Vintage photographs discovered at jumble sales and auctions reveal how much — and how little — has changed in London.
They were found by photographer Glen Fairweather, who scours the capital for pictures that show the near past, with this set taken between the Fifties and Eighties.
To compare them with the present day, Standard chief photographer Jeremy Selwyn took shots from the same angles.
On Tower Bridge, two women pose in the Seventies as an Opel Rekord drives past, in contrast to the 2017 shot of a sleek Toyota Prius passing the same spot.
The view of Mansion House in the City, left, shows the former Mappin & Webb building, which made way for No 1 Poultry.
Many of the buildings have been cleaned of pollution but otherwise remain the same.
However, today’s roads have bollards, evident in the Big Ben shot, right, and barriers to foil vehicle terror attacks.
The family feeding pigeons in Trafalgar Square, below, would now face a £500 fine.
Mr Fairweather uploads pictures to his Flickr account.
The London Metropolitan Archives is staging a “Forgotten London” photography project next year.
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