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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Re: Little Engineer
« on: Sunday 05 September 10 13:35 BST (UK) »
I'm not so good at restoration but I've had a go. Perhaps someone could improve on this.
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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Re: 1920 stoker my father
« on: Wednesday 25 August 10 20:53 BST (UK) »lovely restores
You're right, artists of the first calibre. I've just been round to see my sister who was a real daddies girl and she was almost in tears when I showed her the restores that you've all done. He's been gone over forty years now but the memories are still strong. He served twenty five years in the navy after that early picture of him was taken, including a few years on HMS Hood but he was transferred off just before she was sunk, but that's another story.
Thanks everybody
Brian and sister Vera.
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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Re: 1920 stoker my father
« on: Wednesday 25 August 10 18:09 BST (UK) »
You guys are all so good, it amazes me that you can take a really poor quality photograph and make it better than when it was first printed. My heartfelt thanks, my sister is over the moon.
Brian
Brian
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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Re: 1920 stoker my father
« on: Tuesday 24 August 10 23:49 BST (UK) »
Terry
That's brilliant, I couldn't get anywhere near that quality. Thanks so much. That photograph has just blossomed with your rendition, it will mean so much to the family.
Brian
That's brilliant, I couldn't get anywhere near that quality. Thanks so much. That photograph has just blossomed with your rendition, it will mean so much to the family.
Brian
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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / 1920 stoker my father
« on: Tuesday 24 August 10 18:54 BST (UK) »
I have had a go at restoration but only the simple ones. This photograph of my father when he joined the navy in 1920 has just surfaced out of an old box and I have never seen it before today. It's a bit too much for me but you guys are real experts so I wondered if you could bring it back to life.
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The Common Room / Re: Using middle names as first names?
« on: Sunday 22 August 10 20:52 BST (UK) »
My son is known to everybody by his second name. It is a slightly unusual name which my wife wanted for him but I thought how can he go through life with that name so we named him Michael but the deal was that we would use the second given name.
The only people who now know him as Michael are officials and as somebody said earlier, if anybody asks for Michael, its not a friend or family member.
The only people who now know him as Michael are officials and as somebody said earlier, if anybody asks for Michael, its not a friend or family member.
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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Re: Gt Grandfather Naval Days Restoration please
« on: Thursday 12 August 10 10:16 BST (UK) »
Probably not quite the right place to comment on the uniform but I would suggest that when the picture was taken, he was an acting petty officer from the supply and secretariat branch. Writer, chef or storeman. The Crossed anchors and good conduct badges are on his best, No1 suit so would be gold.
The supply branch all wore peaked cap, uniform but with black buttons and red cap badge until they were confirmed as Petty officer and then they would have worn gold buttons and gold cap badge. The seaman branch wore sailor suits until confirmed as Petty Officer but whilst an acting rate, would wear the sailor suit but with the crossed anchor rate insignia on the left arm.
Brian
The supply branch all wore peaked cap, uniform but with black buttons and red cap badge until they were confirmed as Petty officer and then they would have worn gold buttons and gold cap badge. The seaman branch wore sailor suits until confirmed as Petty Officer but whilst an acting rate, would wear the sailor suit but with the crossed anchor rate insignia on the left arm.
Brian
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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Re: Sharpen Image
« on: Monday 09 August 10 09:14 BST (UK) »
You can't, unlike in the TV movies, get something back that isn't there on the original. I would think it unlikely that the text could be recovered but there is always someone out there who might have some luck with the originals if they are reasonably in focus.
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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Re: photo
« on: Monday 09 August 10 01:14 BST (UK) »
and here's one from me...........
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