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December 2008
04-12-2008 - Changed site-search facility back from Google to Freefind as it seems to provide more control over results, and when the site is indexed/spidered, plus it sends regular reports, which Google didn't.

October 2008
15-10-2008 - Revised navigation - moved from under the page-heading image to left margin.
10-10-2008 - Events supporting BBC's Children in Need.
05-10-2008 - New photo of a common frog.

September
28-09-2008 - New photos of Daisy's Walk on a misty morning.
24-09-2008 - Frank Knights, former Shipwright, River Pilot and Ferryman, updated 29-9-08
17-09-2008 - 24 Photographs, Maritime Woodbridge, event 13/14 Sept '08, updated 1-10-08
09-09-2008 - Any Spinks in the area?

August 2008
30-08-2008 - Magic Ear - FREE exhibition at Bawdsey Sunday 14 September
21-08-2008 - Do you know any of the Mallett family?
21-08-2008 - Do you have information about Fern Hill Lodge, Melton?
10-08-2008 - The tale of a school teacher and a pair of clogs
04-08-2008 - Anyone know details of the history of the Old Mariner public house?
03-08-2008 - New photographs of Fen Meadow
29-08-2008 - Town Mayors Coffee Morning Event on Friday 17 October

July 2008
19-07-2008 - Do you have information about the Queen's Head pub?
17-07-2008: Elmhurst Park a winner again
15-07-2008: Page of YouTube videos of Southwold11-07-2008: Bomber's secret visit to RAF Bentwaters
30-07-2008: Moved all 'secondary' navigation from the left margin to below the main navigation
01-07-2008: St George's Day website now incorporated into WSi
29-06-2008: A common June appearance in Woodbridge - Stag beetle
23-06-2008: Anybody remember Tanya Pearce from Edwin Avenue?
23-06-2008: Lots of local events where you can have your say about Sizewell Nuclear Power

June 2008
9-06-2008 - Photos from 2008 Woodbridge Regatta
23-06-2008 - Revised: All page headers with new WSi logo
27-5-2008 - NEW PAGE: Contributed Wildlife Photos
Added a Timetable for the Open Top Bus tours.
9-06-2008: Is there really going to be a Woodbridge Radio?
9-06-2008: Robert Simper's new book Woodbridge to the Coast announced -
Page for photographs of Station Road. Link.
Photos of the developments on Quayside in 2007.
Woodbridge Art Club under Woodbridge Attractions.
Photographs of Landguard Fort in the Suffolk Photos section.
Safer Neighbourhood Teams.
Added a background colour when you hover over navigation and other links to aid clarity of selection.
Link to British Steam Car Challenge APPEAL.
Walk page, Westleton Heath National Nature Reserve.
Moved two Walks pages to the wildlife section, renaming it Wildlife and Walks.
New folder "waw" for Wildlife and Walks which will cause three wildlife pages to be "not found."
Multi-photo page of news re the military open day at Rock Barracks.
Multi-photo page of news re the army march through Woodbridge.

June 2007
Separated Motor Links off to a page of their own in the Links section.
Separated Suffolk Wildlife photos from Suffolk photos, created new page heading graphic.
Revised list of Town Councillors (now in PDF format).
New masthead for Attractions pages.
Totally re-created the page for Bawdsey Radar Group.
Minor revisions to navigation, changed "Woodbridge Attractions" to just "Attractions"
Added new page for Bentwaters Cold War Museum.
Revised some of the page heading images.

November 2006
Major revision to design, navigation, and page structure in a step towards changing from Tables to CSS for layout.

August 2006
Simplified main navigation.

June 2006
Revised 'masthead' on all pages to "enjoy Woodbridge" with Tide Mill and "WoodbridgeSuffolk.info" and changed background from dark Teal to medium blue.

September 2005
Added a new page of photos of Suffolk Skies. .

August 2005
Added a 1950s photograph of a wreck on the River Deben.
Replaced the site search feature with the Google-powered solution.
Added two new photos of Cumberland Street.
Added one photo of the re-decorated 1568 date in pargetting in Quayside.
Replaced Quay Street photos with more recent pictures, to reflect changes.
Added eight new photos of the Thoroughfare, beyond the traffic lights.
Added a page of photographs of the wrecks on the Deben, and an associated opinion poll.
Added a page for Public Transport in and around Woodbridge.

