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  • Boarded up houses near Middlesborough city centre. There are many empty properties in the area.
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  • Boarded up front doors of derelict houses in Middlesborough town centre, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom.
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  • A workman puts up fencing as homes and businesses are fenced off and boarded up in preparation for the upcoming Notting Hill Carnival on August 22nd 2019 in London, England, United Kingdom. An expected 1 million revellers are expected to visit Carnival on the weekend, so many owners have decided to protect their properties as a precaution.
    20190822_notting hill boarded up_014.jpg
  • Homes and businesses are fenced off and boarded up in preparation for the upcoming Notting Hill Carnival on August 22nd 2019 in London, England, United Kingdom. An expected 1 million revellers are expected to visit Carnival on the weekend, so many owners have decided to protect their properties as a precaution.
    20190822_notting hill boarded up_016.jpg
  • Homes and businesses are fenced off and boarded up in preparation for the upcoming Notting Hill Carnival on August 22nd 2019 in London, England, United Kingdom. An expected 1 million revellers are expected to visit Carnival on the weekend, so many owners have decided to protect their properties as a precaution.
    20190822_notting hill boarded up_011.jpg
  • A bridge on Golbourne Road is fenced off and boarded up in preparation for the upcoming Notting Hill Carnival on August 22nd 2019 in London, England, United Kingdom. An expected 1 million revellers are expected to visit Carnival on the weekend, so many owners have decided to protect their properties as a precaution.
    20190822_notting hill boarded up_009.jpg
  • Homes and businesses are fenced off and boarded up in preparation for the upcoming Notting Hill Carnival on August 22nd 2019 in London, England, United Kingdom. An expected 1 million revellers are expected to visit Carnival on the weekend, so many owners have decided to protect their properties as a precaution.
    20190822_notting hill boarded up_007.jpg
  • Homes and businesses are fenced off and boarded up in preparation for the upcoming Notting Hill Carnival on August 22nd 2019 in London, England, United Kingdom. An expected 1 million revellers are expected to visit Carnival on the weekend, so many owners have decided to protect their properties as a precaution.
    20190822_notting hill boarded up_004.jpg
  • Homes and businesses are fenced off and boarded up in preparation for the upcoming Notting Hill Carnival on August 22nd 2019 in London, England, United Kingdom. An expected 1 million revellers are expected to visit Carnival on the weekend, so many owners have decided to protect their properties as a precaution.
    20190822_notting hill boarded up_012.jpg
  • Homes and businesses are fenced off and boarded up in preparation for the upcoming Notting Hill Carnival on August 22nd 2019 in London, England, United Kingdom. An expected 1 million revellers are expected to visit Carnival on the weekend, so many owners have decided to protect their properties as a precaution.
    20190822_notting hill boarded up_015.jpg
  • A bridge on Golbourne Road is fenced off and boarded up in preparation for the upcoming Notting Hill Carnival on August 22nd 2019 in London, England, United Kingdom. An expected 1 million revellers are expected to visit Carnival on the weekend, so many owners have decided to protect their properties as a precaution.
    20190822_notting hill boarded up_008.jpg
  • A bridge on Golbourne Road is fenced off and boarded up in preparation for the upcoming Notting Hill Carnival on August 22nd 2019 in London, England, United Kingdom. An expected 1 million revellers are expected to visit Carnival on the weekend, so many owners have decided to protect their properties as a precaution.
    20190822_notting hill boarded up_009.jpg
  • Homes and businesses are fenced off and boarded up in preparation for the upcoming Notting Hill Carnival on August 22nd 2019 in London, England, United Kingdom. An expected 1 million revellers are expected to visit Carnival on the weekend, so many owners have decided to protect their properties as a precaution.
    20190822_notting hill boarded up_003.jpg
  • Homes and businesses are fenced off and boarded up in preparation for the upcoming Notting Hill Carnival on August 22nd 2019 in London, England, United Kingdom. An expected 1 million revellers are expected to visit Carnival on the weekend, so many owners have decided to protect their properties as a precaution.
