<div dir="auto"><div>My friends, my friends with great taste! </div><div dir="auto">That recognise great acting, directing, producing and well written scripts.</div><div dir="auto">See you sooner on the other side.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">To quote</div><div dir="auto">"<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">We got this kind of thing together. I'm not sure what kind of thing it is, it's just a thing thing".</span></div><div><br></div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature">Peace & One Love</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, 31 Jul 2025, 23:20 Calum Benson, <<a href="mailto:scottishwildcat@gmail.com">scottishwildcat@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Cool, Discourse forums are pretty neat. (I'd definitely be out if we moved to Facebook, though… I'm slowly but surely ditching all of Zuck's junk.)<br>
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See you on the other side,<br>
Calum.<br>
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> On 31 Jul 2025, at 22:49, Matt Saunders <<a href="mailto:matts@yoyo.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">matts@yoyo.org</a>> wrote:<br>
> <br>
> OK - some of the heartfelt goodbye messages literally brought tears to<br>
> my eyes, and gave me renewed impetus to look for solutions to the<br>
> Sysadmin problems that make running the list almost impossible these<br>
> days.<br>
> <br>
> And I think I have finally found a solution - a piece of forum software<br>
> called Discourse which has email integrations to make it near-as-dammit<br>
> the same as the current Mailman-based setup, but theoretically without<br>
> the time-consuming server admin that I wish I had time for. If all goes<br>
> well in the next few days you should all get an invite to join that<br>
> system; you'll be able to post messages either on the Web or by email<br>
> and the QOTD shall continue. I'm 80% sure I can get this to work. I<br>
> won't close the list down tomorrow.<br>
> <br>
> It seems the Wellside Leisure Centre isn't closing after all...<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> Matt.<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> On Jul 31, Katarina Hjärpe wrote:<br>
>> Bye everyone! I hope to see some of you still. Thanks for many fun years!<br>
>> <br>
>> Katarina <br>
>> <br>
>> <br>
>> Den tors 31 juli 2025 21:29Rebecca Hunter Eastgate <<a href="mailto:rebecca.eastgate@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">rebecca.eastgate@gmail.com</a>><br>
>> skrev:<br>
>> <br>
>> Thank you all for everything!<br>
>> <br>
>> I too keep very quiet but what a constant in my life this has been.<br>
>> <br>
>> Best wishes to everyone.<br>
>> <br>
>> <br>
>> On 31 Jul 2025, at 8:59 pm, Maya Crabtree <<a href="mailto:mayacrabtree@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">mayacrabtree@gmail.com</a>><br>
>> wrote:<br>
>> <br>
>> <br>
>> Hi all,<br>
>> <br>
>> It seems it's true that you don't fully appreciate something until it's<br>
>> gone. So despite being one of the least active members over the years,<br>
>> and even disconnecting from the list for a few years, when my "grown up<br>
>> self" decided the PG is part of my youth and it's time to move on, in<br>
>> recent years I found myself reverting back to old tastes and PG<br>
>> especially, re-joining the group, reading most of the mails. Knowing<br>
>> that the group was there, that I am not alone in appreciating and<br>
>> reminiscing over a 30 year old children's show that no one in my<br>
>> country has heard of - that in itself just gave me a good feeling. I<br>
>> especially enjoyed QOTD and being able to say "It's my birthday today".<br>
>> I haven't yet figured out what makes so many people feel so strongly<br>
>> about this old show. As Spike once said. We got this kind of, thing<br>
>> together. I'm not sure what kind of thing it is, it's just a thing<br>
>> thing. <br>
>> <br>
>> Since reading Matt's announcement, I have been meaning to reply every<br>
>> day, but found myself putting it off, in hope that by the last minute,<br>
>> someone will come up with some simple solution for keeping this space<br>
