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| Name: | bruce |
| E-mail address: | hazelden@bigpond.net.au |
| Comments: | what memories of jack. watched every week and a point of conversation in the pub when planning the next fishing trip or ferreting or some other much enjoyed country pursuit. |
| Name: | Simon Baddeley |
| E-mail address: | s.j.baddeley@bham.ac.uk |
| Homepage URL: | http://www.facebook.com/groups/JackHargreaves/ |
| Comments: | Paul Peacock, Jack's biographer and Simon Baddeley, J's stepson are running a Facebook page on Out of Town with over 300 members. Welcome. |
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| E-mail address: | mohamed_tiou@hotmail.fr |
| Name: | Marcus |
| E-mail address: | attymarco@yahoo.com |
| Comments: | I loved Jack's programmes when I was a lad. Thanks to Youtube, I can watch them again today and relive those years. |
| Name: | Paul Turner |
| E-mail address: | pjsturner@gmail.com |
| Comments: | It's great to see someone else celebrating the life of Mr.Hargreaves. I remember watching the series out of town with my father and I bought them all on DVD a few years ago. |
| Name: | The Ragged Society of Antiquarian Ramblers |
| E-mail address: | heritageinterpretation@hotmail.co.uk |
| Homepage URL: | http://raggedramblers.blogspot.com/ |
| Comments: | Members of our Society were discussing Jack Hargreaves the other day. The consensus is that he had the gift to simplify; to engage; to communicate. He was the fantasy grandad we never had; there in his fascinating shed, surrounded by all manner of wonders (whether they be mundane or arcane, he would animate them). A great and gifted communicator; a friend of the countryside who, with impeccably unhurried delivery, shared his wisdom. Huzzah for Jack!
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| Name: | Spike Spears |
| E-mail address: | spikeandles@gmail.com |
| Comments: | I was one of his biggest fans and still enjoy watching repeats
of his programs on YouTube. Spike Spears. |
| Name: | Simon Baddeley |
| E-mail address: | s.j.baddeley@bham.ac.uk |
| Homepage URL: | http://democracystreet.blogspot.com |
| Comments: | "..It was a wild place. It was an undrained place. it was a naturally forested place." Jack Hargreaves' last Out of Town. Broadcast on Southern Television on 27 November 1981.
http://vimeo.com/27971819 |
| Name: | Victoria Robertson |
| Comments: | Just watching the episode on how to make a rake, what a fantastic man, so calm, just says it as it is.....a dose of understated common sense. Thanks Jack. |
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| Name: | Ed Woodhouse |
| E-mail address: | ea.woodhouse@ntlworld.com |
| Comments: | Right back from my young day my father and I watch you on TV, because of you the countryside and all that lives there means so much so much to me.Thank you so much.
GONE BUT NEVER FORGOTTEN ED |
| Name: | GEOFF COLSTON |
| E-mail address: | COLST19@MSN.COM |
| Comments: | SOMEHOW JACK CAME INTO A CONVERSATION TODAY AND SOME GOOD MEMORIES OF REAL TV WERE SPOKEN ABOUT.
PURE DOWNTO EARTH QUALITY. HAPPY DAYS. |
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| E-mail address: | jackson@yahoo.ca |
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| Name: | David Heath |
| E-mail address: | daveheath1@btinternet.com |
| Comments: | What a wonderful man who made exceptional tv programmes enthralling to watch and listen to and remamber sadly now gone and no one to replace him |
| Name: | Simon Baddeley |
| E-mail address: | s.j.baddeley@bham.ac.uk |
| Homepage URL: | http://democracystreet.blogspot.com |
| Comments: | You might like to see this clip I've streamed of my stepfather talking about Stan Bréhaut, borrowed from a tape lent by Marion Bréhaut this June
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNs4pjYzQZw Simon |
| Name: | Robert Chinnery |
| E-mail address: | robert@chinnery969.orangehome.co.uk |
| Comments: | I have fond memories of growing up with Jack, watching his 'Out of Town' and 'How!' and also his later programme 'Old Country'. It is such a pity that his programmes are not available for us to enjoy now on DVD!
His gentle and informative programmes are much missed and I hope one day we will be able to see them again. |
| Name: | David Atkinson |
| E-mail address: | davidatkinson1958@yahoo.com |
| Comments: | Well some very happy memorys have been brought back on BBB4 program "The Countryside on Television" thiught back to a day that Jack and myself discussed the better points of dogs hearding geese and smoking a "Falcon Pipe". Happy Days!! |
| Name: | Dennis Willoughby |
| Comments: | Wonderful programmes, wonderful man. Very much missed. |
| Name: | Perry Edwards |
| E-mail address: | perryn@dsl.pipex.com |
| Comments: | Halfway through watching the DVD set of Out Of Town bought by my wife for my birthday bringing back memories of childhood and watching the original broadcasts on a B&W TV. One episode got me started on fly-fishing - Jack was fishing for trout on the mayfly but not the same as Vol 4 of the DVDs - does anyone remember when it was broadcast or if it still available? |
| Name: | Christopher Waywell |
| E-mail address: | cjwaywell@aol.com |
| Comments: | I really enjoyed the story about Jacks Old Rod and I envy you having possession of anything that belonged to a man who can only be regarded as being a legend. Although Jack is no longer with us he is still providing us with knowledge and entertainment as I for one often spend the afternoon watching all of his shows on You Tube. What a life Jack had in every respect he lived life to the full and the life that he had would be every man's dream. He was a very lucky man. |
| Name: | Codge |
| Comments: | I remember him travelling around the country side on an old travellers horse drawn caravan. Meeting people who did old traditional craft's. It's a life that has all but disappeared, one which I'd liked to have lived. |
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| Name: | Simon Baddeley |
| E-mail address: | s.j.baddeley@bham.ac.uk |
| Homepage URL: | http://democracystreet.blogspot.com |
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| Name: | Mark Smith |
| E-mail address: | ladamark@sky.com |
| Comments: | I visit this site as often as I can but it is a while since I last did so. I am so pleased to see that many people are still writing such wonderful comments about Jack and that he is remembered by so many. The Out of Town programme was so much of my childhood family Sunday dinner times. In London, the programme was screened on a Sunday (about 1.30pm I think) and my father and I would retire to soft chairs to watch Jack we had finished eating. Not only did it interest me as a young angler who loved the countryside, but it would bring back childhood memories for my father who had worked on a farm as a teenager when horses still did the ploughing and the threshing engine would be taken from farm to farm. Life was so much better when we could all share Jacks world. |
| Name: | Jerry Murphy |
| E-mail address: | spudmurphy1627@gmail.com |
| Comments: | I am 63 now and living in South Africa to be near our Daughter and Grandson. I remember still how disapointed I was whenever the "Out of Town" episode ended. Loved that program and had a lot of respect for JH. His kind have passed on now and that is a great loss to us all. Oh to sit down and see him once again paaing on his life's experiences to us from the comfort of the Shed.
