The effect of black and white or sepia can often make the people and places in old photographs seem remote and disconnected from our reality. Here we present a selection of historic photos of Henfield, digitally restored before being put through the DeOldify suggestive colourisation algorithm. Dates range from the 1860s to the 1950s.
Featured Restored & Colourised Photo
Cows graze on Broadmere Common, c. 1912-14.
This photo shows St. Peter's from the old lane to Parsonage Farm. Then, a small field lay at left between here and Parsonage House - today, Sobell Court is there.
At the photographer's right, was the then reasonably new Lych Gate ('lych' being Old English for 'body') and path to the new cemetery. A timber yard and mid 19th Century house called 'Hacketts' lay beyond. Some buildings from the yard survive there today along with three modern houses. Image: Henfield Museum
Colourised Gallery
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