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9th Black Watch, 1918 at Arras, France. Before they found themselves on the front line when the Germans launched their attack, code named Operation Mars.

Standing 2nd left, Captain Frederick Proudfoot had been decorated twice for gallantry with a Military Cross.

Shared by Chris

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From the Blitz to the Alps: My Grandad Leslie Harris’s 26-year firefighting legacy. From the NFS in Erith to a Warrant Officer in the Army Fire Service, he tackled fires from Algiers to Italy during WW2, later training the next generation at Kent Fire Brigade. 🚒🔥

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Private C E Stevens 1922-1977. In WW2, he volunteered in 1939 at 17 and served in the Royal Signals Regiment.

Photo is 1944 after training to be a founder member of The Parachute Regiment. He fought at Arnhem & was captured, and then spent over a year in a prisoner-of-war camp.

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The first trailer for ‘Pressure’ is here, the film which tells the story of the most important weather forecast; the D-Day forecast.

Andrew Scott stars as Group Captain James Stagg – the Met Office meteorologist tasked with delivering the weather forecast and helping shape D-Day's plans.

In cinemas 9 September.

#pressuremovie @StudiocanalUK

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@MrNickKnowles @Taff_Gillingham @BleakTerrain8 Ah nice one. Nick, sent you an amended version 👌🏻

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On the 90th anniversary of the Spitfire’s first flight a picture of my Dad who flew them in the Middle East in WWII

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@MrNickKnowles Happy to have worked on your precious photo of your dad

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@igor_os777 Thanks for sharing

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A photo restorer has breathed new life into the only universally accepted portrait of Billy the Kid, giving viewers a clearer image of the Wild West’s most infamous outlaw.
https://t.co/ingfg06JRi

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@petapixel Thanks for sharing

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@Mark1975s Hi. Did you get my email reply?

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@Levisonwood Pleased you like the colourised photo to commemorate your Grandad ♥️

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Billy the Kid, c1880 (Henry McCarty, b1859)

Kid was a notorious American outlaw & gunfighter of the Old West who was linked to 9 murders.

In 1881, Sheriff Garrett captured Kid. However, he escaped killing 2 deputies, evading capture for 2 months. Kid was shot & killed, age 21.

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"My grandfather, John Ernest Rickard, born in 1900. Taken during his time in the far east in the Royal Navy on HMS Kent, from 1931 to 1933; between his military service in both WW1 and WW2.Deteriorated over the years, but I wanted it restored"
Shared by Val

#Military #OldPhotos

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"Photo of my sister in law who died at 19. It was so badly faded that you could barely make any features out. No one in the family had any other photos of her at this age and I had never seen her face clearly before and I did shed a tear to see her properly."

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"This is one of the only photos I have of my Mom, so it's quite precious to me. I loved her pose, looking off in the distance, cigarette in hand, which was so popular at the time!"

Shared by Sonya

#PhotoRestoration #VintagePhoto #OldPhotos #FamilyHistory

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“Photo of my wife and her father wiling away time in Trafalgar Square in December 1955 as a second daughter was being born in the hospital nearby was restored and partially colourised by Nick as a birthday present. An excellent job“

Shared by Stephen

#London #Vintage #OldPhotos

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Restoration of the first football team at Springwood School in Lanett, AL in the U.S. 1972-73. Most of these guys just celebrated their 50-year class reunion, and they will be so thrilled to get a copy of this picture!

Shared by Michael

#PhotoRestoration #CollegeFootball #USA

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Vintage poster encouraging recruits for the Royal Naval reserve, c1957. The significance of the image is that the individual in the centre of the group of three is my father in law who is now 84 years old and was in the Royal Naval Reserves.

Shared by Simon

#RoyalNavy

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@petapixel Thanks for the feature @petapixel 🙌

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A photo restorer breathed fresh life into a forgotten zoo by colorizing a set of black-and-white photos from the 1940s. https://t.co/2VGIsBQQz4