Englands Rural History - Long Net and Farm Sale

In Jack Hargreaves Rural History of England Jack for the first time finds a way to show you how he caught rabbits with his father around 100 years ago and in Part Two visits a farm sale and explains what some of the things he found there were.
This programme is worth watching..
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[@Thelostgoldhunters]

Breaks my heart to see what we have lost in the name of "progress".........

[@stickemuppunkitsthefunlovi4733]

The old tool is called a reed axe. You use it f9r cutting reeds my old grandpa used to have one to cut the reeds with

[@stephenrice4554]

The more Jack Hargreaves the better . Watching his programs stood me in good stead many times as life unravelled

[@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker]

Stephen there are more to come at 18:00 on the first Sunday of each month so get your cuppa ready.

[@MegaPhilmurray]

​@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker I know where I will be every Sunday evening then, thank you!

[@peterwilson5528]

No politics, No religion, no race creed, or colour. Just an old guy talking about ordinary history, customs, people, places, and nature. Used to watch it with my dad. We used to fish a lot and go from Kent to Sussex. My uncle stan told me during the war and a bit after they used to use gas pipes with a gas tap as a trigger put metal shot wrapped in some cloth to seal the smaller pipe into a barrel as an air weapon they drilled out the end and put a rugby ball valve in the bigger air chamber pipe. Grandfather died at the end of the war my dad's older brothers were out to keep the family going with Rabbits. I guess Out of Town and all the stories helped me to look for wild places and adventure. Now I am 66 tomorrow and thousands of miles away from Kent in a foreign land. “We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.” Oscar Wilde :)

[@stephenrice4554]

@@peterwilson5528 Oscar Wilde said a mouthful there . These programmes kept me going , put food on the table , well the pan , and helped me to see the country

[@peterwilson5528]

@@stephenrice4554 I loved them too. My dad was evacuated to a farm in Devon. He was one of the lucky ones. He had a lovely couple who loved him like a son. In the 1970s my dad went to visit one of his brothers in Devon and on the way back to Kent we were by that farm and dad said let's go and see the farm. The farmer and his wife were still there and they recognized Dad after all those years. It was very moving the whole thing. I remember it well. My dad is the greatest he is 89 now and still going strong a bit forgetful. He just came back from a couple of weeks in Spain with my family. :)

[@chrishay8950]

I remember watching when I was a youngster. I still love watching.

[@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker]

Chris I am so pleased you are still enjoying Jack.

[@petrichor649]

Aussi

[@jonnosmadworld8275]

I remember watching Jack as a child, in my fifties now and still love to hear him talk.

[@TS-1267]

.... To be Back In The Mid Seventies... James Hunt.. My Red Raleigh Grifter. Tonka Truck's and My Best friend's Sister... Who is now Called Leonard.... Long Hot School Summer Holidays 23:45

[@Yorkshiremadmick]

I’m the same but 67 ❤

[@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker]

I am so pleased you are enjoying the programmes I made with Jack back 40 years ago. There are many more to come evry first Sunday of the month at 18:00.

[@matthew-gn4qd]

yes, these are great I love watching them as its old stuff. he is very knowledgeable. i wonder if he found out what the skimmer thing is and if there's another film showing what it is.

[@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker]

@@matthew-gn4qd Not as far as I know and unfortunately there is no way of now telling.

[@nigelbeaumont1109]

I’m Happily depressed now. That wonderful Film took me back to a way better time on Earth. Thank you for posting it.

[@martynhall3293]

I remember watching out of town at my grandparents when I was young. Much better world in those days

[@SafetyProMalta]

From "How" to Old Country. 50 years of watching him ❤

[@tinkytinca]

"Out of Town"?

[@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker]

That's right. When I made Old Country with him he was in his 70's.

[@athewake]

@@tinkytinca It was always out of town in my day, Friday just after tea time on southern television.....

[@mccallan2798]

What an absolute joy to watch. ½ an hour of this must be the best therapy available to mankind. Many thanks. I feel much better now.

