"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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 Previously unpublished.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.
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
Argyle Street, Glasgow, 18 April 1960. 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.
#Glasgow
#Scotland
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
East Berlin, 24 March 1959. 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
Argyle Street, Glasgow, 19 April 1960. I am daily posting images from my 1960 Glasgow visit. See also my previous postings. Thanks to my new (and old) Glasgow-interested friends for following.
#Glasgow
#Scotland
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
East Berlin, 24 March 1959. 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
#DDR
Rotes Rathaus, East Berlin, 11 September 1959. 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
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
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
Berlin, 31 July 1960. Reichstag (on left) is in West Berlin, the tram and tramlines are in East Berlin. I am daily posting photographs I took in Berlin on my many visits. 180 historic street images are in my book "Berlin in the Cold War".
#Berlin
#tram
#DDR
#up8aug21
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
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
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
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
Friedrichstrasse, Berlin, 3 August 1960. A rare shot of the Checkpoint Charlie location shortly before the wall division. I am daily posting photographs I took in Berlin on my many visits. 180 historic street images are in my book "Berlin in the Cold War".
#Berlin
#up4aug21
Buchanan Street, Glasgow, 19 April 1960. I am daily posting images from my 1960 Glasgow visit. See also my previous postings. Thanks to my new (and old) Glasgow-interested friends for following.
#Glasgow
#Scotland
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
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
Argyle Street, Glasgow, 19 April 1960. 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.
#Glasgow
#Scotland
#up150523
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
Renfrew Airport, Glasgow, 19 April 1960. I am daily posting images I took in the 1950s and 1960s in the UK, Berlin, Rome, etc. Thank you to all followers and retweeters.
#Glasgow
#Scotland
#up9jul21
Potsdamer Platz, East Berlin, 3 August 1960. Posted again for my new Twitter friends because of previous interest. I daily post photographs from my many Berlin visits. 180 historic street images of East and West Berlin are in my book "Berlin in the Cold War"
#Berlin
#DDR
#GDR
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
View from near Adlon Hotel, East Berlin, 26 December 1964. Note street nameplate for Otto Grotewohl, the DDR minister who died 3 months previously. I am daily posting images from my many visits to Berlin since 1959. Thanks to my Berlin-interested followers.
#Berlin
#DDR
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
Gorbals, Glasgow, 19 April 1960. Apologies to any who have seen this image posted previously, but for my new Glasgow-interested friends (thank you for following) I shall be posting many from my 1960 visit over the coming weeks.
#Glasgow
#Gorbals
#Scotland
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
East Berlin, 26 December 1964. I post 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 Publishing.).
#Berlin
#DDR
#GDR
East Berlin, 24 March 1959. "If you are looking for John-Foster-Dulles-Allee, Madam, you won't find it around here". I post photographs taken by me on my many Berlin visits.
#Berlin
#DDR
Gorbals, Glasgow, 18 April 1960. I am regularly posting some of the many hundreds of photographs I took on the streets of London, Berlin, Glasgow and other cities in the 1950s and 1960s.
#Glasgow
#Gorbals
#up130423
West Berlin, 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
#up080823
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
Gorbals, Glasgow, 18 April 1960. I am regularly posting some of the many hundreds of photographs I took on the streets of London, Berlin, Glasgow and other cities in the 1950s and 1960s.
#Glasgow
#Gorbals
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
East Berlin, 1 August 1960. 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
#DDR
#tram
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
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
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
Alexanderstrasse, East Berlin, 23 June 1964. I am daily posting images from my many visits to Berlin since 1959. Thanks to my Berlin-interested friends for following.
#Berlin
#DDR
St. Enoch stations, Glasgow, 19 April 1960. I shall be posting many images from my 1960 Glasgow visit in the weeks ahead. Thanks to my new Glasgow-interested friends for following.
#Glasgow
#Scotland
East Berlin, 26 Dec 1964. Note the nameplate for Otto-Grotewohl-Strasse, died in September of that year. 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
#DDR
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
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
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
Unter den Linden, East Berlin, 8 September 1959. Previously unpublished. I frequently post 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 Publishing).
#Berlin
#DDR
#GDR
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
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.
Checkpoint Charlie, 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
#DDR
East Berlin, 31 July 1960. The Art Nouveau building is on Kronenstrasse. The building on the far left is Friedrichstrasse 58. I am daily posting photographs I took in Berlin on my many visits. 180 historic street images are in my book "Berlin in the Cold War".
#Berlin
#DDR
Potsdamer Platz, Berlin, the view towards Haus Vaterland and Stresemannstrasse, 28 August 1962. I am daily posting street photographs I took in Berlin, Rome, UK, etc. in the 1950s and 1960s. 180 images are in my book "Berlin in the Cold War".
#Berlin
#up1aug21
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
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
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
Stresemannstrasse, 29 August 1962. I am daily posting street photographs I took in Berlin, Rome, UK, etc. in the 1950s and 1960s. 180 historic images are in my book "Berlin in the Cold War". Thank you to all followers and retweeters.
#Berlin
#up2aug21
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
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
Berlin, 31 July 1960. The Reichstag is in West Berlin, the tram 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 Publ.).
#Berlin
#DDR
Alexanderplatz, East Berlin, 9 September 1959. 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
#DDR
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
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
Gendarmenmarkt, East Berlin, 11 September 1959. 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 Publishers).
#Berlin
#DDR
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
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
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
Argyle Street, Glasgow, 19 April 1960. 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.
#Glasgow
#Scotland
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
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
Berliner Dom, East Berlin, 9 September 1959. Previously unpublished. I daily post 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 Publishing).
#Berlin
#DDR
#GDR
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
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
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?
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
#up070424
Unter den Linden, East Berlin, 1 August 1960. Previously unpublished because of poor image quality. I daily post photographs from my many Berlin visits. 180 street images of East and West Berlin are in my book "Berlin in the Cold War" (Amberley).
#Berlin
#DDR
#GDR
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
Glasgow, 18 April 1960. 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.
#Glasgow
#Scotland
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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
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