Photo Restoration Techniques: Damaged Black and- White Images

There were several techniques in this tutorial that i did not agreed with. The instructor does not work with adjustment layers or smart objects for his editing and filtering. Plus he flatten the image at one point in the middle of working on it. This below is a quick hour restoration session of the image from the lesson When it comes to image restoration its all about how much time you are willing to put into it.

Before:

After one hour of work: