duckworth

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  1. 9 hours ago, Cliff Ton said:

    i know quite a few Nottstalgia people who look at 'Way Back When' - and the other Facebook sites which cover various aspects of Nottingham. Include me in that list.

     

    And we know there is a crossing of information and photos between the various FB sites and Nottstalgia. I’ve been on both ends of that scenario. 

     

    The FB pages and groups win in terms of the number of people who view each post or image; if you want a big audience that’s where to go. Post something on those pages and it will be seen by hundreds or thousands of people; and there’s a good chance you will find - or be found by - someone you haven’t seen for 30 years. 

     

    But they don’t have the Nottstalgia ability to create long discussions, or cover topics in any depth. You won’t get the cosy group feeling which can exist on NS. With some FB sites, you can make a post on a subject and within a couple of hours it’s gone so far down the list no-one will ever see it again (the big problem with Way Back When). Whereas on Nottstalgia a subject can stay around under discussion for a long time and come up with surprising details.   Liberty bodices come to mind.

     

    There’s room for all the different ways of covering the subject. And many people have a foot on both sides.

     

     

    The one really good thing about all of the Nottingham Facebook pages is there’s no bloody word games.

     

     

    Just to say we have some long running threads that do stay longer that a few hours for instance the Greater Nottingham Co-operative photo when closed down this has been running for weeks hence not a problem, I do enjoy your site and enjoy a good read,

     

     

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  2. Hi All

    My Good mate Paul and I set up Nottingham Way Back When two years ago on the Facebook site....our Hobby is Nottingham history, we both work full time and the group is actioned in our spare time......We enjoy finding old past photographs do not sell any photo's just share with our members, we now have 24,000 members, it is not an ego trip we enjoy sharing and do thank where we know our images are from, do not infringe copyright, all is open to all on the internet if you take the time to share, on NWBW people have found long lost family and we have so many members who enjoy the site, ex pats from around the globe, we have also had 3 meetings next 14th October .......

    Just wanted to say where we are at not a moan we run a nice site Paul and Me..........Thanks......

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