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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Re: CDVs - preservation advice
« on: Friday 29 August 25 18:25 BST (UK)  »
Quote from: MollyC on Thursday 28 August 25 22:54 BST (UK)
What is also important is stable temperature and humidity.  The average house is too warm and dry and varies too much.  Re plastics.  Polyester film is used by conservators to make sleeves for loose photos, and also for maps and fragile documents, but they should only be sealed on three sides.  I think one company markets loose-leaf album pages divided into the most usual photo sizes.

I'm just a bit concerned you say your photos are fading, if you have noticed them deteriorate while you have owned them.  I assume they have not been in the light.  There is a possiblity there is some chemical instability within them, because of the original process which produced them.  That is why I think you should have them looked at, because an expert may recognise what is happening and what may be done to stabilise them.

Thanks MollyC

While I said 'fading', I suppose I should have said 'faded'.   I suspect some are considerably older than others, and photography processes may have a bearing on this.  The 'fortunate' part is that I live in an old house, they lived in my parents' old house, and warm and dry are not adjectives you would use to describe either.

I will get some to look at them locally, with the hope that they can help.

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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Re: CDVs - preservation advice
« on: Thursday 28 August 25 18:28 BST (UK)  »
Thanks for information/suggestions so far.

Do you think they could be preserved in their original album with acid-free paper interleaved?

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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / CDVs - preservation advice
« on: Monday 25 August 25 22:17 BST (UK)  »
I have a number of Carte de Visite type photos and some early photos presented as postcards.

The CdVs in particular seem to be fading.

Any advice on how to stabilise this fading?

I intend scanning them to save but obviously the originals are important to keep.

Thanks

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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Re: Photo restoration advice -Thank you!
« on: Tuesday 19 August 25 23:30 BST (UK)  »
Thanks for comments and suggestions.  I will give these a go.

The family photo I want a person added to is a recent one, where people are still living, so prefer to keep it private at the moment.

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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Photo restoration advice
« on: Monday 18 August 25 10:25 BST (UK)  »
Hi

I have many old photos I would like to preserve and enhance where possible and some more recent family photos I would like to edit (adding in a missing family member for example).

I wonder if anyone can advise me on what would be the best starting point to do this myself?

I am reasonably adept at using technology once I get the hang of it, but struggle at times to make sense of manuals and tutorials, in order to get the desired outcome.

All thoughts gratefully received!


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Scotland / Re: Huntly trade/PO Directory, 1870s?
« on: Tuesday 12 August 25 01:04 BST (UK)  »
@Flst

Thank you, very useful information.

Not sure if the original poster will have seen the replies but hope so.

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Scotland / Re: Huntly trade/PO Directory, 1870s?
« on: Monday 11 August 25 18:21 BST (UK)  »
@RJ_Paton

Thanks, was wondering about that, thought my searching skills were letting me down. 

I wonder if John Penny at Donalds Court is the one who was in Huntly in 1871?  I will resist the temptation to check via SP and use up more credits - but will see if I can find out some other way.

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Scotland / Re: Huntly trade/PO Directory, 1870s?
« on: Monday 11 August 25 13:34 BST (UK)  »
Hi Prue
I'm not sure I can answer your question re Penny, photographer, Huntly, however, I have several CDVs by John Penny and George Penny.

In an effort to ascertain when these gentlemen were operating as photographers, I 'wasted' some credits on Scotlands People to find out about them (no, if you are interested in family history research, credits are never wasted!).

George Penny died at age 62, apparently retired, his residence 2 Bogie Street, Huntly.   He had been married twice.

In the valuation rolls, George Penny appears as having a photographic studio at Duke Street Huntly, in the years 1885, 1895 and 1905.  I can see he appears to be living at Bogie Street in some of these valuation rolls, but haven't noted which years.

In the census records, in 1871 there is a John Penny, photographer, aged 29, unmarried, a boarder at 75 Bogie Street, born Cruden.  No sign of a John Penny with a studio on the valuation rolls around this time.
In the census records of 1881, there is George Penny, photographer, living at 2 Old Road Huntly, aged 36, also born Cruden, widowed, with his son George, 8 and John, 6.   There is also a housekeeper at this point.
In the census records of 1891, George Penny is living at 2 Bogie Street, aged 46, noted born Cruden, photographer, now remarried to Jane, along with son John 17, unmarried, a grocers apprentice, son Robert, aged 7, James 6, dau Bella,4,son William 2 and dau Jane 7 months, along with nephew Charles Smith, masons apprentice, aged 18.

I haven't so far been able to track down a directory which has Huntly in it.

I am a bit perplexed at to why I can't find John Penny on the valuation rolls, yet he has a business name and logo.  He wasn't married in 1871 so was still boarding with another family.  It looks as if John Penny and George Penny may have been brothers given their respectives ages and the fact they both were born in Cruden.  I did wonder if John was also called George or vice versa, and they might have been the same person but ages on the census records seem to dispute this.  George's father was also called John, according to his death certificate, so I suppose it is possible but unlikely.  You would hardly start a business using one name and then continue using another, you would think.

I attach screen shots of the reverse of the CDVs I have.   There is at least one post on the forum regarding indicators of the time period a CDV was done.

I would be interested to see your CDVs - who knows, we might have some of the same!

Please direct message me if you wish.





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The Lighter Side / Re: Wedding gift lists 1930s
« on: Saturday 16 September 23 20:59 BST (UK)  »
We got married in 1982.  Wedding lists were not really that common in our neck of the woods then.   Couples didn't tend to live together beforehand either.   My mother was dead against the idea of wedding gift lists ('folk should take what they get and be grateful') and my parents would have gone into orbit if we had lived together!

I remember being so excited each time I got a gift to open - we had the traditional present showing for anyone who wanted to come, which meant the house being clean and tidy for about a month every day before the wedding, plus a supply of homebakes and sandwiches.

I have many of my wedding presents still, it gives me pleasure to remember the people who gifted them.  Sadly my groom is no longer here, so large gatherings no longer happen for the lovely dinner set and cutlery canteen, not to mention the glassware, to be used. 

Within only a few years lists became standard and living together became the norm.   I don't suppose the brides coming after got quite as much pleasure opening parcels as I did.

I still have some items belonging to my Mum and Dad, which they received as wedding presents in 1955. 

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