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Old Photographs, Recognition, Handwriting Deciphering => Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs => Topic started by: peterharris on Friday 09 August 19 18:01 BST (UK)
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Hello to all,
I have brought you some tough stuff over the years, but this takes the biscuit, this picture is taken from a forum trying to save the conservatory as the council has earmarked it for demolition. It's 1907 built and a beautiful building with lots of memories with banana tree's and other exotic plant's only ever seen on Pathe news by local folk at that time, we have managed to get a temporary reprieve by the intervention of the Heritage Society. I know it's a tough ask, virtually no DPI to work with, BUT If possible can we clean and add a little colour.
As the conservatory was not opened until 1907, can anyone date this pic from the attire?
Many thanks for any efforts,
Kind Regards,
Peter.
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A date of 1907 would be quite close to when this was taken.
Carol
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Thank you for the date info, I just found out the original picture was actually a post card size, so only around 5x3 inches in old money.
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Just cleaned up a little, and taken some of the very brown out.
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corners replaced
oops can't get it to up-load.
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Trying again
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With just a touch of colour
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Hi Peter...Long time no see...One from me, shame about the low resolution.
Carol
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Yes, Treetotal very long time no see ;) Glad to see your are still doing your thing on the site, Thank you so much for your efforts. :-*
Goldie61 Am loving the hint of colour, many, many thanks. ;D
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...and the colour version for you.
Added: it's posted a bit dull!
Carol
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...with more contrast.
Carol
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Gosh, that must have taken you hours Carol! :)
Well done!
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One from me,
Pat
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A coloured version,
Pat
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Gosh, that must have taken you hours Carol! :)
Well done!
Thanks Goldie..Yes there was a lot of work in it, it certainly filled a wet and windy Saturday afternoon ;D
Carol
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One with lighter clothes for the ladies and girls
Pat
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Oh Boy, you folks have spoilt me again, these are brilliant, thank you so much to all, for all the painstaking work / efforts, I have more than I need here now, take a bow restorers. :-*
Kind Regards,
Peter
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Hi Peter...Having looked online, I noticed the framework was brown so changed it and cleaned up a few areas that I had missed.
Carol
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Thanks again, This is how it looks at night, I wrote a short poem to go with your work:
Nana heard the news.
My Nana rarely speaks these days,
But is content in her predictable ways, ornamental memories surround the fire place reminders of her younger days,
Wrapped around her like a comfortable shawl, are her Precious possessions, acquired over the years.,
Sat In her favourite chair, she remembers being young again, she sits alone with her memories, by the Parlour fire.
Sitting fondly on her lap and protecting it with all her love, Is an opened Taylors of Harrogate, Typhoo tea tin, her most precious photographs are kept safe within,
In her hand she holds a print, a cherished image from her past.
Nana sighs heavily, a print slips to the floor,
I retrieve the print, upon looking I see, my beautiful Nana young at 23,
Dressed in her Sunday finery, complete with veil and hat,
She link’s a tall handsome young chap, donned in smart suit, moustache and flat cap.
They pose in front of a beautifully designed glass building,
Exotic plants within, which stands near the entrance to our park,
Nana has stood alone in this same place, wistfully staring into space, many times over the years.
“I’m so sorry Nana” I say,
That building must hold many memories for you.
“Its strange” Nana said, as she shook her head, “Bert and me
always thought it’s destruction would come from overhead in 1943”
Fingers crossed!! :)
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Oh Peter...that is beautiful....what a great tribute, it bought a tear to my eye :'(
I hope your campaign pays off because as I said in my PM, they are not just destroying buildings, they are destroying people's fond memories too.
Good Luck and let us know how it goes.
Carol
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Wil do. :-*
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Late to the party here... was looking for a photo of the conservatory and this came up in a Google search.
I'd love to know who these people were. I found a newspaper article naming many of the people who were at the official opening (October 1907) It would be fantastic if the photo was taken then, though I don't think so as it sounds like it was quite some party and surely any photos would have had more people in.
I like to think these people were in some way connected with the conservatory though.