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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Reform,sign,right,far right,campaign direction,campaign,placard,Robert Kenyon,Rob Kenyon,plumber,UK,British,right-wing,populism,populist,politics,Brexit,stop the boats,immigration,debate,redwall,red wall,former Labour heartland,working class,voters,protest vote,voter disillusionment,anti-establishment politics,local democracy,high street politics,political realignment,neighbourhood,retail,culture war Britain,by-election,campaigning,constituency battle
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EKDAD2 - Circular Reform UK directional sign with a white arrow pointing towards a stock-photo/gotonysmith-Campaign.html?sortBy=relevant&pseudoid=237DAF28-A4ED-4448-8173-C0E81ABEEC6F Target=_Blank>campaign location in Ashton-in-Makerfield, Greater Manchester. A second blue Makerfield Needs Reform board can be seen further back near a hedge, with local shop and off-licence signage in the background. The image records the practical street-level mechanics of the Makerfield parliamentary by-election: temporary placards, wayfinding boards, neighbourhood retail, pavements, railings, hedges and everyday town-centre edges rather than a polished national campaign launch. It is useful for editorial coverage of Reform UK, Robert Kenyon, Andy Burnham, Labour pressure in former heartland seats, voter disillusionment, right-wing populism, anti-immigration campaigning, Brexit aftershocks and stop the boats messaging. Makerfield has long been associated with Labour representation, but the 2026 by-election has attracted national attention because Reform UK is challenging Labour in an area where concerns about cost of living, public services, high streets and immigration are all reported as live voter issues. The photograph should be captioned with care: it documents Reform UK campaign signage in a public street scene, but it does not prove the views of nearby businesses, residents or passers-by. The visual contrast between the clean blue party branding and the worn local retail backdrop gives the picture wider use for articles on political realignment, populist opposition, high-street decline, local democracy, culture-war campaigning, British electoral volatility and the way national political arguments are played out in ordinary Greater Manchester communities. The bright daylight, leafy foreground and readable signs make it a clear stock image for UK politics, election logistics, campaign directions, party branding and contemporary debate about Reform UK's role on the hard right of British politics.
88 Bolton Rd, Ashton-in-Makerfield, Wigan WN4 8AD
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,shopping,Leeds retail,independent retailers,alternative shopping,indie shops,creative retail,Leeds heritage,Victorian engineering,Italianate architecture,commercial architecture,corn exchange,grain trading,agricultural trade,adaptive reuse,wide,angle,historic,building,reuse,retail,regeneration,visitor,tourism,architectural landmark,public interior,heritage interior,cast iron railings,arched windows,circular,balcony,domed,hall,Victorian,architecture,alternative,independent,cool
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EGWM3R - Very wide panoramic interior view of Leeds Corn change.html?sortBy=relevant&pseudoid=237DAF28-A4ED-4448-8173-C0E81ABEEC6F Target=_Blank>Exchange, showing the sweeping oval shopping hall, domed glazed roof, circular balconies, arched shopfronts, colourful doors, independent retailers, cafe seating and visitors inside one of Leeds city centre's most distinctive Victorian landmarks. The image is useful for editorial coverage of alternative retail, independent shops, heritage shopping, city centre regeneration, adaptive reuse, Victorian architecture, Yorkshire tourism, Leeds visitor attractions and the continuing reinvention of historic commercial buildings. Leeds Corn Exchange was designed by Cuthbert Brodrick, the architect also associated with Leeds Town Hall, and was built between 1861 and 1863 for the viewing and trading of corn. Historic England lists the building as Grade I and records its oval plan, two storeys over a basement, partly glazed dome roof, semi-circular and elliptical iron ribs, balcony access and cast-iron railings. The original design was shaped by the need to bring in clear northern light so merchants could inspect grain samples accurately, making the roof, plan and interior arrangement practical as well as dramatic. Today the building functions as a boutique retail and leisure destination, with small shops, creative businesses, food and drink uses, events and casual seating replacing its original agricultural trading role. This panorama captures the building's scale and symmetry better than a tighter view, showing how the upper galleries, shop units and central floor work together as a public interior. It can illustrate stories about retail diversity, high street change, independent business, heritage conservation, Leeds architecture, urban tourism, reuse of listed buildings and the shift from nineteenth-century commodity trading to twenty-first-century shopping and leisure. The soft interior light, busy seating areas and colourful shopfronts give the photograph a lively but architectural feel, making it suitable for travel, planni
Leeds Corn Exchange, Call Lane, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS1 7BR
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,LGBTQ+,queer,books,literature,Gt Ancoats,independent,retail,bookseller,Progress,Pride,flag,colours,specialist,inclusive,queer culture,community,venue,diversity,representation,trans inclusion,gay village,lesbian literature,gay fiction,bisexual authors,transgender writing,non-binary identity,diverse publishing,inclusive books,queer visibility,Pride symbolism,minority voices,community safe space,cultural inclusion,Tib Street origins,founded online,literary events,author talks
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EE4M0W - Queer Lit window logo at 27 Great Ancoats Street in Manchester, showing the shop name inside a large rainbow letter Q. The design combines the six-colour Pride rainbow with Progress Pride colours representing trans people and marginalised LGBTQ+ communities. Reflections in the glass place the bold graphic within the surrounding Ancoats and Northern Quarter streetscape, creating a strong image of queer visibility, inclusive retail and contemporary Manchester culture.
Queer Lit was founded to make LGBTQ+ writing easier to discover and to provide readers with stories that reflect a wider range of identities and experiences. The business began online with around 700 titles before opening its first physical Manchester shop on Tib Street in August 2021. It later expanded into the larger Great Ancoats Street premises, opening there in October 2023 with more than 4,500 titles. The shop specialises in lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and other LGBTQ+ fiction, non-fiction, poetry, graphic novels, young adult books and children's literature.
The Great Ancoats Street venue forms part of Social Refuge, combining the bookshop with a café, bar, co-working space and programme of author talks, book clubs, spoken-word nights, launches and community events. Queer Lit has also supported wider access to inclusive literature through its Free Books for Schools programme, donating LGBTQ+ titles to schools around the United Kingdom.
This tightly framed documentary image is suitable for editorial themes involving independent bookselling, Pride, queer culture, trans inclusion, diverse publishing, community spaces, Manchester tourism, Ancoats regeneration and visible LGBTQ+ representation on the British high street. The colourful logo provides a concise symbol of identity, belonging and the importance of specialist bookshops in helping readers find voices often underrepresented in mainstream retai
Queer Lit, 27 Great Ancoats Street, Ancoats, Manchester, Greater Manchester, UK, M4 5AJ
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,petrol,station,diesel prices,expensive diesel,service station,petrol pump,diesel pump,fuel pump,piu servito,più servito,aperto,diesel,super,diesel plus,HVOlution,fuel price board,euro per litre,motoring costs,cost of driving,expensive motoring,oil prices,energy,fossil,fuels,cost of living,dependency,forecourt pricing,fuel duty,oil company profits,windfall profits,climate policy,transport policy,inflation pressure,road transport,haulage costs,retail
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3ECEEHG - An Enilive petrol station forecourt in Italy displays high fuel prices per litre, with a roadside price board showing diesel, super, diesel plus and HVOlution beside blue and yellow fuel pumps. The Italian wording più servito indicates a served-price forecourt option, where motorists may pay more than at self-service pumps. The image is commercially useful for editorial stories on expensive motoring, petrol and diesel prices, the cost of living, energy inflation, road transport, holiday driving, haulage costs, consumer pressure and the way global oil markets feed through into everyday pump prices. The displayed figures, including diesel at 2.299, super at 1.969, diesel plus at 2.399 and HVOlution at 2.299, sit well above typical Italian national average fuel prices around early to mid 2025, making the sign a clear visual example of a costly forecourt or served-price setting. It can also illustrate debate about crude oil volatility linked to Iran, Israel and wider Middle East tensions, US foreign policy under Donald Trump, the Strait of Hormuz, energy security and Europe's exposure to international fossil fuel supply shocks. Care should be taken not to claim a single direct cause for these prices, because pump prices are shaped by taxes, wholesale costs, refining margins, exchange rates, location, service level and retailer policy as well as oil market risk. The photograph also has useful detail for features on alternative fuels, as HVOlution is Eni's hydrotreated vegetable oil diesel, produced from renewable raw materials and sold at selected service stations. The bright daylight, payment symbols, nozzles, hoses, fuel island and clear signage create a practical documentary image of how economic and geopolitical pressures become visible to drivers at the pump. It suits news, travel, motoring, consumer finance, transport policy, energy security, climate policy and business stories.
High Italian petrol station prices per litre, with diesel, super, diesel plus and HVOlution displaye
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,books,Beverley town centre,East Riding of Yorkshire,East Yorkshire,Yorkshire,England,high street,retail,storefront,branded fascia,British high street,local retail,future of the high street,UK retail change,retail resilience,book retail,physical bookshop,in-person shopping,town centre regeneration,legacy retail brand,rebranding strategy,market town shopping,local services,chain retailer,national brand,everyday life,British shopping street,Yorkshire retail,storefront signage,shopping parade,browsing books,non-food retail,place marketing,pedestrian pavement,closing,closure,Modella Capital
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3E26XHD - Street scene of the TGJones Books branch on Toll Gavel in Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. The photograph shows a British high street bookshop with prominent TGJones branding, large display windows and an open entrance, positioned next to a Coral betting shop in the town centre. Books, magazines, children's titles and promotional posters are visible in the frontage, helping the image work well for themes such as bookselling, retail branding, town centre shopping, consumer habits and the continuing role of physical bookshops on UK high streets. The location is useful editorially because TGJones is the fascia now used on WHSmith high street stores, making the scene relevant to stories about rebranding, legacy retail chains, changing brand identities and the adaptation of familiar British shops to modern trading conditions.
Beverley is a historic market town in East Yorkshire with an attractive commercial centre, a mix of independent and chain retailers, and steady footfall from local shoppers and visitors. This image captures a recognisable retail streetscape with brick buildings, clean modern signage and everyday pavement activity, giving it value for editorial, documentary and commercial uses connected to the future of the high street, books and reading, stationery retail, local commerce, shopping parades, market town economies and retail resilience. It can also illustrate stories about WHSmith rebranding, British booksellers, non-food retail, storefront design, town centre regeneration, face-to-face customer service, browsing in physical shops and the contrast between online retail and traditional in-person shopping. Because the image includes clear signage, neighbouring businesses and a readable street-facing presentation, it is also strong for place-led searches around Beverley, Toll Gavel, East Riding of Yorkshire, Yorkshire retail, England travel, urban geography and everyday life in a provincial UK shopping district today.
TGJones Books branch on Toll Gavel in Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, showing the forme
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,East Riding of Yorkshire,East Yorkshire,Yorkshire,England,UK,shoppers,high street,town centre,retail,shopfront,food shop,pedestrian street,British high street,market town,street scene,everyday life,future of the high street,retail resilience,British town centre,community life,daily routine,cost of living,accessible shopping,inclusive public space,local economy,consumer spending,northern retail,social observation,urban geography,street photography,shop queue,queueing culture,convenience food,bakery demand,everyday Britain,Yorkshire retail,takeaway
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3E26XHG - Street scene showing customers queuing outside a Cooplands bakery in Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. The photograph captures a busy moment on a pedestrianised high street with shoppers waiting at the entrance to the well-known northern bakery chain, while other passers-by move through the town centre. Visible details include the traditional Cooplands shopfront, food posters in the windows, a mobility scooter, families, casual shoppers and a small dog, all helping to create an authentic picture of everyday life in a prosperous Yorkshire market town. The image is useful for themes such as bakery retail, high street footfall, queueing, convenience food, takeaway snacks, affordable treats, lunchtime shopping, community life, local commerce and the continuing popularity of established British bakery brands.
Beverley is a historic market town in the East Riding of Yorkshire with an attractive commercial centre, steady visitor numbers and a strong mix of national chains and independent shops. This scene works well for editorial and commercial use around consumer habits, cost of living, value food shopping, changing high streets, retail resilience, pedestrian town centres, street life, social interaction and daily routines in England. The queue outside the bakery suggests demand, popularity and regular custom, making the image relevant to stories about food-to-go culture, bakery chains, working town centres, weekday shopping patterns, local services, community visibility, accessible shopping streets and the role of familiar retail brands in British town life. It can also support themes around older shoppers, inclusive public spaces, mobility, Yorkshire identity, northern England, traditional baking, savouries, sandwiches, bread, cakes, pies and pastries, with strong documentary value for articles about retail, towns, everyday economics and modern urban life.
Queue outside Cooplands bakery in Beverley town centre, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, showing b
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,Beverley Post Office,East Riding of Yorkshire,East Yorkshire,high street,shopfront,storefront,retail,town centre,market town,England,UK,future of the high street,UK retail change,shop rebranding,retail transition,national chain store,British town centre,town centre footfall,market town shopping,local services,consumer spending,franchised post office,accessible services,face-to-face customer service,branded storefront,urban retail geography,regeneration,local economy,shopping parade,everyday life,street photography,English market town,Yorkshire retail,essential services,closures,closing,Modella Capital
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3E26XHN - Street scene showing the TGJones Post Office branch on Toll Gavel in Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. The photograph captures a British high street retail frontage with the blue TGJones fascia alongside the red Post Office branding, reflecting the modern transition of the long-established WHSmith high street format into the new TGJones identity. Shoppers walk past the entrance carrying bags, while a bicycle is parked outside, adding everyday local life, pedestrian movement and a sense of routine town centre activity. The image works strongly for themes of retail change, consumer habits, high street resilience, postal services, banking access, parcel collection, local shopping, convenience retail and the continued role of town centre services in market towns.
Beverley is a historic Yorkshire market town known for its attractive shopping streets, independent businesses, brick-built architecture and mix of chain and local outlets. This picture shows a recognisable urban retail environment where national brands, essential services and footfall still matter to the daily economy. The image is useful for editorial, commercial and documentary use around UK retailing, the future of the high street, ex-WHSmith rebranding, post office counters, shopping parades, East Yorkshire town centres, local commerce, consumer spending, cost of living, community access to services and everyday life in England. Architectural details, signage, window displays and passing pedestrians make it suitable for articles about regeneration, changing brand identities, franchised postal services, market town retail geography and the survival of physical shops in the digital age. It can also illustrate themes such as face-to-face customer service, accessible neighbourhood facilities, parcel networks, letters and parcels, bill payment, cash services, stationery retail, and the continuing visual importance of branded storefronts on traditional UK shopping streets.
TGJones Post Office branch on Toll Gavel, Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, showing the e
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,Black Pudding,classic,original,Chadwick,stall,shop,retail,pudding,history,heritage,historic,famous,award,winning,Bury black pudding,Chadwicks,Bury Black Puddings,Bury Market,stalls,Bury,Market,Hall,traditional,blood,black,artisan,English,England,Lancashire,food,foods,Greater Manchester,market food,British regional cuisine,famous black pudding
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3CJDPN3 - A freestanding sign promoting Chadwick's Original Bury Black Puddings at Bury Market Hall in Greater Manchester. The sign advertises both hot and cold black pudding, reflecting the everyday, practical nature of market food retail and the enduring popularity of this traditional Lancashire product.
Bury is nationally synonymous with black pudding, a food deeply rooted in northern English working-class food culture and historic meat-processing traditions. Chadwick's is one of the best-known traders at Bury Market, with a reputation built over decades among local shoppers and visitors alike. The straightforward, functional signage reinforces the stall's emphasis on tradition, familiarity and quality rather than novelty.
The image was taken indoors under artificial market-hall lighting, typical of year-round trading conditions, and captures a small but culturally significant detail of British food heritage. It is well suited for editorial use illustrating regional identity, traditional British cuisine, historic markets, local economies and the persistence of everyday food traditions in modern England.
Bury Market Hall, Bury, Greater Manchester, England, UK , BL9 0BJ
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,Black Pudding,classic,original,Chadwick,stall,shop,retail,pudding,history,heritage,historic,famous,award,winning,Chadwicks Bury Black Puddings,Bury Market black pudding,Chadwicks stall Bury,Bury Market food stall,traditional black pudding England,Lancashire food heritage,Greater Manchester market food,famous black pudding Bury,British traditional food,artisan,food stall,UK,cuisine,historic market hall,traditions,popular,queue,queuing system,market stalls,food,culture,foods,blood puddings
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3CJDPN8 - A view of Chadwick's food stall at Bury Market in Greater Manchester, displaying signage advertising Original Bury Black Puddings, one of the town's most famous culinary exports. The stall is part of the indoor market complex and is known locally and nationally for the quality and consistency of its traditional black pudding.
Bury Market has long been associated with black pudding production, a food deeply rooted in Lancashire and Northern English working-class food culture. Chadwick's is among the best-known traders, attracting steady custom from local residents, visitors and food enthusiasts. The popularity of the stall is such that a formal queuing system is in place, reflecting both high demand and the enduring appeal of traditional market food in a modern retail environment.
The image captures a slice of everyday life in a northern English market, where food heritage, routine commerce and community interaction intersect. It is well suited to editorial use illustrating British regional food, culinary tradition, local markets, consumer culture, and the survival of historic food practices within contemporary urban life.
Bury Market, Bury, Greater Manchester, England, UK , BL9 0BJ
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,Southern,Republic,painted,shops,town,centre,final,window,windows,supporting,seniors,County Tipperary,county Tipperary,advert,advertisement,retail,shop,buy,buying,retail. retailing,hurler,sport,sports,traditional,history,historic,Gaelic games,GAA,Ireland,Tipperary hurling,community support,painted window,Irish town,local pride,county colours
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3C4CY4D - A hand-painted shop window display showing a hurling player in motion alongside decorative lettering reading Best of luck Tipperary, photographed in an Irish town ahead of the All-Ireland Hurling Final in July 2025. The artwork is painted directly onto the glass of a retail premises, using the blue and gold colours traditionally associated with County Tipperary, and features flowing decorative motifs inspired by Irish design styles.
The image captures a familiar scene in Ireland during major Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) finals, when local businesses, shops, and public buildings decorate their windows to show support for county teams. Reflections of surrounding buildings visible in the glass place the artwork firmly within a town-centre streetscape, reinforcing the sense of everyday community life intersecting with national sporting events.
Hurling, one of Ireland's oldest field sports, holds deep cultural significance, particularly in counties such as Tipperary with a strong championship tradition. Temporary window art like this plays an important role in expressing local identity, collective anticipation, and sporting pride in the days leading up to an All-Ireland final.
