Hi,
Please keep the site up. I can possibly provide free web hosting if
necessary, but your site is a valuable resource and I really don't want to
see it die. Interestingly, when looking on Google for information about Ian
Messiter, your site was mentioned in passing, but neither you nor the site
were credited. I would have to find the link to the newspaper article
again, but it was a behind the scenes look at JAM. It showed up in the
first page of Google results.
If you really feel that you've had enough of the site and it's time to take
it down, please at least put up a static archive somewhere for download. I
really would like a local copy of the site for random browsing. I must
admit that the transcripts aren't of a lot of use to me since I would rather
hear the audio, but you're making it possible for the deaf to indirectly
enjoy JAM and they wouldn't be able to otherwise. They're also helpful when
trying to refresh your memory of a particular episode. I didn't really feel
like hearing the episodes from India again, but it was nice reading the
transcripts. Another valuable resource is the Who's Who pages. It's nice
to know exactly when someone made an appearance. Because of you, I
purposely sought out S61E04 so I could hear Russel.
The only negative thing I would say is that I wish I would have found your
site a lot sooner. I've been interested in the show for a long time and
only had a small number of episodes. If you can believe it, I thought the
show died around 1980 or so because I had no further information. Now I
find out that it's still going strong and you put together a really nice fan
site besides. I wish it had better search engine rankings, but I didn't
bother to look on Google because I didn't think the show was still around.
It's a real shame that the BBC shows aren't easier to find in the US. I
don't think an American version of JAM would go over very well, but it would
be interesting.
If you do decide to take the site down, please contact me off-list to work
out some hosting arrangement or a static archive for download. Your site
doesn't deserve to be forgotten like so many others. Regardless, thank you
for creating and maintaining it over the years!
--
Have a good day,
Tony Baechler
mailto:
tony.baechler@...