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Messages - Neill Richard Potts

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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Re: Help to Date this Photo Akrill family
« on: Saturday 09 January 21 18:08 GMT (UK)  »
Thank you so much everyone for your comments ... the photo has to be around 1914 ... could it be that the two in uniform were still actually at school where they also did some Army training very much like the Army Cadets of today? This may account for the 'badges'(?) in the breast pocket ... perhaps shooting/school badges (or the like )?

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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Help to Date this Photo Akrill family
« on: Friday 08 January 21 17:49 GMT (UK)  »
Hello

I wonder if it's possible to help date this photograph please to help us identify who the people in it may be? I know it's around WW1 but when? Do the clothes of the ladies give any clues?

I'm not sure who actually colourised the photograph which is believed to have been children of the Akrill family who were born and lived in Beverley, East Yorkshire, England.

Between the two solidiers sit two ladies both of whom have wedding rings on so it's possible they are their wives.

The soldier on the left appears to have two badges in his left breast pocket which may be significant (?) for soldiers who have maybe been in a particular Battle or been a POW? Was it common for soldiers to wear badges in the breast pocket?

The uniforms (wrongly coloured) don't appear to suggest any particular Regiment.

The other ladies are thought to be the sisters of the two soldiers.

The only Army record I can find so far is for Percy Robert Akrill who was born 1897 and would have been only around 16 at the start of the war .... he didn't marry until he was 26 in 1923.

Can anyone offer any advice/help please?

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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Re: Reginald Hotlby 1908 - 1980
« on: Saturday 03 November 18 21:32 GMT (UK)  »
Thanks everyone for the touch up photo ... very good and 1000 times better then the original.
Neill

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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Reginald Hotlby 1908 - 1980
« on: Saturday 03 November 18 13:35 GMT (UK)  »
Hello

Please could you help identify the British Army Uniform of Reginald Hotlby 1908 - 1980 who lived in Beverley, East Yorkshire, England all his life (except for the War of course).

Unfortunately all those in my family who knew him have all passed away and so I am trying to piece together as much as I can about him and make it accessible to the public on Ancestry.

If it's not too much to ask would it be possible to remove the crease on the right of the photo and the blemish under his chin please?

Many thanks in anticipation of your kind help.

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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Jonathan Potts Victorian Wedding Photograph Protocol
« on: Friday 06 July 18 20:28 BST (UK)  »
Could you help me to try and identify who is in this wedding photograph please? The photograph was emailed to me from my cousin in New Zealand.

It was taken in Grimsby in 1883 and the groom is my 3rd great uncle Jonathan Potts and his bride was Sarah Elizabeth Robinson. I believe the best man to the right of the bride (Sarah) is my 3rd great uncle William Potts. The people sat to the left and right are the groom and bride's parents respectively.

What I am trying to work out is regarding to the two gentlemen either side of the photograph in bowler hats. At first I believed they would be family too ... but why bowler hats when the rest are wearing top hats? Is there a class element here and they are not family but maybe ushers?

Does anyone know what the Victorian protocol was for weddings other then the obvious the groom's family were to be on the groom's side and bride's family on her side?

Any help would be  greatly appreciated.

Sorry the photo is a little squashed up ... when I first tried posting it said the file had to be below 900kb and when I cut it down to 900kb it then said it was too big and had to be below 500kb  so I ended up cutting it down again. Sorry.

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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Re: Please could you offer a date for this photograph?
« on: Wednesday 14 February 18 10:23 GMT (UK)  »
Quote from: Treetotal on Wednesday 14 February 18 09:49 GMT (UK)
HI Neill...you could try "Gimp" which is free photo editing software...there are also youtube video tutorials to help you to get started.
Carol

Aw Bless you Carol. Been a Yorkshire man (Tyke) the word "Free" is music to my ears.  ;D  I've downloaded it and I'll have a bash. Thank you.

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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Re: Please could you offer a date for this photograph?
« on: Wednesday 14 February 18 09:42 GMT (UK)  »
Quote from: Treetotal on Sunday 11 February 18 13:17 GMT (UK)
Hi Neill....I don't think she is very old maybe late teens early 20s. Shame we can't see her wedding finger. It could be a 21st Birthday photo.
I gave it a bit of a clean for you.
Carol
Many thanks for cleaning the photo up Carol ... she looks beautiful.

I'm researching my family ancestry and it's my 2nd cousin who has this photograph and she lives in New Zealand (I'm in England) and I'm sure she'll be amazed at how good the photograph looks.

I wonder ... can anyone colour the photograph in the colours which they may been in 1870?

Can anyone recommend an easy to use colouring package to see if I can colour some of the other photographs we have?

Kind regards

Neill

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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Re: Please could you offer a date for this photograph?
« on: Tuesday 13 February 18 21:05 GMT (UK)  »
I'm now wondering if this lady is my 3rd great aunt who was engaged but her fiancee was lost at sea. She was born 1844 so if she was 20 (ish) at the time of the photograph then this would make it around 1865 which roughly fit's in with the estimate date of 1870's. I've attached a copy of a photograph of her aged 50 when she married a widower - she had no children of her own.

There appears to be a good likeness between the photographs?

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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Re: Please could you offer a date for this photograph?
« on: Monday 12 February 18 00:19 GMT (UK)  »
Quote from: jim1 on Sunday 11 February 18 13:04 GMT (UK)
Been looking at some from my collection & came across this one which is very similar.

Yes it is ... interesting that your lady has the chain up to her neck ... very strange these old trends for loved ones. Neill

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