Simpler times. As a chap growing up in the south of Ireland I would not miss a single episode of Jack's. I have spent the reminder of my free time hunting stalking and walking in the Irish countryside.......thank you Jack, a legend among men. Happy hunting where ever you are.
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.
It seems to be a badge of Britishness to hold mild contempt for the sucess of others. Bravo Jack for his forthright defense of himself. Sort of the opposite of schadenfreude.
Cheerieo, Jack. You have given me so many hours of wonderful viewing. My father, the same age as Jack, used to talk about 'Old Hargreaves' and he enjoyed his programs so much, all the things Jack showed, he'd done. Most of those things I can't do anymore, because they're not there.
I love the line at the end..."He's one chap I'd like to meet and have a chat to" What he's really saying is "He's one chap I'd like to meet and beat the living sh*t out of"
YES !!!! you are right, and those are the lyrics ! For 40 years I have had Out of town and Max's song inextricably linked together, as soon as I read your message , I could hear Max Bygraves voice singing it!, you have solved a very old and very annoying puzzle for me .... thank you very much !... thought I was going mad (der) :-)))
What was so silly about this tittle tattle was that Jack could make an entertainment - and often did on 'Out of Town' and 'Old Country' broadcasts - of not catching anything all day.
There is an over used phrase. They don’t make’em like that anymore! The people who like to knock you, don’t like to be near you when they are spouting do they?
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
This is going to sound a bit silly..... but wasn't there a different 'theme tune' to the original Out of Town .... it was a song that went (embarrassed now) "say what you will, the countryside is still, the only place that I could settle down, things out there are so much fairer, ouuuut of town ( humming to self) would love to find it once more , and was sure it was Jacks, any ideas ??? or am I loosing it :-))))
Max Bygraves 'Out of Town' - find it on Google. The earlier black and white episodes of Out of Town used the theme song "Out of Town" by Leslie Bricusse and Robin Beaumont, performed by Max Bygraves. As you recall the lyric begins: "Say what you will, the countryside is still, the only place that I can settle down". The distinctive classical guitar tune that accompanied later episodes of "Out of Town", "Recuerdos de la Alhambra", was commissioned by Jack from one of Southern's musical directors, Jonathon Xavier Coudrille. While strolling down a corridor at the Southern TV HQ at Northam in Southampton, Hargreaves overheard the multi-instrumentalist, Jonathon Coudrille playing his own arrangement of Francisco Tárrega's piece in one of the studios. He decided to use it in place of Bygraves' song, commissioning Coudrille's group, 'Late November', to play it especially for OOT. The group comprised Coudrille, Mick Hawksworth, Steve Smith, Tony Fernandez, Peter Barraclough and Jonathan Handlesman.
Well then, I'm not mad !!! ...that's exactly what we sang at school!!? unless you went to Pennyfields school in middleton-on-sea,west sussex.....that's a bit of a long shot coincidence...Ohhhhh how peculiar! :-) Its a shame really about kids today, they see everything on a plasma screen, but never actually have the energy to get up and do something for real... mine is so lazy she can barely be bothered to get out of a chair, and yet... she knows EVERYTHING .... sigh :-)))))
One chap I'd like to meet and have a chat to, says Jack. Is it just me who senses a slight hint of menace there? I expect Jack was tongue-in-cheek here, but just suppose he wasn't?
This tittle-tattler is so off base, since my stepdad could make failing to catch a fish all day into an entertaining episode of OOT, as well as reflecting the the experience of many a fine angler. "When the wind is in the east, 'Tis neither good for man nor beast; When the wind is in the north, The skillful fisher goes not forth; When the wind is in the south, It blows the bait in the fishes' mouth; When the wind is in the west, Then 'tis at the very best." He quoted these lines in one episode when river fishing on a freezing winter day, he and a fellow angler did indeed 'go forth' and experienced the consequences!
