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Title: Coleshill Chronicle Photographs
Post by: Newwriter on Saturday 07 June 25 16:15 BST (UK)
I have found a photograph in the Coleshill Chronicle of 14 May 1955 celebrating the Golden Wedding of William and Emily Greatbatch. They are my partners great aunt and uncle. I found it on FindMyPast Newspapers but the quality of the photograph is very poor. I was wondering whether anybody can tell me if there is an archive where I might find the original photograph that would have been taken at the time?
Title: Re: Coleshill Chronicle Photographs
Post by: rosie99 on Saturday 07 June 25 16:40 BST (UK)
https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/WAR/Archives/wcla

Coleshill Library
Coleshill Chronicle
1874 - 1886 film
7.1874 - 7.1875, 1876 - 1882, 1927 - 1967 paper
 
Title: Re: Coleshill Chronicle Photographs
Post by: Newwriter on Sunday 08 June 25 08:55 BST (UK)
rosie99 thank you. It might be worth a look but I suspect that will be the source of the photo on FindMyPast in which case it is really poor quality. I was hoping someone might know where the photo archive for the Coleshill Chronicle might be as opposed to the newspaper archive.
Title: Re: Coleshill Chronicle Photographs
Post by: hanes teulu on Sunday 08 June 25 09:34 BST (UK)
https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/content/how_we_do_it
https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/content/our_partners
Title: Re: Coleshill Chronicle Photographs
Post by: hanes teulu on Sunday 08 June 25 09:36 BST (UK)
I'm amazed and deeply impressed how old photos are made to look like new by the wizards on this site?
Would it work with scanned newspaper image?
Title: Re: Coleshill Chronicle Photographs
Post by: Newwriter on Sunday 08 June 25 13:59 BST (UK)
Thank you hanes teulu. Sadly I am not sure anyone would be able to do much with the photograph as clipped from the FindMyPast Newspaper Archive. I will attach a copy here so that you can see what I mean.
Title: Re: Coleshill Chronicle Photographs
Post by: hanes teulu on Sunday 08 June 25 15:14 BST (UK)
I had checked out the quality on both BNA and FindMyPast. It's just having seen the miracles achieved with photo upgrade wondered what the chances were?
Title: Re: Coleshill Chronicle Photographs
Post by: Newwriter on Monday 09 June 25 10:20 BST (UK)
hanes teulu you are right. Someone has improved it so much for me in the "Photographs" forum so thank you for the recommendation. I never would have thought of that.