Allan Hailstone

Allan Hailstone

@allhails.bsky.social

"An angular man, casually holding a tiny camera" ("Memories of the 1990s" by Teller, of Penn and Teller). Author "Berlin in the Cold War", 180 Berlin street images 1959-1966, with much historical description. Follow me on Twitter to see more street photos

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My photographic books on London (this sold out), Berlin, the British Isles and Continental Europe (Amberley Publishing) each contain 180 photographs which I took over sixty years ago, such as the attached image.

West Berlin, August 1960. I post photographs taken on my many Berlin visits in the 1950s and 1960s. 180 historic street images of East and West Berlin are in my book "Berlin in the Cold War" (Amberley Publishing.). #Berlin

My photographic books on London (this sold out), Berlin, the British Isles and Continental Europe (Amberley Publishing) each contain 180 photographs which I took over sixty years ago, such as the attached image.

West Berlin, 27 August 1962. I post photographs taken on my many Berlin visits in the 1950s and 1960s. 180 historic street images of East and West Berlin are in my book "Berlin in the Cold War" (Amberley Publishing.). #Berlin

My photographic books on London (this sold out), Berlin, the British Isles and Continental Europe (Amberley Publishing) each contain 180 photographs which I took over sixty years ago, such as the attached image.

East Berlin, Chausseestrasse, 12 September 1959. I post photographs taken on my many Berlin visits in the 1950s and 1960s. 180 unique historic street images of East and West Berlin are in my book "Berlin in the Cold War" (Amberley Publishing). #Berlin #DDR #GDR

My photographic books on London (this sold out), Berlin, the British Isles and Continental Europe (Amberley Publishing) each contain 180 photographs which I took over sixty years ago, such as the attached image.

West Berlin, 29 August 1962. I post photographs taken on my many Berlin visits in the 1950s and 1960s. 180 historic street images of East and West Berlin are in my book "Berlin in the Cold War" (Amberley Publishing.). #Berlin

My photographic books on London (this sold out), Berlin, the British Isles and Continental Europe (Amberley Publishing) each contain 180 photographs which I took over sixty years ago, such as the attached image.

West Berlin, 27 March 1959. Sharpened with AI which has distorted some lettering. I post photographs taken on my many Berlin visits in the 1950s and 1960s. 180 historic street images of East and West Berlin are in my book "Berlin in the Cold War" (Amberley Publ.)

My photographic books on London (this sold out), Berlin, the British Isles and Continental Europe (Amberley Publishing) each contain 180 photographs which I took over sixty years ago, such as the attached image.

Berlin Wall at Luckauer Strasse, 24 December 1964. I post photographs taken on my many Berlin visits in the 1950s and 1960s. 180 unique historic street images of East and West Berlin are in my book "Berlin in the Cold War" (Amberley Publishing.). #Berlin

My photographic books on London (this sold out), Berlin, the British Isles and Continental Europe (Amberley Publishing) each contain 180 photographs which I took over sixty years ago, such as the attached image.

West Berlin, Tauentzienstrasse, 23 March 1959. Sharpened with AI which has distorted some lettering. I post photographs taken on my many Berlin visits in the 1950s and 1960s. 180 historic street images of East and West Berlin are in my book "Berlin in the Cold War" (Amberley Publishing.). #Berlin

West Berlin, Tauentzienstrasse, 23 March 1959. Sharpened with AI which has distorted some lettering. I post photographs taken on my many Berlin visits in the 1950s and 1960s. 180 historic street images of East and West Berlin are in my book "Berlin in the Cold War" (Amberley Publishing.). #Berlin

My photographic books on London (this sold out), Berlin, the British Isles and Continental Europe (Amberley Publishing) each contain 180 photographs which I took over sixty years ago, such as the attached image.

West Berlin, 26 August 1962. I post photographs taken on my many Berlin visits in the 1950s and 1960s. 180 historic street images of East and West Berlin are in my book "Berlin in the Cold War" (Amberley Publishing.). #Berlin

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My kid and I really love your Berlin book. Loved looking at it while checking a map to see if we'd been there, or near there.

My photographic books on London (this sold out), Berlin, the British Isles and Continental Europe (Amberley Publishing) each contain 180 photographs which I took over sixty years ago, such as the attached image.

Berlin, Ida Siekmann memorial at Bernauer Strasse, 27 August 1962. I post photographs taken on my many Berlin visits in the 1950s and 1960s. 180 historic street images of East and West Berlin are in my book "Berlin in the Cold War" (Amberley Publishing.). #Berlin

My photographic books on London (this sold out), Berlin, the British Isles and Continental Europe (Amberley Publishing) each contain 180 photographs which I took over sixty years ago, such as the attached image.

East Berlin, Haus Vaterland, 3 August 1960. I post photographs taken on my many Berlin visits in the 1950s and 1960s. 180 historic street images of East and West Berlin are in my book "Berlin in the Cold War" (Amberley Publishing.). #Berlin #DDR #GDR

My photographic books on London (this sold out), Berlin, the British Isles and Continental Europe (Amberley Publishing) each contain 180 photographs which I took over sixty years ago, such as the attached image.

East Berlin, Thaelmannplatz, 31 July 1960. I post photographs taken on my many Berlin visits in the 1950s and 1960s. 180 historic street images of East and West Berlin are in my book "Berlin in the Cold War" (Amberley Publishing.). #Berlin #DDR #GDR

My photographic books on London (this sold out), Berlin, the British Isles and Continental Europe (Amberley Publishing) each contain 180 photographs which I took over sixty years ago, such as the attached image.

