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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,IMG_1851,AWS AI promotion,AWS,AI,promotion,ferris,wheel,Silverstone Circuit,Northamptonshire,England,UK,motorsport,visitors,summer,technology,Formula,One,cloud,computing,data,artificial,intelligence,marketing,sponsorship,event,activation,innovation,spectators,fan,zone
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3F0K3EW - . AWS AI promotion beside a ferris wheel at Silverstone Circuit, Northamptonshire, England, UK. Photographed on 3 July 2026. The recorded location is Silverstone Circuit, Towcester, Northamptonshire NN12 8TN, England, UK. The event scene shows motorsport visitors near a branded attraction area beneath a bright summer sky, combining technology promotion with the festival atmosphere of a major race weekend. AWS is a prominent technology partner in Formula One and uses motorsport events to demonstrate cloud computing, data and artificial intelligence applications. Silverstone Circuit occupies a former Second World War RAF airfield and hosted the first Formula One World Championship race in 1950. It remains the home of the British Grand Prix and one of the UK's most important motorsport venues, combining historic track heritage with continually upgraded spectator, hospitality and safety infrastructure. For cloud computing, the historical context is that digital technology moved from specialist computing into everyday business infrastructure as cloud services replaced many locally managed systems
Large technology companies increasingly market computing power and software through event sponsorship and public branding. Looking at trackside, the longer history is that motor racing venues combine sport with engineering, hospitality and large-scale event management
Circuit buildings, grandstands and temporary branding can change rapidly as safety standards, sponsorship and commercial expectations evolve. For cloud computing, the 2026 context is that artificial intelligence remains one of the fastest-moving areas of business investment, alongside debate about copyright, energy use, employment, safety and regulation. In 2026, trackside remains relevant because modern motorsport is also shaped by sustainability, hybrid technology, sponsorship and digital fan engagement, making trackside commercial development part of the wider business of racing.
Silverstone Circuit, Towcester, Northamptonshire NN12 8TN, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,255A9793,Falkirk Wheel,close view,Falkirk,Scotland,UK,boat lift,canal,engineering,landmark,tourism,waterway,visitor,attraction,rotating,structure,modern,architecture,travel,destination,iconic,civil,infrastructure,heritage,outdoor,Scottish,basin,transport,innovation,landscape,wheel
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3F4BFNJ - . Close view of the Falkirk Wheel boat lift, Falkirk, Scotland, UK. Photographed on 27 June 2026. The recorded location is Falkirk Wheel, Falkirk, Scotland, UK. The dramatic modern structure dominates the scene and clearly shows the distinctive rotating arms and canal basin. Looking at waterway infrastructure, the longer history is that the canal network changed from commercial freight route to recreational and heritage asset during the twentieth century
Surviving warehouses, locks, mileposts and engineering structures preserve evidence of its original industrial purpose. In 2026, waterway infrastructure remains relevant because modern waterway policy increasingly combines maintenance with climate resilience, habitat management and active travel
Older canal photographs therefore illustrate both industrial engineering and the contemporary pressure to keep historic infrastructure operational. Other useful descriptive phrases include inland waterway, canal heritage, lock gates, towpath, navigation, industrial transport, canal engineering, leisure boating, canal restoration, industrial archaeology, waterside regeneration, walking route, cycling route, historic freight route, and 255A9793. Further editorial search language includes landmark, tourism, visitor, attraction, architecture, destination, iconic, civil, outdoor, Scottish, transport, innovation, and landscape. The background to waterside regeneration is that britain's canals were built principally in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries to move coal, raw materials and manufactured goods cheaply between industrial districts, ports and growing towns
Locks, basins, bridges and towpaths survive as engineering heritage. Current 2026 context around waterside regeneration is that the condition and funding of ageing waterway infrastructure remain recurring issues, while canals are valued for navigation, walking, cycling, biodiversity and urban regeneration as well as heritage.
Falkirk Wheel, Falkirk, Scotland, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Lancs,England,UK,traditional,Northern,North West,coop,co,op,co-op,Confectionary,R,branch,4,No 4,nos,green,wheel,wheels,stall,summer,blue sky,waggon,1,Yorkshire Street,Rochdale,OL16 1BH,OL16,handcart,hand,cart,center,bright
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2T0DAEJ - Taken on 10 Jun 2023, this photograph shows Green Co-operative Society Ltd cart, Confectionary R branch Nos, in Rochdale town centre, Greater Manchester, England, UK. The location is 1 Yorkshire St, Rochdale, Lancs, England, UK, OL16 1BH. The picture is not just a record shot: it contains public house signs, frontage, street activity or drinking culture details useful for hospitality and heritage features. Rochdale is central to the history of the co-operative movement, making the cart a useful visual bridge between retail, mutual ownership, working-class organisation and high-street heritage. It could support features on pubs, beer, leisure, nightlife, tourism, heritage streets, local economies, independent hospitality and the pressures facing town-centre venues. For image buyers, the value is in the combination of recognisable subject, readable wording, location evidence and a plain documentary style that can be dropped into news, magazine, web, council, housing, transport, heritage or commercial commentary without looking over-produced. Searchable related phrases include Rochdale, Lancashire, Greater Manchester, Co-operative, cooperative, town, centre, society, ltd, cart, Lancs, traditional, plus wider ideas such as local identity, public realm, urban detail, social history, commercial change, everyday Britain, documentary photography and place-based storytelling. The composition gives designers scope for captions, page furniture, social media crops, report covers and article thumbnails, while the detailed captioning makes it more discoverable for searches using both specific place names and broader themes. The photograph should appeal to buyers looking for a grounded visual that says more than a studio icon, because it ties the subject to a real street, building, object or public setting.
1 Yorkshire St, Rochdale, Lancs, England, UK, OL16 1BH
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,textile,Lancs,England,UK,English,mills,Cottonopolis,manufacture,Mill,Burnley,history,tourism,steam,powered,weaving,mill,Victorian,clocking,in,machine,circular,number,circle,wheel,on,112,Strand,WC2,clock,clocks,HR,human resources,WC2R 0AG,WC2R
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PMKDXM - . Circular number wheel, on International Time Recorders , 112 The Strand , London, England, UK, WC2R 0AG. Photographed on 6 April 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 112 Strand, London, England, UK, WC2R 0AG, adding precise geographical context for editorial, documentary, travel and local-history searches. Key searchable subjects associated with the scene include textile, Lancs, mills, Cottonopolis, manufacture, Mill, Burnley, history, tourism, steam, powered, weaving, providing natural SEO coverage without losing the specific documentary identity of the photograph. The frame provides a detailed documentary record of the subject as it appeared at the time of photography, preserving the surrounding context as well as the principal feature. Its value is both descriptive and editorial, allowing the scene to illustrate news, features, local history, travel, social change and retrospective comparison. Visible or contextual elements such as architecture, signage, branding, public realm, transport infrastructure, street furniture and everyday activity help establish a strong sense of place where they form part of the scene. The photograph can also support future before-and-after use if the building, business, service, streetscape, transport operation or public space is later altered, redeveloped, rebranded or closed. For search and editorial use, the image is relevant to the named location, local identity, contemporary Britain, regional tourism, urban life, community activity and the changing appearance of towns and cities. Additional relevant search concepts include Victorian, clocking, machine, circular, number, circle, broadening discoverability while remaining tied to the supplied subject information. The scene contributes a specific, place-based record rather than a generic illustration.
