[pressgang] The Big Finish - time to say goodbye

[Katarina Hjärpe]

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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