    20190822_notting hill boarded up_002.jpg
  • Redevelopedand gentrified shop fronts are boarded up, empty and closed on Berwick Street in Soho on 1st December 2020 in London, United Kingdom. Once a seedy and wonderfully gritty street, Berwick Street has slowly been cleaned up as with much of the near vicinity, and so, with raising rents for shops, many small businesses have moved out.
    20201201_berwick street boarded up_0...jpg
  • Homes and businesses are fenced off and boarded up in preparation for the upcoming Notting Hill Carnival on August 22nd 2019 in London, England, United Kingdom. An expected 1 million revellers are expected to visit Carnival on the weekend, so many owners have decided to protect their properties as a precaution.
    20190822_notting hill boarded up_012.jpg
  • Homes and businesses are fenced off and boarded up in preparation for the upcoming Notting Hill Carnival on August 22nd 2019 in London, England, United Kingdom. An expected 1 million revellers are expected to visit Carnival on the weekend, so many owners have decided to protect their properties as a precaution.
    20190822_notting hill boarded up_015.jpg
  • A bridge on Golbourne Road is fenced off and boarded up in preparation for the upcoming Notting Hill Carnival on August 22nd 2019 in London, England, United Kingdom. An expected 1 million revellers are expected to visit Carnival on the weekend, so many owners have decided to protect their properties as a precaution.
    20190822_notting hill boarded up_008.jpg
  • Homes and businesses are fenced off and boarded up in preparation for the upcoming Notting Hill Carnival on August 22nd 2019 in London, England, United Kingdom. An expected 1 million revellers are expected to visit Carnival on the weekend, so many owners have decided to protect their properties as a precaution.
    20190822_notting hill boarded up_006.jpg
  • Homes and businesses are fenced off and boarded up in preparation for the upcoming Notting Hill Carnival on August 22nd 2019 in London, England, United Kingdom. An expected 1 million revellers are expected to visit Carnival on the weekend, so many owners have decided to protect their properties as a precaution.
    20190822_notting hill boarded up_002.jpg
  • Homes and businesses are fenced off and boarded up in preparation for the upcoming Notting Hill Carnival on August 22nd 2019 in London, England, United Kingdom. An expected 1 million revellers are expected to visit Carnival on the weekend, so many owners have decided to protect their properties as a precaution.
    20190822_notting hill boarded up_005.jpg
  • Homes are fenced off and boarded up at Trellick Tower in preparation for the upcoming Notting Hill Carnival on August 22nd 2019 in London, England, United Kingdom. An expected 1 million revellers are expected to visit Carnival on the weekend, so many owners have decided to protect their properties as a precaution.
    20190822_notting hill boarded up_010.jpg
  • Homes and businesses are fenced off and boarded up in preparation for the upcoming Notting Hill Carnival on August 22nd 2019 in London, England, United Kingdom. An expected 1 million revellers are expected to visit Carnival on the weekend, so many owners have decided to protect their properties as a precaution.
    20190822_notting hill boarded up_006.jpg
  • Homes and businesses are fenced off and boarded up in preparation for the upcoming Notting Hill Carnival on August 22nd 2019 in London, England, United Kingdom. An expected 1 million revellers are expected to visit Carnival on the weekend, so many owners have decided to protect their properties as a precaution.
    20190822_notting hill boarded up_007.jpg
  • Homes and businesses are fenced off and boarded up in preparation for the upcoming Notting Hill Carnival on August 22nd 2019 in London, England, United Kingdom. An expected 1 million revellers are expected to visit Carnival on the weekend, so many owners have decided to protect their properties as a precaution.
    20190822_notting hill boarded up_005.jpg
  • Homes and businesses are fenced off and boarded up in preparation for the upcoming Notting Hill Carnival on August 22nd 2019 in London, England, United Kingdom. An expected 1 million revellers are expected to visit Carnival on the weekend, so many owners have decided to protect their properties as a precaution.
    20190822_notting hill boarded up_001.jpg
  • Homes and businesses are fenced off and boarded up in preparation for the upcoming Notting Hill Carnival on August 22nd 2019 in London, England, United Kingdom. An expected 1 million revellers are expected to visit Carnival on the weekend, so many owners have decided to protect their properties as a precaution.
