Traditional Pig Butchering Methods with Jack Hargreaves

[@England-2023]

Hi Dave Could you please add up a " first aired" date item to the description of each video so we can relate the video to the original time? Thanks

[@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker]

Sorry about that. The programme was recorded on 10-11-1982 and broadcast on Channe 4 in 1983.

[@dougiemcbriar1998]

This is our history & should be taught in schools today. Our heritage. Thank you so much Dave & of course Jack..

[@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker]

Interesting thought Dougie. I am not sure schools would find all Jacks programmes acceptable now. I was going to put up this week rabbiting but need guidance from KZbin (Google) before doing so as it might upset people.

[@dougiemcbriar1998]

@@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker I look forward to it Dave. Your incredible efforts are appreciated by so many.

[@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker]

@@dougiemcbriar1998 Thank you.

[@davidmacgregor5193]

I remember Jack Hargreaves when he used to be one of the four presentewrs of the kids show "How". This is from the days when television programmes were educational as well as entertaining.

[@legitorecords5701]

Great soundtrack too !

[@edwardhudson9851]

@@davidmacgregor5193 the Kids were more intelligent as well with more of a attention span

[@edwardhudson9851]

Sunday afternoons in the early 70's take me back please

[@keytesofessex]

I’ll get on that bus too please

[@atmywitsend1984]

That is the fastest 24 minutes i have experienced in years. I was absolutely, mesmerised watching this. The insane level of skill the butcher had blew my mind. ❤

[@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker]

Yes it was really interesting seeing where those cuts of meat you see in the shops really are on the pig. This has been a very popular programme. Out of Interest what did you enjoy about it?

[@atmywitsend1984]

@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker All of it fascinated me. The fact that even the way the pig is slaughtered to reduce distress and was crucial for certain cuts of the meat,The fact that nothing goes to waste,and that at the age of 56 I am embarrassed to say I hardly knew where any of the cuts came from. This really should be a part of the school curriculum. Algebra was, and for the vast majority of us we never use it in the real world.

[@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker]

@@atmywitsend1984 I was just saying to Jen my wife over lunch about how people don't know where certain cuts of meat are and programmes such as Jacks can educate you in this. Oh and yes I never understood algebra I am afaid.

[@oscars4107]

Boring sorry gone bye

[@zerog5041]

Very interesting, old Jack could make watching paint dry interesting!

[@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker]

Having spent so many hours with him listenening to stories I am sure you are right.

[@zerog5041]

@@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker You very lucky man!

[@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker]

@@zerog5041 Yes it's interesting that I used to watch him when I was a kid and never dreamt that one day I would be editing his programmes and then to go on to produce 60 of his programmes for Channel 4.

[@Mex1c070]

My dad loved this program. We played this theme tune ( Recuerdos de la Alhambra) at his funeral last week.

[@IgnavusOchre]

Deep fried chitlings..nevr mind the excellence of the rest. Thank you again, wonderful to watch.

[@tonynapoli5549]

Good old Jack I’m still watching his videos . Rest In Peace. Thanks for sharing .

[@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker]

My pleasure Tony.

[@ronseymour4976]

My dad was a butcher and I used to help him cut bacon and take the bone out of meat to prepare joints. This video brings back memories.

[@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker]

Thank you for sharing. I am so pleased Jacks programme brought back good memories.

[@DBCooper2]

Skilled folk are a dying breed nowadays. Wonderful nostalgic video 😊

[@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker]

Thank you I am so glad you enjoed Jacks programme.

[@Kandlelite]

Get in ❤️ my favourite episode

[@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker]

I am so pleased you enjoyed the programme.

[@wonkydogleathercraft6698]

Brilliant video. I'm old enough to remember Jack on TV and proper high street butchers!

[@Richard-r1x7d]

✋Howe

[@pingpong5000]

I am lucky enough to have bought these programs on DVD, I consider Jack Hargreaves to be a national historical treasure, even now dead he still entertains and educates us. How!

[@dougiemcbriar1998]

Memory lane watching this wonderful man in all his glory...

[@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker]

Thank you Dougie.

[@jonwilmot5331]

I could listen and learn forever

[@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker]

Thank you Jon.

