[pressgang] The Big Finish - time to say goodbye

Thu Jul 31 21:17:21 BST 2025

I'm game! Full name:

Katarina Hjärpe

Den tors 31 juli 2025 22:14Paul Bathgate <starbuck320 at googlemail.com> skrev:

> 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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