White Horses Opening Credits

Opening credits and iconic music to the classic children's TV series White Horses

[@davidholmes2283]

Born in 1961. Lived in an industrial area of the North West on a council estate. When I saw this back in the day I couldn't believe that such beautiful places existed to live and grow up. I ached with envy.

[@bellerophonchallen8861]

hope you live in a nicer place now? I was born 1961 too, but on a National Trust estate my father ran, so looking back I suppose I had that idyllic childhood. doing things Boys' Own boys did; shooting, building camps, climbing haystacks. Bit lonely being an only child but a great upbringing, no horses though, cows and wildlife aplenty. I envied the kids who lived in town; a walk away from their friends after school, football on the green, shop just around the corner, even if everywhere was shut on Sunday. Remember that? The newsagent would open till ten for the Sunday papers and cigarettes, then the whole place was dead, even TV shut down, back in the days when it was Marathon, not Snickers, Opal Fruits, not Starburst, and you could get Spangles and Curly Wurly. We had a Chinese takeaway open in 1975 in the local town where you could buy chips for 15p, so I would ride my bike the 4 miles there just to get a bag. If I wanted friends over my father had to go and collect them and take them back later. He must be in heaven now, the things he did for me.

[@andrewmurray5542]

Alright, alright!! Don't rub it in!! I'm joking. Your childhood sounds great. I was somewhere between the two. Council house, 1970s, new town,, but a great time to grow up and a great town in which to live, close to countryside and woods in which to have small time adventures. We only used sticks as pretend guns when we played war. That's not to say I hark back to those days that much; i love in the now, but in the past. These days, life is great but obviously different. The fact that I can watch videos on my handheld telephone and connect like this with strangers is something as a child I would never have dreamt was possible, even if I saw it on Tomorrow's World!

[@DelosFive]

Let me guess. Flint?@@andrewmurray5542

[@juliebrookes2282]

Lived in a northern council estate....had a Welsh mountain pony. Two of us on the estate had horses....good days❤

[@ashdrive]

Me too....x

[@paulwild3676]

This was the staple for school holidays when I was a child. I was born in 1963.

[@thefurrybastard1964]

64 for me, and yes, it was a staple for me too.

[@iangreenstreet1407]

Snap

[@petedenver8259]

My late Mother chose this to be played at her funeral in 2012. My heart is still breaking. It will never heal. God bless you Mum, I love and miss you so much.

[@malarki5]

She wouldnt you suffering for the duration of your life, Pete. Is there not a bereavement counsellor you see via the GP?

[@carpetcleaner513]

How weird to learn that. It is on the shortlist for songs I'd like played at mine! I think it reminds people my age (mid 50s,) of a time of innocence and wonder, before we knew what a mixed-up, messed-up place the world could be.

[@bojack40]

Pete Denver I just left a very similar post on another vid of this theme. It really evokes childhood times. Years have gone by but suddenly seeing/hearing this had me remembering my late mum and feeling like I could cry. We’re lucky to have such memories Pete.

[@ic2264]

Very moving reading this

[@petedenver8259]

@@ic2264 Thank you, Ian. Your comment so much appreciated.

[@nigellubman716]

THIS ONE, BELLE AND SABESTIAN AND ROBINSON CRUSOE. loved them all and for some reason much better in black and white

[@Angela-qv8pe]

Yes all those and Follyfoot.

[@rowenasearles5453]

Oh yes, perfect saturday morning

[@philcox95]

Yes remember it well during those summer holidays in the sixties noggin the nog flashing blade kc Jones the whirly birds and champion the wonder horse

[@ghengis430]

Robinson Crusoe when the dog died. Tragic.

[@millionairemom]

Oh god yeah. Belle and Sebastian and I still remember the tune to Robinson crusoe

[@mattwright2964]

My late first wife talked about how much she loved this song shortly before she died. We played it at her funeral. It breaks me up to hear it because it reminds me of her and of how sweet she was when we were younger.

[@tyeguthrie1430]

Just made a grown man cry , my sister adored the program and mostly the song and mum bought her the 7inch single which she played to death , on the home record player , many yrs later she put this scratched old disc on MY BRAND NEW STATE OF THE ART stereo (heap of junk ) lol ,well as the older big brother i lost the plot and smashed it to bits oh she cried for a month lol and as we grew up she never let for forget what i did , i would give everything i own today just to give her that single back today , but she passed away a few yrs ago now and god do i miss her , so to who ever put this on you tube i thank you for bringing back happy and sad memories of years gone by .

