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Old Photographs, Recognition, Handwriting Deciphering => Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition => Topic started by: Twistiefries on Thursday 19 August 21 04:28 BST (UK)
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This is a photo taken in 1945/6 of my grandmother on the right and my grandfather's cousin on the left.She lived in Cabra West in Dublin.
My grandfather was James Leech.
Does anyone recognise her.
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Unlikely but why might they be dressed identically? (...and how about the woman in the hat in the background between their heads?)
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Also the lady on the right has a lapel badge. Maybe you could post a close up of it as it may give some clues.
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Also the lady on the right has a lapel badge. Maybe you could post a close up of it as it may give some clues.
The badge has quite an unusual shape. I was wondering if it might be a Women's Institute learner's badge? Difficult to say without seeing a better image, though. And I'm not sure the lady might not be a little too old to have been collecting learner's bars on her badge, but you never know. ;D We are never too old to learn...
Here is a link to a website which sells badges. Scroll down to No. 10.
https://www.sallybosleysbadgeshop.com/shop.php?c=263#prettyPhoto (https://www.sallybosleysbadgeshop.com/shop.php?c=263#prettyPhoto)
Best regards,
Karen
P.S. Can someone tell me how I can insert a hyperlink so that readers have to click on e.g. "click here" and the actual web address is not shown in the thread? I am obviously being a wee bit thick today... ::)
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Not sure that the “Maffia”, as a recently deceased friend of mine always referred to them (she was a member!), had a uniform.
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Also, the lady on the right has a lapel badge. Maybe you could post a close up of it as it may give some clues.
Photo becomes too blurred when I tried to enlarge it. The lady is my grandmother Catherine Leach nee Dowdle and was born in Manchester.
The lady on the left is my grandfather's ( James Leech) cousin whom I am trying to trace. She lived in Cabra West around 1945. I have added a couple of extra photos.
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P.S. Can someone tell me how I can insert a hyperlink so that readers have to click on e.g. "click here" and the actual web address is not shown in the thread?
Karen:
[ url=the actual web address] now the the words you want to actually post[/url]
There is NO SPACE between the first [ and url. It's the only way to show you without it turning into a link. Don't forget the = sign!
So your above link would be, with the space :
[ url=https://www.sallybosleysbadgeshop.com/shop.php?c=263#prettyPhoto] Karen's Link[/url]
Taking out the space gives:
Karen's Link (https://www.sallybosleysbadgeshop.com/shop.php?c=263#prettyPhoto)
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You can also go to ‘Shrink Link’ at the bottom of this page - insert the url, shrink the link and copy the new one.
With reference to the lady, have you traced your grandfather’s cousins and tried to find her that way.
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There are local Cabra groups on Facebook.
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Karen:
[ url=the actual web address] now the the words you want to actually post[/url]
There is NO SPACE between the first [ and url. It's the only way to show you without it turning into a link. Don't forget the = sign!
So your above link would be, with the space :
[ url=https://www.sallybosleysbadgeshop.com/shop.php?c=263#prettyPhoto] Karen's Link[/url]
Taking out the space gives:
Karen's Link (https://www.sallybosleysbadgeshop.com/shop.php?c=263#prettyPhoto)
Brilliant! Thanks very much, bbart! I'll make a note of that.
You can also go to ‘Shrink Link’ at the bottom of this page - insert the url, shrink the link and copy the new one.
Thanks! I discovered that earlier today - I had never noticed it before. :-[ But I really wanted to be able to chuck in a cool "click here" in my text. ;D Now I can. :D
What was that about never being too old to learn? ;D
Big thanks to both of you! :-*
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I asked several years ago about it too Karen and at that time was taught your method. I always thought it looked so professional when someone did it ;)
Then I discovered shrink link (not really, someone pointed it out).
Oh, it’s all good stuff :D