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Shorthand writing on old photo?
« on: Thursday 21 March 13 20:32 GMT (UK) »
Sorry i forgot to add the photo with the writing on.

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Re: Funny writing on old photo
« Reply #1 on: Thursday 21 March 13 20:41 GMT (UK) »
Is it an English photo?  If so - could it be shorthand?  If not - Arabic perhaps??
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Re: Funny writing on old photo
« Reply #2 on: Thursday 21 March 13 20:42 GMT (UK) »
Hi Maureen :)

Do you know the date of the photo, and where it was taken?  Might help our shorthand experts to work out what it is.  Perhaps you could post the front of the photo (if you want to).

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Re: Funny writing on old photo
« Reply #3 on: Thursday 21 March 13 21:12 GMT (UK) »
Here is the Front of the photo. I am guessing it was taken about 1950/5. I am certain it was taken in Chepstow as it was before my Mum Married in 1957. Hope this helps, i am very curious as to what it says & my Mum is no longer with us so i cannot ask. I have looked at Arabic but it doesn't seem to match.


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Re: Funny writing on old photo
« Reply #4 on: Thursday 21 March 13 21:48 GMT (UK) »
I think it's definitely some kind of shorthand or code, whether it's an official one that anyone will be able to decipher is another matter  :-\   I have to say at first glance i did wonder about Arabic too  :)

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Re: Funny writing on old photo
« Reply #5 on: Friday 22 March 13 05:25 GMT (UK) »
Hi there,
Certainly  looks a bit like Pitman's shorthand. Having a bit of a stab at this if it is.
First line looks a bit like
(As far as I know  man ? casanow? guessing that bit. Unsure of rest of line one.
Second line
Something  (to each ) something (attraction and interest shown in) something.
Hope this helps but of course it could be Arabic.
Looking at photo and being in Chepstow.  My father in the Army was stationed there at the latter end of the war and there was a prisoner of war camp there. Can;t remember the name of it now.
Notice on the picture uniformed man.  A lot of the German prisoners became friends with the
Army men who were keeping watch over them. After the war some of the prisoners married
local women.
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Re: Funny writing on old photo
« Reply #6 on: Friday 22 March 13 06:20 GMT (UK) »
Can't help I'm afraid, but there are lots of people on here who can read shorthand. Change the subject title to include the word "shorthand" and you might catch their attention.

It's probably unlikely to be Arabic on the back of a photo of some English girls. (but I may be wrong  ;))

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Re: Funny writing on old photo
« Reply #7 on: Friday 22 March 13 07:13 GMT (UK) »
Is there any significance in the fact that there are 10 figures. Maybe 1 to 10 in a shorthand.
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 SOUL;-Gloucestershire.
 SANSUM;-Berkshire-Wiltshire
 BASSON-BASTON;- Berkshire,- Oxfordshire.
 BRIDGES;- Wiltshire.
 DOWDESWELL;-Wiltshire,Gloucestershire
 JORDAN;- Berkshire.
 COX;- Berkshire.
 GOUDY;- Suffolk.
 CHATFIELD;-Sussex-- London
 MORGAN;-Blaenavon-Abersychan
 FISHER;- Berkshire.
 BLOMFIELD-BLOOMFIELD-BLUMFIELD;-Suffolk.
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YOUNG-Berkshire
ARDEN.
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Re: Shorthand writing on old photo?
« Reply #8 on: Friday 22 March 13 10:01 GMT (UK) »
Might be Gregg shorthand; I can read Pitman but this looks far too 'curly' for that!
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