Back/Previous page function

When reading a page on a website there is aften a third party link to take you to another page. When I've finished reading I used to be able to scroll back or click the back arrow to return to my original page - now I have to close Safari altogether and access the page from scratch, by opening safari again and re-entering the search parameters.
My OS is Lion 10.7.4
\Is there anything I can do to restore this function?

OK, try this link, it brings you to a page entitled "vinegar water" scroll down to the 3rd post from "RK" there is a link there to Portsmouth Water... click this link... and you are stuck there! At least I am!
http://www.bcss.org.uk/foruma/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=156444
Hopefully this will illustrate the problem. (Please read the next post as I've updated some information!)

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