashion history, the earlier context is that fashion objects combine personal taste with industrial production
Labels, stitching and fabric can reveal country of manufacture, retail positioning and the design language of a particular decade. For present-day local history, 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 significant parts of how an area is represented. In the 2026 discussion of themed attraction, experience-led leisure such as escape rooms and themed attractions competes alongside streaming and gaming for discretionary spending, making town-centre entertainment an important part of the post-retail economy.
Time Sq, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK WA1 2NT
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,IMG_0503,Elton John tribute,performer,entertaining,Warrington Pride 2026,Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK,musician,red,sequinned,jacket,piano,tribute,live,music,Pride,LGBTQ+,festival,entertainment,popular,performance,community,summer,glasses,stage,impersonator,WA1 2NT,WA1,Time Square,Time Sq,times square warrington,time square warrington
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EPRNMG - . Elton John tribute performer entertaining at Warrington Pride 2026 in Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK. WA1 2NT. Photographed on 13 June 2026. The recorded location is Time Square, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK WA1 2NT. The musician wears a vivid red sequinned jacket and tinted glasses while performing at a white piano on an outdoor stage, deliberately echoing the flamboyant stage style associated with Elton John. The colourful costume and recognisable tribute styling make this a strong image for illustrating the role of impersonators and tribute performers in local entertainment programmes while avoiding the implication that the real artist is shown. In relation to local heritage, historical context shows 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. For the story of escape room, it is useful to note that commercial entertainment continually reinvents itself through new technologies and formats, from cinemas and video rental to escape rooms, themed attractions and interactive gaming. The historical setting for band is that british popular music has been closely tied to particular cities, independent labels and venues
Manchester and Liverpool in particular developed internationally recognised scenes whose clubs, rehearsal rooms and concert halls became cultural landmarks. As of 2026, the position for local heritage is that regeneration, housing growth and evolving high streets continue to alter many British towns, giving well-located photographs practical relevance for local-history comparison. For present-day escape room, 2026 is significant because entertainment businesses also contribute to evening footfall and mixed-use regeneration, particularly where former shops are converted to leisure uses. Additional natural-language search terms include local history, place identity, and townscape.
Time Square, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK WA1 2NT
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,UK,GB,English,British,Warrington,WA1,market,Time Sq,Cheshire,town,centre,retail,new,Sunday,Bolton,charity,pie,pies,pasty,pasties,with,baking,bakers,award,cup,for,curry,2,Time Square,WA1 2NT,Norris St,BL3 5BZ
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2T10DPJ - H.M.Pasties was set up by Lee Wakeham, an ex-offender with the aim to ˜bring out the good inside' by employing ex-offenders to make and sell delicious handmade Cornish-style pasties.
Inspired by the success of Bad Boys Bakery, The Barker Baker and the Clink Charity
who now boast a 41% reduction in reoffending for people involved in the bakery, H.M.Pasties was born in 2018 with support from the Big Lottery Fund, Forward Trust and the Santander Foundation.
With over 10.5 million people in the UK holding a criminal record many face huge difficulties in gaining employment post sentence due to the stigma that surrounds it.
H.M.Pasties wants to stop talent and lives from being wasted. They are passionate about helping those who feel left behind to find fulfilling work in order to enhance their wellbeing and help them feel part of a thriving local community. By offering a transitional employment programme which provides training and support ex-offenders can become ready for the world of work, making long term employment a reality.
H.M.Pasties was created to supply high quality, handmade traditional pasties and other baked goods to customers across Greater Manchester and add real social benefit.
This is achieved by not only sourcing ingredients from the Prison Estate but also by employing people with convictions in the manufacture, sales and distribution of the pasties whilst simultaneously offering peer mentoring support to enable them to build new careers and live a life free of crime.
In order to become a truly independent, self sustaining business, HM Pasties is now a stand alone limited company looking to build on our now established brand to create even more social impact.
Dignity, self-respect and a stable income are crucial to preventing reoffending, and securing employment is the key to achieving those goals.
2 Time Square, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 2NT
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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,UK,England,WA1,83,The Mall,Golden Square Shopping Centre,Warrington,Cheshire,WA1 1QE,shop,shops,pawn,store,stores,unit,buy,sell,loan,loans,hard times,poverty,branch,chain,branches,second hand,used,cast,electrical,entertainment,products,product,gold,franchisee,Rcapital,cheque cashing,cash is king,easy
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RG8YH8 - Cash Generator is a United Kingdom-based Buy and Sell store. Its headquarters are in Edinburgh, United Kingdom. The retailer opened its first store in Bolton in February 1994. The company has expanded, with corporate and franchise stores, and currently has 120+ stores across the United Kingdom (2018).
The company describes itself as a Buy, Sell and Buy Back Store. Its core business is the buying and selling of second hand goods, mainly electrical, entertainment products and gold.
Cash Generator was founded in 1994, by British businessman Brian Lewis. Having noticed the success of a similar business in the United States, he decided to emulate the business model in the United Kingdom, and opened his first store in Bolton
Cash Generator was 100% owned by Lewis from February 1994, until April 2008, when a management buyout was staged by three directors and in conjunction with New World Corporate Finance
In 2017, Axcess sold Cash Generator to investors Rcapital.
As of June 2018, Cash Generator is a purely franchisee focused business with a defined business model with over 120 stores and 58 franchisees, which includes stores ranging from Cornwall to Northern Scotland.
Cash Generator offers a range of financial services, including cheque cashing, money transfer, foreign currency exchange in some stores. The company has a partnership with Western Union and Number One Currency. In 2015, the company ceased issuing short-term loans as the market for Payday Loans became more heavily regulated
with a greater focus on buying, selling and Buy Back. Services vary in each store so check out availability via the website.
Golden Square Shopping Centre, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 1QE
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,UK,Cheshire,WA1,WA1 2TN,bin,for,Recycling,7bins,Sunak,3,Church Street,Warrington,Sainsbury,Sainsburys,Biffa,waste management,company,ltd,limited,PLC,CJ,Bent,&,sons,sign,signs,facility,recycle,area,section,supermarket,supermarkets,glass,plastic,management
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RC3199 - . Three orange bins for recycling, Recycling Centre, Church St , Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 2TN. Photographed on 11 July 2023. Biffa plc is a waste management company headquartered in High Wycombe, England. It provides collection, landfill, recycling and special waste services to local authorities and industrial and commercial clients in the United Kingdom. As of 2017, it was the UK's second-largest waste-management company. It was listed on the London Stock Exchange until it was acquired by the private-equity firm, Energy Capital Partners, in January 2023. Looking at environmental policy, the longer history is that packaging waste illustrates the practical side of environmental policy
Products combining plastic, foil, paper or food residue can be difficult to process and reveal the limits of systems designed around simpler material streams. The background to local heritage is 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. Within the history of Christian heritage, parish churches and cathedrals are among Britain's richest sources of architectural and social history
Medieval fabric, later chapels, organs, altars, monuments and inscriptions can coexist within a single building, revealing generations of craftsmanship and evolving liturgy. In 2026, environmental policy remains relevant because recycling policy in England is undergoing its biggest standardisation for years
Older photographs of multiple bins or difficult packaging help illustrate why government sought clearer, more consistent collection systems. Current 2026 context around local heritage 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.
Church St , Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 2TN
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RC31A2 - . Pyramid Arts Centre, Cultural Quarter, Palmyra Square South, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 1BL. Photographed on 11 July 2023. In 1989 the borough council also saw a need for a better arts and theatre complex so re-developed the old courthouse and Centre Sport, sports hall next door into The Pyramid Arts Centre. The Pyramid, opened in 2002, hosts various classes throughout the year for people interested in discovering the arts. Pyramid also hosts a monthly Comedy Store Event, local band nights as well as having a varied programme of weekly classes. One of its studios was named in 2011 after the late Pete Postlethwaite. For public realm, the historical context is that town and neighbourhood photographs record the accumulation of ordinary change: road layouts, shop names, signage, public art and building uses
Their value increases when compared over decades because apparently minor details can become the clearest evidence of transformation. Looking at architecture, the longer history is that banners, monuments and temporary installations can transform a formal square into a record of particular events or institutional identity. The background to sheriff court is that courts and police buildings are physical expressions of the justice system
Their entrances, crests and signs identify the institutions responsible for criminal and civil proceedings, public order and local administration. For public realm, the 2026 context is that regeneration, housing growth and changing high streets continue to alter many British towns, giving well-located photographs practical relevance for local-past comparison. In 2026, architecture remains relevant because well-used squares continue to be important to tourism and local identity, while redesign projects often focus on accessibility, shade, planting and flexible event use. Further relevant search phrases include local history, place identity, townscape, streetscape, community history, and local landmark.
Palmyra Square South, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 1BL
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,UK,Cheshire,WA1,10 Museum St,Warrington,WA1 1HU,former,school,art,on,10,town centre,Museum St,Victorian,outside,exterior,stone,history,historic,plan,plans,project,development,redevelopment,Museum Street College Development,Ltd,application,rejected,19th century,19c,office,meeting,space,conservation,area
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RC31A5 - . Former Warrington Collegiate School of Art building, on 10 Museum Street, town centre, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 1HU. Photographed on 11 July 2023, this summer image records the subject in its real-world setting and provides a contemporary visual reference for the place, activity, object or organisation shown. The recorded location is 10 Museum St, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 1HU, adding precise geographical context for editorial, documentary, travel and local-history searches. Key searchable subjects associated with the scene include Cheshire, WA1, 10 Museum St, Warrington, WA1 1HU, former, school, art, town centre, Museum St, Victorian, exterior, providing natural SEO coverage without losing the specific documentary identity of the photograph. Architecturally, the scene records the form, materials, scale and public-facing character of the built environment, making it useful for coverage of design, planning, conservation, development and urban identity. The image has value for architectural and place-based research because buildings and interiors can be refurbished, repurposed, demolished or substantially altered, while streets and public spaces also evolve. The heritage dimension gives the photograph relevance to local history, conservation, collective memory, historic buildings and objects, civic identity and the ways in which earlier generations are represented in today's public realm. As a contemporary record of a historic subject, it can illustrate preservation, interpretation, restoration, tourism and debates about how cultural and industrial heritage is maintained and reused. The frame provides a detailed documentary record of the subject as it appeared at the time of photography, preserving the surrounding context as well as the principal feature. Its value is both descriptive and editorial, allowing the scene to illustrate news, features, local history, travel, social change and retrospective comparison.