This image is suitable for editorial use illustrating Irish sport, GAA culture, community support for hurling, local business engagement with national sporting events, and the visual culture of Irish towns during championship season.
Tipperary Town centre, Ireland, IE
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Shopping Centre,Dublin 15,Dublin,D15 XF59,Unit 728,retail,shopping centre,early,morning,dusk,sunrise,light,golden hour,shopping,Irish,department store,Ireland shopping,Dublin suburbs,distant hills,urban landscape,Irish retail economy,suburban shopping,out-of-town retail,commercial property,retail architecture,morning cityscape,Dublin skyline,Greater Dublin Area,retail regeneration,consumer economy,car park view,retail frontage,urban planning,suburban development,Irish high street change,Fingal County,Dublin Mountains
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3EM2JPB - Dunnes Stores at Blanchardstown stock-photo/gotonysmith-Centre.html?sortBy=relevant&pseudoid=237DAF28-A4ED-4448-8173-C0E81ABEEC6F Target=_Blank>Centre in Dublin 15, seen in early morning light with distant hills visible beyond the shopping complex. The warm low sun picks out the brick and panelled exterior of the large retail building, while the foreground shows access roads, parking areas and the broad commercial layout typical of a major suburban shopping centre. The visible Dunnes branding identifies one of Ireland's best-known department store and grocery retailers, while the wider view places the store within the scale of Blanchardstown Centre, a major retail destination serving west and north-west Dublin. The image is useful for editorial coverage of Irish retail, Dublin shopping centres, suburban commercial development, out-of-town retail, car-based shopping, shopping mall architecture, retail property, consumer spending, commercial land use and the changing geography of town and suburban retail. The early morning conditions add visual interest: blue-grey cloud, golden sunlight, long shadows and the hills in the background create a more atmospheric view than a standard shopfront image. The contrast between the quiet car park and the large built form may support stories about retail trading hours, morning deliveries, shopping centre operations, economic activity, commuting patterns, urban planning, retail employment and the role of anchor stores in large shopping complexes. Blanchardstown Centre is located in Dublin 15, within Fingal, and the Dunnes Stores branch is listed at Unit 728 with the Eircode D15 XF59. The photograph has strong stock value for business, property, planning, retail, Irish economy, suburban Dublin, shopping behaviour, landscape-format retail features and general coverage of one of the Greater Dublin Area's best-known shopping destinations.
Mall Centre, Blanchardstown, Dublin 15, Co. Dublin, D15 XF59, Ireland.
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,@HotpixUK,HotpixUK,urban,city,centre,Ireland,Jewellery,Dublins,R&C,RC,green,shopping,retail,gift,gifts,retail frontage,shopfront,city centre,closed shop,green shopfront,Dublin shopping street,Grafton Street Dublin,Irish retail,traditional jeweller,Celtic design,Irish branding,shuttered shop,urban retail,high street,city life,pedestrians,tourists,commercial signage,independent retailer,street scene,modern Ireland,documentary photography,retail decline,changing high street
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 3BKDJGP - The exterior of R & C McCormack Celtic Jewellers on Grafton Street in Dublin city centre, Ireland. The shopfront features distinctive green branding with gold lettering advertising Celtic jewellery, a style closely associated with Irish heritage and traditional design motifs.
Grafton Street is Dublin's principal pedestrianised shopping street and one of the busiest retail locations in Ireland, frequented by shoppers, tourists, and street performers. The image shows the jeweller's metal shutter closed, with passers-by visible nearby, capturing an everyday moment in the city's commercial life.
Independent jewellery shops such as this have long been part of Dublin's retail landscape, serving both local customers and visitors seeking Irish-made or Irish-themed jewellery. The scene also reflects wider changes affecting high streets in major cities, including shifting shopping habits, tourism patterns, and economic pressures on bricks-and-mortar retailers.
This photograph is suitable for editorial use illustrating Dublin retail streets, Irish jewellery businesses, city-centre commerce, tourism, independent shops, urban change, and contemporary life on one of Ireland's most recognisable streets.
51 Grafton Street, Dublin, D02 K635, Ireland
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,UK,architecture,history,heritage,retail,stall,trader,traders,Durham Market Hall,DH1 3NJ,DH1,market,entrance,door,doors,to,the,MarketHall,Market Hall,thanks,for,support,supporting,hope,see,you,again,local,community,business,businesses,small,cheaper,independent
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RWMEKH - Taken on 15 Sep 2023, this photograph shows Durham city market hall entrance, Durham Market Hall, Market Place, Durham, DH1 3NJ. The location is Durham Market Hall, Market Place, Durham, England, UK, DH1 3NJ. The picture is not just a record shot: it contains visible signage, colour, materials, location clues and everyday street detail that make the image more specific than a generic stock photograph. Durham Market Hall continues the tradition of covered urban markets, supporting small traders, food shopping, local services and tourism in a compact cathedral city centre. It would suit editorial use on shopping, retail change, independent traders, high-street survival, tourism, local economies, consumer habits and the visual identity of British town and city centres. For image buyers, the value is in the combination of recognisable subject, readable wording, location evidence and a plain documentary style that can be dropped into news, magazine, web, council, housing, transport, heritage or commercial commentary without looking over-produced. Searchable related phrases include building, markets, historic, stalls, Market Place, buildings, welcome, city, Durham, centre, architecture, history, plus wider ideas such as local identity, public realm, urban detail, social history, commercial change, everyday Britain, documentary photography and place-based storytelling. The composition gives designers scope for captions, page furniture, social media crops, report covers and article thumbnails, while the detailed captioning makes it more discoverable for searches using both specific place names and broader themes. It also has a useful contemporary feel, because it shows how long-standing places, policies, products or institutions are encountered by ordinary people in daily life.
Durham Market Hall, Market Place, Durham, England, UK, DH1 3NJ
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,UK,architecture,history,heritage,retail,stall,trader,traders,Durham Market Hall,DH1 3NJ,DH1,market,entrance,door,doors,to,the,MarketHall,Market Hall,hope,see,you,again,local,community,business,businesses,small,cheaper,independent,event,events,list,blackboard
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RWMEKK - Taken on 15 Sep 2023, this photograph shows Durham city market hall entrance, Durham Market Hall, Market Place, Durham, DH1 3NJ. The location is Market Place, Durham, England, UK, DH1 3NJ. The picture is not just a record shot: it contains visible signage, colour, materials, location clues and everyday street detail that make the image more specific than a generic stock photograph. Durham Market Hall continues the tradition of covered urban markets, supporting small traders, food shopping, local services and tourism in a compact cathedral city centre. It would suit editorial use on shopping, retail change, independent traders, high-street survival, tourism, local economies, consumer habits and the visual identity of British town and city centres. For image buyers, the value is in the combination of recognisable subject, readable wording, location evidence and a plain documentary style that can be dropped into news, magazine, web, council, housing, transport, heritage or commercial commentary without looking over-produced. Searchable related phrases include building, markets, historic, stalls, Market Place, buildings, welcome, city, Durham, centre, architecture, history, plus wider ideas such as local identity, public realm, urban detail, social history, commercial change, everyday Britain, documentary photography and place-based storytelling. The composition gives designers scope for captions, page furniture, social media crops, report covers and article thumbnails, while the detailed captioning makes it more discoverable for searches using both specific place names and broader themes. This makes the image useful for comparison pieces, then-and-now features, local news, regeneration stories and plain-English explainers aimed at a general audience. Further SEO-friendly usage could include local services, town-centre change, heritage branding, British social history
Market Place, Durham, England, UK, DH1 3NJ
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,UK,city,centre,shop,shops,stores,retail,retailing,used,41,Circle,history,heritage,DH1 3NU,Co Durham,blue,white,window,windows,outside,exterior,door,doorway,sale,stained glass,student,trade,in,trade-in,clothing,clothes,English,British,front,facade,façade
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RWMEKT - Taken on 15 Sep 2023, this photograph shows Circle Vintage shop Durham, 41 Saddler St, Durham, County Durham, England, UK, DH1 3NU. The picture is not just a record shot: it contains visible signage, colour, materials, location clues and everyday street detail that make the image more specific than a generic stock photograph. Saddler Street sits in Durham's historic core, and the robe-maker wording links modern vintage retail with the university city's ceremonial clothing, student life and traditional specialist trades. It could support features on pubs, beer, leisure, nightlife, tourism, heritage streets, local economies, independent hospitality and the pressures facing town-centre venues. For image buyers, the value is in the combination of recognisable subject, readable wording, location evidence and a plain documentary style that can be dropped into news, magazine, web, council, housing, transport, heritage or commercial commentary without looking over-produced. Searchable related phrases include secondhand, second, hand, vintage, store, Circle Vintage, Saddler Street, historic, County Durham, Durham, city, centre, plus wider ideas such as local identity, public realm, urban detail, social history, commercial change, everyday Britain, documentary photography and place-based storytelling. The composition gives designers scope for captions, page furniture, social media crops, report covers and article thumbnails, while the detailed captioning makes it more discoverable for searches using both specific place names and broader themes. It has value for both local and national stories, especially where writers need to connect a named place or object with wider economic, social, environmental or cultural change. Further SEO-friendly usage could include local services, town-centre change, heritage branding, British social history, public infrastructure, consumer behaviou.
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,UK,city,centre,university,learning,education,shop,shops,stores,retail,retailing,used,41,Circle,history,heritage,DH1 3NU,Co Durham,blue,white,window,windows,outside,exterior,door,doorway,sale,County Durham,Robe Makers,to,the,dressmaker,dressmakers,tailor,tailors
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RWMEKW - Taken on 15 Sep 2023, this photograph shows Circle Vintage shop stained glass - Robe Makers to the University, Durham, 41 Saddler St, Durham, County Durham, England, UK, DH1 3NU. The picture is not just a record shot: it contains architectural or decorative detail with strong colour, lettering and religious, civic or commemorative symbolism. Saddler Street sits in Durham's historic core, and the robe-maker wording links modern vintage retail with the university city's ceremonial clothing, student life and traditional specialist trades. It could support features on pubs, beer, leisure, nightlife, tourism, heritage streets, local economies, independent hospitality and the pressures facing centre.htm Target=_Blank>town-centre venues. For image buyers, the value is in the combination of recognisable subject, readable wording, location evidence and a plain documentary style that can be dropped into news, magazine, web, council, housing, transport, heritage or commercial commentary without looking over-produced. Searchable related phrases include secondhand, second, hand, vintage, store, Circle Vintage, Saddler Street, historic, Durham, stained glass, city, centre, plus wider ideas such as local identity, public realm, urban detail, social history, commercial change, everyday Britain, documentary photography and place-based storytelling. The composition gives designers scope for captions, page furniture, social media crops, report covers and article thumbnails, while the detailed captioning makes it more discoverable for searches using both specific place names and broader themes. The photograph should appeal to buyers looking for a grounded visual that says more than a studio icon, because it ties the subject to a real street, building, object or public setting. Further SEO-friendly usage could include local services, town-centre change, heritage branding, British social history
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,eating,eat,in,indoors,fries,survey,Unit 18-22,Shopping Centre,Liverpool,England,L1 1QR,L1,McDonalds,fastfood,burgers,French fries,large,restaurant,meal,street,window,seating,Merseyside,fatty,unhealthy,retail,junk,food,tax,globalisation,branch,chain,obesity,crisis,drink,soda,fizzy drink
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RJ3YJF - Taken on 19 Aug 2023, this photograph shows McDonalds fast food restaurant McCrispy chicken burger meal, Unit 18-22 Clayton Square Shopping Centre, Church St, Liverpool, England, L1 1QR. The location is Unit 18-22, Clayton Square, Shopping Centre, Church St, Liverpool, England, L1 1QR, L1. The picture is not just a record shot: it contains visible signage, colour, materials, location clues and everyday street detail that make the image more specific than a generic stock photograph. It would suit editorial use on shopping, retail change, independent traders, high-street survival, tourism, local economies, consumer habits and the visual identity of British town and city centres. For image buyers, the value is in the combination of recognisable subject, readable wording, location evidence and a plain documentary style that can be dropped into news, magazine, web, council, housing, transport, heritage or commercial commentary without looking over-produced. Searchable related phrases include Clayton Square, Church St, McCrispy, chicken, burger, fast food, receipt, self-service, tell us how we did, seated, eating, eat, plus wider ideas such as local identity, public realm, urban detail, social history, commercial change, everyday Britain, documentary photography and place-based storytelling. The composition gives designers scope for captions, page furniture, social media crops, report covers and article thumbnails, while the detailed captioning makes it more discoverable for searches using both specific place names and broader themes. The photograph should appeal to buyers looking for a grounded visual that says more than a studio icon, because it ties the subject to a real street, building, object or public setting. Further SEO-friendly usage could include local services, town-centre change, heritage branding, British social history, public infrastructure, consumer habits
Unit 18-22, Clayton Square, Shopping Centre, Church St, Liverpool, England, L1 1QR, L1
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,centre,Cymru,Wales,Welsh,UK,retail,department store,dept store,Howell,city,history,historic,heritage,building,British,architecture,St Mary Street,St Mary St,Edwardian,commerce,commercial,neoclassical,facade,declining,decline,high street,retailing,regeneration,outside,exterior,scene,empty,closed,new era,initiative,columns,CF10
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RFJ3D6 - The exterior of the former James Howell & Co department store on St Mary Street in Cardiff city centre, photographed in daylight under bright but overcast conditions. The building retains its original carved stone signage reading James Howell & Co above the main entrance, a clear surviving marker of its long retail history.
James Howell & Co was one of Wales's best-known independent department stores, trading from this site for over 150 years and forming a cornerstone of Cardiff's traditional shopping district. The architecture reflects early twentieth-century department store design, with a symmetrical façade, tall pilasters and large display windows intended to convey stability, quality and civic pride.
Visible within the shopfront windows are contemporary panels and graphics referencing a New Era, indicating redevelopment and reuse following the store's closure. This juxtaposition of historic branding and modern regeneration messaging highlights the broader transformation of British high streets, where long-established department stores have struggled amid changing consumer behaviour, online retail and shifting urban economics.
The image captures a moment of transition in Cardiff's retail landscape, where heritage commercial buildings are being reconsidered for new purposes. It is well suited for editorial use covering high-street decline, retail regeneration, Welsh urban history, department store culture, and the changing identity of city-centre shopping streets in the UK.
James Howell Building, St Mary Street, Cardiff, Wales, UK, CF10 1AP
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,UK,small,store,retail,Northwich,colourful wooden sign,reuse,and,recycling,creative,retail sign,small business UK,business,on,a,wall,Tabley Street Northwich,CW9 5DP,hand painted sign,reclaimed wood sign,charity shop style,preloved goods,vintage retro shop,vinyl records for sale,house clearance items,furniture and clothing shop,independent retailer,high street decline,reuse economy,sustainable shopping,brick wall exterior,documentary photography,CW9
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2REGJ65 - A brightly coloured, hand-painted wooden sign mounted on a brick wall outside Leon's Store on Tabley Street in Northwich, Cheshire. The sign lists a wide range of goods including used furniture, clothing, house clearances, pre-loved furnishings, vintage and retro items, toys, games and vinyl records, reflecting the eclectic nature of independent second-hand retail.
The informal, recycled appearance of the sign, with individual painted wooden slats in different colours, conveys a do-it-yourself aesthetic often associated with small independent shops and reuse-based businesses. Such retailers play an important role in town centres like Northwich, combining affordability, sustainability and local character at a time when many UK high streets face pressure from vacancy and chain-store dominance.
Photographed in daylight, the image documents everyday independent retail culture in a provincial English town. It is suitable for editorial use relating to high-street change, small businesses, sustainability, reuse economies, and contemporary British town-centre life. Visible Text (fully analysed)
LEONS STORE
Used furniture
Clothing
House clearances
Pre-loved furnishings
House bedding plants
Vintage retro
Vintage toys + games
Telephone number visible
VINYL
- All text appears hand-painted on individual wooden boards.
Leon's Store, Tabley Street, Northwich, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom , CW9 5DP
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,centre,NI,Northern Ireland,Irish,Ireland,UK,BT48,NE,North East,market,retail,shopping,Society Street Indoor Market,Society Street Derry,indoor market Derry,Derry market sign,welcome sign,handwritten sign,chalkboard sign,local market Northern Ireland,independent traders,city centre market,retail entrance,market entrance sign,small business,local economy,community space,creative lettering,decorative sign,pink rose,floral decoration,interior doorway,tourism Derry,daytime,close up
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RGHXAC - A close-up view of a decorative sign at the entrance to Society Street Indoor Market in Derry / Londonderry, Northern Ireland. The blackboard-style sign features hand-lettered text reading Welcome to Society St Indoor Market and is decorated with a bright pink artificial rose, adding a friendly and informal touch to the market entrance. The sign hangs above a doorway leading into the indoor market space.
Society Street Indoor Market is part of the city's independent retail and community trading scene, providing space for small businesses, artisans, and local traders within the city centre. Handwritten signage such as this reflects the informal, creative character often associated with indoor markets and independent retail environments, contrasting with more uniform high-street branding.
Photographed in daylight, the image highlights the personal, welcoming atmosphere of the market and is suitable for editorial and commercial uses relating to local markets, independent retail, small businesses, urban regeneration, tourism in Northern Ireland, and community-led commercial spaces.
Location: Society Street Indoor Market, Society Street, Derry / Londonderry, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland, BT48.
Society Street Indoor Market, 5 Society St, Londonderry, Northern Ireland, BT48 6PJ
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Keywords: Greater Manchester,centre,England,UK,NW,North West,GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,the,CoOp,Co Op,OL12,OL12 0NU,Cooperative Wholesale Society,CWS,advert,promotion,poster,vintage advertising,British advertising,Manchester slogan,mid 20th century poster,graphic illustration,black and white illustration,retro,design,British,English,retail,history,Co-op advertising,Cooperative movement,CWS speciality product,Manchester humour,rain and weather imagery,umbrellas,penguins illustration,marketing slogan,consumer culture
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RCC5PC - This image shows a vintage advertising poster produced by the Cooperative Wholesale Society to promote Penguin umbrellas, a specialist product sold through cooperative retail outlets across Britain. The poster features a humorous illustrated scene of people sheltering beneath umbrellas, accompanied by the slogan It never rains in Manchester but you'll see penguins, playing on the city's reputation for wet weather and dry northern wit.
