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Date Event
29/06/2008 Busy Saturday Morning ! changed found balloon pages to include links to balloon found details
29/06/2008 Changed style of new balloons found page - example here of Sam Rolph's Balloon.
29/06/2008 Recent found balloons added to map and Mavericks winners Graham & Liz and some new images in Gallery
21/06/2008 Sam Rolph, (our Sam) 9th Birthday release.
15/06/2008 Mapplewell Mavericks Summer Tournament 
08/06/2008 Total Update of the site ready for a fresh start and lots of releases this year
14/10/2008 Web Site Cleanup
10/12/2006 Finally Got the new CAPTCHA Request Page Working.
25/11/2006 Got some advice from old work colleague about CAPTCHA's Check Gareth's Blog Site
01/11/2006 Robots have hacked the site and adding inappropriate content to balloon requests
08/06/2006 Kexborough Primary School Summer Fair - see the Gallery 
22/01/2006 Upgraded the Forum to Version2 due to attempted security attack.
17/09/2005 Grass Roots Day by B.C.V.N group release click here for more
11/09/2005 Another Release for my Brthday.
03/01/2005 At last I added the Radio Interview, thanks to www.agile-systems.co.uk who wrote the page.
18/11/2004 Interview with Peter Hawkins from BBC Radio Sheffield,This interview and the Studio Interview here.
11/09/2004 Added history for first pages used over time.
11/09/2004 Added special opening page in memory of those that died, three years ago.
11/09/2004 Forum back up and running (phew!)
10/09/2004 Deleted the Forum (that was a very silly thing to do)
05/09/2004 Added video clip to Gallery of 1st major launch, courtesy of Mark Tighe
04/09/2004 New game, balloon pop - ( hangman )
04/09/2004 Added map of found balloons with hyperlink to more details
04/09/2004 Added 99 red balloons music to gallery, thanks to Paul for the  suggestion.
04/09/2004 Web address in requests to hyperlink, thanks to Ian for the suggestion.
30/08/2004 Added Gallery
29/08/2004 Added new board to the forum (for more details of find)
29/08/2004 Another Balloon Found - Furthest so far (Milton Keynes).
28/08/2004 1st Major Launch 62 Balloons Released Today (next large one 11 Sep 2004)
05/08/2004 On Holiday tomorrow until 21st August - keep the requests coming !
02/08/2004 Changed order of news as requested by Nugget on the forum.
02/08/2004 Re Designed the menu to make is easier & faster to navigate.
01/08/2004 At last the Forum is up and running thanks to rob www.agile-systems.co.uk
31/07/2004 Added our Code of Conduct for balloon releases.
30/07/2004 Added new information to FAQ (taken from www.nabas.co.uk
30/07/2004 Added Local Weather lookup on Statistics page
30/07/2004 Updated Stats Page from the database
27/07/2004 Lucy & Ben found the first Balloon today, well done Elena, Well done finders !
25/07/2004 Another Launch courtesy of Brewster's ! www.brewsterthebear.co.uk
24/07/2004 Added Site Search - click here to see
16/07/2004 Added check code to save bogus / incorrect entries. (Late one!).
16/07/2004 Cleaned the returned messages in found balloon procedure.
10/07/2004 Added Password for new Launches, reset database as Live.
10/07/2004 Updated entry scripts for link back to main page.
10/07/2004 Added Java Script Message for fun.
08/07/2004 Sam's Best Friend,Lee Hincliffe 5th Birthday - Party Balloon 1st Launch.
08/07/2004 Uncle Bill donated chair (no more leg pains!), thanks uncle Bill.
27/06/2004 Corrected large comments problem on requests, added stats page.
27/06/2004 Added Donate Pal from Pay Pal.
26/06/2004 Wrote Scripts to take requests & found balloons in Perl.
26/06/2004 Wrote Database to manage launches & generate HTML.
26/06/2004 Set 1 minute refresh tests - all worked except Gareth Breaking the request.
23/06/2004 Rob Horan Wrote Flashy Balloons - rob.horan@agile-systems.co.uk.
20/06/2004 Purchased Hosting services for above.
20/06/2004 Wrote template and example HTML for 1st Page, played with Perl Scripts.
19/06/2004 Registered Domain With www.123-reg.co.uk


Future Plans

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So far - other than promotion and larger launches I have achieved everything I set out to so - if anyone had any additional idea's please add them to the suggestions page