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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,IMG_4180,Edinburgh,Xmas,across,Princes,St,gardens
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3E8E1B6 - . Edinburgh Xmas across Princes St gardens. Photographed on 30 November 2024. The recorded location is Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. Seen through snowfall, the earlier context is that seasonal photographs provide clear evidence of weather, vegetation and annual customs
Snow, spring flowers and festive decoration can date both the natural cycle and the social calendar of a place. For tourism event, the historical context is that carnivals, beer festivals and civic celebrations preserve traditions while continually adapting to new audiences
Signs, temporary stages, costumes and crowd-management measures document how organisers transform ordinary streets and venues. The 2026 relevance of snowfall comes from the fact that festive and seasonal imagery also remains commercially important in tourism and retail, while extreme weather can expose the resilience of transport and local infrastructure. For tourism event, the 2026 context is that major festivals are increasingly planned around crowd safety, accessibility, transport, security and environmental impact as well as entertainment
Images can therefore illustrate the operational infrastructure behind apparently spontaneous celebration. Relevant synonyms and subject phrases include winter, seasonal landscape, climate, winter scene, seasonal change, weather conditions, annual tradition, public event, event management, visitor economy, community festival, cultural event, street festival, event infrastructure, and live entertainment. Alternative search wording includes annual festival, public celebration, and IMG_4180. Looking at seasonal, the longer history is that seasonal photographs provide clear evidence of weather, vegetation and annual customs
Snow, spring flowers and festive decoration can date both the natural cycle and the social calendar of a place. The image also relates directly to winter, seasonal landscape and climate.
Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Merseyside,city,centre,ale,bitter,St Johns Lane,Queen Square,England,UK,L1 1HF,L1,brewery,beer,established,est,1850,Liverpool,at,Duncan,Doctor,bar,real,ales,Xmas,Christmas,Christmas Ale,pump,handpump,hand pump,festive,Robert Cain,Liverpool in a pint,Andrew Mikhail
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M1F5RE - . An on-location photograph from St John's Ln, Queen Square, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L1 1HF in 2022, showing the named subject as part of a wider social, commercial, cultural or physical setting rather than as an isolated object. At the centre of the view is Cains Xmas brewery beer, established 1850, Liverpool, at Doctor Duncans bar, St John's Ln, Queen Square, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L1 1HF. The surrounding context encompasses beer-led hospitality, local history, historical comparison, regional identity, visual archive, cask-beer tradition, community drinking venue, public realm, traditional ale house, period detail, place identity, licensed trade, real-ale culture, and traditional pub. In present-day coverage, the subject reaches into consumer spending and energy costs, not least because of the value of historic pubs to tourism and local identity. For later comparison, the photograph preserves transport arrangements and footfall at St John's Ln, Queen Square, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L1 1HF, details that may look very different after redevelopment. The subject also sits alongside social history, contemporary social history, changing land use, historic hostelry, changing streetscape, before-and-after reference, local social venue, and documentary photography. References to established, Square, Merseyside, Liverpool, and Duncans give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. The period setting at St John's Ln, Queen Square, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L1 1HF helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. Another useful connection is consumer spending and the value of historic pubs to tourism and local identity within the real-world context of St John's Ln, Queen Square, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L1 1HF. That local specificity strengthens the long-term documentary value of image 2M1F5RE.
St John's Ln, Queen Square, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L1 1HF
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,England,UK,busy,congestion,public,transport,services,Liverpool,service,crowds,train,passengers,passenger,poor,waiting,wait,for,packed,delayed,and,delay,RMT,action,cancelled,Northern,trains,at,Oxford rd,Christmas,Xmas,crush,shopping,stations,Northern Powerhouse,rail,fare increase,MCO,cancel
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2KG3M0F - . Recorded at Oxford Road railway station, Manchester, England, UK 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 image documents Busy railway platform, evening passengers waiting for packed, delayed and cancelled Northern trains,at Oxford Road station, Manchester, UK. Another layer of the photograph includes visual archive, archival record, integrated transport, contemporary social history, transport interchange, community identity, mass transit, regional identity, historical comparison, period detail, rail infrastructure, rail modernisation, local history, and commuter travel. Today's relevance is strengthened by fares, integrated transport and the continuing question of the reshaping of Britain's passenger railway in the mid-2020s. Future viewers can use this scene from Oxford Road railway station, Manchester, England, UK to compare signage and branding with whatever follows after new ownership. The wider setting retains connections with local character, urban rail transport, changing streetscape, public transport network, regional rail, rail corridor, rail mobility, and trackside heritage. The combination of railway, platform, evening, packed, and trains anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. Around Oxford Road railway station, Manchester, England, UK, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. A further contemporary connection is fares and how rail stations anchor city-centre mobility and regeneration in a form that can be compared with future views of Oxford Road railway station, Manchester, England, UK. The wider significance includes station investment and the role of public transport in reducing congestion and emissions within the real-world context of Oxford Road railway station, Manchester, England, UK.
Oxford Road railway station, Manchester, England, UK
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,UK,German market,sausages,wurst,Xmas,winter,dusk,night,evening,shoppers,stall,stalls,market,site,city,centre,festive,cheer,celebrate,celebration,Mancs,North West,lights,trail,Festive Sundays,squares,pavement,street,gifts,food,M2,bratwurst,shed,hut,2022
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2KG3W4D - With over 220 stalls across nine sites throughout the city centre, this year's Christmas Markets are set to bring some much-needed festive cheer to the city's streets and squares in the run-up to Christmas.
24 years on from the first ever Manchester Christmas Markets in 1998, the markets continue to attract Mancunians and visitors alike to the city in their thousands to fill up on the fantastic festive treats on offer.
This year will see the iconic ski chalet market stalls take over Piccadilly Gardens - once again set to be transformed into the Winter Gardens - Market Street, Cathedral Gardens, Exchange Street, New Cathedral Street, St Ann's Square, Exchange Square, The Corn Exchange, and King Street.
Making sure the city looks its sparkly best in the run-up to Christmas is of course just as important and this year sees the return of the magical Manchester Christmas lights trail, illuminating the city centre throughout the festive season with its walk-through giant baubles, a Manchester bee, and of course Santa Claus himself - who will be keeping an eye on all things Christmas in Manchester from his perch on high in front of Central Library on St Peter's Square.
For those who look forward to a seasonal skate, Skate Manchester's family-friendly covered ice rink will once again take up its usual spot in Cathedral Gardens where skaters can skate around a beautiful Christmas tree and enjoy twinkling lights, the smell of gingerbread, and Christmas songs on repeat.
New for 2022, Festive Sundays will see the city's streets and squares filled with some extra special not-to-be-missed Manchester Christmas magic as roaming puppets, supersized penguins and illuminated bands take to the city's main shopping streets, every Sunday from 13 November - 18 December.
St Anns Square, Manchester, England, UK, M2 7PW
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,UK,M3,Manchester,Kendal,Milne & Co,Milne & Faulkner,Harrods,Watts,in,autumn,decorated,for,Christmas,Xmas,shoppers,customers,retail,high st,brand,redevelopment,store,Deansgate,M3 2GQ,lights,lit up,closing,closure,Investec,building,St Marys Parsonage,regeneration zone,Frasers,Mike Ashleys Sports Direct chain,site,sites,2022
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2KG3Y44 - . This authentic period view of 98-116 Deansgate, Manchester,England,UK, M3 2GQ in 2022 preserves the main subject alongside smaller contextual details that can acquire greater historical value as places and uses change. The defining feature is Kendals, House Of Fraser,Deansgate,Manchester,England,UK, M3 2GQ, in autumn,decorated for Christmas. A broader reading of the photograph includes local character, social history, customer footfall, shopfront economy, commercial frontage, before-and-after reference, bricks-and-mortar retail, historical comparison, changing land use, changing streetscape, everyday life, small business, archival record, and contemporary social history. From a 2025-onward perspective, town-centre regeneration and footfall are closely linked to this subject, alongside the contribution of independents to distinctive high streets. The archival value lies partly in recording public access and movement around 98-116 Deansgate, Manchester,England,UK, M3 2GQ before closure or conversion alters the character of the place. The wider setting retains connections with high-street commerce, period detail, independent retail, regional identity, local history, visual archive, community identity, and town-centre trading. The recorded references to House, autumn, Fraser, decorated, and Manchester preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. A later view of 98-116 Deansgate, Manchester,England,UK, M3 2GQ may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. The location additionally provides evidence of town-centre regeneration and the contribution of independents to distinctive high streets in a form that can be compared with future views of 98-116 Deansgate, Manchester,England,UK, M3 2GQ. The view records part of the area's social history for later comparison. That local specificity strengthens the long-term documentary value of image 2KG3Y44.
98-116 Deansgate, Manchester,England,UK, M3 2GQ
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Warrington,England,UK,WA4 3ER,WA4,pitch,in,snow,snowy,conditions,keeping,pitches,healthy,maintained,visitors welcome,snowed,under,covered,weather,scoreboard,The,crease,league,GCC,snowing,white,score board,Xmas,Christmas,bright,snowed in,snowed up,closed
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K3T3CB - . Made at Broad Lane, Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 3ER in 2020, 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 main point of reference is Grappers Grappenhall Cricket Club in winter snow, Broad Lane, Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 3ER. The frame also records themes of community identity, documentary photography, place-making, built heritage, before-and-after reference, urban fabric, town-centre renewal, visual archive, period architecture, regional identity, local character, contemporary social history, public-realm investment, and historical comparison. Today's relevance is strengthened by adaptive reuse, town-centre regeneration and the continuing question of how public investment can reshape pedestrian movement and evening activity. Small period details of commercial use and occupation at Broad Lane, Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 3ER may become more significant with time, particularly following later reinterpretation. Other useful contextual ideas include place identity, local history, historic townscape, civic architecture, everyday life, public realm, changing land use, and urban regeneration. Elements such as Grappenhall, Grappers, Broad, Cricket, and winter add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. By fixing the subject within Broad Lane, Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 3ER, the image preserves more than the headline object or building: it records part of the locality's everyday history. Another useful connection is adaptive reuse and how regeneration tries to create reasons to visit traditional town centres when considered against later change at Broad Lane, Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 3ER.
Broad Lane, Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 3ER
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Keywords: HotpixUK,South Warrington,dusk,evening,Cheshire,village,England,UK,WA4 2AF,WA4,pub,bar,Hotel,Warrington,@hotpixuk,GoTonySmith,Grade II Listed Building,Grade II,Listed Building,building,Xmas,Christmas,lights,grade2,listed,English Heritage Legacy ID,438308,English Heritage,square,trees,winter,December,festive,Christmas in Stockton Heath,Xmas in Stockton Heath,Xmas Stockton Heath,Christmas Stockton Heath,William and Segar Owen,Segar Owen,William Owen
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AGT349 - . This location-based editorial photograph from Grappenhall Rd, Stockton Heath, Warrington,Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 2AF in 2019 preserves a recognisable subject together with clues about how the place was used and presented at the time. The image documents Mulberry Tree Hotel, Stockton Heath, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK - Grade II listed building. The scene additionally carries associations with brewing heritage, built heritage, beer judging, social drinking culture, community drinking venue, social history, local character, period detail, historic townscape, historic commercial architecture, historical comparison, changing land use, festival bar service, and historic frontage. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject sits within continuing debate about pub closures, business rates and the tension between heritage drinking culture and changing consumer habits. The present-day relevance extends to adaptive reuse and embodied carbon, while a wider concern is the contrast between preservation and redevelopment. For retrospective editorial use, the view leaves evidence of the visual character of the locality at the time in the immediate surroundings of Grappenhall Rd, Stockton Heath, Warrington,Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 2AF. The wider local story also touches on licensed hospitality, changing streetscape, community identity, architectural detailing, before-and-after reference, beer festival scene, documentary photography, and heritage asset. Details involving building, Warrington, Mulberry, Hotel, and listed give the scene useful specificity and strengthen its local, cultural or historical identity. Around Grappenhall Rd, Stockton Heath, Warrington,Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 2AF, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. Image 2AGT349 also remains a dated record of Grappenhall Rd, Stockton Heath, Warrington,Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 2AF.
Grappenhall Rd, Stockton Heath, Warrington,Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 2AF
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Cheshire,Warrington,Lymm Cheshire,village,Lymm village,England,UK,at,night,in the,night time,outside,JW Lees,Lees,brewery,pub,bar,CAMRA,ale,beer,Eagle Brow,Lymm,The spread Eagle,Xmas,sign,boozer,public house,Traditional pub,real ale,cask beer,British,food,pub food,local,friendly,Campaign for Real Ale
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AFFP2X - . A grounded documentary photograph made at 47 Eagle Brow, Lymm,warrington,Cheshire,England,UK, WA13 0AG in 2019, preserving the main subject alongside smaller details that may become more historically useful with time. The scene shows Spread eagle pub,47 Eagle Brow, Lymm,Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK, WA13 0AG, at dusk, winter. The photograph also reflects beer appreciation, traditional recipe, licensed hospitality, national food identity, documentary photography, hand-pulled beer, before-and-after reference, visual archive, archival record, licensed trade, changing streetscape, local character, cask-beer tradition, and pub trade. The present-day relevance extends to business rates and independent brewing, while a wider concern is the economics of beer festivals and licensed venues. Current discussion around this subject increasingly includes regional tourism alongside local sourcing, with particular attention to the persistence of regional dishes as markers of identity. For future researchers, the photograph anchors a particular stage in the life of the location at 47 Eagle Brow, Lymm,warrington,Cheshire,England,UK, WA13 0AG. Further connections include cultural gastronomy, British brewing tradition, food heritage, ceremonial meal, contemporary social history, heritage dish, real-ale culture, and food-and-drink tradition. Elements such as Spread, winter, eagle, and Warrington add documentary specificity and may become more useful when compared with later records. A later view of 47 Eagle Brow, Lymm,warrington,Cheshire,England,UK, WA13 0AG 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 economics of beer festivals and licensed venues when considered against later change at 47 Eagle Brow, Lymm,warrington,Cheshire,England,UK, WA13 0AG. That local specificity strengthens the long-term documentary value of image 2AFFP2X.
47 Eagle Brow, Lymm,warrington,Cheshire,England,UK, WA13 0AG
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AE02N3 - Grappenhall is a semi-rural village in Cheshire, England, along the Bridgewater Canal in the Grappenhall and Thelwall civil parish, which had a population of 9,377 at the 2001 census. It has a cobbled square, St Wilfs at its centre and the Parr Arms Pub.
St Wilfrid's Church is in Church Lane, Grappenhall, a village in Warrington, Cheshire, England. It is designated by Historic England as a Grade I listed building. It is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of Chester and the deanery of Great Budworth
The church is Norman in origin, built probably in the earlier part of the 12th century and completed about 1120. This was a small and simple church, consisting of a nave, chancel and, possibly, an apse. The foundations of this church were discovered during the 1873“74 restoration.
A chantry chapel was added by the Boydell family in 1334 in a position where the south aisle now stands. From 1529 the church was largely rebuilt in local sandstone. The old church was demolished and a new nave, chancel, north aisle and a west tower were built. In 1539 the south aisle was added, which incorporated the Boydell chapel. The south porch was added in 1641 and at this time the west wall was strengthened. In 1833 the roof of the nave was raised to form a clerestory and in the 1850s the south aisle was further extended, and a vestry was built. There was a more substantial restoration in 1873“74 by the Lancaster architects Paley and Austin, which included the provision of new floors and roofs, at a cost of about £4,000
Village Centre, Grappenhall Ln, Warrington,Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 3EP
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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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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Warrington,WBC,North West,Bridge St,pano,retail,Warringtonians,Xmas,dusk,evening,American artist,iconic,square,golden square,skittles,Howard Ben Tre,Gay Ben Tre,public art,IRA bombing 1993,Adhan Group,shopping,centres,town,centre,the,at,night,night time,late,Howard,Ben Tre,Barclays,bank,shops,store,stores,skittle
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2ADR2DE - TRIBUTES have been paid to the American artist who created Warrington's iconic skittles.
Howard Ben Tre died earlier this summer, aged 71.
Described as a 'larger than life character' he was famed in the art world for his large-scale glass sculptures.
But his work in Warrington was rather different.
Howard and first wife Gay won a contest to create public art on Bridge Street and Market Gate after the devastating bombing of 1993. The work was finished in 1999.
The couple spent two years overseeing the town centre's transformation, replacing the main thoroughfare with trees, fountains, seating and sculpture that connected the shops.
Growing up in New York, he lived in Rhode Island where he has a studio.
Howard and Gay, both active in protesting the Vietnam War, married when they were 21.
We had a very adventurous life together, Gay Ben Tré said. He once told her: Without me, we wouldn't have had as many adventures
without you, we wouldn't have survived.
His second wife Wendy MacGaw told the Providence Journal he was a 'force of nature'.
Howard returned to Warrington in 2009, ten years after the skittles and fountains had first been revealed.
Cllr Mike Hannon, who came up with the idea for the artwork, said it had helped to transform Warrington.
He added: Howard was actually talking about Warrington at an event in York and he got to see it with the trees matured.
It was controversial at the time but if I was asked would I do it again, I would say definitely yes.
I believe in the rationale behind it and experts say we would not have had the investment in the Golden Square with all the money and jobs that brought without the public artworks.
Bridge St, Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK, WA1 2QW
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Warrington,WBC,Warrington Borough Council,North West,WA1,merry xmas,of,over,shopping,highstreet,high street,high st,small town,christmas,lights,decorations,Sunset over Bridge Street Warrington,failing,declining,fortunes,sunset,sensets,Warrington sunset,merry,Xmas,festive,night,evening,dusk,town,centre,colourful,colours
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2ADR2DM - . A dated documentary view of Bridge St, Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK, WA1 2QW in 2019, recording the subject as it appeared at that point rather than as a generic stock illustration. At the centre of the frame is Sunset over Bridge Street Warrington, with Merry Christmas banner,Cheshire,England,UK, WA1 2QW. The surrounding context brings together period detail, government priorities, democratic accountability, bricks-and-mortar retail, retail property, local trading, commercial streetscape, historic context, party-political communication, public policy, local history, political campaigning, regional identity, and documentary photography. In the mid-2020s, business rates and changing footfall keep the subject current, particularly through bringing underused premises back into productive use. The subject remains useful for current coverage of electoral accountability and local services, not least because of comparing earlier political promises with later policy. With the passage of time, the scene keeps a record of period details that may disappear after redevelopment or refurbishment at the recorded site in Bridge St, Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK, WA1 2QW. Other useful associations include customer footfall, civic debate, contemporary social history, social history, shopfront economy, place identity, constituency representation, and consumer retail. The recorded references to banner, Sunset, Christmas, Bridge, and Warrington preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. The period setting at Bridge St, Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK, WA1 2QW helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. The image also provides a reference for business rates and the rapid turnover of shopfronts and trading names when considered against later change at Bridge St, Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK, WA1 2QW.
Bridge St, Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK, WA1 2QW
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Wurst,grilling over charcoals,German market,Albert Square,Manchester,England,UK,Xmas,Christmas,Market,food,BBQ,swing,hotdog,hotdogs,Pork Steak,Riesen,Krakauer,mulled wine,Bavarian cuisine,Bavarian,cuisine,festive,swinging,grilling,vendor,stall,stalls,treat,treats,sausage,cooked,snacks,imbis,M2 6LW,M2
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2ADE4C4 - . An authentic period view of Albert Square,Manchester,England,UK, M2 6LW in 2019, showing a subject whose value extends beyond the immediate scene into local history and changing social context. The location is represented through Bavarian Swing Grill,sausages,Wurst,bratwurst,currywurst,grilling over charcoals,German market,Christmas market, Albert Square,Manchester,England,UK,. Another layer of the scene includes bottle presentation, local character, everyday life, cultural gastronomy, comfort food, regional identity, spirits heritage, beverage branding, wine collecting, luxury drinks market, documentary photography, community identity, aged alcohol, and before-and-after reference. From a 2025-onward perspective, the scene also connects with regional tourism, hospitality costs and the role of ceremonial food in annual celebrations. In the mid-2020s, alcohol duty and tourism keep the subject current, particularly through the continuing appeal of traditional drinks with strong regional identities. For local-history research, the scene keeps a record of the way the place functioned before later physical or commercial change as seen at Albert Square,Manchester,England,UK, M2 6LW. The photograph additionally reflects wine label design, public realm, contemporary social history, festive eating, place identity, historic context, regional food culture, and Portuguese wine tradition. Elements such as Square, market, Swing, currywurst, and Grill add documentary specificity and may become more useful when compared with later records. Around Albert Square,Manchester,England,UK, M2 6LW, apparently routine details can become historically useful once businesses close, buildings change use or familiar features disappear. Another useful connection is regional tourism and how food traditions survive alongside changing diets and lifestyles within the specific setting of Albert Square,Manchester,England,UK, M2 6LW.
Albert Square,Manchester,England,UK, M2 6LW
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,M2,Manchester M2 5PD,Xmas,decorations,history,Christmas,outside,star,gold,giant,stars,Central Library,library,St Peters,Peter,square,Sq,seasonal,decorated,golden,sparkle,sparkly,MCR,historic,exterior,display,displays,art,arts,artistic,Xmas star,Christmas star,columns,column
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2ADR2BA - . This period scene at St Peter's Square, Manchester,England,UK, M2 5PD in 2019 provides a visual reference to the named subject and the wider commercial, social, cultural or physical environment around it. The main subject is Golden star,Christmas decorations,outside Manchester Central Library,St Peter's Square, Manchester M2 5PD. Other connected aspects include visual archive, archival record, community identity, historic frontage, traditional masonry, social history, period building, architectural detailing, cityscape history, before-and-after reference, urban fabric, historic commercial architecture, everyday life, and documentary photography. Viewed from the mid-2020s, the subject sits within continuing debate about historic townscape, redevelopment pressure and reusing existing buildings rather than demolishing them. For place-based research, the photograph anchors the visual character of the locality at the time as seen at St Peter's Square, Manchester,England,UK, M2 5PD. The subject sits alongside heritage asset, local history, changing streetscape, built heritage, period detail, regional identity, contemporary social history, and changing land use. References to Christmas, Square, Peter's, Central, and Golden help fix the photograph to its own subject and period rather than reducing it to a generic view. For St Peter's Square, Manchester,England,UK, M2 5PD, the photograph contributes to a cumulative visual history in which changes in use, signs, access and appearance can be traced over time. The location additionally provides evidence of historic townscape and reusing existing buildings rather than demolishing them when considered against later change at St Peter's Square, Manchester,England,UK, M2 5PD. A further contemporary connection is embodied carbon and the contrast between preservation and redevelopment without losing the local specificity of St Peter's Square, Manchester,England,UK, M2 5PD.
St Peter's Square, Manchester,England,UK, M2 5PD
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,German Markets,at,Manchester,market,Christmas markets,celebrations,in the,city centre,Xmas,Christmas,December,winter,market stall,trader,traders,festive cheer,Germany,Sehenswürdigkeiten,wooden chalet,Berlin,curry,wurst,sausage,sausages,German sausages,BBQ,grilled,food,snack,Stalls,Manchester Xmas celebrations,Stalls at Manchester Christmas markets,retailing in the city centre
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2ADR2BB - If you're looking for some festive cheer, Manchester plays host to one of the biggest and best Christmas Sehenswürdigkeiten outside of Germany, with more than 300 wooden chalets spread across 10 different locations throughout the city.
Originally introduced to the city in 1999, the Christmas markets have grown bigger and better each year, attracting Europe's finest street food vendors and crafters. It's a great place to buy Yuletide gifts, such as fine jewellery, handcrafted leather bags and artisan soaps. Your taste buds will also be tantalised with so many wide ranging food options on offer, including things like German bratwurst, hog roast, Spanish paella and Dutch pancakes. Yum!
Thought Christmas markets were just for December? This year the Christmas Markets will open in November in Manchester city centre, so there's plenty of time to don your best Christmas jumper, drink mulled wine and chow down on pretzels.
St Ann's Square, Manchester,England,UK, M2 7DH
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2ADR2BD - The Old Wellington Inn is a half-timbered pub in Manchester city centre, England. It is part of Shambles Square, which was created in 1999, and is near Manchester Cathedral. It is a Grade II listed building
The oldest building of its kind in Manchester, the Old Wellington Inn was built in 1552 next to the market square which led off what is now Market Street, in what was known as the Shambles. In 1554 part of it became a draper's shop, owned by the Byrom family, and the writer John Byrom was born there in 1692. The building had a third storey added to it in the 17th century. In 1830 the building became a licensed public house, known as the Vintners Arms, and later the Kenyon Vaults. By 1865, the ground floor of the building was known as the Wellington Inn, while the upper floors were used by makers of mathematical and optical instruments. Later, in 1897, the upper floors were used as a fishing tackle shop, known as Ye Olde Fyshing Tackle Shoppe.
In the 1970s the Old Shambles was underpinned with a concrete raft and raised by 1.4 metres (55 in) designed by draughtsman Fred Kennedy, to fit in with the development of the Arndale Centre
the Inn was reopened in 1981. It was damaged in the 1996 Manchester bombing, and was reopened in February 1997, with costs of £500,000 paid to repair the damage. However, in preparation for the city's development in the bomb's aftermath, it was decided that the building, alongside its neighbour Sinclair's Oyster Bar, should be dismantled and rebuilt 300 metres (980 ft) towards the cathedral to form Shambles Square. The move was completed by November 1999, when the pub reopened
4 Cathedral Gates Manchester, Greater Manchester,England, UK, M3 1SW
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2ADR2BE - The Old Wellington Inn is a half-timbered pub in Manchester city centre, England. It is part of Shambles Square, which was created in 1999, and is near Manchester Cathedral. It is a Grade II listed building
The oldest building of its kind in Manchester, the Old Wellington Inn was built in 1552 next to the market square which led off what is now Market Street, in what was known as the Shambles. In 1554 part of it became a draper's shop, owned by the Byrom family, and the writer John Byrom was born there in 1692. The building had a third storey added to it in the 17th century. In 1830 the building became a licensed public house, known as the Vintners Arms, and later the Kenyon Vaults. By 1865, the ground floor of the building was known as the Wellington Inn, while the upper floors were used by makers of mathematical and optical instruments. Later, in 1897, the upper floors were used as a fishing tackle shop, known as Ye Olde Fyshing Tackle Shoppe.
