[pressgang] Hold the Front Page
Matt Saunders
matts at yoyo.org
Thu Jul 31 22:49:10 BST 2025
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.
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