MORE OLD PHOTOGRAPHS

Hello Clan,

Anne has extracted some photographs for the blog and it is quite amazing to see the likeness from one generation to another. I set these out as a collage using Paint Shop Pro, but unfortunately the person viewing the pics must also have the program, so I have scrapped that idea. (Now I am too lazy too scan them over again as a collage, so I am afraid this will have to do.

Ant and Dave

Ant and Dave Boy Scouts

Ant The brothers wth Anne

Anne

Edith and Gerald (Granny Daphne's Parents' wedding during the 1st World War)

We have plenty more pics should anyone be interested. I could email a pic if you are looking for anything specific. This was a great idea. I think we need to have projects like this to keep the blog alive. How about everyone submitting the two best photographs you have taken in the last couple of years? Anything goes! If you think the subject matter or the technical aspects of the photographs are good, let's see them. Is anyone interested? I would love to see your favorite pics.

Take care, Anne and Graham

Look what my sister is teaching Sami!!!

'Nuff said! :-)

Pictures, first attempt

The encyclopedia trick didn't work very well. Barely straightened the pics at all. So I think I'm going to need to tape them onto something in order to scan them reasonably straight, which of course adds a lot more work! I tried scanning a few with just laying them on the scanner... think this is okay? Also, let me know if you have any labels for the pics (post a comment with any labels). If you click on the picture, you'll get a larger view, you can also right click to download it. If you'd like any scanned individually I'm happy to do so, just thought it would be faster for now to scan a bunch at once.


The one on the top right has "Mandy Sykes Jane Charls" written on the back, so I'm assuming it's Mandy with a dog named Charls (is that the correct spelling?). Also, the bottom left is obviously Mandy. Not sure about any of the others.

More pics

Lovely picture of Grandpa Bill at the top right. Bottom looks like Mandy's Christening, with the whole family present. Above that, my dad with Mandy? and to the left, Dad, Granny D and Mandy? Is the pic on the far right Anne with Mandy as a baby? The one in the middle left looks like the house the family lived in at some point, perhaps? No idea on the two above that, although the boys in the top pic seem to be having a marvellous time!

More pics

This looks to me like Dad (Anthony) at the bottom, and Anne bottom right. Any clue on the others?

OLD FAMILY PHOTO'S

Hi Nic,

Unfortunately I have no experience with photo sharing sites. I think it is a marvelous idea. I know Anne also has a few very old photographs of your Gran and Grandad as well as your Great Grandparents. I am sure the family would like to take a look at these as well.

I will chat to her and we can post them on the blog. In fact I am wondering if it might be better to rather email them to you and you can consolidate the posting? Please let me know what you think.

Graham

Old Sykes Pics

My mom had given me an envelope filled with pictures, labelled "Old Sykes Pics", a while ago. Probably years by now. I have been meaning to scan them and post them somewhere, in hopes that between us all we could label them and figure out who they are. I finally went to do the scanning the other day, but it was nigh impossible because the pictures are all kind of rolled up, so getting them to stay flat on the scanner was a real task. Instead, I put them all into encyclopedias (yes, there is a use for all those books!) to flatten them, and will scan them once they've had a chance to straighten. In putting them all in the books I took a good look at most of them, there are some really fantastic pictures of Granny D and Grampa Bill, as well as young pictures of my dad (he was a handsome fellow!), David, Ann and Mandy. I can't wait to share them with you all!

What I'm wondering is if there are any suggestions for how we go about the task of labelling them. I was thinking of posting them to a photo sharing site, does anyone have experience with one that might let us all label? Otherwise I could just give out a username/pword and we could do it that way. I know people use google pics, or flickr, I've also used kodakgallery - any suggestions?