In the 1970s the Old Shambles was underpinned with a concrete raft and raised by 1.4 metres (55 in) designed by draughtsman Fred Kennedy, to fit in with the development of the Arndale Centre
the Inn was reopened in 1981. It was damaged in the 1996 Manchester bombing, and was reopened in February 1997, with costs of £500,000 paid to repair the damage. However, in preparation for the city's development in the bomb's aftermath, it was decided that the building, alongside its neighbour Sinclair's Oyster Bar, should be dismantled and rebuilt 300 metres (980 ft) towards the cathedral to form Shambles Square. The move was completed by November 1999, when the pub reopened
4 Cathedral Gates Manchester, Greater Manchester,England, UK, M3 1SW
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,bar,1552,The Old Welly,Mancunian,Manc,Nicholsons,Nicholson,pubs,M3,half timbered,Manchester,in,beer,yard,outside,area,evening,winter time,Xmas,Christmas,cask ale,ale,CAMRA,Inn,Old Wellington Inn,Shambles Square,Vintners Arms,Kenyon Vaults,history,historic,moved,most,most-moved,buildings,architecture
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2ADR2BF - The Old Wellington Inn is a half-timbered pub in Manchester city centre, England. It is part of Shambles Square, which was created in 1999, and is near Manchester Cathedral. It is a Grade II listed building
The oldest building of its kind in Manchester, the Old Wellington Inn was built in 1552 next to the market square which led off what is now Market Street, in what was known as the Shambles. In 1554 part of it became a draper's shop, owned by the Byrom family, and the writer John Byrom was born there in 1692. The building had a third storey added to it in the 17th century. In 1830 the building became a licensed public house, known as the Vintners Arms, and later the Kenyon Vaults. By 1865, the ground floor of the building was known as the Wellington Inn, while the upper floors were used by makers of mathematical and optical instruments. Later, in 1897, the upper floors were used as a fishing tackle shop, known as Ye Olde Fyshing Tackle Shoppe.
In the 1970s the Old Shambles was underpinned with a concrete raft and raised by 1.4 metres (55 in) designed by draughtsman Fred Kennedy, to fit in with the development of the Arndale Centre
the Inn was reopened in 1981. It was damaged in the 1996 Manchester bombing, and was reopened in February 1997, with costs of £500,000 paid to repair the damage. However, in preparation for the city's development in the bomb's aftermath, it was decided that the building, alongside its neighbour Sinclair's Oyster Bar, should be dismantled and rebuilt 300 metres (980 ft) towards the cathedral to form Shambles Square. The move was completed by November 1999, when the pub reopened
4 Cathedral Gates Manchester, Greater Manchester,England, UK, M3 1SW
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,dusk,evening,winter,Santa Clause,fountain,fountains,from,England,UK,M1 1RN,Santa at dusk,white,festivities,illuminated,Dec,December,festive,sunset,night,water,Merry,Xmas,Christmas,city,centre,celebration,celebrate,square,public,space,bright,offices,office
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2ADR2BH - . This documentary view of Piccadilly Gardens,Manchester, England,UK, M1 1RN in 2019 captures the subject within its actual surroundings, preserving a dated piece of visual history rather than an isolated object study. The scene shows Merry Christmas, from Piccadilly Gardens, Manchester, England, UK, M1 1RN - Santa at dusk. The setting also relates to consumer retail, customer footfall, commercial frontage, shopfront economy, urban commerce, before-and-after reference, local trading, local history, documentary photography, high-street commerce, independent trading, commercial streetscape, changing land use, and retail vacancy. The subject remains useful for current coverage of changing footfall and vacant units, not least because of how high streets adapt when traditional retail contracts. As the area changes, the frame preserves period details that may disappear after redevelopment or refurbishment within the setting of Piccadilly Gardens,Manchester, England,UK, M1 1RN. The subject sits alongside retail property, archival record, regional identity, place identity, town-centre economy, visual archive, public realm, and community identity. References to Merry, Gardens, Piccadilly, Christmas, and Santa help fix the photograph to its own subject and period rather than reducing it to a generic view. The surrounding context at Piccadilly Gardens,Manchester, England,UK, M1 1RN matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. Another strand within the photograph is changing footfall and how high streets adapt when traditional retail contracts when considered against later change at Piccadilly Gardens,Manchester, England,UK, M1 1RN. The image also provides a reference for commercial rents and the shift toward mixed retail, leisure, service and residential centres without losing the local specificity of Piccadilly Gardens,Manchester, England,UK, M1 1RN.
Piccadilly Gardens,Manchester, England,UK, M1 1RN
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Keywords: @HotpixUK,HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,@HotpixUk,England,UK,M2 5DB,Xmas Market,Xmas,December,stalls,clock,tower,clocktower,people,crowds,Victorian,Gothic,building,Albert Memorial,stall,bars,pub,bar,shoppers,retail,drinkers,eaters,food,mulled wine,Greater Manchester,festive,Christmas,Dec,M2,townhall,town hall,buildings
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AFFFKT - The square's creation arose out of a project by Manchester Corporation's Monuments Committee to erect a memorial to Prince Albert who had died of typhoid in 1861. After initial proposals to create a memorial library, museum or botanical gardens, the committee decided to erect a statue in a decorated canopy. It was originally planned to place the monument in front of the Royal Infirmary building at Piccadilly, between the statues of Wellington and Peel. However it was felt that its ornate Gothic design was not in keeping with the neoclassical infirmary.[3] In 1863, land was offered by the Corporation which was cleared to make way for a public space
Albert Square,Manchester,England,UK, M2 5DB
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,English,South East,Stratford,SE,UK,E15,Westfield,Xmas,Christmas,Westfield Christmas,shop,shops,retail,inside,interior,E20,results,shopping centre,Westfield Stratford City,rail,railway,public transport,Stratford International,station,night,evening,late night shopping,interchange,signalling,problem,delays,delay
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2ABY9DC - . An on-location image from Olympic Park, Montfichet Rd, London, England, UK, E20 1EJ in 2019, useful both for the specific subject shown and for the evidence it retains about local identity, design, use and everyday life. The image documents Stratford Regional and Stratford International station,Stratford City,Olympic Park, Montfichet Rd, London, England, UK, E20 1EJ. Another layer of the scene includes place identity, commercial frontage, archival record, rail corridor, everyday life, regional identity, contemporary social history, station environment, historical comparison, before-and-after reference, historic context, public realm, consumer retail, and bricks-and-mortar retail. From a 2025-onward perspective, the scene also connects with public ownership, rail reform and linking trains more effectively with other transport. In the mid-2020s, changing footfall and online shopping keep the subject current, particularly through the rapid turnover of shopfronts and trading names. For retrospective editorial use, the image captures signage, materials, design and everyday use in this part of Olympic Park, Montfichet Rd, London, England, UK, E20 1EJ. The wider local story also touches on shopfront economy, rail modernisation, trackside infrastructure, period detail, railway heritage, local history, passenger railway, and railway branding. The recorded references to Montfichet, station, London, Regional, and International preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. A later view of Olympic Park, Montfichet Rd, London, England, UK, E20 1EJ may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. Another useful connection is public ownership and making rail simpler and more dependable within the real-world context of Olympic Park, Montfichet Rd, London, England, UK, E20 1EJ. The frame retains details of everyday use as a date-specific reference.
Olympic Park, Montfichet Rd, London, England, UK, E20 1EJ
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Keywords: GotonySmith,UK,Scotland,Glasgow,city,city centre,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Xmas,Christmas,Xmas lights,decorations,street lights,Christmas Markets,Festive,street,streets,Glasgow Christmas Festive Lights,G2,G2 1DU,Glasgow Christmas,tree,Christmas Tree,hall,at,dusk,night,evening,in,illuminations,chambers,fairground,twilight,skyline,buildings,architecture
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AAEHX0 - . This documentary view of Glasgow City, Glasgow City, Scotland, UK, G2 1DU, in 2019 captures the subject within its actual surroundings, preserving a dated piece of visual history rather than an isolated object study. The main subject is Glasgow Christmas Festive Lights at dusk, George Square, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, G2 1AL. A broader reading of the scene brings in historic commercial architecture, community identity, place identity, heritage landmark, regional identity, traditional masonry, conservation architecture, urban fabric, architectural character, adaptive reuse, period streetscape, documentary photography, period building, and cityscape history. From a 2025-onward perspective, the scene also connects with energy retrofit, planning control and keeping older buildings useful without erasing their character. As a documentary source, the image captures the combination of built form, activity and local identity within the setting of Glasgow City, Glasgow City, Scotland, UK, G2 1DU,. The photograph additionally reflects social history, historical comparison, before-and-after reference, public realm, changing streetscape, heritage asset, historic townscape, and local character. References to Christmas, Square, Glasgow, Lights, and Festive help fix the photograph to its own subject and period rather than reducing it to a generic view. The surrounding context at Glasgow City, Glasgow City, Scotland, UK, G2 1DU, matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. Another useful connection is energy retrofit and keeping older buildings useful without erasing their character in a form that can be compared with future views of Glasgow City, Glasgow City, Scotland, UK, G2 1DU,. The scene further reflects heritage conservation and keeping older buildings useful without erasing their character within the real-world context of Glasgow City, Glasgow City, Scotland, UK, G2 1DU,.
Glasgow City, Glasgow City, Scotland, UK, G2 1DU,
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Christmas,Xmas,WA5,ER,at Warrington delivery office,Milner St,Cheshire,England,UK,WA5 1WA,red delivery vans,delivery,at,the,offices,office,International Distributions Services plc,strike,letters,parcels,letter,parcel,priority,prioritised,over,bonus,bonuses,profitability,profits,profit,loss,dividend,dividends,investment,bailout,bailouts
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K3XNBA - . A grounded documentary photograph made at Milner St, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA5 1WA in 2019, combining the immediate subject with evidence of the surrounding streetscape, public realm, business activity or local character. The defining feature is ER, Royal mail red delivery vans, at Warrington delivery office, Milner St, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA5 1WA. Other connected aspects include bricks-and-mortar retail, community identity, historical comparison, local history, commercial frontage, shopfront economy, high-street commerce, customer footfall, local enterprise, small business, specialist retailer, regional identity, before-and-after reference, and archival record. Today's relevance is strengthened by town-centre regeneration, independent business and the continuing question of how commercial property costs affect small retailers. As a dated visual record of Milner St, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA5 1WA, the frame retains public access and movement, making it especially useful if closure or conversion subsequently changes the scene. Other useful contextual ideas include documentary photography, town-centre trading, place identity, social history, specialist shop, period detail, contemporary social history, and changing land use. The combination of Milner, delivery, Royal, and office anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. A later view of Milner St, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA5 1WA may show a very different setting, increasing the value of this precise record of its earlier appearance and activity. The location additionally provides evidence of town-centre regeneration and how commercial property costs affect small retailers within the specific setting of Milner St, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA5 1WA. The period view preserves evidence of changing use as a date-specific reference. The view records evidence of earlier appearance for later comparison.
Milner St, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA5 1WA
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Keywords: HousingITguy,Project365,2nd 365,HotpixUK365,Tone Smith,GoTonySmith,365,2365,one a day,Tony Smith,Hotpix,ScratchMyFrontLens,Germany,German,Austria,Austrian Recipe,Present,Xmas,Christmas,sweet treat,sweet treats,gift,in the post,post,parcel
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4688164966 - 'It was to my great surprise that I received a parcel from Andreas Coerper www.flickr.com/photos/scratchmyfrontlens , my photo pal, from Mainz, on the Rhine.
All home baked, with some local nuts, sugar, eggs, chocolate, lard &
flour. No new-age ingredients here!