July 2005
Added Press Release from Woodbridge Responders.
Two new photos of 1950s Woodbridge, from Harland Zell, ex-USAF.
Added comments from web site visitors, following the bombing in London on 7 July, then moved the page to the NEWS section. .

June 2005
16 - Revised folders to allow faster updates. This may cause more "Page Not Found" errors. Simply re-navigate to the page you are looking for. The Page Not Found pages have a navigation bar.
15 - Add the strapline to the top of all pages, to celebrate 10 years of providing information through this web site: "Providing Woodbridge and Suffolk Information since 1995."

April 2005
12 - Added two new villages in the photo galleries - Badingham and Cransford.

January 2005
25 - Moved and re-arranged the Postcards 1 and 2, and added Old Photos page.
19 - Revised navigation again, back to text links for faster loading, with more conventional sub-navigation in the left margin.

December 2004
28 - Moved Event Photos to the News Photos section.
15 - Added a new section "NEWS PHOTOS" and moved the Street Fayre photos to that section.
15 - Revised navigation - smaller font, moved Where is W'Bridge (Maps) and Biz Directory from top nav to left margin navigation.

November 2004
13 - Completed a re-design of the entire site, with "utilities and commercial" in the navigation at the top of the page and "news and info" in the left margin.

October 2004
28 - Added 5 new postcards to the Woodbridge Photos section.
8 - Email addresses have had the @ sign changed to (a) to prevent email addresses being 'harvested' by spammers. When you click on a link, you will need to change the (a) back to @ in the email address.

August 2004
30 - Moved about 50 entries from the on-line Noticeboard to the new Noticeboard Archive.

June 2004
10 - Added a new page for Car Parks.
03 - Added a new page for the Bawdsey Radar Group.

May 2004
06 - Revised navigation, separating "What to DO" and "What to VISIT" making more, smaller sections. Coloured the main navigation menu the same as the top section. Revised the wording and added a Home page link in the top, green navigation bar. Added the English flag to the masthead.
04 - Added a page for "polls" to gauge public opinions. First poll, Sunday shopping. .

April 2004
25 - Redesigned the page layout and position of primary navigation - from horizontally across the top of the page to vertically down the left margin, reduced the size of the masthead graphic, added new strapline..
23 - New page for new Bus Service 184 for Sutton Heath.
18 - New page of images from the official opening of the restored Tide Mill Quay and Tide Clock.
18 - New image of the Tide Mill,
18 - New panorama of Fen Meadow,
14 - New Town Centre Co-ordinator's Press Release page.
11 - Added a Noticeboard.
3 - New page in LINKS section, for Suffolk Genealogy, following audience feedback.

February 2004
10 - Re-named and re-arranged sections in main navigation (yellow bar)

January 2004
13 - Changed the main background colour from pale yellow to white.
7 - Changed the background colour of the secondary navigation bar to blue, to help separate 'main' from 'subordinate' navigation. Added several local Estate Agents. The latest version has "v.4.1" in the footer of every page.

November 2003
23 - Further navigation revision. Split "Woodbridge" navigation into "General INFO" and "Things TO DO" so you can find what you want, faster. The latest version has "v.3.11" in the footer of every page.
23 - Added 'sports facilities' page. Link.

October 2003
1 - Revised navigation. Moved from left margin to a horizontal bar across the top of the page. New, brighter masthead graphic. Many pages have been re-named, so (particularly if you are a regular visitor) you may need to use your browser's 'refresh' or 'reload' button to load the latest version. The latest version has "v.3.10" in the footer of every page.

August 2003
6 - Added another web address for this site: www.WoodbridgeWeb.co.uk
8 - Added many more National links to the Suffolk web links page. Here.
8 - Minor re-arrangement and clarification of the navigation bar.
26-31 - Several new entries on the What's On page. Link.

May 2003
3 - Added a selection of photographs from Earsham Otter Trust.
13 - Split "Things to do" into three pages: Museums, Villages, Wildlife, and added over forty Suffolk Museums. Revised page header and further simplified navigation.

March 2003
4 - Added the SELL or RENT PROPERTY ad service to the site.
7 - Revised, hopefully simplified, navigation. Minor revision to colour scheme .
12 - REMOVED Auto Links section, to my personal web site.

