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Tuesday
21 February 2022

HOL Notches Up

Lynn News
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Tuesday
21 February 2022

200,000th Hit

Lynn News article
Friday
13 January 2022

Record Hits at

Lynn News article
Friday
13 January 2022

HOL in 2005

Below shows an announcement of changes and local articles about the early days of the website

Announcement from Heacham-On-Line
12 December 2021

Changes at HOL

Announcement from Heacham-On-Line
12 December 2021

Malcolm & Barry started Heacham On Line in March 2001 as a hobby, and ran the website until December 2004, when they decided it was getting to be more than a 'hobby'.
The website from this date was purchased by Stella Gooch of The Wheatsheaf Inn Heacham who also purchased the new domain name www.heacham-on-line.co.uk
Below is a photo taken on the day of the changeover.

Malcolm, Stella and Barry

On Tuesday 11th February 2003 it was reported in the Lynn News that our website had reached our first 50,000 'hits' . This is the second time the Lynn News has given us a good write up, the article is re-produced below, and further down the page is the first report which was on Friday 27th July 2001 when the website was 4 months old.

TUESDAY Lynn News February 11th 2003	Website: www.lynnnews.co.uk
50,000 check out Heacham-On-Line

HEACHAM'S own community website has received 50,000 hits from all over the world, just 22 months after it was launched. Heacham-On-Line was the brainchild of retired villagers Malcolm Diggins and Barry Gardiner, who started the website in March 2001. They hit the 50,000 hit mark on Wednesday January 22. The site includes a guest book where people can write messages and comments. Mr. Diggins said: "We have had e-mails from everywhere, it's quite incredible. We have had them from Australia, America and Canada. "Most of them are people who have moved away from Heacham and have spotted the website by going into a search engine, or by being told about it by friends." The site has seen a lot of contact from American former servicemen stationed in the area when they were at the Sculthorpe airbase. One of the most visited areas is the 17 pages of old school photographs and memories. The web pages also include photographs and coverage from Heacham and Hunstanton events, including the carnivals, flower and garden festivals and sporting events such as the tennis and bowls tournaments. The site, which is non-profit-making, relies on sponsorship from West Norfolk businesses to cover the costs of keeping the webpages running. Heacham-On-Line can be reached on www.heacham1.fsnet.co.uk The site's online archive - which holds all stories that are more than two months old, can be reached on www.heacham2.fsnet.co.uk

Heacham On Line administrator Malcolm Diggins (left) and webmaster Barry Gardiner look forward to the next 50,000 hits on their website

Lynn News

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Friday 27 July 2001

Computer Duo Send

Lynn News

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Friday 27 July 2001

AN INTERNET WEBSITE dedicated to Heacham and run by two retired villagers is celebrating more than 9,000 visitors in it’s first four months

Malcolm Diggins and Barry Gardiner set up Heacham~On~Line in March and have been running it in their spare time as a hobby.
But it has proved so popular that people as far away as Australia, Canada and America have been logging on – many ex-villagers who moved abroad.
“We didn’t realize how many people would look at it,” said Mr Diggins. “We’ve now had 9,600 hits. To think that nearly 10,000 people have looked at the site is amazing.
The site includes a guest book where people can write messages and comments on the site.
Mr Diggins added: “This morning we had someone sign the guest book from Texas who said his mum and dad were with the USAF at Sculthorpe air base in the 1950s.”
The two friends started putting on old pictures of Heacham schools or sports clubs, before expanding the site as time passed.
They recently covered Hunstanton and Heacham Carnivals; Hunstanton open bowls tournament and Heacham flower and garden festival – with 100 photographs on the site.
You can visit Heacham~On~Line at: http://www.heacham1.fsnet.co.uk/ or visit our second site 'Heacham~On~Line Archives' at: www.heacham2.fsnet.co.uk/

Don’t forget to visit the Lynn News website at http://www.kingslynntoday.co.uk/

Below show local articles about the early days of the website
Lynn News article Tuesday 11 February 2022	50,000 Check Out	Lynn News article Tuesday 11 February 2022

200,000th Hit





Lynn News article Friday 13 January 2022	Record Hits at	Lynn News article Friday 13 January 2022
	HOL in 2005


Below shows an announcement of changes and local articles about the early days of the website
Announcement from Heacham-On-Line 12 December 2021	Changes at HOL	Announcement from Heacham-On-Line 12 December 2021

Malcolm & Barry started Heacham On Line in March 2001 as a hobby, and ran the website until December 2004, when they decided it was getting to be more than a 'hobby'. The website from this date was purchased by Stella Gooch of The Wheatsheaf Inn Heacham who also purchased the new domain name www.heacham-on-line.co.uk Below is a photo taken on the day of the changeover.
Malcolm, Stella and Barry