112 Strand, London, England, UK, WC2R 0AG
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,north,Wales,Cymru,coast,Victorian,architecture,LL30,traditional,resort,holiday,town,Conwy,North Wales,UK,LL30 2LN,in,beautiful,tourist,tourism,attraction,attractions,sunny,topped,with,golden urn,big,wheel,pier,the,promenade,Creuddyn peninsula,wide,beach,Obelisk,war memorial,remembrance
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PH9M6A - . This dated editorial view of Llandudno town, Conwy, North Wales, UK, LL30 2LN in 2023 captures more than the immediate subject, retaining clues about local use, design, activity and change. The image documents The Great Orme, Cenotaph topped with golden urn, Ferris wheel, pier and Grand Hotel, in beautiful Llandudno town, Conwy, North Wales, UK, LL30 2LN. The broader subject matter reaches into cask-beer tradition, hospitality economy, changing streetscape, documentary photography, classic British meal, community drinking venue, hospitality food service, local dining tradition, licensed trade, regional food culture, traditional pub, period detail, local history, and local character. The modern context includes continuing discussion of changing drinking habits, consumer spending and pressure on hospitality margins in the mid-2020s. For current editorial use, takeaway culture and nutrition provide additional context, especially through the enduring appeal of traditional takeaway meals. The image fixes building condition and alterations within Llandudno town, Conwy, North Wales, UK, LL30 2LN at one identifiable point, providing a benchmark against new ownership. The wider setting retains connections with archival record, everyday cuisine, historic hostelry, visual archive, street food culture, real-ale culture, historical comparison, and everyday life. Details involving topped, Wales, Cenotaph, Hotel, and Ferris make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. The period setting at Llandudno town, Conwy, North Wales, UK, LL30 2LN helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. The location additionally provides evidence of changing drinking habits and pressure on hospitality margins in the mid-2020s when considered against later change at Llandudno town, Conwy, North Wales, UK, LL30 2LN.
Llandudno town, Conwy, North Wales, UK, LL30 2LN
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,north,Wales,Cymru,coast,Victorian,architecture,LL30,traditional,holiday,N Parade,Parade,Llandudno,Conwy County,north Wales,UK,grade II,listed,building,in,deep-water landing stage,platform,preserved,steamers,steamer,Sir,James William Brunlees,John Dixon,company,big,white,ferris,wheel,near,old,cast iron,castiron,promenade
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PH9M9C - Llandudno Pier is a Grade II* listed pier in the seaside resort of Llandudno, North Wales, United Kingdom. At 2,295 feet (700 m), the pier is the longest in Wales and the fifth longest in England and Wales. In 2005, was voted Pier of the Year 2005 by the members of the National Piers Society.
At the end of the pier is a deep-water landing stage, completely rebuilt for the third time in 1969, which is used by the Isle of Man Steam Packet Company for occasional excursions to Douglas, Isle of Man, and for an annual visit of the PS Waverley or the MV Balmoral preserved steamers. The June 2007 sailings of the Balmoral were rescheduled to start at Menai Bridge Pier, after it emerged that Llandudno Pier's Landing Stage was no longer safe to use. The Landing Stage was rebuilt in 2012 and the MV Balmoral called there, the first ship since 2006, on 2 July 2015. In the present day the landing stage is no longer used for steamers but has its use as a platform for anglers to fish off the end of the pier and is not accessible to the general public.
Located on the coast of North Wales between Bangor and Colwyn Bay, the pier is very unusual in that it has two entrances, one on the promenade at North Parade and the other, the original entrance, on Happy Valley Road (Which is no longer used and is locked permanently) Between the two entrances is the Grand Hotel.
The pier had its origins in a much shorter pier of just 242 feet (74 m) built on 16 wooden piles, opened in 1858 by the St George's Harbour and Railway Company
The present pier was designed by civil engineers Sir James William Brunlees (1816-92, knighted 1886) and Alexander McKerrow (1837-1920) and built by the contractor John Dixon for the Llandudno Pier Company. After the original designs were approved on 29 May 1876 by Parliament, the town's Improvement Commissioners and the Mostyn Estate, revised designs for the ornamental ironwork and elaborate kiosks were worked on by the architects Charles Henry Driver
Parade, Llandudno, Conwy County, north Wales, UK, LL30 2LP
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,centre,Scotland,dusk,evening,night,shot,time,nighttime,Lothians,UK,EH2 2QP,hogmanay,tourists,travel,Lothian transport,19,to,big,wheel,Princes Street Gardens,Princes Street,gardens,garden,at,capital,bright,lights,scene,Scottish,feed,your,festive,spirit,hotpix.org.uk
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M368TT - . This location-specific image from Princes Street, Lothians, Scotland, UK, EH2 2QP in 2022 provides a visual record of the subject in everyday context, useful for both contemporary editorial work and later historical comparison. The image documents Edinburgh at Christmas, big wheel in Princes Street Gardens and Lothian transport bus 19 to Kings Road, Lothians, Scotland, UK, EH2 2QP. The setting additionally reflects changing streetscape, bus infrastructure, surface public transport, public realm, everyday life, local mobility, before-and-after reference, community identity, local character, local bus network, social history, passenger information, visual archive, and public-transport wayfinding. From a 2025-onward perspective, accessibility and integrated transport are closely linked to this subject, alongside the role of bus stops as the physical interface between passengers and the network. The archival value lies partly in recording local activity and public use around Princes Street, Lothians, Scotland, UK, EH2 2QP before later reinterpretation alters the character of the place. The wider setting retains connections with bus route infrastructure, public transport stop, local history, documentary photography, contemporary social history, archival record, passenger transport, and transport accessibility. References to transport, Christmas, Princes, wheel, and Edinburgh give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. Around Princes Street, Lothians, Scotland, UK, EH2 2QP, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. The wider significance includes accessibility and the role of bus stops as the physical interface between passengers and the network in a form that can be compared with future views of Princes Street, Lothians, Scotland, UK, EH2 2QP.
Princes Street, Lothians, Scotland, UK, EH2 2QP
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,UK,Warrington,Cheshire,England,aged,machine,trailer,rusted,rusty,farm,roller,equipment,in,a,field,WA4,Grappenhall,WA4 4SH,brown,wheel,steel,tool,vintage,forgotten,agri,collapse of agriculture,ridged,machinery,unprofitable,closures,sold,farmyard,collapse,poor,productivity,idle
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M3JBR6 - . An identifiable period record of Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 4SH in 2022, retaining practical detail and local context that distinguish documentary photography from a generic illustration. At the centre of the view is Abandoned rusty farm roller equipment, Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 4SH. The surrounding context encompasses town-centre trading, historical comparison, retail property, customer footfall, everyday life, archival record, high-street commerce, small business, independent retail, visual archive, local history, community identity, commercial frontage, and place identity. The wider contemporary story combines store closures, consumer spending and how commercial property costs affect small retailers. The archival value lies partly in recording landscape treatment and surrounding development around Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 4SH before new ownership alters the character of the place. The wider setting retains connections with contemporary social history, specialist shop, specialist retailer, changing streetscape, local character, before-and-after reference, bricks-and-mortar retail, and public realm. Elements such as Abandoned, rusty, roller, Grappenhall, and equipment add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. For Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 4SH, the photograph contributes to a cumulative visual history in which changes in use, signs, access and appearance can be traced over time. Another strand within the photograph is store closures and how commercial property costs affect small retailers within the specific setting of Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 4SH. The setting also helps illustrate store closures and the resilience of specialist shops in an online retail economy as part of the longer story of Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 4SH.
Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 4SH
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Keywords: HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,National Waterways Museum South Pier Road,Ellesmere Port,Cheshire,England,UK,CH65 4FW,CH65,canal,and,exhibit,wheel,wheels,geared,gear,gears,winding,spool,machine,cable,cabled,old,museum,interesting,the,past,pastimes,olden days,heritage,history,historic,mechanical,manual,lift,winch
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K307X2 - . This location-specific image from National Waterways Museum, South Pier Road, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, England, UK, CH65 4FW in 2022 provides a visual record of the subject in everyday context, useful for both contemporary editorial work and later historical comparison. The main point of reference is Rusty Victorian canal and waterways winding gear. Other connected aspects include visual archive, changing streetscape, civic architecture, historic narrowboat, place identity, urban fabric, changing land use, architectural character, heritage boating, regional identity, period architecture, working waterway, industrial navigation, and waterway conservation. In present-day coverage, the subject reaches into public access and heritage conservation, not least because of the transition from freight transport to leisure and heritage use. Today's relevance is strengthened by commercial viability, planning and the continuing question of how regeneration tries to create reasons to visit traditional town centres. Future viewers can use this scene from National Waterways Museum, South Pier Road, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, England, UK, CH65 4FW to compare transport arrangements and footfall with whatever follows after altered transport patterns. A second descriptive layer includes historic townscape, public-realm investment, heritage-led regeneration, town-centre renewal, local history, built heritage, canal transport, and inland navigation. References to Victorian, Rusty, canal, waterways, and winding give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. Around National Waterways Museum, South Pier Road, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, England, UK, CH65 4FW, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. The scene captures a trace of local identity for later comparison. That local specificity strengthens the long-term documentary value of image 2K307X2.
National Waterways Museum, South Pier Road, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, England, UK, CH65 4FW
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Keywords: HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,National Waterways Museum South Pier Road,Ellesmere Port,Cheshire,England,UK,CH65 4FW,CH65,canal,and,exhibit,wheel,wheels,geared,gear,gears,winding,spool,machine,cable,cabled,old,museum,interesting,the,past,pastimes,olden days,heritage,history,historic,mechanical,manual,lift,winch
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K307Y7 - . Recorded at National Waterways Museum, South Pier Road, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, England, UK, CH65 4FW in 2022, the image fixes a recognisable subject and its environment at one point in time, giving later viewers a reliable basis for comparison. The defining feature is Rusty Victorian canal and waterways winding gear. Other connected aspects include social history, inland navigation, urban regeneration, civic architecture, historic townscape, architectural character, documentary photography, mixed-use redevelopment, towpath landscape, town-centre renewal, urban fabric, place identity, place-making, and public realm. The wider contemporary story combines flood resilience, funding and the transition from freight transport to leisure and heritage use. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with housing pressure, heritage conservation and the tension between preserving local character and creating modern commercial space. As a dated visual record of National Waterways Museum, South Pier Road, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, England, UK, CH65 4FW, the frame retains local activity and public use, making it especially useful if later reinterpretation subsequently changes the scene. The surrounding story also includes period architecture, before-and-after reference, built heritage, period detail, local history, commercial redevelopment, contemporary social history, and navigation engineering. References to winding, canal, Victorian, waterways, and Rusty give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. By fixing the subject within National Waterways Museum, South Pier Road, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, England, UK, CH65 4FW, the image preserves more than the headline object or building: it records part of the locality's everyday history. The image fixes period character within the wider story of National Waterways Museum, South Pier Road, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, England, UK, CH65 4FW.
National Waterways Museum, South Pier Road, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, England, UK, CH65 4FW
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Keywords: HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,National Waterways Museum South Pier Road,Ellesmere Port,Cheshire,England,UK,CH65 4FW,CH65,history,Interior of blacksmiths shop,shaping,canalside works,canal side,inside,Interior,of,blacksmiths,tools,rust,old,tongs,hammer,wheel,Blacksmiths shop,shop,workshop,workshops,tool,forge,forging,shelves,shelf,interior,dirty,dusty
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K3082E - A blacksmith is a metalsmith who creates objects primarily from wrought iron or steel, but sometimes from other metals, by forging the metal, using tools to hammer, bend, and cut (cf. tinsmith). Blacksmiths produce objects such as gates, grilles, railings, light fixtures, furniture, sculpture, tools, agricultural implements, decorative and religious items, cooking utensils, and weapons. There was an historical distinction between the heavy work of the blacksmith and the more delicate operation of a whitesmith, who usually worked in gold, silver, pewter, or the finishing steps of fine steel. The place where a blacksmith works is called variously a smithy, a forge or a blacksmith's shop.
While there are many people who work with metal such as farriers, wheelwrights, and armorers, in former times the blacksmith had a general knowledge of how to make and repair many things, from the most complex of weapons and armor to simple things like nails or lengths of chain.
The black in blacksmith refers to the black firescale[citation needed], a layer of oxides that forms on the surface of the metal during heating. The origin of smith is the Old English word smið meaning blacksmith, originating from the Proto-Germanic *smithaz meaning skilled worker.
National Waterways Museum, South Pier Road, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, England, UK, CH65 4FW
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Keywords: HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,National Waterways Museum South Pier Road,Ellesmere Port,Cheshire,England,UK,CH65 4FW,CH65,history,Interior of blacksmiths shop,shaping,canalside works,canal side,inside,Interior,of,blacksmiths,tools,rust,old,tongs,hammer,wheel,Blacksmiths shop,shop,workshop,workshops,tool,forge,forging,shelves,shelf,interior,dirty,dusty
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K3082H - A blacksmith is a metalsmith who creates objects primarily from wrought iron or steel, but sometimes from other metals, by forging the metal, using tools to hammer, bend, and cut (cf. tinsmith). Blacksmiths produce objects such as gates, grilles, railings, light fixtures, furniture, sculpture, tools, agricultural implements, decorative and religious items, cooking utensils, and weapons. There was an historical distinction between the heavy work of the blacksmith and the more delicate operation of a whitesmith, who usually worked in gold, silver, pewter, or the finishing steps of fine steel. The place where a blacksmith works is called variously a smithy, a forge or a blacksmith's shop.
While there are many people who work with metal such as farriers, wheelwrights, and armorers, in former times the blacksmith had a general knowledge of how to make and repair many things, from the most complex of weapons and armor to simple things like nails or lengths of chain.
