Normandy’s Sporting Dogs and The Lost Art of Gudgeon Fishing - Jack Hargreaves
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- Join Jack Hargreaves as he takes you on a fascinating journey into the heart of Normandy for a unique experience with sporting dogs and an old-fashioned car boot sale of animals. From the rare Braque Allemand to the Brittany Spaniel, explore the world of French hunting dogs and learn about the deep cultural traditions surrounding them. Plus, dive into the nostalgic art of gudgeon fishing as Jack demonstrates the classic method of raking the riverbed to catch this almost forgotten fish, and discover the long-lost dish of Mrs Beetons recipe "Gudgeon Tansy." A delightful blend of history, culture, and outdoor adventure!
This programme "Lessay Dogs and Gudgeon Fishing" was recorded on 21-11-1984 and broadcast on Channel 4 in 1985.
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A time machine would be great, everything used to be nicer somehow...thanks for uploading👍🏻
Ah , nostalgia ain't what it used to be 😉
My pleasure.
I remember this episode from the seventies, as a lad in the sixties I would fish on the river Avon at Keynsham. an old lady who lived in a bankside cottage would ask us to save her any gudgeon for her tea. It was on her advice that we boys cooked some up skewered on sticks over a campfire. As an adult I have eaten them and remember the flesh to be reminiscent of scampi but with many bones and not unpleasant. thanks for posting this
Wonderful watch from a time when life seemed a lot simpler
I am glad you enjoyed it.
gudgeon fishing that was nearly all i ever caught fishing on the canals.. miss them days. just sitting on a bank all day fishing with nothing to worry about or to do
Thank you for all your efforts posting these Videos, and making me feel very, very old
I could listen to him all night, remarkable man. thanks for the post.
Glad you enjoyed it David.
Brilliant memories these videos 👍.I remember catching Gudgeon as a kid in the 70's at Odney island at Cookham on the Thames,with a old tank Ariel rod and a Winfield fixed spool reel from Woolworths.
Is there anything that Jack didn’t know, this man’s knowledge is incredible, like an encyclopaedia. I used to love watching this first time round with my dad. Great program 👍🏼
Wonderful to see episodes of this incredible programme. Quality viewing..!
Thank you Dave . Taken me back to better times ❤
I al so pleased you enjoyed the programme.
Cup of tea, a crumpet and Jack. Perfect Sunday afternoon!
@@koratvinnie A crumpet in the afternoon!? Are you quite mad!? 😆❤
O my word, what an episode that was! Thanks Dave, fantastic!
Glad you enjoyed it Andy
Amazing. As kids, we would fish for native brown trout, migratory salmon and sewin (sea trout in Wales) when they were in season. Eels were ok in small numbers on a bad day but were regarded as a pest on the whole. We knew about gudgeon but avoided them, not realising their worth. I'd love to go back 50 years and try those gudgeon that we ignored.
Once again thank you for these wonderful broadcasts , what a pleasure to see the the deep Normandy of the time, and I learned a lot about gudgeon fishing! Hi from France, Olivier.
Back in the early '80s I was the "Gudgeaon Kings of Pluck's Gutter". Or so my angling pal Simon dubbed me. We used to cycle out to the River Stour at Pluck's Gutter, just upstream from Sandwich, where our preferred quarry were roach and perch. But I always caught gudgeon. We might otherwise blank, but there was always at least one gudgeon. I tried eating them once, but probably didn't prepare them properly: so full of bones it was like trying to eat a fish-flavoured toothbrush with loose bristles! By the way, I love these old programmes. Always did and still do.
What a legend, I use to love watching Out Of Town on a Friday night.
Jack got me into
Fishing as a young boy.
Life was so lovely back then, I was so lucky to of been born in the late 60s when life was still slow and enjoyable.
Good times!
Thank you for uploading this, it brings a smile to my face 😊
This brings back lots of memories, fishing on the River Stort. Thank i really enjoyed this one 😊
Glad you enjoyed it
Cheers Dave, much appreciated.