RIP Jack and thank you for the memories |
| Name: | micky sullivan |
| E-mail address: | chairman@seabrooksaa.co.uk |
| Comments: | Having lived in the New Forest in the sixties and seventies it warms my heart to see Jack's programme's again, We met Jack on a number of occasions whilst fishing at Lepe beach or Hatchet Pond, He loved the nippers and would always have a wise word or two for us that would put an extra fish in our buckets or nets! His and Stan's work is timeless and the more of it that is saved for the nations heritage the better, it should be compulsory viewing for all!!! |
| Name: | pat regan |
| E-mail address: | reganclan@hotmail.com |
| Homepage URL: | http://ufo.books.officelive.com |
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| Name: | Steve Burdon |
| E-mail address: | steve@burdon.org |
| Comments: | Pity Country Boy no longer exists in physical form. I do have really good mental images of it, someone needs to invent a brain download machine. |
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| Name: | Paul Allen |
| E-mail address: | paul.allen@skandia.co.uk |
| Homepage URL: | http://books.dreambook.com/stevehardy/jacksback.sign.html |
| Comments: | Great site....its funny as I was sat watching tv last night and for some reason 'Out of Town' came into my head. As soon as I arrived at work today I had to look him up online. I am 35 yrs old now and I used to sit watching Jack in Out of Town' with my grandad waiting for 'The Muppet Show' to start straight after. I will say I used to really enjoy watching Jack as a child and found 'Out of town' so interesting, I only wish my children and others have the likes of such informative entertainment to watch nowadays. |
| Name: | gray benton |
| E-mail address: | graybenton |
| Homepage URL: | http://live.com |
| Comments: | always a majical show,gave me my respect for flora and fauna.one thing im trying to get is the theme song, can anyone help.hi to all J H fans.graybenton@live.com |
| Name: | Rob Pilcher |
| E-mail address: | robpilcher@gmail.com |
| Comments: | Did you know Jack used to grow his own pipe tobacco? He was a bloody fire hazard though. One episode of Out of Town
he was at Eling Tide Mill after it had been restored. The old Miller was there and Jack was puffing away on his pipe in the midst of that highly ...flammable flour. It would have taken just one errant spark from his pipe to set the mill ablaze. A defiant pipe man!Lovely man. RIP Jack |
| Name: | robert dutt |
| E-mail address: | westparksurfer@hotmail.co.uk |
| Comments: | I recently saw three of the surviving "Out of Town" programs on dvd which I thought were both gentle and delightful.
I collect vintage movie cameras and have what I believe is the 16mm Arriflex once owned by Jack's cameraman, Stan Brehaut. Stan's name is written on the camera manual and I have no reason to doubt its authenticity. So I had the unusual experience of watching this intresting old footage and being able to look at the camera which probably took it. |
| Name: | Reg Tubby |
| E-mail address: | regtubby@yahoo.com |
| Homepage URL: | http://www.flickr.com/photos/regtubby/5020473670/ |
| Comments: | Hi Jack's Back I recently uncovered a photo of me with Jack and Stan at either the Southampton or Poole Boat Show in 1975 or 1976.
Stan was quite brave to let an 11 year old hold the camera. |
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| E-mail address: | addelaine@shaw.ca |
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| Name: | Ian G Duncan |
| E-mail address: | iwe22@hotmail.co.uk |
| Comments: | Was at work today thinking of not very much and for some reason Jack Hargreaves came into my mind. Thought i would check out youtube with 'out of town'. There he was.Havent seen him since i was a kid (40 yrs ago). How wonderful. What a lovely bloke.He was a fascinating man to me. Just loved him.Ian Duncan |
| Name: | Perry Mills |
| E-mail address: | Perry@oaktreeoffice.com |
| Comments: | At 51 I find myself totally immersed into what was Jack's World. Having recently acquired the complete Out of Town series on DVD I've been re-living my boyhood memories...I used to watch OOT on Sunday lunch times with my Dad.
By the grace of God he's still alive and I've been able to sit down again and watch some the episodes again with him. This is living history and as far as I'm concerned Jack was a visionary, how important this collection really is. I wish today's kids would take the time to sit, watch and learn and appreciate what's around them. I now find myself owning a holiday property right next door to the New Forest, Jacks country, I'm loving it. Rest in peace Jack and thank you. |
| Name: | Lance Rose |
| E-mail address: | roseybut1@aol.com |
| Comments: | I grew up in the seventies in the ITV southern region and loved learning about english country life watching "out of town". Jack is a cherished part of my childhood which i can still enjoy through the boxed set of "out of town" i now have on DVD. Thank you Jack for igniting my passion for the countryside something for which i will forever be greatfull. |
| Name: | Lofty Holloway |
| E-mail address: | ingravegreen@hotmail.co.uk |
| Comments: | Amazing after all those years after Jack's death that there was so much interest in him and those "Out of Town" production runs which were seen for an amazing 25 years.