The black in blacksmith refers to the black firescale[citation needed], a layer of oxides that forms on the surface of the metal during heating. The origin of smith is the Old English word smið meaning blacksmith, originating from the Proto-Germanic *smithaz meaning skilled worker.
National Waterways Museum, South Pier Road, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, England, UK, CH65 4FW
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Keywords: HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,National Waterways Museum South Pier Road,Ellesmere Port,Cheshire,England,UK,CH65 4FW,CH65,history,Interior of blacksmiths shop,shaping,canalside works,canal side,inside,Interior,of,blacksmiths,tools,rust,old,tongs,hammer,wheel,Blacksmiths shop,shop,workshop,workshops,tool,forge,forging,shelves,shelf,interior,dirty,dusty
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K3082K - A blacksmith is a metalsmith who creates objects primarily from wrought iron or steel, but sometimes from other metals, by forging the metal, using tools to hammer, bend, and cut (cf. tinsmith). Blacksmiths produce objects such as gates, grilles, railings, light fixtures, furniture, sculpture, tools, agricultural implements, decorative and religious items, cooking utensils, and weapons. There was an historical distinction between the heavy work of the blacksmith and the more delicate operation of a whitesmith, who usually worked in gold, silver, pewter, or the finishing steps of fine steel. The place where a blacksmith works is called variously a smithy, a forge or a blacksmith's shop.
While there are many people who work with metal such as farriers, wheelwrights, and armorers, in former times the blacksmith had a general knowledge of how to make and repair many things, from the most complex of weapons and armor to simple things like nails or lengths of chain.
The black in blacksmith refers to the black firescale[citation needed], a layer of oxides that forms on the surface of the metal during heating. The origin of smith is the Old English word smið meaning blacksmith, originating from the Proto-Germanic *smithaz meaning skilled worker.
National Waterways Museum, South Pier Road, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, England, UK, CH65 4FW
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Blackpool,Lancs,Lancashire,family,summer,Victorian,town,from,Blackpool Tower,tourism,English,iconic,northern,England,tourist,holidays,sky,views,FY1 5BB,destination,promenade,attractions,skies,blue,resort,pier,holiday,big,Ferris,wheel,the,white,crowded,holidaymakers,holidaymaker,piers
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JRJ9TK - . This scene at Central Pier boadwalk, Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK, FY1 5BB in 2022 forms part of the visual history of the locality, documenting the named subject together with aspects of how the area looked and functioned at the time. The subject captured here is Big Ferris wheel with Blackpool Tower in background, Central Piers Victorian 1868 boardwalk, Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK, FY1 5BB. The wider scene also brings together visual archive, food supply chain, adaptive reuse, grain quality, public-realm investment, heritage-led regeneration, arable farming, period architecture, changing streetscape, contemporary social history, built heritage, urban fabric, documentary photography, and summer fieldwork. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject also connects with agricultural policy, climate change and the pressure on farmers from energy, fertiliser and machinery costs. The modern context includes continuing discussion of housing pressure, planning and the tension between preserving local character and creating modern commercial space. The archival value lies partly in recording commercial use and occupation around Central Pier boadwalk, Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK, FY1 5BB before conservation work alters the character of the place. Further associations within the scene are British agriculture, cereal crop, period detail, grain harvest, commercial redevelopment, local history, regional identity, and before-and-after reference. The recorded references to Lancashire, boardwalk, Central, Ferris, and Victorian preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. The period setting at Central Pier boadwalk, Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK, FY1 5BB helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. It also preserves evidence of changing use before later change alters the scene.
Central Pier boadwalk, Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK, FY1 5BB
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,WA14,history,historic,deer park,building,buildings,architecture,outbuilding,hall,and,Altrincham,England,UK,WA14 4SJ,summer,sunny,day,days,garden,stone,Parkland,wheel,grinding,grinding wheel,traditional,estate,stately,park,entrance,door,doors,water mill,mill
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JH5EW6 - . This location-specific image from Dunham town, Bowden, Altrincham, Cheshire, England, UK, WA14 4SJ in 2022 provides a visual record of the subject in everyday context, useful for both contemporary editorial work and later historical comparison. The principal subject is Dunham Massey, NT mill with grinding wheel, Dunham town, Bowden, Altrincham, Cheshire, England, UK, WA14 4SJ. Another layer of the photograph includes visual archive, heavy-industry heritage, historic frontage, historic streetscape, traditional structure, archival record, labour history, conservation architecture, period detail, historic townscape, factory heritage, working-industry history, built heritage, and local character. In present-day coverage, the subject reaches into heritage conservation and planning control, not least because of the tension between conservation and redevelopment. Today's relevance is strengthened by embodied carbon, labour history and the continuing question of the reuse of former industrial land and buildings. For later comparison, the photograph preserves materials and architectural details at Dunham town, Bowden, Altrincham, Cheshire, England, UK, WA14 4SJ, details that may look very different after different community use. A second descriptive layer includes changing land use, industrial artefact, architectural detailing, everyday life, industrial archaeology, place identity, changing streetscape, and manufacturing heritage. Details involving wheel, grinding, Bowden, Altrincham, and Dunham make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. The period setting at Dunham town, Bowden, Altrincham, Cheshire, England, UK, WA14 4SJ helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. The scene captures a local visual benchmark for future local research. The period view preserves a point of historical comparison before later change alters the scene.
Dunham town, Bowden, Altrincham, Cheshire, England, UK, WA14 4SJ
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,dusk,evening,van coming to the aid of a stranded van,Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK,WA4,van,road,coming to aid,yellow,flashing,help,repair,incident,recovered,recovery,tyre,wheel,issues,roadside,lane,callout,call out,breakdown,assistance,mechanic,trained,mechanics,officer,patrol,assist,career,lights,patrolman,working
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JG21Y9 - AA Limited, trading as The AA (formerly The Automobile Association), is a British motoring association.
Founded in 1905, it provides vehicle insurance, driving lessons, breakdown cover, loans, motoring advice, road maps and other services. The association demutualised in 1999, to become a private limited company, and from 2014 a public limited company (PLC). In 2002 the AA Motoring Trust was created to continue its public interest and road safety activities.
In 2021, a consortium led by Tower Brook Capital Partners and Warburg Pincus completed the acquisition of AA Limited (formerly known as AA PLC).
The Automobile Association was founded in 1905, to help motorists avoid police speed traps, in response to the Motor Car Act 1903 which introduced new penalties for breaking the speed limit, for reckless driving with fines, endorsements and the possibility of jail for speeding and other driving offences. The act also required drivers to hold a driving licence (which was obtained without a test on payment of five shillings at a post office) and to display a registration plate on their vehicle
Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4
Description
Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,airport trolleys,Trolley,Pay Station,airport,hire,hire cost,expensive,not enough,grabbing a baggage trolley,grab a,UK airport,UK,arrival,difficult to find,non-refundable hire,non-refundable,nonrefundable,hired,wheel,wheels,Luggage trolleys cost,Luggage trolley cost,cost,price,sign,station,adequate,enough,costs,expenses,pay stations,exit,baggage,reclaim,MAG,Manchester Airports Group
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AJRRK9 - Heading through the airport as you start your holiday can be a stressful experience “ and being forced to drag multiple cases behind you is a sure-fire way to make it all the more miserable. Sadly, this could be the fate that awaits at many UK airports.