[@paulwalker1793]

Men like jack Hargreaves. And Fred dibnah. I could listen to for hours ..both great story teller's.

[@justinholifield7708]

Great brings back the times when he was on TV and sat watching him , thank you for posting them .

[@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker]

Justing so glad you enjoyed it

[@alanprior7650]

Jack Hargreaves memories from a great British (or certainly English) past from about now a hundred years ago,priceless. Days we will never see again.😢

[@keithflowers5229]

I believe that the tool Jack showed us, is used in the brewing and fermenting process. To remove the top layer of yeast off the top of the brewers mash.

[@malcolmhill691]

Thank you once again for such a fine piece of broadcasting. Charming and poignant, Sundays are enhanced by Mr. Hargreaves and your fine, selfless work.

[@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker]

Malcolm thank you I am so pleased you enjoyed the programme I made with Jack.

[@bengunns9500]

I used to watch Jack on a Program called 'How' when i was at School, 67 now , he was with Fred Dineage and Marian Davies. Used to be about how things were done, hence the name.

[@mikerandall7571]

A lovely trip down memory lane. I remember so well watching black and white TV in the '60s jack fishing for dace. I'm a lifelong angler and this man captures the real spirit of the countryside as it was.

[@tjm00000]

He was my dad's hero. On Sundays after riding our New Forest pony and eating Sunday lunch, we used to gather around the only television in the house and watch this programme. I always loved the music it was so relaxing. On one of our many trips to the New Forest in my dad's native Hampshire (our idea of Heaven on earth) I remember I bought him a couple of Jack Hargreaves's books as a birthday present. I remember being fascinated by his programmes about fly fishing and how he used to make the flies which my dad used to do as well.

[@3riverspiper1792]

Dave, once again I so enjoyed watching your production with Jack, a great opportunity to sit down with my pipe and a cup of tea, and transport myself into the moment...these glimpses of our past years so lighten my heart to experience again of what you captured, escapism personified. Thank you, Keep Well, Steve.

[@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker]

Thank you Steve. There are many more to come so fill your pipe and get the brew on eavery first Sunday of each month at 18:00

[@3riverspiper1792]

@@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker Deep Joy ! dates already registered . 👍👍

[@andydavidson]

Had to Google the previous owner of Jacks golf bag and this is what came up....Maj. A. J. HANNAH, O.B.E. (36799), having exceeded the age limit of liability to recall, relinquishes his commn., 24th May .1945, and is granted the hon rank of Lt.-Col. I'd like to think the good colonel enjoyed his retirement playing a round or two at the Ferndown Golf Club before Jack acquired his bag.

[@zen4men]

Served in Indian Army. issue/33029/page/1779 Couple of other mentions - none with unit. /

[@RoyMeadway-ld9zp]

Just imagine going back to those times, and look at our country now. It's worth being old now to have been young then.

[@pauldurkee4764]

How those long netters managed that job without being detected by all those eyes and ears. There is an art to moving quietly, if you get a chance to watch people enjoying the countryside today, they find it very difficult to move quietly. I hope jack got to find out what that implement was, if he had made the programme 20 years earlier it probably would have been quickly identified, what a wonderful episode.👍

[@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker]

Paul not sure if he did and now we will never know.

[@yusufalfyfer9415]

Flash backs to my childhood on the farm awesome times

[@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker]

Thank you I am so pleased you enjoyed the programme I made with Jack.

[@thebagfather4633]

i might have said this before but this is tv when tv was worth watching unlike todays rubbish

[@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker]

Thank you.

[@feenix8461]

Out Of Town used to be nostalgic back in the 80s, in these crazy times it's now essential viewing.

[@geraldfunnell7932]

Thank you for saving these programs, 👏🏻

[@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker]

My pleasure! I am so pleased so many are enjoying them Gerald.

[@martinfortune9988]

Didn’t know him but miss him , weird

[@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker]

Marting that's not weird as Jack was there in so many rooms just chatting to you about his life.

[@AquaFonic]

Gosh 1924 oil lamps my gran had the blue Bristol glass ones too I’ve got 2 here love mine

[@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker]

Jack would be envious of you.