    20190822_notting hill boarded up_004.jpg
  • Boarded up windows at Millbank Tower following the first students fees demonstration during which the windows were smashed and the building broken in to. This was the HQ for Conservative Party election campaign.
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  • Redevelopedand gentrified shop fronts are boarded up, empty and closed on Berwick Street in Soho on 1st December 2020 in London, United Kingdom. Once a seedy and wonderfully gritty street, Berwick Street has slowly been cleaned up as with much of the near vicinity, and so, with raising rents for shops, many small businesses have moved out.
    20201201_berwick street boarded up_0...jpg
  • Streetsweeper passes a redeveloped, graffitied and gentrified shop front which is boarded up, empty and closed on Berwick Street in Soho on 1st December 2020 in London, United Kingdom. Once a seedy and wonderfully gritty street, Berwick Street has slowly been cleaned up as with much of the near vicinity, and so, with raising rents for shops, many small businesses have moved out.
    20201201_berwick street boarded up_0...jpg
  • A workman puts up fencing as homes and businesses are fenced off and boarded up in preparation for the upcoming Notting Hill Carnival on August 22nd 2019 in London, England, United Kingdom. An expected 1 million revellers are expected to visit Carnival on the weekend, so many owners have decided to protect their properties as a precaution.
    20190822_notting hill boarded up_013.jpg
  • Homes are fenced off and boarded up at Trellick Tower in preparation for the upcoming Notting Hill Carnival on August 22nd 2019 in London, England, United Kingdom. An expected 1 million revellers are expected to visit Carnival on the weekend, so many owners have decided to protect their properties as a precaution.
    20190822_notting hill boarded up_010.jpg
  • Homes and businesses are fenced off and boarded up in preparation for the upcoming Notting Hill Carnival on August 22nd 2019 in London, England, United Kingdom. An expected 1 million revellers are expected to visit Carnival on the weekend, so many owners have decided to protect their properties as a precaution.
    20190822_notting hill boarded up_003.jpg
  • Homes and businesses are fenced off and boarded up in preparation for the upcoming Notting Hill Carnival on August 22nd 2019 in London, England, United Kingdom. An expected 1 million revellers are expected to visit Carnival on the weekend, so many owners have decided to protect their properties as a precaution.
    20190822_notting hill boarded up_001.jpg
  • Homes and businesses are fenced off and boarded up in preparation for the upcoming Notting Hill Carnival on August 22nd 2019 in London, England, United Kingdom. An expected 1 million revellers are expected to visit Carnival on the weekend, so many owners have decided to protect their properties as a precaution.
    20190822_notting hill boarded up_016.jpg
  • A workman puts up fencing as homes and businesses are fenced off and boarded up in preparation for the upcoming Notting Hill Carnival on August 22nd 2019 in London, England, United Kingdom. An expected 1 million revellers are expected to visit Carnival on the weekend, so many owners have decided to protect their properties as a precaution.
    20190822_notting hill boarded up_014.jpg
  • A workman puts up fencing as homes and businesses are fenced off and boarded up in preparation for the upcoming Notting Hill Carnival on August 22nd 2019 in London, England, United Kingdom. An expected 1 million revellers are expected to visit Carnival on the weekend, so many owners have decided to protect their properties as a precaution.
    20190822_notting hill boarded up_013.jpg
  • Homes and businesses are fenced off and boarded up in preparation for the upcoming Notting Hill Carnival on August 22nd 2019 in London, England, United Kingdom. An expected 1 million revellers are expected to visit Carnival on the weekend, so many owners have decided to protect their properties as a precaution.
    20190822_notting hill boarded up_011.jpg
  • Boarded up shops which are closed in Birmingham city centre due to the Coronavirus outbreak on 31st March 2020 in Birmingham, England, United Kingdom. Following government advice most people are staying at home leaving the streets quiet, empty and eerie. Coronavirus or Covid-19 is a new respiratory illness that has not previously been seen in humans. While much or Europe has been placed into lockdown, the UK government has announced more stringent rules as part of their long term strategy, and in particular social distancing.
