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  • A middle-aged woman walks along a gloomy street in Toxteth, Liverpool, England. Passing a boarded-up greengrocer that probably once served the local community, the lady strides past its sealed window and the name of its past owner, obviously proud of her business' quality in an otherwise run-down area. Toxteth saw serious rioting in 1981 and the legacy of social-deprivation ever since meant a breakdown of law and order.  Used as the epitome of poor inner-city Britain, it is located to the south of the city and is synonymous with social issues, degradation and poverty with some of the most underprivileged families in the UK. Recently many streets in the worst areas have been demolished including a threat to Beatle Ringo Starr's childhood home.
    toxteth_woman-08-08-1991.jpg
  • Canary Wharf tower seen from below, London Docklands, East London England. A pedestrian light shows both green for walk and red for don't walk while a street light that has just been illuminated starts to glow on the right. Blue light of the late day and an overcast sky makes the scene gloomy and slightly threatening. Canary Wharf is the product of the 1980s financial boom when during the office of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, huge building projects such as the Docklands consortium saw vast changes in London's landscape.
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  • Seen through upper-deck window condensation, buses and traffic during damp, gloomy weather in central London.
    rain_journey05-19-09-2013.jpg
  • Seen through upper-deck window condensation, passengers wait at a bus stop during damp, gloomy weather in central London.
    rain_journey02-19-09-2013.jpg
  • An after-work Christmas party at Coates Wine Bar on London Wall (street) gathers energy after nine o'clock pm at a table near the bar. A group of three girls sing along to a karaoke machine while one of the three sticks out her tongue towards her friend. They are each drinking glasses of white wine and two packets of Marlboro and one of Silk Cut cigarettes lies on the table surrounded by their handbags and other possessions including a camera. There are other people in the background including two men at the bar and a man on his own edging past with a cigarette in his right hand. It is a gloomy place to party with little artificial light to colour (color) the scene. The City of London has a resident population of under 10,000 but a daily working population of 311,000. The City of London is a geographically-small City within Greater London, England. The City as it is known, is the historic core of London from which, along with Westminster, the modern conurbation grew. The City's boundaries have remained constant since the Middle Ages but  it is now only a tiny part of Greater London. The City of London is a major financial centre, often referred to as just the City or as the Square Mile, as it is approximately one square mile (2.6 km) in area. London Bridge's history stretches back to the first crossing over Roman Londinium, close to this site and subsequent wooden and stone bridges have helped modern London become a financial success.
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  • The outline of electricity cables stretch across a gloomy winter sky in woodland near Wrington, North Somerset England. Diagonally, the cables travel across the picture but they are part of a line of L6 pylons that have already crossed many miles of South-West England's countryside, carrying 40,000 Volts along this network of aluminium cables to power some of Bristol's high supply demands. In the foreground we see the bare boughs and branches of trees creating a Sci-Fi scene of ugly 21st technology versus the beauty of nature. Insatiable appetites for raw power and energy means electricity is now an expensive comodity after climbing oil prices doubled electricity utility bills for some domestic users.
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  • A cyclist pedals past coloured lights during damp, gloomy weather opposite the British Museum in central London.
    street_lights06-19-09-2013.jpg
  • A family walk beneath coloured lights during damp, gloomy weather in central London.
    street_lights05-19-09-2013.jpg
  • Seen through upper-deck window condensation, buses and traffic during damp, gloomy weather in central London.
    rain_journey03-19-09-2013.jpg
  • Seen through upper-deck window condensation, a crowd of waiting passengers use umbrellas at a bus stop during damp, gloomy weather in central London.
