First of all let me thank all our new offers received by members to transcribe items and to those who have adopted parishes.  Over the last month the website has been hit by a few technical issues but we hope the disruption hasn’t caused you all too much disappointment.  We are back on track however […]

Wow – Time seems to speeding up don’t you think.  Its been a whole year since my last contribution.  Sadly no-one took up my request for a guest blogger so you are stuck with my rantings. This time last year I was getting over the shock of losing my partner and the rest of the […]

Well where to begin…………. The initial shock of losing Grahame in February has eased, naturally I miss him but its true life goes on and you must make the most of it.  Thanks to support from family and friends the time has passed quickly and here we are heading into August. After working from home […]

Take a seat whilst you read the lastest blog …. Oh boy.  What a time we have had since November and the last blog entry. Christmas came and went – a bit of damp squid in some ways – no atmosphere and in our case apart from the decs and the prezzies was much as […]

Well here we are 4 months on from the first blog of the new website era. I am pleased to say that the transition from the old to the new site was quite uneventful – phewwwwwwwwwww says she.  A few minor hiccups but soon sorted by Richard Cresswell who continues to update the technicalities of […]

Well – here we are.  Firstly a huge thank you to Richard Cresswell for working so hard to rebuild our website.   I am really pleased with it – it is of course a bit of a learning curve for me as administrator as I need to learn so many new tricks.  It’s not true you […]

Finally after much advance discussion and hinting we have finally launched the new website. We feel it is far more user friendly and easier to navigate. As with all new ventures we had our teething problems but all seems to be settling down now. Even at my age however I am learning new tricks. Having […]

Hello Everyone Unless you have been asleep for the past few weeks you will of course know about the Corona Virus and the effect and panic it has brought with it around the world. At present the annual OPC meet up set for mid May in Swindon is still going ahead but of course we […]

Am just about getting over Christmas and bang an office move at work is thrust upon me.   The move was much needed from a very old unwelcoming building and have now settled very quickly into a new temporary office across the town, although the office is in a disused wing and the corridors smell like […]

Well here we are in December 2019 – I wrote the last Blog about 3 months ago and seems like yesterday. Personally have been very busy at work so the website has had to take a bit of a back seat but I am spending more time at the weekends working on catch up.  Am […]