Hello Alison, Is it possible for you to scan your photograph? I have found out the most unexpected information by scanning old photos at about 600dpi and looking at them then. Things like the prints of dresses, names of shops over the road, all sorts of details. Usually old photos have a lot more information in them than we can detect. Even very faded ones can often yield a lot more than we anticipate. (The same can't be said for the modern minilab ones - what you see is what you get in them!) Regards, Mary Old Photo Enthusiast Researching Campbell and Huthnance in Victoria, Pasterfield and Morris in Inverell and surrounds. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alison Briggs" <abriggs@mars.ocs.mq.edu.au> To: <AUS-NSW-SURNAMES-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, February 15, 2001 12:16 PM Subject: A long shot - Sydney > > Hello List > I hope you don't laugh at this request but... > > My mother recently gave me a photograph taken on either VE Day or VJ Day 1945 in Sydney. Among the celebrating crowds is my laughing grandmother. > > Here's the long shot...... > It had to be in Sydney because my grandmother worked at Mark Foys and we think it must be nearby. It's taken outside a big old church with columns at the steps. Outside the church is a notice for an organ recital, but can't read the date or place. On a side wall is an old wooden notice board with a triangular top, and underneath in minute print looks to be the ministers name (unreadable of course) and information about service times. > Looking up the street is a covered walkway over some shops. One of the shops has an obscured sign that says "?monds" (which I guess to be Symonds) > > I'm hoping this might job someone's memory. Unfortunately I can't ask my grandmother. > > Alison > > > ============================== > Ancestry.com Genealogical Databases > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist2.asp > Search over 2500 databases with one easy query! > --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.231 / Virus Database: 112 - Release Date: 13-02-01