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Title: Photo touch up request grandfather Wilfred Sharp
Post by: Jane Sharp on Tuesday 10 November 20 11:06 GMT (UK)
Hello lovely people ! Would anyone be able to touch up this photograph of my grandfather Wilfred Sharp of Blackpool b 1912 - d 1943 ? I never actually met him as I was born in 1974. He passed when my Father was only 3. Apparently he was working on gas pipes and they were leaking unbeknownst to him as the gas was not scented with mercaptan back then to allow for detection. The gas burnt his lungs and he never recovered.
Title: Re: Photo touch up request grandfather Wilfred Sharp
Post by: Mark_Diamond on Tuesday 10 November 20 22:15 GMT (UK)
First pass - just so that you knew someone had picked it up.

I'll work on it some more over the next few days.

Rather than add anything to it, I prefer to only use what's there to reconstruct as necessary
Title: Re: Photo touch up request grandfather Wilfred Sharp
Post by: McGroger on Wednesday 11 November 20 05:18 GMT (UK)
My try. :)
Peter
Title: Re: Photo touch up request grandfather Wilfred Sharp
Post by: japeflakes on Wednesday 11 November 20 08:03 GMT (UK)
A quick b&w
Title: Re: Photo touch up request grandfather Wilfred Sharp
Post by: tomkin on Wednesday 11 November 20 11:13 GMT (UK)
 nice one Peter :D good try Japes :D
Title: Re: Photo touch up request grandfather Wilfred Sharp
Post by: McGroger on Wednesday 11 November 20 11:20 GMT (UK)
Thanks, Tomkin. :D (I did have to redact a few things in that paper - they were very un-PC those days.) ;D
Peter
Title: Re: Photo touch up request grandfather Wilfred Sharp
Post by: Treetotal on Wednesday 11 November 20 11:56 GMT (UK)
Quote from: tomkin on Wednesday 11 November 20 11:13 GMT (UK)
nice one Peter :D good try Japes :D

Ditto  :)

Carol
Title: Re: Photo touch up request grandfather Wilfred Sharp
Post by: Gadget on Wednesday 11 November 20 12:59 GMT (UK)
Agree - what a happy looking person. I wonder what he'd read  ;D
Title: Re: Photo touch up request grandfather Wilfred Sharp
Post by: Trishanne on Wednesday 11 November 20 16:17 GMT (UK)
One from me
Pat
Title: Re: Photo touch up request grandfather Wilfred Sharp
Post by: Treetotal on Wednesday 11 November 20 16:20 GMT (UK)
Quote from: Gadget on Wednesday 11 November 20 12:59 GMT (UK)
Agree - what a happy looking person. I wonder what he'd read  ;D

He struck me as being a cricketer so may be he is reading the latest results on the Sports Page  ;D
I must put this one on my list of "Things to do"  ;D

Some good results so far!

Carol
Title: Re: Photo touch up request grandfather Wilfred Sharp
Post by: McGroger on Wednesday 11 November 20 20:42 GMT (UK)
Thanks for people's comments on the restores; very much appreciated. :)

I reckon he's been studying the form guide. And he's just had a win on the horses or the greyhounds, hence the smile. ;D

Peter
Title: Re: Photo touch up request grandfather Wilfred Sharp
Post by: Jane Sharp on Friday 20 November 20 06:30 GMT (UK)
Thank you so, so much to everyone for putting in the time and effort. I am very grateful ! I will pass all of these onto my 81yo Dad. He will be very happy :)