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Revenues for the Dry Cleaning in Swift Laundromat in Kings Heath dropped to close to zero, while lockdown

washing salons in The Heart of communities for decades, but in spite of as an essential service in the coronavirus lockdown, many owners say their businesses are suffering. What The Future holds for you?

From the outside, they look a bit Like a waiting Room , the occupants look still on the machine, how your clothes whirl round.

photographer James Wise was always attracted to The Charm of interiors and facades, photograph The People who own them and The People who use them in towns and cities in Lancashire.

When the lockdown was announced, the 33-year-old this documented in the vicinity of his apartment in Chorley .

The washing drum on Moor Road, Chorley , features heavily in James Wise's Instagram series

"I find laundromats fascinating. You get anomalies - a time-capsule. High street stores are so sterile and are designed not to offend anyone, whereas detergents are salons full of character.

"I always use The Machines and feel nostalgic about My Childhood , I have so many memories of them. Pre-coronavirus, as I remember, it is bustling with people.

"Well, it's a nervous concern of people who do not want to be in the vicinity of each other. It is a solemn Mood - it is just a hum of The Machines . "

The Photographer noticed The Mood in laundromats has "solemnly" since the outbreak

The washing drum on Moor Road features heavily in James ' photo series, which he posts on his

the owner of Imtiaz master, who is in The Business for 12 years, said his business has impacted "greatly" by the outbreak. The 32-year-old said he was concerned about The Future of his company.

"We have seen a 90% reduction in many of the older customers who come in on a weekly basis. If this continues with the amount of customers I get, can I conclude, because I can't afford my bills for electricity, gas and Water . "

Before the lockout, James wash photographed salons around the north-west of England, so also here in Wigan James says he was drawn to The Charm of the laundromats since he was a child,

washing Laundry on Pall Mall has been in operation since 1960 and has been owned by Three Generations of the same family spans. To take Taryn Baker left a job in London, The Business in the Last Year .

"I grew up with The Business as part of the Family Life ," said the 31-year-old. "In the school holidays, it was a pleasure to check to Lancashire with my grandparents, The Machines and staff. "

Taryn said they "remain hopeful" about The Future , and is working on updating its business strategy to move forward.

"There is No Doubt that Covid-19 fall financially, our business with our sales suffered considerably. "

Three Generations of Taryn's family, do The washing, and since it opened in Chorley in 1960

The landscape is similar to washing salons in the whole of England. Derek inherited the Swift launderette by his father to read, the opened in Kings Heath, Birmingham, in 1950.

"I grew up in laundromats, and I Remember When it was normal in the snake, the use of a machine wait. For many years they have been the center of many of the communities discussed with a lot of gossip and a lot of scandals.

"We talk to our regular elderly customers as much as possible, so many lonely added to this are due to The Social isolation," the 63-year-old.

Swift was on Poplar Road in Kings Heath since the 1950s, owner Derek Read, you were once a "social hub"

Derek has seen Dry Cleaning sales drop to "nearly zero" and is unsure of what The Future will bring.

"I suspect that many in this industry will find that it is impossible to continue, whether the lockout continues much longer. "

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Mark Gillows, his job at a rugby open club, the four shops in Wiltshire and bath in 2004.

"My first memory of laundromats, the heat, the hits of the big old tumble me - as if it was said out of a plane in Barbados," the 48-year-old.

"It has become quite trendy to possess. You are based community, and this is a lifeline for people who use the Laundry facility to, not only your Laundry, but rather to socialize. "

The owner of Speedywash in the bathroom remains "extremely optimistic" and believes that "the cleaning is still branches more important, now,"

the impact on The bath "dramatic", but "not by all means the grave." In fact, Mark remains "extremely optimistic" for the industry.

"The Word of the cleaning of even greater importance has taken, now, as people come to terms with life in A Society , where it will be even more crucial. "

James Hopes , his exhibition launderette photographs In July

James , who has struck up friendships with some of the Laundry owners, the hope to show his photographs in an exhibition In July in The Tap in Manchester.

"I would be so excited if it [had to close the Laundry]. The Owners are in a precarious position and their livelihoods on the game.

"laundromats are some of The Last shops in The World with personality. "

photos of James Wise and Lauren Potts.

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Source of news: bbc.com