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Title: Colour too if possible / Clean & dating for Grandma M please COMPLETE
Post by: RedMystic on Monday 21 March 11 19:44 GMT (UK)
I don't have any pictures of grandma as a young woman that are any clearer than this. Can it be helped please?

I originally just asked for a clean. Now that I look at it I'd love a coloured version and hope it's not to much to ask.

Also, can someone give me an idea of when it might have been take? She was born in 1910 and I've been told she was quite a fashionista - though fashions on the Canadian prairies may have been a bit behind those in style at the same time in the UK & Europe. I'm guessing the photo was taken about 1928, but I'm not expert on the fashions of the day. Thoughts?

TX to all as usual. Jan
Title: Re: Clean & dating for Grandma M please
Post by: chinakay on Monday 21 March 11 19:51 GMT (UK)
Oh lovely...quite the flapper :)

Chiffon dress with a filmy indistinct hemline, dropped waist, finger waves in her hair...1928 is bang on for a date. Nude back, very daring!!! Ooh la-la ;D

Cheers,
China
Title: Re: Clean & dating for Grandma M please
Post by: tabsearch on Monday 21 March 11 20:06 GMT (UK)
Hi Jane

A quick clean

David

Title: Re: Clean & dating for Grandma M please
Post by: RedMystic on Monday 21 March 11 20:15 GMT (UK)
Nude back, very daring!!! Ooh la-la ;D

Cheers,
China

Well China, based on the stories that does fit. She apparently lived a life that caused some raised eyebrows  :o, but I don't think she was bored.
Title: Re: Clean & dating for Grandma M please
Post by: RedMystic on Monday 21 March 11 20:19 GMT (UK)
A quick clean

David

Thanks very much - and you did a lovely job on her grandparents last week too. Much appreciated!
Title: Re: Colour too if possible / Clean & dating for Grandma M please
Post by: RedMystic on Wednesday 23 March 11 16:08 GMT (UK)

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Title: Re: Colour too if possible / Clean & dating for Grandma M please
Post by: RecycledHippy on Wednesday 23 March 11 17:05 GMT (UK)
Hippy :) :) :) :) :)

Nude back as requiested
Title: Re: Colour too if possible / Clean & dating for Grandma M please
Post by: RedMystic on Wednesday 23 March 11 17:10 GMT (UK)
Many TX Recycled Hippie! You've brought out her beauty.
Title: Re: Colour too if possible / Clean & dating for Grandma M please
Post by: IgorStrav on Wednesday 23 March 11 17:26 GMT (UK)
Wow, what a stunner!  Just the outfit for a little stroll in the woods, eh?  :)

PS don't they have mosquitoes and other biting insects out there?

Is that FUR at the bottom of the frock?
Title: Re: Colour too if possible / Clean & dating for Grandma M please
Post by: RedMystic on Wednesday 23 March 11 17:41 GMT (UK)
Oh IgorStrav - nothing would  have stopped my grandma from wearing her best, even  in rural Saskatchewan - regardless of the mosquitoes!! The only time I remember her covering up was to prevent colouring her lovely skin - and of course when it was chilly and then she usually chose fur. Her youngest sister is still alive (86) and still laughs about her sister's proclivity for fancy shoes - and apparently she had many pairs.
Title: Re: Colour too if possible / Clean & dating for Grandma M please
Post by: RedMystic on Wednesday 23 March 11 17:44 GMT (UK)
Hippy :) :) :) :) :)

RecycledHippy, I hate to impose, but would it be too much to ask you to recolour the back of the dress please? China thinks it was "nude".
Title: Re: Colour too if possible / Clean & dating for Grandma M please
Post by: sussexbb on Wednesday 23 March 11 18:11 GMT (UK)
Another version for you
Title: Re: Colour too if possible / Clean & dating for Grandma M please
Post by: RedMystic on Wednesday 23 March 11 19:19 GMT (UK)
Oh my. Thank you very much sussexbb. I think she would have been delighted to see what you've done with her.
Title: Re: Colour too if possible / Clean & dating for Grandma M please
Post by: Niksmum on Wednesday 23 March 11 19:27 GMT (UK)
my one

Irene
Title: Re: Colour too if possible / Clean & dating for Grandma M please
Post by: chinakay on Wednesday 23 March 11 19:45 GMT (UK)
I've had my eye on those shoes myself, RedMystic ;D
Title: Re: Colour too if possible / Clean & dating for Grandma M please
Post by: RedMystic on Wednesday 23 March 11 20:03 GMT (UK)
my one
Irene

Thanks very much Niksmum. I love it. You did a fantastic b&w job on her grandmother (c.1889) last week too. Much appreciated.

Title: Re: Colour too if possible / Clean & dating for Grandma M please
Post by: RedMystic on Wednesday 23 March 11 20:12 GMT (UK)
Hippy :) :) :) :) :)

RecycledHippy, I hate to impose, but would it be too much to ask you to recolour the back of the dress please? China thinks it was "nude".

Many, many thanks for the touch-up RecycledHippy.
Title: Re: Colour too if possible / Clean & dating for Grandma M please
Post by: RedMystic on Wednesday 23 March 11 20:18 GMT (UK)
I've had my eye on those shoes myself, RedMystic ;D

Me too China. I try to console my husband that I come by my love of shoes genetically. My other grandma has (yep, present tense - she just celebrated her 100th birthday) loves her jewelery so I use that excuse too. Poor hubby. He just grins & humours me.
Title: Re: Colour too if possible / Clean & dating for Grandma M please
Post by: saddles on Saturday 26 March 11 06:23 GMT (UK)
Hi Jan........Another colour variation.

Carolyn  :)
Title: Re: Colour too if possible / Clean & dating for Grandma M please
Post by: RedMystic on Saturday 26 March 11 14:51 GMT (UK)
Oh wow. Thanks. I keep wondering where she was going with that arm full of flowers. Lovely! Lovely!