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Old 14th August 2025, 02:25
Bombphoon Bombphoon is offline
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Re: *this forum is closing down 31st august 2025*

Yes, frustratingly, you can see the titles of the threads on the LEMB but you cannot open them.

This is yet another major flaw of the internet compared to hard copy documents: if someone switches it off, it all instantly disappears.

I fear for future historians trying to research the 21st century. I know of huge digital archives at local newspapers with 100,000s of photos and stories (many with WW2 content) that have disappeared at the touch of a button when the newspaper archive downsizes/saves data costs.
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