Censored war letters

I have been handed some of my grandads war letters to his wife"my nan"which are heavily censored with black pen.Is there any method besides possibly xray that i can decipher what is written,any help please?

 

waudy
perhaps scan them in if not to personal and forum members may well be able to help fill the gaps

 

Cheers for that CL1 they have just come into my possession,so are a bit personal but will bear it in mind, if i have the knowledge to get around this site on how to scan on here.Know doubt the people who have been helpful in the past can fill in the missing links

 

Waudy

Like this one, sent home by forum member Larry ?

Ron

 

hi ron, yeah very similar to this,would there be anyone,or anything able to erase the marker it would be very interesting finding out whats written to reveal censoring comments

 

Waudy

Our best bet is to entice Larry to join in the thread and ask him if he still remembers !

Ron

 

how do i go about doing that do i just send him a message? as i do not know the procedure properly yet,still a rookie im afraid

 

Audy

You don't need to do anything....... It's me who has to do the enticing

Ron

 

Thanks it will be interesting if there is a way cheers,it might help where my grandfather was when he wrote them.

 

http://www.ww2talk.com/forum/prisoners-war/27526-p-o-w-censored-mail.html

Knew there was a previous thread about censorship and have just found it.

Ron

 

Hi

Would holding it up in front of a bright light give enough contrast to see it, or as stated try scanning it and then playing around with contrast and brightness?

regards

Robert

 

hi waudy

i appreciate there may be alot of personal content but if you want to email me some i can have a play with them in photoshop. its amazing what can be achieved with PS if you know what youre doing.

if interested, drop me a line and ill send you my email addy.