The Cooperative Wholesale Society, commonly known as CWS, was the manufacturing and wholesale arm of the British cooperative movement, supplying goods to local Co-op stores nationwide. Advertising material such as this poster combined practical product promotion with humour and strong graphic identity, helping distinguish cooperative goods from private retailers during the mid twentieth century.
The illustration style, limited colour palette, and bold typography are characteristic of postwar British commercial art, reflecting a period when posters were a primary means of mass communication. The use of penguins as a visual motif reinforced brand recognition for Penguin umbrellas while appealing to family audiences and everyday consumers.
Closely associated with Manchester and the wider Lancashire cooperative tradition, this poster also reflects the cultural values of the movement, including accessibility, shared ownership, and trust in everyday essentials. The image is well suited for editorial use covering British social history, cooperative retailing, vintage advertising, graphic design, and the cultural identity of northern England.
Toad Lane, Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England, UK OL12 0NU
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Keywords: Greater Manchester,centre,England,UK,NW,North West,GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,the,CoOp,Co Op,OL12,OL12 0NU,shop,original,coop,co-op,cooperative,co,operative,Lancashire,Lancs,1st,first,George Galloway,the co-op,sign,signs,premises,origin,pioneering,co-operative movement,retail,wholesale,heritage,history,historic
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Toad Lane, Rochdale, Greater Manchester, England, UK OL12 0NU
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,UK,Wandsworth.,Art Deco,ArtDeco,London Power Company,LPC,S P Setia,Sime Darby,SP Setia,development,icon,iconic,new,Northern line extension,office,offices,shopping,retail,site,SW11,Nine Elms,Wandsworth,London,SW11 8BJ,44,Electric Boulevard,Battersea,view from,skyline,riverside,river,apartments,block,buildings,towers
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2R4WDP1 - Battersea Power Station is a decommissioned Grade II* listed coal-fired power station, located on the south bank of the River Thames, in Nine Elms, Battersea, in the London Borough of Wandsworth. It was built by the London Power Company (LPC) to the design of Leonard Pearce, Engineer in Chief to the LPC, and CS Allott & Son Engineers. The architects were J. Theo Halliday and Giles Gilbert Scott. The station is one of the world's largest brick buildings and notable for its original, Art Deco interior fittings and decor.
The building comprises two power stations, built in two stages, in a single building. Battersea A Power Station was built between 1929 and 1935 and Battersea B Power Station, to its east, between 1937 and 1941, when construction was paused owing to the worsening effects of the Second World War. The building was completed in 1955. Battersea B was built to a design nearly identical to that of Battersea A, creating the iconic four-chimney structure.
Battersea A was decommissioned in 1975. In 1980 the whole structure was given Grade II listed status
Battersea B shut three years later. In 2007 its listed status was upgraded to Grade II*. The building remained empty until 2014, during which time it fell into near ruin. Various plans were made to make use of the building, but none were successful. In 2012, administrators Ernst & Young entered into an exclusivity agreement with Malaysia's S P Setia and Sime Darby to develop the site to include 253 residential units, bars, restaurants, office space (occupied by Apple and No. 18 business members club), shops and entertainment spaces. The plans were approved and redevelopment commenced a few years later. As of 2021, the building and the overall 42-acre (17 ha) site development is owned by a consortium of Malaysian investors.
44 Electric Boulevard, Battersea Power Station, Nine Elms, Wandsworth, London, England, UK, SW11 8BJ
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,UK,Wandsworth.,Art Deco,ArtDeco,London Power Company,LPC,S P Setia,Sime Darby,SP Setia,development,icon,iconic,new,Northern line extension,office,offices,shopping,retail,site,SW11,Nine Elms,Wandsworth,London,SW11 8BJ,44,Electric Boulevard,Battersea,outside,chimney,building,architecture,listed,grade II
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2R4WDP9 - Battersea Power Station is a decommissioned Grade II* listed coal-fired power station, located on the south bank of the River Thames, in Nine Elms, Battersea, in the London Borough of Wandsworth. It was built by the London Power Company (LPC) to the design of Leonard Pearce, Engineer in Chief to the LPC, and CS Allott & Son Engineers. The architects were J. Theo Halliday and Giles Gilbert Scott. The station is one of the world's largest brick buildings and notable for its original, Art Deco interior fittings and decor.
The building comprises two power stations, built in two stages, in a single building. Battersea A Power Station was built between 1929 and 1935 and Battersea B Power Station, to its east, between 1937 and 1941, when construction was paused owing to the worsening effects of the Second World War. The building was completed in 1955. Battersea B was built to a design nearly identical to that of Battersea A, creating the iconic four-chimney structure.
Battersea A was decommissioned in 1975. In 1980 the whole structure was given Grade II listed status
Battersea B shut three years later. In 2007 its listed status was upgraded to Grade II*. The building remained empty until 2014, during which time it fell into near ruin. Various plans were made to make use of the building, but none were successful. In 2012, administrators Ernst & Young entered into an exclusivity agreement with Malaysia's S P Setia and Sime Darby to develop the site to include 253 residential units, bars, restaurants, office space (occupied by Apple and No. 18 business members club), shops and entertainment spaces. The plans were approved and redevelopment commenced a few years later. As of 2021, the building and the overall 42-acre (17 ha) site development is owned by a consortium of Malaysian investors.
44 Electric Boulevard, Battersea Power Station, Nine Elms, Wandsworth, London, England, UK, SW11 8BJ
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,UK,Wandsworth.,Art Deco,ArtDeco,London Power Company,LPC,S P Setia,Sime Darby,SP Setia,development,icon,iconic,new,Northern line extension,office,offices,shopping,retail,site,Nine Elms,London,SW11 8BJ,44,Electric Boulevard,Battersea,stop,stage,Thames,Clipper,busy,queue,SW8 5BN,SW8,Riverside Walk Battersea,Art Deco power station,riverside architecture
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2R4WDT2 - Battersea Power Station Pier stands on the south bank of the River Thames beside the redeveloped Battersea Power Station, with the famous chimneys rising behind the modern glass pier entrance. The image shows the Uber Boat by Thames Clippers river bus stop that links the power station district with central London, Canary Wharf and other Thames piers. The pier's bold signage, glass canopy, railings and riverside setting make this a strong editorial photograph for stories about London river transport, Thames commuting, public transport interchange, urban regeneration, waterfront development, tourism and the transformation of the former industrial landmark into a major mixed-use destination. Thames Clippers lists Battersea Power Station Pier at Riverside Walk, Battersea, London, SW8 5BN, and describes it as accessible, with ticket machines and Oyster readers but no staffed ticket office. Battersea Power Station says Uber Boat by Thames Clippers runs river bus services between Putney and Barking Riverside, with journeys from the power station to Embankment, Blackfriars and Canary Wharf. The photograph is commercially useful for articles on the River Thames, sustainable city travel, river buses, visitor attractions, Battersea regeneration, transport-led development, London commuting, sightseeing, riverside architecture and the reuse of historic power station sites. The contrast between the sleek modern pier and the listed power station chimneys captures the way contemporary London transport infrastructure now sits beside revived industrial heritage. It can also illustrate the wider growth of Battersea as a shopping, leisure, office and residential destination, supported by river services, the Northern Line extension and improved public access to the Thames waterfront. As a documentary stock image, it records a recognisable transport gateway into one of London's most high-profile regeneration areas.
Battersea Power Station Pier for Uber Boat by Thames Clippers on the River Thames, with the redevelo
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,England,UK,British,city,centre,Merseyside,20,Slater Street,Liverpool,L1 4BS,L1,supply,supplies,Victorian,shopfront,front,store,artist,&,Jacksons,art,old,shops,English,local,traditional,retail,retailing,stores,history,historic,fence,fencing,gate,gates
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20 Slater St, Liverpool , Merseyside, England, L1 4BS
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Stockton Heath,Warrington,Cheshire,UK,WA4,Morrisons,car,park,carpark,supermarket,Greenalls Ave,WA4 6RN,internet,web,retail,retailer,tyre,tyres,fitting,buy,buying,to,bay,motoring,cheaper,profits,bankruptcy,loss,losses,customer service,quality,automotive,rubber,disposal
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PPKPWD -
Greenall's Ave, Warrington, Cheshire, UK, WA4 6RN
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Keywords: retail,retailer,profit,profits,inflation,growth,England,British,offer,offers,competing,competition,discounter,discounters,competitive,food,shop,shopping,red,eating,cutting down,consumption,industry,farming,farmed,production,GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Cheshire,UK,diet,store,intake,unsmoked,at,cured,small
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PR59A5 -
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Merseyside,England,UK,L1,L1 7AZ,L1 2SJ,retail,shop,artist,independent,record store,records,CD,CDs,DVD,DVDs,mural,painting,of,Elvis Costello,by,yellow,blue,album,singles,albums,day,record store day,street,Renshaw,St,outside,exterior,icon,iconic
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PKA5AM -
81 Renshaw St, Liverpool , Merseyside, England, UK, L1 2SJ
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,north,Wales,Cymru,coast,Victorian,architecture,LL30,traditional,resort,holiday,Unit 1,Conwy,UK,LL30 1RY,big,store,shop,Mostyn Champneys,Retail,Park,electronics,brand,chain,warehouse,electrical,profit,profits,performance,sign,Dixons Carphone,out-of-town,strategy,aftercare,Team Knowhow,problem,refurbished devices,second-hand tech
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PH9M5M - Currys (branded as Currys PC World between 2010 and 2021) is an electrical retailer and aftercare service provider operating in the United Kingdom and Ireland, specialising in white goods, consumer electronics, computers and mobile phones.
Established as a bicycle retailer in 1927, Currys expanded the range of goods sold and from the 1960s became a major retailer of household electrical items. In 1984 the company was bought by rival retailer Dixons, and the Currys brand was used for all outlets of the combined company. From 2008, the business turned away from shops in town centres to larger out-of-town stores under the Currys PC World brand, combining the operations of Currys with Dixon's PC World under one roof
after the formation of Dixons Carphone in 2014, the stores gained Carphone Warehouse departments. It was announced in July 2021 that all Currys PC World stores would be rebranded to Currys.
Dixons Retail began a trial combining Currys and PC World shops in 2008. During the Dixons Carphone Christmas 20152016 results update to shareholders, Sebastian James, group chief executive, revealed that over the following financial year the three-in-one shop format (shops featuring Currys, PC World and Carphone Warehouse branding under one roof) would be rolled out across the company's entire portfolio in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland.
Following reorganisations in 2020 and 2021, Dixons Carphone announced that the Currys PC World stores would be rebranded to Currys in October 2021
Unit 1, Mostyn Champneys Retail Park, Llandudno, Conwy, Wales, UK, LL30 1RY
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Cheshire,England,UK,centre,at,evening,WA1 2TN,100,Church Street,WA1,chain,group,Argos,catalogue,retailer,food,profits,profit,performance,British,J,PLC,sovereign wealth fund of Qatar,the,Qatar Investment Authority,branded,value,range,bid,bids,retail,retailing,Multi-channel,Multi channel,sales,market share,bank
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PGT90G - J Sainsbury plc, trading as Sainsbury's, is the second largest chain of supermarkets in the United Kingdom, with a 14.6% share of UK supermarket sales in September 2022.
Founded in 1869 by John James Sainsbury with a shop in Drury Lane, London, the company was the largest UK retailer of groceries for most of the 20th century. In 1995, Tesco became the market leader when it overtook Sainsbury's, which has since been ranked second or third: it was overtaken by Asda from 2003 to 2014, and again in 2019. In 2018, a planned merger with Asda was blocked by the Competition and Markets Authority over concerns of increased prices for consumers.
The holding company, J Sainsbury plc, is split into three divisions: Sainsbury's Supermarkets Ltd (including convenience shops), Sainsbury's Bank, and Argos. As of 2021, the largest overall shareholder is the sovereign wealth fund of Qatar, the Qatar Investment Authority, which holds 14.99% of the company. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index.
In 2012, Jel Singh Nagra, a shop keeper from North Tyneside, was threatened with legal action from Sainsbury's after he named his shop Singhsbury's. It complained about his logo design and the name. Nagra changed the shop name to Morrisinghs. Morrisons wished him well.
A Singhbury's Local in Aylesbury removed its sign after intervention from Sainsbury's in 2017
Ownership in February 2023 was as follows:
Qatar Investment Authority (QIA) shareholding stood at 14.3% shares.
Vesa Equity Investment, the vehicle of Czech billionaire Daniel Kretinsky shareholding stood at 10% shares.
Costcutter owner Bestway shareholding stood at 4.47% shares
100 Church St, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 2TN
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,WA1,2,Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK,WA1 2NT,New Time Square,new,markets,retail,at,night,square,sq,town,centre,cloud,clouds,unique,regen,regeneration,wide,pano,panorama,area,shopping,shops,stall,stalls,building,buildings,architecture,covered,indoor,indoors,traders
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2 Time Square, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 2NT
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,M40,J10,junction,ten,10,OX27 7RD,Oxfordshire,England,UK,dusk,evening,night,KFC,Costa,rest,seating,retail,area,court,foodcourt,at,busy,toilet,toilets,Stoke Lyne,Richard Godfrey,new,building,architecture,glass,service area,bakers,chain,branch
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PGAYND - Cherwell Valley services is a Moto motorway service station on the M40 motorway at Stoke Lyne, near Bicester, in Oxfordshire, England. In August 2011 it was rated as 3 stars by quality assessors at Visit England
however, it is unknown whether this was a rating of the new or temporary building.
Location
The services are located at junction 10 of the M40, and are accessed from a roundabout on the junction.
Despite its name, it is neither in the valley nor the drainage basin of the Cherwell, but rather beside a small east-flowing stream that becomes part of the Padbury Brook before joining the Great Ouse at Buckingham.
History
The former main building
It was opened in the spring of 1994 and gave the 89-mile motorway its first service station, more than three years after its completion. The site was previously occupied by a toilet facility, which had been there since the motorway's opening.
Cherwell Valley Moto services, M40 J10, A43, Oxfordshire, England, UK, OX27 7RD
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,M40,J10,junction,ten,10,OX27 7RD,Oxfordshire,England,UK,dusk,evening,night,wide,pano,KFC,Costa,rest,seating,retail,food,area,court,foodcourt,at,busy,toilet,toilets,Stoke Lyne,Richard Godfrey,new,building,architecture,glass
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PGAYNH - Cherwell Valley services is a Moto motorway service station on the M40 motorway at Stoke Lyne, near Bicester, in Oxfordshire, England. In August 2011 it was rated as 3 stars by quality assessors at Visit England
however, it is unknown whether this was a rating of the new or temporary building.
Location
The services are located at junction 10 of the M40, and are accessed from a roundabout on the junction.
Despite its name, it is neither in the valley nor the drainage basin of the Cherwell, but rather beside a small east-flowing stream that becomes part of the Padbury Brook before joining the Great Ouse at Buckingham.
History
The former main building
It was opened in the spring of 1994 and gave the 89-mile motorway its first service station, more than three years after its completion. The site was previously occupied by a toilet facility, which had been there since the motorway's opening.
Cherwell Valley Moto services, M40 J10, A43, Oxfordshire, England, UK, OX27 7RD
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Surrey,Waverley,GU7 1AB,GU7,history,historic,High,towards,Street,St,the,Pepperpot,whitewashed,GU7 1EL,and,buildings,England,UK,tourist,tourism,visit,quaint,stores,retail,tea,room,cafe,tearoom,tudor,style,Wattle & Daub,independent,retailers,small,businesses
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PGAYJE -
Church Street, Godalming, Waverley, Surrey, England, UK, GU7 1EL
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Surrey,Waverley,GU7 1AB,GU7,41,England,UK,GU7 1HL,greengrocer,greengrocers,veg,vegetable,and,outside,box,boxes,stacked,retail,retailer,independent,green,local,community,village,cornershop,traditional,small,retailers,stall,fruit,vegetables,grown,Amy Lou,AmyLou
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PGAYK3 -
41 Bridge St, Godalming, Waverley, Surrey, England, UK, GU7 1HL
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Surrey,Waverley,GU7,shop,store,art,the,England,UK,GU7 1HL,arts,brush,brushes,accessories,paint,paints,retail,retailer,community,tourist,attraction,crafts,material,materials,grey,exterior,frontage,front,door,outside,card,cards,pens
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2PGAYM4 -
45 Bridge St, Godalming, Waverley, Surrey, England, UK, GU7 1HL
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Cheshire,England,UK,town,centre,WA1,lost,closing,retail,demise,of,local,historic,history,chain,from,4,Warrington,WA1 2LL,brown,cube,cubes,outside,exterior,front,logo,signage,to let,unit,closed,boarded,up,Buttermarket Street
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Market Gate Chambers, 4 Buttermarket St, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 2LL
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Lancs,Lancashire,Greater Manchester,England,UK,Makinson Arcade Wigan,shop,shops,store,unit,retail,popular,history,historic,town,centre,WN1 1PL,WN1,centre of Wigan town,inside,interior,busy,valued,successful,Wigan town,Mr Allan,Jeweller,Jewellers,ornate,healthrack,indoor,phone zone,quality
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RH9X9K - Taken on 27 Jan 2023, this photograph shows The Makinson Victorian shopping retail Arcade, in the centre of Wigan town, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK, WN1 1PL. The location is Wigan town, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK, WN1 1PL. The picture is not just a record shot: it contains visible signage, colour, materials, location clues and everyday street detail that make the image more specific than a generic stock photograph. Makinson Arcade is a Victorian shopping arcade in Wigan, providing decorative retail architecture and a useful example of how covered passages continue to shape northern town centres. It would suit editorial use on shopping, retail change, independent traders, high-street survival, tourism, local economies, consumer habits and the visual identity of British town and city centres. For image buyers, the value is in the combination of recognisable subject, readable wording, location evidence and a plain documentary style that can be dropped into news, magazine, web, council, housing, transport, heritage or commercial commentary without looking over-produced. Searchable related phrases include Wigan, town, centre, Makinson Arcade, arcade, arcades, Victorian, traditional, stores, units, Lancs, Lancashire, plus wider ideas such as local identity, public realm, urban detail, social history, commercial change, everyday Britain, documentary photography and place-based storytelling. The composition gives designers scope for captions, page furniture, social media crops, report covers and article thumbnails, while the detailed captioning makes it more discoverable for searches using both specific place names and broader themes. It also has a useful contemporary feel, because it shows how long-standing places, policies, products or institutions are encountered by ordinary people in daily life.