Can't wait to give these a tasting later on today
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,UK,Edinburgh,Scotland,Lothian,Lothians,City Centre,blong,Dome,woman,lady,female,smoking,bar,pub,venue,Smoking ban,Xmas,Christmas,lights,decorations,historic building,Gerorge St,George Street,some fresh air,a bar,a pub,sexy smoker,cigarette,break,cigarette break,smoking woman,fetish,smoking fetish,capnolagnia,observation,secret smoker,secret smoking
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy RG987K - Smoking fetishism (also known as capnolagnia) is a sexual fetish based on the pulmonary consumption (smoking) of tobacco, most often via cigarettes, cigars, and also, pipes and hookahs to some extent. As a fetish, its mechanisms regard sexual arousal from the observation or imagination of a person smoking, sometimes including oneself
Capnolagnia is not considered a disease but an unusual sexual practice, and many of the fetishists do not seek medical help unless this behavior strongly interferes with their daily lives. The majority of people simply learn to accept their fetish and manage to achieve gratification in an appropriate manner.[2]
A 2003 study found that the fetish was not previously the subject of academic study but had been mentioned in a few newspapers
Like any fetish, the causes and mechanisms of a smoking fetish vary widely, with roots of sexual association in early childhood and adolescence. Typical causes and hypotheses include:
aesthetics: mere attraction to, and gratification of, the visual aspect of smoke as it exits the mouth
childhood: experience or interaction with one or more attractive smoking individuals during childhood
impulsivity: perceived symbolism of an audacious or impulsivity personality, insinuating promiscuity
mannerism: masculine or feminine body language of smokers
media: early exposure to sexualized depictions of smokers, especially from advertising media, the film noir era, and pornography[4]
persuasion: perceived power of convincing or urging another individual to smoke
psychosexual development: phenomena in the oral and phallic stages of childhood development, based on Freudian theory
sadomasochism: pleasure from infliction of bodily harm caused by smoking, often called lung damage
self-confidence: perceived confidence or masculinity of the smoker, regarding taboo or wealth
taboo: perceived independence or rebellion regarding the act of smoking, amongst cultural adversity to sm
The Dome, 14 George St, Edinburgh,Scotland, UK, EH2 2PF
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Keywords: Gateway,WYC,Christmas,Xmas,Charity,Warrington,Cheshire,HousingITguy,Project365,2nd 365,HotpixUK365,Tone Smith,GoTonySmith,365,2365 one a day,Tony Smith,Hotpix
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 3154038077 - 'Great to see Warrington Youth Club doing so much for the community, at this vital time. Fabulous to meet and chat to Lyndsay at the Gateway today
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Keywords: HousingITguy,Project365,2nd 365,HotpixUK365,Tone Smith,GoTonySmith,365,2365 one a day,Tony Smith,Hotpix,Thelwall,Warrington,Xmas,Christmas,Light,Lights,Inflatable Santa,Santa
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4642759411 - 'Getting into the inflatable Christmas spirit, Thelwall.
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Keywords: HousingITguy,Project365,2nd 365,HotpixUK365,Tone Smith,GoTonySmith,365,2365 one a day,Tony Smith,Hotpix,city,city centre,shops,shopping,London,Capital,England,UK,lights,Xmas,Christmas,Carnaby,St,Street,Oxford Circus,dusk,blue hour,SohO,Westminster,City of London
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4640150713 - 'Carnaby Street is a pedestrianised shopping street in Soho in the City of Westminster, Central London. Close to Oxford Street and Regent Street, it is home to fashion and lifestyle retailers, including a large number of independent fashion boutiques.
Streets crossing, or meeting with, Carnaby Street are, from south to north, Beak Street, Broadwick Street, Kingly Court, Ganton Street, Marlborough Court, Lowndes Court, Fouberts Place, Little Marlborough Street and Great Marlborough Street. The nearest London Underground station is Oxford Circus (on the Bakerloo, Central and Victoria lines).
Carnaby Street derives its name from Karnaby House, which was built in 1683 to the east. The origin of the name is unknown. The street was probably laid out in 1685 or 1686. First appearing in the ratebooks in 1687, it was almost completely built up by 1690 with small houses. A market was developed in the 1820s. In his novel, Sybil (1845), Benjamin Disraeli refers to 'a carcase-butcher famous in Carnaby-market'.
This area is notable for a cholera outbreak in 1854 leading to an early application of fundamental epidemiological principles to resolve the crisis. John Snow, the physician who recognised the cases were concentrated near a pump on Broad Street communicated the finding on a map-based graphic. It led to the pump being locked and the reduction in cases of cholera was rapid.
In 1934, Amy Ashwood Garvey and Sam Manning opened the Florence Mills Social Club, a jazz club that became a gathering place for supporters of Pan-Africanism, at number 50.
The first boutique, His Clothes, was opened by John Stephen in 1957 after his shop in Beak Street burned down and was followed by I Was Lord Kitchener's Valet, Gear, Lady Jane, Mates, Ravel, and others. Round the corner in Kingly Street, Tommy Roberts opened his gift shop Kleptomania. He moved to Carnaby Street in 1967 and went on to make fame in the King's Road, Chelsea, with his Mr Freedom shop.
By the 1960s, Carnaby Street was popular with followers of the mod and hippie styles. Many independent fashion boutiques such as Ariella,and designers such as Mary Quant, Marion Foale and Sally Tuffin, Lord John, Merc, Take Six, and Irvine Sellars had premises in the street and various underground music bars such as the Roaring Twenties opened in the surrounding streets. Bands such as the Small Faces, The Who, and The Rolling Stones appeared in the area to work (at the legendary Marquee Club round the corner in Wardour Street), shop, and socialise, it became one of the coolest destinations associated with 1960's Swinging London.
The Carnaby Street contingent of Swinging London stormed into North American and international awareness with the 15 April 1966 publication of Time magazine's cover and article that extolled this street's role:
\u201cPerhaps nothing illustrates the new swinging London better than narrow, three-block-long Carnaby Street, which is crammed with a cluster of the 'gear' boutiques where the girls and boys buy each other clothing...\u201d
In October 1973, the Greater London Council pedestrianised the street. Vehicular access is restricted between 11 am and 8 pm. A comparison of before and after number of pedestrians entering the area indicated a 30% increase in pedestrian flows as a result of the pedestrianisation. A campaign commenced early in 2010 to call for pedestrianisation in the adjacent area of Soho.
Westminster City Council erected two green plaques, one at 1 Carnaby Street dedicated to fashion entrepreneur John Stephen, who began the Mod fashion revolution and another at 52/55 Carnaby Street is dedicated to the Mod pop group The Small Faces and their manager Don Arden.
To celebrate the memory of Freddie Mercury after the release of Bohemian Rhapsody, the Carnaby Street arch is getting a rework with Queen's logo being put up until early 2019. Despite John Stephen closing his final buisness in 1975 (he died in 2004 aged 70) and the gradual movement to novelty shops with appeal to the ever increasing tourist trade, the boutique trade founded in Carnaby street in 1957 by John Stephen is still visable through the many shops of that ilk that still exist in the street today . Although featured in many books about London, the only book published which is exclusively about 'Carnaby Street' and traces the history from the 1600s to 1970 is simply entitled 'Carnaby Street' and was written by Tom Salter in 1970. A few mainstream stores including 'Boots The Chemists' are currently in the street.
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Keywords: @HotpixUK,HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,England,UK,Neon,lights,night,dusk,neon lights,sign,advert,advertising,bright,lighting,London,SoHo,South East England,City Centre,City,tourist,tourism,travel,Underground,evening,December,Winter,November,Christmas,is calling,decorations,busy,retail,Xmas,popular,West End
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy RMJ3B7 - Oxford Street is a major road in the City of Westminster in the West End of London, running from Tottenham Court Road to Marble Arch via Oxford Circus. It is Europe's busiest shopping street, with around half a million daily visitors, and as of 2012 had approximately 300 shops. It is designated as part of the A40, a major road between London and Fishguard, though it is not signed as such, and traffic is regularly restricted to buses and taxis.
The road was originally part of the Via Trinobantina, a Roman road between Essex and Hampshire via London. It was known as Tyburn Road through the Middle Ages when it was notorious for public hangings of prisoners in Newgate Prison. It became known as Oxford Road and then Oxford Street in the 18th century, and began to change from residential to commercial and retail purposes by the late 19th century, attracting street traders, confidence tricksters and prostitution. The first department stores in Britain opened in the early 20th century, including Selfridges, John Lewis and HMV. Unlike nearby shopping streets such as Bond Street, it has retained an element of downmarket trading alongside more prestigious retail stores. The street suffered heavy bombing during World War II, and several longstanding stores including John Lewis were completely destroyed and rebuilt from scratch.
Oxford Street, Oxford Circus, Soho, City of Westminster, London, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy RMJ3B8 - Regent Street is a major shopping street in the West End of London. It is named after George, the Prince Regent (later George IV) and was laid out under the direction of the architect John Nash and James Burton. It runs from Waterloo Place in St James's at the southern end, through Piccadilly Circus and Oxford Circus, to All Souls Church. From there Langham Place and Portland Place continue the route to Regent's Park.
The street's layout was completed in 1825 and was an early example of town planning in England, replacing earlier roads including Swallow Street. Nash and Burton's street layout has survived, although all the original buildings except All Souls Church have been replaced following reconstruction in the late 19th century. The street is known for its flagship retail stores, including Liberty, Hamleys, Jaeger and the Apple Store. The Royal Polytechnic Institution, now the University of Westminster, has been based on Regent Street since 1838.
Regent Street is approximately 0.8 miles (1.3 km) long and begins at a junction with Charles II Street as a continuation of Waterloo Place. It runs north to Piccadilly Circus, where it turns left before curving round the Quadrant to head north again, meeting Oxford Street at Oxford Circus. It ends at a junction with Cavendish Place and Mortimer Street near the BBC Broadcasting House, with the road ahead being Langham Place, followed by Portland Place.
The southern section of the road is one-way northbound and part of the A4, a major road through West London. From Piccadilly Circus northwards, it is numbered A4201, though in common with roads inside the London congestion charging zone, the number does not appear on signs.
Nearby tube stations are Charing Cross, Piccadilly Circus and Oxford Circus
the lattermost being one of the busiest underground stations in London, and is where three main lines (Central, Bakerloo and Victoria) meet. Several bus routes, such as 6, 12, and 13, run along Regent Street
245 Regent St, Mayfair, London, England, UK, W1B 2EN
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Keywords: HousingITguy,Project365,2nd 365,HotpixUK365,Tone Smith,GoTonySmith,365,2365 one a day,Tony Smith,Hotpix,Manchester,German,German Market,Christmas,Xmas
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 3151065450 - 'Filling the city with traditional wooden huts, the scent of mulled wine and swarms of shoppers, the new Manchester Christmas tradition. German Markets, and also, for brexiteers, a 'Pig &
Whistle'. Who knows after Brexit, what we may have instead.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy R9GTKB - Unicorn (4.2 per cent ABV)
A bitter available on draught or bottled.
Hartleys Cumbria Way (4.1 per cent ABV)
Brewed since 2001, this bitter takes its name from the Cumbria Way footpath linking the towns of Ulverston and Carlisle.
Hartley's XB (4.0 per cent ABV)
A cask-conditioned bitter.
Cwrw'r ddraig aur (4.1 per cent ABV)
Golden Dragon Ale, a bitter brewed for Robinsons' Welsh pubs.
Old Tom (8.5 per cent ABV)
A strong ale that has been brewed since 1899. Available bottled or on draught. Chocolate Tom and Ginger Tom are also available in bottle (6 per cent ABV).
Dizzy Blonde (3.8 per cent ABV)
A golden ale that has been available, following its stint as a seasonal ale, since 2012. Available bottled or on draught.
Double Hop (4.8 per cent ABV)
An India pale ale.
Unicorn Black (4.1 per cent ABV)
A bottled stout inspired by a 19th-century recipe.
Trooper (4.7 per cent ABV)
A premium bitter brewed since May 2013 to a recipe created by Bruce Dickinson, the singer of Iron Maiden.
Trooper Red 'N' Black Porter (5.8 per cent ABV)
A porter introduced in September 2016, available on draught (cask and keg) and bottled (6.8 per cent ABV).
Trooper Hallowed (6.0 per cent ABV)
A limited edition Belgium style beer introduced in July 2017, available in bottle.
Wizard (3.7 per cent ABV)
An amber bitter first brewed in 2015
Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire, North West England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4448858871 - 'A tasty treat from Gloucester Farm Services M5 south
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,shop,baker,retail,sweet treats,display,Xmas,Christmas,luxury,£3.50,£3.50 each,Expensive treat,luxury treat,luxury Christmas,indulgent,cake,cakes,mallow,mallow teacake,Tunnocks Teacake,Chocolate marshmallow teacakes,Chocolate marshmallow,teacakes,Chocolate,marshmallow teacakes,marshmallow,butter,milk,eggs,holly,on a plate,teacake topping,teacake,topping,iced,icing
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy R9GTKY - Make your own using Paul Hollywood's step-by-step recipe for chocolate marshmallow teacakes
Equipment and preparation: You will need a silicone mould that has 6 x 7.5cm/3in wide, half sphere moulds.
