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Wishful Thinking was the
pedigree name of our first liver-and-white Springer Spaniel. She was
born in 1972, and departed this life in 1986 aged 13: I like to
think she lived a long and happy life. She is greatly missed, but
after a long period without a resident pet,
Young Poppy is beginning to fill the gap.
Wishful Thinking Bulletin Board System
was named in her memory. Bulletin Boards, or BBS were a precursor
to the Internet; most of them have closed now, but in their heyday
there were over 32,000 worldwide, with a variety of specialisms.
It will come as no surprise to those of you reading this who are
aware of my present involvement with Genealogy on the Internet
that mine was Genealogy! Indeed, contributions from
Wishful Thinking's File Area
assisted in the beginnings of
GENUKI, the UK & Ireland Genealogical Information System
which began in 1996.
Wishful Thinking BBS closed on June 30th 1999, having been online since
mid 1994.
Rosemary Lockie
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[Created 2 Oct 1998. Last updated 25 Mar 2008 - 13:55 by Rosemary Lockie]
