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147<span class="pagehead">URBAN75: ABOUT US</span><br>
148<span class="subhead"><strong>About the site</strong></span><br><br>
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152<a href="about1.html"><strong>ABOUT US</strong><br>
153Intro to the site, who does what, site aims etc</a><br>
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155<a href="about2.html"><strong>HISTORY OF THE SITE</strong><br>
156The origins of the site, from the Bluebird Jones football comic to urban75 via the Football fans against the Criminal Justice Act campaign</a><br><br>
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158<a href="about3.html"><strong>GOING ONLINE</strong><br>
159The first website in 1994, the birth of urban75 in 1995 and our current servers</a>
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165Real-life meets and urban75-related clubs, events, walks and more </a>
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167<a href="about6.html"><strong>CREDITS</strong><br>
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