Ingredients
400g/14oz dark chocolate with around 40% cocoa solids (such as Bournville)
50g/1¾oz wholemeal flour
50g/1¾oz plain flour
pinch salt
½ tsp baking powder
25g/1oz caster sugar
25g/1oz butter
1 tbsp milk
For the marshmallow
3 free-range eggs, whites only
150g/5½oz caster sugar
6 tsp golden syrup
½ tsp salt
½ vanilla pod, seeds only
Read more at https://www.bbc.com/food/recipes/chocolate_marshmallow_60410 OR AT https://www.foodiequine.co.uk/2015/11/tunnock-teacake-christmas-puddings.html
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Keywords: @HotpixUK,HotpixUK,Xmas,Christmas,town centre,city centre,gotonysmith,North Pole,Santa,shop,shopping,retail,too early,closed Xmas shop,closed Christmas shop,boarded up,shuttered,up,lonely,lonely at xmas,at Christmas,entrance,door,doorway,Decorations,mental illness,depressing,time,of,year,Glasgow Xmas Shop,Have a merry Xmas,Have a merry Christmas,UK,How To Escape,fail,failing retail,killed by,online,Killed by the internet
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2A4PJKJ - . This location-led image preserves the working environment around the recorded location, in a 2018 record. The image record centres upon Closed Xmas Shop, Closed Christmas Shop, Argyle Street, Glasgow, Scotland, UK. Other aspects of the setting include town-centre trading, independent retail, retail decline and renewal, commercial frontage, chain-store economy, retail property, consumer spending, shopfront economy, bricks-and-mortar retail, commercial streetscape, customer footfall, and shopping district. The wider contemporary story of physical shops now includes operating costs alongside hybrid working, while policy and investment increasingly consider bringing empty units back into use. 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 Closed Xmas Shop. Beyond the immediate subject, the setting involves urban commerce, consumer retail, high-street commerce, city-centre economy, retail vacancy, local trading. Seen from a 2025-onward perspective, retail streets also connects with brand consolidation, hybrid working and efforts aimed at stronger local footfall. For future comparison, the scene preserves architecture and streetscape, neighbourhood identity, ownership or occupation, public access, and transport patterns at this precise location. Viewed retrospectively, the photograph can reveal local business activity, the condition of buildings, public-realm details, patterns of everyday use, and regional identity within the surrounding area. That gives this view of the recorded location continuing value for local history, retrospective reporting and visual comparison, specifically in relation to Closed Xmas Shop. The view of Closed Xmas Shop also preserves another layer of local identity and period change.
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Keywords: HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,Europe,Grahams Tawny,drink,drinking,alcohol,port,social drinking,men,old men,Port wine,wine,fortified,ten,10,year,years,bottles,marketing,label,Graham,Portugal,gout,year old,aged,age,quality,wine label,label labelled,Xmas,Christmas,tipple,luxury,red wine
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2BC398X - . This documentary view of Porto, Portugal in 2017 captures the subject within its actual surroundings, preserving a dated piece of visual history rather than an isolated object study. The view centres on Grahams 10 Year old, tawny Port, botle, Porto, Portugal, Europe. Another layer of the scene includes changing streetscape, place identity, drinks provenance, Portuguese wine tradition, social history, cellar-aged drink, public realm, fortified-wine heritage, wine tourism, documentary photography, everyday life, changing land use, beverage branding, and after-dinner drink. The present-day relevance extends to premium drinks markets and responsible drinking, while a wider concern is how premium alcohol brands combine heritage, tourism and modern marketing. As a dated visual record, the scene keeps a record of local appearance, occupation, access and public activity in this part of Porto, Portugal. Further connections include before-and-after reference, contemporary social history, premium beverage, distilling culture, local history, luxury drinks market, archival record, and historic context. Details involving Portugal, Grahams, tawny, botle, and Europe give the scene useful specificity and strengthen its local, cultural or historical identity. The period setting at Porto, Portugal helps place the main subject within real social and physical surroundings rather than isolating it as an abstract object. Its period value extends to premium drinks markets and how premium alcohol brands combine heritage, tourism and modern marketing within the real-world context of Porto, Portugal. The location additionally provides evidence of export trade and how premium alcohol brands combine heritage, tourism and modern marketing within the specific setting of Porto, Portugal. A further contemporary connection is consumer spending and the role of provenance and age statements in drinks retail as part of the longer story of Porto, Portugal.
Porto, Portugal
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HAFM12 - . This scene at the recorded location in 2016 forms part of the visual history of the locality, documenting the named subject together with aspects of how the area looked and functioned at the time. The defining feature is Manchester Royal Exchange Theatre at Night, England, UK. The setting additionally reflects social history, commercial frontage, before-and-after reference, local enterprise, archival record, local history, small business, specialist retailer, bricks-and-mortar retail, documentary photography, contemporary social history, commercial streetscape, community identity, and visual archive. From a 2025-onward perspective, online shopping and town-centre regeneration are closely linked to this subject, alongside the resilience of independent shops in an online retail economy. For later comparison, the photograph preserves transport arrangements and footfall at the recorded location, details that may look very different after new construction. The surrounding story also includes public realm, period detail, high-street commerce, changing streetscape, local trading, historical comparison, retail property, and town-centre economy. The combination of Manchester, Theatre, Royal, Night, and Exchange anchors the frame to a recognisable activity, place or moment. Even without a fuller street location, image HAFM12 preserves the period presentation of Manchester Royal Exchange Theatre at Night, England, UK, giving later viewers a fixed documentary point for comparison. The image also provides a reference for online shopping and the resilience of independent shops in an online retail economy without losing the local specificity of the recorded location. Another useful connection is town-centre regeneration and how consumer spending and property costs shape local commercial streets in a form that can be compared with future views of the recorded location. The view records part of the area's social history for future local research.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HAFM29 - . An identifiable period record of the recorded location in 2016, retaining the practical detail and local context that distinguish a documentary photograph from a generic illustration. The main point of reference is Manchester Christmas Markets December, North West England , UK. Other connected aspects include place identity, everyday life, community identity, regional identity, historical comparison, local history, archival record, period detail, cider brand history, historic beverage advertising, orchard-to-bottle industry, bottling technology, public realm, and visual archive. Today's relevance is strengthened by alcohol duty, responsible drinking and the continuing question of Herefordshire's long association with commercial cider production. The image fixes public access and movement within the recorded location at one identifiable point, providing a benchmark against changing commercial priorities. The photograph additionally reflects drinks manufacturing, cider-making heritage, drinks packaging, social history, factory bottling line, regional drinks industry, Herefordshire cider tradition, and changing streetscape. The recorded references to Manchester, Christmas, Markets, and December preserve clues about how the subject was presented, used or understood at the time. The strongest archival anchor in this row is the subject itself, Manchester Christmas Markets December, North West England , UK
image HAFM29 records it at a defined point for future comparison and research. The setting also helps illustrate alcohol duty and how bottling technology transformed large-scale drinks manufacturing without losing the local specificity of the recorded location. The image also provides a reference for energy costs and how bottling technology transformed large-scale drinks manufacturing in a form that can be compared with future views of the recorded location. The period view preserves evidence of changing use within the wider story of the recorded location.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HAFM3H - . An identifiable period record of the recorded location in 2016, retaining the practical detail and local context that distinguish a documentary photograph from a generic illustration. The defining feature is Manchester Christmas Markets December, North West England , UK. Further facets of the scene include fermented drink production, industrial beverage equipment, archival record, period detail, regional identity, documentary photography, place identity, bottle-filling machinery, beverage production, public realm, regional drinks industry, bottling technology, drinks packaging, and Herefordshire cider tradition. Current relevance extends to regional food heritage and packaging, particularly through Herefordshire's long association with commercial cider production. As a dated visual record of the recorded location, the frame retains transport arrangements and footfall, making it especially useful if closure or conversion subsequently changes the scene. Further associations within the scene are before-and-after reference, everyday life, historical comparison, drinks manufacturing, cider brand history, local history, contemporary social history, and visual archive. Details involving Manchester, December, Christmas, and Markets make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. For historical comparison, HAFM3H fixes the appearance of Manchester Christmas Markets December, North West England , UK at one identifiable moment, even where the wider location information is limited. The wider significance includes regional food heritage and Herefordshire's long association with commercial cider production without losing the local specificity of the recorded location. Another strand within the photograph is brand heritage and the relationship between orchard agriculture, regional identity and branded cider in a form that can be compared with future views of the recorded location.
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy HAFM4R - . This location-specific image from the recorded location in 2016 provides a visual record of the subject in everyday context, useful for both contemporary editorial work and later historical comparison. The location is represented through Manchester Christmas Markets December, North West England , UK. Further facets of the scene include before-and-after reference, Herefordshire cider tradition, fermented drink production, regional drinks industry, historical comparison, social history, bottle-filling machinery, public realm, cider-making heritage, bottling technology, community identity, historic beverage advertising, industrial beverage equipment, and period detail. In present-day coverage, the subject reaches into tourism and responsible drinking, not least because of how bottling technology transformed large-scale drinks manufacturing. As a dated visual record of the recorded location, the frame retains public access and movement, making it especially useful if altered transport patterns subsequently changes the scene. The photograph additionally reflects beverage production, changing land use, regional identity, contemporary social history, drinks packaging, archival record, cider brand history, and local history. Elements such as December, Christmas, Manchester, and Markets add documentary specificity and may become increasingly useful when compared with later records. The strongest archival anchor in this row is the subject itself, Manchester Christmas Markets December, North West England , UK
image HAFM4R records it at a defined point for future comparison and research. Its period value extends to tourism and how bottling technology transformed large-scale drinks manufacturing within the real-world context of the recorded location. The location additionally provides evidence of manufacturing automation and how bottling technology transformed large-scale drinks manufacturing within the specific setting of the recorded location.
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Keywords: England,UK,light,lights,dusk,night,chapel,clock,church,Market,gate,historic,Trinity,James Gibbs,cast,iron,tower,curfew,bell,shop,shopping,tour,December,Festive,winter,in,Golden Square,Holy Trinity Church,Trinity Chapel,Golden Square,GoTonySmith,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,illuminations,decoration,decorations,Xmas
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy F89PJG - . A grounded documentary photograph made at Sankey St, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK in 2015, combining the immediate subject with evidence of the surrounding streetscape, public realm, business activity or local character. The main point of reference is Merry Christmas from Warrington, Sankey St, Cheshire, England, UK. The subject also carries associations with historical comparison, documentary photography, visual archive, public realm, archival record, changing land use, heritage worship space, local history, everyday life, contemporary social history, changing streetscape, Christian heritage, historic church fabric, and faith community. The wider contemporary story combines accessibility, faith communities and how churches combine active worship with heritage and community roles. Small period details of lettering, decoration and surface detail at Sankey St, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK may become more significant with time, particularly following altered transport patterns. The subject also sits alongside before-and-after reference, sacred space, religious landmark, church interior, regional identity, place identity, religious heritage, and ecclesiastical art. References to Merry, Christmas, and Sankey give the picture a strong period identity and tie it closely to its named subject. The wider setting at Sankey St, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK matters because ordinary visual details often provide the strongest evidence of how a place actually looked and functioned. Its period value extends to accessibility and the importance of church buildings to genealogy and local identity without losing the local specificity of Sankey St, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK. The location additionally provides evidence of historic fabric and how churches combine active worship with heritage and community roles in a form that can be compared with future views of Sankey St, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK.
Sankey St, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK
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Keywords: England,UK,light,lights,dusk,night,chapel,clock,church,Market,gate,historic,Trinity,James Gibbs,cast,iron,tower,curfew,bell,shop,shopping,tour,December,Festive,winter,in,Golden Square,Holy Trinity Church,Trinity Chapel,Golden Square,GoTonySmith,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,illuminations,decoration,decorations,Xmas
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy F89PJH - . Recorded at Sankey St, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK in 2015, the image fixes a recognisable subject and its environment at one point in time, giving later viewers a reliable basis for comparison. The subject captured here is Merry Christmas from Warrington, Sankey St, Cheshire, England, UK. Another layer of the photograph includes working waterway, lock flight, everyday life, historical comparison, changing streetscape, place identity, towpath landscape, inland boating, public realm, documentary photography, social history, regional identity, industrial waterway history, and blue-green corridor. The wider contemporary story combines flood resilience, heritage conservation and the cost of keeping ageing locks and canal structures operational. Future viewers can use this scene from Sankey St, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK to compare commercial use and occupation with whatever follows after new construction. The wider setting retains connections with canal heritage, before-and-after reference, local character, canal infrastructure, local history, navigation engineering, inland navigation, and contemporary social history. Details involving Christmas, Sankey, and Merry make the image more specific than a generic view and strengthen its local or historical value. A later view of Sankey St, Warrington, Cheshire, 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 flood resilience and the transition of industrial waterways toward leisure and heritage use when considered against later change at Sankey St, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK. Its period value extends to navigation and the cost of keeping ageing locks and canal structures operational without losing the local specificity of Sankey St, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK. The image fixes details of everyday use within the wider story of Sankey St, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK.
Sankey St, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK
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Keywords: HotpixUk,@HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,UK,England,English,Lothian,Scotland,Grassmarket,Grass Market,The Grassmarket,evening,Xmas,Christmas,Edinburgh Christmas,Dec,December,The Beehive Inn,Beehive Inn,Bee Hive Inn,pub,bar,coaching inn,EH1,Edinburgh Old Town,Old Town,historic buildings,buildings,architecture,17th century,18th century,19th century,Capital City,Bee Hive,pubs,bars,night
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AAT2NX - The Grassmarket is a historic market place and an event space in the Old Town of Edinburgh, Scotland. In relation to the rest of the city it lies in a hollow, well below surrounding ground levels.
The Grassmarket is located directly below Edinburgh Castle and forms part of one of the main east-west vehicle arteries through the city centre. It adjoins the Cowgate and Candlemaker Row at the east end, the West Bow (the lower end of Victoria Street) in the north-east corner, King's Stables Road to the north west and the West Port to the west. Leading off from the south-west corner is the Vennel, on the east side of which can still be seen some of the best surviving parts of the Flodden and Telfer town walls.
