Credit crunch of 2008
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A credit crunch occurred in 2008. Pittman suggested that the event had parallels to the fall of the French aristocracy in the 1790s. (TV: The Curse of Clyde Langer)
Harry Sowersby stated that the credit crunch was one of the factors for the Danemouth Pleasure Park closing down, saying that "people can't afford to have fun anymore". (TV: The Mad Woman in the Attic)