As I said yesterday for the next few days I am going to post some of the old photos I have been scanning and editing.
Here is a photo of my Mum, Mary and her sister, my Auntie Hetty (Mary sitting). I think Mum must have been about 4 years old in this photo so the photo will have been taken in 1918. The photo was in a bit of a sorry state so I had to do quite a bit of editing to get it looking like this.
I have edited a couple more of the photos today so am getting closer to putting them in a photobook.
That is quite wonderful. I wonder if they had been at the beach, or if these were just photographer's props. In any case it's a beautiful photo. How precious!
Nice job of bringing this back to life. It's kind of amazing when you stop and think that this photo is 102 years old! Mum appears to be a bit mystified.
@jamibann No they hadn't been at the beach, they lived in a mining town in Yorkshire, the only thing they would be shoveling is coal, ha ha The buckets and spades were definitely props
Love old photos - they depict a way of life long forgotten. In the era of your photo children would also collect milk but your mum and her sister haven't got the right buckets for that!!
This is great! The picture looks very good! Just mind blowing that it is more than 100 years old! All your work and book will be great for (family) history!
@pcoulson You will have to share the photo on 365. I am working on my oldest photo at the moment of my great grandparents and great great grandparents taken in 1878, hope I can restore it reasonably well. Maybe I will post that one too when I have finished it.
@pattyblue Mum was always the one who was well behaved, Hetty was the cheeky one. Nanna was probably there watching them and threated them with a fate worse than death if they didn't behave. ha ha
@lilh Some are in good condition, but this one was in a sorry state, I did have to work on it quite a lot to get it to this stage.
You e done a terrific job Babs...well done. It must have been quite enjoyable seeing it come to life! Your mum would have been so interested to see this photo again too.
You did a great job in restoring this- it still has the "old" feeling to it but is clear enough we get the details. I can see your mum and aunt were behaving for this picture, but I sure they loved to play!
@happypat I have really enjoyed editing the photos. I got side tracked along the way occasionally though because it made me start again on family history too.
@happysnaps Yes they had to stay serious for photos. Mind you this was taken at the end of WW1 so I guess nobody was smiling very much back then.
@ingrid01 @momamo @pusspup @kjarn @haskar @gilbertwood @fbailey I am enjoying editing the photos and look forward to seeing them in the book when I have finished.
@pcoulson You will have to share the photo on 365. I am working on my oldest photo at the moment of my great grandparents and great great grandparents taken in 1878, hope I can restore it reasonably well. Maybe I will post that one too when I have finished it.
@pattyblue Mum was always the one who was well behaved, Hetty was the cheeky one. Nanna was probably there watching them and threated them with a fate worse than death if they didn't behave. ha ha
@lilh Some are in good condition, but this one was in a sorry state, I did have to work on it quite a lot to get it to this stage.
Ian
@tunia So did I. ha ha.
@happypat I have really enjoyed editing the photos. I got side tracked along the way occasionally though because it made me start again on family history too.