Ahh, JH, his explination of how a fly rod works turned me on to fly fishing and away from drowning worms. I recently bought my nephew his first fly rod and used the same explination, a bit of wool tied to the top of a pencil henl flat against the table top.
never mind Ray Mears, who remembers Jack Hargreaves?
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i used to love his show,i once saw the two heavy horses from the title screen at a summer show,shame so many of the episodes were lost,i loved his shed,full of allsorts!and thats what inspired my hunting/countryside forum!
http://jacksshed.myfreeforum.org/index.php
Over the past week I have watched the box series that is volume 1 - 9 and can re-affirm that anyone with an interest in bushcraft would enjoy watching JH 
Got to admit that Jack Hargreaves was a great favourite of mine to watch. The fact that he inspired a young townie teenager to eagerly watch programmes about the countryside spoke volumes of his presenting skills.
This thread has made me want to get the Out of Town DVDs to reacquaint myself with one of my favourite programmes from my youth. Another thing to add to my wish list now
This thread has made me want to get the Out of Town DVDs to reacquaint myself with one of my favourite programmes from my youth. Another thing to add to my wish list now
I remember Jack Hargeaves. From a time when TV actually showed you how to do things.
Now all you get is 60 different camera angles a minute, confusion and vertigo from trying
to see what on earth is going on.
Now all you get is 60 different camera angles a minute, confusion and vertigo from trying
to see what on earth is going on.
Over the past week I have watched the box series that is volume 1 - 9 and can re-affirm that anyone with an interest in bushcraft would enjoy watching JH
Yes I got that set a while back, my 2 favorite episode's are the skep maker and the rake maker. A mate of mine up the road got the set as well. I enjoy watching, but sometimes I have such a tremendous sense of sadness and loss that most of the traditional rural ways of life have ceased, its become a hobby, like Jack says, when something becomes disused the middle classes make it into a hobby
Nevermind Ray, Bear, Jack, Eddie, anyone remember Tom Weir?
Old Tom died not long ago and he was a firm favourite among Scottish folk like myself!
Old Tom died not long ago and he was a firm favourite among Scottish folk like myself!
Nevermind Ray, Bear, Jack, Eddie, anyone remember Tom Weir?
Old Tom died not long ago and he was a firm favourite among Scottish folk like myself!
Tom Weir? tell us more
R.B.
Nevermind Ray, Bear, Jack, Eddie, anyone remember Tom Weir?
Old Tom died not long ago and he was a firm favourite among Scottish folk like myself!
Ahh Uncle Tom
http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/scotgaz/people/famousfirst892.html
He was truly a great man and very sadly missed. I guess most southerners would never have heard of him but he was one of Scotlands finest and he celebrated our landscape and people who worked within it as well as it's socio economic and cultural history. His series on the tv "Weirs Way" is an absolute work of art, recording people, wildlife, oral traditions and most of all landscapes.
A humbler man you'll never meet.
He was truly a great man and very sadly missed. I guess most southerners would never have heard of him but he was one of Scotlands finest and he celebrated our landscape and people who worked within it as well as it's socio economic and cultural history. His series on the tv "Weirs Way" is an absolute work of art, recording people, wildlife, oral traditions and most of all landscapes.
A humbler man you'll never meet.
http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/scotgaz/people/famousfirst892.html
He was truly a great man and very sadly missed. I guess most southerners would never have heard of him but he was one of Scotlands finest and he celebrated our landscape and people who worked within it as well as it's socio economic and cultural history. His series on the tv "Weirs Way" is an absolute work of art, recording people, wildlife, oral traditions and most of all landscapes.
A humbler man you'll never meet.
Sounds brilliant, so are there any copies of his programs available anywhere?
R.B.
Oohh!......must resist.....Canoe rack fee's to find.....
seriously though; not really expensive, Thanks for that Matt.
EDIT/Update: I've just been checking on youtube and there are a few decent clips of Weirs Way on there, I remember the programs from my youth now I've seen Tom "in the flesh" so to speak. I don't recall the series as such but Tyne Tees Television must have have screened a few episodes at some time because I have definitely seen Tom on TV before. Really very interesting stuff.
R.B.
I have two book by J.H. ones colled The Old Country, the other is Out of Town, both are based on the tv programs and are a b****y good read.
:why: Probably seen them two or three times over but still couldn't resist. Roll on a rainy day.
I not only remember the man, I remember running home at lunchtimes to catch the show on Anglia TV and then being late getting back to school. JH always reminded me of my Grandad, a wispy haired pipe smoking custodian of the weird, fanciful and forgotten tools of our agricultural past. JH was far more talkative however.
I cant remember "Out of Town" I must have been in the Army in Germany at the time it was broadcast.I must see if I can get to see these DVDs.
I remember Jack on "How" in the '70's and unless this thing I "laughingly" call my memory is playing tricks. He once pulled out a bayonet and said "I had this through two World Wars.Anyone else remember this?
Oggie.
I remember Jack on "How" in the '70's and unless this thing I "laughingly" call my memory is playing tricks. He once pulled out a bayonet and said "I had this through two World Wars.Anyone else remember this?
Oggie.