The Ghost of Christmas Past visits London (in nine remarkable images)
Trafalgar Square 1948/2014 (Source: Getty)
Smithfield Market 1968/2014 (Source: Getty)
Watling Street 1928/2014 (Source: Getty)
Selfridges Christmas window 1939/2014 (Source: Getty)
Selfridges 1935/2014 (Source: Getty)
Clearly our love of Father Christmas has not diminished. Though he might have smartened up a bit in the last 90-odd years.
Clapham Junction 1926/2014 (Source: Getty)
London bus stop 1960/2014 (Source: Getty)
But even where there is relatively little change, like at venerable institutions such as St Paul's Cathedral and Parliament Square there is still plenty of nostalgia for Christmasses past.
St Paul's 1950/2014 (Source: Getty)
Parliament Square 1938/2014 (Source: Getty)