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Post by ph on Sept 27, 2019 16:51:43 GMT
Hiya, How many here, back in the olden days used to read and/or post on the Unofficial WOMAD Forum? This was a more intimate, more friendly (and better, imo) place to chat about WOMAD, world music and life than the other (original) WOMAD Forum Memories,anyone?  |
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Post by calndel on Sept 27, 2019 19:07:54 GMT
Hi ph
we didn't know about the "unofficial" WOMAD forum, is it still out there somewhere?
The full moon pubs is a lovely home for us forum types, although things have slowed down in recent years
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Post by beef on Sept 28, 2019 6:00:32 GMT
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Post by mikey on Sept 28, 2019 8:21:41 GMT
Amazed you were able to dig that out of the archives. Brings back memories and sadness that Womad no longer wished to continue supporting a forum on their own site. Also a bit of annoyance that at the time, womad pushed us to a forum on the ‘other site’ which, as we found out, was a corporate money making site supported by a team that did not care that participants were treated as faceless consumers rather Than welcomed as important contributors. In short, thanks to ZR, the landlady of the Full Moon Pub |
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Post by beef on Sept 28, 2019 9:39:16 GMT
Hiya, How many here, back in the olden days used to read and/or post on the Unofficial WOMAD Forum? This was a more intimate, more friendly (and better, imo) place to chat about WOMAD, world music and life than the other (original) WOMAD Forum Memories,anyone? View AttachmentI wasn't aware of it ph, but can see a few familiar names from here posted there: web.archive.org/web/20080409105359/http://womadforum.freeforums.org/ |
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New Moon
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Post by ph on Sept 28, 2019 18:00:21 GMT
Well done finding that, but no, that's not the one. The one you found is the original, official WOMAD forum. The one I'm talking 'bout was the original, UNofficial WOMAD forum; the one that was set up and run by some thirteen y/o (maybe) kid in 2004 (maybe) at www.womadforum.freeforums.org. There must be some oldtimer, hardcore WOMAD crusties that visited this one |
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Post by calndel on Sept 28, 2019 19:59:29 GMT
wow that is a blast from the past! |
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Post by beef on Sept 29, 2019 0:15:32 GMT
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Post by ph on Sept 29, 2019 9:35:15 GMT
web.archive.org/web/20080409105359/http://womadforum.freeforums.org/That's the one, Beef! As of 19th May, 2008, three months from its inception there were twenty-four members; Jimhxn, marooned, Jumpup, purpledawn, Redrob, WaterDragon, jima, gogledd, ph, djembegirl, Des, lifebegins..., boatmanbird, omnibus, Bruce, Cordwangler, trebor, mags, kbb, Sambadrummer, mountainromps, One Tree Hill, erap and Bald Devil Jake. Others I can think of included greybeat and Channygirl. Throughout its existence these member numbers increased and, writing from personal experience, forged some long lasting 'real' (i.e. in the physical world as opposed to online) friendships around the country. Anyone's memories nudged now?
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Post by calndel on Sept 29, 2019 19:39:48 GMT
they will be when some of those members log back in
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Post by Zenrider on Oct 3, 2019 2:04:23 GMT
Amazed you were able to dig that out of the archives. Brings back memories and sadness that Womad no longer wished to continue supporting a forum on their own site. Also a bit of annoyance that at the time, womad pushed us to a forum on the ‘other site’ which, as we found out, was a corporate money making site supported by a team that did not care that participants were treated as faceless consumers rather Than welcomed as important contributors. In short, thanks to ZR, the landlady of the Full Moon Pub Aw, thanks. |
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Post by Rendrags on Oct 4, 2019 18:17:51 GMT
I wasn't aware of the unofficial forum. It's quite interesting reading some of the posts from 2008, particularly Jihixn's spoof that 'Cliff Richard (UK/India)' was going to play! 
A few familiar names on there, and also a few from the 'Official' site, though many have disappeared over the years. Whatever happened to Baz, I wonder?
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Post by calndel on Oct 4, 2019 21:07:39 GMT
Baz drop off the forum when we changed locations
he still goes to WOMAD and it always a delight to swap hugs each year
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Post by christingpher on Nov 25, 2019 23:32:15 GMT
First time I have been to the pub for ages
I did like the set up of the old but not oldest
forum and it was fun to see that I started the topic third down in 2012. Anyway....um...Hello anyone like a drink?
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Post by calndel on Nov 27, 2019 21:42:37 GMT
cheers
Del will have a dram and Cal will have a port
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