Q: Moving icloud photos back to phone and/or onto computer

See the Apple recommended answer in this thread:

How I do download photos from my I cloud to my computer

Moodysandra wrote:

 

All my contacts were moved back to my phone, but not the photos. 

Try toggling iCloud Photo Library on/off to see if you can get it to upload to iCloud.

Moodysandra wrote:

 

I also have started the i cloud drive on my computer, but the old photos from the cloud did not transfer to my home computer.  The are stuck in the cloud.

You won't find your photos in iCloud Drive.  How are you trying to access the photos on your computer, i.e. via Photos in the dock (on Apple devices), or via iCloud.com?