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Allan Hailstone

@allhails.bsky.social
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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 Berlin street images 1959-1966, with much historical description. Follow me on Twitter to see more street photos

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Allan Hailstone @allhails.bsky.social · 18h
Berlin Wall at Wilhelmstrasse, 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
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Allan Hailstone @allhails.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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.
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Allan Hailstone @allhails.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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.). I acknowledge that the Isle of Man is not in the UK.
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Allan Hailstone @allhails.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
East Berlin, Unter den Linden, 9 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
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Allan Hailstone @allhails.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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.).
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Allan Hailstone @allhails.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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
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Allan Hailstone @allhails.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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.).
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Allan Hailstone @allhails.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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.
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Allan Hailstone @allhails.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
East Berlin, Alexanderplatz, 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
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Allan Hailstone @allhails.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
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.
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Allan Hailstone @allhails.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
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.).
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Allan Hailstone @allhails.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
West Berlin, Reichstag, 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
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Allan Hailstone @allhails.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
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.).
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Allan Hailstone @allhails.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
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.
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Allan Hailstone @allhails.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
East Berlin, Karl-Marx-Allee, 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 #DDR #GDR
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Allan Hailstone @allhails.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This photograph is from my book, "Western Europe in Photographs", just released (Amberley Publishing), containing 180 unique historic scenes of Continental Europe which I took in the 1950s and 1960s.
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Allan Hailstone @allhails.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
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.).
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Allan Hailstone @allhails.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
East/West Berlin border fortifications, 23 June 1964. Photo from an S-Bahn train. I post photographs taken on my many Berlin visits in the 1950s and 1960s. 180 unique historic images of East and West Berlin are in my book "Berlin in the Cold War" (Amberley Publishing.). #Berlin
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Allan Hailstone @allhails.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
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.).
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Allan Hailstone @allhails.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
This photograph is from my book, "Western Europe in Photographs", just released (Amberley Publishing), containing 180 unique historic scenes of Continental Europe which I took in the 1950s and 1960s.
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Allan Hailstone @allhails.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
West Berlin, 27 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
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Allan Hailstone @allhails.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
This photograph is from my book, "Western Europe in Photographs", just released (Amberley Publishing), containing 180 unique historic scenes of Continental Europe which I took in the 1950s and 1960s.
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Allan Hailstone @allhails.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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.).
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Allan Hailstone @allhails.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Berlin, at 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
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Allan Hailstone @allhails.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
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.).
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Allan Hailstone @allhails.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
This photograph is from my book, "Western Europe in Photographs", just released (Amberley Publishing), containing 180 unique historic scenes of Continental Europe which I took in the 1950s and 1960s.
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Allan Hailstone @allhails.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
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
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Allan Hailstone @allhails.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
This photograph is from my book, "Western Europe in Photographs", just released (Amberley Publishing), containing 180 unique historic scenes of Continental Europe which I took in the 1950s and 1960s.
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Allan Hailstone @allhails.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
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.).
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Allan Hailstone @allhails.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
East Berlin, Stalinallee, 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
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Allan Hailstone @allhails.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
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.).
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Allan Hailstone @allhails.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
East Berlin, Stadtmitte U-Bahn, Mohrenstrasse, 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
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Allan Hailstone @allhails.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Pete Murray (remember him?) is 101 tomorrow! But who of my bsky friends remember his colleagues Peter Madren and Geoffrey Everett, and what three-digit number was connected to them? Answers on a postcard ...
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Allan Hailstone @allhails.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
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.).
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Allan Hailstone @allhails.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
This photograph is from my book, "Western Europe in Photographs", just released (Amberley Publishing), containing 180 unique historic scenes of Continental Europe which I took in the 1950s and 1960s.
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Allan Hailstone @allhails.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
East Berlin, 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
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Allan Hailstone @allhails.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
This photograph is from my book, "Western Europe in Photographs", just released (Amberley Publishing), containing 180 unique historic scenes of Continental Europe which I took in the 1950s and 1960s.
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Allan Hailstone @allhails.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
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.).
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Allan Hailstone @allhails.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Berlin, Pariser Platz and Reichstag, 9 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
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Allan Hailstone @allhails.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
This photograph is from my book, "Western Europe in Photographs", just released (Amberley Publishing), containing 180 unique historic scenes of Continental Europe which I took in the 1950s and 1960s.
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Allan Hailstone @allhails.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
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.).
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Allan Hailstone @allhails.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
East Berlin, Friedrichstrasse, 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
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Allan Hailstone @allhails.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
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.).
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Allan Hailstone @allhails.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
This photograph is from my book, "Western Europe in Photographs", just released (Amberley Publishing), containing 180 unique historic scenes of Continental Europe which I took in the 1950s and 1960s.
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Allan Hailstone @allhails.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Berlin Wall at Potsdamer Platz, 23 June 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
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Allan Hailstone @allhails.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
This photograph is from my book, "Western Europe in Photographs", just released (Amberley Publishing), containing 180 unique historic scenes of Continental Europe which I took in the 1950s and 1960s.
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Allan Hailstone @allhails.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
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.).
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Allan Hailstone @allhails.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
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
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Allan Hailstone @allhails.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
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.).
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Allan Hailstone @allhails.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
This photograph is from my book, "Western Europe in Photographs", just released (Amberley Publishing), containing 180 unique historic scenes of Continental Europe which I took in the 1950s and 1960s.
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