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image captionDespite the reopening, in York many firms do not expect the streets to be packed any time soon.
In York the overall feeling from the businesses I have spoken to is that Monday's Grand Reopening feels a little like those moments at a football match when supporters stand up to celebrate a goal, only to realise the ball has hit the side netting.
There is certainly relief that England is heading in the direction of economic normality, but questions as to what this will actually entail remain.
Juliana Delaney, whose York-based company runs attractions nationwide, including York's Chocolate Story, was at pains to downplay rhetoric about Freedom Day.