10 Museum St, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 1HU
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RHH6G0 - Read more at https://www.business-live.co.uk/manufacturing/unilever-north-west-plant-persil-17657936
Unilever North West plant where Persil and Surf are made could close after 'irreversible decline in demand'
The household products giant said the plant is 'running at less than half its capacity'
Global household products giant Unilever is set to close an historic North West plant where Persil and Surf laundry detergents are made, after what it called an irreversible decline in demand for washing powder.
The British-Dutch firm said it was launching a strategic review into the 136-year-old factory in Warrington that employs more than 100 people but is currently running at less than half its capacity.
The statement from the firm, whose brands include Dove and Lynx, said one potential outcome would be to close the entire plant, and that it would be challenging to find a commercially sustainable alternative.
Unilever said: [We] appreciate that this is difficult and unsettling news for the 123 employees at Warrington and will support them through this review.
Jon Strachan, vice president of supply chain, added: This decision has not been taken lightly.
Whatever the outcome, the review is likely to require difficult decisions. We understand this will cause considerable concern for our Warrington employees, suppliers and the local community and that the outcome may have significant implications for them.
We are committed to treating our employees fairly throughout and providing support during this period of uncertainty.
Following the announcement, GMB, the union for Unilever workers, together with Warrington North MP Charlotte Nichols, have called on the company to save the historic factory.
2 Liverpool Rd, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA5 1AA
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Keywords: Warrington,centre,WA1,Cheshire,England,English,UK,GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,closed,manufacturing,facility,WA5,2,WA5 1AA,major,soap,detergent,detergents,WBQ,Avanti,train,WCML,West Coast Mainline,platform,Pendolino,service,engine,station,Bank Quay,sunny,blue sky,blue skies,West Coast,Surf,plant,household products,Charlotte Nichols
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RHH6G6 - Read more at https://www.business-live.co.uk/manufacturing/unilever-north-west-plant-persil-17657936
Unilever North West plant where Persil and Surf are made could close after 'irreversible decline in demand'
The household products giant said the plant is 'running at less than half its capacity'
Global household products giant Unilever is set to close an historic North West plant where Persil and Surf laundry detergents are made, after what it called an irreversible decline in demand for washing powder.
The British-Dutch firm said it was launching a strategic review into the 136-year-old factory in Warrington that employs more than 100 people but is currently running at less than half its capacity.
The statement from the firm, whose brands include Dove and Lynx, said one potential outcome would be to close the entire plant, and that it would be challenging to find a commercially sustainable alternative.
Unilever said: [We] appreciate that this is difficult and unsettling news for the 123 employees at Warrington and will support them through this review.
Jon Strachan, vice president of supply chain, added: This decision has not been taken lightly.
Whatever the outcome, the review is likely to require difficult decisions. We understand this will cause considerable concern for our Warrington employees, suppliers and the local community and that the outcome may have significant implications for them.
We are committed to treating our employees fairly throughout and providing support during this period of uncertainty.
Following the announcement, GMB, the union for Unilever workers, together with Warrington North MP Charlotte Nichols, have called on the company to save the historic factory.
2 Liverpool Rd, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA5 1AA
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RHH6G7 - 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
The incumbent Cheshire Police and Crime Commissioner is John Dwyer, appointed in May 2021. Dwyer previously held the post from November 2012 to May 2016. From May 2016 until May 2021, David Keane held the office. The police and crime commissioner is scrutinised by the Cheshire Police and Crime Panel, made up of elected councillors from the local authorities in the police area. Before November 2012, the Cheshire Police Authority was the police governance.
Arpley St, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 1LQ
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,UK,British,Britain,WA1,bus,vehicle,buses,Cheshire,WA1 1XW,WBC,at,borough,council,bay,stop,one,1,Warrington,WA1 1TS,vechicles,PSV,service,route,routes,services,cut,cuts,reduced,strike,strikes,subsidy,grant
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2R15NFG - . Buses at Warrington interchange, bus station, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 1XW. 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 Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 1TS, adding precise geographical context for editorial, documentary, travel and local-history searches. Key searchable subjects associated with the scene include WA1, bus, vehicle, buses, Cheshire, WA1 1XW, WBC, borough, council, bay, stop, one, providing natural SEO coverage without losing the specific documentary identity of the photograph. Transport context makes the photograph useful for stories about rail travel, passenger journeys, stations and interchanges, public transport investment, regional connectivity and the everyday experience of moving through the UK rail network. Railway architecture, passenger facilities, route identity, signage and operational infrastructure are important documentary themes, particularly as stations and services are modernised or altered over time. The transport setting gives the image wider relevance to mobility, infrastructure, roads and public transport, travel behaviour, local connectivity, logistics and the relationship between vehicles and the built environment. It can illustrate planning, transport policy, accessibility, congestion, public investment and the changing technologies and services used to move people or goods. 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. The composition retains practical contextual detail for news, feature, documentary, educational and historical use.
Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 1TS
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,UK,GB,United Kingdom,borough,council,WBC,diesel,hybrid,public,bus,transport,from,buses,own,Cheshire Cat,service,services,delay,cancelled,at,the,town,centre,Warrington,Cheshire,WA1,pano,wide,busy,crowded,midday,cuts
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2R27C0B - . Diesel public transport from Warringtons Own Buses, at the interchange, town centre, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1. 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 Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 1NN, adding precise geographical context for editorial, documentary, travel and local-history searches. Key searchable subjects associated with the scene include United Kingdom, borough, council, WBC, diesel, hybrid, public, bus, transport, buses, own, Cheshire Cat, providing natural SEO coverage without losing the specific documentary identity of the photograph. The transport setting gives the image wider relevance to mobility, infrastructure, roads and public transport, travel behaviour, local connectivity, logistics and the relationship between vehicles and the built environment. It can illustrate planning, transport policy, accessibility, congestion, public investment and the changing technologies and services used to move people or goods. 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. The scene contributes a specific, place-based record rather than a generic illustration.
Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 1NN
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Cheshire,England,UK,baptised,Christian,Christening,ceremony,ceremonies,choice,or,not,engraved,engraving,ornate,original,Holy Trinity C of E Church,Holy Trinity C of E,church,fonts,sacrament,ritual,WA1,Market Gate,Sankey St,Warrington,WA1 1XG,CofE,C of E,metal,bronze,cover,top,surface
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PCB3K3 - Baptism (from KoinÄ“ Greek: βάπτισμα, romanized: váptisma, lit.‰'immerse, dip in water') is a Christian sacrament of initiation and adoption,[2] almost invariably with the use of water. It may be performed by sprinkling or pouring water on the head, or by immersing in water either partially or completely, traditionally three times, once for each person of the Trinity. The synoptic gospels recount that John the Baptist baptised Jesus. Baptism is considered a sacrament in most churches, and as an ordinance in others. Baptism according to the Trinitarian formula, which is done in most mainstream Christian denominations, is seen as being a basis for Christian ecumenism, the concept of unity amongst Christians. Baptism is also called christening,[14][15] although some reserve the word christening for the baptism of infants. In certain Christian denominations, such as the Catholic Churches, Eastern Orthodox Churches, Oriental Orthodox Churches, Assyrian Church of the East, and Lutheran Churches, baptism is the door to church membership, with candidates taking baptismal vows. It has also given its name to the Baptist churches and denominations.
Some Christian thinking regards baptism as necessary for salvation, but some writers, such as Huldrych Zwingli (1484“1531), have denied its necessity. Though water baptism is extremely common among Christian denominations, some, such as the Quakers and the Salvation Army, do not practice water baptism at all.[20] Among denominations that practice water baptism, differences occur in the manner and mode of baptizing and in the understanding of the significance of the rite. Most Christians baptize using the trinitarian formula in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit (following the Great Commission), but Oneness Pentecostals baptize using Jesus' name only. Much more than half of all Christians baptize infants
many others, such as Baptist Churches, regard only believer's baptism as true baptism.
Market Gate, Sankey St, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 1XG
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2R5PPE1 - Holy Trinity Church is in the centre of the town of Warrington, Cheshire, England. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building. It is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Liverpool, the archdeaconry of Warrington and the deanery of Warrington.
History
A chapel of ease known as Trinity Chapel was built on the site in 1708 to relieve pressure on the parish church of St Elphin's. It was built as an oratory by Peter Legh of Lyme Park. By the 1750s the chapel was too small for its congregation and in 1758 subscriptions were raised to build a new church, which was consecrated in 1760. The architecture is in the style of James Gibbs, but he was ill at the time the church was built and it is thought it was designed by one of Gibbs' associates. In 1862 a west clock tower was added which was designed by W. P. Coxon, the Borough Surveyor
the tower belongs to the town rather than to the church. In 1974 the south aisle was re-designed to form the Garven Room, a servery, a vestry and toilets. By the 1970s the roof had been damaged by wet and dry rot, woodworm and death watch beetle and was replaced in 1978“79. By 1990 the pipe organ was beyond repair and it has been replaced by a Makin electronic organ. In 1988 the west end was remodelled, forming a lobby. In 1997 the east end was reordered, adding a room and extending the sanctuary area. In 1999 the clock was refurbished by Warrington Borough Council as a Millennium project.
Architecture
Exterior
The church is built in Georgian style. Its front is constructed in sandstone, and the rear in brick with stone dressings. The stonework at the front is rusticated. The front aspect is in four stages
at the base is a rusticated plinth, above which is a tier of windows with a Doric doorcase at the west of the front. Then comes an upper tier of windows with Ionic pilasters and at the top a cornice and a plain parapet. In the east wall is a Palladian window.
