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Where it all Began
by M Paul Lloyd » Jun 7th, '11, 22:01
For anyone wondering this is the third incarnation of the Focus Forum.
It all started way back in 2003 with the first post from Graham Southern (strange how things can turn full circle isn't it?) and we built up quite a following, so much so that it required a spill over site provided by MSN but sadly Microsoft decided to discontinue that service and then someone hacked the main Focus site and we suffered what is generally referred to as 'the great wipe' which cost us dear with some 6 years of posts lost in a single day. But we came back fighting and then the move to the all new BBC site, which sadly could not accept migrated files, but even so we carried on regardless.
These days things are a lot quieter than they once were what with Facebook and Twitter taking the lions share of daily contact.
A better view of the above here.
http://s236.photobucket.com/albums/ff26 ... stpost.jpg
It all started way back in 2003 with the first post from Graham Southern (strange how things can turn full circle isn't it?) and we built up quite a following, so much so that it required a spill over site provided by MSN but sadly Microsoft decided to discontinue that service and then someone hacked the main Focus site and we suffered what is generally referred to as 'the great wipe' which cost us dear with some 6 years of posts lost in a single day. But we came back fighting and then the move to the all new BBC site, which sadly could not accept migrated files, but even so we carried on regardless.
These days things are a lot quieter than they once were what with Facebook and Twitter taking the lions share of daily contact.
A better view of the above here.
http://s236.photobucket.com/albums/ff26 ... stpost.jpg
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