We carefully digitise your precious photos, slides, and VHS tapes — restoring faded, torn, and damaged memories into beautiful digital keepsakes. Your history, safely preserved forever.
Getting started is easy. Choose collection or postal — we handle everything else.
Tell us what you have — photos, slides, VHS, or albums — and we'll give you a quick, no-obligation quote.
We collect in person across Kent (same day), or you can send your items to us via recorded delivery.
We carefully digitise, restore, and enhance your memories using professional equipment and software.
Receive your digitised memories on USB, by download, or in a beautiful personalised keepsake.
From a handful of old photos to hundreds of VHS tapes — we handle it all with care.
Scan and digitise your printed photos, slides, and negatives to high-resolution digital files — perfectly preserved forever.
Learn more →Convert your VHS, Betamax, and camcorder tapes to digital format before they degrade. Relive your family moments.
Learn more →We repair torn, faded, and damaged photos — restoring them to their former glory using expert digital restoration techniques.
Learn more →Beautiful tribute, wedding, and celebration videos — lovingly crafted from your photos and footage with music and narration.
Learn more →Turn your restored photos into beautiful mugs, keyrings, photobooks, plaques, and memory boxes — the perfect gift.
See options →Not nearby? No problem. Send your items by recorded delivery and we'll do the rest — returning everything safely to you.
Get a quote →Placeholder images — these will be replaced with your real restoration examples.
Our postal service means anyone in the UK can use Past to Present. It's simple, safe, and fully tracked.
Tell us what you have and we'll email you a quote within 24 hours.
Pack your items carefully, send them to us via recorded delivery. We recommend Royal Mail Special Delivery.
We digitise and restore your items, handling them with the utmost care at all times.
All originals are returned by recorded delivery along with your digital files.
Your originals are always returned to you. We treat every photo and tape as if it were our own precious memory.
"I couldn't believe the difference. My grandparents' wedding photo from 1948 looked like it was taken yesterday. I cried when I saw it. Absolutely incredible service."
"They collected our old VHS tapes in the morning and returned them the same afternoon with a USB stick full of crystal-clear videos. Brilliant service, highly recommended."
"Used the postal service from Newcastle. Everything arrived safely, was restored beautifully, and came back within a week. The tribute video for mum's 80th had everyone in tears (happy ones!)."
Every day that passes, photos fade and VHS tapes deteriorate. Let us help you preserve them for generations to come.
Everything we offer to help preserve, restore, and celebrate your most precious memories.
We scan your printed photographs, slides, and negatives at high resolution — creating crystal-clear digital copies that will last forever. Whether you have a handful of loose prints or boxes full of albums, we handle every item with care.
VHS tapes degrade over time — losing colour, picture quality, and eventually becoming unplayable. Before that happens, let us convert your tapes to a modern digital format you can watch, share, and treasure forever.
Using professional digital restoration techniques, we can repair and rejuvenate photos that have been torn, faded, stained, or damaged by water, age, or time. The results are often breathtaking.
We create beautifully crafted videos from your photos and video clips, set to music and tailored to the occasion. Whether it's a heartfelt tribute, a wedding highlight reel, or a birthday celebration — we make it unforgettable.
After digitising or restoring your photos, add a beautiful personalised product to make the perfect gift.
Transparent, fair pricing with no hidden costs. All prices include return of originals.
Prices will be updated shortly — contact us for a personalised quote in the meantime.
Add any of these beautiful keepsakes to your order — perfect for gifts.
See the transformations we've achieved. Your own photos will replace these placeholders soon.
Placeholder images — add your own real restoration examples here.
Torn & heavily faded
Water damage & staining
Multiple tears & crease marks
Black & white colourisation
VHS to digital conversion
Age-related discolouration
Ready to see what we can do with your photos?
Everything you need to know about our service.
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We'd love to hear from you. Ask us anything — we're friendly, local, and always happy to chat.
Folkestone · Hythe · Dover · Canterbury · Whitstable · Herne Bay · Faversham
We come to you and return your items the same day.
Available to anywhere in the UK. Send your items by recorded delivery, we return them the same way.
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