Arthur Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 Reading the Carnage at Wroxham (1998) thread it would appear that there is still some interest in the Aston Boats hire fleet which operated from Loddon and Beccles. I used to host a site dedeicated to Aston Boats but after a lot of hacking problems gave up on it a couple of years ago. As I said in the other thread I have decided to give it another go. It wil take me a while to rebuilt the photo gallery and other parts of the site but the forum section is now up and running. Any suggestions for sections or any other suggestions and contributions will be welcome. The url is www.astonboats.co.uk Regards Arthur 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BroadScot Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 Hi Arthur, Glad your getting things up and running again. Now lets hope the site remains unhacked for you this time. Iain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonRascal Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 Well done to begin this again Just a thought, why not put all the photos somewhere like Flickr and then link back from there to the site - that way the photos are safe elewhere and only the links to them exisit on your site - also means no need to worry about storage and bandwidth use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arthur Posted September 23, 2014 Author Share Posted September 23, 2014 Thanks for your comments and suggestions Robin. Nice to meet another old friend now I have moved over here. The previous hacking attacks were not random but were deliberate and targeted and there were also threatening emails involved warning me that it would continue to be attacked, I never found out who was responsible ot why but they seemed to have a lot of info as they managed to gain access to the settings on my hosting account even when I was hosting the site in Johannesburg. The site is now hosted here in Gloucester. I have little time to work on things at the moment but I will update from time to time. Arthur Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petersjoy Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 Hi Arthur, Great to see you back. I'll be over there shortly. Paul. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arthur Posted September 23, 2014 Author Share Posted September 23, 2014 Thanks Paul. Welcome back again to the Aston Site. Not much to see yet but I have activated your account so you can post messages on the forum. Arthur 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deebee29 Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 Hi Arthur This looks interesting. I never saw your old site but its good to keep the history of the boatyards that are no longer around alive Good luck David 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arthur Posted September 24, 2014 Author Share Posted September 24, 2014 Have done a bit more. A few of the photos are back online but I have not labeled any of them yet. The photo galley is only available to registered users at the moment and can be reached via a link on the main forum page once logged in. Arthur Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arthur Posted September 25, 2014 Author Share Posted September 25, 2014 Still working on things but the photo gallery now has a number of pictures in it and can be viewed by all. There is a link on the home page. http://www.astonboats.co.uk Arthur 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JawsOrca Posted September 25, 2014 Share Posted September 25, 2014 The website looks brilliant .. good job.. The blue hulled astons always looked tidy.. although we never hired from them.. i often considered.. Sad to learn they are no more.. what happened to them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arthur Posted September 25, 2014 Author Share Posted September 25, 2014 Aston Boats ceased hiring at the end of the 2008 season. A number of the boats had already been sold into private ownership by that time, The bulk of the remaining fleet went to Ferry Marina at Horning but there are three ex Astons in the Freedom Fleet. Aston Broadsword, Aston Vanguard and a Thames Class believed to be Aston Mersey. These boats are now named, Sweet Freedom, Song of Freedom and Rambling Freedom. Arthur 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrevorAndDeirdre Posted September 25, 2014 Share Posted September 25, 2014 Good to the site back up again hope it all goes well this time. Look forward to looking in every now and then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arthur Posted September 25, 2014 Author Share Posted September 25, 2014 Thanks for the encouragement. So far so good at the moment. There are still more pictures to upload and I need to spend time adding details into the gallery identifying each of the boats. Unfortunately the one thing I badly lack at the moment is available time but I will gradually add to the site and will update on here when changes have been made. I am open to any suggestions regarding the site, either on here or you can email me at: arthur@astonboats.co.uk Arthur 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arthur Posted October 9, 2014 Author Share Posted October 9, 2014 Just to let you know that I am still working on the site but at the moment it is so difficult to find time. Arthur http://www.astonboats.co.uk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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