Preparations for May Day 2003 on the Strand, London

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NatWest, and MacDonalds getting ready for MayDay on the Strand
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Dixons heavily shuttered and boarded up
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Just before 10 am and more shutters going up.
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Barriers and police getting ready for the event, something that must be a familiar feeling with the number of marches this year.
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Oddly Starbucks look open and unshuttered, they even have balloons in the window, maybe they are throwing a party.
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No parking anywhere along the march route.