Wigan town, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK, WN1 1PL
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Church Street, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L1 3BG
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M366T7 - Traditional festive-themed gift store stocking decorations, carved German figures and nutcrackers.
The Nutcracker Christmas Shop, High St, Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland, UK, EH1 1TB
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M6W9GA - At the heart of Cheltenham's busy High Street, John Lewis & Partners Cheltenham is a shopping destination not to be missed!
A beautiful branch of the popular British chain of high-end department stores throughout the United Kingdom, the shop boasts over 49,000 products from more than a thousand brands.
Departments include:
Audio, TV & Technology
Fashion & Beauty
Nursery & Childrenswear
Furniture & Furnishings
Beds & Bedroom Furniture, and Kitchenware
Haberdashery
Bureau De Change
Full list of departments can be found here - John Lewis Cheltenham
In-store restaurants include Huffkins cafe, open every day for breakfast, brunch, lunch & afternoon tea and The Place To Eat for refreshments and light bites. Both are wheelchair accessible.
Car parking is available for customers in the adjoining Citipark, spread across five storeys and perfect for customers who want to quickly pop into the store or alternatively avoid bad weather in winter.
Opening hours are Monday - Sunday 6am-9.30pm. Up to 30 mins FREE parking is available for John Lewis & Partners Click and Collect customers.
123 High St, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, UK, GL50 1DQ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RCDXGR - The Yorkshire Trading Company is a chain of variety and discount stores founded and based in Northern England, it is a family-run business dating back to 1954 and is now into the third and fourth generations. It operates 33 Yorkshire Trading Company stores from as far north as Alnwick in Northumberland to Melton Mowbray in Leicestershire.
In 1964, John Nichols opened his first shop in Kingston upon Hull, by 1985 the Nichols family (John, his wife Molly and his two sons Paul and Robert) had eight stores in towns such as Whitby and Bridlington, and in 1995 the store count had increased to 12 with locations in Richmond and Ripon. With the demise of high street giant Woolworths in 2008, 11 more shops were also added to the portfolio.
The business had several speciality stores under different names
James Piper was the name given to a glassware store in Driffield operated by Tom Nichols, John's youngest son. Other store names such as JC Nichols and Barmy Bob's were phased out in 2000 as the company rebranded all of their locations under the Yorkshire Trading Company banner and became a limited company.
In 2015, work was completed on the construction of a new purpose built distribution centre and head office, costing £7 million, located at Kellythorpe Industrial Estate, Driffield.
Rydale
A range of outdoor, equestrian and country fashion that is designed in-house and manufactured mostly in the United Kingdom. The first Rydale products were imported in 2001 (then known as Snow Drop) and since then it has become the largest clothing operation on trade show circuits around the UK, with over 140 shows attended
22 Baxtergate ,Whitby, North Yorkshire, England, UK, YO21 1BW
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RD243D - This image shows the Market Square Clock Tower on Church Street in the centre of Whitby, North Yorkshire. The classical stone building with its prominent clock and cupola forms a focal point of the town's historic market square, a long-established civic and commercial space within Whitby's old town.
In the foreground, market stalls and canopies are set out across the cobbled square, with shoppers and visitors browsing goods. The presence of tourists alongside local residents reflects Whitby's dual role as a working market town and a major seaside visitor destination.
The clock tower building dates from the late eighteenth century and originally served as a market hall, with open arches at ground level allowing trading beneath. Today it remains a central landmark and meeting point, closely connected to Church Street and the surrounding network of narrow historic streets.
The photograph was taken in daylight under partly cloudy skies, capturing the lively atmosphere of a market day in Whitby and illustrating how historic civic architecture continues to frame everyday activity and tourism in the town centre.
Market Square Clock Tower, Church Street, Whitby, North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, YO22 4DD
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145 Church St, Whitby, North Yorkshire, Yorkshire, England, UK, YO22 4DE
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K1P04B - Gamesley is a residential area within the Borough of High Peak in Derbyshire, England, west of Glossop and close to the River Etherow which forms the boundary with Tameside in Greater Manchester. Gamesley is a ward of the High Peak Borough Council. It had a population of 2,531 at the 2011 Census
The original village of Gamesley consisted of rows of cottages inhabited by workers at the local textile mills, and it remained largely undeveloped until the 1960s, when it underwent considerable change. It was chosen as the location of an overspill estate, built by Manchester City Council. This was in order to rehouse people from decaying inner city areas of Manchester. These housing areas were also built in other towns surrounding Manchester, such as nearby Hattersley on the outskirts of Hyde.
The Gamesley estate was built in 2 half's. The first houses were built by contractors Finnegans which were constructed with
flat felted roofs, pebble dash cladding ground floors and tile cladded first floors. Finnegans houses were equipped with warm air central heating which used gas as an energy source. The Finnegan side of the estate was known locally as the gas side'. In the late 1980s the local authority renovated the Finnegan system built houses, the works included re-enveloping the external building with traditional bricks and mortar. The works also added apex roofing complete with roofing tiles.
The second half of the Gamesley estate was built a couple of years later by George Wimpey using the Wimpey no-fines house building method. The houses were constructed with full pebble dash finish and tiled apex roofing. The houses built by George Wimpey had a solid concrete ground floor which had electrical underfloor heating installed, the first floors of these houses were built with no heating. Due to electricity being the main energy source for heating, the George Wimpey side of Gamesley became known locally as the electric side'.
18-26, Winster Mews, 38 Winster Mews, Glossop, High Peak, Derbyshire, England, UK, SK13 0LU
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,Cheshire,town centre,England,UK,centre,shops,stores,Asda,anchor,event,events,pop-up,stall,stalls,lease,leasing,opportunities,property,development,lockdown,opening,reopening,new,closing,free,parking,at,sign,signage,entrance,front door,retail,store,outlet,outlets
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JTNA5C -
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49 High St, Manchester, England, UK, M4 3AH
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49 High St, Manchester, England, UK, M4 3AH
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JYYR82 -
49 High St, Manchester, England, UK, M4 3AH
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Vale of Llangollen, Trevor, Llangollen, Wales, UK, LL20 7TP
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Market Street, Nantwich, Cheshire, England, UK, CW5 5DG
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41 High St, Nantwich, Cheshire, England, UK, CW5 5DB
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156 Knutsford Road, Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JN5MNC - The Grosvenor Shopping Centre (for a time known as The Mall Grosvenor or The Mall Chester) is a large shopping precinct in Chester, England. It hosts around 70 stores.[1] Whereas most of the central shopping area of Chester consists of historic streets, The Mall provides undercover shopping to complement the wide range of shops in other locations around the city. It consists of some Edwardian buildings with modern covered shopping malls. It was owned by The Mall Fund, and carried their corporate branding. It was sold sometime in 2009 and the name Grosvenor Shopping Centre reinstated by the new owners
Bridge Street, Chester, Cheshire, England, UK, CH1 1NW
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JN5MNG - built in 1889 as an Art Gallery for a David Sherratt, whose name you can see over the small centre arch on the rows level, along with 'Art Gallery', above the statue of the King. It is odd that the iscription 'To God my King my Country' as it was built during the reign of Queen Victoria? This may explain why the statue of the King is jammed in the niche. Apparently the statue was ordered sperartely from the building and it and the niche did not match in height. Expediance led to them chopping a bit off his legs so that he would just fit! - more at http://nbholderness.blogspot.com/2018/06/choice-chester.html
Bridge Street, Chester, Cheshire, England, UK, CH1 1NQ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JN5MNM - built in 1889 as an Art Gallery for a David Sherratt, whose name you can see over the small centre arch on the rows level, along with 'Art Gallery', above the statue of the King. It is odd that the iscription 'To God my King my Country' as it was built during the reign of Queen Victoria? This may explain why the statue of the King is jammed in the niche. Apparently the statue was ordered sperartely from the building and it and the niche did not match in height. Expediance led to them chopping a bit off his legs so that he would just fit! - more at http://nbholderness.blogspot.com/2018/06/choice-chester.html
Bridge Street, Chester, Cheshire, England, UK, CH1 1NQ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JN5MNT - Three Old Arches is a building at 48 Bridge Street, Chester, Cheshire, England. Together with the adjacent building at No. 50, it is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building. The buildings incorporate part of the Chester Rows. The stone frontage at the street and row levels of No. 48 is considered to be the earliest shop front still surviving in England. It was once the largest known medieval town house in the Chester Rows, and the stone-walled hall at the row level extending to No. 50 was the largest hall set parallel to the rows in Chester.
History
The building was constructed in the 13th century. During the 14th century it was extended to the south (into what is now No. 50), when the hall, set parallel to the rows, was built. During the 20th century part of the building was used by William Jones, a grocer. In the 1960s the business was taken over by the department store of Owen Owen, but this closed in 1999. The ground floor continues to be used as a shop.
Exterior
At the level of the row are three round-headed chamfered arches, the piers of which pass down to the ground level, at the sides of the windows and entrance of the shop at this level. Above the arches, in Gothic script, is the inscription Three Old Arches. Duplicated at the tops of the piers, between the arches, is the date 1274 AD. Above the arches are three sash windows, each with 12 panes and, in the top storey is another sash window, this one being tripartite, with 4:12:4 panes.
Interior
In the undercroft of No. 48, the original stone pillars have been replaced by cast iron columns. The undercroft of No. 50 retains its original stone arch. Much of the medieval stone hall remains at the level of the row, which extends between Nos. 48 and 50. It is the largest stone-walled hall set parallel with the row in Chester, measuring over 12m by over 8m, and it contains four medieval doorways. The hall also contains a 16th century open fireplace
48 Bridge Street, Chester, Cheshire, England, UK, CH1 1NQ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JN5MR8 - The Grosvenor Shopping Centre (for a time known as The Mall Grosvenor or The Mall Chester) is a large shopping precinct in Chester, England. It hosts around 70 stores.[1] Whereas most of the central shopping area of Chester consists of historic streets, The Mall provides undercover shopping to complement the wide range of shops in other locations around the city. It consists of some Edwardian buildings with modern covered shopping malls. It was owned by The Mall Fund, and carried their corporate branding. It was sold sometime in 2009 and the name Grosvenor Shopping Centre reinstated by the new owners
Bridge Street, Chester, Cheshire, England, UK, CH1 1NW
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JN5MRM - Eastgate, Chester is a permanently open gate through the Chester city walls, on the site of the original entrance to the Roman fortress of Deva Victrix in Chester, Cheshire, England. It is a prominent landmark in the city of Chester and the Eastgate clock on top of it is said to be the most photographed clock in England after Big Ben.
The original gate was guarded by a timber tower which was replaced by a stone tower in the 2nd century, and this in turn was replaced probably in the 14th century. The present gateway dates from 1768 and is a three-arched sandstone structure which carries the walkway forming part of Chester city walls. In 1899 a clock was added to the top of the gateway to celebrate the diamond jubilee of Queen Victoria two years earlier. It is carried on openwork iron pylons, has a clock face on all four sides, and a copper ogee cupola. The clock was designed by the Chester architect John Douglas. The whole structure, gateway and clock, was designated as a Grade I listed building on 28 July 1955
Eastgate Street / city walls, Chester, Cheshire, England, UK, CH1 1LE
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JN5MTD - Browns was a department store in Chester established in 1780 by Susannah Brown. The store traded from its site on Chester's Eastgate Street from 1791 until 2021. Once regarded as the Harrods of the North, the building interior contains many ornate features such as glass-domed roofs and elaborate plasterwork surrounding small chandeliers in the main entrance area. Some of the glass roof on the second floor has been concealed as it has been covered by the construction of the third-floor extension which contained the main café and Kalmora Spa.
The oldest part of the store is housed in the Grade I listed Crypt Chambers, designed by T. M. Penson incorporating Georgian, Tudor and Gothic facades. Construction was completed in 1858. The building incorporates part of the Chester Rows. On the front of the tower at Row level is a blank scroll, on the east face is a recessed panel containing the initials W. B. (for William Brown), on the west face the initials are C. B. (for Charles Brown) and on the rear face is a scroll inscribed AD 1858: Crypt Chambers. The Gothic facade frontage is built over a medieval undercroft dating from the twelfth century. The undercroft most recently contained 'The Tea Press' tea room.
Another extension to the building was completed in 1965 to link Browns to the nearby Grosvenor shopping centre. A new three-story extension was built in 2002 on the site formerly occupied by the offices of the Chester Chronicle.
It was acquired by Debenhams in 1976. Browns was the only store in the group to retain its own trading name alongside the standard 'Debenhams' branding. Debenhams entered liquidation in early 2021 and all remaining stores closed during May that year. The building is owned by British Land
Eastgate, Chester city centre, Cheshire, England, UK, CH1
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JN5MTY - Eastgate, Chester is a permanently open gate through the Chester city walls, on the site of the original entrance to the Roman fortress of Deva Victrix in Chester, Cheshire, England. It is a prominent landmark in the city of Chester and the Eastgate clock on top of it is said to be the most photographed clock in England after Big Ben.
The original gate was guarded by a timber tower which was replaced by a stone tower in the 2nd century, and this in turn was replaced probably in the 14th century. The present gateway dates from 1768 and is a three-arched sandstone structure which carries the walkway forming part of Chester city walls. In 1899 a clock was added to the top of the gateway to celebrate the diamond jubilee of Queen Victoria two years earlier. It is carried on openwork iron pylons, has a clock face on all four sides, and a copper ogee cupola. The clock was designed by the Chester architect John Douglas. The whole structure, gateway and clock, was designated as a Grade I listed building on 28 July 1955
Eastgate Street / city walls, Chester, Cheshire, England, UK, CH1 1LE
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High St, Stroud, Cotswolds, Gloucestershire, England, UK, GL5 1AS
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High Street, Stroud, Gloucestershire, England, UK, GL5 1AS
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High Street, Stroud, Gloucestershire, England, UK, GL5 1AS
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Stroud, Glos - Gloucestershire, England, UK
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Stroud, Glos - Gloucestershire, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JNBYBX - One of the oldest buildings in the town is the Grade I listed Market Hall, built in 1627 by Sir Baptist Hicks in 1627 and still in use. The building was intended as a shelter for merchants and farmers selling their wares with the arched side walls open to allow light, and customers, to enter. There was a plan to sell the hall in the 1940s but locals raised funds to purchase the property and donated it to the National Trust.
Chipping Campden is a market town in the Cotswold district of Gloucestershire, England. It is notable for its terraced High Street, dating from the 14th century to the 17th century. (Chipping is from Old English cēping, 'market', 'market-place'
the same element is found in other towns such as Chipping Norton, Chipping Sodbury and Chipping (now High) Wycombe.)
A wool trading centre in the Middle Ages, Chipping Campden enjoyed the patronage of wealthy wool merchants, most notably William Greville (d.1401). The High Street is lined with buildings built from locally quarried oolitic limestone known as Cotswold stone, and boasts a wealth of vernacular architecture. Much of the town centre is a conservation area which has helped to preserve the original buildings. The town is an end point of the Cotswold Way, a 102-mile long-distance footpath.
Chipping Campden has hosted its own Olympic Games since 1612.
Chipping Camden, Cotswolds, Cotswold, Oxfordshire, England, UK, GL55 6AA
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JPH6R4 - Gwatkins Cidery and cider maker Denis Gwatkin from Herefordshire UK. Cider has a lengthy history in the UK dating back to around the 12th Century and possibly even earlier. In terms of Gwatkin Cidery's history, Denis says our orchards are first marked on our 1830 map, so cider making has a long tradition on our farm, which started out as a grange for the nearby abbey in 1147.
Gwatkin Cidery is a uniquely family-owned and operated farm, business, and home. We are one of the largest if not the largest traditional cider makers in Britain. By traditional we mean that we only allow natural fermentation to occur, we don't use sulphites to kill off the natural yeast and substitute them with a wine yeast, says Denis. They make and sell about 35 ciders and perrys (fermented pear) including seasonal rotations and a few local beer selections.
All of the cider produced at Gwatkin is packaged and sold in bottles as most traditional-style cideries do. While there is no inherent difference to taste of ciders sold in cans versus bottles, caning and caning lines are a rather modern technology. A few of the ciders Gwatkin Cidery makes include Kingstone Black, Golden Valley Scrumpy, award winning Yarlington Mill Cider, and Stoke Red Cider.
For Denis, his favorite thing about cider making is tasting the end product after months of slow fermentation in our wooden barrels. He emphasized that cider is naturally fermented by wild yeasts, a taste of the past before Louis Pasteur started advising other cider makers in the late nineteenth century.
Market Hall, High Town, Hereford , Herefordshire, England, UK, HR1 2AA
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88 Dean Street, London, England, UK, W1D 3ST
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30 Berwick St, London, England, UK, W1F 8RH
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M108DB - Coal Drops Yard is a shopping complex and privately owned public space that forms part of the King's Cross Central development scheme in London, England. The development was designed by Thomas Heatherwick and opened in October 2018
The two Victorian coal drops sheds were used to receive coal from South Yorkshire and trans-ship it to narrowboats on the Regents Canal and to horse-drawn carts
coal drops were redundant and fell into decay. They were used as warehouse units
one was gutted by fire in 1985 and another used by Bagley's nightclub, which closed in 2007. The night clubs complemented a vibrant night life of easy drug access, raves and prostitution.
The Regent's Canal was named in 1820 after the Prince Regent, who became George IV the same year. After his demise, the Kings Cross monument was raised at the junction of New Road and Battlebridge Road (Euston Road and York Way)
In 1986 the rave scene started in London. Disused warehouses were used to stage illegal raves, a form of partying fuelled by House music from Chicago and the illicit drug ecstasy. The scene developed and spawned several legal clubs such as The Clink, Shoom and Heaven and by the early-to-mid 1990s became centred on three bars in King's Cross. There was Billy Reilly's bar, 'Fabric' under the arches of the Coal Offices (which inspired a successor club, also called Fabric), 'The Cross' and 'Bagley's', which took over three floors at the southern end of the Eastern Coal Drops
Argent Group, the overall developer for the King's Cross Central site, appointed Thomas Heatherwick as architect for the redevelopment of the Coal Drop Yards as a retail park in 2014. Heatherwick worked in conjunction with engineers Arup, and the plans were approved in December 2015. BAM Nuttall undertook the construction work, which started in February 2016, following a two-year pre-construction phase to survey the condition of the Victorian era buildings and carry out demolition work as necessary.
