Paul, a fellow Winchester bus driver, e-mailed me to say “Your picture of the Guildhall in the snow looks remarkably similar to this one of 1905. You�must have been standing�very near�the same spot!” I’m not sure that the shop I was outside was called The British Heart Foundation in 1905 but it certainly was the spot. Here are the two photos taken 104 years apart together with the camera I used and one of a type likely to have been used in 1905.

‘Century’ Quarter-Plate Hand Camera, c. 1905

Height 140 mm, width 140 mm, length 75 mm (folded).

Weight : Approx. 1250g (2.77Ib)

Panasonic DMC-FS5, 2008

Height 53.4 mm, width 94.9 mm, length 22.5 mm (lens retracted)

Weight : Approx. 119g (0.26Ib)