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Offline Ady B-)

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Mystery photo
« on: Friday 12 October 12 14:59 BST (UK) »
Please can anyone tell me anything about this photo.
It was discovered recently in a batch of photo's that my mother had saved.
I was hoping it might have been of my father but i cannot make him out at all.
His unit in WWII was The 157th Rly Con Coy.
Many thanks for looking, I might try and post it for setoration also if that is allowed.
Ady B-)
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Re: Mystery photo
« Reply #1 on: Wednesday 17 October 12 00:18 BST (UK) »
Hi Ady,if you change the title to 'Mystery photo for restoration' then the talented folk on here will know you wauld like it working on.I'm sure they will be able to remove those creases.

Also it might be worth posting on the Armed Forces board,someone there may be able to tell you what regiment this is.You will have to change the title when reposting on there.

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Re: Mystery photo
« Reply #2 on: Wednesday 17 October 12 01:04 BST (UK) »
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Re: Mystery photo
« Reply #3 on: Wednesday 17 October 12 13:15 BST (UK) »
Ah,thanks Irene,too much work and not enough RootsChat at the moment,I'm losing touch. :(
SCOTLAND: Wardlaw Steen/Stein Tweedie McBride McEwan Pate/Peat Brown Somerville Bishop Farier/Ferrier Wood  Torrance Gibb Ross Dunlop Downs Richardson Ramsey Story Snaddon/Sneddon Auld Allan McLean McInnes Mason Law Lawson Kerr Cockburn Christie Ballingall Wardrope Weir Wallace Scott.
IRELAND: Welsh Clifford Lee Allingham Keane Dale Robinson Greer McVey Bingham Skelton Carson Broomfield Clark McEwan/McKeown McCreary McLaughlan.
YORKSHIRE: Cudworth Smith Cope Coulton Hainsworth


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Re: Mystery photo
« Reply #4 on: Wednesday 17 October 12 19:45 BST (UK) »
I remember crinkly-edged snaps from the second half of the 1950s.

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Re: Mystery photo
« Reply #5 on: Thursday 18 October 12 08:30 BST (UK) »
Just google 157th Railway Construction Company   formed in 1939 part of Royal Engineers


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Re: Mystery photo
« Reply #6 on: Saturday 20 October 12 09:17 BST (UK) »
Don't despair, work in progress at moment. Will take a bit of time to get it right

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Re: Mystery photo
« Reply #7 on: Friday 26 October 12 11:05 BST (UK) »
Here my attempt to remove creases, have not removed all the aging as I tried and it did not look right

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Re: Mystery photo
« Reply #8 on: Friday 26 October 12 20:57 BST (UK) »
Hi Neil

Here is the original thread

http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,619318.0.html

Unfortunately Addy hasnt been back to see them :'( :'(

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