    rain_journey01-19-09-2013.jpg
  • In evening city mist, a car park attendant stands guard over his downtown Atlanta parking lot. Next to him is a giant billboard for Marlboro with the classic face of the Marlboro cowboy, depicted drawing on a cigarette and wearing the traditional wide-brimmed stetson. They are low in the frame and the gloomy and eerie mist sits oppressively around the tall buildings, obscuring their top floors. Office lights still burn and a bright street light shines with the intensity of a small solar flare. The Marlboro Man is part of a tobacco advertising campaign for Marlboro cigarettes. The Marlboro Man was first conceived by the Leo Burnett agency in 1954. The image involves a rugged cowboy or cowboys, in nature with only a cigarette. The ads were originally conceived as a way to popularize filtered cigarettes, which at the time were considered feminine. Actor and author William Thourlby is said to have been the first Marlboro Man. The models who portrayed the Marlboro Man were New York Giants Quarterback Charley Conerly, New York Giants Defensive Back Jim Patton, Darrell Winfield, Dick Hammer, Brad Johnson, Bill Dutra, Dean Myers, Robert Norris, Wayne McLaren, David McLean and Tom Mattox. Two of them, McLaren and McLean, died of lung cancer.
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  • Canary Wharf tower is seen from below at street level in London Docklands, England. The sun glints off one corner of the highly-reflective surface of the building underexposing the mottled sky to make the scene gloomy and slightly threatening. It also looks aspirational for any corpoiration to have its headquarters in this iconic skyscraper tower. It thrusts itself in from the bottom left corner into the centre of the picture with imposing dominance as if pointing towards Heaven like a church spire. Canary Wharf is the product of the 1980s financial boom when during the office of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, huge building projects such as the Docklands consortium saw vast changes in London's landscape.
    RB-0032.jpg
  • A woman walks beneath coloured lights during damp, gloomy weather in central London.
    street_lights02-19-09-2013.jpg
  • Seen through upper-deck window condensation, buses and traffic during damp, gloomy weather in central London.
    rain_journey04-19-09-2013.jpg
  • Late at night, in a gloomy arrivals gate at Chicago O'Hare airport, a young man sits patiently on his own awaiting the arrival of his girlfriend after a holiday in Asia. It is the last flight to land and a helium balloon floats on a string bearing the words 'Welcome Home', a popular gesture for relatives in airports around the world, each having their own cultural way of showing affection for arriving family members after long absences. The balloon stands still, the only colour amid the drab interior of this sprawling airport hub. Picture from the 'Plane Pictures' project, a celebration of aviation aesthetics and flying culture, 100 years after the Wright brothers first 12 seconds/120 feet powered flight at Kitty Hawk,1903. .
    aviation_corbis54-10-11-2000.jpg
  • A businessman uses a large brolley during damp, gloomy weather in central London.
    umbrella_man01-19-09-2013.jpg
  • Two women walk beneath coloured lights during damp, gloomy weather in central London.
    street_lights04-19-09-2013.jpg
  • A woman walks beneath coloured lights during damp, gloomy weather opposite the British Museum in central London.
    street_lights03-19-09-2013.jpg
  • The dark outline of an electricity pylon stands over a gloomy winter sky in woodland near Wrington, North Somerset England.
    electricity055-27-12-2007 .jpg
  • An electricity pylon stands amongst bare trees on a gloomy winter day in woodland near Wrington, North Somerset England.
    electricity057-28-12-2007 .jpg
  • After heavy rainfall, Londoners and visitors walk along Long Acre, Covent Garden, on 24th October 2019, in Westminster, London, England.
    london_rain-55-24-10-2019.jpg
  • A mother with a green balloon walks past a film industry delivery van during heavy rainfall on an autumn afternoon in Trafalgar Square, on 24th October 2019, in Westminster, London, England.
    london_rain-21-24-10-2019.jpg
  • Identically-dressed visitors to the capital endure heavy rainfall on an autumn afternoon in Trafalgar Square, on 24th October 2019, in Westminster, London, England.
    london_rain-03-24-10-2019.jpg
  • New burger shop with derelict restaurant businesses left to decay on Toynbee Street, Tower Hamlets, East London.
    derelict_shops03-19-11-2010.jpg
  • A solitary person walks alone on a wet pavement during seasonal showers on Piccadilly in the capital's West End during the third lockdown of the Coronavirus pandemic, on 22 February 2021, in London, England.
    bus_journey01-22-02-2021.jpg
  • An elderly lady endures heavy rainfall on an autumn afternoon outside St. Martin-in-the-Fields church on Duncannon Street WC2, on 24th October 2019, in Westminster, London, England.
