Author Topic: Restore photo of Catherine Bird's headstone please.  (Read 971 times)

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Restore photo of Catherine Bird's headstone please.
« on: Friday 23 September 22 13:28 BST (UK) »
I would greatly appreciate it if someone could have a go at restoring this photo of my 2nd great-grandmothers headstone, I know it will be difficult as the lettering is 93 years old.


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Re: Restore photo of Catherine Bird's headstone please.
« Reply #1 on: Saturday 24 September 22 16:54 BST (UK) »
Had a go but failed.

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Re: Restore photo of Catherine Bird's headstone please.
« Reply #2 on: Wednesday 28 September 22 12:35 BST (UK) »
Thank you for trying

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Re: Restore photo of Catherine Bird's headstone please.
« Reply #3 on: Wednesday 28 September 22 16:13 BST (UK) »
Dovecote - same result for me as japeflakes  :(
Switched your photo to negative but still unable to read much on the headstone.

Attempted to repair the name 'Catherine Bird' by patching up the faded bits with copies/pieces from the letters that could be read but it looks too false in my opinion.

Attempted to find a font within my software that matched the letters on the headstone - failed. I've some text , Lucida Fax font, just to show the only letters & numbers I could make out.


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Re: Restore photo of Catherine Bird's headstone please.
« Reply #4 on: Thursday 29 September 22 10:51 BST (UK) »
Thank you

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Re: Restore photo of Catherine Bird's headstone please.
« Reply #5 on: Thursday 29 September 22 18:19 BST (UK) »
I see, in case it helps:

IN REMEMBRANCE
OF
MY DEAR GRANDMOTHER
CATHERINE BIRD
????????????
WHO DIED 30 DEC. 1928 AGED 9? YEARS
???????????
???????????

Second to last line:
IN DEEPEST SYMPATHY
Somerset: Poole, Hutchings/Hutchin(s), Harvey/Harvie, Bullen
                Nation, Yeandle, Shattock

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Re: Restore photo of Catherine Bird's headstone please.
« Reply #6 on: Thursday 29 September 22 18:20 BST (UK) »
WITH DEEPEST SYMPATHY
Somerset: Poole, Hutchings/Hutchin(s), Harvey/Harvie, Bullen
                Nation, Yeandle, Shattock

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Re: Restore photo of Catherine Bird's headstone please.
« Reply #7 on: Friday 30 September 22 20:50 BST (UK) »
At the base "with deepest sympathy" "also her grandson Johnny"

I am at risk of maybe causing offence but below CATHERINE BIRD , I think it reads
"amusement caterer of " can't make out the last word which ends "ors ."
Below the date words appear to be in italics so may be a quotation

Could this make any sense?



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Re: Restore photo of Catherine Bird's headstone please.
« Reply #8 on: Friday 30 September 22 22:22 BST (UK) »
After Caterer ... Of WAY[FOR?]