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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Help please - how do I upload a photo?
« on: Friday 02 August 13 13:12 BST (UK)  »
Hi All,

Sorry to be a nuisance ...
It's a while since I uploaded a photo to this forum, and the technique seems to have changed!
I've successfully uploaded the picture to photo-bucket ... but when I click on the codes alongside the image the code disappears, and the word 'copied' appears on a yellow background.
However, the code hasn't been copied at all! I don't seem to be able to 'cut & paste' the code in the way that I'd always done previously ... is the situation now that I have to manually copy the code and then type it in to this forum? (Also, please can you remind me which code it is ... Email & IM; Direct; HTML; or IMG ?)

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Lancashire / Re: AINTREE,LIVERPOOL. NELSON'S JAM
« on: Thursday 17 February 11 18:36 GMT (UK)  »
Quote from: busylizzie123 on Monday 14 February 11 15:11 GMT (UK)
My Mum also worked in Jacobs and we lived in Melling,  I have a Pottey jug that she passed down to me,  it was made in Melling Pottery in 1904 and has the name Mrs J Woods inscribed on it, their were 2 of these jugs when i was growing up but don't know where the other one went :'(

Urm Melling was the posh area??? lol I went to school in Maghull....Deyes Lane during the 60's'

And still eat jam on crackersd!! ;D

Snap! We lived in Melling ... and I was at Deyes Lane from 1961-1965  ;)

I have a stoneware ginger beer bottle that was made at 'Midland Pottery' (Melling)

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The Common Room / Re: Family or local history?
« on: Sunday 12 September 10 14:24 BST (UK)  »
Personally, my Family History research spurred a keen interest in Social History ... my ancestors moved around quite a lot, so the Local History of the towns they inhabited has only been of passing interest.

However, my 2xgr-grandfather spent 32 years of his life as an inmate of a Victorian lunatic assylum; a 2xgr-uncle was transported to Australia on board a convict ship; and my 2xgr-grandmother (& her mother) were both 19thC midwives ... investigating sociological issues such as these has been (still is) absolutely fascinating!

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Armed Forces / Re: 12th Lancashire (2nd Admin Brigade) Artillery Volunteer Corps
« on: Sunday 12 September 10 14:05 BST (UK)  »
Many thanks for your reply Ken ... much appreciated.

Yes, John McQuinn was indeed a Liverpool resident.
I know virtually nothing of military history, so it was quite a surprise to find that there were Volunteer Corps in the 19thC ... I live and learn!

I'll check google 'streetview' to see whether the Edge Hill premises is still there.


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Armed Forces / 12th Lancashire (2nd Admin Brigade) Artillery Volunteer Corps
« on: Saturday 11 September 10 22:09 BST (UK)  »
Hi ...


Apparently there are records in the R.O in Preston which reveal that my great-great-grandfather (John McQuinn) served (albeit briefly) in the 12th Lancashire (2nd Admin Brigade) Artillery Volunteer Corps. He enrolled, and was discharged, in the same year - 1862.

Please does anyone have any info about the 12th Lancashire (2nd Admin Brigade) Artillery Volunteer Corps?

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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Re: Photo date please?
« on: Friday 27 August 10 08:10 BST (UK)  »
Thanks folks ... interesting.

I've seen similar photos for sale in antiques fairs.

Mine measures 6" across, and it is set into a circular piece of metal. There's a metal wire device attached to the back to enable it to be displayed. The whole thing is then clipped into a circular wooden frame (which I removed to enable scanning).

Curiously, stamped into the metal back it says: COLUMBIA MEDALLION STUDIO CHICAGO. However, Margaret Beaty was from Caldbeck, Cumbria, and I have found no reference to the family leaving the UK (or, in fact, Caldbeck!) Perhaps the metal contraption was produced in the USA and used by photographers in the UK? (Seems strange though as there's no reason why such a simple device couldn't have been manufactured locally).

Bestest,
Paula.   

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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Photo date please?
« on: Thursday 26 August 10 14:24 BST (UK)  »
Hi All ~

Please could someone estimate a date that this photo was taken?
The portrait is of Margaret Beaty (b. 1854). The image has been printed onto a round metal plate with a slightly convex surface ... apologies for the poor quality, but it doesn't scan particularly well.



Many thanks, in advance!

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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Re: Please could somebody date this photo?
« on: Sunday 17 January 10 14:51 GMT (UK)  »
Ah yes, of course ... thanks James!

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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Re: Update to Repair to 1877 Fire Brigade Photo (Please)
« on: Sunday 17 January 10 14:14 GMT (UK)  »
Fascinating photo & trivia.

NB: Have to chuckle at the little chap to the far-R of the picture (almost seems as though no-one realised he was there!)

Bestest,
Paula.

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