[@carolinewiggins2803]

Don't regret anything. Your sister took those words she loved and raced to meet the dawn. Now the saga of the record is a long forgotten incident for her compared to the mass of happy memories you must have shared.

[@zacetto]

Man…..this has floored me. This song always reminds me of my Ma. There are so many things that I did wrong and wish there were so many more things I had done to make her proud of me. Please do not feel too bad about the incident , as the saying goes, it’s when it hurts is when it matters.

[@irenemorley6518]

Who on earth would put thumbs down on this,Its timeless and beautiful.

[@xwsftassell]

Eight monsters.

[@gavincook4684]

Or, maybe just eight people who dreamt of having a beautiful experience/relationship with horses who were possibly traumatized by the beasts!

[@simonapratt1814]

God only knows

[@simonapratt1814]

Wonderful

[@markmeade2937]

Those who don’t know 👍

[@berni9977]

Oh how i remember this, long hot school summer holidays

[@bonpourvous]

This is the only show from my past that actually takes me back , when I hear the song Im there , its bittersweet but at least Im there.

[@jaynetaylor5208]

Yes, me too. Bittersweet it is 😥😊

[@andrewdock7288]

@@jaynetaylor5208 where did it all go?

[@andrewdock7288]

Beautiful thought.

[@sexpistol7712]

Brilliant ,childhood memories come flooding back , a lovely ,innocent time to be young . Thank you .

[@elijahheyes9061]

I was born in 1968 and remember watching this as a 7 year old and loved it...My older sister bought me the 45 single of the theme tune... Sat here crying...Thanks for sharing this 😊

[@johnmcaleer7099]

I know what you mean.i was born in 1963

[@criddyboy1968]

same here and yes had the 45,magic times,sorry for the iphone kids now

[@anjansen2196]

Born in 1962. I know how you feel.

[@bernadettemurray8260]

Born in 64, Had a lump in my throat for this plus other programs from early 70s. Banana splits, Double Deckers etc. Loved the theme from Flashing blade, the dubbing was appalling wasn't interested in it. Champion the wonder horse, Robinson Crusoe. Glad l was born in 60s, l do too much reminiscing........

[@elijahheyes9061]

@@bernadettemurray8260 Oh my life...Loved Banana splits and loved Champion the wonder horse to bits...Thanks...I have the song in my head now " like a mighty canon ball " 😂

[@williecumiskey1661]

Jackie Lee thanks so much for the memories

[@anthonydickinson5913]

Loved it loved it loved, watching with my mum ❤ Miss you Mam and Dad xx

[@deborahvaccari6481]

I used to watch white horses every saturday when i was very little loved it.💖💖💖💖💖

[@spirioli]

This old memory had me absolutely mesmerized.

[@kevinbeck6785]

Watching the BBC week day mornings before we went out to play, oh what magic memories

[@pinball1970]

The beautiful vocals from Jackie Lee

[@jayveebloggs9057]

why does it make us cry I wonder ... lost childhood I suppose

[@irenemorley6518]

my very first memory of T.V and get a lump in my throat when I hear this.

[@Babyboffa2018]

Born in 1961, I’ve loved horses all my life.

[@bernadettemurray8260]

Always on in the 6 weeks school summer holidays, loved the theme tune.

[@jonah17100]

Remember this as a child so many memories..such a soft and happy tune to listen too ❤️

[@stephenboath924]

Jacky Lee also sang the theme song for Rupert The Bear. What an amazing voice

[@Spudchucker92]

My Mother passed away in March. I was talking to her brother and my Uncle Kevin a while back and he recalled that she used to absolutely adore this show and the theme song. I pulled it up not long ago to give it a listen and had a mental image of my Mum as a young girl happily singing along to this song…and it broke my heart to pieces. She had such a hard life. Her Dad walked out on her at the age of 10…she was kicked out of home by her mother at 14, and ended up in an abusive relationship fraught with drugs and alcohol. She turned her life around and got clean back in 2006…only to be diagnosed with COPD and emphysema in 2007 and then lung cancer last year. How cruel that even after my Dad died and she cleaned her life up, she was still miserable. So that mental picture, of my Mum once as a happy and carefree kid singing along to a little ditty about horses, left me in floods of tears. I’m sorry Mum. You deserved so much better than what life dealt you. 💔

