Could someone restore Charlie please?

[ndedross]

This 'well-loved' photograph is of my wife's grandfather, George Henry Aston (1881-1960), greengocer and hawker of Streethouse, West Riding of Yorkshire; together with his horse Charlie.

Could someone restore it to its former glory?

Many Thanks,

Nigel

[cazza59]

Hi Nigel

I can't for the life of me work out what is in the background so I've cleaned it all.

Cheers
Caz

[cazza59]

And one slightly different.

Caz

[ndedross]

Caz - many thanks, they look great.

I had a look at the original, which is pretty fragile. The only thing I can see in the background is on the right hand side. It looks like the back of St Luke's Sharleston Church, and is a hundred or more yards off. My wife and I married there, and I remember the vicar showing me the back door and saying there were open fields behind if I wanted to do a runner!

Nigel

[wpatch]

I lived in Steethouse and Married in Sharlston Church also, The only horse and cart was Seymours in my time, my friends grandad was Aston and I shall ask him. had a go at your photo and it took about 12 minutes, finding this page again took me 1 hour
David

[MartynS]

Some black and white variations from me.

Thanks
Martyn

[MartynS]

and some colour versions

To me it looked like there was originally a farmhouse or building structure in background, so this i added.

Thanks
Martyn

[japeflakes]

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[Wiggy]

You have several good restores - this is just for fun!   

Wiggy