Archival digitising · Cambridgeshire

Your family's memories, made permanent.

We digitise your photographs, slides, negatives, tapes and cine film by hand here in the UK — and return every original safely by tracked post.

Rated by families Tracked & insured return UK by post

No obligation. You only pay for what we successfully digitise. Delivery time varies with the size of your project.

A shoebox of old family photographs and a VHS tape in warm light

That box under the bed won't last forever — but the memories inside it can.

A new perspective

Bring the details back

Illustrative family photograph with natural colourisationThe illustrative photograph before restoration, faded and scratched
BeforeAfter
For illustration only — results depend on the original.

Sending something precious?

Packing guide & printable label →

A gift for the whole family

Give a memory voucher →

Inherited a collection?

Gentle help with the first steps →

10,000+

Items preserved

Per project

Turnaround estimate

600 dpi

Photo scan resolution

100%

Originals returned

Formats

What we digitise

Six of the family archive's usual suspects. Rates start from the volume-tier price.

Packages

Three ways to preserve

From straightforward digitising to a fully catalogued, researched family archive.

Digitise

You pack your own box — we digitise and return everything.

From £25.00

  • • Pack your own box, print your slip
  • • Everything digitised by hand
  • • Free cloud download link
  • • Originals returned tracked
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Most popular

Preserve

Digitise plus archival rehousing — your originals come home in acid-free sleeves inside a rigid Preservation Kit.

Kit included

  • • Originals returned in a rigid Preservation Kit
  • • Archival acid-free sleeves & dividers
  • • Originals returned re-housed & protected
  • • Sleeves are yours to keep
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Our flagship

Archive

Preserve plus individual cataloguing, a bespoke research goal and a written Family Findings Document.

From £250.00

  • • Every item individually named & catalogued
  • • People matched across your collection
  • • Research shaped around one question you set us
  • • Written Family Findings Document
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Process

How it works

01

Pack & post your box

Order online, print your slip, and send us your memories — pack them in any sturdy box you have to hand.

02

We digitise by hand

Every photo checked and cropped individually; tapes captured in real time on professional decks.

03

Download your files

A secure cloud link lands in your inbox — and your originals come home by tracked post.

Archival preservation kit with acid-free sleeves and old photographs
Why now

Time is the quiet enemy

Magnetic tape sheds a little of its signal every year — a VHS recording loses noticeable quality decade by decade, and working VCRs are quietly disappearing. Colour photographs fade, negatives curl, and slides grow mould in lofts and garages.

None of this is a reason to panic. It's simply a reason not to wait another ten years. Digitise once, properly, and the memories are safe for good.

Everything scanned by hand

Originals returned tracked & insured

UK-based — never leaves the country

Free cloud download with every order

Pricing

Simple, honest pricing

Photos from £0.30 each, VHS tapes from £12.00, cassettes from £13.00, cine film from £0.35 per foot, books from £1.20 per page — volume discounts applied automatically, orders from £25.00.

FAQ

Questions, answered

Ready when you are

Send us your shoebox. We'll send it back — plus every memory inside it, safe forever.

Instant online quote

No obligation · UK by post

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