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Yorkshire (West Riding) / Coopers Band - Barnsley area
« on: Sunday 28 March 10 15:41 BST (UK)  »
Does anyone know the history of Coopers Band - All I know is that it was in Barnsley early 1900.  Yesterday I was told by a local history bookseller that it was said the band once played on the top of an industrial chimney that once stood behind the Co-op on Wellington Street!

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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / One of my aunts - completed many thanks
« on: Friday 26 February 10 22:37 GMT (UK)  »
Hello = this is one of my aunts - trouble was all four of them were very similar in looks.  If some kind person could sharpen this 1920's snap for me I may be able to identify which one it is.  And if you agree with me that the landscape is calling for colour please do.  Many thanks  :)

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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Snapshot of brother - would appreciate tidying COMPLETE WITH THANKS
« on: Thursday 18 February 10 14:45 GMT (UK)  »
Hello
An old snapshot of my brother (now dead) taken early 1950's.  He's helping bringing in the hay in Mayo.  I would love a tidy and maybe a little colour? please  :)

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World War Two / RAMC Diary 1943-1946
« on: Monday 01 February 10 18:00 GMT (UK)  »
I have a very tattered diary kept by my father during WW2 (don't know if he should have done this  :-\) He was in the RAMC - North Africa and Italy mainly. There is quite a detailed description his journey  from Greenock (19/12/1942)  around the Cape to the East Suez transit camp (17/1/1943) on the Queen Mary.  If anyone had relatives on this I'm happy to let them have copies so they can see how things were.  Quite a few names too in it.  The one that made me smile was the fact that at the end of the war he climbed Mount Vesuvius and ate roasted chestnuts.  :)

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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Only a snapshot but precious
« on: Monday 01 February 10 17:23 GMT (UK)  »
This is only a snapshot of my grandma visiting Mayo in the early 1920's.  But I love the two people sitting with her! I have no idea who they are sadly.  Any improvements in quality will be greatly appreciated - thanks  :)
(And just to let all the restorers who have helped with my relations - I have had a lovely collage made and it's hanging proudly in my hallway)

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Decipher please anyone - can read some
« on: Sunday 24 January 10 17:28 GMT (UK)  »
The writing is on the reverse of the photo of what I believe was a RC priest. I can make out Catherine Mulherne and Low Valley.  My gt grandmother was Catherine Mulhearn, living in Low Valley, Barnsley, between 1867 and c1875. For some reason the name Van Cauwenberg is in my mind for the priest - don't know why but am digging around.  Does his clothing fit in with the dates I gave for Low Valley? Was his hair length usual for that period?  Thanks  :)

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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Memorial card - COMPLETED - many thanks
« on: Friday 22 January 10 15:23 GMT (UK)  »
Again from Aunt's attic.  I kept this deciding one day to find out who
this was as the Mulhearn line of my family appears to have disappeared. 
A copy of the death certificate for this William Mulhearn shows he was the son of my great uncle John.  John was killed in a mining accident in 1894. William, his only son,  died of 'Spinal Caries 6 months. Exhaustion'.  Poor kid.  As I have no photos of him a restore would make a fitting completion to Mulhearns.
The wording is - In Loving Memory of William Mulhearn who departed this life December 24th 1905 Aged 13 years. Interred at Outwood Cemetery December 27th.
I originally didn't make a link with Outwood but now I know his mother and her new husband moved to Wakefield to be near to Clayton Hospital.
Thanks indeed for anyone able to take on lettering.

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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / James Durkan is going home
« on: Sunday 17 January 10 12:30 GMT (UK)  »
About 6 weeks ago you kind restorers worked on this picture.  I just want you to know that his gt grandson has been traced, appropriately another James, and the photos are on their way to Califonia.  The family have sent me a photo of his gt gt gt grandson and he is the image of the small boy in this photo.  Thanks to all of you  :) and to Johnnyboy and Lisa of Califonia for their input.
 :-\ now then,  I have another one with ............ ;)

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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Drunken men 1909
« on: Friday 15 January 10 20:16 GMT (UK)  »
Be kind to me restorers please  :) This is my first resize after countless black coffees and Prue and Cazza's instructions.  If its wrong I want to know and its back to the black coffee  :(
Its a dusty card - another rescued from aunt's attic,  sent in 1909 to my grandfather.
It's the reverse of a query I put on Recognition, Deciphering board Message on Postcard. If it is a photo it will show a gt uncle maybe who, thanks to the decipherers, I have now traced.  Strangely enough the big man rubbing his head brings back a vague memory but I would have only been about 10 years old when I may have seen him :-\
Whatever, I love the picture - fancy carrying those stone jars around. So if anyone can do anything with it (scan permitting) I would be delighted  :)

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