West Berlin, 26 December 1964. I post photographs taken on my many Berlin visits in the 1950s and 1960s. 180 unique historic street images of East and West Berlin are in my book "Berlin in the Cold War" (Amberley Publishing.). #Berlin

My photographic books on London (this sold out), Berlin, the British Isles and Continental Europe (Amberley Publishing) each contain 180 photographs which I took over sixty years ago, such as the attached image.

East Berlin, 31 July 1960. I post photographs taken on my many Berlin visits in the 1950s and 1960s. 180 historic street images of East and West Berlin are in my book "Berlin in the Cold War" (Amberley Publishing.). #Berlin #DDR #GDR

East Berlin, Unter den Linden/Friedrichstrasse, 11 September 1959. I post photographs taken on my many Berlin visits in the 1950s and 1960s. 180 unique historic street images of East and West Berlin are in my book "Berlin in the Cold War" (Amberley Publishing). #Berlin #DDR #GDR

Berlin Wall at Potsdamer Platz, 28 August 1962. I post photographs taken on my many Berlin visits in the 1950s and 1960s. 180 unique historic street images of East and West Berlin are in my book "Berlin in the Cold War" (Amberley Publishing.). #Berlin

One of the many thousands of my photographs not in any of the photographic books of my images since the 1950s and 1960s (London, Berlin, the British Isles and Continental Europe). For more details see the Amberley Publishing website.

West Berlin, Anhalter Bahnhof, 3 August 1960, three weeks before demolition. I post photographs taken on my many Berlin visits in the 1950s and 1960s. 180 historic street images of East and West Berlin are in my book "Berlin in the Cold War" (Amberley Publishing.). #Berlin

Salisbury, Rhodesia, 21 August 1970. One of the many thousands of my photographs not in any of the photographic books of my images from the 1950s and 1960s (London, Berlin, the British Isles and Continental Europe). For more details see the Amberley Publishing website.

Berlin Wall at Stresemannstrasse, 29 August 1962. I post photographs taken on my many Berlin visits in the 1950s and 1960s. 180 unique historic street images of East and West Berlin are in my book "Berlin in the Cold War" (Amberley Publishing.). #Berlin

East Berlin, Kronenstrasse, 31 July 1960. I post photographs taken on my many Berlin visits in the 1950s and 1960s. 180 historic street images of East and West Berlin are in my book "Berlin in the Cold War" (Amberley Publishing.). #Berlin #DDR #GDR

Gibraltar, 1960. One of the many thousands of my photographs not in any of the photographic books of my images from the 1950s and 1960s (London, Berlin, the British Isles and Continental Europe). For more details see the Amberley Publishing website.

East Berlin, Schauspielhaus (previous name), 31 July 1960. I post photographs taken on my many Berlin visits in the 1950s and 1960s. 180 historic street images of East and West Berlin are in my book "Berlin in the Cold War" (Amberley Publishing.). #Berlin

Berlin, sector border at Reichstag, 1 August 1960. The tram is in East Berlin. I post photographs taken on my many Berlin visits in the 1950s and 1960s. 180 historic street images of East and West Berlin are in my book "Berlin in the Cold War" (Amberley Publishing.). #Berlin

Berlin, Friedrichstrasse, 3 August 1960. A rare image of the Checkpoint Charlie location before the Berlin Wall. I post photographs taken on my many Berlin visits in the 1950s and 1960s. 180 historic street images of East and West Berlin are in my book "Berlin in the Cold War".

180 unique historic street scenes of the UK and Ireland taken by me in the 1950s and 1960s, together with detailed descriptions of the locations, are in my book "Forgotten Times" (Amberley Publishing.)

This photograph is from my book, "Western Europe in Photographs", just released (Amberley Publishing), containing 180 unique historic street scenes of Continental Europe which I took in the 1950s and 1960s.

West Berlin, Tauentzienstrasse, 12 September 1959. I post photographs taken on my many Berlin visits in the 1950s and 1960s. 180 unique historic street images of East and West Berlin are in my book "Berlin in the Cold War" (Amberley Publishing). #Berlin

This photograph is from my book, "Western Europe in Photographs", just released (Amberley Publishing), containing 180 unique historic street scenes of Continental Europe which I took in the 1950s and 1960s.

180 unique historic street scenes of the UK and Ireland taken by me in the 1950s and 1960s, together with detailed descriptions of the locations, are in my book "Forgotten Times" (Amberley Publishing.)

Berlin, Checkpoint Charlie, 28 August 1962. I post photographs taken on my many Berlin visits in the 1950s and 1960s. 180 unique historic street images of East and West Berlin are in my book "Berlin in the Cold War" (Amberley Publishing.). #Berlin

180 unique historic street scenes of the UK and Ireland taken by me in the 1950s and 1960s, together with detailed descriptions of the locations, are in my book "Forgotten Times" (Amberley Publishing.)

West Berlin, 29 August 1962. I post photographs taken on my many Berlin visits in the 1950s and 1960s. 180 unique historic street images of East and West Berlin are in my book "Berlin in the Cold War" (Amberley Publishing.). #Berlin

180 unique historic street scenes of the UK and Ireland taken by me in the 1950s and 1960s, together with detailed descriptions of the locations, are in my book "Forgotten Times" (Amberley Publishing.)

This photograph is from my book, "Western Europe in Photographs", just released (Amberley Publishing), containing 180 unique historic street scenes of Continental Europe which I took in the 1950s and 1960s.

West Berlin, Bahnhof Wannsee, 25 August 1962. I post photographs taken on my many Berlin visits in the 1950s and 1960s. 180 unique historic street images of East and West Berlin are in my book "Berlin in the Cold War" (Amberley Publishing.). #Berlin