In this digital age and digital photo processing, there are some great tools to repair and colourize old photos. I came across an old photo of my father with two of his friends taken in 1949. The image was damaged but those spots and lines that need repairing are done fairly easily with the clone tool and healing tool. The colourization process is very well explained in the tutorial provided by Davies Media & Design at the following link...
The original image looked like this...
The final image looks like this...
