IPhoto library, permissions

Trying to access the iPhoto library on the time machine of my previous mac book air - I get "the photo library needs to be upgraded to work with this version of iPhoto" - click "upgrade" & then get "there is a problem accessing one or more files in your iPhoto library. Do you want iPhoto to repair permissions for this library for you" - click "repair" - then get "iPhoto was unable to repair permissions for the library".
Help - how can I retrieve those photos?
Thanks

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4927?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US

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