Market Gate, Sankey St, Warrington , Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 1XG
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK,town,centre,WA1,2,Bank street,WA1 2AS,JJB,Sports,clubs,Fitness Club,Dave Whelans,Fitness First,business,leisure,The Gym Group,and,Greenwich Leisure Limited,sport,sports,fitness,administration,Frasers Group,Everlast Fitness Club,Sports Direct,Mike Ashley,closure,mothballed,boarded,up
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2NCX2F8 - DW Sports Fitness is a British retailing and fitness business, founded as a result of Dave Whelan's purchase of 50 JJB Sports fitness clubs with attached retail stores for £83.4 million in March 2009. The business would later encompass more than 140 sites, which included expansion to stand-alone retail stores and stand-alone fitness clubs. In 2011, the business joined buying group Intersport, and began using its name within its facades, and in 2016 it joint-purchased the Fitness First UK business alongside The Gym Group and Greenwich Leisure Limited.
In August 2020, it announced that DW Sports Fitness was to enter administration. A considerable number of its locations were then purchased by Frasers Group, who turned them into Everlast Fitness Club and Sports Direct locations, whilst some Fitness First locations would continue. It is understood that 922 jobs out of 1,700 were saved by Frasers Group. The DW Sports Fitness brand continues administration and realisation. DW Stadium in Wigan remains named as such for the time being.
In 2016, DW Sports Fitness acquired all 62 Fitness First clubs in the UK from Oaktree Capital Management, selling 14 of those and continuing to operate 48 under the Fitness First brand.
As of August 2020 DW Sports Fitness operated 73 gyms, 43 of them under the Fitness First brand.
In June 2020 the company announced that 25 retail stores would be closing down as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown.
On 3 August 2020 it announced that it was to enter administration with all stores eventually closing, and that it was working with the administrators to save some of the gyms from closure. The 43 gyms operating under the Fitness First brand would be unaffected by the administration as they are operated within a separate company. The website closed with immediate effect on 3 August and closing down sales started in their stores on the same day.
2 Bank street Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 2AS
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,UK,Warrington,Cheshire,England,Saturday,20th March 1993,Sat,20 March 1993,20/03/1993,Bridge Street,River of Life,memorial,fountain,IRA,rogue,unit,terrorist,terrorism,WA1 2QW,WA1,flows,hand,sculpture,hands,river of life,flowing,artwork,local,parade,remembrance,celebration,night,evening
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M3JBMF - Shortly before midday on Saturday, 20 March 1993, The Samaritans in Liverpool received a bomb warning by telephone. According to police, the caller said only that a bomb had been planted outside a Boots shop. Merseyside Police sent officers to branches of Boots in Liverpool and warned the Cheshire Constabulary, who patrolled nearby Warrington. About 30 minutes later, at about 12:25, two bombs exploded on Bridge Street in Warrington, about 100 yards (90 m) apart. The blasts happened within a minute of each other. One exploded outside Boots and McDonald's, and one outside the Argos catalogue store. The area was crowded with shoppers. Witnesses said that shoppers fled from the first explosion into the path of the second. It was later found that the bombs had been placed inside cast-iron litter bins, causing large amounts of shrapnel. Buses were organised to ferry people away from the scene and 20 paramedics and crews from 17 ambulances were sent to deal with the aftermath.
Three-year-old Johnathan Ball died at the scene. He had been in town with his babysitter, shopping for a Mother's Day card. The second victim, 12-year-old Tim Parry, was gravely wounded. He died on 25 March 1993 when his life support machine was switched off, after tests had found only minimal brain activity. Another 54 people were injured, four of them seriously. One of the survivors, 32-year-old Bronwen Vickers, the mother of two young daughters, had to have a leg amputated, and died just over a year later from cancer.
The Provisional IRA issued a statement the day after the bombing, acknowledging its involvement but saying:
Responsibility for the tragic and deeply regrettable death and injuries caused in Warrington yesterday lies squarely at the door of those in the British authorities who deliberately failed to act on precise and adequate warnings
A day later, an IRA spokesman said that two precise warnings had been given in adequate time,one to the Samaritans and one to Merseyside Police
16 Bridge St, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 2QW
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M3JBD4 - The council said there were:
No operational reasons to keep the building in council use or occupied beyond this point, allowing the site to be cleared for redevelopment.
Justifying the demolition, Warrington said the building has poor energy efficiency, high service costs, and is inflexible for modern office and business working
Cost estimates for refurbishment, M&E installation, and energy efficiency measures to keep the building in office use stand at £5m
even if this is actioned, the building would still have limitations for flexible modern working practices and energy efficiency.
The council had explored renting the building out but said: there was no demand for office space of this scale and quality
a sale was also considered but the council found market demand was not significant.
Residential is the most likely outcome for the site, and it will be built into a masterplan for an area including Scotland Road, Town Hill, and Cockhedge. The council said it would look to sell the site in future.
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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,we are,were,Muir,UKhousing,Socialhousing,housing,service,repair,works,Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK,WA4,schedling,scheduled,appointment,tenant,leaseholders,tenants,white van,trade,operative,electrician,complaint,Property,Solutions,MPS,WA1,14,Tatton Ct,Kingsland Grange,Woolston,WA1 4RR,landlord,landlords,waiting lists
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K41KKK - White Ford Transit Custom service vehicle belonging to Muir Property Solutions is parked on a residential street in Warrington, Cheshire. The van carries prominent WE'RE MUIR branding, the Muir Property Solutions logo and the customer contact number 0300 123 1222, identifying it as part of the housing association's repairs and maintenance operation. A roof-mounted access platform or lifting unit is secured above the vehicle, indicating its use for property maintenance tasks that may involve work at height, exterior inspections, guttering, roofing, lighting or other building components.
Muir Property Solutions was established as Muir Group Housing Association's in-house maintenance contractor and has delivered responsive repairs, planned works, empty-home preparation and property improvement services. This type of directly employed labour operation, commonly known in UK social housing as a direct labour organisation or DLO, allows a landlord to retain greater operational control over appointments, workforce deployment, service standards, costs and customer communication. Muir has described its own maintenance team as helping the organisation respond more quickly to repair requests and support improved resident satisfaction.
The image provides a clear editorial illustration of frontline social housing services, mobile repairs teams, estate maintenance, affordable housing management and the practical delivery of landlord obligations within local neighbourhoods. It also reflects the visible presence of housing association contractors in residential communities, where operatives attend tenants' homes to complete routine, urgent and emergency repairs. The surrounding suburban houses, parked cars and evening light place the branded vehicle in an everyday domestic setting in south Warrington
14 Tatton Ct, Kingsland Grange, Woolston, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 4RR
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,we are,were,Muir,UKhousing,Socialhousing,housing,service,repair,capital,works,Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK,WA4,schedling,scheduled,appointment,tenant,leaseholders,tenants,white van,trade,operative,electrician,complaint,Property,Solutions,MPS,WA1,14,Tatton Ct,Kingsland Grange,Woolston,WA1 4RR,landlord,Awaabs Law
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K41KKY - . Photographed at 14 Tatton Ct, Kingsland Grange, Woolston, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 4RR in 2022, this detailed documentary image records the subject within its real surroundings and preserves a specific stage in the life of the location. The defining feature is Were Muir responsive repairs van, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4. Further facets of the scene include street-level business, community identity, customer footfall, place identity, commercial frontage, everyday life, regional identity, before-and-after reference, social history, independent retail, archival record, contemporary social history, local history, and small business. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with footfall, business rates and the contribution of independents to distinctive high streets. Future viewers can use this scene from 14 Tatton Ct, Kingsland Grange, Woolston, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 4RR to compare landscape treatment and surrounding development with whatever follows after later reinterpretation. The surrounding story also includes high-street commerce, visual archive, town-centre trading, changing land use, changing streetscape, specialist shop, retail property, and public realm. References to responsive and repairs give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. By fixing the subject within 14 Tatton Ct, Kingsland Grange, Woolston, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 4RR, the image preserves more than the headline object or building: it records part of the locality's everyday history. A further contemporary connection is footfall and the contribution of independents to distinctive high streets in a form that can be compared with future views of 14 Tatton Ct, Kingsland Grange, Woolston, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 4RR. It also preserves period character as a date-specific reference. The photograph keeps a trace of local identity for later comparison.
14 Tatton Ct, Kingsland Grange, Woolston, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 4RR
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JTJYJ1 - The council said there were:
No operational reasons to keep the building in council use or occupied beyond this point, allowing the site to be cleared for redevelopment.
Justifying the demolition, Warrington said the building has poor energy efficiency, high service costs, and is inflexible for modern office and business working
Cost estimates for refurbishment, M&E installation, and energy efficiency measures to keep the building in office use stand at £5m
even if this is actioned, the building would still have limitations for flexible modern working practices and energy efficiency.
The council had explored renting the building out but said: there was no demand for office space of this scale and quality
a sale was also considered but the council found market demand was not significant.
Residential is the most likely outcome for the site, and it will be built into a masterplan for an area including Scotland Road, Town Hill, and Cockhedge. The council said it would look to sell the site in future.
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,town,centre,Cheshire,England,UK,WA1,OVO,energy,electric,Vehicle,EV,EV Charging Only,multi,story,parking,cars,car,charge,charging,area,reserved,WA1 2NT,car park,Warrington,EVs,chargepoint,chargepoints,bays,bay,plug-in,plugin,Energy Saving Trust,vehicle,incentive,incentives,supply,transition
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JTJYJ7 - Electric vehicle (EV) chargepoints need to be positioned carefully, whether on-street or off-street,
to ensure ease of use and minimise the impact on pedestrians and street character. It is also
important that appropriate parking restrictions are set and enforced. In addition, local
authorities can use parking policies to incentivise a switch to EVs.
More at https://energysavingtrust.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Local-Authority-Guidance-Positioning-chargepoints.pdf
Time Square multistory, car park, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 2NT
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JTJYKF - THERE is good news for electric vehicle drivers in and around Warrington, as the council has announced free electric charging at its Time Square car park and Warrington West station.
The initiative, which has been confirmed for at least the next six months, will help to support those who are making the switch from petrol and diesel to electric.
There are currently 56 charging points at the Time Square car park “ one of the highest number of charging points in a single location in the country “ with another 12 charging points available at the new Warrington West station.
The move to offering free electric vehicle charging comes after the council's climate emergency declaration in June.
The plans to encourage electric vehicle travel also support the council's Air Quality Action Plan, which aims to reduce nitrogen dioxide levels within the main, busy traffic routes leading into and around the town.
