Identify bottle / sign and offer a date?

[Essenchill]

Neil...I think the answer lies in a better scan of the bottle and the window sign..if this link doesn't help...try googling your scanner model and ask how for instructions on how to change the dpi:

http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,372537.0.html

Carol

I can scan to 9200dpi but even that looks as grainy and blurred to me!  I can post that scan later if you think it would help?

[Treetotal]

It may not be in Hull...It could be a Brewery outing...it's not Hull Brewery though...The building is not "The Maltings"....the tie logo does look as Nick suggested.
Carol

[Nick29]

Neil...I think the answer lies in a better scan of the bottle and the window sign..if this link doesn't help...try googling your scanner model and ask how for instructions on how to change the dpi:

http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,372537.0.html

Carol

I can scan to 9200dpi but even that looks as grainy and blurred to me!  I can post that scan later if you think it would help?

If the print itself is blurred, then scanning at a higher resolution won't make it any sharper.  Try scanning a small area as a .bmp image - this will not have the 'artifacts' caused by the .jpg compression technique, and it may be possible to sharpen it.  However, .bmp images tend to be large files, hence the suggestion to only scan a small area of the photo.  The main areas of interest are the bottle, the sign on the window, and the tie logo.

[ScouseBoy]

Could it be Tadcaster brewery?

[HeatherLynne]

To help with the dating issue, the cheeky chap crouching behind the guy on the first row is my grandfather who died in 1959.  I have other photographs which show him looking older than he does here, and so that is why I guessed the (late) 1930's or 1940's...  I think I should move this from the Hull board as other than a bit of a guess we haven't firmly being able to establish location!

Oops that blows my 1970s theory out of the water then!!!  How old was grandfather when he died?  I'd think this was nearer 1959 than 1930s/40s (but then again what do I know   )  

[Nick29]

Yes, I sorta missed that too.   Maybe just progressive 1950's dressers.  There was a lot of American influences in life in the 1950's, especially clothing.

[ScouseBoy]

They could all have been members of a Bowls club  or similar,  on a day out.  can we identify the uniform of the lady?  could it be Guiness, they tend to be black and white colours. Or Newcastle Brown are also black and white

[Treetotal]

Post what you have Neil and I will have a go at sharpening it... if you have read the link and not compressed as shown  there... we may be able to make it clearer than what has already been posted.
Carol

[ScouseBoy]

Is it possible that some of the men are wearing De-mob suits?   Look at the style and cut of the lapels.  The gentleman standing at one end with his tie outside his jumper  doesnt usually wear a tie, I would guess.