Very welcome
im 67 now, a hunter. i was brought up with jacks programs, he is a true legend
Jack often talks about people that I know about and then I think about people today just have no idea who is talking about. They would only get their phone out and go "Oh I see." The loss of language and general knowledge kicked into the UK - when the 60's 70's not really sure. :D
Which people in particular that he mentions are you referring to?
Made my Sunday evening,thank you🙏
The first ever fish my daughter caught was gudgeon, down on the Medway at Yalding. She had just turned 5 and had been asking me to teach her how to fish, so for her 5th birthday she got s complete fishing outfit. Ive still got a photo of her with that fish. She was so proud of catching it.
I think that it was the same for me. My first fish I caught on a bent pin on a short piece of line attached to a small tree branch. I was staying with my grandparents who lived on the banks on the Thames and I used to go out playing on the bank and one day I though I woulkd have a try at fishing and low and behold to my amazement I caught a fish and as far as I can remember that was a gudgeon.
We caught one at Yalding a couple of weeks ago
@@peterappleton5213 nice to know they're still about down there!
Thank you David always a pleasure to watch your uploads. Thank you so much for keeping are Jack with us on film❤ kind regards and thank you again.😊❤😊❤👍👍
David Knowles, once again great video 😊
Like many, I always look forward to watching Jack, and going back to my childhood.
Thanks for posting, Dave
Glad you enjoyed it
In my grandfather's 'Boy's Own Annual' from 1903, one of the angling articles says that 'gentles' (maggots) will be available from the butcher's shop providing that you go to the back door and ask quietly!
Dave thanks as always for spending the time to put this out for all of us to see !!! Just outstanding!!! Thank you 🤩 👍👍
I enjoy seeing them again after so many years.
As a boy fishing the Thames at Kempsford Glos ( one of the lower part of the Thames) Gudgeon was all I managed to catch , but without the raking Jack does , so easy for me in the 1960s just a small worm on a small hook. And put them back as Jack says lots of Roach and also Rudd they were so easy to catch.
A like given as usual and a link shared with my brothers who love Jack Hargreaves and Old Country programs as much as I do
Thank you David.
Isn't there always something to learn from jack heargroves ,Working dogs in France ,and gudgeon tansy in England,A mine of information 👏👏🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪
Even I learn new things every time I see the programmes again after 40 years.
I had 2 pet gudgeons in the 70s. Kept em in a tank in my bedroom. But the summer was too hot for them so me and my dad dug them a pond in the garden. They lived there for many years.
Thank you for sharing. It reminds me of our garden pond built by my dad and myself when I was about 10 years old. We then went fishing and caught a small cat fish. We hadn't intended taking it home but we did and put it in the pond not realising the size catfish grew. Many years later though when we drained the pond due to a leak we found out as by then it was already very big.
@@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker ha ha! That's brilliant, similar story different fish. Beautiful.
@@HomeSickAlienJayman It was quite a shock when we saw the fish.
When I was a kid a few millennia ago, I used to catch a lot of gudgeon on the Thames, the biggest one I caught was just over 4ozs, a real monster, a genuine specimen fish equivelent to a + 30lb carp or pike or so I told myself. In fact this is about the only specimen fish I have ever caught.
My mum had an old copy of Mrs. Beeton's Cook Book where there was a recipe for fried gudgeon with bacon if I remember correctly, so after a particularly fruitful fishing session on a local Thames backwater where I caught more than 20, I took some home for the pot. From what I remember they were 'alright' but it was something I never bothered to repeat.
Listerning to Jack Hargreaves brought all this back to me - great memories of a childhood on the River Thames.
great edit, filming Dave - loved the cutaway to that fat.....herd of steers! I guess all those small tree scattered fields have been amalgamated into huge swathes of monoculture, with pesticides galore poisoning that then 'pristine' river?
Great video love watching and listening to Jack
Thank you Leonard. Have you also seen Andrews programmes I am making with him on his life growning up on a family farm in the New Forest. This is the latest th-cam.com/video/l_-TNOFpelQ/w-d-xo.htmlsi=8tY4pWoRAen0ZM63
Great video and loved those dogs.
Thank you Edward.