Cllr Judith Guthrie, cabinet member for environment, who drives an electric car herself, said: It's great news that I'm able to announce free charging points for electric vehicle users here in Warrington. We're committed to doing all we can to help people become more environmentally-friendly in and around the borough - more at https://www.warringtonguardian.co.uk/news/18243487.free-electric-vehicle-charging-points-warrington-west-time-square-car-parks/
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,history,historic,heritage,to,Jonathon Ball,and,Tim Parry,victims,victim,of,in,terrorism,Cheshire,UK,England,WA1 2HE,WA1,Tim Parry memorial,Johnathan Ball memorial,Warrington bombing memorial,Warrington,IRA bombing,terrorism memorial,remembrance,victims memorial,Warrington Bridge Street,1993 bombing,peace memorial,soft toys tribute,flowers tribute,children victims,public remembrance,anti violence message,civic memorial,town centre,British history,Northern Ireland conflict impact
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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Keywords: GotonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK,plus,Job,centre,office,complaints,job,club,DWP,UC,people,into,work,jobs,coach,unemployment,Scotland,Wales,Welsh,English,Scottish,employment,social,security,problems,dole,Nolan House,Mersey Street,WA1,Department for Work and Pensions,Jobmatch,neets,crisis,young people
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JKMRBH - . An identifiable period record of Nolan House, 10 Mersey Street, Warrington, Cheshire, UK, WA1 2BL in 2022, retaining the practical detail and local context that distinguish a documentary photograph from a generic illustration. The defining feature is Job Centre plus sign, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK. A broader reading of the photograph includes before-and-after reference, changing land use, public information signage, orientation signage, terror attack aftermath, visitor guidance, public realm, community noticeboard, historical comparison, urban resilience, directional sign, community resilience, counter-terrorism awareness, and period detail. The modern context includes continuing discussion of public-space safety, memorialisation and how urban resilience combines remembrance with a return to everyday life. For current editorial use, local identity and accessibility provide additional context, especially through how signs record changing road names, destinations and administrative responsibility. As a dated visual record of Nolan House, 10 Mersey Street, Warrington, Cheshire, UK, WA1 2BL, the frame retains lettering, decoration and surface detail, making it especially useful if changed technology subsequently changes the scene. The wider setting retains connections with public security, changing streetscape, archival record, street furniture, civic response, wayfinding marker, security-conscious public realm, and documentary photography. The combination of Centre anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. Around Nolan House, 10 Mersey Street, Warrington, Cheshire, UK, WA1 2BL, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. The photograph keeps period character before later change alters the scene. The record includes a trace of local identity as a date-specific reference.
Nolan House, 10 Mersey Street, Warrington, Cheshire, UK, WA1 2BL
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Keywords: @HotpixUK,HotpixUK,GotonySmith,Warrington,town,Cheshire,England,liquid,tanks,white,tank,supply,hospital,supplies,shortage,Linde BOC,BOC gases,container,filled,with,liquified,UK,WA1,pressurised,secure,compound,NHS,enclosure,health,brand,branded,containers,cylinder,cylinders,exterior,outside,storing,stockpile,stockpiled
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JJM7EA - . Photographed at Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 in 2022, this detailed editorial image records the subject within its real surroundings and preserves a specific stage in the life of the location. At the centre of the view is BOC Liquid Medical Oxygen storage tank, secure compound at Warrington NHS hospital, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1. The locality and subject together evoke care provision, clinical services, healthcare workforce, health infrastructure, street-level documentary, medical wayfinding, documentary photography, city-centre activity, everyday street life, patient access, community identity, place identity, health-service capacity, and urban change. From a 2025-onward perspective, NHS funding and care demand are closely linked to this subject, alongside how physical estates and clear wayfinding affect patient experience. The wider contemporary story combines local identity, footfall and how ordinary street scenes become valuable records as businesses and infrastructure change. The archival value lies partly in recording landscape treatment and surrounding development around Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 before closure or conversion alters the character of the place. The subject also sits alongside townscape record, healthcare provision, social landscape, archival record, urban social history, local history, contemporary city life, and community life. References to Oxygen, Liquid, compound, Medical, and secure give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. For Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1, the photograph contributes to a cumulative visual history in which changes in use, signs, access and appearance can be traced over time. A further contemporary connection is NHS funding and how physical estates and clear wayfinding affect patient experience in a form that can be compared with future views of Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1.
Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,UK,Julie Cooke,WBC,punishment,WA1,sandstone,Cheshire,WA1 1LQ,Victorian,cops,cop shop,plod,of,the yard,headquarters,Anti-social behaviour,and,PCSOs,safer streets,Warrington,constabulary,@Hotpixuk,Hotpixuk,police,101,shield,CSI,teams,crimes,crime,SNT,ASB,priorities,PCSO,Safer,force
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 2JEKR8Y - . Photographed at 101 Arpley St, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 1LQ in 2022, this detailed editorial image records the subject within its real surroundings and preserves a specific stage in the life of the location. The location is represented through Warrington Police Station - 101 Arpley St, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 1LQ. The setting additionally reflects train operations, pedestrian environment, transport interchange, changing streetscape, regional rail, passenger railway, freight wagon, railway heritage, period detail, urban social history, city-centre activity, urban change, local history, and local character. For current editorial use, regional connectivity and rail reform provide additional context, especially through the balance between railway heritage and network modernisation. Current relevance extends to regeneration and local identity, particularly through the relationship between public space and local social life. Small period details of landscape treatment and surrounding development at 101 Arpley St, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 1LQ may become more significant with time, particularly following new ownership. The wider setting retains connections with industrial railway heritage, rail corridor, townscape record, place identity, contemporary city life, community life, trackside history, and everyday street life. References to Station, Arpley, and Police give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. For 101 Arpley St, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 1LQ, 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 regional connectivity and the continuing importance of rail to regional connectivity within the real-world context of 101 Arpley St, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 1LQ.
101 Arpley St, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 1LQ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JEKRBP - . Photographed at Warrington Bank Quay station, Warrington,, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 in 2022, this detailed editorial image records the subject within its real surroundings and preserves a specific stage in the life of the location. The photograph centres on The Cheshire Cat bus 202 CH06 CAT, outside Warrington Bank Quay station, Warringtons Own buses, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1. The subject also carries associations with period detail, trackside history, urban social history, community identity, passenger railway, social landscape, transport interchange, documentary photography, rail infrastructure, public transport network, industrial railway heritage, urban change, contemporary city life, and freight wagon. For current editorial use, accessibility and reliability provide additional context, especially through the role of stations and trains in lower-carbon mobility. Current relevance extends to footfall and commercial change, particularly through how ordinary street scenes become valuable records as businesses and infrastructure change. Future viewers can use this scene from Warrington Bank Quay station, Warrington,, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 to compare commercial use and occupation with whatever follows after changed technology. Other useful contextual ideas include local identity, regional rail, historical comparison, archival record, rail corridor, changing streetscape, rail mobility, and city-centre activity. Details involving Warringtons, outside, station, and buses make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. The wider setting at Warrington Bank Quay station, Warrington,, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. The record includes part of the area's social history as part of Warrington Bank Quay station, Warrington,, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1's history.
Warrington Bank Quay station, Warrington,, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1
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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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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2MN7NWW - 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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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2E018GP - Woolston Weir Hydro project underway at last
long-awaited hydro-electric power installation planned at Woolston Weir since 2013 is finally getting under way.
The scheme which complements the Environment Agency flood defences is being undertaken by Czech company Hydropol and work has begun clearing the site for the arrival of the equipment starting this week.
This renewable energy electricity source will provide sufficient power for 380 typical UK homes and will effectively save in the region of 750 Tonnes of CO2 per year.
The installation will comprise of three Archimedes screw design turbines which are fish friendly. There will also be an improved and brand new fish pass allowing salmon, coarse fish and eels to pass through unharmed.
Locally available national grid connections means there is no need for pylons and there is sufficient separation from residential properties to ensure no operational noise pollution.
It is situated on the opposite bank of the river from Woolston Eyes so poses no threat to any of the wildlife on the local SSSI.
Main construction is planned between August 2020 and January 2021 with turbine delivery in early 2021 and project completion around April 2021.
Woolston, Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK, WA1 4LU
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,WA1,2,Time Square,Academy Way,Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK,WA1 2NT,inside,interior,food,cooking,stalls,outlets,pano,wide shot,new,building,development,dining,diners,market development,New Warrington Market,pizza,snacks,takeaway,quality,drink,retail,independent,new market,award,winner,winning,vibrant,times square warrington
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2D9NJ8T - . This carefully observed view of 2, Time Square, Academy Way, Warrington, Cheshire,England,UK, WA1 2NT fixes a specific place, use and moment for later historical comparison. The location is represented through New Warrington Market interior, 2, Time Square, Academy Way, Warrington WA1 2NT. Beyond the immediate subject, the image contains elements of urban change, commercial streetscape, built environment, changing streetscape, place identity, shopfront economy, business premises, archival record, community identity, bricks-and-mortar retail, period detail, contemporary history, historical comparison, and documentary photography. From a 2025-onward perspective, the scene also connects with business rates, changing footfall and how high streets adapt when traditional retail contracts. The photograph fixes signage and branding within 2, Time Square, Academy Way, Warrington, Cheshire,England,UK, WA1 2NT at one identifiable point, providing a benchmark against new ownership. Further associations include high-street commerce, social history, urban commerce, retail property, customer footfall, local trading, town-centre economy, and visual archive. The recorded references to Square, Market, Academy, and interior preserve clues that can help identify how the subject was presented or used at the time. A later view of 2, Time Square, Academy Way, Warrington, Cheshire,England,UK, WA1 2NT may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. Its period value extends to business rates and the rapid turnover of shopfronts and trading names in a form that can be compared with future views of 2, Time Square, Academy Way, Warrington, Cheshire,England,UK, WA1 2NT. The location additionally provides evidence for vacant units and the rapid turnover of shopfronts and trading names within the real-world context of 2, Time Square, Academy Way, Warrington, Cheshire,England,UK, WA1 2NT.
