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.
We hold thousands of historic photographs and postcards in our collection. Please contact us to enquire or to arrange a viewing. If you have historic photographs of Henfield in your personal album you would like to donate, please let us know and we will be happy to consider them for accession to the collection.
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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