Jack never liked salmon fishing. I wonder if his lack of enthusiasm for the wet fly (a lure and not a fly) led to this. I'd like to see the film with a 'borrowed' salmon. I've never come across it but if it exists in my archives and I find it I can have a look at the evidence (:)). I think J's beef was the tittle tattler's allegation that televisual legerdemain was his habit, when his pride was to make live film in which nothing might be caught and things went awry, and still be entertaining. S
I remember the Max Bygraves song being the theme tune for a time, as well (maybe the first series?) and I'll tell you why I remember it - I was in junior school at the time, and when the show came on we used to sing the first two lines as "Say what you will, school dinners make you ill..." Great show, but would probably be far too slow for most children now.
tbh I cant say I ever watched an episode involving Jack with said Salmon (I loved watching Out of Town when I was a kid) I am betting it was just one of those stories that got passed around the pub after a few to many
These days they have to borrow a farmed fish from Morrisons as the rivers are empty thanks to greedy over fishing and short sighted fisherman with no thought of tomorrow
David Benjamin you’re wrong and right at the same time! Yes, the rivers are empty. The cause however isn’t greedy fishermen, it’s predation by Cormorants and Otters.
@@tinabaker4662 you are also right and wrong. I was a member of a social media group but left it because of the members constantly posting photos of salmon they had killed. Worse still most of them were hen fish. It takes a lot for an angler to rise above the primeval urge to kill all he catches so its good that the decision will soon be made for them. To take a migratory fish will be a criminal offence. With so few salmon and sea trout running our rivers it is morally wrong and a crime against nature anyway. My reference to overfishing was aimed at the scum of the earth that is our modern commercial fleet that is raping our seas. Here in south west wales we dont even catch mackerel anymore, even from a boat. I suppose the people responsible are our governments that allow these toerags to push species to the brink. Regarding otters, cormorants and goosander in these parts until the last 20 years you never saw one inland. That is because gamekeepers and fishing clubs shot them indiscriminately. Whatever the rights and wrongs of that, one benefit was rivers with much healthier fish stocks
@@davidbenjamin5356 " it takes a lot for an angler to rise above the primeval urge to kill as he catches ". What a load of absolute BOLLOCKS! I have been an angler for many years and fished with countless other anglers. Not one of us has had a " primeval urge to kill " as we catch. If we fish in a match they go into a keepnet, if we are just pleasure fishing they go straight back in the water with no murderous intent! Part of the problem of empty rivers is indeed down to otters/cormorants/mink.
@@CB-xr1eg Keep your hair on keyboard warrior. A friend once told me you can call mike tyson a pussy from afar. I am clearly talking about game fishing and you are talking about coarse fishing. I practice both codes, obviously you do not. Of course you wouldnt kill your coarse fish, they arent worth eating except for perch perhaps. Anyway since you lowered the tone of this why dont you just fuck off moron
Simpler times. As a chap growing up in the south of Ireland I would not miss a single episode of Jack's. I have spent the reminder of my free time hunting stalking and walking in the Irish countryside.......thank you Jack, a legend among men. Happy hunting where ever you are.
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.
There were trolls, even in his day... Good man was Jack Hargreaves !
It seems to be a badge of Britishness to hold mild contempt for the sucess of others. Bravo Jack for his forthright defense of himself. Sort of the opposite of schadenfreude.
Jack Hargreaves was one of my early childhood Heroes, I can remember watching him as a very young boy. Very enjoyable to watch and listen to. Graham.
Decent bloke was Jack. There were a few 'countrymen' a bit jealous of Jacks exposure I reckon, back then. But he was the real deal. Happier days.
Cheerieo, Jack. You have given me so many hours of wonderful viewing. My father, the same age as Jack, used to talk about 'Old Hargreaves' and he enjoyed his programs so much, all the things Jack showed, he'd done. Most of those things I can't do anymore, because they're not there.
Love this man, grew up listening and learning from his wisdom
I love the line at the end..."He's one chap I'd like to meet and have a chat to"
What he's really saying is "He's one chap I'd like to meet and beat the living sh*t out of"
Jack just wanted to show him his old scythe, he had it sharpened especially to show him. 😁
@@thesunreport Nice one...
Jack Hargreaves was the real deal he is still remembered fondly and highly regarded in the New Forest where he lived for sometime.
The man, allegedly, is named Jeff 'Jeffers' Combes and he's still tittle-tattling on Hargreaves...
