Hmm I ran into the same problem @Terinieks . They are probably too old and 1. Lichess would crash and 2. people probably aren't interested anymore. You can always bring back a topic by searching for it.
Page 49 is still only 1 week old topics. Can server really cant handle it? Yes search can be used, but I dont know all the possible topic names with great info within them.
Can some more people confirm that they cant reach page 50 or more?