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Thank you Irene and Caz
Both very good and much appreciated.
You really had me puzzled Caz about finding another girl's face but after much scrutiny I it does look like someone is sitting some way behind the group in the paddock.

It doesn't look like much of a place to have a picnic or whatever it was they were doing sitting in the dirt. (perhaps food in the suitcase?)
My mother in law said the photo was of her Mother, Father and sister, taken on on the "Queens Domain" (a reserve for the people to use)  in Hobart, Tasmania...the photo has 1937 written on the back. Curious.
Thanks again
Jackie

Oh very good! That was quick...Thank you.
I can have a go at cleaning it up a bit myself.
Jackie

This photo is in a bad way! My mother in law requested me to restore it but it is way beyond my meagre capabilities. I would appreciate any attempts to remove some of the awful creases. No need for colour.
 I do have a larger file available that I can send to interested restorers if necessary.
Thanks in advance
Jackie

Thanks for the replies.
As far as I am aware there have been no Scottish ancestry links in Dad's family prior to my Grandfathers time.
At least it does give me something to go on and I will try looking for a Margaret O'Doherty in the registers etc.
Meta (maybe Margaret) was born in Northern Ireland possibly in or near Portstewart and probably around 1935-40. She left Ireland and went to USA in the 1950's and had only minor contact with one sister many years ago. Now all her siblings are deceased but as she was the youngest there is a possibility that she is still living in the USA. I will keep trying. Nothing is impossible with the internet now!
Jackie