[@timstradling7764]

This brought back memories of the short time I had working in a slaughter house while working as a delivery HGV driver. The butchers art is endlessly fascinating, though modern sensibilities choose to refrain from thinking where real meat comes from . Thanks Dave.

[@ginojaco]

I'm very pleased to write that my oldest boy - early teens - asked for two pigs for his birthday this year. This film of Jack's & one from Hugh F-W have inspired him to butcher the pair & do the all the necessary (we have butchering kit), the first will go in the next week or two. Fair play, he's done all the work around them - but I paid for the feed... 🤣

[@welshmountaincider4216]

Thanks! Fantastic film, informative and straightfowardly shot to allow the artistry of the butcher and Jack's knowledge shine through.

[@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker]

Thank you I am so pleased you enjoyed Jacks programme.

[@davidroberts1187]

Love this. Can't help but feel we have lost something precious in Britain.

[@granitesevan6243]

As long as we remember the true reason why: late-stage capitalism. Many idiots would try to spin this into some kind of poisonous nostalgia to try and legitimise their bigotry

[@davidroberts1187]

@granitesevan6243 the true reason is a mixture of many factors high immigration being one of them in my opinion, I must be an idiotic bigot by your measurement.

[@davidroberts1187]

@@granitesevan6243 your opinion of the true reason.

[@CelticSaint]

We have lost probably 90%. Modern Britain is a husk of its former self.

[@CelticSaint]

@@granitesevan6243 Oh for goodness sake. Go to many parts of Britain and you would never think that you were actually still in Britain!

[@lorrainemorris527]

Children of today have no idea where their food comes from . I don't know if this will be allowed to be taught school but I think it's a very good idea. Once again thank for showing time's gone by .

[@nigmantheone]

This bloke gave me so much knowledge as a kid, still does as an older kid. Thanks to all

[@dorsetdumpling5387]

Jack was a big part of my childhood. As a country boy, it was so good to have something on TV that related to the things that were important to me. Nowadays the bunnyhuggers would have hysterics and the TV companies would run a mile.

[@alanmorris1831]

I seem to recall a countryman series with Jack Charlton years ago, and one episode in particular where they were netting a rabbit warren. Using ferrets I guess. As the rabbits were caught fom their bolt holes, Jack was despatching them with a quick chop to the back of the neck. The number of fuses that would blow now would cause a power cut.

[@filtonkingswood]

I worked as a butchers boy, after school and Saturday. This film brings back wonderful memories. Christmas week was chaotic but really exciting too. I got well paid and always a joint or some chops to take home on Saturday. Thank you Ken.

[@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker]

My pleasure Ken I am so glad Jacks programme brought back fond memories.

[@peetbothma1500]

Wonderfull to see a master at work. Clean, neat and tidy througout this mesmerizing process👏👍🇿🇦

[@boyakka79]

Brilliant proper old days.

[@DuncanSelvester]

Absolutely loved this film as a happy reminder of my childhood. Jack Hargreaves was a MUST and my Grannies lives. We would watch it as a family and we ‘understood’ the stories that Jack was telling. Brilliant telly. Thanks for posting.

[@yorkshirelad3524]

Always so brilliant fantastic insight to the past

[@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker]

Thank you.

[@tonyhibbert2342]

I watched Jack as a kid in HOW and on his own with my dad .. I miss watching Jack with my dad

[@matthewmcnamee4563]

Same thing

[@matthewmcnamee4563]

Used to watch this and " out of town".

[@jameschippett2177]

Sunday afternoon sitting in the garden after Sunday lunch and now I get to watch a wonderful video. Wonderful

[@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker]

Thank you James. It seems the perfect Sunday.

[@PeteLewisWoodwork]

Another great video for preservation. I once rented a longhouse on a remote farm in West Wales and they reared a few pigs as a hobby (not as part of the farm). I was given a piglet to feed and bring it to the right age and size for butchering. The Farmer's son (a butcher by trade) took the pig away and two or three days later, he brought the pig back, fully butchered and at no cost - there was loads of it...! I was also allowed to go and watch a pig giving birth to a litter of many piglets, at which time she was in a sort of trance sleep (natural). I was told not to enter the pen because if she woke she would try to kill me. He told me that pigs reproduce every three months, three weeks and three days. It was fascinating to learn, just as this video is an eye-opener into real country living in times gone by. I love seeing and learning about this stuff. P.S., I just clicked on your 'Community' tab and found lots of content that I have missed. How do I get to receive those posts please?

