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In the early stages of Tory-inflicted austerity, I noticed flea markets and antique emporiums — with quaint names and decor evocative of the depression-hit 1930s — popping up in great numbers in boarded-up shop premises.
Complementing this change of mise-en-scene was the historic local art deco building the Dubarry Perfumery by Hove station near to where I lived.
But this retro was not confined to retail — it also pervaded the social attitudes of Tory austerity. It was presaged by an attitudinal nudge towards 1940s blitz nostalgia — that notorious “We’re all in this together.” Bakelite rhetoric as if to stiffen our collective upper lip in the wake of massive public spending cuts.
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