Jack Hargreaves

[nightshade]

Originally Posted by ladamark

Can't recommend these videos enough, they're a must for any Jack fan! Watching them will bring all the memories flooding back of this remarkable man. It's ironic that the fast disappearing countryside of years gone by is still being described by probably the last true countryman who has also gone. I am not sure that there really are any more left.

Mind you, do any of you remember a Channel 4 program from the early 1980's I believe, that stared Jackie Charlton (of football fame). The series was concerned with Field Sports and each episode saw Jack take part in a different aspect of hunting; deer stalking one week, ferreting another etc (he didn't fox hunt as he doesn't ride). In each episode, he was accompanied by an expert in whatever sport was featured. It was a fascinating series but he had so much stick over it, even death threats, that he never did another. I still have the book that went with this series.

Maybe Jackie Charlton doesn't fit the ideal of a true countryman with other members of this forum so can anyone think of someone that does? I would be fascinated to try and find out how many real countrymen still exist in this modern pre-packed world.

Regards,

Mark

There are some good books to be had;
The Old Country ISBN 0-946159-59-9 in which he mentions 20,000 RED Squirrels taken as meat to various big markets.

Out of Town ISBN 0-946159-46-7 A Life Revisited
Companies like ABE Books can often supply

There is also a reprint of Fishing for a Year for the anglers on site

[Daisychain]

Originally Posted by nightshade

There are some good books to be had;
The Old Country ISBN 0-946159-59-9 in which he mentions 20,000 RED Squirrels taken as meat to various big markets.

Out of Town ISBN 0-946159-46-7 A Life Revisited
Companies like ABE Books can often supply

There is also a reprint of Fishing for a Year for the anglers on site

Not sure Id fancy squirrel....

[ron1863]

Originally Posted by Daisychain

Not sure Id fancy squirrel....

Why, is Grey Squirrel tastier

[Daisychain]

Originally Posted by ron1863

Why, is Grey Squirrel tastier

Think I'll stick to eating my lovely hot cross bun with lots of butter.....!!

[elsiek]

We had 540 blissful minutes of "Out of Town" for a modest £34 at Christmas. See Amazon DVDs.

[elsiek]

Then again perhaps I should read the rest of the thread first! Sorry all. Senior moment

[sibadd]

Excuse a very belated addition to this thread. I've only just registered here. I'm Jack Hargreaves stepson, growing up with him and my mother between 1948-1962. I'm posting some of his episodes from Old Country that have been sent me by viewers who recorded them off air, on YouTube and Vimeo. Unlike the commercial DVD series which were never broadcast whole, though using superb location film by JH's long term cameraman Stan Bréhaut, these Old Country sequences were, with Steve Wagstaff on camera.

http://www.youtube.com/my_videos?sq=Hargreaves

Jack Hargreaves on Vimeo

With help from an informal group of friends, some known only via the web, I am trying to get more of my stepfather's material into the public domain. Kindest regards Simon s.j.baddeley@bham.ac.uk

[nursiebernard]

I have just stumbled across this thread - remembering watching Jack Hargreaves as a child all those years ago, has really cheered me up. Thanks

Kate

[nightshade]

I think he should be compulsary reading for any wildlife studies just to give a feel of "the old country"

[RobinJohn]

Originally Posted by sibadd

Excuse a very belated addition to this thread. I've only just registered here. I'm Jack Hargreaves stepson, growing up with him and my mother between 1948-1962. I'm posting some of his episodes from Old Country that have been sent me by viewers who recorded them off air, on YouTube and Vimeo. Unlike the commercial DVD series which were never broadcast whole, though using superb location film by JH's long term cameraman Stan Bréhaut, these Old Country sequences were, with Steve Wagstaff on camera.

http://www.youtube.com/my_videos?sq=Hargreaves

Jack Hargreaves on Vimeo

With help from an informal group of friends, some known only via the web, I am trying to get more of my stepfather's material into the public domain. Kindest regards Simon s.j.baddeley@bham.ac.uk

I've just stumbled across this site and I am so pleased to find so many people who remember Jack. As a boy I would sit enthralled as he recounted tales and entranced me with his voice. I just wish I could have met him.

Thank you for posting the lost episodes.

Regards

R.