Does he intermittently show up at pubs in Christchurch and leave without finishing his drink? Does he frequent tackle shops in Weymouth still? 😂
@@tommyball1863 That, I shall try to find out!
Pure class Jack. You will always be a class act and above reproach. R.I.P fella...
Thanks Paul. You might like to see more JH (my stepfather) on the Facebook page 'Out of Town with Jack Hargreaves' which has 4000+ members
@@SimonBaddeley hello Simon. Jack was your stepdad? Brilliant! Used to see him in our local. Well, one of two!
YES !!!! you are right, and those are the lyrics ! For 40 years I have had Out of town and Max's song inextricably linked together, as soon as I read your message , I could hear Max Bygraves voice singing it!, you have solved a very old and very annoying puzzle for me .... thank you very much !... thought I was going mad (der) :-)))
happy times
JACK WAS ONE IN 10 MILLION
Don't mess with big Jack!
I wonder if Jack ever caught up with him....
Not sure if my stepdad cared an iota about the tittle-tattler, but others had picked up on their silly slur.
@@SimonBaddeley Allegedly someone I know discovered the other day it was a chap they met named Jeff Combes - we'd often chuckle over this clip!
That story must have had a wide currency, I can remember being told it, must have been back in 77. :)
What was so silly about this tittle tattle was that Jack could make an entertainment - and often did on 'Out of Town' and 'Old Country' broadcasts - of not catching anything all day.
"SHOTS FIRED!"
There is an over used phrase. They don’t make’em like that anymore!
The people who like to knock you, don’t like to be near you when they are spouting do they?
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
Dont mess wiv Jack.
This is fighting talk! Good old Jack wanting one last ruck before he goes to the big shed in the sky!!
Fighting talk? No! He just wanted a ‘chat’ with him…
This is going to sound a bit silly..... but wasn't there a different 'theme tune' to the original Out of Town .... it was a song that went (embarrassed now) "say what you will, the countryside is still, the only place that I could settle down, things out there are so much fairer, ouuuut of town ( humming to self) would love to find it once more , and was sure it was Jacks, any ideas ??? or am I loosing it :-))))
Max Bygraves 'Out of Town' - find it on Google. The earlier black and white episodes of Out of Town used the theme song "Out of Town" by Leslie Bricusse and Robin Beaumont, performed by Max Bygraves. As you recall the lyric begins: "Say what you will, the countryside is still, the only place that I can settle down".
The distinctive classical guitar tune that accompanied later episodes of "Out of Town", "Recuerdos de la Alhambra", was commissioned by Jack from one of Southern's musical directors, Jonathon Xavier Coudrille. While strolling down a corridor at the Southern TV HQ at Northam in Southampton, Hargreaves overheard the multi-instrumentalist, Jonathon Coudrille playing his own arrangement of Francisco Tárrega's piece in one of the studios. He decided to use it in place of Bygraves' song, commissioning Coudrille's group, 'Late November', to play it especially for OOT. The group comprised Coudrille, Mick Hawksworth, Steve Smith, Tony Fernandez, Peter Barraclough and Jonathan Handlesman.
Well then, I'm not mad !!! ...that's exactly what we sang at school!!? unless you went to Pennyfields school in middleton-on-sea,west sussex.....that's a bit of a long shot coincidence...Ohhhhh how peculiar! :-)
Its a shame really about kids today, they see everything on a plasma screen, but never actually have the energy to get up and do something for real... mine is so lazy she can barely be bothered to get out of a chair, and yet... she knows EVERYTHING .... sigh :-)))))
Loved watching Jack he lived in Dorset for many a long year's was that correct would like to know please
Yes indeed. Jack and Isobel lived their final years in Dorset, at Raven Cottage, Belchalwell, Sturminster Newton.
Many a long " year's "...no that's not correct at all.
If I remember correctly when he left the Forest he moved to the Shillingstone area of Dorset please don't quote me on that but I think I am correct.
Please come back Jack and have a word with Packham
Now there's a complete bonehead .
Jack would run him out of town. Geddit. Out of town. Geddit.Boom boom.