[@liammeehan8264]

fantastic. Keep them coming.... please

[@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker]

Liam will do so get that cuppa ready at 18:00 on the first Sunday of each month.

[@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker]

Thanks, will do!

[@troyvanquish8418]

Thank you for the memories of a better time

[@peterrayner3707]

It's very tough times. Life was bloody hard. Love to hear. So glad we aren't forced to live then.

[@rossmcleod7983]

A line from All Creatures Great and Small, first episode, where James is rattling along in a bus and waxes lyrical to a passenger about the passing of the draught horse. The old passenger looks at him and wryly remarks “ have you done much ploughing ?”

[@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker]

My pleasure.

[@theofarmmanager267]

It was very different times. As children, we had none of the electronics that they have today and spent our time outside making things (including occasionally trouble). According to my memory, it rarely rained. Just shows the way our memories only recall the good parts.

[@andypsunshineisle5655]

Always a pleasure to hear Jacks unmistakeable voice. Friday evening growing up with "Out of Town" mainly showing life in the New Forest. Just a fascinating mish mash of what people got up too to get by. It has become a valuable archive for future generations to see times past. He had just the right tone and never spoke down to his audience. I do remember him expressing his dislike for white caravans as Sugar Cubes scattered in the countryside. He was involved with a company that made green fibreglass ones at one time.

[@jaynecotton1014]

I remember as recently as the 1970,s we still used a chaff cutter on the farm where I kept my horses to chop up hay to mix in horses feed. It was a big old cast iron thing , and you had to turn the handle , a bit t like an old clothes mangle and feed the hay into it. You had to watch your fingers !!!! I expect it would be worth something to a collector now. You can buy chaff cutters now but they are electric or petrol powered. Thanks for the memory this brought to me.

[@rayjohnson6650]

Oh what a joy to watch Jack Hargreaves once again. I loved the program so much when I was a little boy aged about 7 or 8 years and that was nearly 70 years ago. Thank you so much for that pleasure once again.

[@marymongan6360]

What a wealth of knowledge from jack Very cleaver dude growing up in the hard times and did very well for his family,, God bless you jack you old legend,,,

[@hermannwissemberg9192]

Hi Dave & Folks, The tool presented in the second part resembles a Japanese sickle.This extra-long wooden handled, hand-held sickle with a rough-hewn blade makes quick work of the chore.But I think at the time, Jack must have had the answer to his question...I'm French and I discovered your channel at the beginning of the year, and with each new episode, it's a real pleasure to hear Jack and the ease with which he talked about life...

[@Gazzacave]

Childhood memories of sitting in front of the TV to watch, I learnt so much. Now living overseas these have become a must watch.

[@jedtattum9996]

wonderful stuff

[@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker]

Thank you.

[@rfburns5444]

Thank you for posting these videos,I didn't catch them first time around

[@richardeljay]

Wonderful.. brought back very clear memories of the sale of the farm I lived on nr Devizes, Wiltshire in about 1972 after the owner died.

[@peterleecatchpole]

i love to watch jack im 70 years old and still enjoy every episode i saw a young child hes so knowledgable on all aspects of the rural ways

[@goddam9925]

Wow just Wow !!

[@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker]

Thank you I am so pleased you enjoyed the programme I made with Jack.

[@ashleysaunders9947]

I had a 100 yard long net, worked it alone, no one else was interested. Lived on the edge of a town, in Nottingham. Great memories of dark nights, picking my wits against nature.😊

[@Andy_Holbrook332]

A popular comment here - thanks so much Dave for remastering these and putting them on KZbin. I am of a vintage that can remember watching Jack on How. It’s lovely to watch these films. Thanks again!

[@arthurmccarron4379]

Love his. Look. And accent. Thanks

[@geraldtir]

Thank you so much for putting this up, long lost English history, love it!

[@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@michaeltreadwell777]

Please keep these videos coming - I'm almost 70 and still learn something from Jack with each new video. Thanks for sharing him with us. Take care 🙂

[@baronoflivonia.3512]

Such a Treat to have a Jack Hargreaves video show up. Thank You.

