[pressgang] Hold the Front Page
Paul Bathgate
starbuck320 at googlemail.com
Thu Jul 31 23:34:43 BST 2025
My friends, my friends with great taste!
That recognise great acting, directing, producing and well written scripts.
See you sooner on the other side.
To quote
"We got this kind of thing together. I'm not sure what kind of thing it is,
it's just a thing thing".
Peace & One Love
On Thu, 31 Jul 2025, 23:20 Calum Benson, <scottishwildcat at gmail.com> wrote:
> Cool, Discourse forums are pretty neat. (I'd definitely be out if we moved
> to Facebook, though… I'm slowly but surely ditching all of Zuck's junk.)
>
> See you on the other side,
> Calum.
>
>
> > On 31 Jul 2025, at 22:49, Matt Saunders <matts at yoyo.org> wrote:
> >
> > 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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> > Matt Saunders
> > 07506 857125
> >
> >
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