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In Pictures: Changing face of the high street six months on from lockdown

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10:24, 23 September 2020  | Updated: 11:32, 23 September 2020

The coronavirus pandemic has changed the face of the high street in the six months since Prime Minister Boris Johnson put the UK into lockdown on March 23.

Here is a snapshot of how the high street has changed captured by the photographers at the PA news agency.

Signage outside a greengrocers on the High Street in Henleaze, Bristol, advises shoppers to wear face coverings (Ben Birchall/PA)
Signage outside a greengrocers on the High Street in Henleaze, Bristol, advises shoppers to wear face coverings (Ben Birchall/PA)
A man holds a cigarette in his mouth despite wearing a mask in Dundee (Jane Barlow/PA)
A man holds a cigarette in his mouth despite wearing a mask in Dundee (Jane Barlow/PA)
Shoppers walk through Huyton Village Shops in Knowsley, Merseyside, many of which are closed, six months on from lockdown (Peter Byrne/PA)
Shoppers walk through Huyton Village Shops in Knowsley, Merseyside, many of which are closed, six months on from lockdown (Peter Byrne/PA)
A woman wears a full face visor as she conducts a survey in the relatively empty shopping area of East Street, Bedminster, Bristol (Ben Birchall/PA)
A woman wears a full face visor as she conducts a survey in the relatively empty shopping area of East Street, Bedminster, Bristol (Ben Birchall/PA)
A man wearing a face covering walks past graffiti with the slogan Mask On covering a vacant shop window in the High Street in Worcester (David Davies/PA)
A man wearing a face covering walks past graffiti with the slogan Mask On covering a vacant shop window in the High Street in Worcester (David Davies/PA)
A woman walks past a Rainbows for the NHS mosaic made up of pictures and stories submitted during the pandemic at Glasgow’s Buchanan Galleries (Andrew Milligan/PA)
A woman walks past a Rainbows for the NHS mosaic made up of pictures and stories submitted during the pandemic at Glasgow’s Buchanan Galleries (Andrew Milligan/PA)
A sign at a crossing point in Glasgow city centre aims to help limit the spread of Covid-19 (Andrew Milligan/PA)
A sign at a crossing point in Glasgow city centre aims to help limit the spread of Covid-19 (Andrew Milligan/PA)
Customers in a socially distanced queue outside Nationwide Building Society in the High Street in Worcester (David Davies/PA)
Customers in a socially distanced queue outside Nationwide Building Society in the High Street in Worcester (David Davies/PA)
A greeting card shop in Islington, north London, displays reusable face covers in the window (Yui Mok/PA)
A greeting card shop in Islington, north London, displays reusable face covers in the window (Yui Mok/PA)
A social distancing information sign in front of a Marks and Spencer shop window in Reading, Berkshire (Steve Parsons/PA)
A social distancing information sign in front of a Marks and Spencer shop window in Reading, Berkshire (Steve Parsons/PA)
People walk past a closed-down Laura Ashley shop, with messages from staff and customers in the shop window, on the High Street in Winchester, Hampshire (Andrew Matthews/PA)
People walk past a closed-down Laura Ashley shop, with messages from staff and customers in the shop window, on the High Street in Winchester, Hampshire (Andrew Matthews/PA)
A notice on a billboard encourages customers to help keep firms in business in Glasgow city centre (Andrew Milligan/PA)
A notice on a billboard encourages customers to help keep firms in business in Glasgow city centre (Andrew Milligan/PA)
Market stalls remain open at the Moor Open Market in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, but face coverings are a common sight (Tim Goode/PA)
Market stalls remain open at the Moor Open Market in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, but face coverings are a common sight (Tim Goode/PA)
The newly pedestrianised Union Street in Dundee has been painted with a colourful zebra crossing-style mural to encourage people to explore the street (Jane Barlow/PA)
The newly pedestrianised Union Street in Dundee has been painted with a colourful zebra crossing-style mural to encourage people to explore the street (Jane Barlow/PA)
A person casts a shadow walking past a social distancing information sign painted on the pavement in Leeds city centre (Danny Lawson/PA)
A person casts a shadow walking past a social distancing information sign painted on the pavement in Leeds city centre (Danny Lawson/PA)

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