These could Kill New Forest Ponies - The Farming Chronicles

[@rustybits5342]

that was great , nice little bit of yesteryear

[@ianjones7394]

A well told piece of rural history. It's a rare to find pigs outdoors these days so great to them roaming freely.

[@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker]

Thank you Ian. Andrew has many more memories to relate in further episodes.

[@cameroneadie6175]

Wonderful video. Thanks.

[@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker]

I am so pleased you enjoyed it Cameron

[@steveosborne2297]

God this takes me back a few years well okay about 50 . Every now and then I was lucky enough to be able to show some pigs , them big old sows they could be buggers and bloody smart .

[@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker]

Did you have a stick and a board when showing them to keep them on the straight and narrow?

[@jackhargreaves1911]

Agreed. Very clever and cunning animals. They miss nothing. I soon learned (the hard way) that all their eyes were on me whenever I opened or closed anything…

[@stephenpoessl5464]

Brilliant I worked on a farm when I was a young lad and we had sows and a boar out in a bit of woodland all year except when the sows where due to farrow then I brought them in.

[@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker]

Thank you so much Stephen for you kind words.Andrew and I intend doing lots more similar videos about the New Forest.

[@jackhargreaves1911]

What an incredibly different (and happy) life your pigs had from the vast majority these days, who never see the outside world.

[@bbcit6899]

Lovely work

[@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker]

Thank you

[@simoncowles2426]

Very enjoyable. I look forward to future episodes

[@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker]

Thank you Simon I am shooting the next at the end of the week so should be out soon.

[@jeffhubbard5660]

Another lovely piece, Cheers as usual Dave........

[@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker]

Thank you Jeff I am so pleased you enjoyed the programme.

[@JimNicholls]

A great video. I'll be looking forward to seeing more in the series. Thank you!

[@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker]

Thank you Jim. There are a lot more in idea form which we will be making soon.

[@restingpilgrim3384]

Great watch for an autumn afternoon Dave, I look forward to more

[@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker]

Thank you I am so pleased you enjoyed it. I have many more planned.

[@daleskidmore1685]

Nicely told story of New Forest life. The interconnectedness has worked for ever and each animal lives well because of the other animals doing their bit. Good to see the tradition kept up and drivers' attitude to the animals too.

[@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker]

Thank you Dale there are more to follow.

[@markbumford8076]

Such a wholesome little film a pure joy to watch. Many thanks for sharing

[@classicraceruk1337]

What a wonderful tale, well told. Cheers

[@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker]

Thank you. Andrew has plenty more which I will be filming over the next months so please keep an eye out.

[@classicraceruk1337]

@@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker I will Dave, the New Forest has some interesting characters working and living in it.

[@michealgillman7418]

Very interesting, these must taste wonderful after all those acorns and being in the wild. Thanks for sharing 👍

[@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker]

I can vouch for pannage pork and especially belly pork cooked slowly with lovely crispy crackling.

[@michealgillman7418]

@@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker ooh, that sounds delicious David. Love watching all you old country series. Jack Hargreaves was a lovely man and from a lad who grew up in South London in the 60's, really enspired me to fish, walk and ultimately get out of London. Thank you! Regards Mick

[@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker]

@@michealgillman7418 It is amazing.

[@mermeridian2041]

Very interesting - love hearing about how things used to be and about things I never knew about in the first place. Thank you!

[@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker]

I am so pleased you enjoyed the video there will be more.

[@mermeridian2041]

@@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker Very glad to hear it! You provide not only quality content, but it's interesting, informative, and evocative. Great job!

[@bardot777]

Smashing stuff. Hope for much more to come.

[@nr6366]

I really enjoyed that. Piggy Pannage Forever!!!

[@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker]

Thank you . There will be more from Andrew we are shooting the second one the end of this week.

[@DougieL]

Fantasic, very interesting and insightful. Congrats Dave!!

[@smoath]

Fantastic content, thank you.

[@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker]

Thank you so much for watching.

[@richardfryer1279]

Well done

[@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker]

Thank you Richard

[@richardfryer1279]

@@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker your welcome dave thank you very much for the films you do for us I find them very interesting.

[@TerryC69]

Hi Dave! Andrew has a talent for presenting. I hope to see more from him. Cheers!

[@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker]

Yes Terry you are right. I have know Andrew for some time and intended to make a programme with him and this has gone down so well I will be making a lot more. In fact I am due to film the next one on Friday.

[@TerryC69]

@@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker Brilliant!

[@TonyCarnell]

Fascinating, absolutely fascinating. Many thanks for sharing

[@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker]

I am so please you enjoyed the programme Tony.

[@simonupex2628]

Dave that was great, Andrew is a natural in front of the camera definitely echoes of Jack in the narration and the content, more please 👏👏

[@davidberlanny3308]

Great start to this series!! I didn't know about pannage but I can remember visiting my sister, when she lived near Ringwood, and seeing a group of pigs coming out of the farm yard and heading off down the lane, this would have been August, sticks in my mind though!! Looking forward to the next episode!! Good luck from Spain!!

[@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker]

Thank you David for your encouraging comment. It was the first time Andrew had ever done anything like this and it was all from his memory no script or notes so I am very impressed with him and think we can do some great programmes in the future.

[@davidberlanny3308]

@@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker Totally agree, he looks a natural👌👌

[@margaretberlanny5353]

Fond memories David, I think we were down near The Royal Oak

[@davidberlanny3308]

@@margaretberlanny5353 Yes that rings a bell!!

