New blog address and email updates

17th October 2014

Eagle-eyed readers may have noticed our shiny new address for this Blog – www.explorethepast.co.uk. All old links should redirect to this new address so we hope the transition is smooth, but if anyone comes across any problems please let us know by popping a comment below.

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