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Title: Could you clean, restore and maybe colour my great grandma please?
Post by: oldtimer on Thursday 06 September 07 13:19 BST (UK)
Hi friends

This is my great grandmother, Rosehannah. She was born in 1863. This photo was taken in 1940, a year before her death. She was killed along with her daughter and grandaughter during a German bombing raid on Nuneaton in 1941. :'(

Many, many thanks, Judy  :) :)
Title: Re: Could you clean, restore and maybe colour my great grandma please?
Post by: cazza59 on Thursday 06 September 07 15:59 BST (UK)
Deleted this one.

Caz
Title: Re: Could you clean, restore and maybe colour my great grandma please?
Post by: oldtimer on Thursday 06 September 07 16:07 BST (UK)
Hi Caz!!

Thanks SO much! That is really super!!  Her dress looks like satin now. :D :D :D

What a transformation! Hope you will have a go at colouring her!!  ::) ::)

Judy
Title: Re: Could you clean, restore and maybe colour my great grandma please?
Post by: cazza59 on Thursday 06 September 07 16:10 BST (UK)
I'm so annoyed...the pic has a milky haze to it when posted...yet it looks fine in photoshop.  I'll keep tinkering to remove it so bear with me Judy.

Caz
Title: Re: Could you clean, restore and maybe colour my great grandma please?
Post by: oldtimer on Thursday 06 September 07 16:12 BST (UK)
Caz! I think it looks wonderful! I am really thrilled with it. Judy  :D
Title: Re: Could you clean, restore and maybe colour my great grandma please?
Post by: cazza59 on Thursday 06 September 07 16:14 BST (UK)
Tweak No 2.

Caz
Title: Re: Could you clean, restore and maybe colour my great grandma please?
Post by: cazza59 on Thursday 06 September 07 16:25 BST (UK)
Okay, if all else fails cheat  ;D ;D ;D

I recoloured  ::)

I will have a go at colouring her but it will have to be tomorrow night.  My toes are about to fall off from the cold and my eyes have already gone to bed  ;D ;D ;D

Caz
Title: Re: Could you clean, restore and maybe colour my great grandma please?
Post by: cazza59 on Thursday 06 September 07 16:57 BST (UK)
I started thinking of a colour for the dress and before I knew it  ::) ::) ::).  Can't guarantee the results though  :-\


I'm really off to bed this time.   ::)

Caz
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Post by: cazza59 on Thursday 06 September 07 17:04 BST (UK)
I'll give it a tidy tomorrow Judy.

Caz
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Post by: Polldoll on Thursday 06 September 07 17:07 BST (UK)
Go to bed ................................!!! ;D....... now !
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Title: Re: Could you clean, restore and maybe colour my great grandma please?
Post by: oldtimer on Thursday 06 September 07 17:30 BST (UK)
Caz! That is beautiful! Love the colours. Thanks so much!

Now take Poll's advice!! Night night!  ;) ;) Judy
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Post by: Polldoll on Thursday 06 September 07 17:32 BST (UK)
Stubborn as a mule !! Judy !!lol
I bet she's fallenasleep at the keyboard ...  ;) :o ;D
Title: Re: Could you clean, restore and maybe colour my great grandma please?
Post by: oldtimer on Thursday 06 September 07 17:37 BST (UK)
Ah bless!! She's a star though! Wonder if she's dreaming about my great gran??  ;D ;D ;D
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Post by: Polldoll on Thursday 06 September 07 17:40 BST (UK)
Christiano Ronaldo more likely ....  ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ( Man U player for those of a non footballing disposition ! :D ;D ;D


 
Title: Re: Could you clean, restore and maybe colour my great grandma please?
Post by: cazza59 on Thursday 06 September 07 23:53 BST (UK)
Aw Poll you know me too well!!   ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Could you clean, restore and maybe colour my great grandma please?
Post by: saddles on Friday 07 September 07 03:40 BST (UK)
and heres my colour version Judy.


