wisdom Posted September 16, 2018 Report Share Posted September 16, 2018 Just watched several episodes of "Jack's game on YouTube.Several things spring to mind.I do remember watching them on tv years ago when I was a youth. 1.Imagine something like that on normal TV now. 2.Life seemed much more simpler then. 3.Seems to be that country pursuits were more accepted as the norm. Maybe rose tinted glasses but it's how I remember growing up no one abusing people going about lawful activity. Anyone suggest any more YouTube stuff in a similar vein. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7daysinaweek Posted September 16, 2018 Report Share Posted September 16, 2018 (edited) Not on the exact same thread but I recently spent night after night when coming in from work watching The Fred Dibnah series on tubeyou. I really enjoyed it when i watched it as a young lad. Fascinating character and if you watch the vids from episode 1 which was done in the late 70's, you get the feel that life was a lot slower. Elf and Safety would have a baby! That said when i was a teen I thought nothing of climbing up the sides of 50ft buildings and the like. I loved jacks game and what was the other series something like Down to earth? The exact name eludes me! Edited September 16, 2018 by 7daysinaweek Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7daysinaweek Posted September 16, 2018 Report Share Posted September 16, 2018 (edited) Just found it! Was not down to earth, it was Out of Town with Jack Hargreaves. Will have to watch them now that's me day sorted. atb 7diaw Edited September 16, 2018 by 7daysinaweek Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wisdom Posted September 16, 2018 Author Report Share Posted September 16, 2018 7days in a week where did you find the out of town ones.They were brilliant.Jack Hargreaves was a childhood favourite of mine.he used to use a little diahatsu 4 x 4 if memory serves me right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7daysinaweek Posted September 16, 2018 Report Share Posted September 16, 2018 37 minutes ago, wisdom said: 7days in a week where did you find the out of town ones.They were brilliant.Jack Hargreaves was a childhood favourite of mine.he used to use a little diahatsu 4 x 4 if memory serves me right. I found them 2 on Vimeo there are only two of them, cannot find any others online, non on tubeyou but plenty of JH other footage on there. Found this complete series dvd box set of out of town on Amazon, sadly out of stock. It has 10 dvds which show the complete 28 episodes, episode 26 is pigeon shooting, I loved the whole series when i was a young lad. atb 7diaw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham M Posted September 16, 2018 Report Share Posted September 16, 2018 You can get the 1-9 series https://www.amazon.co.uk/Out-Town-Box-Set-Vol/dp/B000MM0C6I Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lloyd90 Posted September 16, 2018 Report Share Posted September 16, 2018 Nice to reminisce, but a bit delusional to think there was no crime or abuse back then... Jimmy Savile for example was rife in the 70s ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motty Posted September 17, 2018 Report Share Posted September 17, 2018 18 hours ago, Lloyd90 said: Nice to reminisce, but a bit delusional to think there was no crime or abuse back then... Jimmy Savile for example was rife in the 70s ... I think he was referring to antis abusing people out shooting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lloyd90 Posted September 17, 2018 Report Share Posted September 17, 2018 5 minutes ago, motty said: I think he was referring to antis abusing people out shooting. Oh yes!! Sorry missed that completely 🤣🤣 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dekers Posted September 17, 2018 Report Share Posted September 17, 2018 Funnily enough I was talking about Cider pressing to some youngsters (mid 40's) yesterday and Jack Hargreaves came up, they didn't have a clue who he was! Great show! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
islandgun Posted September 17, 2018 Report Share Posted September 17, 2018 There was a one off docu type film in the early 80's i think on channel 4. about a falconer, it seemed very realistic and showed a fair bit of pigeon decoying and ferreting for hawk food. can anyone remember it? The Jack Hargreaves series was a must watch for me as a young man. sadly we wont see the like again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marsh man Posted September 17, 2018 Report Share Posted September 17, 2018 38 minutes ago, islandgun said: There was a one off docu type film in the early 80's i think on channel 4. about a falconer, it seemed very realistic and showed a fair bit of pigeon decoying and ferreting for hawk food. can anyone remember it? The Jack Hargreaves series was a must watch for me as a young man. sadly we wont see the like again Another good one on Anglia Television in the 60s which often features country pursuits was Farming Diary and Bygones by **** Joice , he had a huge collection of old country tools and relics from a bygone age , the collection is ( or was ) on show to the public at Holkham Hall in Norfolk . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