Forget to stock up with change before heading to the terminal and you could be met by a collection of locked luggage trolleys refusing to surrender themselves to your bags until you feed them gold¦
Bristol and Luton take the title of most expensive airports for luggage trolleys with a non-refundable charge of £2, but you will be able to save yourself around 43p by using an old €2 coin instead.
If you do turn up at the airport without any shrapnel, just hope you're departing from Birmingham or Luton, where travellers are given option of paying by card “ even if the former does add a 40p admin fee to your £1 outlay.
It's not all a big money-grab, though. While many airports charge for the trolley, you will get the money back “ supermarket style “ when you return it. Even better, though, others “ including Heathrow “ still provide trolleys for free without even the need for a deposit.
Manchester Airport, Ringway, England, UK, M90 1QX
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,vehicle,car,saloon,damage,tyre,crash,defective,blownout,blown,out,at,speed,resulting,stop,stopped,on,line,lines,yellows,dual,carriageway,national,limit,wheel,hub,low quality,tyres,unsafe,tire,destroyed,rip,dangers,of,illegal,worn
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2MG40KX - . This dated editorial view of Cheshire, England, UK in 2019 captures more than the immediate subject, retaining clues about local use, design, activity and change. The scene records Front car tyre shredded at speed, stopped on double yellow lines, Cheshire, England, UK - Flat low profile tyre on alloy rim, ripped open. The image also relates to historic townscape, period detail, social history, built heritage, conservation architecture, place identity, heritage landmark, period building, public realm, traditional materials, conservation interest, before-and-after reference, local history, and visual archive. The modern context includes continuing discussion of adaptive reuse, maintenance and the balance between conservation and modern commercial use. The image fixes period objects and surrounding context within Cheshire, England, UK at one identifiable point, providing a benchmark against altered transport patterns. Further associations within the scene are heritage asset, architectural character, urban fabric, local character, regional identity, everyday life, period architecture, and changing land use. References to stopped, shredded, ripped, Front, and speed give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. A later view of Cheshire, England, UK may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. The image also provides a reference for adaptive reuse and the balance between conservation and modern commercial use within the real-world context of Cheshire, England, UK. Another useful connection is adaptive reuse and keeping older buildings useful without erasing their character within the specific setting of Cheshire, England, UK. The scene further reflects planning control and the balance between conservation and modern commercial use as part of the longer story of Cheshire, England, UK.
Cheshire, England, UK
Description
Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Manchester,England,UK,GB,North West England,city centre,Manchester City Centre,City Centre,Black,white,bicycle,Shadow,City,Centre,travel,shadows,bike,bikes,cycles,wheel,wheels,contrast,contrasts,exercise,leaving the car at home,leave,car,at,home,locked,secured,low light,low,sun
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy RPGEEP - . A grounded editorial photograph sets out the character of Manchester City Centre, England, UK, in an image captured in 2019. The source caption identifies Cycle Shadow, City Centre, Black,white, commuter, traveler, transport, Manchester City Centre, England, UK. The photograph carries associations with inland boating, inland navigation, civil engineering structure, riverine landscape, industrial waterway heritage, towpath environment, hydraulic control, heritage navigation, working waterway, managed watercourse, waterborne transport, and canal heritage. Seen from a 2025-onward perspective, navigation maintenance also connects with safe public access, long-term maintenance funding and efforts aimed at keeping historic infrastructure operational. Documentary value is strengthened by the precise setting at Manchester City Centre, England, UK, where even ordinary details of frontage, equipment, signs, traffic or public activity may disappear as the area evolves. The view also records themes involving navigation engineering, river management, riparian setting, lock operation, waterside infrastructure, boating infrastructure. Other local associations include Cycle friendly, Black and white, lock, locked, parked, chained. Its context additionally embraces navigation channel, and waterway maintenance. Modern coverage of inland boating frequently reaches beyond the immediate scene to questions of heritage conservation, safe public access and keeping historic infrastructure operational. The lasting documentary value lies in its record of neighbourhood identity, architecture and streetscape, ownership or occupation, transport patterns, and public access within the surrounding area. For future comparison, the scene preserves local business activity, public-realm details, the condition of buildings, patterns of everyday use, and regional identity as part of the area's longer social history.
Manchester City Centre, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@Hotpixuk,coal mining,coal,old,industrial,winding,wheel,tower,colliery museum,Manchester,Lancs,Lancashire,Astley Green,Astley Green Colliery Museum,NUM,mineworkers,national Union of Mineworkers,NCB,National Coal Board,brown field,Manchester Collieries,Coalfield,Worsley Four Foot mine,Arley mine,mineral rights,carbon,footprint,British Coal,Visitor Centre,attraction,Tourism,steel,headgear,winding house,reduced reliance on coal,energy revolution,fossil fuel,industry
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2BBXPBB - Astley Green Colliery was a coal mine in Astley, Greater Manchester, then in the historic county of Lancashire, England. It was the last colliery to be sunk in Astley. Sinking commenced in 1908 by the Pilkington Colliery Company, a subsidiary of the Clifton and Kersley Coal Company, at the southern edge of the Manchester Coalfield, working the Middle Coal Measures where they dipped under the Permian age rocks under Chat Moss. The colliery was north of the Bridgewater Canal. In 1929 it became part of Manchester Collieries, and in 1947 was nationalised and integrated into the National Coal Board. It closed in 1970, and is now Astley Green Colliery Museum.
No 1 pit was sunk to 890 yards primarily to win coal from the Trencherbone mine and No 2 pit was 833 yards deep. The shaft was 23 feet in diameter. The Crombouke and Rams mines were intersected by the sinkings. Firedamp was a problem in the new workings and ventilation was a problem. The headgear of No.1 pit survives, it is made from wrought iron lattice girders with riveted plates at the joints and one small and two large wheels mounted at the top. It is nearly 30 metres (98 ft) high and was built by Head Wrightson of Stockton-on-Tees and completed by 1912. In 1912 a twin tandem compound 3300 horsepower winding engine built by Yates and Thom of Blackburn, the largest ever used on the Lancashire Coalfield, was installed at No 1 pit. The company built a smaller cross compound winding engine for No 2 pit, installed in 1919.
In 1923 the colliery employed 1524 men underground and 436 surface workers
which increased to 1631 underground and 492 surface workers by 1933. At Nationalisation in 1947 the colliery employed 1375 below and 561 above ground. The surface workers included women, known as pit brow lasses, who sorted coal on the screens. Women were employed at Astley Green until the mid-1950s.
Lancashire Mining Museum Higher Green Lane Astley, Manchester, Lancs, England, Uk, M29 7JB
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2BBXPC2 - Astley Green Colliery was a coal mine in Astley, Greater Manchester, then in the historic county of Lancashire, England. It was the last colliery to be sunk in Astley. Sinking commenced in 1908 by the Pilkington Colliery Company, a subsidiary of the Clifton and Kersley Coal Company, at the southern edge of the Manchester Coalfield, working the Middle Coal Measures where they dipped under the Permian age rocks under Chat Moss. The colliery was north of the Bridgewater Canal. In 1929 it became part of Manchester Collieries, and in 1947 was nationalised and integrated into the National Coal Board. It closed in 1970, and is now Astley Green Colliery Museum.