2, Time Square, Academy Way, Warrington, Cheshire,England,UK, WA1 2NT
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2CB00BW - The River of Life project was developed in the aftermath of the 1993 IRA bomb in Warrington, which killed three-year-old Johnathan Ball and 12-year-old Tim Parry, and led to the death of Bronwen Vickers. It injured 54 others and affected many thousands of people. The international outrage was strongly expressed by mothers and in Dublin thousands gathered in downtown Dublin to express sorrow and revulsion over the deaths of the two children.
The new streetscape and integrated water feature entitled ˜The River of Life' was officially opened on 14th November 1996 by HRH The Duchess of Kent.
Colin and Wendy Parry were thrust into the public gaze and together with the NSPCC established a peace centre in Warrington. The Foundation for Peace and NSPCC joined forces to raise funds for the £3million Centre opened on 20th March 2000...the 7th anniversary of the IRA bomb.
http://www.thepeacecentre.org.uk
https://broadbent.studio/river-of-life
Two bombs exploded on Bridge Street in Warrington about 100 yards apart on 20 March at about 12:25. The blasts happened within a minute of each other with the area crowded with shoppers on the Saturday before Mothering Sunday. Witnesses spoke of shoppers fleeing from the first explosion into the path of the second. It was later found that the bombs had been placed inside cast iron bins causing large amounts of shrapnel. It was a very personal attack on the people of Warrington - and the town needed to respond to it.
The City council asked to meet with me to discuss what form a memorial could take. It became clear that there were contrasting schools of thought with some looking to put it firmly in the past particularly as at the time the economic viability of the town was being threatened, and others who could imagine what I worried as being an overly personal memorial, which may not easily stand the test of time.
My feeling was that the street was not just physically broken but spiritually
31 Bridge St, Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK, WA1 2EX
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2CB00C0 - The River of Life project was developed in the aftermath of the 1993 IRA bomb in Warrington, which killed three-year-old Johnathan Ball and 12-year-old Tim Parry, and led to the death of Bronwen Vickers. It injured 54 others and affected many thousands of people. The international outrage was strongly expressed by mothers and in Dublin thousands gathered in downtown Dublin to express sorrow and revulsion over the deaths of the two children.
The new streetscape and integrated water feature entitled ˜The River of Life' was officially opened on 14th November 1996 by HRH The Duchess of Kent.
Colin and Wendy Parry were thrust into the public gaze and together with the NSPCC established a peace centre in Warrington. The Foundation for Peace and NSPCC joined forces to raise funds for the £3million Centre opened on 20th March 2000...the 7th anniversary of the IRA bomb.
http://www.thepeacecentre.org.uk
https://broadbent.studio/river-of-life
Two bombs exploded on Bridge Street in Warrington about 100 yards apart on 20 March at about 12:25. The blasts happened within a minute of each other with the area crowded with shoppers on the Saturday before Mothering Sunday. Witnesses spoke of shoppers fleeing from the first explosion into the path of the second. It was later found that the bombs had been placed inside cast iron bins causing large amounts of shrapnel. It was a very personal attack on the people of Warrington - and the town needed to respond to it.
The City council asked to meet with me to discuss what form a memorial could take. It became clear that there were contrasting schools of thought with some looking to put it firmly in the past particularly as at the time the economic viability of the town was being threatened, and others who could imagine what I worried as being an overly personal memorial, which may not easily stand the test of time.
My feeling was that the street was not just physically broken but spiritually
31 Bridge St, Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK, WA1 2EX
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2C5R38T - Anna Laetitia Barbauld née Aikin
20 June 1743 “ 9 March 1825[1]) was a prominent English poet, essayist, literary critic, editor, and author of children's literature.
A woman of letters who published in multiple genres, Barbauld had a successful writing career at a time when women rarely wrote professionally. She was a noted teacher at the Palgrave Academy and an innovative writer of works for children
her primers provided a model for more than a century. Her essays showed it was possible for a woman to be publicly engaged in politics
other women authors such as Elizabeth Benger emulated her.Barbauld's literary career spanned numerous periods in British literary history: her work promoted the values of the Enlightenment and of sensibility, while her poetry made a founding contribution to the development of British Romanticism.[4] Barbauld was also a literary critic. Her anthology of 18th-century novels helped to establish the canon as it is known today.
Barbauld's career as a poet ended abruptly in 1812, with the publication of Eighteen Hundred and Eleven, which criticised Britain's participation in the Napoleonic Wars. She was shocked by the vicious reviews it received and published nothing else in her lifetime. Her reputation was further damaged when many of the Romantic poets she had inspired in the heyday of the French Revolution turned against her in their later, more conservative years. Barbauld was remembered only as a pedantic children's writer in the 19th century, and largely forgotten in the 20th, until the rise of feminist literary criticism in the 1980s renewed interest in her works and restored her place in literary history
6 Dial St, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 2NX
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2C5R3AW - . This scene at Cromwell Court, 76 Church St, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 2TH documents an everyday subject with wider connections to local identity, social history and changing patterns of use. At the heart of the image is Cromwell Court Care Home, Cromwell Court, 76 Church St, Warrington WA1 2TH. The picture additionally relates to built environment, local character, residential construction, new housing estate, social landscape, greenfield development, private development, contemporary history, changing streetscape, before-and-after reference, developer-led housing, urban change, community identity, and residential expansion. From a 2025-onward perspective, the scene also connects with greenfield development, housing supply and the balance between development and protection of open land. The archival value lies partly in recording materials and construction around Cromwell Court, 76 Church St, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 2TH before changed technology alters the character of the place. Further associations include documentary photography, site infrastructure, construction safety, archival record, regional identity, place identity, visual archive, and estate road construction. Details involving Church, Court, and Cromwell make the image more specific than a generic illustration and strengthen its local or historical value. The surrounding context at Cromwell Court, 76 Church St, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 2TH matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. The wider significance includes greenfield development and whether new estates provide genuinely affordable homes when considered against later change at Cromwell Court, 76 Church St, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 2TH. The frame therefore remains a dated reference for Cromwell Court, 76 Church St, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 2TH and the changing story of the subject shown.
Cromwell Court, 76 Church St, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 2TH
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2C5R3B4 - . A location-based documentary photograph from Cromwell Court, 76 Church St, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 2TH, useful both for its immediate subject and for the smaller period details around it. The view specifically shows Cromwell Court Care Home, Cromwell Court, 76 Church St, Warrington WA1 2TH. The picture additionally relates to developer-led housing, residential construction, community identity, brick-built homes, place identity, documentary photography, construction safety, social history, housing delivery, regional identity, built environment, public realm, local history, and archival record. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject sits within continuing debate about affordability, energy-efficient new homes and the pressure to build more homes without overloading roads, schools and services. The archival value lies partly in recording building condition and alterations around Cromwell Court, 76 Church St, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 2TH before different community use alters the character of the place. The photograph additionally reflects suburban expansion, before-and-after reference, greenfield development, changing streetscape, private development, urban change, planning-led growth, and contemporary history. Elements such as Church, Cromwell, and Court add documentary specificity and may become useful when the scene is compared with later records. A later view of Cromwell Court, 76 Church St, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 2TH may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. The location additionally provides evidence for affordability and the pressure to build more homes without overloading roads, schools and services in a form that can be compared with future views of Cromwell Court, 76 Church St, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 2TH. The view remains a dated record of Cromwell Court, 76 Church St, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 2TH.
Cromwell Court, 76 Church St, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 2TH
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AR6MXP - Avanti West Coast is a train operating company in the United Kingdom owned by FirstGroup (70%) and Trenitalia (30%) that began operating the West Coast Partnership franchise on 8 December 2019. It replaced Virgin Trains, which had operated the franchise since 1997.
In August 2019 the DfT awarded the franchise to the First Trenitalia consortium with Avanti West Coast to commence operations on 8 December 2019. Some uncertainty remains as the Competition and Markets Authority launched a merger inquiry into the award of the franchise following a referral from the European Commission
Avanti West Coast initially operates the same services as Virgin Trains on the West Coast Main Line. When High Speed 2 opens, it will also operate these services.
Over the course of the franchise several timetable changes are expected to be made
Warrington , Cheshire, England,UK, WA1 1LW
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AJRRJE - Avanti West Coast is a train operating company in the United Kingdom owned by FirstGroup (70%) and Trenitalia (30%) that began operating the West Coast Partnership franchise on 8 December 2019. It replaced Virgin Trains, which had operated the franchise since 1997.
In November 2016, the Department for Transport (DfT) announced that the InterCity West Coast franchise would be superseded by the West Coast Partnership (WCP), which would include operating High Speed 2 (HS2) services from 2026.
The DfT required that bidders have experience in high-speed trains and infrastructure, hence all partnered with an existing high-speed operator. In June 2017, the DfT announced that three consortia had been shortlisted to bid for the franchise:
FirstGroup (70%) / Trenitalia (30%)
MTR Corporation (75%) / Guangshen Railway Company (25%)
Stagecoach (50%) / SNCF (30%) / Virgin Group (20%)
In August 2019 the DfT awarded the franchise to the First Trenitalia consortium with Avanti West Coast to commence operations on 8 December 2019. Some uncertainty remains as the Competition and Markets Authority launched a merger inquiry into the award of the franchise following a referral from the European Commission
Avanti West Coast initially operates the same services as Virgin Trains on the West Coast Main Line. When High Speed 2 opens, it will also operate these services.
Warrington Bank Quay, Cheshire, england, UK, WA1 1LW
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AJRRJM - Avanti West Coast is a train operating company in the United Kingdom owned by FirstGroup (70%) and Trenitalia (30%) that began operating the West Coast Partnership franchise on 8 December 2019. It replaced Virgin Trains, which had operated the franchise since 1997.
In November 2016, the Department for Transport (DfT) announced that the InterCity West Coast franchise would be superseded by the West Coast Partnership (WCP), which would include operating High Speed 2 (HS2) services from 2026.
The DfT required that bidders have experience in high-speed trains and infrastructure, hence all partnered with an existing high-speed operator. In June 2017, the DfT announced that three consortia had been shortlisted to bid for the franchise:
FirstGroup (70%) / Trenitalia (30%)
MTR Corporation (75%) / Guangshen Railway Company (25%)
Stagecoach (50%) / SNCF (30%) / Virgin Group (20%)
In August 2019 the DfT awarded the franchise to the First Trenitalia consortium with Avanti West Coast to commence operations on 8 December 2019. Some uncertainty remains as the Competition and Markets Authority launched a merger inquiry into the award of the franchise following a referral from the European Commission
Avanti West Coast initially operates the same services as Virgin Trains on the West Coast Main Line. When High Speed 2 opens, it will also operate these services.
