article_snippet: Mr Martin project started when Mr Martin was given a worse-for-wear Victorian camera by a friend.
article_snippet: Mr Martin's project had been sat abandoned in an attic for at least 70 years - the stand had been destroyed by woodworm and the bellows were in tatters.
article_snippet: Mr Martin, from Sunderland, said: 'It all started about five years ago when I got a worse-for-wear Victorian camera from a friend whose uncle was having a clear out of Mr Martin lock-up. '
article_snippet: Mr Martin project started when Mr Martin was given a worse-for-wear Victorian camera which had been rotting in an attic for at least 70 years .
article_snippet: The camera had been lying in an attic for at least 70 years - the stand had been destroyed by woodworm and the bellows were in tatters .