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Hi Maureen, Rushi, Caroline, ShaunJ, macintosh and Bill,

Many thanks for your views and retouching of the photo of my grandad (even in colour!).  Your theory seems in line of what of I thinking and it is so good to know that perhaps I wasn't being too poetical!!!

Maureen, not quite sure what 'IMO superimposed' means but did wonder how they got the small photo onto the larger one - whichout the use of a scanner!!

Also thanks to macintosh for the information about his regiment - I cannot trace any records for him - but with a name like Charles Smith it is quite understandable - but I will keep looking.

He did return from the war and died in 1976 - at the ripe old age of 97 but the early family life was not a happy one as he seems to have lost twins, plus another child, and his wife (my nan) died only a few years after his return from the war and he never remarried.  It certainly makes me think about my own life and how lucky I have been.

Best wishes to you all and keep up the good work
Maureen

Hi, Can anyone help with date of this photo.  The photographer was The Parsian School of Photography, Old Kent Road, and was open from 1904 until 1928 but I am trying to narrow down this date for the photo and perhaps someone can date it roughly by the clothes and boots.
Many thanks.
Maureen

Hi,
Can anyone give me any more information on the enclosed photo. It is my grandfather Charles Smith, taken during 1914 to 1918 and I believe that he had just joined up for the Royal Engineers but had not been given a regiment at the time it was taken.  On the back of the card is ‘Carte Postale, France, Algerie, Tunisie’.

Imposed on the top right hand corner, but for some reason is not shown on the 'posted photo' is Ivy Smith, his daughter,  who died during the above years.

So, why would my grandfather, in Algeria, have his daughter’s photo imposed on his photo and not on a family photo in England? Has the crumpled piece of paper on the floor any significance? How would the photo be superimposed on the main photo of my grandfather at that time?  Has the photo of Ivy been taken just after her death?  Plus any other information would be appreciated.

Many thanks for any help
Maureen

Hi,

Can anyone help to restore my father???  I have found out that the Parisian School of Photography was open from 1904 until 1928 in the Old Kent Road, London and assume that this photo was taken about 1920.  Love the shorts(!!!) and boots.

Many thanks
Maureen