So there I was standing in the document room of the records office looking at a scroll that was over 230 years old and I started to wonder if anything I have produced in my life would last this long? Who knows, certainly know that if there is then I won't be around to see it. The document in question was the enclosure award for the parish of Ratby. I was trying to locate 'Ramsdale' for the historical research I am working on and after 3 hours of searching I found it. A small triumph for me - I must admit I did feel quite pleased with myself.
I have droned on in the past about the ephemeral nature of digital files, here today but not sure about tomorrow. To address this I have taken my first step in preserving my work by publishing my first book with Blurb. It has the catchy title of 2009. Now this is not printed on vellum so I don't know how long it will last but I fell it may have a better chance than all my digital files. Only time well tell.
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