In the early 1960's recalled watched Jack Hargreaves week after week - that time with the original theme tune sung by Max Bygraves. This website was a fitting tribute to a man that I never had the pleasure of meeting and wished I had. Jack Hargreaves VIP miss you jack |
| Name: | Simon Baddeley |
| E-mail address: | s.j.baddeley@bham.ac.uk |
| Homepage URL: | http://democracystreet.blogspot.com |
| Comments: | With much gratitude to Ian Wegg who sent it to me as a DVD last week, having recorded it on VHS at the time, I've streamed the broadcast on Meridian TV, compered by Fred Dinenage, that went out the night my stepfather died on 15 March 1994. I've edited the whole to fit the storage requirements of Vimeo without losing too much quality.
http://vimeo.com/13408662 As well as a specially made episode of 'Out of Town' that includes my stepfather in a real shed rather than one rigged for the studio, this recording includes a reunion of Jack's fellow entertainers on 'How!' the children's programme he invented. |
| Name: | Allan Harkins |
| E-mail address: | allanharkins51@aol.com |
| Comments: | What a brilliant site.I was facinated by Jacks programmes and presentation as a child and still am now.He knew his subjects and I know he had his critics(don't we all).A very genuine person liked by many. |
| Name: | Perry Kerr |
| E-mail address: | cyrussiridius@yahoo.co.uk |
| Comments: | Thankyou for this site. It has brought back so many wonderful memories and has brought several tears to my 45 year old eyes. The peace and tranquility that Jack brought have never been surpassed. The ambience of his work is exactly how the world should be but without him to mastermind it, wont. |
| Name: | Esotericus |
| E-mail address: | heritageinterpretation@hotmail.co.uk |
| Homepage URL: | http://raggedramblers.blogspot.com/ |
| Comments: | Jack, with his gentle wisdom, was the country grandad I never had. What a companion and, in my opinion, what a truly great interpreter of the English countryside he is. His legacy lives on.
Thankyou for creating this site Steve! |
| Name: | mark jacks |
| E-mail address: | trriders@otenet.gr |
| Homepage URL: | http://www.trailriderscorfu.com |
| Comments: | I like many on this site have had the pleasure and still have the pleasure of watching Jack Hargreaves as a child and now on dvd re watching the programmes he made from his shed but I am more priveliged than most as I have as a very dear friend Jack's stepson Simon Baddley who I see two or three times a year and when we get together be it for a meal at my house or simons house or just drinks with mezes , undoubtedly we will always have a small or long conversation about Jack Hargreaves on all manner of things .
Simon I look forward to your next visit here in August I believe . Best to all Mark Jacks Greece |
| Name: | Simon Baddeley |
| E-mail address: | s.j.baddeley@bham.ac.uk |
| Homepage URL: | http://democracystreet.blogspot.com |
| Comments: | With the help of Jennie Constable at SWFTA (South West Film and TV Archive) I've recovered and added titles and credits to a clip of my stepfather fishing for Black Bream out of Littlehampton with Richard Hill and friends. Richard wrote to JH about the device he'd invented for delivering ground bait in a way that improved on the 'rubbi-dubbi' method of sliding a ground bait dispenser down the anchor chain. J decided to make a programme and this was the film he made, without of course the introduction from the studio 'shed'. Jennie replaced this part of the soundtrack with stills. None of this would have happened if Richard Hill, living in Havant, had not asked me if I could find the original film of that day he'd been out fishing with J in the 1970s. I've since had the privilege and pleasure of visiting Richard and his wife Wendy and, with his permission, described my day on a blog that also contains the film
http://democracystreet.blogspot.com/2010/05/richard-hill.html or go direct to the film on Vimeo. http://vimeo.com/12113036 There's a lot more Out of Town film in the SWFTA. My family own the royalties. We've been relaxed about J's films circulating on YouTube etc. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icBXEfSwIr4&feature=PlayList&p=A092B8246D9853A7&playnext_from=PL&playnext=1&index=94 It's great to see them and read the almost invariably positive comments they attract. Reading them I learn more about my good fortune in having such a parent. If we can cover the costs of 'excavating' this 'new' material, marrying sounds on reel-to-reel tape to mute 16mm film clips - mostly by Stan Bréhaut - and transferring them to DVD I'll post some more on line... |
| Name: | Lenny |
| E-mail address: | lchidgey@yahoo.co.uk |
| Comments: | Never Foregoten from the age of 4 |
| Name: | Richard Barcock |
| E-mail address: | richard.barcock@ntlworld.com |
| Comments: | In my view one of the greatest men that ever lived. His philosophies on life which are evolved from nature border on genius. If Jack was in charge of the country it would not be in it's present state. I am fully aware that Jack was not quite what he appeared, but none the less his photo hangs in my office as an inspiration. I thank god that we still have a few DVD's left of him, and his books which you can read time and time again. He is always in my mind especially when fishing and shooting. |
| Name: | roy bevis |
| E-mail address: | roybevis@btinternet.com |
| Comments: | I wish i could turn the clock back to the happy times and to see Jack on the TV i lived in the new forest at the time ah good times |
| Name: | LES |
| E-mail address: | LJDMARTIN3656@AOL.COM |
| Comments: | I remember viewing out of town as a lad in swanage, now watching my dvd's of jack it makes me cry as the thought of my daughter missing the british way of life, A time that will never come back. Thank you jack for capturing a way of life that will be for ever missed. |
| Name: | David |
| E-mail address: | dpreece@rybrookbmw.co.uk |
| Comments: | I have very fond memories of all Jacks programmes especially country boy They helped me understand and love the countryside which is why my son is a gamekeeper and I am now an old countryman who smokes a pipe and shoots and fishes |
| Name: | bob |
| E-mail address: | bobbythescot@yahoo.com |
| Comments: | Oh how I revelled in those programs you will be sadly missed jack thank you for documenting our past and how we are |
| Name: | noel byrne |
| E-mail address: | ktmbyrne@gmail.com |
| Comments: | great site
I used to watch jack all the time as a kid and learned a lot from him in the art country ways,I only wish we could go back to a time when things were looked after and apprieciated.Times were much simpler and people took time to notice the free and beautiful things around them,now it's all phones and computers and how fast can we get there.so if i could say anything i would suggest that people take the time to watch the dvd's and teach their chrildren to find about what nature has provided for us free.It will take them places a game or computer can not,and it lasts for ever. Good luck Jack,and thanks for a very healthy and full life of expieriences.Even ray mears learned from jack. Thanks Noel age 45 Ireland. |
| Name: | dave |
| E-mail address: | david.blackwell3@googlemail.com |
| Homepage URL: | http://daveblackwellswildlifephotography |
| Comments: | Jack was my hero never miss a progam he taught me to the wonders of the countryside and his old mate olie Kite i have fought to protect the wildlife in my area all my life thanks to jacks insperation . |
| Name: | Angie |
| E-mail address: | gangelina@live.co.uk |
| Comments: | I loved watching Jack's programmes when I was a kid. It all came back to me (not that I'd really forgotten it) when a friend recently purchased the first 4 dvd sets. We spent many happy hours watching them and reminiscing about a slower, calmer, techno-freelife. Give me goose-grease lighting and horse and carts and I'll be a happy girl. Bless you Jack. |
| Name: | micheal harrington |
| E-mail address: | mick@shotley.net |
| Comments: | igrow up rushing home from school to whatch jack.
