An Arriva bus pulling out on to Trafford Road bridge in Manchester is met by the unusual spectacle of a team of horses dragging carriages of freight. Meanwhile a modern 4x4 is parked just around the corner from a classic Ford Model T - in trademark black. These evocative images, showing a bizarre clash of past and present, demonstrate beautifully the way our cities have changed with the passage of time - and the ways they haven't. Past meets present: This image shows a bus pulling on to Trafford Road Bridge in Salford, blended with a team of three horses and carriages bearing goods from the nearby docks
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Postal worker Neil Pearson, 46, blended archive images with his own to create an intriguing mix of past and present
It sometimes takes days to edit the images to perfection, but Mr Pearson believes that the area around @placeholder and Manchester has remained largely unchanged.