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  • Boarded up shops along the Strand as the Prime Minister announces a new tighter fourth tier of local coronavirus restrictions for London and the South East, and that the planned Christmas relaxation of the rules was to be scrapped on 19th December 2020 in London, United Kingdom. Shoppers, mostly wearing face masks were unaware, as were shop owners that the new rules were about to be announced, and this would mean that all non-essential shops will have to close from midnight.
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  • Rainforest Cafe remains boarded up and closed under coronavirus lockdown on 26th June 2020 in London, England, United Kingdom. As the July deadline approaces and government will relax its lockdown rules further, the West End remains quiet, while some non-essential shops are allowed to open with individual shops setting up social distancing systems.
    20200626_covid london boarded up_001.jpg
  • Boarded up shops which are closed in Birmingham city centre due to the Coronavirus outbreak on 31st March 2020 in Birmingham, England, United Kingdom. Following government advice most people are staying at home leaving the streets quiet, empty and eerie. Coronavirus or Covid-19 is a new respiratory illness that has not previously been seen in humans. While much or Europe has been placed into lockdown, the UK government has announced more stringent rules as part of their long term strategy, and in particular social distancing.
    20200331_covid 19 birmingham boarded...jpg
  • Love graffiti on a heart with wings on boarded up shops which are closed in Birmingham city centre due to the Coronavirus outbreak on 31st March 2020 in Birmingham, England, United Kingdom. Following government advice most people are staying at home leaving the streets quiet, empty and eerie. Coronavirus or Covid-19 is a new respiratory illness that has not previously been seen in humans. While much or Europe has been placed into lockdown, the UK government has announced more stringent rules as part of their long term strategy, and in particular social distancing.
    20200331_covid 19 birmingham boarded...jpg
  • Closed down and boarded up pub in Covent Garden tests some new colour scemes by painting tests pot squares on its boarded up windows on 25th June 2020 in London, England, United Kingdom. As the July deadline approaces and government will relax its lockdown rules further, the West End remains quiet, while some non-essential shops are allowed to open with individual shops setting up social distancing systems.
    20200625_covid london pub test paint...jpg
  • Closed down and boarded up pub in Covent Garden tests some new colour scemes by painting tests pot squares on its boarded up windows on 25th June 2020 in London, England, United Kingdom. As the July deadline approaces and government will relax its lockdown rules further, the West End remains quiet, while some non-essential shops are allowed to open with individual shops setting up social distancing systems.
    20200625_covid london pub test paint...jpg
  • Closed down boarded up and run down, The Old Rose pub on The Highway in East London on 24th February 2020 in London, United Kingdom. Due to the economic downturn many pubs like this one are now boarded up. Other factors in the demise of some pubs are increased rental rates, lower disposable income and the smoking ban, while the trend towards wine drinking, and competition from off-licences and supermarkets has also hit pubs, especially those who concentrate on beer sales.
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  • Closed down and boarded up pub in Covent Garden tests some new colour scemes by painting tests pot squares on its boarded up windows on 25th June 2020 in London, England, United Kingdom. As the July deadline approaces and government will relax its lockdown rules further, the West End remains quiet, while some non-essential shops are allowed to open with individual shops setting up social distancing systems.
    20200625_covid london pub test paint...jpg
  • Closed down and boarded up pub in Covent Garden tests some new colour scemes by painting tests pot squares on its boarded up windows on 25th June 2020 in London, England, United Kingdom. As the July deadline approaces and government will relax its lockdown rules further, the West End remains quiet, while some non-essential shops are allowed to open with individual shops setting up social distancing systems.
    20200625_covid london pub test paint...jpg
  • Closed down and boarded up pub in Covent Garden tests some new colour scemes by painting tests pot squares on its boarded up windows on 25th June 2020 in London, England, United Kingdom. As the July deadline approaces and government will relax its lockdown rules further, the West End remains quiet, while some non-essential shops are allowed to open with individual shops setting up social distancing systems.
