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Old Photographs, Recognition, Handwriting Deciphering => Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs => Topic started by: macken_h on Sunday 15 May 11 02:29 BST (UK)
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This is the only photo of my father during his war years. Sent to Australia to defend it against the Japanese he was based near Newcastle, NSW. He took a troop train to Melbourne to visit friends in Gippsland. Made good use of his shooting skills!
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Hi Hilary
Couple from me.
Regards
Caroline
PS Did you by any chance run the pic through a sharpening filter before posting, if so, it might be best if you post an untouched scan for restoring, as it's easier for restorers to work on. ;)
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Second one.
Caroline
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Hi Hilary
Couple from me.
Regards
Caroline
PS Did you by any chance run the pic through a sharpening filter before posting, if so, it might be best if you post an untouched scan for restoring, as it's easier for restorers to work on. ;)
I didn't do anything to the photo other than use a "resizer" to resize the photo.
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Hi Caroline,
Thought that football result would get you excited ;D
Ian
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Hi Caroline,
Thought that football result would get you excited ;D
Ian
As we are on the "other side of the world" I can't get too excited about Manchester United but being an "ethnic pom" I know how you feel, Caroline.
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a try
sylvia
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Hippy :) :) :) :) :)
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Most probably the original would have been scanned by an all in one scanner copier printer which produces this kind of fluffy over sharp scan, see this link for more of an explanation.
http://www.image-restore.co.uk/blog/photo-repair-scanning-with-an-all-in-one/ (http://www.image-restore.co.uk/blog/photo-repair-scanning-with-an-all-in-one/)
I hope this helps
Neil Rhodes
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Hi Caroline,
Thought that football result would get you excited ;D
Ian
As we are on the "other side of the world" I can't get too excited about Manchester United but being an "ethnic pom" I know how you feel, Caroline.
Excited, over the moon, thrilled to bits etc etc! ;D ;D Without doubt, the best club in the World!!! ;D ;D ;D ;D
Caroline
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Thanks for that Neil, very useful.
Also, one of the resizing programs used on this board has a built in sharpen feature, that needs to be deactiviated before resizing which may have been the program Hilary used...not sure. Can't think of the name at the moment, but I've seen this oversharpened edge (visible on the original when zoomed in) effect occur when this feature has been used by other postees. It's a bit of a nightmare really when restoring.
Caroline
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Shhhhhhhhhhhhh - dont shout too loud ::) ::) ::)
You got the 28th to get over before you can stake your claim to that title ;D ;D ;D ??? ??? ???
Hippy :) :) :) :)
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Well, we're champions (premiers) of the league, and I'm quite content with that cos of course we beat Chelsea ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D to the title, so if we win on the 28th it's a bonus, if we lose, I'm still happy!!! ;D ;D
Poor Hilary, she must think we're all football mad!! Probably not far from it!! ;D ;D ;D
Caroline
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Poor Hilary, she must think we're all football mad!! Probably not far from it!! ;D ;D ;D
Caroline
No Caroline, I don't think you're football mad. My Dad gets up in the middle of the night so that he can watch the English and European football on TV. He's a pomm so I understand fully! We Aussies go crazy over our AFL football as well. "C'arn the Pies" ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Hippy's photo is great but I would suggest that the Marine's beret be coloured blue or,if a commando, green.
joboy
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Hi Hilary
I should point out that I'm an ex-pat pom living in Brisbane, and I too stay up to the wee hours to watch the EPL, so I would get on very well with your dad! ;D
Regards
Caroline
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Most probably the original would have been scanned by an all in one scanner copier printer which produces this kind of fluffy over sharp scan, see this link for more of an explanation.