No 1 pit was sunk to 890 yards primarily to win coal from the Trencherbone mine and No 2 pit was 833 yards deep. The shaft was 23 feet in diameter. The Crombouke and Rams mines were intersected by the sinkings. Firedamp was a problem in the new workings and ventilation was a problem. The headgear of No.1 pit survives, it is made from wrought iron lattice girders with riveted plates at the joints and one small and two large wheels mounted at the top. It is nearly 30 metres (98 ft) high and was built by Head Wrightson of Stockton-on-Tees and completed by 1912. In 1912 a twin tandem compound 3300 horsepower winding engine built by Yates and Thom of Blackburn, the largest ever used on the Lancashire Coalfield, was installed at No 1 pit. The company built a smaller cross compound winding engine for No 2 pit, installed in 1919.
In 1923 the colliery employed 1524 men underground and 436 surface workers
which increased to 1631 underground and 492 surface workers by 1933. At Nationalisation in 1947 the colliery employed 1375 below and 561 above ground. The surface workers included women, known as pit brow lasses, who sorted coal on the screens. Women were employed at Astley Green until the mid-1950s.
Lancashire Mining Museum Higher Green Lane Astley, Manchester, Lancs, England, Uk, M29 7JB
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@Hotpixuk,coal mining,coal,old,industrial,winding,wheel,tower,colliery museum,Manchester,Lancs,Lancashire,Astley Green,Astley Green Colliery Museum,NUM,mineworkers,national Union of Mineworkers,NCB,National Coal Board,brown field,Manchester Collieries,Coalfield,Worsley Four Foot mine,Arley mine,mineral rights,carbon,footprint,British Coal,Visitor Centre,Tourism,steel,headgear,winding house,reduced reliance on coal,fossil fuel,industry,levelling up,coal not dole
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2BBXPC8 - Astley Green Colliery was a coal mine in Astley, Greater Manchester, then in the historic county of Lancashire, England. It was the last colliery to be sunk in Astley. Sinking commenced in 1908 by the Pilkington Colliery Company, a subsidiary of the Clifton and Kersley Coal Company, at the southern edge of the Manchester Coalfield, working the Middle Coal Measures where they dipped under the Permian age rocks under Chat Moss. The colliery was north of the Bridgewater Canal. In 1929 it became part of Manchester Collieries, and in 1947 was nationalised and integrated into the National Coal Board. It closed in 1970, and is now Astley Green Colliery Museum.
No 1 pit was sunk to 890 yards primarily to win coal from the Trencherbone mine and No 2 pit was 833 yards deep. The shaft was 23 feet in diameter. The Crombouke and Rams mines were intersected by the sinkings. Firedamp was a problem in the new workings and ventilation was a problem. The headgear of No.1 pit survives, it is made from wrought iron lattice girders with riveted plates at the joints and one small and two large wheels mounted at the top. It is nearly 30 metres (98 ft) high and was built by Head Wrightson of Stockton-on-Tees and completed by 1912. In 1912 a twin tandem compound 3300 horsepower winding engine built by Yates and Thom of Blackburn, the largest ever used on the Lancashire Coalfield, was installed at No 1 pit. The company built a smaller cross compound winding engine for No 2 pit, installed in 1919.
In 1923 the colliery employed 1524 men underground and 436 surface workers
which increased to 1631 underground and 492 surface workers by 1933. At Nationalisation in 1947 the colliery employed 1375 below and 561 above ground. The surface workers included women, known as pit brow lasses, who sorted coal on the screens. Women were employed at Astley Green until the mid-1950s.
Lancashire Mining Museum Higher Green Lane Astley, Manchester, Lancs, England, Uk, M29 7JB
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,CW9 Knutsford Road,Cheshire,Keith,wheel,rider,alternative,riding,position,biker,bike,North West England,Northwich,Northwich CW9 6JW,Knutsford Rd,cyclist,wheels,bicycle,cycling,UK,helmet,cycling gear,lycra,green,village,alternative cycles,alternative bicycles,recumbent,safety gear,yellow,cover,with cover,Recumbent Trike Range,Recumbent Trike,trike,customised Recumbent Trikes
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy R9GTEP - A recumbent bicycle is a bicycle that places the rider in a laid-back reclining position. Most recumbent riders choose this type of design for ergonomic reasons: the rider's weight is distributed comfortably over a larger area, supported by back and buttocks. On a traditional upright bicycle, the body weight rests entirely on a small portion of the sitting bones, the feet, and the hands.
Most recumbent models also have an aerodynamic advantage
the reclined, legs-forward position of the rider's body presents a smaller frontal profile. A recumbent holds the world speed record for a bicycle, and they were banned from racing under the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) in 1934, and now race under the banner of the World Human Powered Vehicle Association (WHPVA) and International Human Powered Vehicle Association (IHPVA).
Recumbents are available in a wide range of configurations, including: long to short wheelbase
large, small, or a mix of wheel sizes
overseat, underseat, or no-hands steering
and rear wheel or front wheel drive. A variant with three wheels is a recumbent tricycle.
Antrobus, Northwich, Cheshire, North West England, UK, CW9 6JW
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy R9GTFT - A recumbent bicycle is a bicycle that places the rider in a laid-back reclining position. Most recumbent riders choose this type of design for ergonomic reasons: the rider's weight is distributed comfortably over a larger area, supported by back and buttocks. On a traditional upright bicycle, the body weight rests entirely on a small portion of the sitting bones, the feet, and the hands.
Most recumbent models also have an aerodynamic advantage
the reclined, legs-forward position of the rider's body presents a smaller frontal profile. A recumbent holds the world speed record for a bicycle, and they were banned from racing under the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) in 1934, and now race under the banner of the World Human Powered Vehicle Association (WHPVA) and International Human Powered Vehicle Association (IHPVA).
Recumbents are available in a wide range of configurations, including: long to short wheelbase
large, small, or a mix of wheel sizes
overseat, underseat, or no-hands steering
and rear wheel or front wheel drive. A variant with three wheels is a recumbent tricycle.
Antrobus, Northwich, Cheshire, North West England, UK, CW9 6JW
Description
Keywords: @Hotpixuk,dray,dray cart,cart,wooden,historic,transport,Gt Budworth,Cheshire,horse & cart,Manchester,North West England,UK,beer,Brewery,brewing,England,traditional ales,ale,CAMRA,heritage,54 gallon hogshead barrels,54 gallon,hogshead,barrel,hogshead barrel,Peter Kershaw,Richard Kershaw,CEO,Empire Street,Cheetham,Cheetham Hill,Cock,The Cock,cartwheel,cart wheel,wheel,GoTonySmith
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy PG69GJ - Joseph Holt is a brewery in Manchester, England founded in 1849. Holts claim to be the only brewery still selling beer in 54 gallon hogshead barrels.
Joseph Holt operates around 130 houses including traditional pubs, restaurants and hotels.
