Excluding sites from favourites in safari for yosemite

In the previous version of safari it was possible to set certain sites to be "excluded" from the "top sites" or favourites page.
in Yosemite this doesn't seem to be possible - which is a bit of a step back and in my view a serious omission.
I use the same laptop for both work (medicine) and social life. I don't mind things being in my browsing history because there's nothing shameful, and anyway you have to go deliberately looking to see history. However I don't necessarily want a work colleague to whom I've let the laptop for a few minutes, to casually see details of my social life, like which dating sites I may or may not visit, or indeed which forums and discussion groups I may be a member or.
Unfortunately as my social use is probably at least as great as my professional use the "top sites" section is peppered with details of my social browsing history which I'm just not comfortable with. Please can someone tell me how to get this feature back in the new version?

Set any new window or tab to open a "blank" page.
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