There was a time when all photos were on a negative film, colours being reverted. If it was a black and white photo, then the white shades were actually black on the negative and black shades were white, or something like that. I was a child at the time, but that was you got from the film you took, and the chemist would work on them, or film developer, and eventually you got a real photo, perhaps nice and shiny and they were the only souvenirs you had.

I found this old box in a cupboard or some of my photos that were a sort of in between phase and they were for showing on a special camera, perhaps using the wall as a background. That is all I now have, everthing else is now instant and preserved for future generations. Although honestly speaking who is really going to bother to look at them when I am no longer here. We are now spoilt with our films and photos, and I am sure the happiness I have seeing my grandparents in black and white on a photo will not be the same as my future generations will have seeing me in glorious technicolour.