    london_rain-52-24-10-2019.jpg
  • Londoners and visitors to the capital endure heavy rainfall on an autumn afternoon outside St. Martin-in-the-Fields church on Trafalgar Square, on 24th October 2019, in Westminster, London, England.
    london_rain-48-24-10-2019.jpg
  • Visitors to the capital wearing identical plastic macs endure heavy rainfall on an autumn afternoon in Trafalgar Square, on 24th October 2019, in Westminster, London, England.
    london_rain-42-24-10-2019.jpg
  • A family visiting the capital endures heavy rainfall on an autumn afternoon outside St. Martin-in-the-Fields church on Trafalgar Square, on 24th October 2019, in Westminster, London, England.
    london_rain-39-24-10-2019.jpg
  • A London city tour bus passes visitors to the capital during heavy rainfall on an autumn afternoon in Trafalgar Square, on 24th October 2019, in Westminster, London, England.
    london_rain-38-24-10-2019.jpg
  • Londoners and visitors to the capital endure heavy rainfall on an autumn afternoon outside St. Martin-in-the-Fields church on Trafalgar Square, on 24th October 2019, in Westminster, London, England.
    london_rain-25-24-10-2019.jpg
  • A film industry delivery van and a Belisha beacon on Charing Cross Road, on 24th October 2019, in Westminster, London, England.
    london_rain-23-24-10-2019.jpg
  • Christmas trees attached to a red hoarding near an Xmas theme village on London's Southbank, England.
    southbank-11-21-11-2016.jpg
  • African street vendors wait for coach tourists to sell postcards near the Eiffel Tower, at the Trocadero, Paris.
    paris_postcards-28-09-2005.jpg
  • Flour delivery and football club shelter and bench in front of the Delacre biscuit production factory in Lambermont, Belgium.
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  • A boarded-up derelict cafe that once served All Day Breakfasts, now on wasteland in Canning Town, Newham..
    electricity216-20-01-2008 .jpg
  • After heavy rainfall, Londoners and visitors walk along Long Acre, Covent Garden, on 24th October 2019, in Westminster, London, England.
    london_rain-56-24-10-2019.jpg
  • After heavy rainfall, Londoners and visitors walk along Long Acre, Covent Garden, on 24th October 2019, in Westminster, London, England.
    london_rain-54-24-10-2019.jpg
  • Londoners and visitors to the capital endure heavy rainfall on an autumn afternoon outside St. Martin-in-the-Fields church on Trafalgar Square, on 24th October 2019, in Westminster, London, England.
    london_rain-53-24-10-2019.jpg
  • Two visitors to the capital endure heavy rainfall on an autumn afternoon outside St. Martin-in-the-Fields church on Trafalgar Square, on 24th October 2019, in Westminster, London, England.
    london_rain-51-24-10-2019.jpg
  • Londoners and visitors to the capital endure heavy rainfall on an autumn afternoon in Trafalgar Square, on 24th October 2019, in Westminster, London, England.
    london_rain-50-24-10-2019.jpg
  • An elderly lady using a Zimmer frame endures heavy rainfall on an autumn afternoon outside St. Martin-in-the-Fields church on Trafalgar Square, on 24th October 2019, in Westminster, London, England.
    london_rain-45-24-10-2019.jpg
  • A London city tour bus passes visitors to the capital during heavy rainfall on an autumn afternoon in Trafalgar Square, on 24th October 2019, in Westminster, London, England.
    london_rain-34-24-10-2019.jpg
  • Londoners and visitors to the capital endure heavy rainfall on an autumn afternoon in Trafalgar Square, on 24th October 2019, in Westminster, London, England.
    london_rain-32-24-10-2019.jpg
  • Londoners and visitors to the capital endure heavy rainfall on an autumn afternoon outside St. Martin-in-the-Fields church on Trafalgar Square, on 24th October 2019, in Westminster, London, England.
    london_rain-30-24-10-2019.jpg
  • A mother carries her child under a Minnie Mouse umbrella during heavy rainfall on an autumn afternoon near Trafalgar Square, on 24th October 2019, in Westminster, London, England.