Warrington Bank Quay, Cheshire, england, UK, WA1 1LW
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AJRRKF - Avanti West Coast is a train operating company in the United Kingdom owned by FirstGroup (70%) and Trenitalia (30%) that began operating the West Coast Partnership franchise on 8 December 2019. It replaced Virgin Trains, which had operated the franchise since 1997.
In November 2016, the Department for Transport (DfT) announced that the InterCity West Coast franchise would be superseded by the West Coast Partnership (WCP), which would include operating High Speed 2 (HS2) services from 2026.
The DfT required that bidders have experience in high-speed trains and infrastructure, hence all partnered with an existing high-speed operator. In June 2017, the DfT announced that three consortia had been shortlisted to bid for the franchise:
FirstGroup (70%) / Trenitalia (30%)
MTR Corporation (75%) / Guangshen Railway Company (25%)
Stagecoach (50%) / SNCF (30%) / Virgin Group (20%)
In August 2019 the DfT awarded the franchise to the First Trenitalia consortium with Avanti West Coast to commence operations on 8 December 2019. Some uncertainty remains as the Competition and Markets Authority launched a merger inquiry into the award of the franchise following a referral from the European Commission
Avanti West Coast initially operates the same services as Virgin Trains on the West Coast Main Line. When High Speed 2 opens, it will also operate these services.
Warrington Bank Quay, Cheshire, england, UK, WA1 1LW
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AJRRKM - The Patten Arms, Warrington Bank Quay
The Patten Arms facing Warrington Bank Quay Station. In the early 16th century the Patten family purchased the entire Winmarleigh estate. The family was noted for their contribution to the development of Warrington and also for making the River Mersey more navigable, Thomas Patten did this in order to ship copper ore to his works at Bank Quay and for establishing vital transport connections to promote other trade in the area. It was Patten's son, also called Thomas, who built nearby Bank Hall (now the Town Hall) in 1750.
Parker street, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 1LS
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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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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AFFFME - Queen Victoria and the Oliver Cromwell statue
The gates were made for the International Exhibition of 1862, and then intended for Queen Victoria's Sandringham home in Norfolk. The Queen was meant to see them for the first time at the exhibition but, clearly visible through the gates, was a statue of Oliver Cromwell.
As Cromwell had signed King Charles I's death warrant, royalty didn't like him very much. The Queen's courtiers realised she wouldn't be amused to see the statue, and diverted her.
Coalbrookdale found it hard to find a buyer for such grand gates, so Monks was able to buy and bring them to Warrington to stand at the front of the town hall lawn. Monks also presented the cast iron Cromwell statue, designed by John Bell, to Warrington in 1899. It now stands on Bridge Street and is Grade II Listed.
The design
Because the owner was supposed to be Queen Victoria, the gates have four winged figures of Nike, the goddess of victory. They also had a Prince of Wales motif above the arch in the middle, but this was changed to Warrington's Coat of Arms.
The grand opening
Such grand gates needed a grand opening. So on Warrington Walking Day, 28 June 1895, Monks ceremoniously opened the gates with a golden key and the church groups set off from the town hall lawn, through the gates and on to their walk.
The iconic golden gates are Grade II* Listed, along with the gate piers and the lamps which line the driveways at either side of the town hall. They are also part of the Town Hall Conservation Area. The gates have recently been refurbished to repair, enhance and preserve them for future generations
Warrington Borough Council, Town Hall, Sankey Street, Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK, WA1 1UH.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AFFFMK - . An authentic period view of Treasury Building, Palmyra Square S, Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK, WA1 1BL in 2019, showing a subject whose value extends beyond the immediate scene into local history and changing social context. The scene shows Treasury Building, Palmyra Square South, Warrington WA1 1BL. Further facets of the subject include public realm, festive eating, architectural character, regional food culture, historical comparison, cultural gastronomy, heritage dish, visual archive, historic townscape, contemporary social history, before-and-after reference, documentary photography, period detail, and archival record. From a 2025-onward perspective, the scene also connects with changing diets, regional tourism and the role of ceremonial food in annual celebrations. In the mid-2020s, maintenance costs and planning control keep the subject current, particularly through reusing existing buildings rather than demolishing them. As a dated visual record, the frame records period details that may disappear after redevelopment or refurbishment within Treasury Building, Palmyra Square S, Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK, WA1 1BL. The surrounding context also covers national food identity, adaptive reuse, period building, culinary tradition, period streetscape, built heritage, place identity, and heritage landmark. The combination of Treasury, Square, Building, Palmyra, and Warrington anchors the image to a recognisable activity, place or moment. For Treasury Building, Palmyra Square S, Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK, WA1 1BL, the photograph contributes to a cumulative visual history in which changes in use, signs, access and appearance can be traced over time. Another useful connection is changing diets and the tourism and cultural value of distinctive local cuisine as part of the longer story of Treasury Building, Palmyra Square S, Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK, WA1 1BL.
Treasury Building, Palmyra Square S, Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK, WA1 1BL
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2ADR2DF - . This location-based editorial photograph from 27 Old Market Place, Warrington WA1 1QB in 2019 preserves a recognisable subject together with clues about how the place was used and presented at the time. The photograph records Golden Square Shopping Centre and old Market Place at Christmas,Warrington town centre,Cheshire,England,UK, WA1,at dusk,decorations. Other connected aspects include community identity, everyday life, consumer retail, social history, connected society, documentary photography, commercial frontage, before-and-after reference, smartphone culture, retail vacancy, town-centre economy, independent trading, customer footfall, and local character. Today's wider story includes online shopping, business rates and the practical question of the shift toward mixed retail, leisure, service and residential centres. For contemporary context, software change and digital exclusion are closely related themes, especially where the issue becomes how phones have become gateways to everyday services. For local-history research, the image captures the relationship between the subject and its surroundings as seen at 27 Old Market Place, Warrington WA1 1QB. Other useful associations include visual archive, digital access, bricks-and-mortar retail, changing land use, historic context, high-street commerce, contemporary social history, and archival record. References to Shopping, Christmas, Centre, Golden, and Square help fix the photograph to its own subject and period rather than reducing it to a generic view. The surrounding context at 27 Old Market Place, Warrington WA1 1QB matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. The wider significance includes online shopping and bringing underused premises back into productive use without losing the local specificity of 27 Old Market Place, Warrington WA1 1QB.
27 Old Market Place, Warrington WA1 1QB
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Warrington,WBC,Warrington Borough Council,North West,market,Warrington temporary Market Hall,Time Square redevelopment,town centre,Cheshire,England,UK,WA1,stalls,independent,town market,intermediate,second,night,evening,dusk,building,regeneration,architecture,great,British,English,markets,award,awards,WA1 2NT,bright,open,town,centre,impressive
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2ADR2DN - . A grounded documentary photograph made at Time Square redevelopment, town centre,Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK, WA1 2NT in 2019, preserving the main subject alongside smaller details that may become more historically useful with time. The main subject is Warrington temporary Market Hall,Time Square redevelopment, town centre,Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK, WA1 2NT. A broader reading of the scene brings in public realm, traditional masonry, period streetscape, historic commercial architecture, period detail, party-political communication, civic debate, period building, built heritage, policy controversy, architectural character, constituency representation, political communication, and government priorities. For contemporary context, embodied carbon and adaptive reuse are closely related themes, especially where the issue becomes keeping older buildings useful without erasing their character. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject sits within continuing debate about government priorities, local services and showing how national debate reaches local places. As the area changes, the frame records small features of identity that written records may overlook in this part of Time Square redevelopment, town centre,Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK, WA1 2NT. The subject sits alongside democratic accountability, place identity, public policy, architectural detailing, electoral messaging, historical comparison, local history, and cityscape history. Details involving Square, Market, Warrington, centre, and temporary give the scene useful specificity and strengthen its local, cultural or historical identity. The surrounding context at Time Square redevelopment, town centre,Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK, WA1 2NT matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. Image 2ADR2DN also remains a dated record of Time Square redevelopment, town centre,Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK, WA1 2NT.
Time Square redevelopment, town centre,Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK, WA1 2NT
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2ADR2FJ - . Victorian technical college, Warrington San Lorenzo Restaurant Palmyra Square,Warrington Town centre,Cheshire,England,UK, WA1. Photographed on 4 December 2019. The recorded location is Treasury Building, Palmyra Square S, Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK, WA1 1BL. Upscale Italian fare & a weekly Sunday feast with live jazz in a sophisticated, brick-walled space. The wider historical story is that town and city centres are continually rewritten by new buildings, transport schemes and changing commercial uses
Photographs preserve the everyday fabric between major landmarks, including underpasses, arcades, back streets and small businesses that may disappear during redevelopment. The wider historical story is that food culture links domestic cooking with commercial production, markets, cafés, pubs and regional specialities
Photographs of ingredients, dishes and branded products can therefore support both lifestyle subjects and social-history stories about consumption. Historically, architecture records the priorities of the period in which a building was designed: materials, ornament, scale and planning can reveal changing technologies, social status and commercial use
Later alterations and changes of tenant add further layers, so a single façade can embody several phases of local history. In the present 2026 context, urban regeneration in England continues to focus on town-centre renewal, housing, public realm and reuse of vacant commercial property
Earlier street scenes provide valuable before-and-after evidence of these changes and of the businesses or structures lost along the way. In the present 2026 context, current food coverage frequently combines lifestyle with questions of price, health, sourcing and environmental impact
Older packaging and products also offer useful evidence of how branding, portioning and consumer expectations have changed. Additional high-relevance terminology includes urban landscape, streetscape, and built environment.