    20200625_covid london pub test paint...jpg
  • Large block of flats boarded up and slated for regeneration on Walworth Road in the area of Elephant and Castle, South London. This apartment tower block has been closed up with metal boards for some years now and there seems little evidence of the redevelopment that is mentioned on nearby signs. This is a stark sign of the seeming failure of planners to regenerate valuable housing space in London. With many people on the council housing lists waiting for years to be housed, blocks like this appear like a monolith to the misdirected ideas which leaves swathes of disused housing in the capitel while plans for building new homes goes ahead.
    20110819boarded up block of flatsD.jpg
  • Large block of flats boarded up and slated for regeneration on Walworth Road in the area of Elephant and Castle, South London. This apartment tower block has been closed up with metal boards for some years now and there seems little evidence of the redevelopment that is mentioned on nearby signs. This is a stark sign of the seeming failure of planners to regenerate valuable housing space in London. With many people on the council housing lists waiting for years to be housed, blocks like this appear like a monolith to the misdirected ideas which leaves swathes of disused housing in the capitel while plans for building new homes goes ahead.
    20110819boarded up block of flatsB.jpg
  • Large block of flats boarded up and slated for regeneration on Walworth Road in the area of Elephant and Castle, South London. This apartment tower block has been closed up with metal boards for some years now and there seems little evidence of the redevelopment that is mentioned on nearby signs. This is a stark sign of the seeming failure of planners to regenerate valuable housing space in London. With many people on the council housing lists waiting for years to be housed, blocks like this appear like a monolith to the misdirected ideas which leaves swathes of disused housing in the capitel while plans for building new homes goes ahead.
    20110819boarded up block of flatsF.jpg
  • Large block of flats boarded up and slated for regeneration on Walworth Road in the area of Elephant and Castle, South London. This apartment tower block has been closed up with metal boards for some years now and there seems little evidence of the redevelopment that is mentioned on nearby signs. This is a stark sign of the seeming failure of planners to regenerate valuable housing space in London. With many people on the council housing lists waiting for years to be housed, blocks like this appear like a monolith to the misdirected ideas which leaves swathes of disused housing in the capitel while plans for building new homes goes ahead.
    20110819boarded up block of flatsC.jpg
  • Large block of flats boarded up and slated for regeneration on Walworth Road in the area of Elephant and Castle, South London. This apartment tower block has been closed up with metal boards for some years now and there seems little evidence of the redevelopment that is mentioned on nearby signs. This is a stark sign of the seeming failure of planners to regenerate valuable housing space in London. With many people on the council housing lists waiting for years to be housed, blocks like this appear like a monolith to the misdirected ideas which leaves swathes of disused housing in the capitel while plans for building new homes goes ahead.
    20110819boarded up block of flatsA.jpg
  • Large block of flats boarded up and slated for regeneration on Walworth Road in the area of Elephant and Castle, South London. This apartment tower block has been closed up with metal boards for some years now and there seems little evidence of the redevelopment that is mentioned on nearby signs. This is a stark sign of the seeming failure of planners to regenerate valuable housing space in London. With many people on the council housing lists waiting for years to be housed, blocks like this appear like a monolith to the misdirected ideas which leaves swathes of disused housing in the capitel while plans for building new homes goes ahead.
    20110819boarded up block of flatsE.jpg
  • Small boarded up house under a telephone wire under a blue sky at Gruissan, Languedoc-Roussillon, France.
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  • Les Miserables at the Sondheim Theatre being boarded up before tier three begins on 16th of December 2020 in London, United Kingdom. The popular show Les Miserables in London’s West End has only just reopened after 4 weeks of national lockdown but all theatres and music venues in London must now close again due to tier 3 coronavirus measures in place starting midnight December 17th.
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  • Les Miserables at the Sondheim Theatre being boarded up before tier three begins on 16th of December 2020 in London, United Kingdom. The popular show Les Miserables in London’s West End has only just reopened after 4 weeks of national lockdown but all theatres and music venues in London must now close again due to tier 3 coronavirus measures in place starting midnight December 17th.
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  • Derelict and boarded up building in Balsall Heath on 3rd August 2020 in Birmingham, United Kingdom. This area has a lot of run down and closed properties and the streets litter strewn.
