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..And some fell upon stony ground... Serious work, but, rewarding ay.

Love this one thanks Simon 🙌🏽 brown for country black for town I remember this

Only have to hear the first few bars of the 'out of town' music to be instantly transported back to my childhood. Wonderfully rich programmes about the countryside.

I'm Today's😢 Turmoil Everywhere in All Countries,I long for the days Jack Speaks so eloquently and Knowledgeable about. He can take you straight back to when things in Life were simpler and to the point of their use! How very lucky you of the 'Empire"were to have this program 28 years. On our Public Television in America ,each state has had their own wonderful Narrators of forgotten history and share their knowledge with us. The sadness will be Great when we no longer have these Unique Historians of All things one can imagine of the Life before Devices and modern conveniences of today's too busy World. I could listen to ( and do!) these programs over and over. Bless you Jack Hargreaves for Caring and Sharing about our Ancestors Work a Day World of not that long ago. ✌️🇺🇲♥️🤍💙🇬🇧

Takes me back to when I very you g in the 1970s

Very prescient, given where we are today...

The man, allegedly, is named Jeff 'Jeffers' Combes and he's still tittle-tattling on Hargreaves...

Surely the original was in the 60's with the theme OUT OF TOWN by Max Bygraves

Don't mess with big Jack!

I loved watching your step fathers programmes as a London child back in the 70s, and on into the 80s too. He spoke to you honestly and explained things in such a good way, rather like a friendly uncle or grandfather. I loved the countryside back then, and still do now, and am loving watching these again now. What a legacy he left behind ❤️

Many happy hours spent here right through the 80's. My parents both had a couple of allotments here and as children we loved the vegetable growing competitions and making animals out of vegetables. Who knew broccoli made great poodle ears!

As a Harness maker , Saddler and Falconer I was privileged to appear on a couple of his programmes. He was a lovely man and this was a fabulous series. However just to confirm , traditionally This is not Harness making as collar making is such a specialised trade it was considered a different trade if that makes sense . Thank you for sharing

That title sequence brings back memories of tea on a sunday afternoon round my Grandparents when I was young. Brilliant television though it was from a different time.

This is Phil Shaw, ex Royal Navy Commander who taught Prince Andrew to fly helicopters. A top man and you KNOW that you're in safe hands with him in the pilots seat.

Thanks for keeping this art alive Simon. I enjoy it so much when I can do something by hand rather than always relying on machinery

I wonder if Jack ever caught up with him....

These programmes inspired me to set up and train with C.O.S.I.R.A.s help as a Harness Maker and Saddler in Essex . In the the 1970s , only recently stopped .

One of the truly all-time greats in British Broadcasting would love some of his DVD's

Please read Equiano's autobiography where he clearly states that he was born 'in the Kingdom of Benin'!

Really interesting

One thing I admire about the British is their retaining the old ways, the best ways, the proven ways. It makes no difference what it is, from a double rifle, fine leather shoes, fine men`s clothing, men`s toiletries, handmade scissors, razors, cars, whatever. Britain has some of the finest craftsmen in the world.

Falcon extra pipe with rustic dublin bowl on and Gallaher's Rich Dark Honeydew tobacco i suspect.

And here we are in 2023, 40 years old horse 🐎 collar. I bet it's still going strong 💪 ?

I saw this as a little boy in Germany many decades ago. My GreatGrandfather was in the army in the 19th Century and was a Master Saddler and funnily enough a master Baker.

Fake news, trolls and spam is nothing new then...

I'll bet most watching this won't have a clue what that was for. ?!

Jack ..for all his gentleness was also a trained soldier …I’m sure when he caught up with that bloke he made sure he stopped running his mouth in the future

Thank you for sharing Simon, a priceless capsule of the past, so well presented, so sad to see these places cast to our history. Steve.

pepper the black kitten

My deepest respect to yourself and your stepfather Simon. His videos and literature have brought myself great peace and guidance over the past few years. I hold him in a place of high regard that isn't shared by very many. I have been smoking a pipe the past two years, whilst sorry to ask a personal question, I would love to know what type of tobacco your stepfather liked to smoke if you recall. It's a fascinating subject that becomes quite obsessive, I would love Jack to teach me about his smoking skills and knowledge. He won pipe smoker of the year once didn't he.. Thanks for your work and efforts, and all my respect to your stepfather.

my ancestors , thanks, fab song.

"SHOTS FIRED!"

Just awoke remembering this event and being in that crowd at 15. Brill

I once read an old book on capitalism history. Horse collars were once used at livestock sales sales so a man and woman could get a not officially sanctioned divorce. On occasion a man would be brought into a court for "selling" his wife. If someone didn't take the judge aside and explain the ways of country people to him, he could be in a world of trouble. Men were occasionally charged with "selling" their wives. It was really simply to let the community know they were not a couple anymore. Wife was simply paraded once around the sale arena. No actual sales took place. Happened often enough to where some dim witted official got a husband arrested and a journalist looking for a story wrote about it so the upper classes (the ones who read, anyway) could gossip about those country bumpkins.

Big up the Black Patch Fam , thanks for sharing Simon ✌️💯

Fantastic song 🎵 thanks for sharing , Big up the Black Patch ✌️💯

Wow, I would of been frantic!! That boy is probly around 18/19 now..

this should go viral.

Wonderful!

That story must have had a wide currency, I can remember being told it, must have been back in 77. :)

Loved watching Jack as a wee kid.

This gentleman Mr Jack Hargeaves. Taught me more than most school teachers did. When I was at school in the 1970's

I heard that land was gifted to the gypsies and the council stole it , thats what i heard.

I spent most of my life working with and in the country , making and repairing tools from the hedgerows as required . My garden pro IDed the veg and the woods the meat , I felt no disadvantage. Rather I felt as if I was in a place I should have been . Jack called them red brick forests and he was dead right .

Making a big oval collar is one difficult thing but to achieve that swan neck to fit the shoulders is true craftmanship. Harness making is not dead, it's still taught today and there are still a few Master Harness Makers around thankfully. Anybody interested, contact the Society of Master Saddlers. Every strap in a full set of harness has it's job which is why the fitting of that together with the vehicle is so important if you want a happy horse and a comfortable ride.

He never wanted to be famous. He never puffed himself up. He was and will always be a true example of an English gentleman. Perhaps one of the most intelligent and well informed broadcasters of our time.