This photograph is a foretaste of my book, to be published shortly by Amberley Publishing, (available to pre-order) containing 180 unique historic scenes of Continental Europe which I took in the 1950s and 1960s.

West Berlin, Ku'damm U-Bahn, 27 August 1962. 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

East Berlin, 26 December 1964. Note the street name-plate. 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

This photograph is a foretaste of my book, to be published shortly by Amberley Publishing, (available to pre-order) containing 180 unique historic scenes of Continental Europe which I took in the 1950s and 1960s.

East Berlin, Stalinallee, 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

This is bizarre: When I ask AI to "sharpen" the slightly blurred image, it alters the wording on the exit notice, even to the extent of inventing wording in French and German.

Berlin Wall at Zimmerstrasse, 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

Berlin Wall at Wildenbruchstrasse, 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

Paris, 27 July 1955. La Mademoiselle de Rue Gabrielle ... Who was she? Who can tell? ... Where is she now? But who can say ... Now time has washed the years away?

This photograph is a foretaste of my book, to be published shortly by Amberley Publishing, (available to pre-order) containing 180 unique historic scenes of Continental Europe which I took in the 1950s and 1960s.

West 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

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.). And who knows what street is this in Central London?

This photograph is a foretaste of my book, to be published shortly by Amberley Publishing, (available to pre-order) containing 180 unique historic scenes of Continental Europe which I took in the 1950s and 1960s.

Berlin, 9 Sept. 1959. Border crossing advice notices at Stresemannstrasse. 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

The Hailstone takes a break from photographing the city in 1964, desperately trying to look cool at his perch in Ernst-Reuter-Platz. #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 a foretaste of my book, to be published shortly by Amberley Publishing, (available to pre-order) containing 180 unique historic scenes of Continental Europe which I took in the 1950s and 1960s.

Berlin, border control at Friedrichstr. (later Checkpoint Charlie), 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

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 a foretaste of my book, to be published shortly by Amberley Publishing, (available to pre-order) containing 180 unique historic scenes of Continental Europe which I took in the 1950s and 1960s.

Berlin, Pariser Platz, 24 March 1959. From my "faulty camera" visit, posted previously unedited but now sharpened with AI. 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 a foretaste of my book, to be published shortly by Amberley Publishing, (available to pre-order) containing 180 unique historic scenes of Continental Europe which I took in the 1950s and 1960s.

East Berlin, 23 June 1964. Staatsratsgebäude in final days of construction. 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 a foretaste of my book, to be published shortly by Amberley Publishing, (available to pre-order) containing 180 unique historic scenes of Continental Europe which I took in the 1950s and 1960s.

East Berlin, Unter den Linden, 24 March 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

This photograph is a foretaste of my book, to be published shortly by Amberley Publishing, (available to pre-order) containing 180 unique historic scenes of Continental Europe which I took in the 1950s and 1960s.

East Berlin, near Alexanderplatz, 8 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, sector border at Stresemannstrasse, 3 August 1960. Shops are in West Berlin; pavement (sidewalk) is in East Berlin. 180 unique historic street images of East and West Berlin are in my book "Berlin in the Cold War" (Amberley Publ.). #Berlin