Carolyn  :)
Title: Re: Could you clean, restore and maybe colour my great grandma please?
Post by: oldtimer on Friday 07 September 07 09:37 BST (UK)
Thanks Carolyn - that is gorgeous! You have transformed a really drab photo into something lovely. Many thanks  :D :D
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Post by: oldtimer on Friday 07 September 07 09:39 BST (UK)
Hi Caz!  Just wondering if Ronaldo scored last night??  :P :P :P
Title: Re: Could you clean, restore and maybe colour my great grandma please?
Post by: cazza59 on Friday 07 September 07 10:42 BST (UK)
Not with me unfortunately  :P :P :P :-X :-X :-X :-X :-X :-[ :-[ :-[ :-[ ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Post by: ukpapasmurf on Friday 07 September 07 15:35 BST (UK)
Stop drooling girls   ;D ;D ;D :P

Does the lady in the picture remind anyone of Ann Widdecombe the M.P ???
Title: Re: Could you clean, restore and maybe colour my great grandma please?
Post by: oldtimer on Friday 07 September 07 15:42 BST (UK)
mmmmm, now you say it, I can see a resemblance! If you want to see her earlier she is on her daughter's wedding photo that I posted as

Could you give Ada a colourful wedding please???

Don't think we are related though!!!  ;D ;D
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Post by: ludovica on Saturday 08 September 07 12:45 BST (UK)
Quote from: oldtimer on Thursday 06 September 07 13:19 BST (UK)
Hi there
This is my great grandmother, Rosehannah. She was born in 1863. This photo was taken in 1940, a year before her death. She was killed along with her daughter and grandaughter during a German bombing raid on Coventry in 1941. :'(

Many, many thanks, Judy  :) :)
There is a great site on Coventry
http://www.familyresearcher.co.uk/BlitzDeaths.htm
Title: Re: Could you clean, restore and maybe colour my great grandma please?
Post by: oldtimer on Saturday 08 September 07 13:01 BST (UK)
Thank you Ludovica

Just had a quick look and found it really interesting. My grandma and her family aren't on it, as they didn't live in Coventry. They lived in a small village called Chilvers Coton, near Nuneaton, famous nowadays for its association with the novelist George Eliot. They lived almost opposite the church, in adjoining houses. It seems that on their way back from a raid on Coventry the bombers had some "spares" and maybe saw the church and so aimed for that. The church was very badly damaged to that night.

I will contact the website and ask them if they would like to include Roseannah and her relatives. Thanks again for your help! Judy  :)
Title: Re: Could you clean, restore and maybe colour my great grandma please?
Post by: oldtimer on Saturday 08 September 07 13:11 BST (UK)
Hi Ludovica

You inspired me to look for more information about the bombings - it seems that the whole of Nuneaton was targeted that night, and in all 110 people were killed. So maybe it wasn't anything to do with Coventry after all - unless they mistook Nuneaton for Coventry, which isn't too far away. Judy
Title: Re: Could you clean, restore and maybe colour my great grandma please?
Post by: ludovica on Saturday 08 September 07 13:54 BST (UK)
Have you looked for them on
http://www.cwgc.org/debt_of_honour.asp?menuid=14
 where there is a large number of civilian blitz deaths
Title: Re: Could you clean, restore and maybe colour my great grandma please?
Post by: oldtimer on Saturday 08 September 07 15:13 BST (UK)
Yes thanks! Have them all printed out!!!
Judy  :)
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Post by: restorer45 on Tuesday 11 September 12 00:32 BST (UK)
Sorry for the belated response.
Title: Re: Could you clean, restore and maybe colour my great grandma please?
Post by: oldtimer on Tuesday 11 September 12 08:59 BST (UK)
Oh wow! It was well worth the waiting for!

Thank you so much!

Judy  :D
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Post by: ankerdine on Saturday 22 November 25 08:07 GMT (UK)
I was thinking of you this past week as you had told me about losing your ancestors during the 1940s Coventry bombing.
There was an 85 year remembrance of this event.
So many lost their lives even in air-raid shelters too.
Judy
Title: Re: Could you clean, restore and maybe colour my great grandma please?
Post by: oldtimer on Saturday 22 November 25 09:19 GMT (UK)
Hi Judy, nice to see you back again.  ;)

It doesn't seem like 85 years - I have always felt as if I knew her, as my dad was very fond of her, and was always telling me stories about her, keeping her memory alive.

Her daughter and her granddaughter also died that night. So sad.