TODAY ON BRITANNICA

[Elisi]

http://www.britannica.com/

[Nanto2girls]

Always loved Britannica.Many years ago, my granddad bought me complete set plus Britannica Maps.I used to read them for hours. When I left school, he gave them to a younger family member.
Often wondered if they are still in the family, somewhere.Very much doubt it, in this modern age.

[Daisy]

We got our DSs Children's Britannica one Christmas when it was on offer, and it was invaluable in those pre internet days for the endless school projects they had to do. Now, the whole world of knowledge is at your fingertips for the typing of a few words in Google.

Does anyone remember the Doomsday Project?

[Elisi]

Yes It rings a bell Jean but I can't actually place it?

[Daisy]

Elisi - the Domsday Project was set up to mark the 900th anniversary of the original Domesday Book. It was a kind of digital version of the original but obviously about everyday life in modern Britain. 1986, I suppose! Lots of communities and organisations contributed to it, including schools and the WI. It was state of the art technology on a disk that was the size of a gramophone record and needed a special computer to read it. The college I worked in had it and I remember the principal presenting it to staff very proudly. He wasn't very technical, but, bless him, tried hard and got a bit muddled. I was fascinated by it and volunteered to 'drive' it for him. I can remember selecting my home town and there was a piece in dialect which I read out. The poor man was clearly confused by then and all he could say was he didn't know I was bilingual! But it was lots more fun than Britannica.