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The two images (muster roll and witness statement) have been scanned at 96 dpi.

96, or even 75, dpi is fine for viewing on a computer monitor, however, just as the o/p has found, if you try to enlarge them the quality/readability will deteriorate.

As a rule of thumb, 75-150 dpi is fine for viewing at full size on a computer screen whereas 300 is the optimum for photographic printing. If there is likely to be any need to view somthing at a larger size, you need to up these figures proportionately. Using a higher figure for printing simply wastes disk space. It is generally agreed that increasing resolution beyond 300 doesn’t give you a better image.

What we don’t know is the degree of compression. A perfectly acceptable image can be ruined by too much compression + modifying & re-saving a .jpg as a .jpg can also play havoc with quality.

To be pedantic, I think it actually says “a” Housekeeper.

The library doesn’t have a car park but, the last time I went, I used the one on the opposite side of Borough Road a short walk away on Turner Street. Come to think of it, I’m sure I had some rellies who lived on a previous incarnation of Turner Street!

I managed to trace mine a couple of years ago. From being a child, I remember him being very, very old. I was surprised to find out that he retired quite recently.