February 2003
13 - added several new links on Suffolk Web Links page.
17 - added new page for Suffolk Police, and a public event by the Police (since removed)
21 - added new photos page for Bury Hill and Bury Hill Close
24 - added new event in March, new business - Driving School
26 - Minor amendments to colour scheme, added three new pages - Chemists, Doctors and Schools.

January 2003
Amended email addresses for Woodbridge Town Council staff.
Added a new Web Site Search Engine - Teoma.
Added links to Suffolk Links page.

December 2002
Added link to Hollesley's own web site from Suffolk Web Links
Added three new pictures to 1950s Woodbridge.

October 2002
Minor revision to navigation, including re-arrangement of links on Suffolk Listing index, removed link to fax your MP.

August 2002
Added many more National links to the Suffolk web links page.

June 2002
Added new page for the village of Shottisham
New links - one that makes it easy to Fax your MP !

May 2002
Added links to several "Suffolk Family Roots" web sites in the Suffolk Web Links page.

April 2002
Revised style and navigation - please report any anomalies here. Thank you
Added new page for Debenham.

March 2002
Added a picture of the village sign to the Hollesley page.
Added page for Benhall, with 4 pictures of the church and war memorial
Added page for Bawdsey, with 15 pictures of church and war memorial
Nine new pictures of Marlesford
Full list of names on Woodbridge War Memorial - WW1 and WW2.
Added page for Hollesley, pictures of church and war memorials.

February 2002
Two games added to the WRC Links page
New World Rally Championship page in AUTOMOTIVE Links section

January 2002
Seven new pictures (taken in 1997) of Marlesford.
Eight new pictures of Rendlesham Forest, Tangham Walks - one taken 11 Jan 98, seven taken 1 January 2002
New links to Blaxhall village's own site, both on the Blaxhall page and Suffolk Web Links

December 2001
Products added to Bookshop and Musicshop (new sections)
Affiliated with Amazon.co.uk to sell books, videos, music off the site.
Added new B&B and Self-catering accommodation - High House Farm.
Added links in Automotive and Suffolk links sections.
Revised site design.
Complaint about the new design, and an error (since corrected).

September 2001
Re-incorporated debenweb and debenLINKS back into the single web site at www.woodbridgesuffolk.co.uk.

August 2001
Woodbridge simple town map improved and oriented more appropriately. Revised background, using my own 'sky' from a Deben view. Minor revision to button design, added HOME button. Added page for Internet Access under Visitor Info.

July 2001
New pictures of Aldeburgh, Aldringham, Butley, Capel St. Andrew. 

April-Jun 2001
Added pictures for Angel Lane and Crown Place. Moved all non-Suffolk links to http://www.debenlinks.co.uk. Revised site to new-look www.WoodbridgeSuffolk.co.uk format. Added Rendlesham Church event.

January-March 2001
Moved CARS section back from persnal site to DEBENWEB. Corrected caption re Hammond Innes on Kersey page. Updated Woodbridge Town Council's official news page. New opening dates for Sutton Hoo. New events. Redesigned site style, colours, fonts, etc.. REVISED Woodbridge section into sub-sections for Attractions, Pictures, WTC. Added postcards from John Cattermole collection. Added pictures of Aldeburgh and Aldringham.  Added new page for Knodishall.  Simplified DEBENWEB Free Listing form.

August-December 2000
Added new page for Sutton Hoo Conference. Amended information on Orford page, added link to Orford Ness (NT) award-winning web site. Added link to St John's Church. Revised and reduced themes. New collage for Home Page. Removed Nick Pope and Chuck Dalldorf versions of Rendlesham event. Added several links to Rendlesham UFO web sites from my Rendlesham UFO page. Added to Bizlist - Fairfield Bloodstock, listing thoroughbred stallions at stud. Added detail to Eating Out in Woodbridge. Added new page Compliments and Complaints about debenweb.  Moved all RAF Woodbridge pages back to www.bentwaters.org.uk. Re-arranged all pages content to be changed from left-oriented to centred. Re-vamped navigation.

July 2000
Moved Twin Bases section to its own web site at www.bentwaters.org.uk.
Moved Cars section to the Motoring Section of www.debenweb.fsnet.co.uk.
Modified the Twin Bases heading banner. Added an event - Snape Country Fair. Added link to Vintage Knowledge on Equaintances page. Link to Th!nk car company. Added over 1,000 links to Car Markers worldwide web sites. Two news items for RAF Bentwaters. Link to Dolls House and Miniatures from Equaintances. Added Noble cars. Updated UK Vehicle Registration plate with details of new format. Moved links from www.debenweb.co.uk  to www.debenweb.fsnet.co.uk. Updated Secret Cars.

