Balcombe In August

The second part of the TVS Country Ways programme talking to retired gamekeeper Jack Lewis at Balcombe in Sussex.

[@natureisallpowerful]

Good old England,it makes me sad to know that these days are long gone..

[@js2749]

I live in it. It’s still here. Don’t worry

[@paulchapman5865]

We need much more of this it was excellent thankyou very much

[@Timberwulf2]

Takes me back to my childhood days ..Open Fields ..stone walls..Hawthorn hedges for fences..Laying in the Wheat field looking up watching a Airplane go over...didn't see many back then...Wondering where they were going to...and would I ever go in one..but Country life was amazing...Following animal tacks on the snow...

[@ajadrew]

Born in 58 so this all makes sense, good days.

[@davidkearney7142]

Thoroughly enjoyed watching the old country ways

[@jimmyh8090]

Thanks for the wonderful video

[@chickenbento]

Splendid stuff. Thank you for taking the time to upload and share.

[@eointrsg]

Very good.

[@bigears4014]

The English country side is definitely beautiful

[@Stevies_Precog_Gym_n_Spa420]

These days you can't even say you're British or they'll put you in jail!

[@glynwelshkarelian3489]

These days you can't read any KZbin comment section without some totally out of context moaning about how bad things are.

[@Stevies_Precog_Gym_n_Spa420]

@@glynwelshkarelian3489 it was a joke Joyce. I was poking fun at the idiots

[@janesmith9024]

I would says this was made at a guess in about 1984. Lovely to see. Times don't change. I an in SE England too and I like the 80 year old go out into the garden and work there and nothing cheers you more than being in nature. I have given up fighting grey squirrels however as there are vast numbers and every year they eat or destroy 100% of the plums

[@shirleydrury5565]

Happier times and a better pace of life😊 so sadly mist . People had time and respect for each other.😊❤😊thank you for these uploads❤😊R.I.Ps jack❤❤

[@al0zzz]

That timber tractor at 19.16 is a ex forestry commission highland bear county tractors made them a real gem from the past

[@willdatsun]

Sadly owners of Balcombe Estate invited oil drilling / fracking industry onto their estate in 2013, very controversial, huge protests.

[@robertwilson7750]

Wonder what it looks like now

[@neildelaney5199]

How old was the old fellow?, when you think about it probably all of his children could well be gone?, what a lovely film thanks for showing

[@mrwellington102]

I think he was 80 when this was filmed. You could be right about that

[@malcolmthomason7392]

Jack has long gone but sons Jonny and Sandy Lewis his sons still going in Balcombe 2024.

[@martinwarner1178]

Hard to skin, but tastier than rabbit....squirrel. Trapped and eaten quite a few. But beware, may contain nuts! Peace be unto you.

[@petergates8570]

Have you every found a tapeworm cyst on a squirrel when you've skinned one..like a little bag of fluid on any part of the body..found lots on rabbits..not on hares though we'll all the hares I've skinned I've never found one..

[@al0zzz]

What year was this originally filmed ? Mid to late eighties at a guess ?

[@davidhumphries1574]

1985

[@petergates8570]

This a time when season's where season..they say you could hunt rabbit every month with a r init.. so wed start September and finish in march..but now the rabbit seem to breed all round..now you can get weather which resembles every month of the year in month.. now the rabbit is so thin on the ground due to this vh disease..you hardly see a dead one on the road

[@stephenjohnson22]

Well hes not from Sussex

[@benwherlock9869]

Snowdrops in August?!

[@johnread2250]

Listen to the dialogue he was talking about a cold winter and late spring.