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Title: Restore and Date Picture of Grandfather please
Post by: Thalliwell on Saturday 15 November 14 02:56 GMT (UK)
Could somebody please restore this picture of my grandfather?
I think it was from WW1.

Thank You
Title: Re: Restore and Date Picture of Grandfather please
Post by: tommyfromri on Saturday 15 November 14 05:30 GMT (UK)
my effort.   , Tommy
Title: Re: Restore and Date Picture of Grandfather please
Post by: Thalliwell on Saturday 15 November 14 07:38 GMT (UK)
Looks Great  :D
Thank You for your effort... ;D
Title: Re: Restore and Date Picture of Grandfather please
Post by: Trishanne on Saturday 15 November 14 14:41 GMT (UK)
As you say, I would think this is a WW1 photo
Pat
Title: Re: Restore and Date Picture of Grandfather please
Post by: Thalliwell on Saturday 15 November 14 23:34 GMT (UK)
Thank you very much :o
I think it was just after WW1 as he was married in 1919 and it looks like he is wearing a wedding ring
Title: Re: Restore and Date Picture of Grandfather please
Post by: Treetotal on Saturday 15 November 14 23:46 GMT (UK)
It could be earlier as he appears to be wearing the British Derby Scheme armband.
Carol
Title: Re: Restore and Date Picture of Grandfather please
Post by: Thalliwell on Sunday 16 November 14 04:54 GMT (UK)
So what exactly was the WW1 British Army Derby Scheme Armband ?
I believe that he was injured in WW1, although I can't find his service records.
It does look like a ring though.
Then again was it common for the groom to have a ring at that time in working class Manchester...
Title: Re: Restore and Date Picture of Grandfather please
Post by: terry h on Monday 17 November 14 19:19 GMT (UK)
Two more.

Terry
Title: Re: Restore and Date Picture of Grandfather please
Post by: terry h on Monday 17 November 14 19:21 GMT (UK)
And another.........the ring would appear to be on his middle finger so not a wedding ring. :)

Terry
Title: Re: Restore and Date Picture of Grandfather please
Post by: Stovepipe on Monday 17 November 14 19:49 GMT (UK)
To me, what's taken to be a ring looks more like a lacuna in the photograph that was omitted from the cleanup. He's not wearing a ring at all, IMHO.
Title: Re: Restore and Date Picture of Grandfather please
Post by: Thalliwell on Thursday 20 November 14 05:49 GMT (UK)
Thanks to all for your comments and efforts!
Very much appreciated.
Title: Re: Restore and Date Picture of Grandfather please
Post by: Treetotal on Sunday 23 November 14 15:35 GMT (UK)
A bit of info here about the Derby Scheme:

http://www.monsmilitaryantiques.co.uk/viewitem.php?id=1098

Carol
Title: Re: Restore and Date Picture of Grandfather please
Post by: saddles on Monday 24 November 14 00:49 GMT (UK)
Hi....My contribution.


Carolyn  :)
Title: Re: Restore and Date Picture of Grandfather please
Post by: Wiggy on Monday 24 November 14 03:00 GMT (UK)
Is he sitting in a wheelchair??  Looks a bit like it.
Title: Re: Restore and Date Picture of Grandfather please
Post by: Thalliwell on Monday 24 November 14 03:59 GMT (UK)
I always assumed that this was a picture taken after WW1 and that he was injured.

Oh and thanks to all that have retouched the picture, they all look great.
Title: Re: Restore and Date Picture of Grandfather please
Post by: Wiggy on Monday 24 November 14 04:38 GMT (UK)
Quote from: Stovepipe on Monday 17 November 14 19:49 GMT (UK)
To me, what's taken to be a ring looks more like a lacuna in the photograph that was omitted from the cleanup. He's not wearing a ring at all, IMHO.

That's what I originally thought too - and on closer inspection I still think so.    :-\

Wiggy 
Title: Re: Restore and Date Picture of Grandfather please
Post by: cazza59 on Monday 24 November 14 05:11 GMT (UK)
I don't think it's a ring either, it's too close to the knuckle and it's on the wrong finger for a wedding ring. 

However, if he is in a wheelchair, that doesn't  tally with the derby arm band being issued during training, unless he was injured during training. 

Caroline
Title: Re: Restore and Date Picture of Grandfather please
Post by: cazza59 on Monday 24 November 14 05:18 GMT (UK)
I think it's just two young brave souls having recently enlisted, getting a photo taken before they leave, and hopefully return.  :-\

Caroline
Title: Re: Restore and Date Picture of Grandfather please
Post by: Thalliwell on Monday 24 November 14 05:41 GMT (UK)
The ring is on his left hand....which is the correct hand....
Title: Re: Restore and Date Picture of Grandfather please
Post by: cazza59 on Monday 24 November 14 05:47 GMT (UK)
Yep, but wrong finger.

Title: Re: Restore and Date Picture of Grandfather please
Post by: Niksmum on Monday 01 December 14 23:50 GMT (UK)
a very late one from me

Irene
Title: Re: Restore and Date Picture of Grandfather please
Post by: Thalliwell on Tuesday 02 December 14 03:52 GMT (UK)
Thank You !
Title: Re: Restore and Date Picture of Grandfather please
Post by: chinakay on Tuesday 02 December 14 04:56 GMT (UK)
Any printing on the back? Is it a postcard?
Title: Re: Restore and Date Picture of Grandfather please
Post by: Thalliwell on Tuesday 02 December 14 21:22 GMT (UK)
No, I think that it is a copy of the original.