Joseph Holt, the son of a weaver, was born in 1813 in Unsworth, a textile village near Bury. He worked as a carter at Harrison's Strangeways Brewery. In 1849 he married Catherine Parry, who helped finance a small brewery behind a pub on Oak Street, Manchester.
In 1860, he purchased the brewery site on Empire Street, Cheetham. His reputation in Manchester endures
in 2007, readers of the Manchester Evening News voted him People's Champion in the Greatest ever Business Leaders awards. In 1882, by which time he had established a chain of 20 public houses, Joseph passed control of the brewery to his son Edward. Edward Holt was later knighted, served as Lord Mayor of Manchester for 1907-09 and made a baronet in 1916. He died in 1928 and the company passed to his son, Edward
it is still in the hands of the same family.
For more than thirty years, Peter Kershaw, a former rackets and real tennis champion and a notoriously frugal man, was chairman of the brewery. His son, Richard Kershaw, the great grandson of the founder, joined him on the board in 1980 and, since the death of his father in 2000, is the chief executive.
Cock Lane, Northwich, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy PG69GN - Joseph Holt is a brewery in Manchester, England founded in 1849. Holts claim to be the only brewery still selling beer in 54 gallon hogshead barrels.
Joseph Holt operates around 130 houses including traditional pubs, restaurants and hotels.
Joseph Holt, the son of a weaver, was born in 1813 in Unsworth, a textile village near Bury. He worked as a carter at Harrison's Strangeways Brewery. In 1849 he married Catherine Parry, who helped finance a small brewery behind a pub on Oak Street, Manchester.
In 1860, he purchased the brewery site on Empire Street, Cheetham. His reputation in Manchester endures
in 2007, readers of the Manchester Evening News voted him People's Champion in the Greatest ever Business Leaders awards. In 1882, by which time he had established a chain of 20 public houses, Joseph passed control of the brewery to his son Edward. Edward Holt was later knighted, served as Lord Mayor of Manchester for 1907-09 and made a baronet in 1916. He died in 1928 and the company passed to his son, Edward
it is still in the hands of the same family.
For more than thirty years, Peter Kershaw, a former rackets and real tennis champion and a notoriously frugal man, was chairman of the brewery. His son, Richard Kershaw, the great grandson of the founder, joined him on the board in 1980 and, since the death of his father in 2000, is the chief executive.
Cock Lane, Northwich, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy ED4MNW - . Dangers of festive drinking, one more glass of rose wine, at Christmas, in front of tree of decorations - half glass. The photograph was taken on 25 December 2014. This editorial stock image documents the subject as it appeared at that time, preserving a clear record of the place, its appearance and the everyday details surrounding it. The scene is closely associated with Dangers of festive drinking, one more glass of, rose, fizz, halfempty, halffull, half, Xmas glitter white red rose wine at Christmas, front and tree, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. The subject has clear editorial relevance to alcohol consumption, drinking culture, health messaging, festive behaviour and the social settings in which alcoholic drinks are consumed. It can support features about responsible drinking, alcohol-related health risks, Christmas and holiday consumption, wine, beer or spirits, licensing, hospitality and public-health campaigns. Glasses, bottles, decorations, bar or domestic surroundings and other contextual details can help editors illustrate drinking as an everyday social behaviour rather than an abstract medical concept. The documentary treatment is useful for news, health, lifestyle and social-history coverage, particularly where the image connects alcohol with celebration, excess or changing attitudes to consumption. Search themes include alcohol, drinking, wine, beer, festive consumption, responsible drinking, public health, alcohol harm, hospitality and lifestyle. The image can support both consumer and health-related editorial coverage, particularly where the visual context suggests celebration, temptation or excess. The combination of a named subject, precise location and capture date gives the image particular value to editors who need a real, identifiable place rather than a generic illustrative photograph.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy ED4MNY - . Dangers of festive drinking, one more glass of rose wine at Christmas, in front of tree of decorations - full glass of fizz. The photograph was taken on 25 December 2014. This editorial stock image documents the subject as it appeared at that time, preserving a clear record of the place, its appearance and the everyday details surrounding it. The scene is closely associated with Dangers of festive drinking, one more glass of, boozing, dangerous, liver, sclerosis, fizz, tree, rose and alcohol, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. The subject has clear editorial relevance to alcohol consumption, drinking culture, health messaging, festive behaviour and the social settings in which alcoholic drinks are consumed. It can support features about responsible drinking, alcohol-related health risks, Christmas and holiday consumption, wine, beer or spirits, licensing, hospitality and public-health campaigns. Glasses, bottles, decorations, bar or domestic surroundings and other contextual details can help editors illustrate drinking as an everyday social behaviour rather than an abstract medical concept. The documentary treatment is useful for news, health, lifestyle and social-history coverage, particularly where the image connects alcohol with celebration, excess or changing attitudes to consumption. Search themes include alcohol, drinking, wine, beer, festive consumption, responsible drinking, public health, alcohol harm, hospitality and lifestyle. The image can support both consumer and health-related editorial coverage, particularly where the visual context suggests celebration, temptation or excess. The combination of a named subject, precise location and capture date gives the image particular value to editors who need a real, identifiable place rather than a generic illustrative photograph. The view is firmly rooted in a real location rather than a constructed studio setting.
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Keywords: HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,Crewe works,rail,railway,trains,engine,transport,history,BR,British Railways,UK,Great Britain,Steam,wheel,Staem,steam,wheel detail,engineering,coupling,cast,driving,tech,technology,steam technology,industry,rust,old,classic,metal,iron horse,link,links,steam age,steam loco,loco,large wheel,Crewe Works
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AGMNYE - . A dated documentary view of England, UK in 2014, recording the subject as it appeared at that point rather than as a generic stock illustration. The principal point of reference is Close up of Steam Engine greased large driving wheel links. The scene additionally carries associations with archival record, public realm, passenger railway, rail mobility, industrial supply chain, production works, working-industry history, community identity, regional identity, local history, manufacturing heritage, rail corridor, trackside infrastructure, and everyday life. Current discussion around this subject increasingly includes station investment alongside accessibility, with particular attention to making rail simpler and more dependable. From a 2025-onward perspective, the scene also connects with factory closures, construction materials and the relationship between local geology, manufacturing and the built environment. As a documentary source, the photograph preserves the combination of built form, activity and local identity within the setting of England, UK. Other useful associations include before-and-after reference, historic context, transport interchange, industrial artefact, historic manufacturing, production technology, rail modernisation, and commuter travel. Details involving large, greased, driving, Engine, and Steam give the scene useful specificity and strengthen its local, cultural or historical identity. A later view of England, UK may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. The scene further reflects station investment and making rail simpler and more dependable without losing the local specificity of England, UK. Its period value extends to adaptive reuse and recording industries that shaped northern towns in a form that can be compared with future views of England, UK. The view records a trace of local identity within the wider story of England, UK.
England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DDXM6J - The area around the Pier Head and Albert Dock is iconic for tourists / travelers and even more beautiful by night or at dusk.
The Pier Head is a riverside location in the city centre of Liverpool, England. It is part of the Liverpool Maritime Mercantile City UNESCO World Heritage Site, which was inscribed in 2004.