The Grassmarket tenements with the Castle shrouded in a typical Edinburgh haar
The view to the north, dominated by the castle, has long been a favourite subject of painters and photographers, making it one of the iconic views of the city.
First mentioned in the Registrum Magni Sigilii Regum Scotorum (1363) as the street called Newbygging [new buildings] under the castle, the Grassmarket was, from 1477, one of Edinburgh's main market places, a part of which was given over to the sale of horse and cattle (the name apparently deriving from livestock grazing in pens beyond its western end).
Daniel Defoe, who visited Edinburgh in the 1720s, reports the place being used for two open air markets: the Grass-market and the Horse-market. Of the West Bow at the north-east corner, considerably altered in the Victorian period, he wrote, This street, which is called the Bow, is generally full of wholesale traders, and those very considerable dealers in iron, pitch, tar, oil, hemp, flax, linseed, painters' colours, dyers, drugs and woods, and such like heavy goods, and supplies country shopkeepers, as our wholesale dealers in England do. And here I may say, is a visible face of trade
most of them have also warehouses in Leith, where they lay up the heavier goods
18-20 Grassmarket, Edinburgh, Scotland, EH1 2JU
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AAT2NY - The Grassmarket is a historic market place and an event space in the Old Town of Edinburgh, Scotland. In relation to the rest of the city it lies in a hollow, well below surrounding ground levels.
The Grassmarket is located directly below Edinburgh Castle and forms part of one of the main east-west vehicle arteries through the city centre. It adjoins the Cowgate and Candlemaker Row at the east end, the West Bow (the lower end of Victoria Street) in the north-east corner, King's Stables Road to the north west and the West Port to the west. Leading off from the south-west corner is the Vennel, on the east side of which can still be seen some of the best surviving parts of the Flodden and Telfer town walls.
The Grassmarket tenements with the Castle shrouded in a typical Edinburgh haar
The view to the north, dominated by the castle, has long been a favourite subject of painters and photographers, making it one of the iconic views of the city.
First mentioned in the Registrum Magni Sigilii Regum Scotorum (1363) as the street called Newbygging [new buildings] under the castle, the Grassmarket was, from 1477, one of Edinburgh's main market places, a part of which was given over to the sale of horse and cattle (the name apparently deriving from livestock grazing in pens beyond its western end).
Daniel Defoe, who visited Edinburgh in the 1720s, reports the place being used for two open air markets: the Grass-market and the Horse-market. Of the West Bow at the north-east corner, considerably altered in the Victorian period, he wrote, This street, which is called the Bow, is generally full of wholesale traders, and those very considerable dealers in iron, pitch, tar, oil, hemp, flax, linseed, painters' colours, dyers, drugs and woods, and such like heavy goods, and supplies country shopkeepers, as our wholesale dealers in England do. And here I may say, is a visible face of trade
most of them have also warehouses in Leith, where they lay up the heavier goods
12 Grassmarket, Edinburgh, Scotland, EH1 2JU
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Keywords: HotpixUk,@HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,UK,England,English,Lothian,Scotland,evening,Victoria Street,Victoria st,Xmas,Christmas,Edinburgh Christmas,Dec,December,Edinburgh Old Town,Old Town,EH1,terrace,historic,buildings,cobbles,cobbled,street,historic Edinburgh,bottom of,Victoria St,Street,Capital City,apartments,flats,shops,colourful,colorful,tourism,trail,tourist,Old,Town
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AAT2P0 - VICTORIA Street with its historic architecture, elegant curve and colourful shop fronts is one of the city's most picturesque locations. In recent times however, it has been forced to ward off the threat of destruction.
Before the creation of Victoria Street and Johnston Terrace in the early 1800s, the steep, awkward incline of the old West Bow was the only feasible passage for those wishing to access the Lawnmarket and Edinburgh Castle from the west.
The old West Bow was a precipitous, narrow Z-shaped street linking the Grassmarket with Castlehill. Its path is somewhat preserved today by the steps which cut through Victoria Street towards the Upper Bow. Prior to the 19th century it was considered to be one of the most important roads in Edinburgh, despite its reputation as one of the most difficult to negotiate if travelling by carriage.
Many of the oldest buildings in the city were contained along the old West Bow. An abundance of timber-fronted houses had sprung up over the centuries, many of them resembling upside-down pyramids due to the manner in which the floors increasingly protruded out as they progressed upwards.
As such, the distance between the top floors of some of the houses on either side of the street was so little that it is said neighbours could enjoy ˜the pleasure of tea drinking, without the trouble of leaving their respective abodes'.
The old West Bow was radically transformed between 1829-34 as part of town planner Thomas Hamilton's 1827 Improvement Act which was set up to provide better approaches into the Old Town from the west and south. The eventual design featured a gentle, curved link from the Grassmarket up to the newly-created George IV Bridge. It was originally named Bow Street, remaining so until 1837 when the arrival to the British throne of Queen Victoria was suitably honoured by the city.
More at https://www.scotsman.com/news-2-15012/lost-edinburgh-the-creation-of-victoria-street-1-3019825
West Bow, Edinburgh, Scotland, EH1 2HH
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Keywords: Princes,St,Street,dusk,people,crowds,queue,Xmas,Cafe Renee,Sausage,House,stall,cafe,Renee,festive,markets,Gotonysmith,EH2 4AD,EH2,busy,at,Princes Street,Scotland,UK,crowded,popular,German,Germany,food,tourist,attraction,Hogmanay,alpine,Bavarian,style,building,house
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy ED4KYN - . Edinburgh at Xmas,Cafe Renee, German Sausage House, at Edinburghs Christmas markets, Princes Street, Scotland, UK, EH2 4AD. Photographed at Princes St,Edinburgh,Scotland,UK, EH2 4AD. The photograph was taken on 26 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 low-light or evening setting is part of the subject, bringing illuminated signs, windows and street lighting into the documentary character of the scene. The scene is closely associated with Edinburgh Xmas, Cafe Renee, German Sausage House, Princes St, night, crowd, Edinburgh, Christmas, German and market, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. The photograph is useful for editorial coverage of eating out, restaurant culture, food presentation, hospitality and the way international cuisine has become part of everyday dining in British cities. Food, crockery, tableware, menus, serving dishes and restaurant surroundings can provide strong visual cues for features about cuisine, ingredients, dining habits, tourism, leisure spending and the hospitality economy. The image is documentary rather than studio food photography, giving it relevance to real-world restaurant reviews, travel features, local food guides and stories about consumer choice. It also records the appearance and presentation of a meal at a particular time and place, useful for archive, lifestyle and social-history contexts. Search themes include restaurant dining, cuisine, food presentation, hospitality, eating out, table settings, tourism, consumer lifestyle and the local food economy. Because this is a real meal in a real venue rather than a studio arrangement, it has particular value for travel, dining and social-history features.
Princes St,Edinburgh,Scotland,UK, EH2 4AD
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy ED4MP4 - . Traditional fairground attractions, the big slide at Night at Edinburgh's Hogmanay. Photographed at St Andrew Square, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. The photograph was taken on 26 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 low-light or evening setting is part of the subject, bringing illuminated signs, windows and street lighting into the documentary character of the scene. The scene is closely associated with fairground, attractions, Night, Edn, Andrew, Square, Andrews, attraction, slide and slides, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. The photograph has strong editorial relevance to public events, festivals, performances, celebrations and the temporary activity that changes the character of a familiar place. It can support coverage of festivals, street entertainment, performers, audiences, tourism, cultural events, city-centre activity and the economic and social impact of organised public gatherings. Costume, temporary signs, crowds, performance areas, street furniture and the surrounding architecture can all help establish the event in a specific place and period. Because events are temporary, a dated documentary photograph has particular archive value, preserving details that disappear as soon as the programme, performers and public activity move on. Search themes include festivals, street performance, live entertainment, cultural events, tourism, crowds, city-centre activity, temporary public space and event heritage. The dated view is valuable for identifying how a particular event, performer or festival presence looked in that year. 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.
St Andrew Square, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
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Keywords: attraction,slide,slides,dusk,at,St,Andrew,Christmas,Xmas,festival,moving,Edinburghs,Hogmanay,big,fast,slide,Tourist,tourism,fun,track,things,to,see,do,few,people,in,shadow,silhouettes,silhouette,walkers,walking,GotonySmith,illuminated,rides,ride,evening
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy ED4MP6 - . Traditional fairground attractions at Night at Edinburgh's Hogmanay Scotland. Photographed at St Andrew Square, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. The photograph was taken on 26 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 low-light or evening setting is part of the subject, bringing illuminated signs, windows and street lighting into the documentary character of the scene. The scene is closely associated with fairground, attractions, Night, St Andrews, Edinburgh, Square, attraction, slide, slides and dusk, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. The photograph has strong editorial relevance to public events, festivals, performances, celebrations and the temporary activity that changes the character of a familiar place. It can support coverage of festivals, street entertainment, performers, audiences, tourism, cultural events, city-centre activity and the economic and social impact of organised public gatherings. Costume, temporary signs, crowds, performance areas, street furniture and the surrounding architecture can all help establish the event in a specific place and period. Because events are temporary, a dated documentary photograph has particular archive value, preserving details that disappear as soon as the programme, performers and public activity move on. Search themes include festivals, street performance, live entertainment, cultural events, tourism, crowds, city-centre activity, temporary public space and event heritage. The dated view is valuable for identifying how a particular event, performer or festival presence looked in that year. 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.
St Andrew Square, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
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Keywords: Xmas,least,the,at,Christmas,red,Milky,Way,MilkyWay,gotonysmith,celebrations,not,popular,unpopular,chocolate,chocolates,tin,box,least popular,plastic,office,Milky Way,Mars,this,year,mixture,ratio,of,each,tub,tubs,leftover,leftovers,unwanted,selection,variety,varieties,funsize,fun size
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy ECW4EX - . The last unpopular office chocolates, the leftovers from a Mars celebrations red plastic tub at Christmas - Milky Way. Photographed in England, UK. The photograph was taken on 17 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 last, unpopular, chocolates, celebrations, tin, I hate these, bad, confectionary, Xmas and least, 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.
England, UK
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Keywords: christmas,xmas,lighted,light,bulb,tungsten,waving,waves,plastic,novelty,friendly,fun,orange,at,night,dusk,dawn,blue,sky,behind,December,novel,indoor,Static,lighting,effect,yellow,bulb,type,fun,time,with,this,acrylic,festive,cheer,in,the,home,house,decoration,GoTonySmith,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy ECW531 - . An electric snowman on a window, lit up for Christmas. The photograph was taken on 15 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 low-light or evening setting is part of the subject, bringing illuminated signs, windows and street lighting into the documentary character of the scene. The scene is closely associated with electric, snowman, window, lit, Christ, christmas, xmas, lighted, light and bulb, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. The photograph is relevant to homes, residential streets, domestic architecture and the everyday details that shape the appearance of British housing. It can support editorial features about housing, addresses, front doors, neighbourhood identity, home ownership, renting, property condition, postal delivery, security and suburban or urban streets. Doors, windows, numbers, letterboxes, gardens, walls and other domestic details can provide a recognisable visual shorthand for home and residence without relying on a staged interior. As a dated record, the image can also be useful for local history and later comparison as properties are altered, refurbished or redeveloped. Search themes include housing, homes, front doors, addresses, letterboxes, house numbers, residential streets, property, neighbourhoods, renting and home ownership. Small domestic details can become useful archive evidence when properties are refurbished, altered, renumbered or redeveloped. 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. This particular view is catalogued under Alamy image reference ECW531, distinguishing it from other photographs of the same or related subject.
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Keywords: christmas,xmas,lighted,light,bulb,tungsten,waving,waves,plastic,novelty,friendly,fun,orange,at,night,dusk,dawn,blue,sky,behind,December,novel,indoor,Static,lighting,effect,yellow,bulb,type,fun,time,with,this,acrylic,festive,cheer,in,the,home,house,decoration,GoTonySmith,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy ECW532 - . An electric snowman on a window, lit up for Christmas. The photograph was taken on 15 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 low-light or evening setting is part of the subject, bringing illuminated signs, windows and street lighting into the documentary character of the scene. The scene is closely associated with electric, snowman, window, lit, Christ, christmas, xmas, lighted, light and bulb, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. The photograph is relevant to homes, residential streets, domestic architecture and the everyday details that shape the appearance of British housing. It can support editorial features about housing, addresses, front doors, neighbourhood identity, home ownership, renting, property condition, postal delivery, security and suburban or urban streets. Doors, windows, numbers, letterboxes, gardens, walls and other domestic details can provide a recognisable visual shorthand for home and residence without relying on a staged interior. As a dated record, the image can also be useful for local history and later comparison as properties are altered, refurbished or redeveloped. Search themes include housing, homes, front doors, addresses, letterboxes, house numbers, residential streets, property, neighbourhoods, renting and home ownership. Small domestic details can become useful archive evidence when properties are refurbished, altered, renumbered or redeveloped. 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. This particular view is catalogued under Alamy image reference ECW532, distinguishing it from other photographs of the same or related subject.