It sounds like Jack was asking him out! Don't Jack - he's not worth it !!!!!
One chap I'd like to meet and have a chat to, says Jack. Is it just me who senses a slight hint of menace there? I expect Jack was tongue-in-cheek here, but just suppose he wasn't?
This tittle-tattler is so off base, since my stepdad could make failing to catch a fish all day into an entertaining episode of OOT, as well as reflecting the the experience of many a fine angler. "When the wind is in the east, 'Tis neither good for man nor beast; When the wind is in the north, The skillful fisher goes not forth; When the wind is in the south, It blows the bait in the fishes' mouth; When the wind is in the west, Then 'tis at the very best." He quoted these lines in one episode when river fishing on a freezing winter day, he and a fellow angler did indeed 'go forth' and experienced the consequences!
"Have a talk to".....euphamism for "kick six kinds of s@#t out of"
🤣
Jack never liked salmon fishing. I wonder if his lack of enthusiasm for the wet fly (a lure and not a fly) led to this. I'd like to see the film with a 'borrowed' salmon. I've never come across it but if it exists in my archives and I find it I can have a look at the evidence (:)). I think J's beef was the tittle tattler's allegation that televisual legerdemain was his habit, when his pride was to make live film in which nothing might be caught and things went awry, and still be entertaining. S
I remember the Max Bygraves song being the theme tune for a time, as well (maybe the first series?) and I'll tell you why I remember it - I was in junior school at the time, and when the show came on we used to sing the first two lines as "Say what you will, school dinners make you ill..."
Great show, but would probably be far too slow for most children now.
I used to sing the same thing, we must be of a similar age.
Certainly singing that verse I The 60’s
tbh I cant say I ever watched an episode involving Jack with said Salmon (I loved watching Out of Town when I was a kid) I am betting it was just one of those stories that got passed around the pub after a few to many
Fake news, trolls and spam is nothing new then...
Those that can do and those that can’t spend to much time at the pub.
Something fishy about that one .
These days they have to borrow a farmed fish from Morrisons as the rivers are empty thanks to greedy over fishing and short sighted fisherman with no thought of tomorrow
David Benjamin you’re wrong and right at the same time! Yes, the rivers are empty. The cause however isn’t greedy fishermen, it’s predation by Cormorants and Otters.
@@tinabaker4662 you are also right and wrong. I was a member of a social media group but left it because of the members constantly posting photos of salmon they had killed. Worse still most of them were hen fish. It takes a lot for an angler to rise above the primeval urge to kill all he catches so its good that the decision will soon be made for them. To take a migratory fish will be a criminal offence. With so few salmon and sea trout running our rivers it is morally wrong and a crime against nature anyway. My reference to overfishing was aimed at the scum of the earth that is our modern commercial fleet that is raping our seas. Here in south west wales we dont even catch mackerel anymore, even from a boat. I suppose the people responsible are our governments that allow these toerags to push species to the brink. Regarding otters, cormorants and goosander in these parts until the last 20 years you never saw one inland. That is because gamekeepers and fishing clubs shot them indiscriminately. Whatever the rights and wrongs of that, one benefit was rivers with much healthier fish stocks
@@davidbenjamin5356 " it takes a lot for an angler to rise above the primeval urge to kill as he catches ".
What a load of absolute BOLLOCKS! I have been an angler for many years and fished with countless other anglers. Not one of us has had a " primeval urge to kill " as we catch. If we fish in a match they go into a keepnet, if we are just pleasure fishing they go straight back in the water with no murderous intent!
Part of the problem of empty rivers is indeed down to otters/cormorants/mink.
@@CB-xr1eg Keep your hair on keyboard warrior. A friend once told me you can call mike tyson a pussy from afar. I am clearly talking about game fishing and you are talking about coarse fishing. I practice both codes, obviously you do not. Of course you wouldnt kill your coarse fish, they arent worth eating except for perch perhaps. Anyway since you lowered the tone of this why dont you just fuck off moron
@@tinabaker4662
Cormorants and Otters have been here since the ice age. C 9,500 years. And they've only wiped the fish out in the last 40 years...?