I have decided to revive the Blog
Lots of stuff personal and Website wise has happened so loads to catch up on.
Those of you who follow me on Facebook or are members of the Facebook OPC page will be aware of much of what has gone on.
Most significantly was the sad passing of Carol Ouellet in February of this year and Christine Brooks in March – they were both prolific transcribers and supporters of the website and they are very much missed. On a personal level I miss not chatting to Christine everyday via FB Messenger – we would work on transcriptions and stuff and chat away from morning to night.
Last year a group of OPC and FB page members met up for the first time in Wiltshire. A group of about 25 people met up in Avebury in May and the event was just so good. Faces to names etc., but there was just not enough time to get to speak to everyone for which I am still apologising. John Pope and myself travelled to the South of the County too photographing and recording items for the website. It was such a successful meeting that Amanda Wood-Woolley arranged another meet for May of this year and this time we met up in Salisbury, it was a smaller group but it was good to see familiar faces and to meet up with new as well. Ruth Wood is now planning next years meet up in Swindon this time details can be found on the Facebook Page. It now looks like this could be come a yearly event and already we have a few new faces wishing to join the festivities. I am not now able to commit to being there but am certain it will be as good as the last two events.
Website wise we are still fundraising for the website – the funds raised so far will allow Richard Cresswell to host, maintain and rebuild the website and funds are still filtering through so a big thank you to everyone who has donated. In fact at present I am running a birthday fundraiser on Facebook.
The website is still flourishing but has had a few set backs with volunteers coming and going and being a victim of a very big Windows Update that wiped out all of my files and folders and the operating system itself. Thank goodness I had backed up the work on an external hardrive two months previous plus the cloud storage helped fill in the gaps – I think I managed to retrieve 99% of what I had imagined lost. I now back up every week – not leaving it to chance again. Lesson learned and learned the hard way.
Don’t forget if anyone would like to contribute to this Blog please get in touch
And I shall leave you with this thought – Christmas films are beginning to be shown on TV. Byeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
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