June 2000
Total revision of the navigation format of the entire site. Let me know if you find it difficult to navigate the site now, or if you find particular errors. With around 390 separate page files to manage, I expect there will be the odd mishap or three!
Added new page for Jets Gym at Bentwaters/Rendlesham. New entries in 90s search, 80s search, 70s search, Memories 2000. Woodbridge pictures page deleted and Tour Guide changed to Pictorial Tour with several pictures added.  Moved Daisy's Walk from Woodbridge to Suffolk Section. Made Daisy's Walk a simple separate page instead of the "powerpoint presentation" format.

May 2000
New entries on Memories, Successes, Search 60s, Search 70s, Search 80s, Aviation Links. Updated Woodbridge Town Council members, committees and news.  Corrected (most?) FP2K background omissions on Listings and Twin Bases sections. Changed Contact Page from FormMail perl to FrontPage form. Added Woodbridge Events. Separated B/W Links to new page from Aviation Links. Following an upgrade to FrontPage 2000, relocated site to an NT server. Re-arranged file structure again, so Mind-IT settings will need to be re-established. Re-named Lovely English Ladies to Trans Atlantic Wives, revised colours and heading. Replaced USAFE backgrounds that went missing during migration to MS FP2K.

April 2000
Added graphic link to GISEARCH.com, new entries on Special Search, Parent Search, Bentwaters news, Woodbridge Town Council news, Chris Deas pictures, Bentwaters 2000 pictures. Added several Aircraft entries on Aviation Links and rearranged it with section headings. Added councillor FHReynolds email address to WTC page. Added link to Keigh Gaunt's Bentwaters picture page, links to MiG aircraft. Added UK Wife Nadine Hoy/Bowen. Several new Aircraft links added to Aviation Links. Added story about Bentwaters church re-naming. New page: Bentwaters Church. New pictures of St. Felix chuch. New picture of Nissen huts at RAF Woodbridge. Two new entries on Lovely English Ladies. Revised my internet soapbox page with advice on web design and search engines. Added pictures of my meeting with Jim and Maureen Tansey.  Re-built the CONTACT PAGE with proper fields!  Added links to Contact page from Home page and Twin Bases index. 

March 2000
Link to Canberra Tribute site from aviation links. Link from parent/child search to Pamela Winfield's book web site, two entries on Lovely English Ladies page. Pictures of Martlesham Heath, added Nelson Bishop's comments,  reversed hangars.jpg (Lee James input), added Dan Aycock trip report, added link to Rolling Thunder, a site for "jet junkies," revised headings of all Search Pages to include links to Jim Tansey and ECN, more pictures on Bentwaters Pictures 2000, 12 new pictures on new page Bentwaters 1999 by Chris Deas, added links to www.gisearch.com on all search pages and avlinks.
Added two links to AVLINKS, added link to SUFFOLK index (churches), added Lovely English Ladies page to 81FWA section, updated Suffolk Heavy Horse Museum page, entries on 50s search, 60s search, 80s search and Memories.
Added Glenn's Cold War Certificate corrected link to cold war cert., added link to Taps origin, added 81st FWA link to bases index, added Rita (RJ) Miller to Equaintances and Suffolk sites, added Thomas the Tank Engine promotion page, minor amendment to Home Page, moved Cold War Certificate link from bases index to Avlinks, corrected error on Avlinks, added news item on Bentwaters, improved version of Bentwaters aerial picture, new link to Battle of Britain site, updated 79tfs reunion.

February 2000
Robertsons Boatyard to debenweb listings and client list. Mike Mullock's MG TC to Memories 2000. New Vicar for Rendlesham/Bentwaters. Search for Basil James Dawson 50s. Search and Memories from Mulhaffy 80s. Several new Successes. Sounds on Air Bases index. New links to Mike Weaver/Rob Cawley Tide Mill page. 25 New pictures of Bentwaters 81st HQ Building and Command Blockhouse.
Ron Burrell 'success story' email and picture of Robin Olds,  Special searches, 70s search, Museum support, Memories, NEW PAGE Parent and Children Search. Removed all "duplicate" search entries - they will all be found on their "earliest" search page. e.g. if serving from 68-72, they will only be found on the 60s search page. Reunion for Skip Atwood's Lakenheath school alumni. Woodbridge Event - Sutton slideshow re Bentwaters history.
Links to more clients. Updated Secret Cars. New page - Kersey.   Mist background to index pages. Minor re-arrangement of Air Bases index. Valerie Leverett Memorials to debenweb listings.