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  • Closed tourist shop and The Invisible Man poster in front of a boarded up cinema in Leicester Square in the centre of Londons cinema land, empty during the coronavirus pandemic on the 10th May 2020 in London, United Kingdom. The main headline What you cant see can hurt you has a savage irony during the COVID lockdown.
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  • The Invisible Man poster in front of a boarded up cinema in Leicester Square in the centre of Londons cinema land, empty during the coronavirus pandemic on the 10th May 2020 in London, United Kingdom. The main headline What you cant see can hurt you has a savage irony during the COVID lockdown.
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  • The Invisible Man poster in front of a boarded up cinema in Leicester Square in the centre of Londons cinema land, empty during the coronavirus pandemic on the 10th May 2020 in London, United Kingdom. The main headline What you cant see can hurt you has a savage irony during the COVID lockdown.
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  • Homes and businesses are fenced off and boarded up in preparation for the upcoming Notting Hill Carnival on August 22nd 2019 in London, England, United Kingdom. An expected 1 million revellers are expected to visit Carnival on the weekend, so many owners have decided to protect their properties as a precaution.
    20190822_notting hill prep_003.jpg
  • Homes and businesses are fenced off and boarded up in preparation for the upcoming Notting Hill Carnival on August 22nd 2019 in London, England, United Kingdom. An expected 1 million revellers are expected to visit Carnival on the weekend, so many owners have decided to protect their properties as a precaution.
    20190822_notting hill prep_003.jpg
  • Homes and businesses are fenced off and boarded up in preparation for the upcoming Notting Hill Carnival on August 22nd 2019 in London, England, United Kingdom. An expected 1 million revellers are expected to visit Carnival on the weekend, so many owners have decided to protect their properties as a precaution.
    20190822_notting hill prep_001.jpg
  • Small boarded up house under a telephone wire under a blue sky at Gruissan, Languedoc-Roussillon, France.
    20150605_france lone house_B.jpg
  • The word Democracy on a boarded up building in the trendy area of Shoreditch, / Hoxton, in East London. The closed down building once used to house the famous Foundry bar, and is a sign of the economic downturn in the country.
    20110323democracyB.jpg
  • Les Miserables at the Sondheim Theatre being boarded up before tier three begins on 16th of December 2020 in London, United Kingdom. The popular show Les Miserables in London’s West End has only just reopened after 4 weeks of national lockdown but all theatres and music venues in London must now close again due to tier 3 coronavirus measures in place starting midnight December 17th.
    3E9A0487.jpg
  • Les Miserables at the Sondheim Theatre being boarded up before tier three begins on 16th of December 2020 in London, United Kingdom. The popular show Les Miserables in London’s West End has only just reopened after 4 weeks of national lockdown but all theatres and music venues in London must now close again due to tier 3 coronavirus measures in place starting midnight December 17th.
    3E9A0462.jpg
  • Homes and businesses are fenced off and boarded up in preparation for the upcoming Notting Hill Carnival on August 22nd 2019 in London, England, United Kingdom. An expected 1 million revellers are expected to visit Carnival on the weekend, so many owners have decided to protect their properties as a precaution.
    20190822_notting hill prep_001.jpg
  • Boarded up warehouse building on Brick Lane in London, United Kingdom.
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  • Small boarded up house under a telephone wire under a blue sky at Gruissan, Languedoc-Roussillon, France.
    20150605_france lone house_C.jpg
  • Small boarded up house under a telephone wire under a blue sky at Gruissan, Languedoc-Roussillon, France.
    20150605_france lone house_A.jpg
  • Boarded up closed down buildings are a common site now all over London and the UK. Due to the recession and other social factors, many windows are now covered. Here the Hand & Racquet pub just off Leicester Square is closed.
    20140611_closed down pub_A.jpg
  • Woman pushes a pram past a closed down boarded up pub. Signs of the continued economic downturn and recession as many small businesses struggle to remain open.
    20140402_closed down pubA.jpg
  • The word Democracy on a boarded up building in the trendy area of Shoreditch, / Hoxton, in East London. The closed down building once used to house the famous Foundry bar, and is a sign of the economic downturn in the country.
