No change
Looking down Pancras Road, with the mighty terminus on the right, Thursday 19th September 1985. I've cropped it square to eliminate a large empty area of pavement, but this is actually a 35mm shot. I can remember the cabinets of Harold Wilson or Edward Heath with some clarity, but the only member of Her Majesty's government I could name today (after a few moments' thought) is the Prime Minister. I've found that the mind acknowledges few developments or changes in the look of the world after the age of about twenty-five. More than thirty years later this scene still looks contemporary to me. If I got up now and walked into it there wouldn't be much of a "step back in time" experience. Most of what we invest with significance belongs to the first one-third of life. That Commer van looks a bit dated, but that's about it. Albeit that cigarette advertisements are now forbidden, the poster's punning slickness would not be out of place today.
No change
Looking down Pancras Road, with the mighty terminus on the right, Thursday 19th September 1985. I've cropped it square to eliminate a large empty area of pavement, but this is actually a 35mm shot. I can remember the cabinets of Harold Wilson or Edward Heath with some clarity, but the only member of Her Majesty's government I could name today (after a few moments' thought) is the Prime Minister. I've found that the mind acknowledges few developments or changes in the look of the world after the age of about twenty-five. More than thirty years later this scene still looks contemporary to me. If I got up now and walked into it there wouldn't be much of a "step back in time" experience. Most of what we invest with significance belongs to the first one-third of life. That Commer van looks a bit dated, but that's about it. Albeit that cigarette advertisements are now forbidden, the poster's punning slickness would not be out of place today.