wonderful memeries.i am 58 now and still see him on tele as it was yesterday. mick |
| Name: | Philip Wheeler |
| E-mail address: | p-wheeler1@sky.com |
| Comments: | I used to love watching Out of Town usually on a Friday evening if my memory is correct (Southern Tv) It was the perfect way to settle in to the weekend. As a kid what better way of learning than to watch How! that great Tv programme with Jack, Fred Dineage Jon Miller & Bunty. Great memories
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| Name: | stephen wright |
| Comments: | I remember you so well from my childhood, me and my family would gather around the old monohrome box to watch your shows religiously. I was a 6yr old thunderbirds fan who somehow found myself glued to your old forgotten & country folk ways of doing very dirrerent things. i hope my new family's veiwing of your old shows will impact on them in the same way.PS, Thanks for teaching me & my chidren how to fish. stephen 43yrs |
| Name: | James |
| E-mail address: | james@comcast.net |
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| Name: | Pete Stonehouse |
| E-mail address: | pete@cpwstonehouse.com |
| Homepage URL: | http://www.cpwstonehouse.com |
| Comments: | It is nice to see that others remember Jack as fondly as I do. |
| Name: | Mark Hornett |
| E-mail address: | mhornett@me.com |
| Comments: | A piece of nostalgic Britain gone forever, a legend. |
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| Name: | Mr Mannering |
| E-mail address: | vesparider@hotmail.co.uk |
| Comments: | Nice to see this site.
I used to watch Jacks shows with my father when they were on TV as a child. What great family viewing they were.. |
| Name: | john moorey |
| E-mail address: | sallymoorey@gmail.com |
| Comments: | I remember a quieter more peaceful less electric time! Jack was introducing new theme music for t.v.programme. It was Spanish guitar music that had the same rythmn as a plodding plough horse. Years later in another continent I heard it and it was named Al Hambra after the moorish palace, a place of great beauty peace and quiet which I dream of visiting. six degrees!! |
| Name: | Kev Lane |
| E-mail address: | cbc@cbc.alcom.co.uk |
| Homepage URL: | http://www.cattle-breeding.com |
| Comments: | I found some of Jack's DVD's recently - I was always a fan of his programmes in the 60's and 70's. About 18 months before he died, I knocked at his door, as I live in Dorset and had recently purchased his Out of Town and The Old Country books. I asked Jack to sign them for me and I now treasure them. We chatted in his garden and as I left, his parting words to me were 'I hate being 80 lad, I have lived a full life but its gone too quick'. Bless you Jack Hargreaves, country legend. |
| Name: | Richard Anstey |
| E-mail address: | rick@iqfunds.com.au |
| Comments: | keen to explore this more - have always had fond memories of Friday nights watching out of town - 6pm from memory around the dinner table with my grandfather who knew and practiced all that Jack described.
I am 58 now born in Dorset but lived in Australia for 30 years Richard |
| Name: | Sid stoat |
| E-mail address: | stoats@btinternet.co.uk |
| Comments: | Jack was worthy |
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| E-mail address: | michael@cox.net |
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| E-mail address: | duncan.stacey@icap.com |
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| Name: | Steve |
| E-mail address: | southstander@gmail.com |
| Comments: | Have just returned to angling after a break of 30 years to teach my 4-year old about the joys of fishing -If I can impart a fraction of the enjoyment I got as a boy watching jack to my little 'un I will consider it a job well done.
I found the site after a wiki search when having a nostalgic moment. Sad to see he passed away so many years ago, but I guess even the best are not immortal except in our memories. A great man fondly remembered. Great site BTW. |
| Name: | derrick pilkington |
| E-mail address: | derrick.pilkington@ntlworld.com |
| Comments: | saw aclip of jack on tv found site great to see him in action never tired to see old grand masters at work
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| Name: | tom |
| E-mail address: | igarbett@csu.edu.au |
| Comments: | NIce site. Glad it exists. I have seen that the out of town series (on youtube -clips) is out on DVD too these days.