When I think back to when I was a child, we were out in the fields playing ,fishing and being children. We learnt about trees and their names, what you could pick and eat. People now have very little knowledge of the country and what species of plants or trees there are. If you mentioned eel fishing you would get a funny look now, how sad the world is now with children no longer playing in the fields or parks!
So try unfortunately but maybe its the parents that have changed as my dad used to take us as family fishing on the Thames often on a Sunday and we all loved it.
Me and my 7 year old watch this and love it thank you
Thank you. That's about the age I started watching Jack and never thought that one day I would not edit his programmes "Out of Town" but produce 60 with him for Channel 4.
@@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker Amazing! What a wonderful legacy. The information is invaluable. I work on Poole harbour and was so chuffed to see Jack out on the water there in one of your programs.
Where exactly did Jack come from?
@@daviecrocket9160 Jack was born in Palmer’s Green a suburb of North London in 1911 to James and Ada Hargreaves (née Jubb), Jack (christened John Herbert) was one of three brothers. The family was rooted in Huddersfield in the West Riding of Yorkshire, but James Hargreaves based himself partly in in Palmers Green on the outskirts of London for commercial advantage and to allow his wife the benefit of the capital's midwifery.
Remember in those days Palmers Green was not all built up and certainly not like further into London. Jack went to study at the Royal Veterinary College at London University in 1929.
He learnt about farms when his mother sent him away to stay on a farm when he was young and it was there he learnt his passion for the countryside.
Thank you. Once again my Sunday is made complete by your perfect broadcasting
Thank you for your kind words Malcolm.
Thanks so much for sharing as always, very enjoyable to watch thanks Mate .
Sublime, thank you.
My mum lived in rural France, and the dog fair was the highlight of the year for the local hunters. They don't keep them as pets like we do, they're working dogs. The locals all had fox terriers, gorgeous but quite stubborn little characters.
Thanks for sharing Julie.
I had a smoothie. Nutter !
A couple of times in the early 70s as a youth I cooked a few gudgeon from the Severn exactly as Jack describes. Enjoyable; the occasional perch too. I wouldn’t eat anything non-migratory from an English river these days, sadly.
Likewise. But I've a feeling it wasn't a good idea then either.
Depends on the quality of the sewage in the river nowadays
Brilliant thanks!
You're welcome!
How fascinating. I’ve not seen this one before, glad I voted for it.
I remember fishing with a bamboo cane at Wallingford on the Thames as a kid on holiday from London. We used to catch Gudgeon all day long. Sometimes the odd Perch or small Roach but mostly Gudgeon.....Happy days in the early 70s......
Thanks for uploading, since all the DVDs of Old Country and Out of Town have sold out and disappeared after Network went bust, this channel has been a great relief! Long live Jack Hargreaves.
Although I have now nearly finished putting up all the programmes when I have I will then start putting up some of the first ones again so as long as you do not worry about seeing them again they will just keep coming. Have you watched any of the programme I am now making with Andrew a New Forest Commoner. They are in a similar style. This is the latest th-cam.com/video/l_-TNOFpelQ/w-d-xo.htmlsi=8tY4pWoRAen0ZM63
@@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker Fantastic, thanks! I think those DVDs will become a very valuable collectors item for those lucky people that were able to buy a copy. I will have to check out your new show it sounds very interesting.
@@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker many thanks
Thanks again Dave.
My pleasure. Thank you for watching
thank you for another great video. i watched this even though i have purchased the dvd collection which i highly recommend
Great documentary. We have a group of fishes that were assigned the common name Gudgeon here in Australia. Always been curious about what there original name sake was. Nothing alike of cause, Australian Gudgeons are related to marine Gobies. 😎👍
A treasure trove of old knowledge and wisdom. Thanks for sharing it with us.
Cheers Dave
Glad you enjoyed the video. Have you seen any of the programmes I am making with Andrew. Similar syle to Jacks and it is early days but we have some interesting subjects in idea form such as The Cunning Folk of the New Forest. This is the latest th-cam.com/video/l_-TNOFpelQ/w-d-xo.htmlsi=8tY4pWoRAen0ZM63
@@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker Yes ive seen it , good episode , your videos take us all back to better and simpler times , if i havent said it already Thank you so much .
