[pressgang] The Big Finish - time to say goodbye

Thu Jul 31 21:14:01 BST 2025

Hiya Everyone

Could we do something on Facebook?

Just a thought?

Regards

Paul

Peace & One Love

On Thu, 31 Jul 2025, 20:41 Katarina Hjärpe, <katarina.hjarpe at gmail.com>
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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