Stable Street, Camden, London, England, UK, N1C 4DQ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M108DG - Coal Drops Yard is a shopping complex and privately owned public space that forms part of the King's Cross Central development scheme in London, England. The development was designed by Thomas Heatherwick and opened in October 2018
The two Victorian coal drops sheds were used to receive coal from South Yorkshire and trans-ship it to narrowboats on the Regents Canal and to horse-drawn carts
coal drops were redundant and fell into decay. They were used as warehouse units
one was gutted by fire in 1985 and another used by Bagley's nightclub, which closed in 2007. The night clubs complemented a vibrant night life of easy drug access, raves and prostitution.
The Regent's Canal was named in 1820 after the Prince Regent, who became George IV the same year. After his demise, the Kings Cross monument was raised at the junction of New Road and Battlebridge Road (Euston Road and York Way)
In 1986 the rave scene started in London. Disused warehouses were used to stage illegal raves, a form of partying fuelled by House music from Chicago and the illicit drug ecstasy. The scene developed and spawned several legal clubs such as The Clink, Shoom and Heaven and by the early-to-mid 1990s became centred on three bars in King's Cross. There was Billy Reilly's bar, 'Fabric' under the arches of the Coal Offices (which inspired a successor club, also called Fabric), 'The Cross' and 'Bagley's', which took over three floors at the southern end of the Eastern Coal Drops
Argent Group, the overall developer for the King's Cross Central site, appointed Thomas Heatherwick as architect for the redevelopment of the Coal Drop Yards as a retail park in 2014. Heatherwick worked in conjunction with engineers Arup, and the plans were approved in December 2015. BAM Nuttall undertook the construction work, which started in February 2016, following a two-year pre-construction phase to survey the condition of the Victorian era buildings and carry out demolition work as necessary.
Stable Street, Camden, London, England, UK, N1C 4DQ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M108DN - Coal Drops Yard is a shopping complex and privately owned public space that forms part of the King's Cross Central development scheme in London, England. The development was designed by Thomas Heatherwick and opened in October 2018
The two Victorian coal drops sheds were used to receive coal from South Yorkshire and trans-ship it to narrowboats on the Regents Canal and to horse-drawn carts
coal drops were redundant and fell into decay. They were used as warehouse units
one was gutted by fire in 1985 and another used by Bagley's nightclub, which closed in 2007. The night clubs complemented a vibrant night life of easy drug access, raves and prostitution.
The Regent's Canal was named in 1820 after the Prince Regent, who became George IV the same year. After his demise, the Kings Cross monument was raised at the junction of New Road and Battlebridge Road (Euston Road and York Way)
In 1986 the rave scene started in London. Disused warehouses were used to stage illegal raves, a form of partying fuelled by House music from Chicago and the illicit drug ecstasy. The scene developed and spawned several legal clubs such as The Clink, Shoom and Heaven and by the early-to-mid 1990s became centred on three bars in King's Cross. There was Billy Reilly's bar, 'Fabric' under the arches of the Coal Offices (which inspired a successor club, also called Fabric), 'The Cross' and 'Bagley's', which took over three floors at the southern end of the Eastern Coal Drops
Argent Group, the overall developer for the King's Cross Central site, appointed Thomas Heatherwick as architect for the redevelopment of the Coal Drop Yards as a retail park in 2014. Heatherwick worked in conjunction with engineers Arup, and the plans were approved in December 2015. BAM Nuttall undertook the construction work, which started in February 2016, following a two-year pre-construction phase to survey the condition of the Victorian era buildings and carry out demolition work as necessary.
Stable Street, Camden, London, England, UK, N1C 4DQ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M108HD - Coal Drops Yard is a shopping complex and privately owned public space that forms part of the King's Cross Central development scheme in London, England. The development was designed by Thomas Heatherwick and opened in October 2018
The two Victorian coal drops sheds were used to receive coal from South Yorkshire and trans-ship it to narrowboats on the Regents Canal and to horse-drawn carts
coal drops were redundant and fell into decay. They were used as warehouse units
one was gutted by fire in 1985 and another used by Bagley's nightclub, which closed in 2007. The night clubs complemented a vibrant night life of easy drug access, raves and prostitution.
The Regent's Canal was named in 1820 after the Prince Regent, who became George IV the same year. After his demise, the Kings Cross monument was raised at the junction of New Road and Battlebridge Road (Euston Road and York Way)
In 1986 the rave scene started in London. Disused warehouses were used to stage illegal raves, a form of partying fuelled by House music from Chicago and the illicit drug ecstasy. The scene developed and spawned several legal clubs such as The Clink, Shoom and Heaven and by the early-to-mid 1990s became centred on three bars in King's Cross. There was Billy Reilly's bar, 'Fabric' under the arches of the Coal Offices (which inspired a successor club, also called Fabric), 'The Cross' and 'Bagley's', which took over three floors at the southern end of the Eastern Coal Drops
Argent Group, the overall developer for the King's Cross Central site, appointed Thomas Heatherwick as architect for the redevelopment of the Coal Drop Yards as a retail park in 2014. Heatherwick worked in conjunction with engineers Arup, and the plans were approved in December 2015. BAM Nuttall undertook the construction work, which started in February 2016, following a two-year pre-construction phase to survey the condition of the Victorian era buildings and carry out demolition work as necessary.
Stable Street, Camden, London, England, UK, N1C 4DQ
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Camden High Street, Camden Town, London, England, UK, NW1 8QR
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Camden High Street, Camden Town, London, England, UK, NW1 8QR
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Lock Place, Camden, London, England, UK, NW1 8AF
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M1MCEK -
West Yard, Camden Lock Market, Camden Lock Place, London, England, UK, NW1 8AF
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Lock Place, Camden, London, England, UK, NW1 8AF
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West Yard, Camden Lock Market, Camden Lock Place, London, England, UK, NW1 8AF
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,NW1 8AF,NW1,London,for,hire,tourist,canal,barge,moored,canalside,lock,locks,busy,Camden Lock Market,market,Little Venice,trip,trips,journey,route,narrow boats,history,heritage,retail,historical,area,warehouse,development,crowds,barges,narrowboat,waterside,waterway
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2M1MCH0 -
Camden Lock, North London, England, UK, NW1 8AF
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,HotpixUK,@HotpixUK,tailor,suit,suits,clothing,menswear,taste,retail,historic,Logo,Montague,shop,store,brand,retailer,empty shop,in,Runcorn,Halton,Runcorn town,Cheshire,England,UK,entrance,mosaic,door,green,Montague Burton the Tailor of Taste Ltd,family,lobby,lobbies,floor,floors,Let Burton Dress You,terracotta,Middleton Fireclay Co. of Leeds,WA7,Meshe David Osinsky
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JHB6PN - Born Meshe David Osinsky and a Lithuanian Jew in Kurkliai, Kaunas province, he came alone to the UK in 1900 to escape the Russian pogroms. He was well-educated, having studied in a yeshiva,[1] but arrived unable to speak English
In 1901, he was staying in Cheetham Hill, Manchester. He started as a peddler, then set up as a general outfitter in Chesterfield in 1903 selling readymade suits bought from a wholesaler.[2][3] Following his marriage to Sophie Marks in 1909 the name of the company was changed from M. Burton to Burton & Burton. On the birth of twin boys in (1917) he gave his name as Montague Maurice Burton.
He died while speaking after a dinner in Leeds on 21 September 1952. The funeral was at the Harrogate Synagogue (some sources say Chapeltown) and he was interred at Gildersome.
The Tailor of Taste'
When Montague Burton became a limited company in 1917, it was registered as Montague Burton the Tailor of Taste Ltd'. The slogan, as part of Burton's name, formed part of firm's logo, appearing on fascias, parapets, floors, and even on ventilation grilles.
Tiles and Mosaics
The entrance lobbies of many Burton shops had mosaic floors in the early-to-mid 20th century, and Burton was no exception. These sometimes included the popular Burton slogan: Let Burton Dress You'. This also appears in a black and red glazed terracotta panel on the side elevation of the branch in Abergavenny (1937). Burton's terracotta was usually supplied by the Middleton Fireclay Co. of Leeds
18 Church St, Runcorn, Halton, Cheshire,England, UK, WA7 1LX
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22 Corporation St, Bolton, Greater Manchester, England, UK, BL1 2AN
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2R55J32 - This image shows a traditional pawnbroker sign featuring the three golden balls, photographed in Leigh town centre in Greater Manchester. The golden spheres hang from a decorative wrought iron bracket, a visual symbol that has been associated with pawnbroking and collateral-based lending in Britain for centuries.
The three golden balls are widely recognised as representing the services historically offered by pawnbrokers, including short-term loans secured against personal possessions. Such signage remains a familiar feature of many UK high streets, particularly in town centres where independent financial services operate alongside mainstream retail.
Also visible in the image is a modern CCTV security camera mounted nearby, creating a visual contrast between historic commercial symbolism and contemporary urban surveillance. The inclusion of the camera reflects current concerns around retail security, crime prevention, and public monitoring in town-centre environments.
Photographed in daylight against a vivid blue sky, the image isolates the sign and camera from surrounding buildings, emphasising form, colour, and meaning. It is well suited to editorial use covering British high streets, local finance, pawnbroking, economic life, surveillance culture, town-centre retail, and social commentary on money and security in the UK
Leigh town centre, Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester, England, UK, WN7
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JDRMHK - The day IKEA opened in Warrington and transformed the homes of a nation
It's been over 30 years since we got our first dose of the renowned retailer
It's been over 30 years since Manchester shoppers got their first taste of renowned furniture retailer IKEA.
Set up by Ingvar Kamprad in 1948, the Swedish brand opened its first-ever UK store in Warrington on October 1, 1987 - and for years has welcomed thousands of shoppers travelling from across Manchester, Liverpool and further afield.
The flat-pack furniture maze has, over time, become the place where couples have argued over who will assemble their new wardrobe, where kids have begged for Swedish meatballs, and where parents have kitted their teenagers out before they leave the nest for student accommodation
The retailing giant was an instant hit with his concept of stylish, affordable, ready-to-assemble furniture and homewares.
The IKEA Warrington building was completed at Gemini Retail Park in May 1987, and, in the weeks afterwards, the store began to recruit staff for the October opening
In the late eighties and early 90s, before soft play centres were everywhere, IKEA endeared itself to kids with a ball pit at the front of the store - and the chance to sit on every chair and lie on every bed before a trip to the cafe
And there's still no better way to end a hard day's shopping than with a steaming plate of Swedish meatballs, chips, peas, sauce, and lots of lingonberry jam
910 Europa Blvd, Westbrook, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA5 7TY
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JDRMHX - The day IKEA opened in Warrington and transformed the homes of a nation
It's been over 30 years since we got our first dose of the renowned retailer
It's been over 30 years since Manchester shoppers got their first taste of renowned furniture retailer IKEA.
Set up by Ingvar Kamprad in 1948, the Swedish brand opened its first-ever UK store in Warrington on October 1, 1987 - and for years has welcomed thousands of shoppers travelling from across Manchester, Liverpool and further afield.
The flat-pack furniture maze has, over time, become the place where couples have argued over who will assemble their new wardrobe, where kids have begged for Swedish meatballs, and where parents have kitted their teenagers out before they leave the nest for student accommodation
The retailing giant was an instant hit with his concept of stylish, affordable, ready-to-assemble furniture and homewares.
The IKEA Warrington building was completed at Gemini Retail Park in May 1987, and, in the weeks afterwards, the store began to recruit staff for the October opening
In the late eighties and early 90s, before soft play centres were everywhere, IKEA endeared itself to kids with a ball pit at the front of the store - and the chance to sit on every chair and lie on every bed before a trip to the cafe
And there's still no better way to end a hard day's shopping than with a steaming plate of Swedish meatballs, chips, peas, sauce, and lots of lingonberry jam
910 Europa Blvd, Westbrook, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA5 7TY
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Williamson Square, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L1 1EJ
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Williamson Square, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, L1 1EJ
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,Hotpixuk,@HotpixUK,town centre,town,centre,Greenwood street,Manchester,England,UK,WA14 1SA,historic,popular,shop,stall,stalls,stores,retail,clock,grand,markethouse,heritage,buildings,bricks,market halls,markets,outdoor,area,areas,retailing,civic,stone,stonework,sunny,blue sky,blue skies,trader,traders
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Greenwood street, Altrincham, Manchester, England, UK, WA14 1SA
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Greenwood street, Altrincham, Manchester, England, UK, WA14 1SA
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,Hotpixuk,@HotpixUK,town centre,town,centre,Greenwood street,Manchester,England,UK,WA14 1SA,historic,popular,shop,stall,stalls,stores,retail,of,fresh,food,crowd,crowded,dining,diners,eating,table,tables,benches,shared,organic,rustic,friends,visitors,tourist,attraction,restaurant,trader,traders
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Greenwood street, Altrincham, Manchester, England, UK, WA14 1SA
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Keywords: GoTonySmith,Hotpixuk,@HotpixUK,town centre,town,centre,Greenwood street,Manchester,England,UK,WA14 1SA,historic,popular,shop,stall,stalls,stores,retail,of,fresh,food,crowd,crowded,Fresh Produce,local,locally,grown,fruit,veg,vegetables,art,photography,flags,union,jack,bunting,Alty,trader,traders
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Greenwood street, Altrincham, Manchester, England, UK, WA14 1SA
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Greenwood street, Altrincham, Manchester, England, UK, WA14 1SA
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Greenwood street, Altrincham, Manchester, England, UK, WA14 1SA
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Golden Square, Old Market place, Warrington, Cheshire,UK, WA1 1QB
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2 Time Square, Warrington, Cheshire, England,UK, WA1 2NT
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2J880D1 -
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2MN7R34 -
Church Lane, Grappenhall, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 3EL
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2E0F131 - JD Sports Fashion plc, more commonly known as JD Sports or JD, is a British sports-fashion retail company based in Bury, Greater Manchester, England with shops throughout the United Kingdom, Europe, the United States, Asia and Australia. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index. It is a subsidiary of the Pentland Group.
In 2016 and again in 2019, JD Sports was profiled in British media amid allegations of mistreatment of its UK warehouse staff
letters JD in JD Sports stand for the initials of the founders of the company, John & David. In 1981, the company was established by John Wardle and David Makin, trading from a single shop in Bury, Greater Manchester. In 1983, the company opened a store in the Arndale Centre in Manchester.
In 2020, JD Sports was anticipated to appoint administrators for its nearly bankrupt Go Outdoors brand, placing additional high street workers at risk amid the Covid-19 pandemic.
On October 16, 2020 JD Sports opened a new flagship Store in Times Square New York. In December 2020, it was announced that the company had pulled out of talks aimed at rescuing department store chain Debenhams.
Wilson Patten Street,Warrington,Cheshire,England, UK, WA1 1PS
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2E0F134 - JD Sports Fashion plc, more commonly known as JD Sports or JD, is a British sports-fashion retail company based in Bury, Greater Manchester, England with shops throughout the United Kingdom, Europe, the United States, Asia and Australia. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index. It is a subsidiary of the Pentland Group.
In 2016 and again in 2019, JD Sports was profiled in British media amid allegations of mistreatment of its UK warehouse staff
letters JD in JD Sports stand for the initials of the founders of the company, John & David. In 1981, the company was established by John Wardle and David Makin, trading from a single shop in Bury, Greater Manchester. In 1983, the company opened a store in the Arndale Centre in Manchester.
In 2020, JD Sports was anticipated to appoint administrators for its nearly bankrupt Go Outdoors brand, placing additional high street workers at risk amid the Covid-19 pandemic.
On October 16, 2020 JD Sports opened a new flagship Store in Times Square New York. In December 2020, it was announced that the company had pulled out of talks aimed at rescuing department store chain Debenhams.
Wilson Patten Street,Warrington,Cheshire,England, UK, WA1 1PS
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2CB00CC -
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2ADE47A -
Albert Square,Manchester,Greater Manchester,England,UK,M2 5DB
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Exchange Square Manchester, North West England, UK, M2 1NP
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AFFFM2 - 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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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AFFFM5 - 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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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AFP0FN - The Frankfurt Christmas Market and Craft Market is an annual outdoor Christmas market and craft fair held in central Birmingham, England. The market started in 2001 with 24 stalls and has expanded every year. It opens in mid November and continues until late December, closing just before Christmas.
The Christmas Market and Craft Fair is located in Centenary Square, Chamberlain Square, New Street, and Victoria Square. It is the largest such market outside Germany.htm Target=_Blank>Germany and Austria, attracting over 3.1 million visitors in 2010, over 5 million visitors in 2011, almost 5 million visitors in 2013 and over 5.5 million visitors in 2014. German food and drink such as Bratwurst and Glühwein are available.
On 15 November 2018, after an inspection by Birmingham City Council's environmental health officials, twenty of the market's food stalls were ordered to improve hygiene . Two further stalls were summarily closed for failing to display mandatory allergen advice. When reinspected on 20 November, all the stalls were found to meet the required standards.
The market is affiliated with the Frankfurt Christmas Market in the city of Frankfurt, one of the oldest such markets in Germany (dating from 1393), hence the name. Birmingham is twinned with Frankfurt.
New St / Bullring Birmingham B2 4QA
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New Street, Birmingham, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2AAEJ7X - History of Thorn Marine
The Bridgewater canal reach Stockton heath about 1772, the area around London Bridge and Thorn Marine developed over the next few years and became known as Stockton Quays, there was warehousing, an inn, toll house,Blacksmiths, stabling, barns, and bank riders cottages. one of these bank riders cottages became Thorn Marine.
A very successful packet boat service started up running from the London Bridge Inn to Manchester allowing the gentry to travel in style and comfort on the last part of there journey to Manchester, good were also shipped from the warehouse over the road, The boats were in them days pulled by horses, and unusually the horse for the packet boat were trotted along the towpath and were ridden by Bank riders who lived in what is now Thorn Marine.
The quays at thorn marine were also used by Caldwells to ship there tools spades, picks, etc for the gold rush in america and the First World War. The good were shipped to Liverpool where they were loaded onto sea going ships
During the First and second world wars the canal was also used to move munitions and men to Liverpool to be shipped across for the war effort.
Since we took over
We passed Thorn Marine in the spring of 1991 on our 25' Dawncraft Hammie on a two week trip around the Cheshire ring, we noticed it was looking a bit unloved and there was a for sale sign out side.
