I have been trying out a bit of documentary photography, to document the high street of the town where I live.
Thame is a small market town in South Oxfordshire. Like every other high street in the country, the last few years have been hard on Thame’s high street businesses. Many businesses have closed their doors over the last few years. Some shops remain empty, and new businesses have taken other over. These images focus on the premises that are currently standing empty, trying to capture the general feeling of what is happening.
April 2023.
![Space of removed cash machine from a former NatWest Bank in Thame, Oxfordshire.](https://i2.wp.com/www.damianwardphotography.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/P4170353_vr2-1024x1024.jpeg)
![Redundant Night Depository from a former NatWest Bank in Thame, Oxfordshire.](https://i2.wp.com/www.damianwardphotography.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/P4170355_vr2-1024x1024.jpeg)
![Redundant Night Depository from a former NatWest Bank in Thame, Oxfordshire.](https://i1.wp.com/www.damianwardphotography.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/P4170357_vr2-1024x1024.jpeg)
![Covered Window of a former NatWest Bank in Thame, Oxfordshire.](https://i0.wp.com/www.damianwardphotography.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/P4170358_vr2-1024x1024.jpeg)
![Covered Doorway of a former Coop store in Thame, Oxfordshire.](https://i1.wp.com/www.damianwardphotography.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/P4170359_vr2-1024x1024.jpeg)
![Customer Notice announcing closure of a former Coop store in Thame, Oxfordshire.](https://i0.wp.com/www.damianwardphotography.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/P4170361_vr2-1024x1024.jpeg)
![A man applies white paint to block out a window of a former Coop store in Thame, Oxfordshire.](https://i1.wp.com/www.damianwardphotography.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/P4180406_vr4-1024x1024.jpeg)
![Detail of a whited out window of a former Coop store in Thame, Oxfordshire.](https://i2.wp.com/www.damianwardphotography.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/P4170367_vr2-1024x1024.jpeg)
![Detail of a whited out window of a former Coop store in Thame, Oxfordshire.](https://i0.wp.com/www.damianwardphotography.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/P4170368_vr2-1024x1024.jpeg)
![Detail of a whited out window of a former Coop store in Thame, Oxfordshire.](https://i1.wp.com/www.damianwardphotography.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/P4170371_vr2-1024x1024.jpeg)
![Detail of a whited out window of a former Coop store in Thame, Oxfordshire.](https://i2.wp.com/www.damianwardphotography.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/P4170376_vr2-1024x1024.jpeg)
![A former Coop store in Thame, Oxfordshire being emptied.](https://i0.wp.com/www.damianwardphotography.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/P4180425_vr2-1024x1024.jpeg)
![A former Coop store in Thame, Oxfordshire being emptied.](https://i0.wp.com/www.damianwardphotography.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/P4180427_vr2-1024x1024.jpeg)
![Whited out windows of a former Coop store in Thame, Oxfordshire.](https://i1.wp.com/www.damianwardphotography.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/P4170373_vr2-1024x1024.jpeg)
![Whited out window of a former Coop store in Thame, Oxfordshire.](https://i0.wp.com/www.damianwardphotography.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/P4170389_vr2-1024x1024.jpeg)
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![Front door of a former Barclays Bank in Thame, Oxfordshire.](https://i2.wp.com/www.damianwardphotography.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/P4170386_vr2-1024x1024.jpeg)
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![Customer Notice announcing closure of a former Butcher shop in Thame, Oxfordshire.](https://i0.wp.com/www.damianwardphotography.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/P4170380_vr2-1024x1024.jpeg)
![Pie display cabinet of a former Butcher shop in Thame, Oxfordshire.](https://i0.wp.com/www.damianwardphotography.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/P4170383_vr1-1-1024x1024.jpeg)
![Closed doors of a former Butcher shop in Thame, Oxfordshire.](https://i1.wp.com/www.damianwardphotography.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/P4180422_vr2-1024x1024.jpeg)
![The floor of a former Butcher shop in Thame, Oxfordshire. After the display cabinets have been removed.](https://i0.wp.com/www.damianwardphotography.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/P4180412_vr2-1024x1024.jpeg)
![The floor of a former Butcher shop in Thame, Oxfordshire. After the display cabinets have been removed.](https://i0.wp.com/www.damianwardphotography.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/P4180423_vr2-1024x1024.jpeg)
![A butchers block waiting to go to auction from a former Butcher shop in Thame, Oxfordshire.](https://i1.wp.com/www.damianwardphotography.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/P4180420_vr2-1024x1024.jpeg)
![A butchers block waiting to go to auction from a former Butcher shop in Thame, Oxfordshire.](https://i0.wp.com/www.damianwardphotography.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/P4180410_vr2-1024x1024.jpeg)
![Inside M.Newitt & Son a former Butcher shop in Thame, Oxfordshire.](https://i0.wp.com/www.damianwardphotography.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/P4180419_vr2-1024x1024.jpeg)
![Meat storage shelves of a former Butcher shop in Thame, Oxfordshire.](https://i1.wp.com/www.damianwardphotography.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/P4180416_vr2-1024x1024.jpeg)
![Butchers equipment from a former Butcher shop in Thame, Oxfordshire.](https://i0.wp.com/www.damianwardphotography.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/P4190440_vr1-1024x1024.jpeg)
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![Window of a former Wine Bar in Thame, Oxfordshire.](https://i0.wp.com/www.damianwardphotography.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/P4180405_vr2-1024x1024.jpeg)
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![A blank sign hangs on the door of a former Wine Bar in Thame, Oxfordshire.](https://i1.wp.com/www.damianwardphotography.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/P4190433_vr1-1024x1024.jpeg)
![Customer notice on front door of a former HSBC Bank in Thame, Oxfordshire.](https://i1.wp.com/www.damianwardphotography.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/P4180395_vr2-1024x1024.jpeg)
![Customer notice on front door of a former HSBC Bank in Thame, Oxfordshire.](https://i2.wp.com/www.damianwardphotography.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/P4180400_vr2-1024x1024.jpeg)
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