    20110323democracyA.jpg
  • A British man walks past a block of social housing flats which are derelict and have been mostly boarded up to prevent entry and squatting on Whiston Road, Hackney, London. There are thousands of derelict and abandoned homes in London at the same time an affordable housing crisis with many people homeless or living in inadequate situation.
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  • A block of social housing flats which is derelict and has been boarded up to prevent entry and squatting on Whiston Road, Hackney, London.  There are thousands of derelict and abandoned homes in London at the same time an affordable housing crisis with many people homeless or living in inadequate situation.
    13-London-Derelict-Housing-6443_1.jpg
  • West End theatres remain closed down with shutters or boarded up as the Prime Minister announces a new tighter fourth tier of local coronavirus restrictions for London and the South East, and that the planned Christmas relaxation of the rules was to be scrapped on 19th December 2020 in London, United Kingdom. The Lion King at the Lyceum theatre has its doors closed.
    20201219_lockdown theatre_006.jpg
  • West End theatres remain closed down with shutters or boarded up as the Prime Minister announces a new tighter fourth tier of local coronavirus restrictions for London and the South East, and that the planned Christmas relaxation of the rules was to be scrapped on 19th December 2020 in London, United Kingdom. The Lion King at the Lyceum theatre has its doors closed.
    20201219_lockdown theatre_005.jpg
  • Closed down boarded up pub building in Deritend area near the city centre on 3rd August 2020 in Birmingham, United Kingdom. Due to the recession which started during the coronavirus pandemic, and the redevelopment of the area, many pubs have had to close, like the Queens Arms. Pubs have been particulalry hit hard during the recession with many established public houses closing every week.
    20200803_closed pub_002.jpg
  • As the Coronavirus lockdown measures are set to ease further, and the quiet city starts coming to an end, some anti-Conservative party graffiti reading Tory Scum Out! on a boarded up restaurant in Soho on 25th June 2020 in London, England, United Kingdom. As the July deadline approaces and government will relax its lockdown rules further, the West End remains quiet, while some non-essential shops are allowed to open with individual shops setting up social distancing systems.
    20200625_covid london tory scum_002.jpg
  • As the Coronavirus lockdown measures are set to ease further, and the quiet city starts coming to an end, some anti-Conservative party graffiti reading Tory Scum Out! on a boarded up restaurant in Soho on 22nd June 2020 in London, England, United Kingdom. As of today the government has relaxed its lockdown rules, and is allowing some non-essential shops to open with individual shops setting up social distancing queueing systems.
    20200622_coronavirus tory scum_005.jpg
  • Grenfell Tower is remembered as homes and businesses are fenced off and boarded up in preparation for the upcoming Notting Hill Carnival on August 22nd 2019 in London, England, United Kingdom. An expected 1 million revellers are expected to visit Carnival on the weekend, so many owners have decided to protect their properties as a precaution.
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  • Grenfell Tower is remembered as homes and businesses are fenced off and boarded up in preparation for the upcoming Notting Hill Carnival on August 22nd 2019 in London, England, United Kingdom. An expected 1 million revellers are expected to visit Carnival on the weekend, so many owners have decided to protect their properties as a precaution.
    20190822_notting hill preparation gr...jpg
  • Boarded up Amusements arcade building in the seaside town of Borth on a grey gloomy day in Wales, United Kingdom.
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  • Pharmacy in a prefabricated building in Highgate, Birmingham, United Kingdom. Following the Big City Plan of February 2008, Highgate is now a district of Birmingham City Centre, yet is a very poor area which lacks general upkeep, investment and with boarded up buildings, is a mainly desolate area.
    15052017_highgate birmingham_003.jpg
  • Street scene with tower blocks in Highgate, Birmingham, United Kingdom. Following the Big City Plan of February 2008, Highgate is now a district of Birmingham City Centre, yet is a very poor area which lacks general upkeep, investment and with boarded up buildings, is a mainly desolate area.
    15052017_highgate birmingham_001.jpg
  • Closed down shops and real estate available for rent or to buy in the struggling town of Loja, Granada Province, Andalucia, Spain. The economic downturn in Europe has his towns like this hard. Recession means that a once bsutling town is now boarded up and quiet.