Treasury Building, Palmyra Square S, Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK, WA1 1BL
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2ADR2FR - . An on-location image from 1 Wilson Patten St, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 1PG in 2019, useful both for the specific subject shown and for the evidence it retains about local identity, design, use and everyday life. The subject recorded here is Warrington South MP Office, Re-Elect Faizal Rashid Labour Candidate General Election 2019, Cheshire, England, UK - 1 Wilson Patten St, WA1 1PG. Another layer of the scene includes customer footfall, town-centre economy, public realm, period detail, changing streetscape, before-and-after reference, high-street commerce, democratic accountability, community identity, public policy, civic debate, commercial frontage, changing land use, and public administration. For contemporary context, healthcare and public spending are closely related themes, especially where the issue becomes showing how national debate reaches local places. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject sits within continuing debate about online shopping, town-centre regeneration and the rapid turnover of shopfronts and trading names. For place-based research, the view leaves evidence of evidence of how the subject fitted into ordinary life at 1 Wilson Patten St, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 1PG. Further connections include contemporary social history, local history, party-political communication, government priorities, urban commerce, retail vacancy, regional identity, and political campaigning. The recorded references to Wilson, Faizal, Office, Labour, and Re-Elect preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. A later view of 1 Wilson Patten St, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 1PG may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. The image fixes period character for future local research. It also preserves a trace of local identity before later change alters the scene.
1 Wilson Patten St, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 1PG
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AAT38T - . Photographed at Bank Quay, Bank Quay Station, Warrington, Cheshire, England WA1 1LW in 2019, this is a specific real-world record of the subject, its setting and the period details surrounding it. At the centre of the frame is Sign Sloping Platform Apply Brakes sign,luggage, prams, disabled on platform, Warrington Bank Quay Station, WA1 1LW. Further facets of the subject include documentary photography, health compliance, historic context, workplace protection, historical comparison, building safety, preventive safety, clinical services, contemporary social history, place identity, public healthcare, before-and-after reference, regional identity, and rail mobility. The present-day relevance extends to public health and building safety, while a wider concern is the continuing demand for safe, accessible services. Current discussion around this subject increasingly includes reliability alongside integrated transport, with particular attention to linking trains more effectively with other transport. As a documentary source, the image retains signage, materials, design and everyday use at the recorded site in Bank Quay, Bank Quay Station, Warrington, Cheshire, England WA1 1LW. The wider local story also touches on changing land use, public realm, rail modernisation, patient care, treatment access, community identity, archival record, and rail corridor. References to Sloping, Platform, Station, disabled, and luggage help fix the photograph to its own subject and period rather than reducing it to a generic view. The period setting at Bank Quay, Bank Quay Station, Warrington, Cheshire, England WA1 1LW helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. Its period value extends to public health and the continuing demand for safe, accessible services within the specific setting of Bank Quay, Bank Quay Station, Warrington, Cheshire, England WA1 1LW.
Bank Quay, Bank Quay Station, Warrington, Cheshire, England WA1 1LW
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2ABJGHK - . Recorded at Warrington Bank Quay, Warrington, Cheshire, England,UK, WA1 in 2019, the image fixes a particular place, use and appearance for later comparison as buildings, businesses, signs and public activity change. The photograph records Railway line junction, Warrington Bank Quay, Warrington, Cheshire, England,UK, WA1 - WCML electrified with overhead cables. Another layer of the scene includes railway heritage, railway branding, documentary photography, period detail, health-service capacity, trackside infrastructure, clinical services, historic context, public healthcare, contemporary social history, rail corridor, community identity, social history, and public realm. Current discussion around this subject increasingly includes rail reform alongside decarbonisation, with particular attention to reducing congestion and car dependency. From a 2025-onward perspective, the scene also connects with service funding, workforce capacity and the practical importance of prevention and early intervention. From an archival perspective, the scene fixes the visual character of the locality at the time within the setting of Warrington Bank Quay, Warrington, Cheshire, England,UK, WA1. The wider local story also touches on rail modernisation, patient care, changing land use, regional identity, station environment, transport interchange, risk management, and regional rail. Details involving electrified, Warrington, Railway, junction, and cables give the scene useful specificity and strengthen its local, cultural or historical identity. The surrounding context at Warrington Bank Quay, Warrington, Cheshire, England,UK, WA1 matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. The scene further reflects rail reform and making rail simpler and more dependable within the real-world context of Warrington Bank Quay, Warrington, Cheshire, England,UK, WA1.
Warrington Bank Quay, Warrington, Cheshire, England,UK, WA1
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AAT391 - . St Austins Chambers building, St Austins Lane, Warrington, Cheshire, England, WA1 1HG. Photographed on 17 October 2019. St Austin's Chambers, built in 1864, at one time a rest home for soldiers, and now used as offices. The historical context is that buildings are often the most durable evidence of former institutions and businesses
Stonework, brickwork, windows, signs and decorative details can survive changes of ownership and use, allowing photographs to document both architectural style and the evolution of a street. In historical terms, war history is preserved through both formal monuments and ordinary material culture
Bags, signs, uniforms, tools and inscriptions can show the routines of service as clearly as grand memorials show public remembrance. In historical terms, branded products and packaging are compact records of consumer culture
Logos, colours, materials and slogans can change repeatedly even when the underlying product continues to be familiar, allowing a still-life image to date a particular period of retail history. The subject remains topical in 2026 because the reuse of existing buildings is increasingly discussed alongside conservation, embodied carbon and town-centre regeneration
Images of older façades and converted premises can therefore illustrate both architectural heritage and the practical pressures of adapting buildings for new uses. During 2026, with direct personal memory of the world wars disappearing, 2026 heritage interpretation increasingly depends on preserved objects, photographs and testimony
Detailed images therefore support education, remembrance, genealogy and military-history research. In 2026, the reuse of existing buildings is increasingly discussed alongside conservation, embodied carbon and town-centre regeneration
Images of older façades and converted premises can therefore illustrate both architectural heritage and the practical pressures of adapting buildings for new uses.
St Austins Lane, Warrington, Cheshire, England, WA1 1HG
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K41KR0 - Thorntons Limited is a British chocolate manufacturer owned by the Italian confectionery company, Ferrero. It was established in 1911 by Joseph William Thornton and his father in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England.
When Cadbury became part of the Mondelez International predecessor Kraft Foods, Thorntons had become the largest confectionery-only parent company in Britain. The company was purchased by the Italian firm Ferrero in June 2015 for £112m.
Until and during the Second World War, the company was an established toffee and fudge maker. With post war rationing ending, the group's primary focus shifted to Belgian and Swiss-style chocolate in sets.
Thorntons began in Sheffield in 1911, the business being started by Joseph William Thornton (1870“1919), who co opened the company's first shop, at 159 Norfolk Street. Norman, his son, became the manager, at the age of just 15. Later in the company's history, Peter Thornton (grandson of the founder) served as chairman, but was dismissed from the role in June 1987
It was announced in June 2015 that chocolate producer Ferrero would buy Thorntons, for £112 million. Thorntons Ltd are 75% owned by Ferholding UK Ltd, which, in turn, is controlled by Giovanni Ferrero (who holds over 50% of voting rights).[citation needed]
With Ferrero investment into the business to try to increase revenue, through the financial year of 2017 to 2018 sales and production increased. Fewer new shops were opened with some existing locations diversified into cafés, selling a range of both eat-in and take-away food and drinks alongside the traditional confectionary lines. In 2020, Thorntons won the Lausanne Index Prize - Bronze Award.
On 15 March 2021, it was announced that all 61 remaining Thorntons retail stores were to close after UK government COVID-19 pandemic restrictions lifted. The pandemic restrictions had meant that all Thorntons retail stores had closed for much of 2020, and the business was now going to restructure
14, Golden Square Shopping Centre, Old Market Place, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 1QE
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,WA1,Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK,WA1 1QB,the,GS,at,rear,of,The,27,old market place,shopping,retail,GSWarrington,real estate,and,investment management services,commercial,opportunities,Golden Square Shopping Centre in LPA Receivership,contrast,contrasts,new,&,old,older,offices,office,inn,pub,pubs
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K41KR9 - . An on-location photograph from Old Marketplace, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 1QB in 2019, showing the named subject as part of a wider social, commercial, cultural or physical setting rather than as an isolated object. The scene records Golden Square management offices, at rear of The Barley Mow pub, Old Marketplace, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 1QB. The wider scene also brings together traditional ale house, visual archive, licensed trade, regional identity, archival record, beer-led hospitality, social history, contemporary social history, public realm, visitor hospitality, community drinking venue, real-ale culture, pub heritage, and traditional pub. For current editorial use, beer duty and business rates provide additional context, especially through the continuing appeal of real ale and regional brewing. As a dated visual record of Old Marketplace, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 1QB, the frame retains transport arrangements and footfall, making it especially useful if closure or conversion subsequently changes the scene. The photograph additionally reflects community identity, local character, cask-beer tradition, historic hostelry, place identity, licensed hospitality, before-and-after reference, and night-time economy. The recorded references to management, offices, Golden, Barley, and Marketplace preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. For Old Marketplace, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 1QB, 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 beer duty and pressure on hospitality margins in the mid-2020s within the specific setting of Old Marketplace, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 1QB. The record includes a trace of local identity within the wider story of Old Marketplace, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 1QB.
Old Marketplace, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 1QB
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AFK5MD - iconic Warrington Golden Gates removed as £500k restoration begins
The Grade II listed structure is to be returned to its former glory
A project to preserve Warrington's iconic Golden Gates “ which could cost more than £500,000 “ has started.
The restoration scheme will see the Grade II* listed structure restored to its former glory.
It is believed the gates were originally intended as a gift for Queen Victoria before being purchased for the town by councillor Frederick Monks.
The previous refurbishment was carried out in 1978-79.
However, the council says the 'urban location' and proximity to a 'marine climate' have resulted in the gates showing signs of deterioration.
Having identified the need for repairs, the authority began work with international engineering, design and consultancy company, Ramboll, to identify the right conservators to carry out the specialist work.
Following a tender process, the council selected Hall Conservation “ one of the UK's leading conservation firms “ as the contractor.
Workers are currently at the site as the project to repair, enhance and preserve the gates gathers pace.
Once the dismantling process is completed, they will be transported to Hall Conservation's workshop, where they will be fully inspected, in conjunction with Ramboll, and repaired and repainted before they return to Warrington.
It is planned that they will be reconstructed on site early next year.
