Border Collection

The Welsh and English can drink together now on Sunday in the Lion Hotel at the village of Llanymynech, on the borders of Montgomeryshire

Mass demonstration held outside Rathaus Schoneberg City Hall in protest against the construction of the Berlin Wall which began three days earlier overnight on the 12th-13th August

For the first time since its erection, the Berlin Wall is opened for border crossings for 18 days over the Christmas period

Scenes in East Berlin, East Germany soon after the start of the construction of the Berlin Wall. Police monitoring the situation around Frankfurter Allee in the east of the city. 18th August 1961

Picture taken on the roads near the Belgium - Luxembourg border showing barricades with three, four and sometimes five stone walls jutting out from alternate sides of the road

For the first time since its erection, the Berlin Wall is opened for border crossings for 18 days over the Christmas period

Start of the construction of the Berlin Wall. At midnight on 13th August the police and units of the East German army began to close the border and, by Sunday morning, 13 August

Scenes in Berlin shortly after the erection of the Berlin Wall, dividing the Soviet occupied Eastern sector of the city from the Allied occupied Western sectors

Scenes in East Berlin, four years after work began on the construction of the Berlin Wall, separating East from West. View looking towards the Brandenburg Gate on the border between the halves of

General Bruce C Clarke, Commander In Chief of the US Army in Europe at the Brandenburg Gate with West Berlin Mayor Willy Brandt, three days after construction of the Berlin Wall began

Start of the construction of the Berlin Wall. At midnight on 13th August the police and units of the East German army began to close the border and, by Sunday morning, 13 August

Scenes in Berlin, three years after work began on the construction of the Berlin Wall, separating East from West. Looking over the wall from West Berlin in to the East. 25th October 1964

Frontier scenes at the East West Germany border. 17th April 1961

Start of the construction of the Berlin Wall. At midnight on 13th August the police and units of the East German army began to close the border and, by Sunday morning, 13 August

Offas Dyke is a large linear earthwork that roughly follows the current border between England and Wales. Looking northwards from Pen Offa the Dyke drops down into the valley. 31st August 1956

A couple of young women use stepping stones to cross the Ewenny River that rises to the north east of Bridgend town, in South Wales

On the German border, war correspondant Rex North buys a drink for the road at the last pub in France before crossing the frontier during the Second World War September 1944

Berlin a city divided. Childrens party at the sector boundary Berlin 15th August 1953. This picture was taken from the eastern part of Friedrich strasse

Berliners waiting to cross the wall. December 1963

Views of the Berlin Wall with soldiers patrolling. October 1961

Views of the Berlin Wall with soldiers patrolling. October 1961

Royal Tour of Pakistan - The Khyber Pass: The entrance gate to the village of Landi Hotel, only 5 miles from the Afghanistan border, which is renowned for smuggling and local armed tribesmen

St. Margarets Bay coastguard station on the Kent coast, overlooking the Straits of Dover, through which pass 800 ships a day

At Lympne Airport group captain Peter Townsend arrived with his car from Belgium by Silver City Airways plane. He cleared customs and drove his car away. August 1953 D5375-001

Turkish cafe in the foreground and Greek cafe in the back in Cyprus. November 1952 C1103-008

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