Martin Parr: Pies, parties and pink drinks

Belfast: Long's fish and chip shop, Athol Street. This traditional chippy is always crowded on a Friday, the day for fish Photograph: Martin Parr

Belfast: 'Billy', as seen in Truffles bread and cake shop on Sandy Row Photograph: Martin Parr

Belfast: Orange March, July 12. This Protestant march is now rebranded as 'Orangefest', and so can attract grants from bodies such as the Northern Ireland Tourist Board. In future, this festival will celebrate the Orange tradition rather than be a mouthpiece for Protestant anger Photograph: Martin Parr

Belfast: BT call centre. The two most reassuring British accents, so the story goes, are Northern Irish and Geordie. Call centres are a big industry for the province Photograph: Martin Parr

Brighton: David Sawyers, member of the Brighton sea swimming club, some of whose members swim in the sea all year round. David is disabled and loves his swimming, where he can experience total freedom both physically and mentally Photograph: Martin Parr

Brighton: The dilapidated West Pier Photograph: Martin Parr

Brighton: Doggy fashion, George Street, Hove. This dog-grooming parlour is overrun with work - some dogs even come in on a weekly basis Photograph: Martin Parr

Brighton: Outside Digital club, which is built under the Kings Road arches down on the seafront. All clubs now have to have cordoned-off smoking areas outside their doors Photograph: Martin Parr

Bristol: Airbus UK's headquarters is at Filton, a huge site in the north of Bristol. It's so extensive that you need a car to get around it, and employs 6,500 people. This image shows the construction of wings for the A400M military transporter plane. Although these wings are enormous, the technicians working on them are like dentists, with small drills and mirrors to see inside the wings as the spec on the has to be so precise Photograph: Martin Parr

Bristol: Steep terrace housing in Totterdown Photograph: Martin Parr

Bristol: Nick Ward, Richard Green and permaculture expert Mike Feingold of East Side Roots, a community cooperative promoting gardening and growing local produce Photograph: Martin Parr

Bristol: Everyone knows Aardman films, and I visited their huge unit in Aztec West where they were shooting the latest tale of Wallace and Gromit. The animation is painstakingly slow, and even a few seconds of action takes weeks to shoot Photograph: Martin Parr

Cambridge: King's College students in the magnificent grounds running beside the river Cam. The latest published figures show that, at 74%, King's accepted the highest percentage of state school applicants compared to other standard Cambridge colleges Photograph: Martin Parr

Cambridge: H Gee Electrical Shop, Mill Road. This wonderful shop is run by Priscilla oldstein and her son Philip. As well as all the electrical components you could possibly want, you also have BBC Radio 4 on full volume, and of course, a leisurely chat with the proprietors Photograph: Martin Parr

Cambridge: Darwin's beetle collection. University Museum of Zoology Photograph: Martin Parr

Cambridge: Midsomer Common. These rare-breed Red Poll cows are bred for their meat Photograph: Martin Parr

Cardiff: Rugby's Heineken Cup final at the Millennium Stadium in May saw Munster beat Toulouse 16-13. The city was very lively indeed that night, as Munster fans gave the Welsh a lesson in drinking and celebrating Photograph: Martin Parr

Cardiff: Residents of the Red Sea House, a housing scheme for retired Somali seamen in Maria Street, Bluetown. Because of the docks there is a very strong connection with the Somali community in Cardiff Photograph: Martin Parr

Cardiff: Cardiff Bay barrage, Penarth Photograph: Martin Parr

Cardiff: The 'gentleman only' bar in the Canton Liberal Club, Cowbridge Road East. Working men's clubs are generally not in great economic shape, but this one is thriving. On Saturday night it's a mixture of drinking, bingo and dancing Photograph: Martin Parr

Edinburgh: Edinburgh Castle Photograph: Martin Parr

Edinburgh: Scotmid supermarket, Leith. This independent Scottish co-operative has 130 food stores and is one of the country's biggest employers Photograph: Martin Parr

Edinburgh: The Leith Rules Golf Society. I had always assumed that golf had started at St Andrews, but members of this bizarre club were more than happy to correct me. Golf was being played on Leith Links in the 1740s and when they decided to hold a competition, it was demanded that someone write down some rules. So, recorded in the minutes of the Edinburgh council, on March 7 1744, are the rules of golf, not dissimilar to what we know now Photograph: Martin Parr

Edinburgh: Seeing the Queen ... Visit Britannia, moored at Ocean Terminal in Leith. You can tour this boat that was decommissioned in December 1997. This hugely popular attraction is like a film set from the 1950s. It required a total refit but, instead, has become a chance to witness where the Queen sometimes resided in another age Photograph: Martin Parr

Leeds: Leeds prison offers cookery classes, for which there is an understandably long waiting list. The great attraction is that you can eat what you cook. Prisoners are allocated £3 per day for meals so the results are not spectacular. Here Robert Wilkinson tucks into apple crumble and custard, which was preceded by shepherd's pie Photograph: Martin Parr

Leeds: Members of the Johane Masowe chuch assemble in the street before their service on Friday morning in Potternewton. This predominately Zimbabwean church has a good following in Leeds. Members wear white and their garments are put on whilst kneeling on the street before they enter the church Photograph: Martin Parr

Leeds: Stephenson Wallpapers. This shop on Hunslet Road has been run by Michael Steel for 60 years. He shows no sign of retiring at the age of 75. Here he is with Jan Steel and Rita Lee Photograph: Martin Parr

Leeds: Legs, city centre Photograph: Martin Parr

Liverpool: To this day, there is a substantial resistance to buying the Sun in Liverpool - a reaction to the tabloid's reporting of the Hillsborough disaster that killed 96 football fans in April 1989. This was still evident when I visited the Halewood car plant Photograph: Martin Parr

Liverpool: Dockers at Liverpool's Royal Seaforth Container Terminal Photograph: Martin Parr

Liverpool: Under and over the Mersey ... Liverpool has a great tradition of allowing people to walk under the Mersey through the Queensway Tunnel, which was opened for a day on June 15 this year as part of the city's Capital of Culture celebrations. Some 15,000 people walked through and caught the ferry back. When this tunnel first opened in 1934, 80,000 people made the same trip, but it hadn't been opened to pedestrians since 1994 Photograph: Martin Parr

Liverpool: The famous Halewood car plant, for many years the home of Ford, is now owned by Tata, the Indian motor group. Here they make the Land Rover Freelander 2 and the Jaguar X-Type, employing 2,500 people. Although much of the plant is run by robots, there are many sections that have to be hand-assembled Photograph: Martin Parr

Manchester: Sainsbury's in Warren Street, Stockport Photograph: Martin Parr

Manchester: Diners in the Manchester Tennis & Racquet club in Salford eat and chat under the gaze of former club legends Photograph: Martin Parr

Manchester: Jacko, right, and the lads at the Auto Salvage yard in Gorton Road Photograph: Martin Parr

Manchester: Terraced houses in Seedley Photograph: Martin Parr

Newcastle: William Wight, North Shields. This traditional shop, run by Martin Ponton and his wife, originally supplied the fishing fleet of North Shields with all their traditions. Now there are barely a handful of fishing boats left, but the shop still thrives as it now supplies the local community Photograph: Martin Parr

Newcastle: City centre, Friday night Photograph: Martin Parr

Newcastle: Malcolm Scott of the North oh England Homing Union, with 'Mr T'. There is still a huge homing pigeon tradition in the Newcastle area, and Malcolm has been one of the most successful owners this season. His loft is opposite the Angel of the North Photograph: Martin Parr

Newcastle: Indoor bowls at the West Drayton Community Centre Photograph: Martin Parr