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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: The last Journal of Harold Soames, 1855-1918
« on: Tuesday 12 February 19 23:25 GMT (UK) »
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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / 1934/5 Round the World trip
« on: Tuesday 12 February 19 23:12 GMT (UK) »
In 1934-5 my mother, then 17, with her 19 yr old sister, were taken by their parents from London via Gibraltar, toulon, Naples, Suez, Aden, Colombo, Penang, KL, Singapre and Batavia to Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the USA before sailing back to Britain. My mother kept a pocket diary, I would be very grateful for a transcription, please ? I've had a go at the beginning :-
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Saturday, 27 October 1934
PACKING
Christian and Lettice to breakfast. Lady Read, sister Agnes & Mrs. Whitely to lunch. “Clive of India” with Colin Keith-Johnson. NOT so good. He was nice though. His wife was a nuisance. Aunt Agnes to tea! She is an awful woman! Home. Dad 13th Hussar’s dinner, home very late.
Sunday, 28 October 1934
H. [her sister Heather] took G.M. [Gypsy Moth, her pony] over to Odiham where
Monday, 29 October 1934
Tuesday, 30 October 1934
Wednesday, 31 October 1934
Thursday, 01 November 1934
Friday, 02 November 1934
Saturday, 03 November 1934
Sunday, 04 November 1934
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Saturday, 27 October 1934
PACKING
Christian and Lettice to breakfast. Lady Read, sister Agnes & Mrs. Whitely to lunch. “Clive of India” with Colin Keith-Johnson. NOT so good. He was nice though. His wife was a nuisance. Aunt Agnes to tea! She is an awful woman! Home. Dad 13th Hussar’s dinner, home very late.
Sunday, 28 October 1934
H. [her sister Heather] took G.M. [Gypsy Moth, her pony] over to Odiham where
Monday, 29 October 1934
Tuesday, 30 October 1934
Wednesday, 31 October 1934
Thursday, 01 November 1934
Friday, 02 November 1934
Saturday, 03 November 1934
Sunday, 04 November 1934
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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Date, anyone for Bode Lady ?
« on: Tuesday 31 October 17 11:32 GMT (UK) »
No, I'm not making a proposal !
Any experts able to help date this photo. please ?
Any experts able to help date this photo. please ?
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Photograph Resources, Tips, Tutorials / Some ideas for you - Biggest Mistakes when reading old handwriting
« on: Thursday 20 July 17 00:55 BST (UK) »14
Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: what is the day?
« on: Monday 10 July 17 18:17 BST (UK) »
From the "close-ups"I would say without hesitation that it's 9th changed to 10th.
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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Re: Cartes de Visite Album, Page 50
« on: Friday 23 May 14 23:00 BST (UK) »I am really curious about the oval 'thing' near his feet below the shrub. Can anyone work out what it is?Here's an "enlargement" cropped from the 14Mb hi-res bitmap.
I had thought it was Canon Feilden; but now I don't think it is...
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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Re: Cartes de Visite Album, Page 50
« on: Monday 28 April 14 23:16 BST (UK) »
... and here he is, Page 50. Who is he ?
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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Cartes de Visite Album, Page 50
« on: Monday 28 April 14 23:14 BST (UK) »
My grandmother's grandmother was Martha Hammond Thornewill (of Burton-o[-Trent) nee Wright (of Eyam). I have her album of some 150 Cartes de Visite, with not very many of them identified. I have scanned the empty pages, and front & back of each card.
This is the last page, Page 50. It holds only one picture, and, despite the SubjectLine, it is actually a "Cabinet Card", rather than a Carte de Visite.
The photograph is of an elderly man; his garb suggests to me that he might be a priest - what do you think ?
And can you hazard a guess as to his age ? And the date of the picture ? Given those, we get an approximate date of birth, which just might enable me to identify the subject ! Information about the Studio would be of interest, too.
I'm posting the lo-res versions, so please don't bother to try to improve them.
I am gathering the comments to store in a file alongside the pictures, and, when finished, it will be quite a task to analyse them all and draw deductions as to the identity of some currently unknown.
Page 49 appeared previously; see
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=685339.0
This is the last page, Page 50. It holds only one picture, and, despite the SubjectLine, it is actually a "Cabinet Card", rather than a Carte de Visite.
The photograph is of an elderly man; his garb suggests to me that he might be a priest - what do you think ?
And can you hazard a guess as to his age ? And the date of the picture ? Given those, we get an approximate date of birth, which just might enable me to identify the subject ! Information about the Studio would be of interest, too.
I'm posting the lo-res versions, so please don't bother to try to improve them.
I am gathering the comments to store in a file alongside the pictures, and, when finished, it will be quite a task to analyse them all and draw deductions as to the identity of some currently unknown.
Page 49 appeared previously; see
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=685339.0
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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Re: Cartes de Visite Album, Page 49
« on: Monday 28 April 14 00:27 BST (UK) »
...and here (49D) is whom I believe to be her second son, Robert Thornewill, my grandmother's father, born 30 Oct. 1843.
How old is he here / when was the photograph taken?
How old is he here / when was the photograph taken?