[@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker]

Thank you Pete for sharing your memories. As for the community posts I think you should get them if you click on the bell as then you will get notification of all posts.

[@fishwithandy]

Thanks for posting this , Just Awesome , i am a trained Butcher and was taught the only thing not used is the oink

[@51WCDodge]

Iwas told you couldn't use the Squeal. Except of course, squeal and ham pie! (i'll get my coat)

[@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker]

@@51WCDodge Ha! Ha! Was that from Jacks 1,000 Joke Book????

[@51WCDodge]

@@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker Terry 😁Pratchett, Wee Free Men actually.

[@iansouthward7991]

This was magic to watch, I got industrial strength nostalgia... I loved every second of it.

[@Crusty_Camper]

My Dad was just like Jack Hargreaves in many ways, a real countryman. He and I met Jack at a few country shows and similar events back in the 70s and they were on first name terms. I do miss those times, to be honest.

[@DBCooper2]

Imagine living next door to Jack, such an interesting man - I’d never get my lawn cut 😊

[@marklongman3860]

I recall watching these programmes when i was a school boy. Loved them and led me a townie into the country and farming for a while. Thanks for sharing.

[@thecatsarse6542]

My Grandad Frank was a butcher and i as a 7 year old boy used to love to go up to his shop and help him.He even had a set of overalls for me with the white top and the blue and white stripey apron,i adored to put this on!Sometimes i would stop over on a friday night and satarday morning we would drive together to the abattoir to buy some meat. I used to trim the fat off the meat and make beef mince,i just loved to be there with him!He always had a small clock radio wireless playing im guessing radio 4 as it always played the oldies that he loved one being Mantovani and charmaine.I still miss my grandad,its been quite a long time since 1989 but i will always remember him with the greatest fondness in my heart. Im a cook and have been for a long time and i still to this day wear a blue & white stripey apron with the upmost pride in my grandads honour!

[@martinwarner1178]

Good for you, and good for your Grandad Frank..bless him. Peace and goodwill

[@mattrobins2002]

This is fascinating. Bacon and eggs history is amazing

[@micrashed]

Aye aye - kidney onions again... Thank you for posting David.

[@Lousialee-hm3gu]

I've never had them but will look for a recipe.

[@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker]

Indeed. I think Jack relly enjoyed them when his mother made them.

[@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker]

@@Lousialee-hm3gu Not sure if you saw Jack talking about them in the last programme I put up kzbin.info/www/bejne/mXqlqWdqZqpmpqc

[@ICBMPIRATE2]

Fascinating as ever

[@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker]

Thank you. I am glad you enjoyed it. This has been a very popular programme. Out of Interest what did you enjoy about it?

[@ICBMPIRATE2]

@@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker always do, catching up on talking pictures channel too

[@sandscratcherbri5574]

one of my favourite episodes

[@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker]

Thank you. This has been a very popular programme. Out of Interest what did you enjoy about it?

[@MarkPearce-u7m]

Brilliant show. Brilliant memories. We need more folk like Jack. 👍

[@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker]

Unfortunately Jack was really a one off.

[@michealgillman7418]

What an incredible piece of history. Not even that long ago...look at the quality and quantity! Jack was an important part of my youth and got me into fishing...62 now and still love it. Thanks Jack, your a legend for so many!

[@JimNicholls]

Fascinating, Dave! Took me back about 75 years or more to watching our village butcher in Sussex and seeing sausages made the old-fashioned way. Faggots were something we ate fairly regularly, but I didn't know at the time exactly what was in them! Any meat product was welcome, however, to a family in poor circumstances, and particularly during the period of rationing, which went on well after the war ended.

[@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker]

Yes Jim I did not really know about how they were made so I like you learnt something from good old Jack.

[@andwerwalton1275]

Good to see the master butcher at his best. Good old Jack Hargreaves god bless you from the bottom of my heart

[@stephenguppy7882]

Good old Jack. On Talking Pictures TV these days, Sundays at 16:30. Brilliant!