[@paulrb894]

Carefree childhood memory , wonderful

[@beverlygannon4141]

Agree. Much better then. Now the world's I. A state 🤢🌎👍❤️❤️🙏

[@jonnywyattgreengreen3301]

It's so beautiful and wonderful, I loved her when l was young and always will , it reminds of my childhood all the times l watched, I really can't understand how anyone can't like J videos, l love them they amazing and lovely ❤

[@PETAL19]

This was the start of me falling in love with grey horses..xx

[@felipe12songs]

I still get those warm emotional feeling at 66 years, I was so in love with her ,I don't think she ever had any idea of what she was, giving to the world, yet her life was so troublesome and died so young still breaks my , heart ,i have play it 3 time times now and it takes me back to when i was 10, and it is the same warm and optimistic emotion ,

[@dawnphenix7541]

I was a child when this came out takes me back to innocent happy times when kids played outside much happier times

[@VilhelmHammershoi1666]

Took you away to a mythical land just for 30 minutes children's TV back in the 70s was amazing double deckers water margin flashing blade joe 90 but the weirdest of all the singing ringing tree, there is a Nobel prize waiting to be collected if you can work out whats going on in that show .

[@Angela-qv8pe]

Oh my god the singing ringing tree was so scary with the dwarf .

[@simonapratt1814]

Lovely piece of music,happy memories.

[@simondee1185]

Hard to believe it, but Jackie Lee was also a backing singer for Jimi Hendrix.

[@williamreynolds1163]

Actually All along the watch tower might work as the signature tune for White Horses?

[@heathermjones1]

My daughter, Louise loved this!!

[@damienmorrison7226]

a vanished world now x

[@karensteemson1810]

I loved this I was only 6yrs old but loved the white horses and the theme tune

[@davidedwards6807]

Omg so many summer holiday memories

[@rosiecesareo8092]

Thanks for finding this and uploading it - such a pretty song. The last time I heard it, I was about 10 years old and it was 1976 or thereabouts.

[@doglover7377]

My mum met the singer of this buetfull song she was at a concert with friends this lady was one of the people who was singing in it allso she did Rupert the bear song my mum told me as well

[@kenmortimer7958]

And Indigo Pipkin :)

[@redcardinalist]

Along with Belle & Sebastian, great French tv kids tv series; lovingly enjoyed in France and lots of other countries.

[@Willsey]

Wasn't white horses from Belgium?. Although I might be wrong

[@JohnSmith-oe4ci]

The Aeronauts !

[@Georgieastra]

​@@Willsey A German/Yugoslav co production

[@redcardinalist]

@@Georgieastra I stand corrected 👍 but...set (and filmed in France)

[@adeblair]

​@@redcardinalistset and filmed in what was then (1965) Yugoslavia. The stud farm is in Lipica which is in modern day Slovenia. Originally filmed in German and released with Sebo-Croat subtitles it was dubbed into English for it's BBC screening.

[@dkelly8005]

A song and a series from my very very past 60`s love this song reminds me of happy times .... Can`t listen it enough

[@tooleyheadbang4239]

There was a long, hot summer in the '60s when this song was heard everywhere.

[@thornbird6768]

I used to rock on my rocking horse all the way through the programme , loved it ❤

[@beverlygannon4141]

It's so beautiful. The has come to mind recently back in my mind ., probably ann age thing.. I kept getting tunes come up... I'm now 67 ❤️❤️. Was better days then. Simpler. U. He walk safely ❤️🙏

[@glennjohnson8170]

Glenn Johnson What a wonderful song.Takes me back 52 years and can remember Jacky Lee performing it on "Top of the pops".Recently purchased the original "White Horses" re-issue album on CD,including the b side to the single,all in glorious stereo

[@timhatton3940]

Wasn’t it someYugoslav cluster f7ck?

