Crossing on Whitby Road

This is Whitby Road, close to Westminster Bridge, which is behind the photographer.
Very little has changed on this stretch of road. Most of the shops have changed hands, of course, and the crossing has been moved a few feet, and is now light controlled rather than a simple Zebra Crossing.
The first picture was probably taken in the late 1960s. I've taken the colour down a bit for this animation, but the original had the strong colours I'd associate with slide photography from my childhood.
The other big change isn't readily apparent; the traffic. I've noticed, in a lot of old photos, that the photographers happily stand in the road as they take their shots. That's not so easy these days, even on a Sunday, which is when I took the second picture. While there are quite a few vehicles in the first picture, |I doubt they were moving as fast as the ones I had to dodge!

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