Cllr Dan Price, executive board member for culture and partnerships, said: The Golden Gates are an iconic symbol of Warrington.
They are truly unique, with none others like them in the world.
It's vital that we protect this key part of our cultural heritage - and that's why this work is so important.
We are taking a conservation-based approach to ensure that the proposed work complies with national and local planning policy, as well as nationally recognised conservation guidance.
89 Sankey St,Warrington,Cheshire, England,UK, WA1 1SR
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy PCTADA - The Gateway Community Resource Centre is a wonderful location for charities in Warrington to be based. The Gateway serves as a bridge between the local community, public sector and voluntary/community organisations and provides assistance, advice and guidance to cater for community needs. It provides a much needed place for people from different backgrounds to engage and interact.
The Gateway has a variety of sized rooms able to cater for all types of events from conferences, seminars and board meetings to exhibitions and we can easily tailor our facilities to suit your requirements. We aim to provide a comprehensive service to fulfil your business needs.
Gateway organisations include:
Acorn Recovery Projects, Cheshire & Warrington Carers Centre, Citizens Advice, Connect, Cooper McCann Counselling Services, Footsteps, Healthwatch Warrington, Housing Plus, Lifetime, Military Veterans Hub, O.P.E.G OPEG, Private Sector Housing, Relate, River Reeves Foundation, Speak Up, The Children's Society, Vunerable Tenancy Support Scheme (VTSS), Warrington Community Living (WCL), Warrington & Halton Eating Disorder Clinic (EDS), Warrington Housing Association (WHA), Warrington Home Improvement Agency (WHiA), Warrington Voluntary Action (WVA), Warrington Wellbeing, Warrington Women's Aid
The Gateway is an independent charity and all of its tenants are committed to improving the quality of life of people in Warrington. Providing a joint 'first stop shop' giving access to advice, services and opportunities for all, whilst enabling the voluntary sector to work together and in partnership with others, efficiently and effectively. Built in 1875 and following a reconstruction in 1972-1974, Warrington Housing Association purchased the building in 2002.
89 Sankey St, Warrington WA1 1SR
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Keywords: Pyramid,Parr Hall,Warrington,Cheshire,North West England,Warrington Parr Hall,with booking fee,booking,fee,fees,tickets,rip,off,touts,tout,ticketmaster,viagogo,twickets,Echo,Bunnymen,Ticket,Tickets,tour,GoTonySmith,traditional,Culture Warrington,arts,expense,booking fee,town,centre,England,UK,Pyramid Parr Hall,Palmyra Square,WA1 1BL,WA1
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy P30792 - . Made at Pyramid Parr Hall, Palmyra Square S, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 1BL in 2018, this photograph records a real place and moment, preserving details that may later be altered by redevelopment, rebranding, changing ownership or different public use. The image documents Echo & The Bunnymen traditional Ticket, October 2018, Warrington Parr Hall, with booking fee, printed ticket. The setting additionally reflects place identity, historic streetscape, architectural character, period detail, historical comparison, architectural detail, local history, period architecture, archival record, regional identity, heritage landmark, adaptive reuse, cityscape history, and contemporary social history. The wider contemporary story combines heritage conservation, embodied carbon and how historic buildings acquire new uses as cities change. For later comparison, the photograph preserves transport arrangements and footfall at Pyramid Parr Hall, Palmyra Square S, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 1BL, details that may look very different after changed technology. The wider setting retains connections with historic townscape, public realm, built heritage, conservation architecture, heritage asset, everyday life, documentary photography, and changing streetscape. References to Ticket, Bunnymen, October, printed, and traditional give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. By fixing the subject within Pyramid Parr Hall, Palmyra Square S, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 1BL, the image preserves more than the headline object or building: it records part of the locality's everyday history. The setting also helps illustrate heritage conservation and how historic buildings acquire new uses as cities change as part of the longer story of Pyramid Parr Hall, Palmyra Square S, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 1BL. The image fixes evidence of changing use as a date-specific reference.
Pyramid Parr Hall, Palmyra Square S, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 1BL
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Keywords: @HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,Caravan,Cheshire,England,UK,band,Viola Beach band,future,talent,help young people,realise dreams,building futures,legacy,Warrington Youth,Warrington schools,teenagers,musical tuition,music,CIO,Charitable Incorporated Organisation,guitarist,River Reeves Guitarist,youth,kids,adult,adults,help,helping,charitable,the,Gateway,Warrington,WA1 1SR,WA1,WA4
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy P110D8 - 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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Keywords: @HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,Caravan,Cheshire,England,UK,band,Viola Beach band,future,talent,help young people,realise dreams,building futures,legacy,Warrington Youth,Warrington schools,teenagers,musical tuition,music,CIO,Charitable Incorporated Organisation,guitarist,River Reeves Guitarist,youth,kids,adult,adults,help,helping,charitable,the,Gateway,Warrington,WA1 1SR,WA1,WA4
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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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,UK,cast iron grid,cover,concrete,Warrington,street,town,WA1,pavement,cast iron,steel,Bank Quay,Electricity,supply,Victorian,utility,utilities,borough council,Warrington borough council,manhole,named,cast,rust,rusty,metal,services,sewage,drainage,maintenance,urban,man-hole,electric,electricity,grid,iron,Electric supply
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy RM1TFG - . This location-led image shows the physical context of the recorded location, in a view made during 2017. The photograph carries associations with architectural character, architectural heritage, conservation architecture, government decision-making, public administration, historic fabric, public interest, historic environment, social policy, period property, historic built environment, and heritage streetscape. The wider contemporary story of architectural conservation now includes conservation of original fabric alongside energy retrofit, while policy and investment increasingly consider heritage-led regeneration. Current debate around civic administration often combines local authority finance, infrastructure and the practical challenge of community responses to government decisions. The photograph fixes the recorded location at one identifiable stage in its history, providing a reference against which later refurbishment, closure, demolition, conversion, new ownership or altered public use can be assessed, specifically in relation to Grid Cover. The scene also relates to townscape identity, community debate, adaptive reuse, public-sector policy, local authority, traditional building. Other local associations include Warrington Corporation Electricity Supply, Warrington Corporation Electricity, electrification, cabling, electricity supply, WBC. A second layer of description includes local democracy, urban conservation, policy change, political discourse, historic townscape, civic debate, democratic accountability, period architecture, heritage asset, and architectural detail. Seen from a 2025-onward perspective, historic buildings also connects with vacancy, energy retrofit and efforts aimed at preserving local character. That gives this view of the recorded location continuing value for local history, retrospective reporting and visual comparison, specifically in relation to Grid Cover.
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Keywords: Beet,Root,with,stalk,and,green,leaves,tied,up,tiedup,Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK,United,Kingdom,taproot,portion,of,the,beet,plant,table,beet,garden beet,red or golden edible,gotonysmith,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,beets,WA1,dirt,dirty,produce
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DDXM0H - The beetroot is the taproot portion of the beet plant,also known in North America as the table beet, garden beet, red or golden beet, or informally simply as the beet. It is several of the cultivated varieties of beet (Beta vulgaris) grown for their edible taproots and their greens. These varieties have been classified as B. vulgaris subsp. vulgaris Conditiva Group.
Other than as a food, its uses include food coloring and as a medicinal plant. Many beet products are made from other Beta vulgaris varieties, particularly sugar beet.
Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DDXMHD - The parsnip (Pastinaca sativa) is a root vegetable closely related to the carrot and parsley. It is a biennial plant usually grown as an annual. Its long tuberous root has cream-colored skin and flesh and can be left in the ground when mature as it becomes sweeter in flavor after winter frosts. In its first growing season, the plant has a rosette of pinnate, mid-green leaves. If unharvested, it produces its flowering stem, topped by an umbel of small yellow flowers, in its second growing season. By this time the stem is woody and the tuber inedible. The seeds are pale brown, flat and winged.
The parsnip is native to Eurasia. It has been used as a vegetable since antiquity and was cultivated by the Romans, although there is some confusion in the literature of the time between parsnips and carrots. It was used as a sweetener before the arrival in Europe of cane sugar. It was introduced into the United States in the nineteenth century.
The parsnip is usually cooked but can also be eaten raw. It is high in vitamins and minerals, especially potassium. It also contains antioxidants and both soluble and insoluble dietary fiber. It can be cultivated in deep, stone-free soils and is attacked by the carrot fly and other insect pests, viruses and fungal diseases, of which canker is the most serious. In sunlight, handling the stems and foliage can cause a skin rash.
Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1
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Keywords: Crest,on,Warrington,Police,Headquarters,Building,in,stonework,gotonysmith,Cheshire,Parker,St,street,historic,history,1900,local,England,UK,GB,Great,Britain,Warringtonians,Crests,sandstone,gotonysmith,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,Parker Street,WA1 1LT,WA1,polis
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy CFEFH2 - . Crest on Warrington Police Headquarters Building in stonework, Parker St, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 1LT. Photographed on 10 March 2012. In historical terms, british policing developed from nineteenth-century municipal and county forces into today's territorial constabularies
Buildings, uniforms and road-control equipment provide a physical record of how forces manage incidents, traffic and public safety. As background, buildings are often the most durable evidence of former institutions and businesses
Stonework, brickwork, windows, signs and decorative details can survive changes of ownership and use, allowing photographs to document both architectural style and the evolution of a street. Looking at the subject's development, older buildings and artefacts provide tangible evidence that written records cannot fully replace
Their wear, construction, signage and setting help researchers understand local history, design, industry and social life across different periods. During 2026, policing remains closely linked to debates about neighbourhood presence, road safety, emergency response and the use of technology
Images of incident cordons or police premises can illustrate the routine operational side of public safety without implying details beyond the photographed event. Against the 2026 backdrop, the reuse of existing buildings is increasingly discussed alongside conservation, embodied carbon and town-centre regeneration
Images of older façades and converted premises can therefore illustrate both architectural heritage and the practical pressures of adapting buildings for new uses. In the longer view, police signs, cones, stations and headquarters are visible parts of the infrastructure of public order
Temporary incident equipment can transform an ordinary road into a controlled scene, while permanent police buildings reflect changing approaches to custody, administration and community policing.
Parker St, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 1LT
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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