islandgun Posted September 17, 2018 Report Share Posted September 17, 2018 19 minutes ago, marsh man said: Another good one on Anglia Television in the 60s which often features country pursuits was Farming Diary and Bygones by **** Joice , he had a huge collection of old country tools and relics from a bygone age , the collection is ( or was ) on show to the public at Holkham Hall in Norfolk . I certainly remember his face and Bygones, although i lived near Holkham [Brancaster Staithe] I never got an invite to the hall. You better watch it MM youll be getting as many warnings for swearing as me... Mr xxxx Joice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenholland Posted September 17, 2018 Report Share Posted September 17, 2018 still got the jack's game collection on video in the loft , only bought it so I could watch the pigeon shooting with archie coates , many years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marsh man Posted September 17, 2018 Report Share Posted September 17, 2018 14 minutes ago, islandgun said: I certainly remember his face and Bygones, although i lived near Holkham [Brancaster Staithe] I never got an invite to the hall. You better watch it MM youll be getting as many warnings for swearing as me... Mr xxxx Joice Yea , I'm not really sure why his first name wasn't printed , I am sure if the old boy was still alive he wouldn't have thought his christian name was a swear word , after all he was never known as Richard Joice ☺️ . By the way , some of the early Survival programmes were also well worth watching . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Al Posted September 17, 2018 Report Share Posted September 17, 2018 (edited) Watching these clips again, it's hard not to feel I was born 25 or 30 years too late. (I was born in the late 60s.) Edited September 17, 2018 by Big Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldypigeonpopper Posted September 17, 2018 Report Share Posted September 17, 2018 hello, is there videos on Jack Charlton salmon fishing the Moy ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Al Posted September 17, 2018 Report Share Posted September 17, 2018 (edited) 1 hour ago, oldypigeonpopper said: hello, is there videos on Jack Charlton salmon fishing the Moy ? I remember a programme about that but it wasn't Jacks Game. It was a programme about how he became an adopted Irish man after his run of success managing the ROI football team. Edited September 17, 2018 by Big Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panoma1 Posted September 17, 2018 Report Share Posted September 17, 2018 1 hour ago, marsh man said: Yea , I'm not really sure why his first name wasn't printed , I am sure if the old boy was still alive he wouldn't have thought his christian name was a swear word , after all he was never known as Richard Joice ☺️ . By the way , some of the early Survival programmes were also well worth watching . Colin Willock aka "Town Gun" produced the survival programmes, he was a great friend of Jack Hargreaves, I believe they also worked together as reporters/publishers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Al Posted September 17, 2018 Report Share Posted September 17, 2018 8 minutes ago, panoma1 said: Colin Willock aka "Town Gun" produced the survival programmes, he was a great friend of Jack Hargreaves, I believe they also worked together as reporters/publishers? They were also joint participants in Colin Willocks "The Gun Punt Advrnture". Entertaining story. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panoma1 Posted September 17, 2018 Report Share Posted September 17, 2018 6 minutes ago, Big Al said: I remember a programme about that but it wasn't Jacks Game. It was a programme about how he became an adopted Irish man after his run of success managing the ROI football team. I think Jack Charlton, made a film in the "Jacks Game series fishing the Corrib River, on Nuns Island fishery in Galway? By all accounts the crowds gathering on the bridge watching him stopp the traffic! I saw a programme on him trying (not very well! Lol!) to fish the Ridge Pool on the Moy in Ballina. He had a house built just along the Foxford Road, I met and had the craic with the guy (his name escapes me!) who built it for him! 1 minute ago, Big Al said: They were also joint participants in Colin Willocks "The Gun Punt Advrnture". Entertaining story. Correct! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldypigeonpopper Posted September 17, 2018 Report Share Posted September 17, 2018 12 minutes ago, Big Al said: I remember a programme about that but it wasn't Jacks Game. It was a programme about how he became an adopted Irish man after his run of success managing the ROI football team. hello, he was not a favourite of the local fisherman at Ballina, got caught cheating so it was said on the famous salmon fishery there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon R Posted September 17, 2018 Report Share Posted September 17, 2018 In what way was he cheating? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldypigeonpopper Posted September 17, 2018 Report Share Posted September 17, 2018 11 minutes ago, Gordon R said: In what way was he cheating? hello, he broke the rules on the famous Moy salmon fishery in Ballina, still i enjoyed watching jacks game Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Al Posted September 17, 2018 Report Share Posted September 17, 2018 I found this but haven't watched it yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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