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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: translate this name on the envelope - c.1872
« on: Tuesday 02 August 11 23:01 BST (UK)  »
Not sure what the name is but there definitely seems to be a u in the middle of the name, if you compare the 2nd u in August and the u in curls they look really similar.  The first letter of each word is capitalised which makes it harder to read as there is a big flourish.  sorry not a lot of help

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Armed Forces / Re: Help to identify a uniform
« on: Sunday 17 April 11 16:27 BST (UK)  »
thanks scrimnet, no idea who he is then :-( a bit more ferreting about in the family records me thinks.

I have a John Flanagan married to a great Aunt of mine (Margaret Martin) who joined up in 1916 but he is listed as age 30, which is too old for this picture. he was in the Royal Irish Rifles his number was 5473,

if you had time to look at his record on Ancestry I would love your opinion on what happened to him, there are 39 images and from what I can see he was absent from camp from 12.30 at night until 5.30 the next morning and he seems to have got 42 days, then the next set of records he is in HMP Leicester, they wouldn't have sent him to prison for being missing for 5 hours would they??  I wondered did he desert? thanks
Christine

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Armed Forces / Re: Help to identify a uniform
« on: Monday 11 April 11 14:10 BST (UK)  »
Scouse Boy
My knowledge of the Army is unfortunately very bad, hence me being on here and looking for help for all you knowledgeble chaps and chapesses.  Any ideas how to check for army service at that time :-)
Christine

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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Re: restore my mums only family picture
« on: Friday 01 April 11 18:58 BST (UK)  »
not sure if this is of any help, but this is my mum aged 21, she is age 15 in the original picture

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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Re: restore my mums only family picture
« on: Friday 01 April 11 08:49 BST (UK)  »
Carolyn, my Aunt scanned this, will try to get a better one. Good image though when compared with the original
Thanks
Christine

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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Re: approx date !!
« on: Thursday 31 March 11 22:52 BST (UK)  »
China
You Jim and Pru r the experts on here, never gonna argue with what u say :-)

Sounds like its all the same science, trying to see the shape of the skull, if u think of it your eyebrows mirror the skull underneath, they only move up or down other things can stretch, shrink or get fat, but definitely  recommend turning the photo upside down.

btw I still have lots of photos which require your expert opinion on dating on this site, just haven't uploaded them yet, so look forward to your help
Christine

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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Re: approx date !!
« on: Thursday 31 March 11 21:23 BST (UK)  »
China
Not sure of the science, but I think it makes you concentrate on areas u don't usually look at,and allows u to see them in a different light, people are drawn most often to the eyes in a photo, and these change as do your cheek bones as u put on or loose weight and grow older, your eye brows and jaw line show your skull shape.
Try it, it works (along with the ears if you can see them lol)  Apparently someone recently was charged for his ear print as it is as individual as a finger print)
Christine

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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Re: same child in two photos
« on: Thursday 31 March 11 21:16 BST (UK)  »
I think they may be related but the ear lobes on them look different and as these don't change a lot, (as matt said) different child, the one on the left has bigger ear lobes (the bottom fleshy bit) than the child on the right, also eyebrows different (I used to look at passport photos for fraudulent applications and this is what they told us to look for)

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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Re: approx date !!
« on: Thursday 31 March 11 21:03 BST (UK)  »
I can't date photos which is why I rely on the lovely people on this site, but as a qualified passport examiner, we look for ears, eyebrows and then turn the photos upside down to compare eye brows and shape of jaw lines. Strange I know but it works, ears and shape of eye brows don't change much
 ;)
Christine

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