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Keywords: christmas,xmas,lighted,light,bulb,tungsten,waving,waves,plastic,novelty,friendly,fun,orange,at,night,dusk,dawn,blue,sky,behind,December,novel,indoor,Static,lighting,effect,yellow,bulb,type,fun,time,with,this,acrylic,festive,cheer,in,the,home,house,decoration,GoTonySmith
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy ECW535 - . An electric snowman on a window, lit up for Christmas. The photograph was taken on 15 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 low-light or evening setting is part of the subject, bringing illuminated signs, windows and street lighting into the documentary character of the scene. The scene is closely associated with electric, snowman, window, lit, Christ, christmas, xmas, lighted, light and bulb, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. The photograph is relevant to homes, residential streets, domestic architecture and the everyday details that shape the appearance of British housing. It can support editorial features about housing, addresses, front doors, neighbourhood identity, home ownership, renting, property condition, postal delivery, security and suburban or urban streets. Doors, windows, numbers, letterboxes, gardens, walls and other domestic details can provide a recognisable visual shorthand for home and residence without relying on a staged interior. As a dated record, the image can also be useful for local history and later comparison as properties are altered, refurbished or redeveloped. Search themes include housing, homes, front doors, addresses, letterboxes, house numbers, residential streets, property, neighbourhoods, renting and home ownership. Small domestic details can become useful archive evidence when properties are refurbished, altered, renumbered or redeveloped. 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. This particular view is catalogued under Alamy image reference ECW535, distinguishing it from other photographs of the same or related subject.
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Keywords: Full,busy,seated,seat,BR,British Rail,Train,Operating,Company,Christmas,bag,bags,Crowded Arriva Wales Train Chester Holyhead with Xmas Shoppers,Xmas,Shoppers,retail,packed,transport,rolling,stock,carriage,pacer,trains,gotonysmith,Arriva Trains Wales,ATW,Trenau,Cymru,Wales & Borders,borders,franchise,commuter,Strategic Rail Authority,Strategic,Rail,Authority,minister,railway,railways,Government,Welsh,route,routes,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy ECW4E4 - . Crowded Arriva Wales Train Chester Holyhead with Xmas Shoppers. Photographed at Chester,stock-photo/gotonysmith-Cheshire.html?sortBy=relevant&pseudoid=237DAF28-A4ED-4448-8173-C0E81ABEEC6F Target=_Blank>Cheshire,England,UK. The photograph was taken on 13 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 Crowded, Arriva, Train, Chester, Holyhead, Full, busy, seated, seat and British Rail, adding specific subject detail and useful search context without losing the documentary focus on the main subject. The scene has strong relevance to railway travel, public transport, passenger infrastructure and the everyday operation of Britain's rail network. It can illustrate editorial stories about stations, train journeys, commuting, regional connectivity, rail investment, rolling stock, freight, signals, platforms, accessibility and the relationship between railways and the places they serve. Visible railway furniture, signs, tracks, platforms, trains, signals or station buildings help place the photograph firmly in the practical environment experienced by passengers and railway staff. As a dated documentary image it also offers a useful record of transport infrastructure, branding and passenger facilities at the time the photograph was made. Search themes include British rail travel, railway stations, passenger journeys, tracks, platforms, signals, rolling stock, freight, regional connectivity and transport infrastructure. The scene is particularly useful for illustrating how railway facilities, signs and operational surroundings looked at a known point in time. 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. This particular view is catalogued under Alamy image reference ECW4E4, distinguishing it from other photographs of the same or related subject.
Chester,Cheshire,England,UK
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Keywords: English Cadbury,christian,Catholic,anglican,traditional,with,one,window,cadburys,festive,food,yuletide,special,celebrate,Jesus,Christ,birth,born,festival,Julekalender,Julkalender,Jóladagatal,child,children,nostalgic,Gotonysmith,popular,english,British,confectionary,Xmas,seasonal
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy ED8P05 - An Advent calendar is a special calendar used to count or celebrate the days in anticipation of Christmas. Since the date of the first Sunday of Advent varies, falling between November 27 and December 3 inclusive, the Advent calendar usually begins on December 1, although many include the previous few days that are part of the season. The Advent calendar was first used by German Lutherans in the 19th and 20th centuries but is now ubiquitous among adherents of many Christian denominations.
Many Advent calendars take the form of a large rectangular card with windows, of which there are usually 24: one for each day of December leading up to Christmas Eve. Often, these windows have a Bible verse and prayer printed on them, which Christian families incorporate as part of their daily Advent devotions.
Consecutive doors are opened every day leading up to Christmas. The calendar windows open to reveal an image, poem, a portion of a story (such as the story of the Nativity of Jesus) or a small gift, such as a toy or a chocolate item. Advent calendars range in theme, from sports to technology, often carrying Scripture verses
England, UK
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Keywords: Christmas,Deansgate,and,St Anns Square,st,anns,sq,square,gradeII,listed,building,castiron,cast-iron,glass,iron,shop,shops,Xmas,at,night,with,lights,England,UK,Gotonysmith,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,light,decoration,decorations,history,historic,cast,grade II-listed,Barton Square,front,exterior,outside
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy ED9DMC - Barton Arcade is a Victorian shopping arcade in Manchester, England, located between Deansgate and St Ann's Square.
The arcade was listed as a Grade II* listed building on the 25 January 1972. The listing includes the block of shops (Barton's Building) and offices enclosing the arcades. It was constructed by Corbett, Raby and Sawyer in 1871.
Hartwell describes the Barton's Building facade as utterly ignorant.. the ground floor pilasters must be seen to be believed. The arcade, however, is a gorgeous glass and iron shopping arcade with glass domes..., the best example of this type of cast-iron and glass arcade anywhere in the country.
The entrance to the arcade on St Ann's Square incorporates a large, cast iron and glass wall. The two entrances on Deansgate are hidden behind the Barton Building. The building is of four storeys with an attic, a long nine-bay facade to Deansgate, divided in half horizontally by a balustraded balcony. The structure is composed of cast iron and glass. The iron work was supplied by the Macfarlane Saracen Glass Factory in Glasgow. The building was one of the first to be built on the newly widened Deansgate.The arcade was restored in the 1980s. The original shop fronts and decorative floor no longer exist
48 Barton Square, Deansgate, Manchester, England, UK, M3 2BH
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Keywords: Xmas,December,November,markets,European,Euro,German,sign,above,municipal,council,buildings,West Midlands,England,UK,central water feature,won,dark,dusk,nighttime,time,woman,Guardians,relections,reflected,Gotonysmith,hotpixuk,@hotpixuk,City,centre,tourist,tourism,travel,Birmingham City,Birmingham city Centre
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy ED8PNW - The River, locally known as the Floozie in the Jacuzzi, is an artwork in Victoria Square, Birmingham, England.
An international design competition was held for a central water feature in the square, which was won by Dhruva Mistry. Construction commenced in 1992 and was completed in 1994, when the square was officially reopened by Diana, Princess of Wales.
Mistry's fountain is the largest sculptural piece in the square. Mistry's winning design for Victoria Square consists of four sets of works (named The River, Guardians, Youth and Object [Variations]), representing youth and eternity. The River features a 1.75-tonne[1] bronze statue of a woman, 2.8 metres (9 ft) tall, 2.5 m (8 ft) wide and 4 m (13 ft) long. The surrounding pool is paved with Wattscliff sandstone. Engraved in the rim of the upper pool by Bettina Furneé are the following words from the poem Burnt Norton by T. S. Eliot:
And the pool was filled with water of sunlight,
And the lotos rose, quietly, quietly,
The surface glittered out of heart of light,
And they were behind us, reflected in the pool.
Then a cloud passed, and the pool was empty.
Victoria square, Birmingham, West Midlands, England, UK
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Keywords: cooperative,co-operative,supermarket,NW,England,SW,NE,NE,Gb,United,Kingdom,delivery,parcel,collection,innovation,innovating,amazon.co.uk,amazon.com,Amazon,locker,service,product,e-commerce,company,self-service,kiosk,order,online,pickup,pick,up,here,in,time,for,xmas,Christmas,rush,gotonysmith,putting,post,office,out,of,business,GPO,new,innovation,innovations,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DJ7B03 - Amazon Locker is a service product of the e-commerce company Amazon.com, Inc. Amazon Locker is a self-service parcel delivery kiosk for eligible shipments. At no additional charge, Amazon customers can select any Locker location as their delivery address, and retrieve their orders at that location by entering a unique pick-up code on the Locker touch screen
Stockton Heath, Warrington, NW England, UK
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Keywords: Nicks,HN,LU,night,shot,nightshot,tourist,city,store,station,London,at,Dusk,England,UK,public,building,buildings,architecture,go,by,retail,retailing,xmas,christmas,day,trip,awayday,away,Brompton,road,travel,Piccadilly,Line,harrods,Mike Ashley,Frasers Group,rescue,takeover,administration
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DJ7B63 - Night-time editorial view of the Harvey Nichols flagship store in Knightsbridge, London, with the illuminated Knightsbridge Underground station sign dominating the foreground and the famous Harvey Nichols lettering glowing on the building behind. The image captures one of London's best known luxury retail locations on Knightsbridge, close to Brompton Road, Harrods and other prestige shopping streets, in the affluent West London district long associated with designer fashion, beauty, dining and international visitors. Founded in 1831, Harvey Nichols became one of Britain's most recognisable upmarket department store brands, with its Knightsbridge store serving as the historic flagship and corporate base. In August 2026 the business became a major UK retail story when Mike Ashley's Frasers Group stepped in with a rescue takeover after Harvey Nichols fell into administration, securing the chain's stores, staff and online operations in a pre-pack transaction. Frasers chief executive Michael Murray said the business would undergo restructuring and a review of its store portfolio, organisation and operating model as part of the turnaround. While the Knightsbridge flagship is widely seen as the jewel in the estate, the deal marked a significant period of uncertainty and change for the wider chain. This scene therefore illustrates more than a familiar London shopping landmark. It also reflects a moment of transition in British luxury retail, as heritage department stores face intense operating costs, changing consumer habits, reduced discretionary spending and growing online competition. The deep blue dusk sky, electric Underground signage, lit windows and city-centre architecture create a dramatic urban evening image of Knightsbridge at a significant moment in the Harvey Nichols story.
Brompton Road, London England
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Xmas,Christmas,birthday,day,spend,slurge,special,traet,me,woman,heart,hearts,sweet,sweets,confectionary,how to spoil,people,Love Hearts sweets,Spoil Me,pile,of,pamper,how to,treat,yourself,spoiled,you,her,him,treated,Barbie,Barbie movie,lovers,excess,splashing the cash,treats,cash is king
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K43PYW - Love Hearts are a type of confectionery manufactured by Swizzels Matlow in the United Kingdom. They are hard, tablet-shaped sweets in various fruit flavors featuring a short, love-related message on one side of the sweet. They are an updated version of Victorian-era Conversation Lozenges
On chewing, the sweet quickly disintegrates into a powdery, starchy consistency
Love Hearts currently come in six flavors, each associated with a color (listed from weakest to strongest flavor):..
White (a plain, sherbet-like, slightly tart vanilla flavor)
Yellow (a sherbet-like flavor with a distinct sharp lemon aftertaste)
Green (a slight lime flavor with a sherbet-like aftertaste)
Orange (a sweet flavor with a slight orange aftertaste)
Purple (an unusual, slightly perfumed berry-like flavor with a strong aftertaste)
Red (cherry flavor)
There are many different messages which can be found on the front of the sweet, most of which are love-related. The message is written in capitals in a sans serif font of varying size. The font is scaled and sometimes stretched out of proportion to fit the available space.
Most messages are written in simple horizontal, centrally aligned lines. There are some exceptions to this rule, including the phrase I Surrender, where the word surrender has been written in an arc around the lower inside edge of the heart outline.
The Just Say No message has an unclear layout, appearing to read Just say No.
Wayne and Coleen Rooney had personalized sweets made for their wedding in the summer of 2008 which read Wayne and Coleen. Special edition Love heart packs were launched for Prince William and Kate Middleton's wedding in 2011
Carlton House, Albion Rd, New Mills, High Peak, Derbyshire, England, UK, SK22 3HA
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Keywords: tony,smith,hotpix,tonysmith,tonysmithhotpix,lady,female,woman,women,face,portrait,portraits,bokeh,christmas,xmas,light,lights,tony smith photography,racy,tdktony,tdk,tdktonysmith,#tonysmithotpix,MIS,@hotpixUK,ActiveH,housingtechnology
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 5255514961 - '
Valley Girl - 'Frank Zappa' - Play this track here.
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Wikipedia describes Valley Girl (or Val, Val Gal) 'as a stereotype leveled at a socio-economic and ethnic class of American women who can be described as colloquial English-speaking, materialistic, self-centered, hedonistic, and often sexually promiscuous. Valspeak is also a form of this trait, based on an exaggerated version of '80s California English'.
