Posted: Fri Apr 20, 2018 1:15 pm
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A forum for fans of The Avengers and The New Avengers television show (1961-9, 1976-7)
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denis rigg wrote:Main event of the day!
Today many different memories swept over in connection with my old emails with Alan and long travels on his excellent fantastic website The Avengers Declassified, which has become for long years one of favourite places for many Avengers fans.
Alan has always done excellent research in various Avengers fields and was a master of surprises. And I'm sure he stayed like that. It started with the Avengers radio series (who would have thought that we would be able to get acquainted with records that were considered lost), cooperation with David K. Smith (and a magnificent editorial on his website when Alan was his deputy), Mike Noon (with whom he created several important resources) and many other Avengers figures, with which ultimately he produced excellent products (including this forum). Where life was and is boiling, Alan was and is there.![]()
In addition to the detailed books about the first season of the series, Alan created a kind of historical monument of the generation of Avengers fans in the form of the diary Avengerworld, which over the years will be more interesting to reread.![]()
Today's event, I see, as a logical concluding round of Alan's activities related to the Avengers. Well, Alan had previously hinted at me several times about his resignation in connection with various things, and when it became known about the release of the episode Tunnel of Fear on DVD, in a strange way I even began to feel that this is "the last detail of the puzzle" in which Alan will participate. That is, in some way the release of the episode inspired thoughts about "closing the circle". I feel this now too.
Despite I assumed that the site The Avengers Decladdified would simply remain frozen, I'm really much appreciated by Alan's official statement about the closing of the "cult" resource, as in the first place it makes a good step to Avengers fans relative that there was not hopes for a long wait for news.
Of course, the situation with the site and the resignation of Alan can not help but lead to sadness for the Avengers fan, but for everything there is a time. No one can know for sure how long he will be involved in this or that sphere of activity, even if it seems you have full confidence in this. Life goes on, and calls for many interesting things. If it's time to change the role - it means such a scenario of life.
I'm glad that Alan found other field of activity in which he receives as much pleasure as before from the series. And this is true happiness, when you sincerely do what is close to you at the moment, than what you do because think you must.
Many Thanks to good man and friend named Alan Hayes!!!
btw, I just surfed over to Alan's new site, well, new to me...cult tv uk..Alan wrote:A heads up to all here - hello!
In case anyone still stops by The Avengers Declassifed, it's moved with all my other sites to a new home:
http://www.culttv.uk/
Please note that the contact email has also changed as a result.
Happy Easter!