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susie123

25-11-2011 16:55

Hyndburn heritage

Excuse my ignorance as a relative newcomer to Accyweb but I have just come across this website

Hyndburn Heritage

Does any Accyweb member have a connection with this site which has been online since Feb 2011.

Would be interested to know more about the project.

steve2qec

25-11-2011 17:02

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Originally Posted by susie123 (Post 951706)

Thanks for drawing our attention to this, should be a great site when it's finished....I've put it in my favourites!

susie123

25-11-2011 17:09

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Originally Posted by steve2qec (Post 951707)

Thanks for drawing our attention to this, should be a great site when it's finished....I've put it in my favourites!

You're welcome Steve, just wondered if I was flagging something everyone knew about, or what...

The site looks very new, not sure how much effort is going into it (sorry don't mean to offend anyone).

steve2qec

25-11-2011 17:17

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Originally Posted by susie123 (Post 951708)

Don't think it's been flagged on here before, I usually check out the historical type threads.

wadey

25-11-2011 21:51

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Looks promising,thanks

cashman

25-11-2011 22:57

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wasn't aware of it cheers susie x

Bob Dobson

26-11-2011 08:31

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I think this has the makings of a good site.I shall suggest ideas on development to the webmaster/mistress. One such idea is to trawl through the postings in Famous Accringtonians on Accyweb and put them together.

cashman

26-11-2011 10:12

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Happen Bernard knows summat about this site? cos hes looking n it dont seem like a Hot potato.:D

groove

26-11-2011 10:15

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I too am a local history buff and have never come across this site. However on first glance iv read a lot of the individual subjects. It seems to me to be a compilation of local history books/texts that are in the reference library. Like the H anb B book and foul deeds and murders etc are books in their own right. Thats not to criticize btw, its just an observation as i think it could be a great site for reference.

groove

26-11-2011 10:18

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Upon further inspection it just looks like a catalogue of all local books. Not having a go, just merely pointing out that the more knowledgeable local historians for example will glean little new info from this site.

Bernard Dawson

26-11-2011 10:20

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Originally Posted by cashman (Post 951876)

Happen Bernard knows summat about this site? cos hes looking n it dont seem like a Hot potato.:D

No its new to me. Looks interesting.

susie123

26-11-2011 11:16

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Originally Posted by groove (Post 951877)

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Originally Posted by groove (Post 951878)

Well I'm glad my discovery of this site has sparked some interest. Actually Groove that's the second time today I've agreed with you - thought your post on the comedy thread was spot on. Your summing up of this new site is acccurate - perhaps they hope to start with the books etc and hope people will add their memories etc. Great oaks from little acorns etc... quite appropriate for Accrington.

Just wish there was more info about the people/organisations behind the project - it's all a bit of a mystery.

cashman

26-11-2011 11:24

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Thinking about it though Groove, surely all Historical sites must bear reference to summat? or there would be sod all on em.:)

groove

26-11-2011 11:38

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Originally Posted by cashman (Post 951905)

Thinking about it though Groove, surely all Historical sites must bear reference to summat? or there would be sod all on em.:)

yeh i agree Cashy. But what im saying is that this site seems to just give a general desciption of books already in the public domain. If you click on the "murders and gruesome cases" or whatever it does'nt go into detail about any local cases ie Black Panther, Girl with no hands etc, it just gives you the title and author, publisher etc of the actual book thats already been in the libraray for years. Maybe, like Suzie said folk may contribute in time, but at the moment i can find little that i did'nt know anyway. Must say though its a mystery who's running the site.

Pudwoppa

26-11-2011 12:05

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The site is a personal project of mine that I haven't been able to work on for quite a few months due to work commitments. I wanted to catalogue lots of bits that cropped up in research in a more orderly and structured fashion. I had planned to look at local industry, landmarks, buildings, famous people as well as other bits and bats. I also wanted to cross reference articles like wikipedia does (links to the bullough family from the H&B article for example). Most articles are currently empty as you can see :(

The books were to be included as links at the bottom of articles as further reading suggestions if people liked the subjects. I think a few of yours are in there Bob ;) Obviously I haven't got that far yet.

Feel free to comment / critique it. I welcome the input and will take no offence. It is very much a work in progress. The only reason I hadn't mentioned it sooner is because of it's incomplete nature.

I had thought about opening it up to a few contributors in a Wikipedia style setup, but again this is something that I never got around to planning properly or doing. If anyone is interested let me know - I'm happy to accept help on it. I'll try and fill it out a bit more over xmas on some days off :)

groove

26-11-2011 12:22

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Originally Posted by Pudwoppa (Post 951913)

Good work Pud. Was'nt meaning to be uncomplimentary. Good luck.

susie123

26-11-2011 12:34

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Originally Posted by Pudwoppa (Post 951913)

All is revealed - if it's just you Pudwoppa then well done. Shame you hadn't mentioned it before, it might have got more interest/input.

Seems like a labour of love for you and like me you like things to be organised. I look forward to seeing it develop, sorry can't offer to help but good luck, you have made a promising start.

Pudwoppa

26-11-2011 12:59

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Originally Posted by groove (Post 951919)

Was'nt meaning to be uncomplimentary.

It's fine - I need input to make it better. You were right, it is pretty much a list of books at the moment :)

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Originally Posted by susie123 (Post 951922)

Shame you hadn't mentioned it before, it might have got more interest/input.

Perhaps you're right. I'm not too fussed about interest just yet. But I could definitely have done with more input in hindsight :) I really wanted to wait until the bare bones were in place before approaching people for help - I thought it would make the pitch much easier.

Bob Dobson

11-12-2011 20:54

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Here's me raising a glass and wishing success to the site.

cashman

11-12-2011 21:02

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Originally Posted by Bob Dobson (Post 955336)

Here's me raising a glass and wishing success to the site.

Thats just n excuse fer another pint.:D

wilkinp4

30-09-2014 08:59

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So what happened Sue? 3 years on and I went looking for it this morning, but all I found was the Museum over writing your link with their .com site?

Neil	30-09-2014 09:08

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Originally Posted by wilkinp4 (Post 1119176)

So what happened Sue? 3 years on and I went looking for it this morning, but all I found was the Museum over writing your link with their .com site?

If you look under Sue's name on the post you refer to you will see that she has sadly passed away.

Some members on here are involved with the museum so may be able to help but I don't understand your question about overwriting the link. It looks like they decided to use a .com address and have redirected there .co.uk address to it. Quite way someone would want a Hyndburn history website to have a .com address is strange when .co.uk ones are always cheaper to register and more relevant.

You could do with looking at your own website, when you put your web address into the address bar it changes it to show your sites IP, looks confusing and a bit naff

Oh and right mouse button disabling is so annoying in the age of multi tab browsing, many people like to right click and open in new tab and it does nothing to stop people copying your pictures

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