    20131025_loja economic downturn_J.jpg
  • Boarded up closed down buildings are a common site now all over London and the UK. Due to the recession and other social factors, many windows are now covered. Here the Hand & Racquet pub just off Leicester Square is closed. Pubs have been particulalry hit hard during the recession with many established public houses closing every week.
    closed down pub20111209_0561.jpg
  • People in Peckham, South London place positive messages about love of their community onto a boarded up window of a Poundland shop following the riots. In a week where mobs smashed and looted shops all over the capital, this is a sign of people reacting to send a message to those involved that they stand together with other communities against the unrest. Post-it notes are stuck to this impromptu wall, organised by a few local young people.
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  • West End theatres remain closed down with shutters or boarded up as the Prime Minister announces a new tighter fourth tier of local coronavirus restrictions for London and the South East, and that the planned Christmas relaxation of the rules was to be scrapped on 19th December 2020 in London, United Kingdom. Some homeless people have taken up camp outside the Adelphi theatre on the Strand.
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  • West End theatres remain closed down with shutters or boarded up as the Prime Minister announces a new tighter fourth tier of local coronavirus restrictions for London and the South East, and that the planned Christmas relaxation of the rules was to be scrapped on 19th December 2020 in London, United Kingdom. Some homeless people have taken up camp outside the Adelphi theatre on the Strand.
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  • West End theatres remain closed down with shutters or boarded up as the Prime Minister announces a new tighter fourth tier of local coronavirus restrictions for London and the South East, and that the planned Christmas relaxation of the rules was to be scrapped on 19th December 2020 in London, United Kingdom. The Lion King at the Lyceum theatre has its doors closed.
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  • West End theatres remain closed down with shutters or boarded up as the Prime Minister announces a new tighter fourth tier of local coronavirus restrictions for London and the South East, and that the planned Christmas relaxation of the rules was to be scrapped on 19th December 2020 in London, United Kingdom. The Book of Mormon at the Prince of Wales theatre has its shutters down.
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  • Closed down and boarded up, the Garrick Arms pub has difficult times aheas as Londoners await the announcement of a second coronavirus lockdown it's business as usual in the West End with people out and about on what will be the last weekend before a month-long total lockdown in the UK on 30th October 2020 in London, United Kingdom. The three tier system in the UK has not worked sufficiently, to suppress the virus, and there have have been calls by politicians for a 'circuit breaker' complete lockdown to be announced to help the growing spread of the Covid-19.
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  • As Britain enters a period of deep recession, with some shops closing either temporarily or permanently as the economic downturn caused by the Covid-19 pandemic cuts hard, entertainment venues in the West End at Leicester Square remain boarded up and closed on 13th August 2020 in London, United Kingdom. The Office for National Statistics / ONS has announced that gross domestic product / GDP, the widest gauge of economic health, fell by 20.4% in the second quarter of the year, compared with the previous quarter. This is the biggest decline since records began. The result is that Britain has officially entered recession, as the UK economy shrank more than any other major economy during the coronavirus outbreak.
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  • Explicit graffiti outside a boarded up bar on Old Compton Street in Soho under coronavirus lockdown on 26th June 2020 in London, England, United Kingdom. As the July deadline approaces and government will relax its lockdown rules further, the West End remains quiet, while some non-essential shops are allowed to open with individual shops setting up social distancing systems.
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  • As the Coronavirus lockdown measures are set to ease further, and the quiet city starts coming to an end, some anti-Conservative party graffiti reading Tory Scum Out! on a boarded up restaurant in Soho on 22nd June 2020 in London, England, United Kingdom. As of today the government has relaxed its lockdown rules, and is allowing some non-essential shops to open with individual shops setting up social distancing queueing systems.
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  • As the Coronavirus lockdown measures are set to ease further, and the quiet city starts coming to an end, some anti-Conservative party graffiti reading Tory Scum Out! on a boarded up restaurant in Soho on 22nd June 2020 in London, England, United Kingdom. As of today the government has relaxed its lockdown rules, and is allowing some non-essential shops to open with individual shops setting up social distancing queueing systems.
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