Allan Hailstone (not Alan)
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"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 photos 1959-1966.
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Charing Cross Road, London, 1 August 1955. I am regularly posting some of the many hundreds of photographs I took on the streets of London and Berlin in the 1950s. I assess whether there is any interest in these posts by the number of likes and retweets.
#London
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Soho, London, 5 November 1955. Bizarrely, the exact date that the character in "Back to the Future" went back to. I am regularly posting some of the many hundreds of photographs I took on the streets of London and Berlin in the 1950s.
#London
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ENDSTATION. Berlin Wall at Potsdamer Platz, 29 August 1962. Note that the driver is changing the points on the track with the vertical pole. Destination board on tram: Finckensteinallee, site of the world's first electric tram system in 1881.
#Berlin
#BerlinWall
#tram
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Robin Day in Kingsway, London, 1 August 1957. The name may still be familiar to some. I am posting a selection of the many hundreds of photographs I took on the streets of London, Berlin and other cities in the 1950s.
#London
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Anhalter Bahnhof, West Berlin, 3 August 1960. I photographed it three weeks before it was largely demolished. 180 historic street images of East and West Berlin are in my book "Berlin in the Cold War" (Amberley Publishers).
#Berlin
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The "lost" St. Giles High Street, London, 1 August 1955. I shall be regularly posting some of the many photographs I took on the streets of London in the 1950s. This is probably the only detailed image of this street which remains.
#London
@knowledgepoint
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View from Funkturm, West Berlin, 27 August 1962. Previously unpublished. Because of the declining interest in my historic Berlin photographs (based on the number of likes and retweets) these images, previously posted daily, will now be tweeted less frequently. Thanks to all.
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Potsdamer Platz, Berlin, 29 Aug. 1962. Posted before but my new Twitter friends may not have seen it. I tweet photographs taken on my many Berlin visits. 180 street images of East and West Berlin are in my book "Berlin in the Cold War" (Amberley Publ.).
#Berlin
#BerlinWall
#DDR
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Oberbaumbrücke, Berlin, 24 December 1964. I tweet 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.).
#Berlin
#BerlinWall
#DDR
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Checkpoint Charlie, Berlin, 29 August 1962. I tweet photographs taken by me on my many Berlin visits. 180 historic street images of East and West Berlin are in my book "Berlin in the Cold War" (Amberley Publishing).
#Berlin
#CheckpointCharlie
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Potsdamer Platz, 28 August 1962. Judith looks into the socialist paradise. Accepting that her application to live in the democratic sector would almost certainly be turned down, she took the next best option. She married me the following year.
#Berlin
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Checkpoint Charlie, Berlin, 29 August 1962, 7.15 am. I am daily posting photographs I took on my many visits to Berlin. 180 historic street images of East/West Berlin are in my book "Berlin in the Cold War" (Amberley Publ.). Thank you to all followers and retweeters.
#Berlin
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Judith at the Berlin Wall, August 1962. Accepting that her dream of living in the DDR was unlikely to materialise, she took the next best option. She married me the following year. 180 historic images of East and West Berlin are in my book "Berlin in the Cold War"
#Berlin
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Stresemannstrasse, 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 Publ.).
#Berlin
#BerlinWall
#DDR
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West Berlin, 29 August 1962. I tweet photographs taken on my many Berlin visits. 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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Princes Street, Edinburgh, 17 April 1960. I am daily posting images from my visits to Glasgow and Edinburgh, 1958-1960. See also my previous postings. Thanks to my Scotland-interested friends for following.
#Glasgow
#Scotland
#Edinburgh
#upl4jun21
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Potsdamer Platz, Berlin, 29 August 1962. Endstation. I post photographs taken on my many Berlin visits in the 1950s and 1960s. 180 historic images of East and West Berlin are in my book "Berlin in the Cold War" (Amberley Publishing).
#Berlin
#BerlinWall
#tram
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Endstation. West Berlin tram, Potsdamer Platz, 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
#tram
#BerlinWall
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East Berlin, 31 July 1960. The Art Nouveau building is on Kronenstrasse. On the extreme left is Friedrichstrasse 58. I post photographs I took on my many visits to Berlin. 180 street images of East and West Berlin are in my book "Berlin in the Cold War" (Amberley Publ.)
#Berlin
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Anhalter Bahnhof, West Berlin, 3 August 1960, three weeks before demolition. Read how I explored the tunnel under the station on this visit in my book "Berlin in the Cold War" (180 photographs). I am daily posting historic images of Berlin, London, etc.
#Berlin
#up31jul21
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West Berlin, 29 August 1962. I am daily posting images from my many visits to Berlin since 1959. See previous postings. Thanks to my Berlin-interested followers.