[@General813]

I just ate and now I'm getting hungry again watching the video, great video with Jack Hargreaves👍🏻

[@andywalkerchannel]

Absolutely fascinating. I have seen this programme before and it's lovely to see it again. Thank you so much for sharing it.

[@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker]

Thank you Andy. This has been a very popular programme. Out of Interest what did you enjoy about it?

[@brendangallagher8087]

A remarkable timeless slice of TV. the stuff nobody except Jack ever bothered to tell us townies or even those of us who were too young to remember

[@Wrestoktwella]

God bless jack hargreaves he had a lovely calm quiet way of explaining things to people.. so that you would remember unlike fast talking presenters of today.. I'll continue spreading the word of this channel to All people I know

[@brianwood4483]

Wonderful.

[@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker]

Thank you Brian. This has been a very popular programme. Out of Interest what did you enjoy about it?

[@BeasleyStreet]

Had Jack been a teacher I'm in no doubt he would have inspired every student who would have been lucky enough to have crossed his path...

[@camshaftcasting1451]

@@BeasleyStreet My brain auto-completed your sentence "... to start smoking a pipe". I think I need help.

[@brindle2009]

Proper old time countryways told by an old time country gentleman much loved and missed by us all that can remember this way of life thank you sir for sharing and keeping it alive

[@robleary3353]

What an artisan, the respect shown to the pig by the butcher. Love this progran!.

[@chrisoverman7551]

My first ever job was as a butchers boy, I used to come in after school and the first thing was to dress a dozen chickens, make and Hank sausages then help clean the shop. At Christmas he would have turkeys that would need dressing along with boning out whole gammons.

[@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker]

Sound like fond memories Chris.

[@cynthiaheatly5562]

That is an incredible video and I so enjoyed watching. I lived in a shack on a farm in Mississippi. We would raise a pig to at least 200 pounds and I can remember sitting on top of the pig and scraping the hair off with a well worn butcher knife, after the pig had been singed!! thank you again and have a blessed day

[@nocode1603]

You couldn't buy knowledge like he had I was lucky enuf to know a few old boys like him thought you how to work smart not hard the welth of knowledge the old timers had & the hummer thayrs no banter with the young ones😊

[@Lousialee-hm3gu]

I agree. Life has not changed for the better.

[@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker]

Yes Jack was geat company. I spent many hours with him chatting about life in the past and how it was then back in the late 1970s early 1980's.

[@onelineal9382]

In 1968,aged 14 ,i started as a butchers boy,working after school and and holidays,brings back good memories, our pigs were always cut in the shop,we had sawdust on the floor to soak up any residue blood and fat from sawing the pig in half, one thing you dont see now are pigs trotters,we had a big drum full of brine,in it went the trotters as well went ox tails,then they were boiled,the meat from the trotters was very tasty,we also made brawn from the pigs head,we were open until 9 pm on a Friday and 6pm on Saturday,a lot of people even then, didn't have fridges,in the Summer months those two days were our busiest,i was paid 30 shillings (£1,50p)+ a piece of meat,usually a shoulder of lamb,not Welsh lamb(to expensive)but NZ lamb, which we had just started to sell,when i left school in 1969,left on the Thursday started work on the Friday,then i was on £5.00 a week,,😊

[@graemejones9707]

You can still get trotters, I had them a few months back. Delicious they are too

[@CarlEves]

This brings back memories. I started off working in an abbatoir from the age of 15. Started off in small ones at the back of butchers shops and then onto larger ones. The best ones were the small ones to the rear of butchers shops.

[@DofTF]

Every town had several butchers shops now you're lucky if you can find one! Amazing skills of that butcher.

[@robertramsey2653]

I must have watched this program a dozen times before and I still love it Thanks Dave

[@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker]

So pleased it is still bring you pleasure Robert. What do you enjoy the most about it?

