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Old Photographs, Recognition, Handwriting Deciphering => Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs => Topic started by: roryw on Saturday 02 April 11 09:46 BST (UK)
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hi can anyone repair or clean this photo up and make it look better then what it is i dont know maybe brighter i have very little idea on this computer stuff any help would be most appreciated thanks rory
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Have done a few "restores cuts" - hope its ok
Hippy :) :) :) :) :)
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I recognise a Brisbane tram! That's going back a bit...and is that the Grey Street Bridge?
Added: No, not Grey St (I've been away too long!).
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hi thank you very much for your repair job it is very much appreciated but i mmust appologize for the delay in saying thank you i was battling a virus for 14 hours trying to get rid of it thank god its gone now so once again a big thank you to recycledhippy now on to pruem not sure which bridge it is as the photo is not mine but will find out for you ok chat soon rory
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It's OK, I found it - it's the old Victoria Bridge in Brisbane :) The new (and current) bridge opened in 1969 so obviously this photo is taken some time prior to that - perhaps during construction of the new bridge, as the onlookers seem to be standing behind roadwork barricades, and the roadway at the right looks like it's the new bridge...
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/ca/BrisbaneCombinationTramVictoriaBridge1906.jpg)
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Yep, that's the "Old" Victoria Bridge. I remember it well - the 1969 version that is ;D
There are still remains of an even earlier bridge as a memorial.
I travelled a lot with my kids on those trams. The kids loved the really loud clackity clacky as both the trams and the bridge shook. The skyscraper (do they still call them that?) in the background was the first in Brisbane - Torbeck appartments which have recently been renovated for reaching an historical milestone.
I don't know about the barricades ( without Googling) where the people are standing. But there seemed to be always road repairs in Brisbane which became a butt of jokes for George Wallace jnr, an old vaudevillian, by then appearing on TV. It was also a time when old buildings were being pulled down. Trittons, the furniture shop, had their big shop near that corner. My uncle in law worked there in the early 1900s.
That's enough from Gazania