[@carlosgomes2783]

While girls seemed to watch this for the horses, as a boy I watched it for Helga Anders. Horses for courses, as they say,

[@David-vd8jy]

Born in 1962 hated the series hated the music my mum loved it brings back such memories of love and childhood wish I had been a better son and not a scumbag

[@sanchez16]

Loved watching White horses but a sad story for the cast

[@ivorstevenson4559]

Oh beautiful theme

[@millionairemom]

Also born in 61. Forgotten about this one. Did you remember all the words too❤❤❤❤

[@51WCDodge]

This and Folly foot. I preffred this, the girl was better looking, and she could ride better than any of the Follyfoot mob.

[@cpuuk]

Ah, the amazing Jackie Lee... she also wrote and sang 'Rupert the Bear' song.

[@rodgertaylor2387]

Loved that show and the song that goes with it

[@lizhumphries9100]

I remember watching this

[@johno4521]

I heard that this theme tune was only used for the British adaptation.

[@MarkO-ry2ud]

Goosebumps

[@zacetto]

I wish I could watch this again for the first time, then get up from the floor and see my Ma in the kitchen. I will not ‘like’ yet as 131 was the number of where we lived, surely a sign! 😊

[@davidedwards6807]

Also the flashing blade was a favourite the good old days not like the crap on tv today

[@adrianpaulpeaseydaily]

Happy carefree days 👍👍👍👍

[@carolinegray3150]

Lovely video and music too

[@mn4169]

memories

[@user-le1zy1ut9y]

The neighing of the horse at the beginning sounds like the opening of 'Stand and Deliver' by Adam and the Ants.

[@bojack40]

Julia was like a young Brigitte Bardot

[@donaldmacdonald4901]

Helga Anders; my first crush.

[@shireboundscribbles]

Yup, and tragic what happened to her.

[@donaldmacdonald4901]

@@shireboundscribblesAbsolutely, and child actress abused by the system 😢

[@TheTimelord62]

A Saturday morning getting ready for the ABC Minors. White horses, try to watch this at the same time. Was always good my sister loved it.

[@samholden4171]

The girl looks like my sisters daughter and she likes horses too.

[@trevormillar1576]

This was made on Yugoslavia in the 60s. Twenty years later they were probably all shooting at each other.

[@davidchamberlain5425]

Irish girl Jacky Lee sang this theme and Rupert the bear too..🎶🎶🎵🎵🙏🙏👍👍

[@Hedgehogsinthemist123]

A bit before my time but I think I must have seen a repeat.

[@joannelloyd4191]

Never got up in time for this. Just saw the end credits 😄

[@annabizaro-doo-dah]

Hi I was born end of 66 and I vaguely remember the song. I was sitting here musing why I wasn't so familiar with this and wondered as a late riser .....was I in bed🤣?? What time was it on??

[@saeedahmed4396]

God.bless.your.mother.

[@jennifertwine4635]

It was a beautiful dream of a programe to me a young girl at the time❤

[@Twinklital]

Something special

[@user-gp2sk4lh7y]

More Gentle times ….

[@user-et7br6ir1h]

Sketchers I scene the black ghost he dropped real fast and hard

[@charlesadams6588]

...and the Lone rangers horse was called?? Help me.

[@2msvalkyrie529]

@ Charles Adams Hi Ho Silver .....! Away !!

[@carolebarker2195]

@@2msvalkyrie529 Yep! Silver, it was!

[@ricwilki6254]

We had this track on a TV theme tune record. It had a terrible scratch on it and the needle forever jumped back on “Stars away, stars away, stars away, stars away……….”

[@64mkx]

Beautiful Theme music...far better than "Black Beauty" which in adulthood sounded like a porno movie😂😂

[@ghengis430]

You've just ruined the theme tune!😂

[@user-et7br6ir1h]

Head hunter

[@user-rt4jd8oc2o]

Clair johnsey

[@stuartleatham2917]

Can someone tell me who sang the theme tune

[@vastariner]

The Irish singer Jackie Lee. She also sang the Rupert the Bear theme.

[@deborahvaccari6481]

Jacky someonne look it up on google.

[@deborahvaccari6481]

Jackie lee she also sung the rupert bear theme song.

[@kenmortimer7958]

Jackie Lee - also sang theme from Rupert and Inigo Pipkin

[@simonparry5958]

Also original vocals for Barbarella theme

[@ooooooooo11111fjt]

This could be my Rita