>> up, either here or on another platform. I mean, what's life if you<br>
>> can't look yourself in the eye and say, "Hey! I used to have a group of<br>
>> people to reminisce about Press Gang with!"?<br>
>> <br>
>> But I guess this is life, no guaranteed happy endings. It's been<br>
>> amazing to have this group. Thank you Matt and Kevin and all for<br>
>> occasionally bringing a smile to my face and enabling some healthy<br>
>> escapism, especially in light of events in my region. If anyone feels<br>
>> like trying to think about an alternative platform to maintain this<br>
>> community somehow, LMK, and I would be glad to help.<br>
>> <br>
>> I am available on email - <a href="mailto:mayacrabtree@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">mayacrabtree@gmail.com</a>, on facebook (Maya<br>
>> Crabtree) and occasionally on instagram (maya.crabtree). Maybe I should<br>
>> just mention that my extra-specially-close friends get a preferential<br>
>> loan rate *and* badges. I do have vacancies in my peer group... <br>
>> <br>
>> Best wishes to everyone. Final paste up - 10 hours...? <br>
>> <br>
>> Maya<br>
>> <br>
>> <br>
>> <br>
>> On Tue, Jul 8, 2025 at 4:35 PM Matt Saunders <<a href="mailto:matts@yoyo.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">matts@yoyo.org</a>> wrote:<br>
>> <br>
>> Hi everyone,<br>
>> <br>
>> After quite a period of reflection, I've decided that it's time to<br>
>> close<br>
>> down this list. Unfortunately in this day and age it's almost<br>
>> impossible<br>
>> to reliably deliver community email to a large number of people<br>
>> given<br>
>> the way that the Internet and people's habits have changed. We're<br>
>> also<br>
>> down to a very small number of active subscribers so I think the<br>
>> time<br>
>> has come.<br>
>> <br>
>> So, after nearly 29 years of running this list it's time for the<br>
>> final<br>
>> paste-up, turn off the lights, and exit the building. I've so<br>
>> enjoyed<br>
>> reading and participating in the discussions over the years, and am<br>
>> glad<br>
>> to have built online friendships over that time. I'm also heartened<br>
>> that<br>
>> people have met via the list, married and now have incredible kids,<br>
>> which makes me feel like "pops", "the old man" (bonus points if you<br>
>> can<br>
>> name the episode from this quote).<br>
>> <br>
>> I'll shut down the list on 1st August 2025. Thank you to everyone<br>
>> past<br>
>> and present still who has been a part of it, particularly to Kevin<br>
>> who<br>
>> has been diligently giving us daily quotes for the majority of the<br>
>> life<br>
>> of the list.<br>
>> <br>
>> Our passion for Press Gang of course lives on, and I'd encourage<br>
>> you to<br>
>> join the Reddit group that Andy Luke has set up. There's not much<br>
>> there<br>
>> yet but maybe we can change that. Andy is also producing YouTube<br>
>> content<br>
>> about Press Gang which is well worth a watch. Please do tell us<br>
>> about<br>
>> any other communities you know about too.<br>
>> <br>
>> Links:<br>
>> <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/PressGang/" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.reddit.com/r/PressGang/</a><br>
>> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@AndrewLuke/videos" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/@AndrewLuke/videos</a><br>
>> <br>
>> So, that's it. No crocodiles, no electrical fires, no 6th season or<br>
>> a<br>
>> movie. Please feel free to wax lyrical, say goodbye, or say that<br>
>> you're<br>
>> late for your dance class. Best wishes to everyone for the future.<br>
>> <br>
>> You can find me on Instagram (cm6051), BlueSky (<a href="http://matts.net" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">matts.net</a>) and of<br>
>> course<br>
>> good old email at <a href="mailto:matts@yoyo.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">matts@yoyo.org</a> if you want to stay in touch with<br>
>> me<br>
>> for whatever reason!<br>
>> <br>
>> <br>
>> Matt.<br>
>> --<br>
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>> 07506 857125<br>
>> <br>
>> <br>
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