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Hi,
Yes I did use an all in one scanner and after reading the link you added I can now see how this makes it much more difficult to restore a scanned picture from this type of scanner. I will take this photo to work where I have a stand alone scanner and scan it there. Hopefully the results will be much
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Hippy's photo is great but I would suggest that the Marine's beret be coloured blue or,if a commando, green.
joboy
All RMs wore / wear green berets... ;) ;D
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Hippy's photo is great but I would suggest that the Marine's beret be coloured blue or,if a commando, green.
joboy
All RMs wore / wear green berets... ;) ;D
I think not ........ would you care to see a photo of me circa 1945 as a *Royal* Marine wearing a blue beret and a post I made last August 'A3 Squad Royal Marines?
Hippy' photo colouring is,as usual, 1st class ...... but to be correct his beret colouration needs correcting .......... never khaki ........ but certainly blue or green.
The green is for commando units only.
PS the highlighted *Royal* is important and respectful it was granted by George 111
Joe
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I was under the impression that the blue beret was for RN and untrained RMs...the green one coming after they had passed out as "dagger men"
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Ah! ...... the green beret might be so for today's Royal Marines' because I dont know.
In my whole service life on two ships I,and my messmates,only wore the blue beret.
It's many years since I left the service and have been in OZ over 50 years so I would have lost touch with the current RM dress.
The originator of the topic said WW2 and that period I do have some knowledge of and in those days the beret was either blue or green.
I am sure that other bootneck rootschatters will bring us up to speed on this.
Joe
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Joe is correct
The Coveted Green Beret was introduced to the Royal Marines in 1942 when the Royal Marines Commandos were formed.Before that they wore blue (non commando trained Royals.eg Ships detachments etc still wore the blue beret for duration of WW2)
After the Army Commandos were disbanded in 1946 the Commando Role was given to The RM and all had to undergo Cdo Course to wear the Green Beret
Cant see any Royal Marines Commando flashes on battledress so I would go blue.
Ady ;) ( and yes daggers are still issued! I carried one in the sand!)
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I can solve the problem as to what colour the beret is by asking my Dad! In the meantime I am attaching a new scan. I hope that it solves the problem when trying to restore. Thankyou all so much for working on this, it is very much appreciated.
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I can solve the problem as to what colour the beret is by asking my Dad! In the meantime I am attaching a new scan. I hope that it solves the problem when trying to restore. Thankyou all so much for working on this, it is very much appreciated.
Hi..... did'nt think that your dad might still be alive.......... please ask him how he came to be in OZ at the same period as me ........... he must have stayed here or,as I did,after meeting my future wife,go back to UK for demobilization and then come back permanently.
The beret is definitely blue I have no doubt at all ...... your dad and I would have been in that transition period where today's Royal Marines with the green beret were being formed as Ady described.
Good luck and best regards to you and your dad.
Joe in Sydney.
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Dad was demobilized and went back to England and then emigrated in 1948. I would love to know more about his time in the Royal Marines as he has never really spoken about it. It was not until recently, when he was interviewed by his granddaughter, that I found out some of the details about his time in the forces. He is 88 and in pretty good health. His mind is still as sharp as a tack. Were you sent to Australia to defend against the Japs as well?
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Dad was demobilized and went back to England and then emigrated in 1948. I would love to know more about his time in the Royal Marines as he has never really spoken about it. It was not until recently, when he was interviewed by his granddaughter, that I found out some of the details about his time in the forces. He is 88 and in pretty good health. His mind is still as sharp as a tack. Were you sent to Australia to defend against the Japs as well?
Your dad is a little (not much) older than me .......... he would I think have been demobbed in UK as they did not have a procedure here for UK personnel ... I had to go back and was demobbed at Cosham (Portsmouth) in late 1947 then waited until late 1948 for an ex-serviceman's free passage on the Asturias which was still in 'troopship' mode at that time .......... we might have arrived on the same vessel.
I dont know much about the Royal Marine's role in the defence of Australia I'm afraid but would like to have your dad's views on that.
Joe
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Just to add he has a Good Conduct stripe on his lower left arm.
(inverted chevron)
Ady