A keen photographer since childhood, Allan Hailstone’s beautiful images are a tribute to London of the 1950s. Fogs, Soho at night, the remnants of St Giles, lost theatres … Here is a taste of how things were…
![Warner Cinema, Cranbourn Street, London, 3 January 1957.](https://flashbak.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Warner-Cinema-Cranbourn-Street-London-3-January-1957-Allan-Hailstone.jpg)
Warner Cinema, Cranbourn Street, London, 3 January 1957.
![Trafalgar Square, London, 5 November 1955.](https://flashbak.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Trafalgar-Square-London-5-November-1955-Allan-Hailstone.jpg)
Trafalgar Square, London, 5 November 1955.
Trafalgar Square CND London, 24 September 1960
![The Strand, London, 1 August 1955.](https://flashbak.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Strand-London-1-August-1955-Allan-Hailstone.jpg)
The Strand, London, 1 August 1955.
Southampton Row, London, 2 August 1955.
![Piccadilly Circus, London, 2 April 1956.](https://flashbak.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Piccadilly-Circus-London-2-April-1956-Allan-Hailstone.jpg)
Piccadilly Circus, London, 2 April 1956.
Outside Foyle’s Bookshop, Charing Cross Road, London, around mid-1961.
![Near Tottenham Court Road tube station, London, 1 August 1955.](https://flashbak.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Near-Tottenham-Court-Road-tube-station-London-1-August-1955-Allan-Hailstone.jpg)
Near Tottenham Court Road tube station, London, 1 August 1955.
![Men outside shop Charing Cross Road, London, 5 November 1955.](https://flashbak.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/men-outside-shop-Charing-Cross-Road-London-5-November-1955-Allan-Hailstone.jpg)
Men outside shop Charing Cross Road, London, 5 November 1955.
![Leicester Square, London, 11 April 1955.](https://flashbak.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Leicester-Square-London-11-April-1955-Allan-Hailstone.jpg)
Leicester Square, London, 11 April 1955.
Leicester Square, London, 2 April 1956.
![Aldwych, London, 1 August 1955](https://flashbak.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Aldwych-London-1-August-1955-Allan-Hailstone.jpg)
Aldwych, London, 1 August 1955
Museum Street cnr. New Oxford Street, London, 1 August 1955
![Charing Cross Road, London, 5 November 1955](https://flashbak.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Charing-Cross-Road-London-5-November-1955-Allan-Hailstone.jpg)
Charing Cross Road, London, 5 November 1955
![Charing Cross Road, London, 5 November 1955 looking south](https://flashbak.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Charing-Cross-Road-London-5-November-1955-looking-south-Allan-Hailstone.jpg)
Charing Cross Road, London, 5 November 1955 looking south
![Charlie Gracie posing for promotional photos in London, c.5 August 1957](https://flashbak.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Charlie-Gracie-posing-for-promotional-photos-in-London-c.5-August-1957-Allan-Hailstone.jpg)
Charlie Gracie posing for promotional photos in London, c.5 August 1957
![Foyle's Bookshop, Charing Cross Road, London, 5 November 1955](https://flashbak.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Foyles-Bookshop-Charing-Cross-Road-London-5-November-1955-Allan-Hailstone.jpg)
Foyle’s Bookshop, Charing Cross Road, London, 5 November 1955
![High Holborn, London, 2 August 1955.](https://flashbak.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/High-Holborn-London-2-August-1955-Allan-Hailstone.jpg)
High Holborn, London, 2 August 1955.
![Kingsway cnr. High Holborn, London, 1 August 1955.](https://flashbak.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Kingsway-cnr.-High-Holborn-London-1-August-1955-Allan-Hailstone.jpg)
Kingsway cnr. High Holborn, London, 1 August 1955.