No rest for me in this part of the world! The plan was to take things a wee bit easier and enjoy watching the seasons go by from our balcony, while enjoying the simple things in life, like daytime TV and trying to complete the newspaper crossword.

Over the past few years, I have been encouraged by my wife, Ann, to tidy out the cupboard which houses hundreds of old photographs, which have been passed to me over the last 80 odd years, and some of these photos have been shared with Peter Bourhill, who owns Edinburgh’s premier magazine, the Edinburgh Life.

Peter has included a number of my photographs in recent editions, including some that are old sepia photos. The one below is a snapshot of a golf match at the Braid Hills in Edinburgh in 1890, and similar to the ones supplied to the Edinburgh Life magazine article. I lightened the photo using photoshop.

All good fun learning how to make old photographs clearer. I would like to be able convert these photos into colour images, and if I get time, I will have a go at this.

In the meantime, I will shortly post some more information on the above period and publish more photographs that are ‘tidied’ up, for your enjoyment.

Best wishes

Johnny