[@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker]

Thank you. There are many more to come evry first Sunday of the month at 18:00

[@jamesmason8944]

What a lovely little pony in the opening shot.

[@ppggcc7]

Thank you still really enjoy hearing about Jack's life hard happy days

[@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker]

Glad you enjoy it!

[@General813]

Very nice series, I really enjoy these old nostalgic films with Jack Hargreaves. Those were much nicer times than today... everything was slower and friendlier... Thank you very much for uploading🙂👍

[@mitmamitmus4113]

Brilliant ,Jack was my boyhood hero and still is

[@Desertfox170]

Had some great times ferriting long netting at night great fun

[@TS-1267]

... Just Searched Out A Women's Chainmaker Documentary and There are a Few to Choose from... Señor Hargreaves is Always a Good Solid Watch...🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@susangemmell9401]

The best way I know to chill out is to watch these wonderful films.

[@robstirling3173]

Thanks again Dave, for the nostalgia.

[@philipstrachan6212]

Thanks for posting.

[@shirleydrury5565]

Thank you so much David for this up load .so much enjoyed . Hope there’s more to come! Regards ❤😊

[@nigelbarrett3602]

Excellent as always and a joy to watch Jack hargreaves always interesting. Thanks for sharing Dave

[@deerohdeer8000]

Just magical as always!!! So glad you’re posting these wonderful series from Jack !! He would be proud !! Cheers from craig 👍

[@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker]

Thanks Craig. Must have that chat soon.

[@frankflegg8968]

What a great video. Thank you so much.

[@markrhodes5474]

Jack was an expert countryman I wish we could have these times back thank for showing this Dave

[@marciabaldwin2506]

Thank you, Dave. so wonderful to see Jack again, always fascinating loved watching out of town on TV as a child ❤

[@danjames5552]

I remember watching this when i was young with my dad , such a nice slow pace that you dont get no more , great program 👍.

[@JimNicholls]

Fascinating as always, Dave. Many thanks!

[@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker]

My pleasure as usual Jim.

[@dogpaw775]

you can't leave us hanging like that, what is that implement for, skimming curds from whey?.

[@alangknowles]

As good a guess as any.

[@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker]

I am not sure what it is or if Jack ever found out but one viewer @hermannwissemberg9192 says it resembles a Japanese sickle.

[@davidfarley1913]

Brilliant Dave, thank you

[@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker]

Thank you David.

[@tonyfranks9551]

Fascinating stuff....many thanks.

[@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker]

Glad you enjoyed it Tony.

[@terrystokes7047]

Lovely just Lovely; and very interesting; thanks for sharing again.

[@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker]

My pleasure I am so glad you enjoyed it

[@PeteLewisWoodwork]

Another endearing episode from my childhood/youth. I loved this series - and still do...!

[@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker]

I am so pleased you are enjoying the programmes I made with Jack back 40 years ago. There are many more to come evry first Sunday of the month at 18:00.

[@BerlietGBC]

Wonderful, I had this explained to me by a old Romany friend but have never had the chance to put it into action, wonderful to have a refresher course

[@keithadams1538]

Another excellent life lesson

[@turbosnail159]

Thanks for the education Jack 🙏

[@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker]

Thank you I am so pleased you enjoyed the programme I made with Jack.

[@chrissmith6724]

One of the best country men ever

[@stephenreynolds4812]

Brilliant as always.

[@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker]

Thank you Stephen.

[@Keith_Lard]

Brilliant presenter

[@jillatherton4660]

Happy Days.

[@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker]

Thank you I am so pleased you enjoyed the programme I made with Jack.

[@bruceedgecomb8722]

love this program

[@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker]

Thank you. There are many more to come evry first Sunday of the month at 18:00.

[@jerribee1]

Jack Hargreaves has a very interesting Wikipedia entry; not at all what one might expect, and well worth a look at.

[@johnconnell-yq9jm]

Love his programs

[@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker]

Thank you John.