A few phone calls on our return home we discovered it was still for sale, but not with the agents anymore. After nearly 12 months of negotiations with the vendor and The Manchester ship Canal Company, we finally moved in on the 11th April 1992.
Over the next few years Margaret turned the business around from a fancy good shop back to a chandlery with help from Brian and Nigel when they were not working in their own careers. Brian decided in 1997 to stop paining and decorating and joined Margret working full time in the shop.
In 1997 we too delivery of Rambling Thorn our purpose built day boat
Bridgewater Canal,Stockton Heath,South Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA4 6LE
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242 Gallowgate, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, G1 5DX
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Market Street, Newtown, Wales, UK, SY16 2PQ
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Market Street, Newtown, Wales, UK, SY16 2PQ
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Keywords: @HotpixUK,HotpixUK,GoTonySmith,M5,West Midlands,England,UK,Motorway Services,Frankley,services,Greggs,Services Northbound,expansion,share price,retail,takeaway,food,unhealthy,vegan sausage roll,unhealthy food,Moto Hospitality,Greggs Moto,baked,drink,pies,walkway,path to,travel,Greggs network,cut-price sausage rolls,cut price sausage rolls,Greggs Sandwich,Greggs Steak Bake,Moto-operated franchised bakery,Moto operated,franchised bakery,Takeaway Food only,VAT exempt,food exempt from VAT
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2A4PJNY - Wanting to increase their presence and market share, Greggs opened their first Moto-operated franchised bakery at Lymm truckstop in early 2012, with high hopes. Following good sales a second store was opened at Birch eastbound the following June, and it was then confirmed that most Moto services would get one. Moto have also been opening franchises at some Extra services.
What makes Greggs a little bit different to other new brands is that most units have been modified so customers can visit without entering the main amenity building. This helped Moto's tax accounts: by not offering the option of eat-in food, the food was exempt from VAT, although the notorious pasty tax complicated things. As with most service station franchises, prices are inflated and the menu is altered slightly.
Greggs had never agreed to franchised stores before the Moto deal, but following its success they opened franchises with Euro Garages and Applegreen too (in the UK only). Greggs was now being added to petrol stations across the country, and Euro Garages started introducing the country's first Greggs drive thrus.
On the baked goods front, Moto had been using Upper Crust as a bakery brand, although this sold fewer hot goods and began to lose ground to Moto's other stores. In 2011 they also introduced West Cornwall Pasty Co., mostly in stands outside the services. Other operators have responded to Greggs with the likes of The Cornish Bakery, Pret a Manger and The Pasty Shop.
In line with Greggs's rules, service stations in the West Country are not allowed to sell Cornish pasties, for fear of upsetting the locals.
Frankley Southbound M5 southbound between Junction 3 and 4, Illey Ln, Birmingham B32 4AR
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2MG427C - Dunelm Group Plc is a British home furnishings retailer operating throughout the United Kingdom. One of the largest homewares retailers in the United Kingdom, The company headquarters are based in Syston, England. It also has its own factory for curtains, blinds and accessories, based in Leicester, England.
It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index.
Dunelm was founded in 1979 by Bill Adderley and Jeany Adderley, trading in home textiles from a market stall in Leicester. The first Dunelm store opened in Churchgate Leicester in 1984 with the first superstore opening in Rotherham in 1991. In 1996 Will Adderley took over responsibility for the day-to-day running of the company from his father, Bill Adderley. The expansion of Dunelm continued with a new head office and warehouse being established in 1999 in Syston, Leicestershire
In November 2020, the company was criticised by shareholders for renominating Paula Vennells to its board, despite her responsibility for the Post Office subpostmasters' scandal, during which her leadership was accused of having been both cruel and incompetent by a Conservative peer and various MPs.[11] Her resignation from the board was announced on the morning of 26 April 2021 after all the remaining convictions of subpostmasters had been quashed.
Operations
Dunelm store in Bradford
As of 30 June 2020 Dunelm operated 173 stores, spread across the UK, and a webstore
JunctionNINE Retail Park, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA2 8TW
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2MG42KY - Carpetright Limited is one of the largest British retailers of floor coverings and beds. The company is owned by Meditor.
History
The company was established by Lord Harris of Peckham in 1988 when he opened its first shop in Canning Town. It was first listed on the London Stock Exchange in June 1993. In 1999, the company expanded through the acquisition of selected shops from Carpetland and Allied Carpets. It acquired its first operations in Continental Europe in 2002, and in 2005 acquired May's World of Carpets. In 2007, it added the Storey Carpets business, a firm based in Sunderland, which had 54 stores at the time.
Cascade Investment, LLC, the investment vehicle of Bill Gates, acquired a 3% in the company in May 2008. Carpetright expanded again with the purchase of Sleepright UK in 2008. However, in June 2011 it announced significant shop closure plans and that year posted its first loss since 1993.
It was reported on 21 March 2018 that Carpetright was struggling after issuing several profit warnings, and that it was looking at possible shop closures. On 12 April 2018, it was announced that Carpetright would close 92 stores, with a total loss of 300 jobs out of the total workforce of 2,700, as part of restructuring measures
In May 2018, Carpetright secured a £15 million loan to provide short-term working capital. In November 2019, Carpetright announced that its largest shareholder, Meditor, had agreed to purchase the company. A bid of £15.2 million was accepted by the company, amid fears it could not pay off its debt. Carpetright have estimated that the company would need around £80 million to get out of its debt problems. The company's gross debt was evaluated at £56 million
Carpetright announced the departure of chairman Bob Ivell in January 2020, as the store returned to private ownership after more than 26 years. Several non-executive directors stood down from the board because of the takeover
JunctionNINE Retail Park, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA2 8TW
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JunctionNINE Retail Park, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA2 8TW
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Keywords: HotpixUK,@HotpixUk,GoTonySmith,Greater Manchester,Manchester,Cheshire,England,UK,town,SK1,famous,mens,shop,retail,clothes,boutique,Ivor,fashion accessories,fashion,casualwear,casual,Stolen From Ivor shop,store,stores,shops,sign,front,exterior,outside,1960,1960s,1970s,Stolen,from,men,male
Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2BCTGY0 - Iconic clothing chain Stolen from Ivor's last shop has been saved - thanks to the M.E.N.
Founder Ivor Hazan, 67, opened his first boutique on the King Street West in Manchester city stock-photo/gotonysmith-Centre.html?sortBy=relevant&pseudoid=237DAF28-A4ED-4448-8173-C0E81ABEEC6F Target=_Blank>centre in 1965 and his 40 stores became a Mecca for fashion hipsters across the region.
He announced last month he was to shut the doors on his last remaining shop in Stockport, which opened in 1974, due to declining sales.
However after the story was featured in the pages of the M.E.N and on our website, the brand has undergone a revival.
Ivor says he has been inundated with people coming into the shop and sharing their stories of the off-the-wall clobber they bought from him in their youth.
One man even broke down in tears whilst other wanted to buy his distinctive yellow carrier bags and sell them online.
And after seeing a spike in sales Ivor says he will keep the shop open - for now at least.
His first store opened at the height of the swinging' Sixties.
It was close to a boutique owned by United hero George Best and he had a gentleman's agreement that he would not sell suits if the United ace didn't sell jeans.
In 1966 it became the first store in the north of England to stock Levis jeans, which then cost £2.37 a pair.
The brand grew and at its peak it had 43 stores across the north west, including Stockport, Altrincham, Bolton and Bury.
However all but seven of them were forced to close in 2002 after the company went into administration.
And Ivor said stores such as Primark were killing' independent stores like his.
But due to the phenomenal response after we featured their plight he has shelved plans to take his operation solely online and he will keep the doors open of the shop on Prince's Street in Stockport town centre.
The Didsbury entrepreneur said: It's just been absolutely amazing.
Since the M.E.N ran our story we've had so many people coming in and telling us about things they bought 20 years ago.
Telling us that their mums used to bring them as kids.
77-79 Prince's St, Stockport, Greater Manchester, Cheshire, England, UK, SK1 1RW
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89 Main Street, Callander, Perthshire, Scotland, UK, FK17 8BQ
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Callandar, Trossochs , Scotland, UK, FK17 8HZ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K3XNBJ - Obituary - Derek Watson, musician, author, actor, lecturer and book shop proprietor - read more at https://www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/16969748.obituary---derek-watson-musician-author-actor-lecturer-book-shop-proprietor/
Born: November 6, 1948
Died: September 17, 2018
DEREK Watson, who has died aged 69 following a short illness, was a man of many parts and arts. Those who knew the Edinburgh-born renaissance man as an actor performing under the name Derwent Watson at the Citizens Theatre in Glasgow may not have been aware that Watson began his relationship with the Citz as a musical director on Christmas shows, becoming forever known thereafter as Uncle Derek.
Similarly, the youngsters watching Uncle Derek will not have known of Watson's passion for Wagner and other composers he was an authority on, penning several biographies on them, and slipping little classical passages into his compositions for the Citz's festive fare un-noticed. Nor might those who heard Watson give lectures on Wagner and others be aware of his long-standing role as proprietor of a bookshop in West Linton where he lived for more than 20 years, with both he and the shop immortalised in a novel by Alexander McCall Smith.
In 1994, having been a resident in West Linton for a decade, he opened Linton Books. Once he had retired from the theatre, the shop provided him with an alternative stage, playing' the proprietor of the shop to entertain customers. Book signings by authors included Alexander McCall Smith, whose second novel in the Sunday Philosophy Club series, Friends, Lovers, Chocolate, published in 2005, found the book's heroine Isabel Dalhousie visiting Derek in his capacity as bookseller. The shop itself featured during the unravelling of the story's mystery.
Being immortalised in such a way was the perfect compliment to Watson, who retained a curiosity for the finer things in life that went beyond his considerable intellect to draw out the fun beneath.
Deanfoot rd, West Linton, Scotland, UK, EH46 7DX
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Kingstown Rd, Carlisle, England, UK, CA3 0QZ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy RPGEFG -
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Piccadilly Gardens, Manchester, England, UK, M1 1RN
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Vintage Viola Shop, 95 The Mall Golden Square Shopping Centre Warrington,Cheshire,England,UK, WA1 1
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Legh St, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 1UG
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Legh St, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK, WA1 1UG
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Edwin Russell's sculpture in Golden Square, Warrington. Created from granite and depicting four classic Lewis Carroll characters (Alice, the Mad Hatter, the Sleepy Dormouse and the March Hare), the piece cost £25,000 to create and was unveiled By Princess Diana on a visit to the town with HRH Prince Charles in 1984.
Golden Square, Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK
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Paton Street, Northern Quarter, Piccadilly Manchester,UK, M1 2BA
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy R9GTDB - The Jewellery Quarter is an area of central Birmingham, UK. Situated in the north western area of the Birmingham City Centre, there is a population of around 19,000 people in a 1.07-square-kilometre (264-acre) area.
The Jewellery Quarter is Europe's largest concentration of businesses involved in the jewellery trade, which produces 40% of all the jewellery made in the UK. The Chamberlain Clock is an Edwardian, cast-iron, clock tower in the Jewellery Quarter of Birmingham, England. It was erected in 1903 to mark Joseph Chamberlain's tour of South Africa between 26 December 1902 and 25 February 1903, after the end of the Second Boer War. The clock was unveiled during Chamberlain's lifetime, in January 1904 by Mary Crowninshield Endicott, Joseph Chamberlain's third wife.
Standing at the junction of Vyse and Frederick Streets with Warstone Lane, it is now a local landmark and symbol of the Quarter. Chamberlain had been a resident on Frederick Street and had also helped jewellers through his campaign work to abolish Plate Duties a tax affecting jewellery tradesmen of the time. The timepiece was originally powered by a clockwork winding handle. It was later adapted to electricity but fell into disrepair and lost its chime.
It was fully restored in 1989.
Warstone Lane, Birmingham, England, UK, B18 6JW
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy R9GTDP - The Jewellery Quarter is an area of central Birmingham, UK. Situated in the north western area of the Birmingham City Centre, there is a population of around 19,000 people in a 1.07-square-kilometre (264-acre) area.
The Jewellery Quarter is Europe's largest concentration of businesses involved in the jewellery trade, which produces 40% of all the jewellery made in the UK. It is also home to the world's largest Assay Office, which hallmarks around 12 million items a year. Historically the Jewellery Quarter has been the birthplace of many pioneering advancements in industrial technology.
At its peak in the early 1900s the Jewellery Quarter employed over 30,000 people, however due to foreign competition and lack of demand, the industry declined throughout the 20th century. The area is now being transformed into an urban village and hub for creative businesses, whilst maintaining its urban fabric. Its historical importance has led to numerous conservation schemes and it is an Anchor Point of the European Route of Industrial Heritage.
A survey of 1553 named one of the first goldsmiths of Birmingham, Roger Pemberton. During the 18th and 19th centuries, Birmingham prospered from the Industrial Revolution and developed into a large industrial town, manufacturing a vast range of products, often from various metals. Many large foundries and glassworks attracted workers from all areas of Britain. A considerable trade developed in the manufacture of gilt buttons, cap badges, pins and small metal toys.
According to the Birmingham Directory of 1780, there were 26 jewellers at the time. Because the definition of a jeweller was not explained in the directory, it is thought that it may contain many irregularities and the number of actual jewellers may be lower. It is thought that by the start of the 19th century, there were around 12 jewellery manufacturing companies, employing approximately 400 people.
Warstone Lane, Birmingham, England, UK, B18 6JW
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Markt platz, Market Square, Mainz, Rhineland Palatinate, Germany,
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2D8NX1N - Nottingham Society of Artists is one of the oldest and most successful art societies in the country, founded in 1880. Our aim is to bring together artists and others interested in the Visual Arts who are resident in Nottingham and district.
The Society has a proud history of distinguished members whose works can be seen in major national art institutions, whilst other members' works can be found in practically every regional art gallery in the country, including Nottingham Castle.
The home of the Nottingham Society of Artists is St Luke's House, pictured left, a three storey Art Deco building in Friar Lane, close to the picturesque setting of Nottingham Castle in the centre of Nottingham.
St Luke's House was built for the Society in 1934. It has 4 floors including a basement, gallery, education studio, and members studio.
Our studio groups practice Life, Clothed Model, Portrait and Still Life drawing and painting and meet six days and three evenings a week.
St Luke's House, 71 Friar Ln, Nottingham,Nottinghamshire,England,UK, NG1 6DH
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2 Bennetthorpe, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England, UK, DN2 6AD
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Silverstone Circuit, Towcester NN12 8TL
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy P8KEYR - Doncaster is a large town in South Yorkshire, England. Together with its surrounding suburbs and settlements, the town forms part of the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster, which had a mid-2017 est. population of 308,900. The town itself has a population of 109,805 The Doncaster Urban Area had a population of 158,141 in 2011 and includes Doncaster and neighbouring small villages. Part of the West Riding of Yorkshire until 1974, Doncaster is about 17 miles (30 km) north-east of Sheffield, with which it is served by an international airport, Doncaster Sheffield Airport in Finningley. Under the Local Government Act 1972, Doncaster was incorporated into a newly created metropolitan borough in 1974, itself incorporated with other nearby boroughs in the 1974 creation of the metropolitan county of South Yorkshire.
Doncaster is represented in the House of Commons by three MPs
all three constituencies are currently held by Labour. Rosie Winterton represents Doncaster Central, former Labour Party leader, Ed Miliband represents Doncaster North, and Caroline Flint represents Don Valley.
At a European level, Doncaster is part of the Yorkshire and the Humber constituency and is represented by six MEPs.
Doncaster is one of only twelve UK boroughs to have a directly-elected mayor, a position currently held by Labour's Ros Jones.
In September 2014, UKIP held its annual party conference at Doncaster Racecourse. UKIP party leader Nigel Farage claimed that by holding the conference in Doncaster, UKIP were now parking our tanks on the Labour Party's lawn referring to Labour leader Ed Miliband's Doncaster North constituency. Shortly afterwards in the seat, at the 2015 general election, UKIP won 8,928 votes to Labour's 20,708. In the 2016 EU Referendum, however, Doncaster voted 69% to leave the European Union
Civic Office, Waterdale, Doncaster,South Yorkshire, England, UK, DN1 3BU
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8 Wood St, Doncaster, Yorkshire, England, UK, DN1 3LH
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29 - 40 Waterdale, Doncaster, Yorkshire, England, UK, DN1 3EY
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33 St Sepulchre Gate, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England, DN1 1TD
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy P8KEYD - Bawtry is a small market town and civil parish which lies where the western branch of the Roman Ermine Street crosses the River Idle in the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster in South Yorkshire, England, close to the county's border with Nottinghamshire, and meets the old course of the Great North Road. Nearby towns include Gainsborough to the east, Retford to the south south-east, Worksop to the south-west and Doncaster to the north-west. Historically within the West Riding of Yorkshire, it had a population of 3,204 in the UK census of 2001, increasing to 3,573 at the 2011 Census
Bawtry is located in the metropolitan borough of Doncaster on the border with Nottinghamshire, and is situated between Bircotes and Misson at the conjunction of the A614, A631 and A638 roads. The present A638 was for centuries the Great North Road, and in the 20th century the town was a notorious bottleneck, until it was bypassed in 1965. The county boundary with Nottinghamshire runs just to the south of the town and for this reason the southernmost house on the Great North Road is named 'Number One Yorkshire'.
The town's former prosperity was based on its communications, the River Idle in the days when it was a port, the Great North Road in the coaching era, and the Great Northern Railway.
Bawtry's geographical location is 53° 25' 40 North, 1° 1' West, at an elevation of around 65 feet (20 m) above sea level.
The town is located just south of Doncaster Sheffield Airport, formerly RAF Finningley. Bawtry Hall was home to RAF No.1 Group Bomber Command during and after the Second World War, and became the Headquarters of RAF Strike Command (see RAF Bawtry). From 1989 to 2013 Bawtry Hall operated as a Christian conference centre and a base for several Christian organisations.
Bawtry, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England, UK, D910
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy P8KEYG - Bawtry is a small market town and civil parish which lies where the western branch of the Roman Ermine Street crosses the River Idle in the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster in South Yorkshire, England, close to the county's border with Nottinghamshire, and meets the old course of the Great North Road. Nearby towns include Gainsborough to the east, Retford to the south south-east, Worksop to the south-west and Doncaster to the north-west. Historically within the West Riding of Yorkshire, it had a population of 3,204 in the UK census of 2001, increasing to 3,573 at the 2011 Census
Bawtry is located in the metropolitan borough of Doncaster on the border with Nottinghamshire, and is situated between Bircotes and Misson at the conjunction of the A614, A631 and A638 roads. The present A638 was for centuries the Great North Road, and in the 20th century the town was a notorious bottleneck, until it was bypassed in 1965. The county boundary with Nottinghamshire runs just to the south of the town and for this reason the southernmost house on the Great North Road is named 'Number One Yorkshire'.
