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HELP PLEASE! Really grim photo needs restoring
« on: Saturday 11 September 10 17:33 BST (UK) »
Hi,

I have a hugely important family photo which at best can be described as in grim condition.
Please can anyone improve it for me? I can submit a better scan if need be.
I'd be MOST grateful for any renovation.
Thank you in advance.

P.S.
I believe the photo is of a London Police football team. On the football is painted "K.P.F.C. 1911-12". If anyone can offer more info: where was the KP, any names of people I'd be very interested to know. Feel free to use this image!
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Re: HELP PLEASE! Really grim photo needs restoring
« Reply #1 on: Saturday 11 September 10 18:54 BST (UK) »
is it definitely KP not RP?

There is a Kiveton Park Football Club (formed 1892) but that's Sheffield not London and is connected with a colliery not with the police.

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Re: HELP PLEASE! Really grim photo needs restoring
« Reply #2 on: Saturday 11 September 10 19:17 BST (UK) »
Hi,

Yes it's definitely K.P.
I have always been told that it is a police team but that's something passed down the family through the years (so it's quite possibly wrong)!

The chap to the right of the player wearing the striped shirt has a uniform on with a chain but no lapel badges...he could be anything, come to think of it, from a prison guard to a postman.
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Re: HELP PLEASE! Really grim photo needs restoring
« Reply #3 on: Saturday 11 September 10 19:59 BST (UK) »
Could it be Kent Police? Maybe a team that was based on the London outskirts but in Kent.?
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Re: HELP PLEASE! Really grim photo needs restoring
« Reply #4 on: Saturday 11 September 10 20:06 BST (UK) »
I googled 'KPFC 1911' and up came a posting on Cousin Connect - that may have been you, but if not it seems someone else is looking for this Police football team.

ETA -  love the little dog on the last lap on the right!
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Re: HELP PLEASE! Really grim photo needs restoring
« Reply #5 on: Saturday 11 September 10 21:40 BST (UK) »
Could it be Kent Police? Maybe a team that was based on the London outskirts but in Kent.?

Hi Cheryl16
Could be! I'll add it to my list.
Thanks for reply.
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Re: HELP PLEASE! Really grim photo needs restoring
« Reply #6 on: Saturday 11 September 10 21:45 BST (UK) »
I googled 'KPFC 1911' and up came a posting on Cousin Connect - that may have been you, but if not it seems someone else is looking for this Police football team.

ETA -  love the little dog on the last lap on the right!


Hi HeatherLynne,
Yes it's my posting.
An own gaol...perhaps
Thanks for trying.
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Re: HELP PLEASE! Really grim photo needs restoring
« Reply #7 on: Saturday 11 September 10 22:33 BST (UK) »
Possibly Kingston Police Football Club?

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Re: HELP PLEASE! Really grim photo needs restoring
« Reply #8 on: Sunday 12 September 10 01:57 BST (UK) »
Can you rescan with out compressing ?
Although you have scanned at a very high 1200dpi it appears to have been badly compressed and is very small physically (less then half an inch). This is making the facial features very hard to see so they can be restored.
If you had trouble resizing there is a very good tutorial here

http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,372537.0.html

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