As an ex pat I look back fondly to the time this great bloke was on Telly. He always stood out to me- a REAL bloke-never knew him but he seemed totally genuine to me. He is to me something to aspire to, so I echo your sentiments there, I already have the pipe and white hair now, catching up to him. Keep the site going. He should be remebered. Thanks of this sincere effort.. |
| Name: | Paul Hook |
| E-mail address: | hookie61@hotmail.com |
| Comments: | Out of Town was shown on a Thursday afternoon in our area, I would wait for the bell to "bail out" of school at 3:45, and run like a greyhound all the way home. I would arrive panting and sweaty, with about 2 minutes to spare. I always wanted to be a gamekeeper when I was young, drove my carrers teacher nuts! I ended up as a Joiner, and moved to America. I still have a postcard sent to me after an enquiry about Yerro, it is one of my most treasured posessions. I miss Britain, the States are very bland compared to the richly coloured tapestry that Jack showed me over the years. They didn't call it GREAT BRITAIN for nothing, we are a lucky bunch us Brits, we have a history that is present in all that we do. A truly gifted people. |
| Name: | Nick Robinson |
| E-mail address: | nicholas.robinson5@btopenworld.com |
| Comments: | He was the best , and there will never be another like him |
| Name: | Bobbi White |
| E-mail address: | Bobbi@dmec.fsnet.co.uk |
| Comments: | It's good to see that Jack Hargreaves and Out of Town are still so well remembered. What a lovely man! When I was going through a bad time in life I wrote to tell him how much I appreciated his programme as I was living in a town at the time, and he sent me a lovely letter and a Shell book about the countryside, which he said he hoped 'would make it up to me a bit for being stuck in town'.
It's sad that the TV companies are no longer expected to produce local programmes - so they don't. |
| Name: | robert harford |
| E-mail address: | bigchap@fsmail.net |
| Comments: | Every single episode was full of useful information and tips that myself and my brothers would try out the next day. We never missed an episode. |
| Name: | robert harford |
| E-mail address: | bigchap@fsmail.net |
| Comments: | Every single episode was full of useful information and tips that myself and my brothers would try out the next day. We never missed an episode. |
| Name: | Pete Lewis |
| E-mail address: | pete.lewis@siemens.com |
| Comments: | I have many fond memories of Jack, I used to run into him occasionally when fishing Wimborne river as a kid, he was always happy to stop and chat, he also came to my school and gave a talk.
I remember watching his final show, where he cracked a beer at the end of it and drank a toast A treasure now lost but never forgotten |
| Name: | Steve Lofthouse |
| E-mail address: | steve@stevelofthouse.com |
| Comments: | I am amazed! A chance comment in the street from a neighbour who had found the dvd's for sale, and here I am on a site where messages are still being posted in 2009! I have a smile on my face and a tear in my eye. Like everyone here, Jack has had a lasting influence on my life. The smile on my face is because I have 'found him again' and can start collecting what's available. The tear is because he's past away and I kind of hoped he may live forever...In truth, maybe he does, as there's a bit of him in all of us on this site. Today's a happy day because I've found an old friend again, cheers Jack and Thanks! Steve |
| Name: | andy driscoll |
| E-mail address: | andrew@driscoll28.wanadoo.co.uk |
| Comments: | yes jack was a true icon on the subject of all rural persuits i learned many things as a boy on how to behave and respect the country sports we all know and love.for me the knack of gaining your attention in a gentle and interesting manner will never be equaled. a man we need so much today so we can enjoy the things we do and have done.when i walk the fields and woods i will think of you.
god bless.. |
| Name: | chrisA |
| E-mail address: | jacksback@ccadams.org |
| Comments: | Great site!
"Old Country" theme tune is here: http://home24.inet.tele.dk/ccadams/guitar/Recuerdos-de-la-Alhambra.mp3 |
| Name: | Doug Woods |
| E-mail address: | dougwoods@hotmail.co.uk |
| Comments: | What a wonderfull site, thankyou for letting me spend a couple of hours looking back into my past.
A true legend of a past era Sundays were never the same when Out of Town wasn't on. Has anyone managed to obtain the series on DVD? Doug |
| Name: | michael alty |
| E-mail address: | themightymalty@yahoo.co.uk |
| Name: | Ian Akers |
| E-mail address: | ian@ajsr5.demon.co.uk |
| Comments: | Saw a link on Wiki looking up "Out Of town" for the title music..I also remember watching as a kid with my dad. Informative, and relaxing. A most interesting man. I also remember Bunty and the others on How! too...all such a long time ago..
Nice site, I'll look around a bit more when I've not been up from 08:00-04:00... |
| Name: | Stanley Baker |
| E-mail address: | edwardb@ntlworld.com |
| Comments: | My most enduring memory of Jack was how he brought back countryside activities in Cambridgeshire when I was sent to Little Downham during WW2. I was 7years old at the time.
I married when I was 21yrs old living in London, and could not wait to get back to the countryside I had come to love, now at 76yrs.old I still remember Jack on our first black and white TV, in 1953, it was unmissable regular viewing, I even managed to spot the odd item Jack used to tease us with to guess it's use or name, great fun. I am sure if the whole series was rerun the viewing public would embrace eagerly, it would be so much more refreshing than the rubbish we are bombarded with today. What a gracious and caring man was the great Jack Hargreaves. Sadly Missed. |
| Name: | Simon |
| E-mail address: | therixons@gmail.com |
| Comments: | I've been a fan and ocassional collector of Jack for the last few years, as I have fond memories of him from my childhood. I've found that Jack's principles are so relevant today, that if he were to revisit us, I'm sure it would be like 'groundhog day' for him.
Jack held so much knowledge, that the only way to bring it back would be to recover all his old films and subject them to modern recovery techniques in order to publish them as they were meant to be. Sadly, I'm not sure this is possible. |
| Name: | Simon |
| E-mail address: | therixons@gmail.com |
| Comments: | I've been a fan and ocassional collector of Jack for the last few years, as I have fond memories of him from my childhood. I've found that Jack's principles are so relevant today, that if he were to revisit us, I'm sure it would be like 'groundhog day' for him.