'Valley Girl' is a song by the musician Frank Zappa and his 14 year-old daughter, 'Moon Unit Zappa'. It was released on Zappa's 1982 album 'Ship Arriving Too Late to Save a Drowning Witch'. Moon supplied Frank with much of the content speaking typical 'Valley girl' phrases. Zappa intended to lampoon the image, but the single also helped popularized the valley girl stereotype in the states.
Sadly no longer with us, over 30 years, Zappa wrote rock, jazz, electronic, orchestral, and musique concr\u00e8te works. He also directed feature-length films and music videos, and designed album covers. Zappa produced almost all of the more than 60 albums he released with the band Mothers of Invention and as a solo artist.
Zappa was married to Kathryn J. 'Kay' Sherman from 1960 to 1964. In 1967 he married Adelaide Gail Sloatman, with whom he remained until his death from prostate cancer in 1993. They had four children: Moon Unit, Dweezil, Ahmet Emuukha Rodan and Diva Thin Muffin Pigeen.
Zappa was very anti-censorship. In September 1985, Zappa testified before the United States Senate Commerce, Technology, and Transportation committee, attacking the Parents Music Resource Center or PMRC, a music organization, co-founded by Tipper Gore, former wife of then-senator Al Gore. PMRC consisted of many wives of politicians, including the wives of five members of the committee, and was founded to address the issue of song lyrics with sexual or satanic content.
He stated 'The establishment of a rating system, voluntary or otherwise, opens the door to an endless parade of moral quality control programs based on things certain Christians do not like. What if the next bunch of Washington wives demands a large yellow 'J' on all material written or performed by Jews, in order to save helpless children from exposure to concealed Zionist doctrine?'
Zappa's passion for American politics became a bigger part of his life. He had always encouraged his fans to register to vote on album covers, and throughout 1988 he had registration booths at his concerts. He even considered running for President of the United States. Now maybe that might have changed history, and saved a few lives.
Frank Zappa was truly a giant. Everyone must have at least one Zappa album, even if its the compilation, 'Strictly Commercial'. Give 'Sheik Yerbouti' and 'Joes Garage' a look too.
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In the Greater Los Angeles area, the term 'Valley Girl' apparently originated and still refers to girls from the San Fernando Valley. In context it is associated with a spoiled girl from an upper-middle class background who socializes with other 'valley girls' in cliques. In regions neighboring the San Fernando Valley, people will often call a girl a 'valley girl' or tell her to 'go back to the valley' if she is showing signs of materialism and/or idiotic behavior.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer parodied the valley girl, with the main character, Buffy Summers, often saving the males of the programme. Buffy's contemporaries Cordelia and Harmony more closely fit to the conventions of the Valley girl.
The nearest thing in the UK is the classic 'Essex Girl' stereotype. Someone please ask me and I will tell them the classic cucumber/Essex girl joke (Amber - step up to the plate dear!).
In Ireland apparently D4 denotes upper middle class females associated with shopping in Dundrum Town Centre, the upmarket shopping centre adjacent to Dundrum village. Ugg boots and fake tan features, so I am told.
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Keywords: Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK,gotonysmith,car,cars,lights,stop,red,frosted,ice,fall,snowfall,white,january,winter,Warringtn,Warington,traffic trafic jam gridlock slides slidy slidie,gotonysmith,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,A50,road,Xmas,on,close,to,delay,grid-lock,grid,lock
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy CF1344 - . A50 traffic jam, on A50 Knutsford road, close to Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire, England UK. Photographed on 5 January 2010. The recorded location is Knutsford Road, Grappenhall, Warrington, England, UK. As background, street and highway scenes record the practical infrastructure of mobility, including road signs, junctions, bridges, parking controls and changing vehicle use
They also provide a visual history of traffic growth, road engineering and the effort to balance drivers, pedestrians and local communities. The historical context is that landscape photographs record more than scenery: structures, 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. In the longer view, festive objects and decorations are part of a long tradition of Christmas visual culture, from greetings cards and church imagery to illuminated houses, fairs and satirical 'Bah Humbug' humour
Designs and typography can quickly become associated with a particular decade. Against the 2026 backdrop, road policy continues to focus on safety, congestion, emissions and the balance between private cars, buses, cycling and walking
Images of earlier traffic controls, signs and busy roads provide useful comparison with current debates about sustainable transport and street design. The subject remains topical in 2026 because current interest in climate and place-making gives atmospheric landscape photographs 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.
Knutsford Road, Grappenhall, Warrington, England, UK
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Keywords: 320,padgate,lane,warrington,cheshire,north,west,england,UK,GB,xmas,christmas,lights,house,semi,semidetached,garden,illuminations,december,dusk,night,shot,tripod,blue,sky,magic,hour,magic hour,HDR,high dynamic range,tonysmith,tony,smith,12-24,sigma,wide angle lens,wide,building,buildings,built,architecture,noche,nuit,hotpix!
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4263830474 - 'Some fabulous Christmas lights that I passed and had to come back to. Complete with reindeer etc.
(c) Hotpix / HotpixUK Tony Smith - Hotpix.freeserve.co.uk WDCC 07092182899',
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Keywords: Lamington,Village,Scotland,Borders,Scottish,Lanarkshire,upper,ward,Clyde,UK,Strathclyde,snow,snowy,weather,winter,wintery,december,Xmas,Christmas,conditions,twenty,sign,20,20sign,MPH,Black,white,monochrome,sepia,selective,colour,Schotland,l'Ecosse,Ecosse,Schottland,\u03a3\u03ba\u03c9\u03c4\u03af\u03b1,la,Scozia,\u30b9\u30b3\u30c3\u30c8\u30e9\u30f3\u30c9,\uc2a4\ucf54\ud2c0\ub780\ub4dc,\u0428\u043e\u0442\u043b\u0430\u043d\u0434\u0438\u044f,Escocia,\u96ea,sneeuw,neige,Schnee,\u0441\u043d\u0435\u0436\u043e\u043a,nieve,B/W,mono,partial,mixed,color,highway,road,selectivo,couleur,s\u00e9lective,vorgew\u00e4hlte,Farbe,edinbrugh,hotpix!
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4234461579 - 'A proper white Christmas in prospect. Snow flurries sticking to trees and slidy underfoot.
It will be twenty indeed down this road today.
Here St Ninians Church and graveyard is behind me. Built in 1721, renovated in 1828 and again about 1880. Snow too deep to venture in without specialist footwear.
(c) Hotpix / HotpixUK Tony Smith - Hotpix.freeserve.co.uk WDCC 07092182899',
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Keywords: Internet,gotonysmith,online,on,line,on-line,Xmas,Christmas,25th,December,Dec,single,person,man,woman,Two,screens,workstation,screen,Internet shopping,gotonysmith,Buy Pictures of,Buy Images Of,web,via,using,websites,lad,male,lonely,festive,present,presents
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy CEY8R9 - . Late night, last minute Christmas shopping ,at the PC online. Photographed on 21 December 2009. The recorded location is England, UK. In the longer view, seasonal photographs document the mixture of tradition, commerce and community activity surrounding Christmas
Domestic lights, cards, street attractions and anti-Christmas jokes all sit within a broader culture of winter celebration. Looking at the subject's development, shops and markets are a visible record of changing consumer life, from family businesses and specialist traders to chain stores, department stores and regenerated market halls
Fascias, signs and shopfronts can date a street scene as clearly as architecture or vehicles. The wider historical story is that 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 changing form of a town or coastline. Current 2026 relevance comes from the fact that christmas remains a major retail and tourism period, while household energy costs, sustainable decorations and the pressure of seasonal spending often feature alongside more traditional festive themes. For the 2026 context, high streets continue to change rapidly as retailers respond to online competition, costs and changing footfall
Government support for community assets and town-centre renewal gives photographs of independent shops, markets and former businesses added relevance to stories about regeneration and community economies. In historical terms, christmas imagery ranges from religious observance to commercial decoration, seasonal entertainment and humour
Cards, shop displays, lights and novelty messages reveal how the festival has been represented in popular culture as well as how retail and public spaces respond to the winter season. Further editorial search language includes Xmas, festive season, and Christmas card.
England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4181781153 - 'No ones like doing it, but we all have to catch the Royal Mails last Christmas post. Everyone who receives a card from me gets a small added extra.
(c) Hotpix / HotpixUK Tony Smith - Hotpix.freeserve.co.uk WDCC 0709-2182899',
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Keywords: Northwich,dusk,night,shot,tripod,blue,sky,xmas,christmas,lights,december,cheshire,england,UK,north,west,GB,great,britain,tonysmith,tony,smith,hotpixuk,hotpix,available,light,low,timber,framed,buildings,old,365days,photo,photos,photography,photographer,hotpix.org.uk,www.hotpix.org.uk,HDR,high dynamic range,highway,road,noche,nuit
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4163612799 - 'Christmas lights out in Northwich, Cheshire just south of the swing bridge.
More Northwich folk at www.flickr.com/photos/hotpixuk/3998786439/
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Keywords: advent,calendar,calander,merry,madagascar,door,one,day,december,xmas,christmas,window,chocolate,sweets,2009,365days,hotpix.org.uk,www.hotpix.org.uk,hotpics,hotpic,hotpick,hotpicks,hotpix!
Description: Tony Smith image Flickr 4163583903 - 'Wow, that time already!
(c) Hotpix / HotpixUK Tony Smith - Hotpix.freeserve.co.uk WDCC',
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Keywords: Dammsugare,brown,cocoa,treat,for,Easter,Xmas,Christmas,coating,and,chocolate,dipped,ends,IKEA,store,shop,food,desert,afters,lime,green,cookie,sweet,almond,paste,glucose,and,powdered,sugar,food,ingredients,GoTonySmith,national,regional,cuisine,macaroon,Sweden,Scandinavia,Scandinavian
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy ED9DNF - a special treat for Easter - classic Swedish dammsugare. The name means vaccum cleaners, and that's a very strange name for a cookie indeed. The reason? Well, traditionally these are made with lime-green marzipan and chocolate dipped ends, and maybe there was an early vaccum cleaner model that looked like that..? I really don't know, and there doesn't seem to be a simple answer out there, so it'll have to remain a mystery.
And it has many names, dammsugare just happens to be most widely used one. Punschrulle is also quite common, getting it's name from the liqueur used to flavor the filling. Punsch, as I've written before, is made from arrak and very sweet. If you can't find it, try using something like Amaretto or Frangelico instead - won't be the same, but it'll be really good.
Sweden, Europe
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Keywords: English Cadbury,christian,Catholic,anglican,traditional,with,one,window,cadburys,festive,food,yuletide,special,celebrate,Jesus,Christ,birth,born,festival,Julekalender,Julkalender,Jóladagatal,child,children,nostalgic,Gotonysmith,popular,english,British,confectionary,Xmas,seasonal
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy ED8P03 - An Advent calendar is a special calendar used to count or celebrate the days in anticipation of Christmas. Since the date of the first Sunday of Advent varies, falling between November 27 and December 3 inclusive, the Advent calendar usually begins on December 1, although many include the previous few days that are part of the season. The Advent calendar was first used by German Lutherans in the 19th and 20th centuries but is now ubiquitous among adherents of many Christian denominations.
Many Advent calendars take the form of a large rectangular card with windows, of which there are usually 24: one for each day of December leading up to Christmas Eve. Often, these windows have a Bible verse and prayer printed on them, which Christian families incorporate as part of their daily Advent devotions.
Consecutive doors are opened every day leading up to Christmas. The calendar windows open to reveal an image, poem, a portion of a story (such as the story of the Nativity of Jesus) or a small gift, such as a toy or a chocolate item. Advent calendars range in theme, from sports to technology, often carrying Scripture verses
England, UK
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Keywords: Xmas,the,at,Christmas,red,Mars,Bars,Marsbars,Marsbar,gotonysmith,remaining,unwanted,chocolates,left,last,sweets,from,a,selection,Modelize,confectionary,festive,tin,tub,leftover,leftovers,mix,of,Mars Bars,tubs,gift,gifts,festive decorations,winter evening,seasonal display,domestic,least,unpopular,chocolate
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy ECW4ET - The last unpopular chocolates from a celebrations tub at Christmas - the Mars Bars gives picture buyers a practical record of a subject that is familiar, searchable and tied to the way people actually use streets, buildings, services and leisure spaces. The unwanted chocolates left at the bottom of a Christmas tub say a lot about shared family rituals, brand loyalty, taste, waste and the annual supermarket battle for festive confectionery sales. The subject can support lighter editorial pieces on Christmas habits, consumer psychology, food marketing, portion sizes, household treats and the small negotiations that happen around communal snacks. Seasonal references, artificial light and winter atmosphere make it especially relevant to December and New Year picture needs. The geographic clues help editors place the subject within a recognisable locality, which is often more useful than a polished but placeless image. It would sit naturally with features on Christmas lights, festive decorations, winter evening, seasonal display, adding local texture and a believable sense of place. For archive value, terms such as unpopular, chocolates, celebrations, christmas help connect the scene to future stories about how this place or activity looked at a particular moment.
England, UK