[@robertramsey2653]

The whole program, the ethos of what Jack was trying to put across. I grew up in Doncaster and we were blessed with a great market and some great butchers and fishmongers. When I was a child we didn’t have a car just used the frequent subsidised bus service took our own shopping bags and bought seasonal veg from market gardeners. My uncle and his brother and farther were the fishmongers in Blandford Forum, I doubt Jack bought anything from them. When the shop was part of Mac Fisheries the fish used to come down from Grimsby. All that lovely fish just off the coast. Thanks again Dave

[@craigraeside5706]

Dave, the camera work and production on this episode is a masterpiece! The intimacy of the butcher's shop, the stroke of each blade and the laying out of the various meats tell the story even without Jack's wonderful prose. Well done ❤

[@m.brizzy5407]

Always fascinating countryside topics from Jack. I remember the first time I saw this process - wow I'd never seen any of this before.

[@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker]

I am so pleased you enjoyed it. This has been a very popular programme. Out of Interest what did you enjoy about it?

[@m.brizzy5407]

@@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker I do have a lot of DVD's by Jack and I love everything about who he is and what he knows about wildlife etc. This particular doc looked at a subject that I knew very little about indeed. I never knew this sort of stuff went on and the skill, knowledge and expertise of the butcher was fascinating. Jack has looked at subjects like making a rack out of wood - doing charcoal, fly fishing and all sorts of interesting subjects. He was a one-off, everybody loved him who knew him and his work. Mark

[@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker]

@@m.brizzy5407 Mark you are right and I think that was I was fascinated with his programmes even when I was a kid.

[@m.brizzy5407]

@@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker I used to watch him avidly as a kid in the 1970's - 80's.

[@digitaldylantingles7784]

This is absolutely mesmerising

[@user-kb5fi1hm3u]

I'm a UK expat 71 years old and spent my life living and teaching outdoors education around the world 🌎 I remember Jack on tv. It's always interesting and humble to see him. I am still a student of survival and improvised skills...Hahaha

[@etinarcadiaego3296]

Qualité d'image, de son et bien sûr de contenu absolument remarquables, j'avais vu des extraits commentés sur une autre chaîne, mais ici ça change tout, bravo et merci, vivement la prochaine!

[@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker]

Je suis très heureux que vous ayez apprécié le programme Jacks. Il y a eu 60 programmes que Jack et moi avons réalisés sur une période de 3 ans (1983-5) et j'en ai mis un le premier dimanche de chaque mois. Vous pourrez également profiter des programmes avec mon ami Andrew Parry-Norton, propriétaire d'une ferme dans la New Forest. La ferme appartient à sa famille depuis six générations et il se souvient de sa vie à la ferme de la même manière que Jack. C'est l'un de ses programmes kzbin.info/www/bejne/mXnRkIydgJeZoZo

[@etinarcadiaego3296]

@@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker merci beaucoup et bravo pour votre Français!

[@jonboy9912]

Absolutely fascinating!

[@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker]

Thank you. This has been a very popular programme. Out of Interest what did you enjoy about it?

[@FredGuttfield-l9k]

Thank you so much for posting this, I’ve been hoping to see this for decades! I was left the fishing net from the start of the episode in Jack’s will and it’s one of my most treasured possessions. So wonderful to learn more about it. Happy memories of meeting Jack when I was a young boy and getting a tour of his incredible workshop. Wonderful!

[@jakefinney656]

Wow, how did you end up being left the net>

[@Baltihunter]

I could listen to knowledgeable Jack all day long

[@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker]

Thank you I am so pleased you are enjoying Jacks programmes.

[@frankmlchaelglasscock6539]

Big time

[@petegooch5909]

As always, another great video. Thanks for sharing David.

[@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker]

My pleasure Pete. This has been a very popular programme. Out of Interest what did you enjoy about it?

[@petegooch5909]

@@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker i find all of Jack's videos absorbing. I found the butcher's skill great, and how the pork itself has changed ie, 200 lb being a lot heavier than modern day pork, but a lot was simply fat, which of course provides the flavour.

[@maxflight777]

A massive privilege to watch this.

[@deerohdeer8000]

Great Dave always look forward to the first Sunday of the month 👍👍thanks for posting my friend 👍👍

[@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker]

Thank you Craig.

[@yusufalfyfer9415]

Flash back to the pig at the bottom of the garden thanks again for another brilliant show ❤❤

[@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker]

My pleasure I am so glad you enjoyed it.