    london_rain-19-24-10-2019.jpg
  • A mother carries her child under a Minnie Mouse umbrella during heavy rainfall on an autumn afternoon near Trafalgar Square, on 24th October 2019, in Westminster, London, England.
    london_rain-17-24-10-2019.jpg
  • A family visiting the capital endure heavy rainfall on an autumn afternoon in Trafalgar Square, on 24th October 2019, in Westminster, London, England.
    london_rain-08-24-10-2019.jpg
  • Londoners and visitors to the capital endure heavy rainfall on an autumn afternoon in Trafalgar Square, on 24th October 2019, in Westminster, London, England.
    london_rain-01-24-10-2019.jpg
  • Christmas trees attached to a red hoarding near an Xmas theme village on London's Southbank, England.
    southbank-10-21-11-2016.jpg
  • Square theme landscape on London's Southbank in central London, England.
    southbank-08-21-11-2016.jpg
  • An employee of London's Southbank carries a life ring near pavement artwork.
    southbank-07-21-11-2016.jpg
  • Morning fog envelopes pedestrians crossing the river Thames on the Millennium Bridge.
    city_people04-02-11-2015.jpg
  • Morning fog envelopes pedestrians crossing the river Thames on the Millennium Bridge with the dome of St Paul's Cathedral in the background.
    city_people07-02-11-2015.jpg
  • Morning fog envelopes a pedestrian crossing the river Thames on the Millennium Bridge with the dome of St Paul's Cathedral in the background.
    city_people08-02-11-2015.jpg
  • Smoking women and dejected-looking businessmen sit looking at the ground in sunshine outside an office complex in the City of London.
    city_people06-17-04-2015.jpg
  • Dejected-looking businessmen sit looking at the ground in sunshine outside an office complex in the City of London.
    city_people04-17-04-2015.jpg
  • A downcast male pedestrian walks through reflected light shining from a City of London office building.
    city_road07-21-02-2014.jpg
  • Mercedes car parked by derelict restaurant business left to decay on Toynbee Street, Tower Hamlets, East London.
    derelict_shops05-19-11-2010.jpg
  • In a rear alleyway between poor terraced housing in Liverpool, England, we see many black bin-bags are left against industrial brick walls awaiting collection during the Merseyside dustmans' strike of 1991. The cobbled alley of these 'back to back' houses are in a poor area, south of the city centre and home to deprived families. The industrial action against the local authority was a health problem for Liverpool during the summer of '91 when streets filled with rubbish. Vermin like rats ran around and public city parks filled with every kind of refuse and garbage. Few of these back-to-backs now exist after being cleared to allow construction of high-rise tower-blocks and flats.
    toxteth_alley-14-06-1991.jpg
  • Surrounded by black bin-bags during the Merseyside dustmans' strike of 1991, two young "Scouse' girls lean against a brick wall in a rear alleyway between poor terraced housing in Liverpool, England. There is an older, taller white teenage girl with blonde hair dressed in a blue shell-suit and a shorter and younger friend of Asian-descent. Looking suspicious and amused at something across the cobbled alley of these 'back to back' houses in a poor area, South of the city centre, home to deprived families. The industrial action aginst the local authority was a health problem for Liverpool during the summer of '91 when streets filled with rubbish. Vermin like rats ran around and public city parks filled with every kind of refuse and garbage. Few of these back-to-backs exist after being cleared to allow construction of high-rise tower-blocks and flats.
    RB_017-14-06-1991.jpg
  • An elderly retired couple pause on the wide but darkly lit dance floor at Blackpool Tower Ballroom, England. They are the only dancers in the empty dance space, except for the Wurlitzer organist who is playing his accompanying music at the front of the stage, in a pool of bright light. We are looking down from a balcony high above and the husband and wife are pausing during their dance routine, stopping just long enough to register as sharp figures in the picture. The light is orange and red because of the tungsten light source. The Ballroom is the traditional home of the mighty Wurlitzer Organ and complemented by the 3 Deck Wersi - the world's most advanced organ. The Wersi is a state-of-the-art Louvre organ which is played by the resident organists in this magnificent setting. The present interior of the Blackpool Tower circus  was created by the famous theatre designer, Frank Matcham and completed in 1900.
