Personal Military Photo's.

[Saitek]

A very good point Joe. A photograph is a photograph, discs can get spoilt and they may contain a thouasnd pics, but if the disc is messed up then it is just ones refletion that it is useful for. Mind you at the same time more people ahve access to cameras and that than ever before.

I love those pics Foz. Very historical. All three are really nice and are excellent history sources. I'm gonna show my sis these - she's doing History at A-level and likes looking at them.  8) I can look at pics like that all day and I am not even doing history.

[beaky]

 The second batch is terrific, Foz- what type of bike is that your dad is tooling around on?  
And I agree that there's no substitue for a real print- it's just more tangible; has a special thing about it, esp.  if it's really old.
Funny thing about digital backups: I read once that the Smithsonian Museum once did an exhaustive study on the best possible material overall for very-long-term storage of information. Their choice? Paper. Not plastic, not metal- paper. Exactly why, I'm not sure; that's just what I heard. Not necessarily for graphics, etc, and certainly not ordinary paper... they're probably working on some sort of digital format that is based on paper. Paper discs worked pretty well back in the day- Bayer had a series of field recordings out on laminated-paper phonograph discs back in the 20s or 30s. I've heard some of them played on the radio, and they sound pretty good, even today.
 The trick I guess would be reading such a disc or whatever with a laser that won't degrade the paper...
But a quality photo print or negative, sealed to keep out oxygen and kept in a dark, stable environment when not being viewed, will last a long, long time. Now that I've finished scanning all my old prints , I should really get them (and the negatives) out of the shoebox and into something more suitable... .
then there's the rapidly-growing cache of digital pictures from the new camera... ohboy.  :P

[Fozzer]

I'm lucky, all my family have always taken photographs of themselves right up until today...:D...!
I have boxes and boxes of family photographs dating right back to the 1800's, Great-Great-Grandparents and children...!

I've even got this photo of one of my distant Grandmothers fighting off the Romans...>>>



Now how's that for a bit of historical military strategy by the Fozzer tribe... ...?

Cheers all...!

Paul.. ...!

[Omag 2.0]

Wow! stunning pieces of history you got there Paul! Love 'em... You will see these kins of shots from time to time and get baffled that people once thought of those days as the modern times... put it all in perspective doesn't it?

btw, is that Hagar on your left in the first shot?  ;D

[Romulus111VADT]

So Queen Boudicca, of the Iceni is an ancestor of yours....hmmm....for some strange reason that seems to figure.....

[Willit Run]

Greetings Fozzer,  
  Just thought I do a little work with your photo.  It is
still a work ing progress but, I wanted to show you.
To be honest with you I could do a better job with the
original file.  Hope you like what I did so far. The one
gentlemen in the back row were the tear was is given me a fit.

[Wing Nut]

That guy in the first row, fourth from the right, looks like he really has to take a dump....  ;D

[Fozzer]

Hi Willit...!

You are magic, Mate... ... ... ...!

Fantastic job...!

Many thanks... ...!

I've saved your work safely on CD....!

Sooper-Dooper...!

Cheers...!

Paul The Greatful... ...!

[Fozzer]

That guy in the first row, fourth from the right, looks like he really has to take a dump....  ;D

Hi Kev...!

I remember him well...
...always a sullen character... ...!

Amazing, it's 50 years ago now, and I remember it like it was yesterday... ...!
...(Just very glad I'm not there now)... ...!
LOL...!

Paul...too much shouting, boot polishing, and Blanco'ing... ...!
LOL...!

[Hagar]

[quote]Greetings Fozzer,

[Wing Nut]

No way...

[Fozzer]

The thing I like about about photographs is that you can carry them in your pocket to show to the MAJORITY of folks who dont own, or have have access, to a computer.... ...!

During a visit with your CD ROM, try showing your Mate in his mud hut,  in deepest, darkest Africa, pictures of your holiday in Disneyland in Florida* without the use of a "computer"......!
...that's not going to work.....!!

Cheers all...!

Paul......!

* God forbid... ... ...!

[Hagar]

The thing I like about about photographs is that you can carry them in your pocket to show to the MAJORITY of folks who dont own, or have have access, to a computer.... ...!

Paul. You can print digital photos out any time you wish & stick them in an album or carry them around in your pocket. If you don't have a printer the friendly people at your local Boot's the Chemists or any camera shop will be delighted to do it for you at a reasonable price. The big advantage is that you can choose which ones to print.

[quote]During a visit with your CD ROM, try showing your Mate in his mud hut,

[Fozzer]

A few more details regarding the venerable Fosbery Family...>>>

The recipient of the George Cross...>>>

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Vincent_Fosbery

The designer of the automatic pistol...>>>

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Webley-Fos ... c_Revolver

And more details of the venerable Fosbery Clan...>>>

http://www.fosbery.com/

Enjoy...!

Loads of details, photo's etc, held by the Fozzers, known throught the world...!
(Courtesy of my dear old Dad)...!

Paul L Fosbery.

[Willit Run]

Fozzer,  It was a privilege to do a restore on that photo.
Anything for a Military Vet.  I know I can do better but,
because of the photo being 800 X 600 it is harder to get
a clean restore.  If you want to e-mail the original scan
I will do the restore and send it back. Any other pictures
that needs to be restore I would do it for you or anyone
else.  I enjoy a good challenge and believe me the face
of the one gentlemen in your photo was a challenge.
I know I can do better.

  With Respect, Willit_Run