Cleghorn's store Rocky River c1860

[Mem B]

I have resized this with Irfanview to take it below 1000 pixels so hope it is OK. As you can see the original had seen better days. It was an ambrotype on glass and was scanned at 600dpi.
    I am learning fast about the intricacies of posting so hope I have done it right this time! If not please tell me. My original problem was with the width as when I tried cropping I couldn't get it below 1900pixels without ruining the photo.
   Many thanks for your help.
                   Mem B

The building to the right is "The Sportsman's Arms" hotel and on the left Cleghorn's Alma store. The ownership of the Humpy in the foreground is unknown!!

[chinakay]

Hi Mem B, welcome to Rootschat!

An intriguing photo, what's the story on this place? Where is it?

Also, at what resolution is the photo scanned? Because it's only 60 kb and you can have up to 500 kb on this site...I'm thinking it's been scanned at low resolution and a higher-res scan would make more detail available for restoration...

But, I'm not a restorer so I'll let them have the floor

Cheers,
China

[little meg]

Another great pic Mem b,
being the Cleghorn family I imagine this is in Oz.
Not sure where Rocky River is?  Please do tell.

will try and have a play with this one later but higher resolution would be better, please.

Hi China 

Margaret

[VictorianDreamer]

One to get the ball rolling

Victoria

[PrueM]

Hi all 

I believe Rocky River was one of the gold diggings up near Armidale in NSW.  I have some rellies who went up there in the 1860s to try making their fortunes, and a friend of mine's gx? grandmother used to run a gin shack up there!  I'll have to find out more about her - maybe that's her hut in the foreground! 

Fantastic picture, Mem B   

Prue

[little meg]

Great job Victoria.
Here is my attempt, think I cleaned up the roofs of the homes too good



Margaret

[VictorianDreamer]

Thanks Margaret,

I know what you mean. I was half way through and thought, it's the middle of the bush, if anything I should have made them dirtier lol

Victoria

[VictorianDreamer]

Figured this one could do with a little colour

Victoria

[Mem B]

Thankyou all for your help. I am sorry that somehow this topic has unravelled into two threads, I am not sure if it was my computer hiccuping or my slow , peculiar Broadband having a blink at the wrong moment. Apparently there are problems downstream.
   For those of you who are interested, Rocky River is in the New England area of New South Wales. It is near Uralla, a small town south of Armidale. It was the site of an early Gold strike when people arrived from all over hoping to make a fortune. My GGrandfather emigrated from Scotland in1853 nd after a spell in Victoria and Tasmania travelled to Rocky River where he and his younger brother opened a store in 1856 . The store prospered and in 1859 his sweetheart also emigrated from Edinburgh. They married in Sydney on her arrival and returned to the Rocky where a daughter was born later in the year. In the photo my GGrandfather is waving his hat in front of the store and my GGrandmother is standing on the verandah at the left hand end of the building, with her little daughter. They later moved to Armidale where they are buried in the Presbyterian Cemetery.
   Mem B