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COMPOSITE: In this digital composite image a comparison has been made of London at Old Curiosity Shop in 1956 (Archive, Topical Press Agency) and Modern Day 2014 (Peter Macdiarmid) at Christmas time. *** ARCHIVE *** LONDON - DECEMBER 1956: Students of King's College sing Christmas carols outside the Old Curiosity Shop, as immortalised by Charles Dickens on Portsmouth Street on December 12, 1956 in London, Engalnd. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images) ***MODERN DAY*** LONDON, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 16: The lights are on inside The Old Curiosity shop on December 16, 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 Old Curiosity Shop in 1956 (Archive, Topical Press Agency) and Modern Day 2014 (Peter Macdiarmid) at Christmas time.  *** ARCHIVE *** LONDON - DECEMBER 1956:  Students of King's College sing Christmas carols outside the Old Curiosity Shop, as immortalised by Charles Dickens on Portsmouth Street on December 12, 1956 in London, Engalnd.  (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images) ***MODERN DAY*** LONDON, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 16:  The lights are on inside The Old Curiosity shop on December 16, 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)