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Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­soldiers from 100+ years ago come to life in these colourized images (PHOTOS)

The photos include images of soldiers at a Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­train station and writing letters to home

A small handful of colourized images taken of Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­soldiers from the First and Second world wars now offer a revitalized glimpse at the past.

While an early form of colour photography was employed , it wasn’t a widespread technique by any means. Essentially, a combination of cost and complexity kept colour images exceedingly rare How most people saw photos from the war was in newspapers, which only started The combination of these factors made it so the most recognizable photos from the first and second wars are largely seen as black and white.

For a younger generation, those faded black and white photos can be less relatable, making them seem further back in history. However, thanks to the colourizing talents of Mark Truelove at , a small handful of Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­images from that era have been brought to life.

The images Truelove colourized were taken from the City of Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­Archives. They include soldiers from the First World War waiting at a train station, writing letters to home and V.E. Day celebrations in 1945.