(17 Jan 2015, 11:51 am)Dan wrote @Fozz:
We often discuss two or three things at the same time. For Go North East, the bulk of our posts lately have been in relation to the upcoming service changes. However, we've had a few other minor topics amidst this discussion (ie accidents, loans, application of vinyls, etc).

So we'd have a 'January 2015 Changes' thread, but also a thread for 'Application of Vinyls', etc. If you had no interest in the discussion about vinyls, you could skip over this and only read the January 2015 changes thread, marking the vinyls thread as read. The thread would remain alive for a set period of time before it is locked and put into an 'archive' sort of sub-forum, where it could still be referred to, but nobody could post in it. Obviously if there was a need for the thread to be unlocked after that period of time, a moderator could easily do this.

Cool, sounds good mate

Could archived threads be converted to a text file and offered as a download for people to look at without having to trawl through the boards???

One thing is obvious Dan, something has to be done, otherwise the wig makers in Sunderland will be getting some business there way sometime soon