[@jackhargreaves1911]

What a wonderful short film. Thank you Dave. I am busy sharing with friends and family. (ps sending the disgruntled garden owner part of the body of the miscreant was rough justice indeed!).

[@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker]

Thank you.

[@EnglishCountryLife]

Well that was worth waiting for 👍. With Andrew in front of the camera and you behind, this should be a cracking series Dave. Well done to you both!

[@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker]

Thank you Hugh. I just love working with Andrew he is so much a natural in front of the camera he makes my life easy.

[@terrystokes7047]

Very enjoyable insight into life in the New Forest.

[@simongoddard8490]

Great film Dave. If the acorn crop is anything like the one we have here in South Dorset the pigs will have rich pickings this year.

[@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker]

Yes the commoners were worried this year because of the number of acorns and tried to get the dates brought forward.

[@jackhargreaves1911]

Same here in the West Midlands. It’s like a skating rink. Sad to hear they are so poisonous to cows and horses (as the most common type is to humans).

[@orionsbelt4228]

Thank you I really appreciate this type of content! Very wholesome and educational. Hello from Plymouth Devon

[@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker]

Hello Plymouth thank you so much for watching and I am so glad you enjoyed it.

[@the-nomad]

I remember watching an episode of Out of Town with Jack and he talked about panage and said he'd explain how they got the pigs back, but never did....so,they are just the same as the goats and come home in the evening....now I know 🙂

[@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker]

Yes I know the programme you mean. It started with the sow called Slut I think.

[@jackhargreaves1911]

Or not…

[@foggy460]

I remember the days of cleaning your plate into the food bin at school.

[@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker]

Was the bin quite full?

[@foggy460]

@@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker Not really, because in the 70s the food was pretty good, but I would say half full.

[@jackhargreaves1911]

Sadly, despite the link remaining unproven, the foot and mouth outbreak of 2001 led to the practice being banned across the EU from 2002. When I was at the environment agency, I found little support for the measure (but also an unwillingness to put heads above parapets, for political reasons).

[@roseybut]

Wonderful! thank you so much Dave. Could Mr Parry-Norton be the new Jack Hargreaves? Really looking forward to enjoying more.

[@jackhargreaves1911]

I thought exactly the same

[@jeffreytofield9764]

I rember it well we used to collect from Walls ice cream the pigs loved the reject ice cream

[@nigeljohnson505]

I enjoyed that.

[@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker]

Thank you Nigel.

[@Retired-Tom]

Interesting, similar vien to the Jack Hargreaves on pannage, would have liked to see a little more of the pigs though

[@hampshireoak]

Pigs are very particular about some foods, for example our pigs would always leave parsnips.

[@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker]

I didn't know that I thought they would eat anything but then maybe I have been watching too many murder dramas on TV.

[@andrewsock1608]

Maybe the parsnips were grown in toxic soil ? But I always leave the parsnips too😉

[@jackhargreaves1911]

Snap! The only food in the entire world that I do not like is parsnips. I will eat anything. A BushTucker challenge would be a feast for me. Ant and Dec would have to stop me having seconds and taking home a doggy bag (literally?). As long as there were no parsnips….

[@lizmacrae4970]

Lovely….

[@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker]

Thank you Liz.

[@chasm3607]

I knew pigs would eat just about anything, but school dinners!

[@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker]

Yep you are right there Chas. I always managed to avoid them although I can still remember the smell in the playground around lunchtime.

[@fisherman5517]

its a very good year for nuts and acorns this year 2022 ,plenty of wild tasty food to forage and knocks the spots of modern rubbish.

[@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker]

You are right there but unfortunately not so good fopr the ponies and cattle that seem to love the acorns.

[@dennisclapp7527]

Thanks Dave

[@pauldavies5655]

that was facinating ! truly.

[@nigelh3253]

A very interesting story. I knew about some of this, the way pigs were fed. But what happens nowadays? Are pigs fed some controlled pig food. I think feeding waste human food was banned a while back (by the EU?)

[@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker]

Yes it is banned due to the risk of spreading diseases Nigel.

[@jackhargreaves1911]

Yes, Nigel. Banned across the EU in 2002 after the foot and mouth outbreak in England in 2001. The Guardian makes a strong case for bringing it back, but I doubt it will happen. It’s more political than scientific (and I say that as ex-environment agency where toeing the line of our political masters was as necessary for survival as in Stalinist Russia).

[@fion1flatout]

'forest' means 'a place to forage'... People seem to have forgotten that and assume it means just a large wooded area

[@angr3819]

Thank you

[@sandscratcherbri5574]

told as it was

[@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker]

Yes Andrew has a lovely way of telling about rural life in the New Forest. I am looking forward to making more programmes with him.

[@Whitetigerfyre]

I remember the swill bins at school 😂

[@normanrussell5526]

It is a shame that mass farming has destroyed so many different breeds of pigs, which all have their different personalities, such a shame.

[@fisherman5517]

pork in those days tasted far better than it does in modern times ,so did all other food ,these days food has very little taste .

[@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker]

You want to taste pannage pork it is so good compared to the pork we get from the supermarkets.

[@fisherman5517]

modern life sucks unlike the old days.

[@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker]

If you were to spend a day with Andrew on his New Forest farm you would realise not all is bad.