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  • Despite a gloriously bright summer afternoon, we see a depressing corner of Southend-on-Sea's Adventure Island. A young couple sits on some white towels in front of a wall that is adorned with graffiti and has its paint rubbed away. It is a scene of squalor and desolation in a town that makes revenue from the day-tripper holiday market. Since Victorian times, many Londoners have traditionally come to this south-east coast on the Thames Estuary, close to the capital. Towns like this have seen a marked decline since the advent of the package tourism in favour of exotic beaches in Spain.
    RB-0115.jpg
  • A young girl dressed in a red coat and pink socks walks half-way along a bright yellow stretch of corrugated sheet metal that screens off a derelict block of flats in Toxteth, Liverpool, England. The flats' windows are also partly-boarded up in an area that saw serious rioting in 1981.  Toxteth is an inner-city area of Liverpool, Merseyside. It is located to the south of the city and is synonymous with social issues, degradation and poverty with some of the most underprivileged families in the UK. Recently many streets in the worst areas have been demolished  including Beatle Ringo Starr's childhood home.
    RB-0026.jpg
  • Through a filthy alleyway in Toxteth, Liverpool a local man still washes his car amid socially-deprived streets and housing
    liverpool_alley01-14-06-1991.jpg
  • Rusting corrugated iron sheeting and sprayed graffiti on wasteland in Canning Town, Newham, East London..
    electricity215-20-01-2008 .jpg
  • Approaching rain clouds gather above homes in the south London borough of Lambeth, on 6th April 2022, in London, England.
    ruskin_houses-03-06-04-2022.jpg
  • After heavy rainfall, Londoners and visitors walk along Long Acre, Covent Garden, on 24th October 2019, in Westminster, London, England.
    london_rain-57-24-10-2019.jpg
  • An elderly lady using a Zimmer frame endures heavy rainfall on an autumn afternoon outside St. Martin-in-the-Fields church on Trafalgar Square, on 24th October 2019, in Westminster, London, England.
    london_rain-46-24-10-2019.jpg
  • Visitors to the capital wearing identical plastic macs endure heavy rainfall on an autumn afternoon in Trafalgar Square, on 24th October 2019, in Westminster, London, England.
    london_rain-44-24-10-2019.jpg
  • A young man and woman share an umbrella during heavy rainfall on an autumn afternoon in Trafalgar Square, on 24th October 2019, in Westminster, London, England.
    london_rain-37-24-10-2019.jpg
  • A young visitor to the capital endures heavy rainfall on an autumn afternoon outside St. Martin-in-the-Fields church on Trafalgar Square, on 24th October 2019, in Westminster, London, England.
    london_rain-35-24-10-2019.jpg
  • A pet owner and her dog endure heavy rainfall on an autumn afternoon in Trafalgar Square, on 24th October 2019, in Westminster, London, England.
    london_rain-24-24-10-2019.jpg
  • A mother carries her child under a Minnie Mouse umbrella during heavy rainfall on an autumn afternoon near Trafalgar Square, on 24th October 2019, in Westminster, London, England.
    london_rain-16-24-10-2019.jpg
  • A mother carries her child under a Minnie Mouse umbrella during heavy rainfall on an autumn afternoon near Trafalgar Square, on 24th October 2019, in Westminster, London, England.
    london_rain-13-24-10-2019.jpg
  • Two ladies use transparent umbrellas during heavy rainfall on an autumn afternoon on the Strand, on 24th October 2019, in Westminster, London, England.
    london_rain-12-24-10-2019.jpg
  • Two ladies use transparent umbrellas during heavy rainfall on an autumn afternoon outside St. Martin-in-the-Fields church on Trafalgar Square, on 24th October 2019, in Westminster, London, England.
    london_rain-10-24-10-2019.jpg
  • Identically-dressed visitors to the capital endure heavy rainfall on an autumn afternoon in Trafalgar Square, on 24th October 2019, in Westminster, London, England.
    london_rain-02-24-10-2019.jpg
  • Damp walls, a doorway and new striped poles protruding from underneath a railway bridge, on 2nd March 2017, in Waterloo, London borough of Southwark, England.