[@stephenwelch339]

Watched all his programmes back in the day's , they should be rerun on the tv again. God bless you Jack.❤

[@alanmorris1831]

They show episodes of Out of Town on the Talking Pictures TV channel.

[@goddam9925]

Sat here opened mouth .Amazing !! Thank you !

[@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker]

Thank you. This has been a very popular programme. Out of Interest what did you enjoy about it?

[@goddam9925]

@@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker o

[@goddam9925]

Old fashioned teaching having visited a slaughter house in the 60s with a school trip knowing where your food comes from, something they seem to hide from in todays messed up world . I t was a first class video thank you again !!

[@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker]

@@goddam9925 Thank you.

[@TheRattyBiker]

Thank you Dave, that was fantastic!

[@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker]

My pleasure I am so pleased you enjoyed Jacks programme. This has been a very popular programme. Out of Interest what did you enjoy about it?

[@TheRattyBiker]

@@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker Probably that I was born too late to knowingly watch it the 1st time round (87) and these are the methods my Grandma (born 21) used to spend hours describing to me as a child and though I had an Aunt who worked in a butchers for 20+ years, my memories are very faint of watching the master butcher hang the meat, make the cuts and letting me press the button on the sausage machine.... Be it tradition or nostalgia, I found it very insightful... (as I do all your content) Jack's simple but deep descriptions of things like burning the pig in straw or de-breasting the woodpigeons as well as the masterful camera work really make me appreciate and respect "the old world" and the daily struggles and improvisation people had to use when compared with modern convenience and 98% of the media that is on offer today..... Well written, well presented, well filmed...

[@krismorgan]

I used to watch the local butcher at work as a kid,skilled men.Brings back good memories,thanks.

[@jamessones4044]

The fella isn’t even using a glove. This a master butcher we’re seeing here. Poetry in motion. Pleasure to watch. 🤝🏻

[@jcfgh]

Thank you

[@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker]

I am so pleased you enjoyed Jack programme.

[@robindeans564]

an interlectural marvel why is there no one left like this no more absolute legend of a man

[@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker]

Robin there are people like Jack but unfortunately television commisioning editors think we don't want Jacks type of programme and in many cases the audiences don't want these types of programmes. I am trying with Andrew on my KZbin channel to do similar programmes but even with over 50,000 subscribers I only get two to three thousand views and this can be very discouraging especially as there is a lot of work that goes into the programmes.

[@jeremymanning2132]

An absolute pleasure to relive some of these classic episodes, thankyou. Growing up in a small village in Lincolnshire in the 60's & 70's very few things could keep me indoors, but Jack's shows were one thing i wouldn't miss. Entertaining & educational. Sadly life has changed so much. 👍👍

[@kevinclarke3148]

A brill programme

[@TheWizardOfTheFens]

I remember my grandad butchering pigs in the kitchen for his shop. He would do this whilst we sat in front of the tV watching Jackie Pallo etc wrestling!

[@flamingdonut9456]

That was really interesting. Glad you posted this one in the end.👍

[@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker]

I am so pleased you enjoyed Jacks programme. This has been a very popular programme. Out of Interest what did you enjoy about it?

[@flamingdonut9456]

@@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker I enjoy watching videos of Jack, out and about, teaching us "the old ways." I actually voted for this in your recent poll. The idea of a family raising a pig, having it slaughtered and then butchered, all on their property, is wonderful. Nothing wasted, a happy life for said pig, and food for now and later. For the family and neighbours. Interesting to see the cuts, half the pig for preserving, what bits make which meal. Nothing really wasted. Even a leg bone to make a spoon! The whole little story really. Can't even remember the last time I had faggots! Little bits of information like the butcher knowing if the pig was stressed or not by cutting through the bone. A good lesson for all. Again, thank you.

[@samdavies7337]

Simply superb.

[@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker]

Thank you Sam. This has been a very popular programme. Out of Interest what did you enjoy about it?

[@samdavies7337]

@@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker watching the skill but also the full use of the animal.

[@SirDigbyMinge-or8md]

Pure Gold.

[@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker]

Thank you. This has been a very popular programme. Out of Interest what did you enjoy about it?

