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Last day

12 images Created 7 Aug 2023

The Last Day of trading, of a failed or a relocating business.

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  • Seen through a junk shop window in north London, the large letters Last Day have been painted in white emulsion paint on the pane of glass. Between the letters are figures and bric-a-brac on sale in this budget store. A tiger model; a Jesus figure; a doll in a green dress. 'Last Day' is also ironic in a Biblical context as it was taken a few days after the Day of Resurrection and Easter.
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  • 'Last Day' is written on a closed taylors business in London, a victim of the UK recession. Reduced prices and services are listed on the glass with a poster urging customers to grab a bargain. Around a recession-bled Britain, high-street businesses have been going bust in their thousands. Britain has now endured eight recessions since the Second World War. No two recessions are alike, and that applies to the current slowdown also. It has been caused by a shock to the availability of credit, a massive build up of debt. The number of people out of work currently stands at almost two million. Given the rate at which the economy is deteriorating this could easily be above three million. From a continuing piece of work about windows and urban messages, the picture is from the project of closed business windows: 'Bust - the Art of Recession'.
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  • The last days of 12th month December, have been crossed off as a countdown to the end of a year, written on a shop window.
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  • A closed DVD rental shop in south London has gone bust, a victim of the UK's economic climate.
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  • A closed business in Central London, a victim of the UK recession.
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  • A closed business in Central London, a victim of the UK recession.
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  • Last Day Friday notice for now closed business in central London, a victim of the UK recession. .
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  • Sprayed writing on a closed recession business window.
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  • The window of a now vacant shop window, closed after its last day of trading in Oxford Street, London, UK.
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  • A closed shop still bears in its window the evidence of its last few days of business, on 1st August 2017, at Blackfriars, in London, England.
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  • A detail of a shop on London's Oxford Street, its message reading the business closing down on the last day, on 17th July 2019, in London England.
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  • The 'Last Day' of trading has been written on the window of a now closed retailer in the City of London, the capital's financial district, on 6th August 2023, in London, England.
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