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welcome to Pete Simpkin's website.
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Pete's Picture Restorations
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We all have treasured
photographs tucked away somewhere and whenever we see films or websites about
bygone days we are moved to look out our own memories....snapshots of times past
and wish they were clearer and more fitting to place in frames or albums to
share with family members and friends.
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Although many
people have the facility somewhere in their computer to adjust and restore
pictures they don't feel able to try it and of course there are many more who do
not have computers. whoever you are I am pleased to offer my services as a saver and
restorer of old, damaged or just plain not very good pictures!
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HERE ARE SOME
EXAMPLES OF SOME OF MY RECENT RESTORATIONS...............
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These were obviously very old
and damaged but treasured memories and the motorbike and the top group are
at the extreme edge of what is possible. Definition has been reduced
in these examples to help speedy download of this page. Charges depend on what is
required, what is possible and how you want the final picture (e-mailed to you or a printed copy posted to you for instance) Prices
start at a minimum of £10 and can go up to about £25. Please get in
touch by e mail at pete [at] petesimpkin.co.uk
AND HERE'S ANOTHER SPECIAL SERVICE....
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 Since
retiring from the BBC I am living a full and interesting life with my
wife and best friend Pat....and our best four legged frien Sandy a re
homed Golden Retriever. We hope you will find this site both
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This is a recently discovered photograph of me aged 8 at Freemantle C
of E School...were you there?.......or at my other
 schools
in Southampton, Western Infants or Taunton's School at the old
Highfield road site?....let's share some memories!
NEWS!
PRINCE CHARLES THANKS PETE!
I recently
made contact with my old Taunton's school best friend David Dyche. We got to
remembering that in our final term there we recorded on tape all the
celebrations of the school's 200th anniversary. I looked out the original tape,
restored it and produced a new CD version.
Whilst doing
this my brother Jake who is a Southampton historian realised it contained a
speech by Lord Mountbatten who was the special guest and he thought Prince
Charles (whose favourite uncle was the late Lord) might like a copy for his
archives. A letter to Clarence House confirmed this and I have just received
(March 2007) a Royal 'thank you' for the 'marvellous recording'! If you
remember the Bicentenary tell me your memories!
PETE AT SCHOOL |
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Just a few years
later here I am at the BBC Southampton
Studios at South Western House
 behind
camera 1 for the 'South at Six' news programme. Remember 'South Today' with
Martin Muncaster ....and the cartoonist 'Oz'? Share some
memories.......like the day my camera caught fire 'on air'....and then there was
the terrible trouble with the torn trousers!..................meet
PETE AT THE BEEB
And here I am in Birmingham in the 70s and 80s first at Radio
Birmingham then later
 renamed
WM 'Getting to know you was important then...'Morning West Midlands'
'Roundabout' 'Good Company' and the West Midlands Brass Bands with my good
friend Barry Lankester.
I'm really
looking forward to sharing memories, ideas and chat
with you so please get in touch......see the latest messages on
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As this site
develops I'll be featuring pages including your comments and memories as
well as my stories of school and my time at the BEEB.
As they
say........'WATCH THIS SPACE!
To contact me, please mail:
pete [at] petesimpkin.co.uk
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