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The message in graffiti lettering "Don't come here they attack you" has been written on a wall outside a house in the Toxteth area of Liverpool, Merseyside England. Flat 1A has a bright red-painted door and red bricks in an otherwise poverty-stricken district of this poor inner-city where crime and social deprivation has become the normal way of life for Scouses (someone from Liverpool). We see the red theme carried throughout this image of threat and ill-discipline where survival is clearly hard. These 'back to back' terraced houses have largely been demolished during Liverpool's regeneration during the 60s and 70s though some remain, accommodating unfortunate families on low-income.

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RB_111-14-06-1991.jpg

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Richard Baker

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England Britain UK Richard Baker reportage photojournalism architecture crime diversity environmental issues nostalgia social issues Liverpool Merseyside 1991 poor poverty social welfare environment city urban deprived area conditions generation squalor disadvantaged urbanisation unjust back to back ownership homes housing old bygone derelict street terraced slums gloomy depression Scouse local authority council law and order crime doorway threatening 1A flat red security warning graffiti written Toxteth unfortunate domestic low-income poorest inner-city

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