A group of people are gathered outside a bakery or patisserie window, looking at the displayed cakes and pastries.An ornate historic building with a green dome stands at the corner of a busy urban street under a partly cloudy sky.A narrow city street lined with buildings, shops, and pedestrians is seen from an elevated viewpoint, with a white van parked along the curb.A pedestrian street lined with trees and planters is populated by people walking and sitting near an entrance to the London Underground station.

I’ve been scanning some old negatives in a pretty random way - just grab a packet and scan whatever’s in there.

This particular film was shot in late 1994, or early 1995, when I was working on The Publican, a now-gone magazine for the pub trade. I think the last 10 or 12 photos are why the film exists. They’re of a cellarman course I went on as part of my job. I appear to have “burned off” the rest of the film by shooting a load of random images around Charing Cross.

And they’re fascinating. On one level, you realise how little structure of these streets has changed in a little under 25 years. But the clothes, vehicles and branding on the shops is what gives away just how long ago this was.