The town's former prosperity was based on its communications, the River Idle in the days when it was a port, the Great North Road in the coaching era, and the Great Northern Railway.
Bawtry's geographical location is 53° 25' 40 North, 1° 1' West, at an elevation of around 65 feet (20 m) above sea level.
The town is located just south of Doncaster Sheffield Airport, formerly RAF Finningley. Bawtry Hall was home to RAF No.1 Group Bomber Command during and after the Second World War, and became the Headquarters of RAF Strike Command (see RAF Bawtry). From 1989 to 2013 Bawtry Hall operated as a Christian conference centre and a base for several Christian organisations.
16-18 High St, Bawtry, Doncaster DN10 6JE
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy P8KEYJ - Bawtry is a small market town and civil parish which lies where the western branch of the Roman Ermine Street crosses the River Idle in the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster in South Yorkshire, England, close to the county's border with Nottinghamshire, and meets the old course of the Great North Road. Nearby towns include Gainsborough to the east, Retford to the south south-east, Worksop to the south-west and Doncaster to the north-west. Historically within the West Riding of Yorkshire, it had a population of 3,204 in the UK census of 2001, increasing to 3,573 at the 2011 Census
Bawtry is located in the metropolitan borough of Doncaster on the border with Nottinghamshire, and is situated between Bircotes and Misson at the conjunction of the A614, A631 and A638 roads. The present A638 was for centuries the Great North Road, and in the 20th century the town was a notorious bottleneck, until it was bypassed in 1965. The county boundary with Nottinghamshire runs just to the south of the town and for this reason the southernmost house on the Great North Road is named 'Number One Yorkshire'.
The town's former prosperity was based on its communications, the River Idle in the days when it was a port, the Great North Road in the coaching era, and the Great Northern Railway.
Bawtry's geographical location is 53° 25' 40 North, 1° 1' West, at an elevation of around 65 feet (20 m) above sea level.
The town is located just south of Doncaster Sheffield Airport, formerly RAF Finningley. Bawtry Hall was home to RAF No.1 Group Bomber Command during and after the Second World War, and became the Headquarters of RAF Strike Command (see RAF Bawtry). From 1989 to 2013 Bawtry Hall operated as a Christian conference centre and a base for several Christian organisations.
Bawtry, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England, UK, D910
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy P8KEYK - Bawtry is a small market town and civil parish which lies where the western branch of the Roman Ermine Street crosses the River Idle in the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster in South Yorkshire, England, close to the county's border with Nottinghamshire, and meets the old course of the Great North Road. Nearby towns include Gainsborough to the east, Retford to the south south-east, Worksop to the south-west and Doncaster to the north-west. Historically within the West Riding of Yorkshire, it had a population of 3,204 in the UK census of 2001, increasing to 3,573 at the 2011 Census
Bawtry is located in the metropolitan borough of Doncaster on the border with Nottinghamshire, and is situated between Bircotes and Misson at the conjunction of the A614, A631 and A638 roads. The present A638 was for centuries the Great North Road, and in the 20th century the town was a notorious bottleneck, until it was bypassed in 1965. The county boundary with Nottinghamshire runs just to the south of the town and for this reason the southernmost house on the Great North Road is named 'Number One Yorkshire'.
The town's former prosperity was based on its communications, the River Idle in the days when it was a port, the Great North Road in the coaching era, and the Great Northern Railway.
Bawtry's geographical location is 53° 25' 40 North, 1° 1' West, at an elevation of around 65 feet (20 m) above sea level.
The town is located just south of Doncaster Sheffield Airport, formerly RAF Finningley. Bawtry Hall was home to RAF No.1 Group Bomber Command during and after the Second World War, and became the Headquarters of RAF Strike Command (see RAF Bawtry). From 1989 to 2013 Bawtry Hall operated as a Christian conference centre and a base for several Christian organisations.
Bawtry, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England, UK, D910
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy P8KEYM - Bawtry is a small market town and civil parish which lies where the western branch of the Roman Ermine Street crosses the River Idle in the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster in South Yorkshire, England, close to the county's border with Nottinghamshire, and meets the old course of the Great North Road. Nearby towns include Gainsborough to the east, Retford to the south south-east, Worksop to the south-west and Doncaster to the north-west. Historically within the West Riding of Yorkshire, it had a population of 3,204 in the UK census of 2001, increasing to 3,573 at the 2011 Census
Bawtry is located in the metropolitan borough of Doncaster on the border with Nottinghamshire, and is situated between Bircotes and Misson at the conjunction of the A614, A631 and A638 roads. The present A638 was for centuries the Great North Road, and in the 20th century the town was a notorious bottleneck, until it was bypassed in 1965. The county boundary with Nottinghamshire runs just to the south of the town and for this reason the southernmost house on the Great North Road is named 'Number One Yorkshire'.
The town's former prosperity was based on its communications, the River Idle in the days when it was a port, the Great North Road in the coaching era, and the Great Northern Railway.
Bawtry's geographical location is 53° 25' 40 North, 1° 1' West, at an elevation of around 65 feet (20 m) above sea level.
The town is located just south of Doncaster Sheffield Airport, formerly RAF Finningley. Bawtry Hall was home to RAF No.1 Group Bomber Command during and after the Second World War, and became the Headquarters of RAF Strike Command (see RAF Bawtry). From 1989 to 2013 Bawtry Hall operated as a Christian conference centre and a base for several Christian organisations.
Bawtry, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England, UK, D910
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy P8KEYN - Bawtry is a small market town and civil parish which lies where the western branch of the Roman Ermine Street crosses the River Idle in the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster in South Yorkshire, England, close to the county's border with Nottinghamshire, and meets the old course of the Great North Road. Nearby towns include Gainsborough to the east, Retford to the south south-east, Worksop to the south-west and Doncaster to the north-west. Historically within the West Riding of Yorkshire, it had a population of 3,204 in the UK census of 2001, increasing to 3,573 at the 2011 Census
Bawtry is located in the metropolitan borough of Doncaster on the border with Nottinghamshire, and is situated between Bircotes and Misson at the conjunction of the A614, A631 and A638 roads. The present A638 was for centuries the Great North Road, and in the 20th century the town was a notorious bottleneck, until it was bypassed in 1965. The county boundary with Nottinghamshire runs just to the south of the town and for this reason the southernmost house on the Great North Road is named 'Number One Yorkshire'.
The town's former prosperity was based on its communications, the River Idle in the days when it was a port, the Great North Road in the coaching era, and the Great Northern Railway.
Bawtry's geographical location is 53° 25' 40 North, 1° 1' West, at an elevation of around 65 feet (20 m) above sea level.
The town is located just south of Doncaster Sheffield Airport, formerly RAF Finningley. Bawtry Hall was home to RAF No.1 Group Bomber Command during and after the Second World War, and became the Headquarters of RAF Strike Command (see RAF Bawtry). From 1989 to 2013 Bawtry Hall operated as a Christian conference centre and a base for several Christian organisations.
Bawtry, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England, UK, D910
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy P307ET - Altrincham Market House: Things To Do In Manchester - A Community Revitalised Read more at https://manchesterbites.com/things-to-do-in-manchester-altrincham-market-house/
The revival of the Altrincham Market is nothing short of remarkable. From 1290 (yes, 1290!) the market had been at the centre of community life in Altrincham. Throughout the centuries, the market would have been where townsfolk gathered to buy goods, make a living, and spend time in the company of their neighbours.
And yet, the second half of the 20th century brought a period of stagnation. With the fortunes of the town on the downturn and the population size decreasing year over year, the historic market was being run by the council with little love or care. In fact, around a decade ago, Altrincham was voted as having the worse high street in Britain.
So, what has changed?
Well, Nick Johnson came onto the scene. Nick was a property developer and saw something in Altrincham that others failed to spot. In 2013, he won the contract to run the market and quickly set about changing the face of it and in turn Altrincham.
Nick gave the Victorian building a makeover. Cleaning it from top to bottom and restoring some features that had been neglected. He then got to work contacting some of the area's best, local food vendors.
Nick did the same in Manchester city centre with the Mackie Mayor food hall, the big sister of Altrincham Market House. We previously wrote about Mackie Mayor here.
Food And Drink At Altrincham Market House
Since it reopened in 2014, locals and visitors have filled the food hall week after week, and it should come as no surprise the food on offer is second to none!
Market House is home to 10 indie food stalls, including Honest Crust, Wolfhouse Kitchen, Tender Cow, Jack in the Box, Reserve Wines, Great North Pie Co., Sam Joseph, and Market House Coffee.
Jack in the Box is an award-winning producer of real ale and cider that operate across the Mackie Mayor and Altrincham
12 Greenwood Street, Altrincham, Cheshire, England, UK, WA14 1SA
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy P307F0 - Altrincham Market House: Things To Do In Manchester - A Community Revitalised Read more at https://manchesterbites.com/things-to-do-in-manchester-altrincham-market-house/
The revival of the Altrincham Market is nothing short of remarkable. From 1290 (yes, 1290!) the market had been at the centre of community life in Altrincham. Throughout the centuries, the market would have been where townsfolk gathered to buy goods, make a living, and spend time in the company of their neighbours.
And yet, the second half of the 20th century brought a period of stagnation. With the fortunes of the town on the downturn and the population size decreasing year over year, the historic market was being run by the council with little love or care. In fact, around a decade ago, Altrincham was voted as having the worse high street in Britain.
So, what has changed?
Well, Nick Johnson came onto the scene. Nick was a property developer and saw something in Altrincham that others failed to spot. In 2013, he won the contract to run the market and quickly set about changing the face of it and in turn Altrincham.
Nick gave the Victorian building a makeover. Cleaning it from top to bottom and restoring some features that had been neglected. He then got to work contacting some of the area's best, local food vendors.
Nick did the same in Manchester city centre with the Mackie Mayor food hall, the big sister of Altrincham Market House. We previously wrote about Mackie Mayor here.
Food And Drink At Altrincham Market House
Since it reopened in 2014, locals and visitors have filled the food hall week after week, and it should come as no surprise the food on offer is second to none!
Market House is home to 10 indie food stalls, including Honest Crust, Wolfhouse Kitchen, Tender Cow, Jack in the Box, Reserve Wines, Great North Pie Co., Sam Joseph, and Market House Coffee.
Jack in the Box is an award-winning producer of real ale and cider that operate across the Mackie Mayor and Altrincham
12 Greenwood Street, Altrincham, Cheshire, England, UK, WA14 1SA
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12 Greenwood St, Altrincham, Cheshire, England, UK, WA14, UK
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12 Greenwood St, Altrincham, Cheshire, England, UK, WA14, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2BC397X - British Home Stores, commonly abbreviated to BHS and latterly legally styled BHS Ltd, was a British department store chain, primarily selling clothing and household items. In its later years, the company began to expand into furniture, electronics, entertainment, convenience groceries and fragrance and beauty products.
The company was founded in 1928 by a group of U.S. entrepreneurs, and had a total of 163 stores mainly located in high streets or shopping centres by the time of its closure in 2016, as well as 74 international stores across 18 separate territories.
BHS was previously a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index, but was bought by Sir Philip Green in 2000 and taken private. The company became part of Green's Arcadia Group in 2009. Following a number of loss-making years, the company was sold to the consortium Retail Acquisitions Ltd led by the serial bankrupt Dominic Chappell, in March 2015 for the nominal price of £1.
In April 2016, 13 months after the purchase by Retail Acquisitions, the company entered administration following unsuccessful attempts to continue trading. It was eventually wound down, and all stores were closed by late August 2016 following failed attempts to find a buyer. The overseas franchises and digital business were sold during the administration period to Al Mana Group, who closed down the website in June 2018
67-81 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy H9PM1T - House of Fraser is a British department store group with over 60 Stores.htm Target=_Blank>stores across the United Kingdom and Ireland. It was established in Glasgow, Scotland in 1849 as Arthur and Fraser. By 1891, it was known as Fraser & Sons.
The company grew steadily during the early 20th century, but after the Second World War, a large number of acquisitions would transform the company into a national chain. Between 1936 and 1985 over seventy companies, not including their subsidiaries, were acquired.
In 1948, the company was first listed on the London Stock Exchange, and eventually was included in the FTSE Index before the company was acquired by a consortium of investors including Baugur and Don McCarthy in 2006. On 2 September 2014, Don McCarthy, retiring Executive Chairman of House of Fraser, announced the completion of the sale of 100% of the preferred ordinary shares and B ordinary shares and approximately 89% of the A ordinary shares and preference shares of Highland Group Holdings Ltd, to Nanjing Xinjiekou Department Store Co, a leading chain of Chinese department stores, for an enterprise value of approximately £480 million
45 Buchanan St,Glasgow,Scotland, G1 3HR, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy H9PM36 - House of Fraser is a British department store group with over 60 Stores.htm Target=_Blank>stores across the United Kingdom and Ireland. It was established in Glasgow, Scotland in 1849 as Arthur and Fraser. By 1891, it was known as Fraser & Sons.
The company grew steadily during the early 20th century, but after the Second World War, a large number of acquisitions would transform the company into a national chain. Between 1936 and 1985 over seventy companies, not including their subsidiaries, were acquired.
In 1948, the company was first listed on the London Stock Exchange, and eventually was included in the FTSE Index before the company was acquired by a consortium of investors including Baugur and Don McCarthy in 2006. On 2 September 2014, Don McCarthy, retiring Executive Chairman of House of Fraser, announced the completion of the sale of 100% of the preferred ordinary shares and B ordinary shares and approximately 89% of the A ordinary shares and preference shares of Highland Group Holdings Ltd, to Nanjing Xinjiekou Department Store Co, a leading chain of Chinese department stores, for an enterprise value of approximately £480 million
45 Buchanan St,Glasgow,Scotland, G1 3HR, UK
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Argyll Arcade, Glasgow, Scotland, UK G2 8LP
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy H9PM39 - House of Fraser is a British department store group with over 60 Stores.htm Target=_Blank>stores across the United Kingdom and Ireland. It was established in Glasgow, Scotland in 1849 as Arthur and Fraser. By 1891, it was known as Fraser & Sons.
The company grew steadily during the early 20th century, but after the Second World War, a large number of acquisitions would transform the company into a national chain. Between 1936 and 1985 over seventy companies, not including their subsidiaries, were acquired.
In 1948, the company was first listed on the London Stock Exchange, and eventually was included in the FTSE Index before the company was acquired by a consortium of investors including Baugur and Don McCarthy in 2006. On 2 September 2014, Don McCarthy, retiring Executive Chairman of House of Fraser, announced the completion of the sale of 100% of the preferred ordinary shares and B ordinary shares and approximately 89% of the A ordinary shares and preference shares of Highland Group Holdings Ltd, to Nanjing Xinjiekou Department Store Co, a leading chain of Chinese department stores, for an enterprise value of approximately £480 million
45 Buchanan St,Glasgow,Scotland, G1 3HR, UK
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High St, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
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Piccadilly, Manchester, England, UK
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Piccadilly, Manchester, England, UK
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Royal Exchange Theatre, 2 New Market, Manchester M1 1PT
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy GJ799A - From the Ben Robinson interview,Afflecks Palace In Pieces Once More
SELF-made Manchester mosaicist Mark Kennedy has had seven mosaic art pieces installed on Tib Street along the wall of Affleck's Palace. The colourful and cracked pieces feature the likes of Eric Cantona, Colin Bell, Karl Marx, Morrissey, Ian Brown, Emmeline Pankhurst, Bet Lynch and many other 'legends' associated with Manchester.
In total Kennedy has spent almost 20 years crafting the two sets of mosaics amongst other on-going work. The theme on Affleck's is Manchester heroes, with a nod given the shopping bazaar's rock'n'roll past. Thus among the great figures of Manchester depicted there are musicians, actors, media and radical politicians.
He also couldn't help including something from his own Manchester memories of Tib Street.
When I was a little kid I used to go to Tib Street all the time to get my ferrets and buy mice from a little pet shop and that's where we all used to go. Next door was Tib Street Joke Shop that used to sell masks and stink bombs so there's one piece that represents all that.
You have to have a closer look at some of the new mosaics to fully appreciate them with some of them holding a few hidden surprises. Kennedy's take on Joy Division's classic Unknown Pleasures album cover features several tiny coloured tile fragments to set it apart from the now iconic original.
52 Church St, Manchester, England, UK M4 1PW
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy GJ799C - From the Ben Robinson interview,Afflecks Palace In Pieces Once More
SELF-made Manchester mosaicist Mark Kennedy has had seven mosaic art pieces installed on Tib Street along the wall of Affleck's Palace. The colourful and cracked pieces feature the likes of Eric Cantona, Colin Bell, Karl Marx, Morrissey, Ian Brown, Emmeline Pankhurst, Bet Lynch and many other 'legends' associated with Manchester.
In total Kennedy has spent almost 20 years crafting the two sets of mosaics amongst other on-going work. The theme on Affleck's is Manchester heroes, with a nod given the shopping bazaar's rock'n'roll past. Thus among the great figures of Manchester depicted there are musicians, actors, media and radical politicians.
He also couldn't help including something from his own Manchester memories of Tib Street.
When I was a little kid I used to go to Tib Street all the time to get my ferrets and buy mice from a little pet shop and that's where we all used to go. Next door was Tib Street Joke Shop that used to sell masks and stink bombs so there's one piece that represents all that.
You have to have a closer look at some of the new mosaics to fully appreciate them with some of them holding a few hidden surprises. Kennedy's take on Joy Division's classic Unknown Pleasures album cover features several tiny coloured tile fragments to set it apart from the now iconic original.
52 Church St, Manchester, England, UK M4 1PW
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy GJ799X - From the Ben Robinson interview,Afflecks Palace In Pieces Once More
SELF-made Manchester mosaicist Mark Kennedy has had seven mosaic art pieces installed on Tib Street along the wall of Affleck's Palace. The colourful and cracked pieces feature the likes of Eric Cantona, Colin Bell, Karl Marx, Morrissey, Ian Brown, Emmeline Pankhurst, Bet Lynch and many other 'legends' associated with Manchester.
