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Offline thomas1879

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prisoner of war letter
« on: Tuesday 23 August 11 15:28 BST (UK) »
can any one do some thing with this letter please
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Re: prisoner of war letter
« Reply #1 on: Tuesday 23 August 11 16:25 BST (UK) »
What would you like us to do?   :) :)
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Re: prisoner of war letter
« Reply #2 on: Tuesday 23 August 11 16:47 BST (UK) »
sorry could you try and make it look like one page instead of it being in six pieces please
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Re: prisoner of war letter
« Reply #3 on: Tuesday 23 August 11 17:21 BST (UK) »
something like this OK.
Reading all of it the missing part looks something like:
You have no one to thank it is a great pleasure for me.

jim
Warks:Ashford;Cadby;Clarke;Clifford;Cooke Copage;Easthope;
Edmonds;Felton;Colledge;Lutwyche;Mander(s);May;Poole;Withers.
Staffs.Edmonds;Addison;Duffield;Webb;Fisher;Archer
Salop:Easthope,Eddowes,Hoorde,Oteley,Vernon,Talbot,De Neville.
Notts.Clarke;Redfearne;Treece.
Som.May;Perriman;Cox
India Kane;Felton;Cadby
London.Haysom.
Lancs.Gay.
Worcs.Coley;Mander;Sawyer.
Kings of Wessex & Scotland
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Re: prisoner of war letter
« Reply #4 on: Tuesday 23 August 11 19:11 BST (UK) »
Sorry, nothing to do with restoration.  I was browsing and find that the letter is dated the day that I wsa born!

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Re: prisoner of war letter
« Reply #5 on: Tuesday 23 August 11 20:04 BST (UK) »
thats  brill just what i wanted  thankyou
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Re: prisoner of war letter
« Reply #6 on: Tuesday 23 August 11 22:33 BST (UK) »
sorry I couldn't resist it.
Warks:Ashford;Cadby;Clarke;Clifford;Cooke Copage;Easthope;
Edmonds;Felton;Colledge;Lutwyche;Mander(s);May;Poole;Withers.
Staffs.Edmonds;Addison;Duffield;Webb;Fisher;Archer
Salop:Easthope,Eddowes,Hoorde,Oteley,Vernon,Talbot,De Neville.
Notts.Clarke;Redfearne;Treece.
Som.May;Perriman;Cox
India Kane;Felton;Cadby
London.Haysom.
Lancs.Gay.
Worcs.Coley;Mander;Sawyer.
Kings of Wessex & Scotland
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Re: prisoner of war letter
« Reply #7 on: Wednesday 24 August 11 08:22 BST (UK) »
big thanks again
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Re: prisoner of war letter
« Reply #8 on: Wednesday 24 August 11 08:41 BST (UK) »
Wow jim - very clever!  It makes you wonder if you can ever trust anything you see   :o :o

Was watching a programme the other evening about detecting digital forgeries.  But, as always, the detectives are one step behind the forgers!

Linda

Sorry to hijack your thread thomas1879  :)
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