[@petrichor649]

I remember watching an old neighbour in Lincolnshire netting over a big Warren and releasing two Ferrets, caught quite a few and he taught me to cure the pelts.

[@spannishchicken6997]

nice dave , great content fella , yer a star ,cheers

[@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker]

Thank you glad you enjoyed it.

[@richardtaylor3086]

When time was great👍

[@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker]

Thank you Richard.

[@tonynapoli5549]

Great video seen loads of times 👍

[@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker]

Glad you enjoyed it Tony.

[@TS-1267]

... These are Jolly Good Indeed. Señor Hargreaves Is A Solid Legend in my 'Yard'... 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 ✌️🌄🌄🌄

[@niklar55]

I can remember the old horse drawn seed sowers, from my childhood. .

[@redjacc7581]

brilliant stuff.

[@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker]

Thank you.

[@shirleydrury5565]

Jacks a legend ❤😊❤😊

[@moochersways8595]

I actually have a couple of videos of longnetting at night....including catching them......exactly how jack explained except we are using the modern longnets, its still a great way of catching rabbits discreetly

[@danielmoran9902]

Good old Jack. A countryman from north London who made TV shows about the countryside. Im not taken in.

[@confusedbadger6275]

Now being repeated on British TV, Talking Pictures, channel 82 on freeview iirc

[@jimwulstan8592]

Growing up on a farm in 50/60’s I remember all of these things and the people who operated them.

[@richdorset]

Out of Town is on Talking Pictures TV

[@dobythedog]

There's a figure behind Jack on the shelf in the opening moments which looks like a mini-figure of Delboy! (I know it isn't- a bit of an optical illusion, but once you see it, it's Delboy with his gold chain, sheepskin, red jumper and flat cap)! (Or maybe it's just me).

[@malcolmpettett5957]

We use a long net when ferreting. Nowadays, the farmers run the flail along to give a clean run for the net, again nice video thanks for sharing

[@Coxeysbodgering]

Do you use a drop net aswell? Growing up we used long nets with ferrets like you said but a drop net at night, install it in the afternoon/ evening then once it's dark and the rabbits were out feeding, pull the pin, the net billows to the ground then we would quarter the rabbits up

[@malcolmpettett5957]

We have done in the past, but pins and pulling them had to be so spot on mistakes were made rabbits were lost, to be honest we see more hares than rabbits these days

[@dobythedog]

Watching these is like a nice sedation, remembering a time when everything wsn't driven by corporations and instant gratification of the Amazon/internet world. They should prescribe Old Country & Out of town on the NHS for stress reduction.

[@Blur_Blade]

I remember watching an episode of Old Country I think, where it had Jack showing us around some of the old Squires' Manor Houses of Dorset, but I can't find the video. I was pretty sure it was on this channel - do you still have it? I've noticed recent uploads so I wondered if you are just re-uploading some of the older content and it'll be back soon?

[@BeFree-BeFrugal]

I used to watch him when I was growing up, I remember him showing us his leather boots he’d had for years

[@geoffrowlands3137]

Hi Dave, thanks for this and all the other videos, out of interest whose idea was it to introduce the skittles practice at the end of each episode?

[@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker]

Jacks as he does the programme on skittles which will be back up sometime in the future.

[@geoffrowlands3137]

Thanks Dave.

[@TerryC69]

Hi Dave! I always feel just a bit less ignorant after listening to Jack for a few minutes.

[@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker]

Thank you Terry. There os always something new to learn from Jack even after 40 years. There are many more to come evry first Sunday of the month at 18:00

[@gooderspitman8052]

Those old hemp nets were very heavy, even heavier when they are wet, I know this because I have knitted one and used it, but where I live there’s not many rabbits about now as there once was. A net to set one hundred yards, is knitted one hundred and fifty yards long, the extra fifty yards is the kill.

[@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker]

Wow that sounds like quite a task.

[@FranssensM]

Brilliant. These lost skills. Bet you could count on one hand the people still catching rabbits with a large net today.