Thame.net was launched in 1998 – read the original article about the launch here:
Thame, one of England’s most ancient market towns has joined the World Wide Web.
And now Iain Fairweather, who has created the site, is offering schools, charities and non-profit making organisations the chance to put details and pictures of their activities on the web pages free of charge to reach its international audience.
He would also welcome memories of Thame to give the Internet surfer a chance to find out about the town past and present.
Webmaster Iain, who runs his own business in the field of digital imaging, is a Scot by birth and moved to this area three years ago.
“As a relative newcomer I never cease to be amazed at what the town has to offer” he told the Thame Gazette. “It is such a pleasant place to live that I thought why not let others know about it?”
The site was formally established last week at http://www.thame.,net but is a little sparse at the moment, linking only with some public transport information and containing a special welcome page.
But there is no information and this is the gap that Iain wants to fill.
“I met some visiting Australians who had looked up Thame on the Internet and found nothing. They were delighted to hear we now have a site.”
“I realised that some other towns were starting to use this method and learned that a family had moved from the States to Colchester simply because that town’s website showed a continual display of video footage and they liked what they saw of the town. As time goes by increasing numbers of people will have access to the World Wide Web and for Thame not to be there would mean the own missing out on an important means of communicating all that it has to offer”
Iain is suggesting that schools set class projects on Thame to help create a directory covering the area’s history, geography, local industry and amenities and details of the school itself.
He is looking for pictures or text which preferably would be on disc but would be typewritten. Schools, individuals and non-profit organisations can contact him on……
