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Online dave.woodhall

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Happy anniversary to us
« on: April 11, 2022, 11:02:46 AM »
I've just noticed that quietly and without any fuss, our online presence celebrated its 25th anniversary two weeks ago.
« Last Edit: April 11, 2022, 11:09:11 AM by dave.woodhall »

Offline Drummond

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Re: Happy anniversary to us
« Reply #1 on: April 11, 2022, 11:04:03 AM »
Crikey. I was a couple of years late to the party, because I found it in 1999. I feel old again.

Offline Risso

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Re: Happy anniversary to us
« Reply #2 on: April 11, 2022, 02:08:05 PM »
Blimey, how the years slip by. Easily the best football forum in the world, and I've made some amazing and lifelong friends through this place.

Thanks to everybody involved in setting it up and keeping it going over the years, including Dave, Mac, Martin, Lee and all the other moderators.

Offline Bad English

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Re: Happy anniversary to us
« Reply #3 on: April 11, 2022, 02:17:46 PM »
Long live H&V!

Offline kippaxvilla2

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Re: Happy anniversary to us
« Reply #4 on: April 11, 2022, 02:31:20 PM »
I’ve never met any of you except Drummond and Mac briefly.  How weird is that.

Offline brian green

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Re: Happy anniversary to us
« Reply #5 on: April 11, 2022, 02:42:34 PM »
It is very weird.  They are both holograms.

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Re: Happy anniversary to us
« Reply #6 on: April 11, 2022, 03:03:12 PM »
That’s quite a thing.
Well done to everybody concerned.

Offline olaftab

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Re: Happy anniversary to us
« Reply #7 on: April 11, 2022, 03:05:10 PM »
H&V ZINDABAD.

Offline Mister E

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Re: Happy anniversary to us
« Reply #8 on: April 11, 2022, 03:08:40 PM »
God, 21 years of my life here ...
A stunning achievement by Davem Mac, Martin et al.
And to all the contributors that make it what it is!

Offline Whiney MacWhineface

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Re: Happy anniversary to us
« Reply #9 on: April 11, 2022, 03:24:00 PM »
H&V is my digital home, and has been since I found the Manila version 20-odd hearsay ago.

One thing I never quite got my head around was that there was another H&V forum (where folk like Hawksey lived) and was eventually merged with Manila one this platform.

Offline Somniloquism

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Re: Happy anniversary to us
« Reply #10 on: April 11, 2022, 03:28:09 PM »
So was it setup on the 1st April?

Offline Sexual Ealing

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Re: Happy anniversary to us
« Reply #11 on: April 11, 2022, 03:29:36 PM »
Well done all!

Offline UK Redsox

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Re: Happy anniversary to us
« Reply #12 on: April 11, 2022, 03:46:31 PM »
Thanks to Dave and everyone else involved in setting up and maintaining H&V online

Offline eamonn

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Re: Happy anniversary to us
« Reply #13 on: April 11, 2022, 03:55:20 PM »
So was it setup on the 1st April?

Mac and Eigentor's idea of a sick April Fools joke.

Happy Birthday H&V - would be good if some of the soap's best characters could come back for a 25th anniv live episode/match thread (Fletcher, Mazrim, Hawkesey, Deej, CanIPlayDaddy?/John Blackwell, Peter W, James Toner, OnlyOneIanTaylor etc. to name but a few).

Offline Neil Hawkes

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Re: Happy anniversary to us
« Reply #14 on: April 11, 2022, 04:02:32 PM »
Congratulations to the founders.
Well done to the contributors.
I'm privileged and proud to be part of the family.

 


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