This empty shoe shop in Dorchester was just one of the many conspicuous high street casualties of the global economic crisis in 2012. Dorset, England.


An increase in the number of small shops and businesses closing down on the high street is one of the most conspicuous indicators of troubled economic times.


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Location: Great Western Road, Dorchester, Dorset, England, United Kingdom,UK, Great Britain, GB.
Photo credit: © Andrew Wood / Alamy / Afripics
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