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COMPOSITE: In this digital composite image a comparison has been made of London at Watling Street in 1923 (Archive, Topical Press Agency) and Modern Day 2014 (Peter Macdiarmid) at Christmas time. *** ARCHIVE *** LONDON - DECEMBER 1923: Christmas turkeys, hanging outside a poulterers in Watling Street on December 1923 in London, England. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images) ***MODERN DAY*** LONDON, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 11: Shoppers walk along Watling Street on December 11, 2014 in London, England. Christmas is an annual religious feast day originally set on December 25 to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ and is a cultural festival and public holiday celebrated by billions of people around the world. (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)

COMPOSITE:  In this digital composite image a comparison has been made of London at Watling Street in 1923 (Archive, Topical Press Agency) and Modern Day 2014 (Peter Macdiarmid) at Christmas time.  *** ARCHIVE *** LONDON - DECEMBER 1923:  Christmas turkeys, hanging outside a poulterers in Watling Street on December 1923 in London, England.  (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images) ***MODERN DAY*** LONDON, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 11:  Shoppers walk along Watling Street on December 11, 2014 in London, England.  Christmas is an annual religious feast day originally set on December 25 to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ and is a cultural festival and public holiday celebrated by billions of people around the world.  (Photo by Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)