Faded newspaper in a window.

The words 'Last Day' are painted in white emulsion on a window Camden North London, England. A Jesus figure, dolls and various bric a brac are seen in the window behind the large lettering. 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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Image Size: 4096x2730 / 910.0KB; appeal back sun faded bankrupt bankruptcy bulletin business canvas closed pasted paste joined dirty emulsion English front hand help hidden impressionist in information job jobs language left letter letters liquidated liquidation London mad message news note notice obscure obscured open opening paint pane pattern please read report reversal reversed scrawl security shop shut spell spelling staff swirl to water white window word writing written print UK England trade economics economy financial finance store credit crunch recession downturn urban city GB British Europe EU Great Britain retail shopping location commerce last day glass capital exterior outside lettering closing bust outside exterior frontage debt failure end trading high street era consumerism outlet final closure dolls tiger last ultimate gone
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The words 'Last Day' are painted in white emulsion on a window Camden North London, England. A Jesus figure, dolls and various bric a brac are seen in the window behind the large lettering. 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'.