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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Re: Another car + Aunt and Uncle
« on: Tuesday 12 January 10 23:12 GMT (UK) »
handy to have, thanks
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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Re: Another car + Aunt and Uncle
« on: Tuesday 12 January 10 22:26 GMT (UK) »
You might be very lucky (or not)
The kithead trust hold old taxation records,don't know where the car was registered but check under vehicle records for an indication of the locations they have records for.
http://www.kitheadtrust.org.uk/index.html
They kindly looked up and sent me records for a car for which I only had a partial numberplate. I was hoping that I'd be able to identify the occupants. I wasn't successful but the records did show owner & make and model of vehicle.
Please note they are a charity, it's run by volunteers and all funding comes from donations.
The kithead trust hold old taxation records,
http://www.kitheadtrust.org.uk/index.html
They kindly looked up and sent me records for a car for which I only had a partial numberplate. I was hoping that I'd be able to identify the occupants. I wasn't successful but the records did show owner & make and model of vehicle.
Please note they are a charity, it's run by volunteers and all funding comes from donations.
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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Re: Thornewill
« on: Tuesday 12 January 10 20:17 GMT (UK) »
very difficult to say, 1750-1800?
is there more detail to the jacket than has come out in the image?
is there more detail to the jacket than has come out in the image?
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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: Library Identification
« on: Tuesday 12 January 10 13:01 GMT (UK) »
think this might still be Burton
"Burton corporation adopted the 1892 Public Libraries Act in 1895, and in 1897 it opened a free library on the ground floor of the Burton institute building in Union Street. (fn. 6) Open access to books was introduced in 1920. (fn. 7) The building was demolished after the present library was opened in 1977, on the site of a Bass malthouse set back off the east side of High Street. (fn.
From: 'Burton-upon-Trent: Social and cultural activities', A History of the County of Stafford: Volume 9: Burton-upon-Trent (2003), pp. 147-156. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=12344 Date accessed: 12 January 2010."
I expect that the current library will still have details of the old building. If you google "burton union street free library and reading rooms" the first link has more history but I could only access the cached page.
It would appear that the photo dates from 1897 at the earliest.
"Burton corporation adopted the 1892 Public Libraries Act in 1895, and in 1897 it opened a free library on the ground floor of the Burton institute building in Union Street. (fn. 6) Open access to books was introduced in 1920. (fn. 7) The building was demolished after the present library was opened in 1977, on the site of a Bass malthouse set back off the east side of High Street. (fn.
From: 'Burton-upon-Trent: Social and cultural activities', A History of the County of Stafford: Volume 9: Burton-upon-Trent (2003), pp. 147-156. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=12344 Date accessed: 12 January 2010."
I expect that the current library will still have details of the old building. If you google "burton union street free library and reading rooms" the first link has more history but I could only access the cached page.
It would appear that the photo dates from 1897 at the earliest.
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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Re: date and car if poss
« on: Tuesday 12 January 10 12:46 GMT (UK) »
Rover 10 - 1936-ish
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Rover_10_1936.jpg
but that's based on what we can see in the photo; note that your photo includes a rounded end to the side grill and a split midway along it. I don't know how much variation there would be.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Rover_10_1936.jpg
but that's based on what we can see in the photo; note that your photo includes a rounded end to the side grill and a split midway along it. I don't know how much variation there would be.
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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Re: Dating a lady - 1900/10/20s?
« on: Tuesday 12 January 10 12:35 GMT (UK) »
You might want to check with the Aberdeen and North East Scotland Family History Society (google for ANESFHS) as I believe they may have information on local photographers. I checked their site last night and couldn't find any mention of a publication but it's the kind of thing that may have been published in their journal which has been on the go for quite some time.
If you're in the area I'd highly recommend a visit to their premises in King Street, Aberdeen.
If you're in the area I'd highly recommend a visit to their premises in King Street, Aberdeen.
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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Re: Dating a lady - 1900/10/20s?
« on: Monday 11 January 10 23:57 GMT (UK) »
The location is Dunottar castle which sits above slightly further south of Stonehaven on the coast, the castle is on a spit of land (if memory serves) and the party have been photographed from slightly further down the coast with the castle in the background.
http://www.dunnottarcastle.co.uk/
http://www.dunnottarcastle.co.uk/
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Other Countries - Resources / Re: INDIA: Resources for Ancestors in British India
« on: Sunday 10 January 10 22:39 GMT (UK) »
this volume of parliamentary papers includes those who received pensions while working for the East India company 1793-1833
http://books.google.com/books?id=y0gSAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q=&f=false
http://books.google.com/books?id=y0gSAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q=&f=false
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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Re: Date, trade, anything, please!
« on: Sunday 10 January 10 17:12 GMT (UK) »
the postcard text dates it (the postcard) to between 1907 and 1918
1907 brought in new rules which changed the wording to include foreign countries
1918 saw a rise in the postal rated to 1d inland
1907 brought in new rules which changed the wording to include foreign countries
1918 saw a rise in the postal rated to 1d inland