Editorial
...a community information website called UK Villages is helping to transform a
local community of about 1,000 people. “We were getting fewer and fewer people
coming to our fete each year, but when we advertised it on UK Villages, we had
a 50% increase in attendance”...
Fifty percent!! Well, well, well…. The thing is, to test it out — so the Ed has very carefully placed an advert for our very own Grand Jumble Sale on the site. Now, some people in this village keep very careful statistics (see last 50 years of Hockey results in this issue!) so we are the ideal candidates for a controlled test, and we will soon see.
Preparations have already started to get the Crier on the Web. Last month’s editorial asked for Web maestros, and…..they came! Going to be difficult though, but if all goes well, we’ll be asking for a lot of volunteers to help transfer the old paper Criers. Computer versions only go back to 1997, and the Crier is now 29 years old. This is really quite exciting (oh alright, some people might alternatively think it’s very boring!) but it means we’ll have a Web Archive which could then be linked to our village site (what happened to this?). Hence the importance of photos — more Crier photographers still needed!
Village Clubs, please get in touch with our Club Editor Chris Carrington (see left) with details of contact numbers — we want to publish these regularly in Crier. Meanwhile, Cleo, healthy, friendly, pretty tabby female CAT urgently seeks home. Ring Maggie on 743891.
See you quizzing!