Jack held so much knowledge, that the only way to bring it back would be to recover all his old films and subject them to modern recovery techniques in order to publish them as they were meant to be. Sadly, I'm not sure this is possible. |
| Name: | Peter McGarry |
| E-mail address: | peter_mcgarry1@msn.com |
| Comments: | Like everyone else on here, Jack's shows were a part of my growing up that I look back on with great warmth. For myself, and I expect for many others, the shows reflected on a slower, more innocent and comparatively uncomplicated way of life, that has been replaced with a "Must Have" genetically modified society. It's was a way of life that I wish we could return to in so many ways. Where everyone knew their neighbours, even those 12 miles away and where dogs were for working, not carried in designer handbags by vacuous so-called "celebrities". |
| Name: | Peter McGarry |
| E-mail address: | peter_mcgarry1@msn.com |
| Comments: | Like everyone else on here, Jack's shows were a part of my growing up that I look back on with great warmth. For myself, and I expect for many others, the shows reflected on a slower, more innocent and comparatively uncomplicated way of life, that has been replaced with a "Must Have" genetically modified society. It's was a way of life that I wish we could return to in so many ways. Where everyone knew their neighbours, even those 12 miles away and where dogs were for working, not carried in designer handbags by vacuous so-called "celebrities". |
| Name: | ken macgrath |
| E-mail address: | kenmacgrath48@btinternet.com |
| Comments: | I always enjoyed jack's programme. He had a great simple way for most things that he did. And where can I buy his dvds. |
| Name: | ken macgrath |
| E-mail address: | kenmacgrath48@btinternet.com |
| Comments: | I always enjoyed jack's programme. He had a great simple way for most things that he did. And where can I buy his dvds. |
| Name: | Maurice Thomas |
| E-mail address: | maurice@atlantic-csp.com |
| Comments: | I would like to know how to obtain DVDs on Country Boy & Old Country |
| Name: | Ian Davies |
| E-mail address: | xmtd29@yahoo.co.uk |
| Comments: | Jack was(is)a wonderfully inspirational character,who's narative on all country matters, and life in general, was not only truely knowledgable and inspirational, but was a tonic to listen to - like his aromatic pipe-smoke, he has left his fragrance on all who were lucky to grow up with him. He represented the father and grandfather that I never had, and instilled in me a lifelong love of rustic country life and country sports.
God Bless you Jack. |
| Name: | alan keep |
| E-mail address: | alankeep@msn.com |
| Comments: | watched as a boy and his influence is with me as each year passes, fond memories of an legendry character |
| Name: | Tony Jones |
| E-mail address: | hawk63tj@aol.com |
| Comments: | Jack will always be remember for the way he described things in that soothing and calm voice. A true gent who understood and loved the countryside. |
| Name: | Richard Neville |
| E-mail address: | dickienev@hotmail.co.uk |
| Comments: | Lived in 'Limmo' (Lymington) when Jack lived in Lower Pennington (just down the road!) & remember playing tennis there @ 'P' courts with Jack's step/daughter/s (?? ~ long time ago now!)......
Revered ALL Jack stood for....such lovely progs. & as such are sadly missed. There was nothing 'brash' about Jack, was there? SO unlike SO many of today's ersatz copies of his style.....BRING back 'a Jack'......IF ONLY! RIP~~~~~~You were a TRUE star Jack. xxx |
| Name: | dave |
| E-mail address: | UserD7743@aol.com |
| Comments: | have been watching the dvd's with a friend, have to ration myself to ine dvd per week and stretch the pleasure out. as a kid i watched an episode where jack explained the origin of the british breakfast of bacon and eggs, sadly this is not on the dvd's and i presume lost. does anyone else remember this episode? excellent site, wonderful memories. |
| Name: | Andrew Woodhead |
| E-mail address: | andrew.woodhead3@ntlworld.com |
| Comments: | I used to watch Out Of Town as a child and remember Jack smoking his pipe and telling us all about rural ways and country life, he was like everyones favourite uncle. Read "Out of Town A Life Relived on television" a wonderful book, a book I never tire of and pick up reglarly when life gets a bit hectic. Unfortunatly it's about a time we will never see again in this country...more's the pity...God bless the Old Man. |
| Name: | Andris Erglis |
| E-mail address: | erglisdeerstalking@googlemail.com |
| Comments: | Great Tv series wish it could be repeated for the younger generation so that they can see what the country side is really about.Johnny Kingdom is good but still not a patch on Jack. |
| Name: | colin gardner |
| E-mail address: | caroline@shangrala.fsworld.co.uk |
| Comments: | one hell of a man |
| Name: | David Wyn Lewis |
| E-mail address: | lewis776@lewis776.wanadoo.co.uk |
| Comments: | I remember watching 'Out of Town' on a Sunday evening. I wish these programmes were still on. What a wonderfull era to have lived in.
Thank you Jack |
| Name: | ian stewart |
| E-mail address: | sabruer@hotmail.co.uk |
| Comments: | I have at last found the site i was looking for, what a wonderful site. I am glad that i am not the only person who Jack had moved with his fantastic stories and his calmness in portraying the forgotten days of the farm and country. Having spent a few years in the military and have been able to use some of Jacks methods whilst in the Falklands and other countries really helped me understand the importance passing on old trades and just being happy with what we have. |
| Name: | Nic Sands |
| E-mail address: | nicolas.sands@atkinsglobal.com |
| Comments: | As with many others I found jacks TV programmes fascinating as a young boy, and have kept my love for the countryside till this day.....thanks Jack. |
| Name: | David J.Edwards |
| E-mail address: | daved44@hotmail.com |
| Comments: | Thank you for this web page on Jack Hargreaves, I have many happy childhood memories of watching and learning with my father during the "Out of Town" series.
Thank you Jack |
| Name: | terry martinelli |
| E-mail address: | lynda@rosevine.plus.com |
| Comments: | as stated by most admirers of jack hargreaves,he was great at explaining how most old farm instruments and horse harnesses were used.Its a shame there is nobody quite like him around today,except maybe Ray Mears,who is also interesting to watch.Jacks 'out of town' programmes were brilliant and he is sadly missed. |
| Name: | Steve |
| E-mail address: | Wolfie_3@hotmail.com |
| Comments: | Thanks Jack |
| Name: | Dave |
| Homepage URL: | http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=32025851632&ref=mf |
| Comments: | Out Of Town is now on "facebook". |
| Name: | Paul Peacock |
| E-mail address: | paul922@btinternet.com |
| Comments: | He was born in London. As were his brothers, and there he lived most of his early years until he was sent to Pargeters Farm to get him away from his Father who loved hime, but with whom Jack had problems with.
