Slide Show - A Selfie

When I went to Bolton on Saturday I brought my late Dad's slides, projector and projector screen back home to Nottingham

I intend to scan the slides (I bought a slide scanner from Aldi) and build up a little archive of old 'Howcroft' pictures.

To my surprise the projector still worked. It must be 40 something years old and the bulb sprung in life at a click of the switch and a wiggle of the old plug.

This is a shot of a slide projected onto the screen. It's me on Blackpool beach, as a very young 4 year old boy. Curly mop, 'best shirt' , knitted cardigan and a rubber bucket and spade.

Not the best of pics, but I'm hoping the scanner and a bit of touch up editing should get me a decent set of 'archived digital pictures'.

I might share some of the pics (once scanned and edited) on here.

I'll catch up with all my commenting tomorrow.

Does this count as a selfie ?

3 good things (Sunday)

1) Projector worked

2) Bought 'his' and 'hers' winter coats....'North Face' in Nottingham....bargain 'sale price' !!! Will be good for those cold winter mornings and nights walking a little whippet !

3) The predicted rain never really arrived

[Fanny Brogden]

Gosh you were adorable!!

[Phil Howcroft]

@fannyb ha ha fanny...what do you mean...'were' !!!! Many thanks for your kind words

[Fanny Brogden]

Oooooooooooops!!! :))

[Phil Howcroft]

@fannyb ha ha fanny :) Ido appreciate all your support :)

[Pat Knowles]

Oh quite a sweetie Phil, love the curly hair but I bet you hated it at the time! Fascinating to watch these old pictures & a priceless treasure to look at over the years. I bet your daughters loved seeing these!!

[Judith Johnson]

Very handsome with your curly hair!

[Kerri]

:) Nice

[Juliette Packham]

very cute shot of you there Phil. Glad the projector worked and you get to see these shots again. Hurrah for the rain not arriving... it did here, but i didn't get wet!!

[🐓 Patricia Fletcher]

Love it Phil! You were so sweet! ( and still are of course . . :)). Weren't Dads great with their photographs, we used to have slide shows for special occasions and had to wait patiently while he got them the right way up!

[Mike]

Great shot. I too remember the screen shows we used to have set up to watch. Never very well organised, and I was the boy in charge of the light switch between 3 1/2 minute film rolls! The slide shows were better, but always mountain landscapes I recall..!

[Phil Howcroft]

@happypat thanks Pat, you are right, I never liked my curly locks when i was about 12-13 !!

[Phil Howcroft]

@busylady thank you judith :) ......you are very kind :)

[Phil Howcroft]

@kerristephens cheers kerri

[Phil Howcroft]

@sparkle thanks juliette, it will be a bit time consuming scanning the slides, but it will be worth it in the end

[Phil Howcroft]

@tishpics ha ha patricia, you were lucky this one came out the right way, i did get a few upside down when running them through the projector

[Phil Howcroft]

@caddick ha ha mike, mountain landscapes :)

[Juliette Packham]

@phil_howcroft I need to do the same for my negatives - seriously, I think I need to retire to fit in all this photography stuff I want to do!!

[Judith Greenwood]

Blimey you haven't change Phil!! It's a lovely shot and how nice to have the old stuff working - before the disposable age!

[Allison Williams]

A technological miracle. Sometimes the oldies are the best. Speaking of oldies, nothing beats the feeling you get looking at old photos as the subjects gaze back at you. It is like stepping back in time. I for one will look forward to more pictures of young Phil and his world.

[Phil Howcroft]

@judithg thanks judith, you can really see 'current phil'...in 'little phil' :) ..and i haven't changed ...lol....thanks for the compliment ...i think :)

[Phil Howcroft]

@allie912 thanks allison, i installed the slide scanner this afternoon and dis some scans of my university graduation pics....the scanner is quick but the images are a tad grainy...although that is to be expected given the size of a slide !!!