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Sarah Ellen LEE, b. Cardiff 19 May 1897. She was the eighth of eleven children born to John LEE and Sarah Jane HASTE.

She married John Andrews TAYLOR, in Cardiff 28 Jul 1919. (Both the GRO Index, and MC shows her as Sarah H (Helen) TAYLOR.)

Sarah and John had four children - Evelyn b.1920, John Andrews (jnr) b. 1921, Molly b. 1923 and Stephen Andrews b. 1924. Note that Andrews is a middle name. I believe that all children are now deceased.

The family story is that around the late 1920s, Sarah and John’s marriage broke down. John formed a new relationship with Sarah’s older sister Caroline Jane LEE. At the time Caroline was married to Alfred TAYLOR (no relation to John), and had two children - Georgina (b.1919, and Joyce b. 1921- both now deceased.) Alfred left his family in 1929 and went to America.

John and Caroline raised their now six children and had a long life together, subsequently marrying in 1962. John died in 1968, Caroline in 1986.

I can’t find any record of Sarah after the birth record of her son Stephen Andrews TAYLOR in 1921. I can’t nail down with any certainty the marriages of any of her children, and therefore unable to track any living descendants.

All help/hints/suggestions will be much appreciated. Thanks.

Hi John, Well, these are pretty impressive. I like that you've chosen to leave the original writing around the edges on the B&W one - gives it some 'original' character. And the colour one is quite stunning. Thanks a lot for taking the time to produce these results, I'm most grateful.
.... Sel

Crikey! I wake up and find three new restores - thank you eglejok, Gadget and John-76 for your great work. I certainly have a wonderful selection of the 'new' Alfred to include in the family history photo book on his life I am putting together.

This is such a brilliant forum. All restorers learning from and enjoying each other’s work. What a fantastic contribution you all make to family history researchers who just  don’t have the skills to do what you do. Turning old, degraded photos into revived, living memories - it’s pretty special!
Thanks to all again ...... Sel

Hi all, this old B&W needs a bit of TLC from someone with more skills than I have.
The power lines in the bottom left are fine, but in the RH bottom area there's some scratches and an unsightly curved shaped scrape/stain. Not sure what's caused this - maybe a coffee cup? It's been as is for the past 50+ years.

Would really appreciate all attempts to bring this pic back.

Many thanks .... Sel

Many thanks, Peter. Another great result - so much better than the one I had to start with.

Wiggy, on closer examination I think the 'thing over his left shoulder' is someone (probably his wife) standing behind him with her right hand in her cardigan pocket. The weave on the fabric upwards from her hand seems to be the same as that falling over his shoulder. As I mentioned in the initial post, I think the small pic I have has been cut from a larger one. We can only speculate on why he would cut her out of the photo!