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Ok I've inherited the photos.....

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+++DetEcTive+++ Report 16 Jan 2011 23:40

As with the adhesive ones, don't even think about using sticky mounting squares. I've ruined some Victorian cardboard ones I'd stuck in an album :((

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~~~Secret Red ^^ Squirrel~~~ **007 1/2**

~~~Secret Red ^^ Squirrel~~~ **007 1/2** Report 16 Jan 2011 23:31

Thanks Sue :) Will do

SpanishEyes

SpanishEyes Report 16 Jan 2011 23:30

HuiaTooHot

What a good idea, I am going to do exactly that when I get home in a couple of weeks

I am also going to buy some more acid free pockets to take with me

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Wrenn, Ford, and many others!

Sue In Yorkshire.

Sue In Yorkshire. Report 16 Jan 2011 23:05

SRS

I got all mine from the family history fairs years ago..and bought different sizes .

But google Acid free photo pcokets.

Huia

Huia Report 16 Jan 2011 22:59

Can you scan them before doing anything else? That way if they get ruined or lost in a fire or flood or any such thing you can have them reprinted. After scanning put them onto a CD and perhaps give a copy to somebody else for safe keeping. All of my old photos have been scanned and put onto CDs and when I say old, some would be about 150 yrs old.

Huia.

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Avatar: Red poppy holding a yellow poppy.

ChrisofWessex

ChrisofWessex Report 16 Jan 2011 21:41

I bought Victorian style albums which suit the photos admirably and I assume they will be OK.

~~~Secret Red ^^ Squirrel~~~ **007 1/2**

~~~Secret Red ^^ Squirrel~~~ **007 1/2** Report 16 Jan 2011 21:41

where can you buy acid free pockets Sue?

Sue In Yorkshire.

Sue In Yorkshire. Report 16 Jan 2011 21:40

Your better off buying an A4 file and buying the acid free poackets seperately..

ZZzzz

ZZzzz Report 16 Jan 2011 21:35

But can anyone recommend a good album or several to keep them in, acid free, where I can buy them etc etc.
Thanks.

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Frame mainly from. Reading Berkshire. Vos from Netherlands. Nelson and Sowerby from Newcastle. Pickles from Saddleworth and Australia. Bainbridge from Durham. Willmot, Wilmot. Wilmott from Berkshire.