#Berlin
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I am working on a book of photographs taken by me on the streets of Continental Europe in the 1950s and 1960s. This is Hamburg Hbf station concourse in 1960.
#Hamburg
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Cambridge Circus, London, 5 Nov 1955. Just visible is the sign for Marks & Co., the bookshop featured in the novel "84 Charing Cross Road". I am posting some of the many hundreds of photographs I took on the streets of London, Berlin and other cities in the 1950s.
#London
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Eberswalder Strasse, East Berlin, view from Bernauer Strasse, 27 December 1964. I tweet photographs taken on my many Berlin visits. 180 historic street images of East and West Berlin are in my book "Berlin in the Cold War" (Amberley Publishing).
#Berlin
#BerlinWall
#DDR
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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
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Endstation, Potsdamer Platz, 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
#BerlinWall
#tram
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Argyle Street, Glasgow, 19 April 1960. I am daily posting images from my 1960 Glasgow visit, shortly also to include Edinburgh 1958-1960. See also my previous postings. Thanks to my Glasgow-interested friends for following.
#Glasgow
#Scotland
#Edinburgh
#upl29may21
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Charing Cross Road, London, 5 November 1955. I am regularly posting a selection from the many hundreds of photographs I took on the streets of London, Berlin and other cities in the 1950s and 1960s.
#London
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Potsdamer Platz, 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
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Leicester Square, London, 5 November 1955. I am regularly posting some of the many hundreds of photographs I took on the streets of London, Berlin and other cities in the 1950s.
#London
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Checkpoint Charlie, Berlin, 29 Aug 1962, 7.20am. Following the interest in yesterday's posting, this is the image I took from the other side of Friedrichstrasse. 180 historic street images of East and West Berlin are in my book "Berlin in the Cold War" (Amberley Publ).
#Berlin
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Strasse des 17 Juni, West Berlin, 11 September 1959. Brandenburger Tor ahead lies entirely in East Berlin. The flag is East German (DDR). I am daily posting images from my many visits to Berlin since 1959. Thanks to my Berlin-interested friends for following.
#Berlin
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Berlin Wall at Potsdamer Platz, 28 August 1962. I regularly tweet photographs taken on my many Berlin visits. 180 historic street images of East and West Berlin are in my book "Berlin in the Cold War" (Amberley Publishing).
#Berlin
#BerlinWall
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Berlin Wall at Bernauer Strasse, junction with Brunnenstrasse, 27 August 1962. I frequently tweet photographs taken on my many Berlin visits. 180 historic street images of East and West Berlin are in my book "Berlin in the Cold War" (Amberley Publ.).
#Berlin
#BerlinWall
#DDR
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A notice on the window of Hampton Hill Tesco produced by the professional poster designers at
#Tesco
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Checkpoint Charlie, Berlin, 29 August 1962. Taken on the same day from the opposite side of Friedrichstrasse from my post two days ago. 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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Anhalter Bahnhof, West Berlin, 3 August 1960. I have posted this image before, but again now because of the interest in this edifice. Three weeks after I took this most of the remains of the station were demolished. I post images taken by me on my many visits to Berlin
#Berlin
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West Berlin, 29 August 1962. I frequently tweet photographs taken on my many Berlin visits. 180 historic street images of East and West Berlin are in my book "Berlin in the Cold War" (Amberley Publishers).
#Berlin
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Friedrichstrasse, Berlin, 31 July 1960 (later the location of Checkpoint Charlie). I daily post photographs which I took on my many Berlin visits. 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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The "grand inquisitor", Robin Day, caught by me in Kingsway, London, 1 Aug 1957. Do any of my Twitter friends remember him? I post photographs I took in many countries since 1949. My books (Amberley Publishers) include over 300 historic street photographs of London and Berlin.
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Berlin Wall at Boyenstrasse, 27 August 1962. I regularly tweet photographs taken on my many Berlin visits. 180 historic street images of East and West Berlin are in my book "Berlin in the Cold War" (Amberley Publishing).
#Berlin
#BerlinWall
#DDR
#ColdWar
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West Berlin, 29 August 1962. I post photographs taken by me on my many Berlin visits, also frequently post images from visits to other locations since the 1950s.
#Berlin
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Kurfürstendamm near Breitscheidplatz, West Berlin, 29 August 1962. I am frequently posting photographs which I took on my many visits to Berlin. 180 historic street images of East and West Berlin are in my book "Berlin in the Cold War" (Amberley Publ.).
#Berlin
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Berlin, Friedrichstrasse, 3 August 1960. A rare shot of the Checkpoint Charlie location pre-Wall. I post photographs taken on my Berlin visits in the 1950s, 1960s. 180 historic street images of East and West Berlin are in my book "Berlin in the Cold War" (Amberley Publ).
