[pressgang] Hold the Front Page
Belinda
lynda2475 at gmail.com
Fri Aug 1 07:16:07 BST 2025
Fantastic news, a dedicated forum will work just as well as emails. It's
lovely knowing all my fellow PG fans will still be there to say No it isn't
when I say It's my Birthday.
On Fri, 1 Aug 2025, 14:31 Maya Crabtree, <mayacrabtree at gmail.com> wrote:
> Great news to wake up to!
>
> It’s definitely time for some breakfast at Czar’s.
>
> See you there.
> Maya
>
> בתאריך יום ו׳, 1 באוג׳ 2025 ב-0:49 מאת Matt Saunders <matts at yoyo.org>:
>
>> OK - some of the heartfelt goodbye messages literally brought tears to
>> my eyes, and gave me renewed impetus to look for solutions to the
>> Sysadmin problems that make running the list almost impossible these
>> days.
>>
>> And I think I have finally found a solution - a piece of forum software
>> called Discourse which has email integrations to make it near-as-dammit
>> the same as the current Mailman-based setup, but theoretically without
>> the time-consuming server admin that I wish I had time for. If all goes
>> well in the next few days you should all get an invite to join that
>> system; you'll be able to post messages either on the Web or by email
>> and the QOTD shall continue. I'm 80% sure I can get this to work. I
>> won't close the list down tomorrow.
>>
>> It seems the Wellside Leisure Centre isn't closing after all...
>>
>>
>> Matt.
>>
>>
>> On Jul 31, Katarina Hjärpe wrote:
>> > Bye everyone! I hope to see some of you still. Thanks for many fun
>> years!
>> >
>> > Katarina
>> >
>> >
>> > Den tors 31 juli 2025 21:29Rebecca Hunter Eastgate <
>> rebecca.eastgate at gmail.com>
>> > skrev:
>> >
>> > Thank you all for everything!
>> >
>> > I too keep very quiet but what a constant in my life this has been.
>> >
>> > Best wishes to everyone.
>> >
>> >
>> > On 31 Jul 2025, at 8:59 pm, Maya Crabtree <
>> mayacrabtree at gmail.com>
>> > wrote:
>> >
>> >
>> > Hi all,
>> >
>> > It seems it's true that you don't fully appreciate something
>> until it's
>> > gone. So despite being one of the least active members over the
>> years,
>> > and even disconnecting from the list for a few years, when my
>> "grown up
>> > self" decided the PG is part of my youth and it's time to move
>> on, in
>> > recent years I found myself reverting back to old tastes and PG
>> > especially, re-joining the group, reading most of the mails.
>> Knowing
>> > that the group was there, that I am not alone in
>> appreciating and
>> > reminiscing over a 30 year old children's show that no one in my
>> > country has heard of - that in itself just gave me a good
>> feeling. I
>> > especially enjoyed QOTD and being able to say "It's my birthday
>> today".
>> > I haven't yet figured out what makes so many people feel so
>> strongly
>> > about this old show. As Spike once said. We got this kind of,
>> thing
>> > together. I'm not sure what kind of thing it is, it's just a
>> thing
>> > thing.
>> >
>> > Since reading Matt's announcement, I have been meaning to reply
>> every
>> > day, but found myself putting it off, in hope that by the last
>> minute,
>> > someone will come up with some simple solution for keeping this
>> space
>> > up, either here or on another platform. I mean, what's life if
>> you
>> > can't look yourself in the eye and say, "Hey! I used to have a
>> group of
>> > people to reminisce about Press Gang with!"?
>> >
>> > But I guess this is life, no guaranteed happy endings. It's been
>> > amazing to have this group. Thank you Matt and Kevin and all for
>> > occasionally bringing a smile to my face and enabling some
>> healthy
>> > escapism, especially in light of events in my region. If
>> anyone feels
>> > like trying to think about an alternative platform to maintain
>> this
>> > community somehow, LMK, and I would be glad to help.
>> >
>> > I am available on email - mayacrabtree at gmail.com, on facebook
>> (Maya
>> > Crabtree) and occasionally on instagram
>> (maya.crabtree). Maybe I should
>> > just mention that my extra-specially-close friends get a
>> preferential
>> > loan rate *and* badges. I do have vacancies in my peer
>> group...
>> >
>> > Best wishes to everyone. Final paste up - 10 hours...?
>> >
>> > Maya
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > On Tue, Jul 8, 2025 at 4:35 PM Matt Saunders <matts at yoyo.org>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> > Hi everyone,
>> >
>> > After quite a period of reflection, I've decided that it's
>> time to
>> > close
>> > down this list. Unfortunately in this day and age it's
>> almost
>> > impossible
>> > to reliably deliver community email to a large number of
>> people
>> > given
>> > the way that the Internet and people's habits have changed.
>> We're
>> > also
>> > down to a very small number of active subscribers so I
>> think the
>> > time
>> > has come.
>> >
>> > So, after nearly 29 years of running this list it's time
>> for the
>> > final
>> > paste-up, turn off the lights, and exit the building. I've
>> so
>> > enjoyed
>> > reading and participating in the discussions over the
>> years, and am
>> > glad
>> > to have built online friendships over that time. I'm also
>> heartened
>> > that
>> > people have met via the list, married and now have
>> incredible kids,
>> > which makes me feel like "pops", "the old man" (bonus
>> points if you
>> > can
>> > name the episode from this quote).
>> >
>> > I'll shut down the list on 1st August 2025. Thank you to
>> everyone
>> > past
>> > and present still who has been a part of it, particularly
>> to Kevin
>> > who
>> > has been diligently giving us daily quotes for the majority
>> of the
>> > life
>> > of the list.
>> >
>> > Our passion for Press Gang of course lives on, and I'd
>> encourage
>> > you to
>> > join the Reddit group that Andy Luke has set up. There's
>> not much
>> > there
>> > yet but maybe we can change that. Andy is also producing
>> YouTube
>> > content
>> > about Press Gang which is well worth a watch. Please do
>> tell us
>> > about
>> > any other communities you know about too.
>> >
>> > Links:
>> > https://www.reddit.com/r/PressGang/
>> > https://www.youtube.com/@AndrewLuke/videos
>> >
>> > So, that's it. No crocodiles, no electrical fires, no 6th
>> season or
>> > a
>> > movie. Please feel free to wax lyrical, say goodbye, or say
>> that
>> > you're
>> > late for your dance class. Best wishes to everyone for the
>> future.
>> >
>> > You can find me on Instagram (cm6051), BlueSky (matts.net)
>> and of
>> > course
>> > good old email at matts at yoyo.org if you want to stay in
>> touch with
>> > me
>> > for whatever reason!
>> >
>> >
>> > Matt.
>> > --
>> > Matt Saunders
>> > 07506 857125
>> >
>> >
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