[@SirDigbyMinge-or8md]

@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker Many of these episodes are so evocative of my childhood. This one in particular is concise and educational. Nostalgic, but without condescension. Personally many episodes bring back memories of my Grandfather taking me fishing. For example one time fly fishing in mid Wales in the 70s. We went in his Triumph. I was about ten. Grandad, me, and his pal who was a gamekeeper or groundsman or similar . He brought along his pet foxcub! Grandad's fishing gear included a pair of Hardy Jets and a pair of Garcia Mitchell 710s. I'm still using them! Happy Days.

[@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker]

@@SirDigbyMinge-or8md Sounds a great childhood.

[@XFlaviousX]

Thank you Dave, I've been looking forward to this, Hoped it would be Lamping and a Lurcher, but the pig butchery is one of my favourites, and I know you'll get around to uploading the other one eventually. The skill of a traditional butcher is a joy to watch. There is a chap on here Called Scott Rea that still does trad butchery. He's also incredible to watch working. www.youtube.com/@TheScottReaproject if anyone is interested.

[@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker]

Thank you for your understanding. I know Scott his programmes are very popular. He is also a member of the Out of Town facebook page.

[@XFlaviousX]

@@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker Ahh, that makes sense, he posted the Ox Roast ages ago. 😀

[@tobaccospipesandmore7762]

Absolutely love these Jack Hargreaves shows! Thank you so much!

[@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker]

I am so glad you are enjoying them. There are more to come evry 1st Sunday of the month.

[@tobaccospipesandmore7762]

@@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker wonderful! I’ll watch them all and thank you!

[@Lousialee-hm3gu]

I remember all the local butchers getting deliveries in and they were all hung on hooks round the walls. There was sawdust sprinkled over the floor and the butcher's wee dog always trotted around the shop. I miss those days.

[@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker]

Yes its all supermarkets now and very few proper butchers.

[@steveday4797]

A few years back I walked past a butchers near the Barbican. From a distance I could see things hanging in the window, I was surprised as I hadn't seen it for years. When I got closer I realised they were all plastic

[@Lousialee-hm3gu]

@@steveday4797 It's so sad to see our real world being replaced by everything fake. phoney and false.

[@Lousialee-hm3gu]

@@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker Yes, the small town I lived in had a post office with shop, a co-op store that sold furniture,clothing and electrical as well as food, a clothing and haberdashery shop, a bakery, a cobbler, a green grocer, 2 butcher shops, 4 small pubs/hotels, a chippy/cafe, a massive 2nd hand/antique and new furniture store, 2 garages with fuel pumps and 4 grocery stores. Today there are only 2 grocery stores with the post office being in one.

[@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker]

@@Lousialee-hm3gu That's such a shame but we are the same. We do have a butcher but he struggle and I can see him going before long and once he is gone that's it for food shots outher than the Tesco Express which helped put them out of buisness.

[@marylowrey8911]

Thoroughly enjoyed watching that🥰

[@malcolmhill691]

Thank you once again for this fin piece of broadcasting, finished off superbly with Jack's pig squeak joke. Just perfect.

[@TerryC69]

Hi Dave! A master butcher demonstrating his trade supplemented with Jack's commentary. Entertaining and educational as usual. Many thanks!

[@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker]

My pleasure Terry

[@chasdart7298]

A wonderful reminder of my childhood.

[@michaeltres]

Dolly Parton once said, "we didn't even know we were poor till some smart aleck up and told us." That was true of a lot of people from my part of Appalachia.

[@FreeFinca]

Thank you so much for sharing this.

[@johnwelbourn3811]

Incredible video. I've had smoked chitterling sausage in Brittany, very nice it was too.

[@JoesWebPresence]

While doing construction work on a farm, my dad came home with half a pig in his boot one afternoon. He got my brother in law round to butcher it. Mum made some amazing sausages, cracklin was had, a big pan of lard was rendered and we ate roast pork for months!

[@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker]

Thank you for sharing your memories with us.

[@josephinestecak4945]

My mum used to make Pork Braun, we called it Pork Cheese, Dad loved it. We added vinegar to taste.

[@jimbaldacchino3755]

Great and very informative

[@craigmcdonald2110]

Thank you, Jack RIP Best children TV in the world ❤