A note from the administrator.

I have had to close the forum to new members. Registration is shut. I'm sorry for it - but I can no longer vouch for who comes through the door.

You may also find that certain older topics are no longer where you left them. I have, with great reluctance, removed a small number of threads and posts from this forum. I did so at the written request of a firm of solicitors acting for the landowner, who hold that the material touched on matters they would prefer were not aired in public.

I have complied, because I am one man and they are not. I want it set down plainly, here, that I did so under protest, and that I do not accept the grounds. Nothing removed was untrue. Nothing removed was anyone's business to suppress.

But I will not delete this board. What is left here stays, and you may read it for as long as I can keep the lights on. I have locked the doors; I have not burned the house. I have kept copies of everything. I would ask, gently, that those of you who hold anything of your own do the same.

E. Selwood

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Board rules

These rules are disclosed to clarify the various responsibilities of all community members here on The Wansdyke & District Forums. They shall be adhered to by everyone to ensure that our board runs smoothly and provides a fun and productive experience for all of our community members and visitors.

  1. How we go on here

    1. A photograph, a grid reference, a parish name, the call-number of a document. We are building a record, not swapping rumours, and a thing said with its source attached is worth ten said without. #
    2. Disagree as much as you like; I do so myself, often. But disagree with the argument and not the person making it. #
    3. Keep to the rights of way. Ask before you cross private land. We do not dig, we do not detect, and we do not publish the location of anything fragile to people we do not know. #
    4. Some of what we discuss touches families still in the parish. Tread gently. #
    5. DUE TO ME BEING HASSLED - Registration is closed; this keeps us small and keeps us honest. If a friend should be here, send me a message. I will ask you questions to make sure you are not a threat to us. If you want to join send me an email. #