Jack never lived for any length of time iun Yorkshire, and neither did he live on a farm until he was well into his teens. Please don't think this to be a bad thing on Jack's part. He came from the very early days of television, and consequently 'the story' was not the same as 'the reality'. But that doesn't mean the things Jack said and stood for were invalid. Quite the reverse. |
| Name: | Matt. |
| E-mail address: | coniferlodge@tiscali.co.uk |
| Comments: | I knew Jack and shot with him several times. Not quite the out and out countryman he seemed. He loved city life and the bright lights.
Why does his entry in Wikipedia tell us he was born in London? |
| Name: | Paul |
| E-mail address: | Vikinglegends@aol.com |
| Comments: | Can anyone remember what Jack's Dog's name was please ? |
| Name: | Paul Eades |
| E-mail address: | pauleades@btinternet.com |
| Comments: | I don't know whether Steve Hardy the creator of this site has realised it, as I have tried to contact him on several occasions in the past to no avail! Could I suggest that we all blast the Fans Forum with comments just to blitz out the porn messages from off the front screen, as it must be very off putting to newcomers! I think we could win by sheer weight of numbers!
cheers Paul |
| Name: | Simon |
| Comments: | I come here from time to time, as Jack is in my heart. Has anyone else realised that the forum has been hijacked by porn posters??? |
| Name: | Mike Roberts |
| E-mail address: | samhainwales@postmaster.co.uk |
| Homepage URL: | http://www,samhaincymru.co.uk |
| Comments: | Watching the DVDs and reading the books brings back lots of memories and following on from Paul Peacock's excellent biography, how about a 'Jack's Trail' map? It could show all his old haunts and locations around Hampshire/Dorset. I intend to travel down from my home in North Wales and do a 'pilgrimage' to the area one day,place some flowers on Bullbarrow Hill etc, so how about it?
If you like the idea and would like a designer, I can help! Great site to a great man. |
| Name: | brad |
| E-mail address: | fxtat2@hotmail.co.uk |
| Comments: | me and my dad loved jack and never missed out of town.i also thought he was great on how.
much missed tv legend. |
| Name: | mack [wabbiter ] |
| E-mail address: | macknbarb@hotmail.com |
| Comments: | jack hargreaves a wonderful memory from my childhood, if only i'de have paid more attention. |
| Name: | roy seare |
| E-mail address: | roy_seare@hotmail.co.uk |
| Comments: | I have just listern to the theme tune from out of town on classic FM and thought of jack and how l use to love listerning to this very intresting man,great memories |
| Name: | fish |
| E-mail address: | sarah.binning@btinternet.com |
| Homepage URL: | http://http://jacksshed.myfreeforum.org/index.php |
| Comments: | loved jacks programs,they instilled in me a love of the countryside and his shed was the inspiration for my hunting /countryside forum which i named jacks shed! heres a link:
http://jacksshed.myfreeforum.org/index.php |
| Name: | Jose Luis Ramos |
| E-mail address: | jose@mramos9519.eclipse.co.uk |
| Comments: | I been in England since 1964 I was 10 years old
live in west sussex. I allways miss Jack |
| Name: | john webb |
| E-mail address: | john_webb55@hotmail.com |
| Comments: | I grew up watching out of town.For me he was everything i wanted to be.I miss those programs as they show an England lost for ever. He was a Great man. My fondest regards to Jack. |
| Name: | adrian clark |
| E-mail address: | g3glo@hotmail.com |
| Comments: | I was born in 1965. My father was a fan of Out of Town and I have happy childhood memories of the programme. The Out of Town clip on You Tube is spooky in the feelings it rekindles. I have just read the piece about Jack on Wiki and followed the link to this site. It's fascinating, thank you. |
| Name: | phil robertson |
| E-mail address: | kingcarpphil@yahoo.co.uk |
| Comments: | thank god i am a saddo and did not grow up in mr norris world. |
| Name: | jeff sallis |
| E-mail address: | jeffsallis@sky.com |
| Comments: | i loved the way jack made me feel as though someone had wrapped me up in a warm blanket as i anticipated the start of the programme. A great man,sadly missed, we;ll never see the like of jack again in a world gone mad with political correctness and lack of respect from teenagers who would only benefit from listening to a bit of jacks wily wisdom godbless jack.
from jeff sallis ellesmere port cheshire |
| Name: | Naughty Norris |
| E-mail address: | Norris527@aol.com |
| Comments: | Jack Hargreaves? Isn't that the bloke who sat in his shed and bored the balls off people. You lot want to stop living in the past and move on saddo's. |
| Name: | justin fishfish |
| E-mail address: | sarah.binning@btinternet.com |
| Homepage URL: | http://jacksshed.myfreeforum.org/index.php |
| Comments: | as a child that show instilled a love of all things country,i loved his shed! best i loved it when he would hold up some weird tool that someone had sent in wondering what it did,he allways seemed to know!
i have started collecting the dvd's ive watched them time after time,i once saw the plough horses on the credits of the show at a country fair when i was a child,cant remember their names now though. |
| Name: | helen mary firkins |
| E-mail address: | helen52@supanet.com |
| Comments: | i dont know what made jacks name cross my mind tonight but i thought i'll just have a look on the computor and see what it comes up with.low and behold theres all these sites for him. my school friends and i were horse mad back in the 60's and appeared on many of his programmes, albeit briefly,at the point to points, colt hunting and various horse shows around the new forest. i also met oliver kite, after whom i named my labrador !! ( ollie)
i shall definately be ordering the dvd's for memories of a fine man and a time so much more peaceful tha today |
| Name: | warren rouse |
| E-mail address: | goonerrouse@aol.com |
| Comments: | excellent site, many memories of out of town and jack, surely, the could repeat them again ?, possibly on sky ?.
keep up the good work. |
| Name: | Steve Hamilton |
| E-mail address: | busterbill22@hotmail.com |
| Comments: | A brilliant man, A brilliant programme, A brilliant site.