Jan 2000
Added Weddings at The Shire Hall pages. Revised font and table sizes in all Woodbridge Town Council pages, Updated Woodbridge Museum pages for 2000 season, Changed music on Home Page to Greensleeves, Added link to Davis-Monthan aircraft boneyard. Latest news on Bentwaters. Verified all internal and external links. Bad links either corrected, replaced or removed. Added NEW PAGE Searches - Where are they now? (previously part of Special Searches). New entries on 50s, 60s, 80s, success 2000 Added Genealogy Links page. Added image of former Chairmen & Mayors of Woodbridge. New page - Bentwaters 2000 - pictures of Building 106. Added Bentwaters News of demolition of the buildings.
Added emails to the BENTWATERS MUSEUM page. Changed Anglia Control background to USAFE badge, consistent with B/W pages. Added entries to 50s SEARCH and SPECIAL SEARCH. Revised the Search page headings again - simpler, briefer. Added EMAIL address for WOODBRIDGE Tourist Information Centre. Added Aaron Short link. Added a link to the BAC Lightning organisation site from Aviation Links. Added a link to F4 Aviation from Aviation Links. Amended Pettistree link and re-arranged Suffolk Towns & Villages table.
Replaced 2 Tunstall pictures with better digital versions. Added 1 Tunstall picture. Added 7 pictures on a NEW PAGE for STERNFIELD.
Corrected 13 errors in "mailto" links (thanks to Jim Vasey), and an error on Meetings (thanks to Ron Burrell - he gets everywhere, doesn't he?!?)  Added one page to the George Pennick collection - 5 F-101 Voodoo pictures, amended GPC navigation accordingly. Added three pictures to the YOXFORD page. Added three pictures to the THORPENESS page. Added five pictures to the TUNSTALL page.
Added SOUTHWOLD page. Simplified Navigation Bars for top and bottom of all pages. Moved all "help" pages to new HELP section.
Corrected Home Page JavaScript date to avoid mis-reading 2000 as 3900 when viewed from Netscape 3 and WebTV (at least). Corrected typo on Other Automotive Links page. Revised and standardised page headings in Memories and Successes pages. Added a link to Jaguar Racing on the F1 page. Added a 1962 picture to the SNAPE page. Added entries to MEMORIES, MEETINGS, OBITUARIES, SUCCESSES of the Twin Bases section. Added a POEM (which was published in the EADT a couple of years ago) to the Twin Bases section.
Minor re-arrangement of Home page. Minor amendments to the Contact page. (need to re-instate the proper Form-handling process). Added Mind-it button to Suffolk index, Links index, Cars index, debenweb listing index. WOODBRIDGE SECTION: Woodbridge index - replaced animated gif with a wide picture of Woodbridge and the River Deben, and added Mind-it button. Added a Microsoft Word document version of the Woodbridge Tour Guide, for easier printing. Re-arranged Woodbridge Pictures and ADDED another view of Bass Dock, Tide Mill and Granary. Added new serial-linked pages for Daisy's Walk.
AIR BASES: Added new Bentwaters News 2000 page (noting that 2000 is the LAST year of the 2nd millennium, NOT the FIRST year of the 3rd millennium. That is 2001.) Improved inter-linking between Bentwaters News (pages for 1996, 1997, 1998, early 1999, late 1999, 2000 and EADT Letters page. Removed Mind-it links from News pages prior to 2000. Rearranged items on Twin Bases index.
Changed the colour scheme and music on the home page.

December 1999
WHOLE SITE - Many folders (directories) re-named, so you will need to re-visit and re-submit any "Mind-it" features you have been using.
SUFFOLK section: Changed colour scheme. Re-arranged town pages from individual town folders into single folder. Ditto town images. Easier management for me in future
ADDED THIS CHANGES page to help frequent visitors find new or updated pages more easily, and to show that some changes advised by "Mind-it" are caused by simple technical changes that do not require a re-visit to review.

 

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