In total Kennedy has spent almost 20 years crafting the two sets of mosaics amongst other on-going work. The theme on Affleck's is Manchester heroes, with a nod given the shopping bazaar's rock'n'roll past. Thus among the great figures of Manchester depicted there are musicians, actors, media and radical politicians.
He also couldn't help including something from his own Manchester memories of Tib Street.
When I was a little kid I used to go to Tib Street all the time to get my ferrets and buy mice from a little pet shop and that's where we all used to go. Next door was Tib Street Joke Shop that used to sell masks and stink bombs so there's one piece that represents all that.
You have to have a closer look at some of the new mosaics to fully appreciate them with some of them holding a few hidden surprises. Kennedy's take on Joy Division's classic Unknown Pleasures album cover features several tiny coloured tile fragments to set it apart from the now iconic original.
52 Church St, Manchester, England, UK M4 1PW
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Market square, Kingston upon Thames, London, Surrey, England, UK
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Market square, Kingston upon Thames, London, Surrey, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy F7DE1M - Kingston upon Thames, also known as Kingston, is the principal settlement of the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames in southwest London. It was the ancient market town where Saxon kings were crowned. Kingston is situated 10 miles (16.1 km) southwest of Charing Cross and is one of the major metropolitan centres identified in the London Plan.
Kingston lies approximately 10 metres (33 ft) above sea level. Kingston was part of a large ancient parish in the county of Surrey and the town was an ancient borough, reformed in 1835. It has been the location of Surrey County Hall from 1893, extraterritorially in terms of local government administration since Kingston became part of Greater London in 1965. Most of the town centre is part of the KT1 postcode area, but some areas north of Kingston railway station have the postcode KT2 instead. The population of the town itself, comprising the four wards of Canbury, Grove, Norbiton and Tudor, was 43,013 in the 2011 census
Kingston-upon-Thames,London,England,UK
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County Arcade,Briggate, Leeds,England
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County Arcade,Briggate, Leeds,England
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Great Budworth, Northwich, Cheshire, England, UK
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48 Princes Street, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK EH2 2YJ
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48 Princes Street, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK EH2 2YJ
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48 Princes Street, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK EH2 2YJ
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48 Princes Street, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK EH2 2YJ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy EDR5W1 - Sterling banknotes are the banknotes in circulation in the British Islands (encompassing the United Kingdom and the British Crown dependencies), denominated in pounds sterling (symbol: £
ISO 4217 currency code GBP). One pound is equivalent to 100 pence.
The pound is the official currency of the United Kingdom and the Crown dependencies of Britain. Three British Overseas Territories also have currencies called pounds which are at par with the pound sterling.
The Bank of England does act as a central bank in that it has a monopoly on issuing banknotes in England and Wales, and regulates the issues of banks in Scotland.
The issuing of retail-bank banknotes in Scotland is subject to the Bank Charter Act 1844, Banknotes (Scotland) Act 1845, the Currency and Bank Notes Act 1928, and the Coinage Act 1971. Pursuant to some of these statutes, the Commissioners for Revenue and Customs publishes an account of the Amount of Notes authorised by Law to be issued by the several Banks of Issue in Scotland, and the Average Amount of Notes in Circulation, and of Bank of England Notes and Coin held in the London Gazette. See for example Gazette Issue 58254 published 21 February 2007 at page 2544
Scotland, United Kingdom
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy EDR5W3 - Sterling banknotes are the banknotes in circulation in the British Islands (encompassing the United Kingdom and the British Crown dependencies), denominated in pounds sterling (symbol: £
ISO 4217 currency code GBP). One pound is equivalent to 100 pence.
The pound is the official currency of the United Kingdom and the Crown dependencies of Britain. Three British Overseas Territories also have currencies called pounds which are at par with the pound sterling.
The Bank of England does act as a central bank in that it has a monopoly on issuing banknotes in England and Wales, and regulates the issues of banks in Scotland.
The issuing of retail-bank banknotes in Scotland is subject to the Bank Charter Act 1844, Banknotes (Scotland) Act 1845, the Currency and Bank Notes Act 1928, and the Coinage Act 1971. Pursuant to some of these statutes, the Commissioners for Revenue and Customs publishes an account of the Amount of Notes authorised by Law to be issued by the several Banks of Issue in Scotland, and the Average Amount of Notes in Circulation, and of Bank of England Notes and Coin held in the London Gazette. See for example Gazette Issue 58254 published 21 February 2007 at page 2544
Scotland, United Kingdom
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy EDR644 - Sterling banknotes are the banknotes in circulation in the British Islands (encompassing the United Kingdom and the British Crown dependencies), denominated in pounds sterling (symbol: £
ISO 4217 currency code GBP). One pound is equivalent to 100 pence.
The pound is the official currency of the United Kingdom and the Crown dependencies of Britain. Three British Overseas Territories also have currencies called pounds which are at par with the pound sterling.
The Bank of England does act as a central bank in that it has a monopoly on issuing banknotes in England and Wales, and regulates the issues of banks in Scotland.
The issuing of retail-bank banknotes in Scotland is subject to the Bank Charter Act 1844, Banknotes (Scotland) Act 1845, the Currency and Bank Notes Act 1928, and the Coinage Act 1971. Pursuant to some of these statutes, the Commissioners for Revenue and Customs publishes an account of the Amount of Notes authorised by Law to be issued by the several Banks of Issue in Scotland, and the Average Amount of Notes in Circulation, and of Bank of England Notes and Coin held in the London Gazette. See for example Gazette Issue 58254 published 21 February 2007 at page 2544
Scotland, United Kingdom
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Royal Mile, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
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High Street, Royal Mile,Edinburgh,Old Town, Scotland,UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy ED9DKW - Announcing its foray into the convenience sector in July 2008, Waitrose opened its first convenience store in Nottingham in December of that year. In September 2009, it was announced that a large-scale roll-out of the concept was planned, opening up to 300 stores in 5 to 10 years.
The new arm will operate in a two-tier environment, with the majority of sites expected to trade from 2,5003,000 sq ft and some trading from a larger 5,0007,000 sq ft floor plate. A trial of a 'little Waitrose' fascia on smaller floor plate stores may yet lead to brand differentiation of some or all of the convenience estate.
As of 1 February 2012 there were 29 little Waitrose convenience stores
Piccadilly Approach, Manchester, England, UK
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2 Spinningfields Square, Manchester, England, UK M3 3AE
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DJ7B0W -
87-135 Brompton Road Knightsbridge London, England SW1X 7XL, United Kingdom
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1 Greyfriars Street Edinburgh EH1 2QQ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DG38H8 -
30 Buchanan Street, Merchant City, Glasgow, Scotland UK G2 8BG
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Princes Square, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DED246 -
8 Victoria Street, EDINBURGH, EH1 2HG
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DCE78T - The present market, located on Southwark Street and Borough High Street just south of Southwark Cathedral on the southern end of London Bridge, is a successor to one that originally adjoined the end of London Bridge. It was first mentioned in 1276, although the market itself claims to have existed since 1014 and probably much earlier and was subsequently moved south of St Margaret's church on the High Street. The City of London received a royal charter from Edward VI in 1550 to control all markets in Southwark (see Guildable Manor), which was confirmed by Charles II in 1671. However, the market caused such traffic congestion that, in 1754, it was abolished by an Act of Parliament.
The Act allowed for the local parishioners to set up another market on a new site, and in 1756, it began again on a 4.5-acre (18,000 m2) site in Rochester Yard. During the 19th century, it became one of London's most important food markets due to its strategic position near the riverside wharves of the Pool of London.
The retail market operates Monday to Thursday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Fridays from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Saturdays from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. The wholesale market operates on all weekday mornings from 2 a.m. to 8 a.m.
Three attackers from the 2017 London Bridge attack ran to the area, where they stabbed and killed people with knives before they were shot dead by armed police. The market was then closed for 11 days following the attack
8 Southwark St, London SE1 1TL
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DCE793 - The present market, located on Southwark Street and Borough High Street just south of Southwark Cathedral on the southern end of London Bridge, is a successor to one that originally adjoined the end of London Bridge. It was first mentioned in 1276, although the market itself claims to have existed since 1014 and probably much earlier and was subsequently moved south of St Margaret's church on the High Street. The City of London received a royal charter from Edward VI in 1550 to control all markets in Southwark (see Guildable Manor), which was confirmed by Charles II in 1671. However, the market caused such traffic congestion that, in 1754, it was abolished by an Act of Parliament.
The Act allowed for the local parishioners to set up another market on a new site, and in 1756, it began again on a 4.5-acre (18,000 m2) site in Rochester Yard. During the 19th century, it became one of London's most important food markets due to its strategic position near the riverside wharves of the Pool of London.
The retail market operates Monday to Thursday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Fridays from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Saturdays from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. The wholesale market operates on all weekday mornings from 2 a.m. to 8 a.m.
Three attackers from the 2017 London Bridge attack ran to the area, where they stabbed and killed people with knives before they were shot dead by armed police. The market was then closed for 11 days following the attack
8 Southwark St, London SE1 1TL
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DB0H46 - Another local butchers for sale, Warrington Cheshire, England UK
Orford Rd, Padgate, Warrington, Cheshire , England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy DE9B23 - The CIS Tower is an office skyscraper on Miller Street in Manchester, England. It was completed in 1962 and rises to 387 feet (118 m) in height.
The Grade II listed building, which houses the Co-operative Banking Group, is Manchester's second-tallest building and the tallest office building in the United Kingdom outside London. The tower remained as built for over 40 years until maintenance issues on the service tower required an extensive renovation which included covering its facade in photovoltaic panels.
CIS Tower,Miller St, Manchester M4 4AH, England,UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy D8DYJX - This editorial documentary photograph shows traditional Launderette clothes wash shop in Grappenhall, Warrington closed to let. The location metadata places the image at or around Warrington Road, Grappenhall, Cheshire, England, UK WA4 2PL. It was photographed on 18 May 2013, giving the image a useful time reference for contemporary editorial, archive and stock use. Relevant subject terms include Traditional, Launderette, clothes, wash, shop, machines, washing, drying, dryers, machine, dolly, tub, making the image useful for buyers looking for precise place, object, social, travel or documentary themes. It has current retail context, showing the mix of independent traders, national chains, shopping centres and changing high streets that shape town and city centres across Britain and Ireland. With no people count recorded, the value is strongest as an editorial record of place, object, building, sign, service, landscape or public environment. The image can support articles, blogs, reports, educational material and local history features needing a clear, place-based visual with strong documentary context. No endorsement of any visible organisation, brand, campaign, political message or commercial activity is implied
the photograph records what was visible at the time.
Warrington Road, Grappenhall, Cheshire, England, UK WA4 2PL
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy CFE7HJ - £3.50 Tesco Clubcard Every Little Helps voucher held in a hand by a shopper
Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy D8HF7F - Manchester , UK dusk night panorama looking from Shude Hill towards market street and Piccadilly Gardens
Shude Hill, Manchester, England, UK M4 4AA
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy P307AA - Stock photograph shows a colourful exterior flower stall outside Altrincham Market and Market House on Greenwood Street, Altrincham, Trafford, Greater Manchester. The scene captures a busy open retail space with cut flowers, potted plants, market gazebos, shoppers, visitors, paving, street furniture and the timber-framed modern canopy of the outdoor market. The overcast sky gives soft, even daylight, useful for editorial features about high street regeneration, local shopping, independent traders, town centre footfall, food markets, flower sales, urban design and successful retail placemaking in North West England. Altrincham is often used as a case study in the revival of a struggling town centre, where food, drink, events, specialist retail, leisure and public realm improvements have helped create a more attractive destination than a conventional chain-store shopping street. The photograph can illustrate the contrast between older market traditions and contemporary market-hall culture, with flowers and plants adding colour, seasonality and human scale to the streetscape. The Market House is a Grade II listed building and the market's roots are linked to Altrincham's long history as a Cheshire market town, with the charter tradition dating back to the medieval period. The image has useful stock value for stories on Trafford Council, Greater Manchester retail policy, independent small businesses, weekend shopping, local tourism, market-led regeneration, town centre economics, community spaces, public markets, pedestrian-friendly streets, outdoor trading, British flower buying and urban lifestyle. Visible shoppers and casual browsing suit articles on consumer confidence, local enterprise, healthy town centres, civic investment, family days out, sustainable economies, walkable neighbourhoods and the appeal of fresh produce, plants and artisan stalls in a public square
12 Greenwood St, Altrincham, Cheshire, England, UK, WA14 1SA, UK
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2RWMEKP - Taken on 15 Sep 2023, this photograph shows Durham city market hall entrance, Durham Market Hall, Market Place, Durham, DH1 3NJ. The location is Durham Market Hall, Market Place, Durham, England, UK, DH1 3NJ. The picture is not just a record shot: it contains visible signage, colour, materials, location clues and everyday street detail that make the image more specific than a generic stock photograph. Durham Market Hall continues the tradition of covered urban markets, supporting small traders, food shopping, local services and tourism in a compact cathedral city centre. It would suit editorial use on shopping, retail change, independent traders, high-street survival, tourism, local economies, consumer habits and the visual identity of British town and city centres. For image buyers, the value is in the combination of recognisable subject, readable wording, location evidence and a plain documentary style that can be dropped into news, magazine, web, council, housing, transport, heritage or commercial commentary without looking over-produced. Searchable related phrases include building, markets, historic, stalls, Market Place, buildings, welcome, city, Durham, centre, architecture, history, plus wider ideas such as local identity, public realm, urban detail, social history, commercial change, everyday Britain, documentary photography and place-based storytelling. The composition gives designers scope for captions, page furniture, social media crops, report covers and article thumbnails, while the detailed captioning makes it more discoverable for searches using both specific place names and broader themes. Because the subject is clearly labelled or visually distinctive, it can also work well in search-led usage where the buyer needs immediate recognition at small web-preview size.
Durham Market Hall, Market Place, Durham, England, UK, DH1 3NJ
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2K02F42 - The original building was designed by the Coop's in-house architect F.E.L. Harris. It opened in 1906 as the headquarters of the Cooperative Wholesale Society (CWS) and was called New Central Building. It was designed to look like a headquarters building and still does.
Take a look at that façade. It is pure powerhouse Edwardian, an almost bombastic expression of commercial and national confidence. This was a time when, like it or not, the British Empire was at its peak and the nation felt big.
Hanover is Baroque, a Classical-style formed of big bold elements, nothing is reticent, subtlety is shunned. The base of the exterior walls are of Aberdeen granite, elsewhere there's red brick with Derbyshire sandstone dressings. The most immediately eye-catching elements are the giant order columns at second floor level, then a fiercely heavy cornice, followed by a sweet but strong arcade high in the sky.
Hanover Building, NOMA, Corporation Street,Manchester, England, UK, M60 0AB
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy GJ799J - From the Ben Robinson interview,Afflecks Palace In Pieces Once More
SELF-made Manchester mosaicist Mark Kennedy has had seven mosaic art pieces installed on Tib Street along the wall of Affleck's Palace. The colourful and cracked pieces feature the likes of Eric Cantona, Colin Bell, Karl Marx, Morrissey, Ian Brown, Emmeline Pankhurst, Bet Lynch and many other 'legends' associated with Manchester.
In total Kennedy has spent almost 20 years crafting the two sets of mosaics amongst other on-going work. The theme on Affleck's is Manchester heroes, with a nod given the shopping bazaar's rock'n'roll past. Thus among the great figures of Manchester depicted there are musicians, actors, media and radical politicians.
He also couldn't help including something from his own Manchester memories of Tib Street.
When I was a little kid I used to go to Tib Street all the time to get my ferrets and buy mice from a little pet shop and that's where we all used to go. Next door was Tib Street Joke Shop that used to sell masks and stink bombs so there's one piece that represents all that.
You have to have a closer look at some of the new mosaics to fully appreciate them with some of them holding a few hidden surprises. Kennedy's take on Joy Division's classic Unknown Pleasures album cover features several tiny coloured tile fragments to set it apart from the now iconic original.
52 Church St, Manchester, England, UK M4 1PW
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Description: Tony Smith image Alamy 2JHB6PT - Born Meshe David Osinsky and a Lithuanian Jew in Kurkliai, Kaunas province, he came alone to the UK in 1900 to escape the Russian pogroms. He was well-educated, having studied in a yeshiva,[1] but arrived unable to speak English
In 1901, he was staying in Cheetham Hill, Manchester. He started as a peddler, then set up as a general outfitter in Chesterfield in 1903 selling readymade suits bought from a wholesaler.[2][3] Following his marriage to Sophie Marks in 1909 the name of the company was changed from M. Burton to Burton & Burton. On the birth of twin boys in (1917) he gave his name as Montague Maurice Burton.
He died while speaking after a dinner in Leeds on 21 September 1952. The funeral was at the Harrogate Synagogue (some sources say Chapeltown) and he was interred at Gildersome.
The Tailor of Taste'
When Montague Burton became a limited company in 1917, it was registered as Montague Burton the Tailor of Taste Ltd'. The slogan, as part of Burton's name, formed part of firm's logo, appearing on fascias, parapets, floors, and even on ventilation grilles.
Tiles and Mosaics
The entrance lobbies of many Burton shops had mosaic floors in the early-to-mid 20th century, and Burton was no exception. These sometimes included the popular Burton slogan: Let Burton Dress You'. This also appears in a black and red glazed terracotta panel on the side elevation of the branch in Abergavenny (1937). Burton's terracotta was usually supplied by the Middleton Fireclay Co. of Leeds
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ISO 4217 currency code GBP). One pound is equivalent to 100 pence.
The pound is the official currency of the United Kingdom and the Crown dependencies of Britain. Three British Overseas Territories also have currencies called pounds which are at par with the pound sterling.
The Bank of England does act as a central bank in that it has a monopoly on issuing banknotes in England and Wales, and regulates the issues of banks in Scotland.
The issuing of retail-bank banknotes in Scotland is subject to the Bank Charter Act 1844, Banknotes (Scotland) Act 1845, the Currency and Bank Notes Act 1928, and the Coinage Act 1971. Pursuant to some of these statutes, the Commissioners for Revenue and Customs publishes an account of the Amount of Notes authorised by Law to be issued by the several Banks of Issue in Scotland, and the Average Amount of Notes in Circulation, and of Bank of England Notes and Coin held in the London Gazette. See for example Gazette Issue 58254 published 21 February 2007 at page 2544
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