#Berlin
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Berlin Wall at Wilhelmstrasse, 29 August 1962. I tweet 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.).
#Berlin
#BerlinWall
#DDR
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Checkpoint Charlie, Berlin, 29 August 1962. I regularly tweet photographs taken on my many visits to Berlin and other cities 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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At Glienicker Brücke, Berlin, 10 September 1959. "The bridge of spies". I am daily posting photographs I took in Berlin, Rome, UK, etc. in the 1950s and 1960s. 180 images are in my book "Berlin in the Cold War". Thank you to all followers and retweeters.
#Berlin
#up23jul21
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Friedrichstrasse, Berlin, 31 July 1960. A rare image of the Checkpoint Charlie location before the Berlin Wall. I tweet photographs taken on my many Berlin visits. 180 historic street images of East and West Berlin are in my book "Berlin in the Cold War" (Amberley Publ).
#Berlin
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Princes Street, Edinburgh, 1 November 1958. I am daily posting images from my visits to Glasgow and Edinburgh, 1958-1960. See also my previous postings. Thanks to my Scotland-interested friends for following.
#Glasgow
#Scotland
#Edinburgh
#upl1jun21
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Berlin Wall near Harzer Strasse, 24 December 1964. I frequently tweet photographs taken on my many Berlin visits. 180 historic street images of East and West Berlin are in my book "Berlin in the Cold War" (Amberley Publishing).
#Berlin
#BerlinWall
#DDR
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Berlin Wall at Bernauer Strasse cnr. Brunnenstrasse, 27 December 1964. One of 180 images in my book "Berlin in the Cold War". I am daily posting images from my many visits to Berlin since 1959. Thanks to my Berlin-interested followers.
#Berlin
#DDR
#upl31may21
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Strand, London, 1 August 1955. I am regularly posting some of the many hundreds of photographs I took on the streets of London and Berlin in the 1950s. I assess whether there is any interest in these posts by the number of likes and retweets.
#London
@knowledgepoint
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Kurfürstendamm, West Berlin, 26 December 1964. I am daily posting images I photographed in Berlin, Rome, UK, etc. in 1950s and 1960s. 180 images are included in my book "Berlin in the Cold War". Thank you to all followers and retweeters.
#Berlin
#up11jul21
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Potsdamer Platz, Berlin, 28 August 1962. I regularly tweet photographs taken on my many Berlin visits. 180 street images of East and West Berlin are in my book "Berlin in the Cold War" (Amberley Publishing).
#Berlin
#BerlinWall
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After I posted this, my 1955 photo of Shaftesbury Avenue, London to
@simonnread
yesterday, I received a DM from Cat Stevens that he "loved" it, as it depicts the Moulin Rouge restaurant, owned by his Dad, and above which he lived, aged seven. Can someone be seen at the window?
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Kurfürstendamm (north side), West Berlin, 27 August 1962, 6 am (06:00). I post photographs which I took on my many Berlin visits. 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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Anhalter Bahnhof, West Berlin, 3 August 1960. Three weeks before it was largely demolished. I post photographs taken on my Berlin visits in the 1950s, 1960s. 180 historic street images of East and West Berlin are in my book "Berlin in the Cold War" (Amberley Publ).
#Berlin
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Rathausstrasse at Alexanderplatz, East Berlin, 11 September 1959. I have been daily posting photographs I took in Berlin, Rome, UK, etc. in the 1950s and 1960s. These will resume later next week. 180 images are in my book "Berlin in the Cold War".
#Berlin
#DDR
#up16jul21
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Ernst-Reuter-Platz, West Berlin, 23 June 1964. An amateur photographer takes a break from photographing the city, desperately trying to appear relaxed for a photograph to post to his Twitter friends 57 years in the future.
#Berlin
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I am working on a book containing 180 images taken on my many visits to Continental Europe from 1955 to 1966. This is Rome in 1956, the foot of the Spanish Steps. Comments or "likes" from my Twitter friends would be welcome to indicate if such a book would be of any interest.
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Potsdamer Platz, East Berlin, 28 August 1962. Somewhat similar to one of the 180 images in my book but this from a different perspective and previously unpublished. I frequently post photographs which I took on my many visits to Berlin.
#Berlin
#BerlinWall
#ColdWar
#DDR
#GDR
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Berlin Wall at Bernauer Strasse, 27 August 1962. I regularly tweet photographs taken on my many Berlin visits. 180 historic street images of East and West Berlin are in my book "Berlin in the Cold War" (Amberley Publishing).
#Berlin
#BerlinWall
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Potsdamer Platz, Berlin, 29 August 1962. I regularly tweet photographs taken on my many visits to Berlin and other cities 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
#BerlinWall
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West Berlin, 11 September 1959. Previously unpublished. 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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