    waterloo_doorway-01-02-03-2017.jpg
  • Damp walls, a doorway and new striped poles protruding from underneath a railway bridge, on 2nd March 2017, in Waterloo, London borough of Southwark, England.
    waterloo_doorway-02-02-03-2017.jpg
  • An employee of London's Southbank carries a life ring near pavement artwork.
    southbank-06-21-11-2016.jpg
  • Morning fog envelopes pedestrians crossing the river Thames on the Millennium Bridge.
    city_people06-02-11-2015.jpg
  • Strip of tourist postcards on sale as a workman passes-by carrying ladder near the Eiffel Tower, at the Trocadero, Paris.
    paris_postcards01-28-09-2005.jpg
  • Bin-bags and refuse in back-to-back housing alleyway during the Merseyside dustmens' strike of 199
    liverpool_refuse01-14-06-1991.jpg
  • On a misty morning, a single pony grazes in a field in front of the Delacre biscuit production factory in Lambermont, Belgium.
    Lambermont_biscuits_39.jpg
  • MDF board obscuring a blackboard advertising enterntainment in a closed pub on wasteland in  Canning Town, Newham..
    electricity226-20-01-2008 .jpg
  • The skies darken above the sunlit dome of St Paul's Cathedral and the City of London on 26th October 2020, in London, England.
    st_pauls_sky02-26-10-2020.jpg
  • Londoners and visitors to the capital endure heavy rainfall on an autumn afternoon outside St. Martin-in-the-Fields church on Trafalgar Square, on 24th October 2019, in Westminster, London, England.
    london_rain-49-24-10-2019.jpg
  • An elderly lady using a Zimmer frame endures heavy rainfall on an autumn afternoon outside St. Martin-in-the-Fields church on Trafalgar Square, on 24th October 2019, in Westminster, London, England.
    london_rain-47-24-10-2019.jpg
  • Visitors to the capital wearing identical plastic macs endure heavy rainfall on an autumn afternoon in Trafalgar Square, on 24th October 2019, in Westminster, London, England.
    london_rain-43-24-10-2019.jpg
  • Londoners and visitors to the capital endure heavy rainfall on an autumn afternoon outside St. Martin-in-the-Fields church on Trafalgar Square, on 24th October 2019, in Westminster, London, England.
    london_rain-40-24-10-2019.jpg
  • A young man and woman share an umbrella during heavy rainfall on an autumn afternoon in Trafalgar Square, on 24th October 2019, in Westminster, London, England.
    london_rain-36-24-10-2019.jpg
  • Londoners and visitors to the capital endure heavy rainfall on an autumn afternoon in Trafalgar Square, on 24th October 2019, in Westminster, London, England.
    london_rain-29-24-10-2019.jpg
  • A Londoner covers his head during heavy rainfall on an autumn afternoon near Trafalgar Square, on 24th October 2019, in Westminster, London, England.
    london_rain-28-24-10-2019.jpg
  • Londoners and visitors to the capital endure heavy rainfall on an autumn afternoon in Trafalgar Square, on 24th October 2019, in Westminster, London, England.
    london_rain-26-24-10-2019.jpg
  • A mother with a green balloon walks past a film industry delivery van during heavy rainfall on an autumn afternoon in Trafalgar Square, on 24th October 2019, in Westminster, London, England.
    london_rain-20-24-10-2019.jpg
  • A mother carries her child under a Minnie Mouse umbrella during heavy rainfall on an autumn afternoon near Trafalgar Square, on 24th October 2019, in Westminster, London, England.
    london_rain-14-24-10-2019.jpg
  • A family visiting the capital endure heavy rainfall on an autumn afternoon in Trafalgar Square, on 24th October 2019, in Westminster, London, England.
    london_rain-07-24-10-2019.jpg
  • An elderly lady endures heavy rainfall on an autumn afternoon in Trafalgar Square, on 24th October 2019, in Westminster, London, England.
    london_rain-04-24-10-2019.jpg
  • An elderly lady endures heavy rainfall on an autumn afternoon in Trafalgar Square, on 24th October 2019, in Westminster, London, England.
    london_rain-05-24-10-2019.jpg
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