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I tried your way smudge and it did not work for me. Dave

This photo is at Duke St station, somewhere about 1930, dad is on the right mounted. It's funny dad was always onto my daughter about keeping her legs well in to the horses flanks at all times, as she has her own horse and competes in shows, and I see he has bat wings.

Smudge, thinking back I think I did that when I put a photo of Ron Akinson on another thread some time ago. The older we get the more we forget!! Dave

Thanks Smudge, I have not tried that as Lyn got me out of trouble this morning and steveR as well I would presume as he had taken three days to to do what Lyn taught me this morning in 5 minutes. She is a good girl is she!! Dave

That's what I am going to try Lyn. It is the only way ,how they photographed this wide way back then I don't know, keeping horses still was another problem although they were well trained also the speed of film. The other problem I have is it is printed in the old antique colour and it will not...

Hi Paul and philbee, yes dad was ex artillary bombadier, I think it was about 1923 and he used to say there were 22 in the mounted but I can only see 21, maybe one off sick, his next door neighbour was ex army as well. If I manage to get the big photo on here you will have some fun with that...

Lyn, I am going to ftnd a way to put the 4 foot 6 inch wtde one on. Dave

Made it Lyn, thanks again. Dave

These are the complement of Duke Street way back in the 1920-30 era. My dad is fifth from the right.

Thanks Lyn, I will give a try within the next couple of hours. Good on yer!! Dave

Steve, I am very cut up about this, as you say three days, in all it must be 4 hours for me. Why is there no instructions?, several other members have the same problem and it puts them off trying. Come on committee, help the old ones out. Dave

No luck, I notice that I am not the only one to suffer this problem, you would think in this modern age it could be made simple. Dave

I have been trying for the last hour to find a way of getting a photo of the police horses on this thread, if it does not appear i give up Dave.

standerton, he was in the forces until december 1919 then he went back to Rhydyfelin until he applied to join the B'Ham city police force. "What are the absent voters list and what would it tell me? Dave

Janice, that number 1864 is in pencil on the bach of the post card photo and "A" battery but I did not know what it stood for. The card is badly faded but it is telling someone where he is as it seems he was on his way home because he ended up in southern Italy. What did you click on to find...

I have just checked the No out and there are no matching numbers so they must have been lost in the fire. Dave

Janice and Lyn, "EUREKA" I have found what we were searching for, stop don't do any thing until I have put this on the post. I had been thinking that maybe when he joined the B'Ham city police force in 1919 they may have had his army records, and I bought them many years ago and I have...

Janice, don't spend any more of your time on this, I have gone through 34 pages of the Edwards on forces reunited and not a thing, put it to bed and thanks to all of you good ladies for your efforts. I honestly believe the records do not exist anymore, Dave

Janice, I am just trying to check with records and inserting 1>>>9 in front of the numbers I have, which are 1864. When in the modern army you always give your name and your last four of the complete number when asked by a N.C.O or officer. I will see what happens and let you know. dave

Janice, you are correct, we can trace all the family way back but cannot find the army records, Lyn is probably right and we think the same that they were distroyed in the fire of the last war. I have just uncovered an old post card from Egypt dated 1917 and printed it to try and identify a...