Thanks for the (wonderful) memories Steve, great site, and keep up the good work. |
| Name: | paul heyburn |
| E-mail address: | xiiipaul@yahoo.co.uk |
| Comments: | This laid back presenter, sat in the box in the corner of the room and made me feel like he was sitting in the fireside chair. I could almost smell the pipe tobacco so real was the comfort and ease that his skills laid upon me the viewer.
I will be forever grateful for the education of real life that Mr Hargreaves gave me during my formative years. Jack you may be gone, but never forgotten....Thank you. |
| Name: | ERIC PACE |
| E-mail address: | eric.pace1@btinternet.co.uk |
| Comments: | I met Jack during the 1973 southern television sea angling championships.Winning through to the final at Stornoway on the Isle of Lewis gave me a long awaited chance to engauge both he and Stanley Brehaut in some extremely interesting conversations.They,and the programmes we enjoyed so much will be sadly missed,especially now that most of them can no longer be recovered.
I finished runner up in the final by the way- it was the year that Graham Rogers from Weymouth caught the 141LB Common Skate to win. |
| Name: | Luchi |
| E-mail address: | luci1234@hotmail.co.uk |
| Comments: | Hello,
I'm only 15(16 in Dec) and likewise I absolutely love Jack Hargreaves. I shoot, fish,ferret and love anything to do with agriculutre or equine. I really wish there was another like Jack but no one could match him. I'm getting the out of town box set for christmas, can't wait. I think you're doing Jack good, Luchi |
| Name: | Andrew Hough |
| E-mail address: | mehbint@hotmail.com |
| Comments: | I grew-up in the country, and i always remember watching jack on tv, and it was one of the very few programs i loved to see on the box, he was in my opinion one of the greatest presenters ever to be on british television. |
| Name: | Ian Marchant |
| E-mail address: | ian16marchant@tiscali.co.uk |
| Comments: | Just got the Out Of Town series on dvd for my birthday,watched the lot in three evenings (what a JACK fest!!)brought back so many memories of my youth,loved Sunday mornings but didn,t it always go too quickly.Still fishing and enjoying the countryside Jack,even making a few walking sticks now in me shed!!Love the website,it,s great to see so many like minded people about,reading this has restored my faith!!JACK was and still is a national treasure,God bless mate. |
| Name: | Andy Smith |
| Comments: | G'day, Like many I grew-up watching Jack on TV Fishing, shooting and talking about the things he knew about. I remember seeing him on Herne Bay beach after a Skate fishing trip. I seriously doubt I could have had a better role model. I've just ordered the Boxed Set of 'Out of Town' from Amazon, and I can't wait for it to arrive. I hope they find more fottage... I'd love to watch it again.
Andy |
| Name: | David Robinson |
| E-mail address: | pheasantpluckerson@hotmail.co.uk |
| Comments: | He was ultimatly the cause of my many years of enjoying working dog's, fishing and shooting. Sadly Missed,Never to be replaced, a forgoten by many Legend |
| Name: | carole smith |
| E-mail address: | kaz8437@yahoo.co.uk |
| Comments: | I have just been told about this site, think it`s great, well done, most entertaining, THANK YOU. Carole. |
| Name: | philip robertson |
| E-mail address: | pauline@paulinerobertson.wanadoo.co.uk |
| Comments: | Hi did any one see jack on HOW on E4 + 1 tv last week?. |
| Name: | paul |
| E-mail address: | p_draddy@hotmail.com |
| Comments: | I to remember sundays watching jack,although i was only a small boy with no money etc i still used to dream of the things he showed us each week.I know he can never be replaced but i would like to think Bill oddie is the nearest to the great man now.Bills passion for nature should be a example to use all(even if your not keen on some of his lame jokes!) |
| Name: | Paul Eades |
| E-mail address: | pauleades@btinternet.com |
| Comments: | Ray was probably a fan too!! The lad certainly knows his stuff and I'm sure Jack would approve! |
| Name: | james mcneill |
| E-mail address: | mcneill17@talktalk.net |
| Comments: | I would like to see jack and ray mears make a programe |
| Name: | james mcneill |
| E-mail address: | mcneill17@talktalk.net |
| Comments: | Bet he would teach ray mears a thing or too |
| Name: | james mcneill |
| E-mail address: | mcneill17@talktalk.net |
| Name: | Tony Reido |
| E-mail address: | treid@herald-review.com |
| Comments: | You can't go home again. But it's nice to look back, and remember. |
| Name: | Ian Mayes |
| E-mail address: | moggymayes@aol.com |
| Comments: | A true legend. Always with a calm gentle manner, always with a fascinating insight into the old ways and the countryside, always with a delivery that seemed to be aimed so personally, I will always remember Jack Hargreaves in Out of Town and the things he showed us all. Today, with all the technological advances, gadgets, and the rat race, don't we all wish we could just return to a time when life ran at a much slower pace; where the simple things in life were more relevant. Jack took us there, and showed us wonderful people, ways, and things. As Jack said, 'The only way to save the countryside, is to show people exactly what happens in it.' God bless Jack for giving us all that insight. |
| Name: | Steve Ashdown |
| Name: | les blakebrough |
| E-mail address: | blakebrough1@hotmail.com |
| Comments: | What a gent he helped me out of london i fish have shot and much more |
| Name: | Glenn from Romford |
| E-mail address: | glenn.a.anderson@ntlworld.com |
| Comments: | As a young boy growing up in London in the late 60's Jack's prog. was my only the escape into the countryside,I am a keen angler to this day because of him. |
| Name: | Nicholas Foreman |
| E-mail address: | nickforeman@hotmail.co.uk |
| Comments: | He was one of the great broadcasters on Southern TV, an excellent era of television. |
| Name: | Michael James Keegan |
| E-mail address: | michaelkeegan66@hotmail.com |
| Name: | Russell |
| E-mail address: | russellrhino@ntlworld.com |
| Comments: | Watching out of town with my father early on sunday mornings, finding out things about my dad i didnt know,as he agreed with Jack on his "country ways".
Wonderful when the world was a better place. Memories |