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Old Photographs, Recognition, Handwriting Deciphering => Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs => Topic started by: tjugg on Thursday 02 April 15 11:44 BST (UK)
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Hi you clever people can anyone fix this photo which I believe is the only known photo of Edmund, my husband's Grandfather.
many thanks
Linda
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One from me
Irene
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Wow what a difference!
Many thanks for doing that. Husband is delighted!
Linda
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One from me
Pat
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Thank you Pat you can now see the Lion on the building behind them.
Is there a possibility that this is Bournemouth if so does anyone know the building? I have a photo of Fanny looks about the same age but someone has written Bournemouth on the back the other just has Mum and Dad (so helpful!!)
Thanks Linda
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I thought it looked like a war memorial, with names on the darker panels, but I don't know where. Did they know anybody who would be mentioned on a memorial?
Pat
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Sorry but I have no idea if there were any relatives likely to be on a memorial.
Linda
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b&w try
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Excellent work all of you. I really appreciate the time you have spent over this photo.
Linda
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Hi Linda...One from me too...I agree it's a war memorial and it looks like it is cordoned off with barbed wire so it could be incomplete...I think this is a 1920s photo.
Carol
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You can do a google search for 'war memorials bournemouth' and look at 'images'
Does not look the same
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4143/4739639509_918a8e4bd0_o.jpg
But there could be others there.
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Conversely,
if one of the restorers on here can edit out the people, and just concentrate on the memorial, you could then try a search for google images of it.
Or try 'war memorials lion' in google images.
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I had tried the war memorials in Bournemouth. The other photo I have which gave me the idea it was Bournemouth had a date of 1931 written on the back. I'm sure Edmund was wearing the same hat!
Thanks again t you all.
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I would say 1931 sounds about right.
Carol
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I think this could be one of three similar memorials -
An Admiralty committee recommended that the three manning ports in Great Britain - Chatham, Plymouth and Portsmouth - should each have an identical memorial of unmistakable naval form, an obelisk, which would serve as a leading mark for shipping. The memorials were designed by Sir Robert Lorimer, who had already carried out a considerable amount of work for the Commission, with sculpture by Henry Poole. The Chatham Naval Memorial was unveiled by the Prince of Wales (the future King Edward VIII) on 26 April 1924.
I have sent you a PM
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Looking at the three memorials I'm pretty certain it's at Porstmouth, on the Esplanade at Southsea. GoogleMaps Streetview has some good images of it. Chatham and Plymouth have different plan layouts that fit less well with what's visible in the photo than does Portsmouth.
The other two memorials are on level or near level ground whereas at Portsmouth there is a significant drop in ground level to the north of the memorial which would tie in with Edmund and Fanny being at a lower level than the memorial. It's difficult to be precise as all three memorials were extended post WW2 and the wall immediately behind Edmund and Fanny will likely have been lengthened.
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Fantastic we live very close to Portsmouth so a visit to the memorial with a copy of the photo in hand should solve the query.
Thanks Linda
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Looking at the photo I think it was probably taken on the right hand side of the memorial looking at it from the esplanade, at the lower level, you might be able to see where the original wall ended and the extension started, the panels of names with dates might also be a clue. Good hunting. Will be interested in what you find and if it's the right location.
Southsea has always intrigued me because of all the other monuments and memorials there dating back to the time of the British Empire etc.