Ten Britons including a woman who served in WWII and another woman who wants to bring back family memories have had a special photograph from the past restored into full colour.
These amazing pictures show how memories captured on early cameras years ago have been brought back to life thanks to modern technology.
Photo printers CEWE launched a competition to find people with meaningful photos which could be then restored, working with alongside photo restoration artist James Paterson.
Daniel Stevens, of Harlow, Essex, wanted a photo of his grandfather and his Navy shipmates enhanced with colour. The special photo was taken on the day WW2 ended in the east in late 1945.
His grandfather is pictured in Hong Kong harbour aboard HMS Spearhead the day Japan signed a surrender agreement on September 2, 1945.
The colour enhances the scene behind them as well as the faces of the crew aboard HMS Spearhead in the summer sun.
Another restored photo shows the grandfather of photographer Chris Dalton, also from London. The photo was taken while his grandfather was serving as a paratrooper in Egypt.
It shows him speaking to another paratrooper while standing next to a Jeep. The colour enhances the pair pictured in the photo and also shows the classic Jeep in more detail.
The winning picture was sent in by Anna de Pretto, from London. Her family had moved to Briey, France, where they started work in a coal mine.
Her photo captured the family sitting down and relaxing, with her grandmother pictured left, with Anna's mother and uncle as children.
The winning photograph shows Anna's grandmother dressed in bright orange colours, while her mother and uncle are dressed in blue and red in the restored shot.
In another photo, a woman, now aged 94, is seen marching in the Auxiliary Territorial Service, or the womens' British Army during the Second World War.
Her son Peter Gordon, from London, wanted her photo colourised to be a gift for her 95th birthday later this year.
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The winning picture was sent in by Anna de Pretto, from London. Her family had