The site encompasses a trio of landmarks, built on the site of the former George's Dock and referred to since at least 2000 as The Three Graces:
Royal Liver Building, built between 1908 and 1911 and designed by Walter Aubrey Thomas. It is a grade I listed building consisting of two clock towers, both crowned by mythical Liver Birds. The building is the headquarters of the Royal Liver Friendly Society.
Cunard Building, constructed between 1914 and 1916 and a grade II* listed building. It is the former headquarters of the Cunard Line shipping company.
Port of Liverpool Building, built from 1903 to 1907 and also grade II* listed. It is the former home of the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board.
Also on the site is the grade II listed Mersey Tunnel building, to the east of the Port of Liverpool building. It was built in the 1930s and contains offices and ventilator equipment for the Queensway Tunnel.
Pier Head, Liverpool, England, UK L3 1DL
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Keywords: roll,paper,white,vitrious,enamal,armatage,shanks,toto,soap,mirror,wash,hand,basin,hot,and,cold,water,facilities,people,wheel,chair,access,design,equality,assistance,sanitary,disposal,seat,flush,Gotonysmith,accessible,handicap,toilet,toilets,clean,tidy,new
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DGHE99 - . Standard clean assessable disabled toilet in the UK with grab rail soap mirror wash hand basin hot and cold water. Photographed at Grappenhall, Warrington, England, UK, WA4. The photograph was taken on 09 May 2013. This editorial stock image documents the subject as it appeared at that time, preserving a clear record of the place, its appearance and the everyday details surrounding it. The scene is closely associated with Standard, disabled, toilet, grab, rail, wheelchair, roll, paper, white and vitrious, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. The photograph is a documentary record of an identifiable subject and location, useful for editorial, archive, travel, local-history and social-history picture research. It can support features about everyday life, place, public space, local identity, tourism, consumer behaviour and the changing appearance of towns, cities and communities. Visible objects, signs, buildings and environmental details provide contextual clues that make the image useful beyond its immediate subject. As a dated stock photograph it also offers a reference point for later comparison, especially where businesses, streets, public services or local surroundings subsequently change. Search themes include documentary photography, local history, everyday life, place, public space, travel, community identity, social history and changing surroundings. Its specificity makes it more useful than a generic concept image when an editor needs a recognisable real-world subject and setting. The combination of a named subject, precise location and capture date gives the image particular value to editors who need a real, identifiable place rather than a generic illustrative photograph. It can be used in newspapers, magazines, books, websites, documentaries, heritage projects and retrospective features where geographical accuracy and period detail matter.
Grappenhall, Warrington, England, UK, WA4
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy D8HCGH - . A grounded documentary photograph made at New York State, USA in 2009, combining the immediate subject with evidence of the surrounding streetscape, public realm, business activity or local character. The location is represented through Red Chevy Impala ,classic automobile, car interior, USA. The broader subject matter reaches into public realm, community identity, documentary photography, historical comparison, archival record, specialist retailer, shopfront economy, street-level business, everyday life, regional identity, specialist shop, town-centre trading, high-street commerce, and contemporary social history. Today's relevance is strengthened by footfall, store closures and the continuing question of the contribution of independents to distinctive high streets. The image fixes street furniture and boundaries within New York State, USA at one identifiable point, providing a benchmark against changed technology. A second descriptive layer includes independent retail, changing streetscape, changing land use, local enterprise, retail property, bricks-and-mortar retail, commercial frontage, and period detail. Details involving Impala, automobile, interior, Chevy, and classic make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. By fixing the subject within New York State, USA, the image preserves more than the headline object or building: it records part of the locality's everyday history. The setting also helps illustrate footfall and the contribution of independents to distinctive high streets without losing the local specificity of New York State, USA. The image also provides a reference for commercial rents and the contribution of independents to distinctive high streets in a form that can be compared with future views of New York State, USA. Another useful connection is commercial rents and how commercial property costs affect small retailers within the real-world context of New York State, USA.
New York State, USA
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy D8HCHY - . A grounded documentary photograph made at Tatton Park, Knutsford, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom in 2009, combining the immediate subject with evidence of the surrounding streetscape, public realm, business activity or local character. The defining feature is Black & Green 1957 Buick classic car
Dave Weatherby with his award winning American 1957 classic car. The broader subject matter reaches into changing streetscape, place identity, specialist retailer, independent retail, customer footfall, public realm, shopfront economy, bricks-and-mortar retail, period detail, specialist shop, commercial frontage, high-street commerce, local enterprise, and social history. Current relevance extends to footfall and consumer spending, particularly through the contribution of independents to distinctive high streets. The archival value lies partly in recording street furniture and boundaries around Tatton Park, Knutsford, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom before changing commercial priorities alters the character of the place. Other useful contextual ideas include changing land use, street-level business, regional identity, local history, before-and-after reference, visual archive, small business, and contemporary social history. Details involving Buick, Green, American, winning, and classic make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. Around Tatton Park, Knutsford, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. The setting also helps illustrate footfall and how commercial property costs affect small retailers within the real-world context of Tatton Park, Knutsford, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom. The frame retains details of everyday use for future local research. The scene captures evidence of changing use before later change alters the scene.
Tatton Park, Knutsford, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy D8HCM7 - The sawmill was used for converting felled trees into timber for construction and other uses on the Estate. It operated from the 1860s until 1906. Much of the original equipment still exists in the Old Mill today and some of it can be seen operating¦still powered by water.
Altrincham, Cheshire, England UK WA14 4SJ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy F0XDX1 - This documentary stock photograph shows Berlin city Cycle illuminated pedal Rickshaw / taxi, at night, Germany - lights on. The image records an illuminated cycle rickshaw or pedal taxi at night, making it useful for editorial features on Berlin nightlife, tourist transport, theatre districts, sustainable travel and illuminated city leisure. Berlin is a city where ordinary street details often carry heavy layers of history, from Prussian and imperial architecture to the Weimar period, Nazi rule, wartime destruction, division, the DDR, reunification, tourism, gentrification and contemporary creative culture. The caption and visible subject detail provide a specific point of entry into that wider story rather than a generic German city view. Buyers could use the photograph for articles about Berlin travel, Cold War memory, street art, museum interpretation, urban nightlife, river sightseeing, architecture, souvenir culture, public transport, pedestrian design or the way history is repackaged in modern tourism. Search-friendly composite terms include Berlin Mitte street art, DDR surveillance display, Berlin Fernsehturm skyline, River Spree pleasure boat, Ampelmann crossing light, Berliner Dom interior, Berlin urban culture and German capital tourism. If the subject is graffiti, it can illustrate the city as a living wall of political humour, youth culture, commercial branding and layered paste-ups. If it is heritage or church architecture, it can support more formal travel, culture, history and education uses. If it is a boat, toy or street sign, it gives editors an accessible human-scale route into a large city story. The documentary style keeps the image credible for web, magazine, guidebook, education, museum, travel, urban policy, politics, design, consumer and social commentary use. Its strength for Alamy search is the mix of precise caption wording and broader Berlin themes, allowing it to be found for both narrow subject searches and wider.
Pariser Platz, Berlin, Germany