@@koalameat9523 I am filming with Andrew on Thursday although we havent yet decided what we will cover so that one should be up soon. Take care Dave
LOVELY look back , thank ever so much from old New Orleans 😇 !
All those lost arts, from printing, dogs bred for more than just looks, tools just why they were made that way to that form, and of course great photography without any need for CGI.
thank you
PS
Was tanzy used in gudgeon tanzy?
I'd like to thank the uploader for letting everyone see these.
It's almost forgotten knowledge in these episodes. This is the kind of thing The Government should be exalting rather than the subversive worship of every xeno-culture that has filled our cities. It's up to people like us to hold on to our culture and way of life. ❤
My pleasure. As producer of the programmes I am so pleased that even after 40 years people still enjoy them so much, I am trying to also make programmes with Andrew who is similar to Jack and talks about his life growning up on a farm in the New Forest. You may like them if you have not seen them.
@@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker I will give them a look. It's nice to see my local area in such a nice light. Thanks again Mate. 🗿👍
@@SandrasSpicySpanishSalami I do hope you like Andrews videos because we have many more ideas of programmes to make together. One we are working on at the moment is Cunning Folk of the forest as his grandmother was one.
@@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker Excellent! ❤
@@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker
Can't wait
Fantastic 😊
Fascinating! I suppose that's what they call in printing using a spot colour, in addition to the CMYK inks
I'm in my seventies now, and when I used to go fishing with my old mate we loved Chub, Bream and Roach fishing down here in the southeast of England, and we often referred to the "Gugon" (slang) as the pest of the river! Whatever happened to that "Jack o' nine pins" Jack played with?
Used to catch Gudgeon on the River Gade, early in my fishing career. Never knew they were edible or I would have tried some. I liked cooking sprats. I took perch from the river and enjoyed them and also enjoyed smaller Carp.
I bet they are just full of bones though.
@@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker they might be light enough to break down like with small sprats?
I have always thought gudgeon were a game little fish, I have often wished they would grow much bigger, can ypu imagine the scrap a 20lb gudgeon would give.
It’s sad that the gudgeon has been reduced in number as they used to be , I remember catching these when I was a boy along with roach normally
That's a shame, loss or decline freshwater fish is often a indicator that the wider eco system has been damaged.
I first watched this as a kid. I went straight out and caught some gudgeon from my local canal and cooked and ate them... I won't be doing that again!!!
I would have thought they had a lot of bones.
@@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker They were like whitebait, fry them well and the bones just disintegrate.
@@stevewilliams5428 Sounds OK then because Jan and I love whitebait
Different traffic now I'm afraid jack , 🇬🇧
Every frame is an English oil painting.
Thank you.
Back in 60's this little fish was the staple weight caught in most canal contests once put over 4lb on the scales but alas today with stocking of canals with carp,bream and chub the poor little gudgeon is pushed aside, I personally think they are a bonny little fish though never tasted one or wanted to if the truth be told.
I love these but we need more 😢
I am almost at the end of all 60 programmes but when I get to the end will start again. In the meantime have you seen the series I am doing with Andrew a New Forest farmer and commoner about his recolections of life in the forest. It is early days but they are very much in the style of Jack's programmes. If you haven't This is the latest th-cam.com/video/l_-TNOFpelQ/w-d-xo.htmlsi=8tY4pWoRAen0ZM63
really good
Jack loved taking the underground to France. Much faster than the ferry.
Bleak also makes a delicious meal. I've always thought it was because they were surface feeders so didn't have the earthy taste like other freshwater fish. It's never occurred to me to eat gudeon as they are obvious bottom feeders
When I was fishing many years ago gudgeon was a killer bait for pike and large chub.
I used to do the same .but I've never caught or seen one in decades
I bet Paul Whithouse et al now regret taking the piss out of this great man and his programmes. I mean, he does a fishing programme now. Ironic...something. little did we know, laughing along that it was history and cultural erasure.
Used to wander the banks of the Marple canal locks years ago ,there were 'flocks' of gudgeon ,hundreds of em.Always plenty of bites if nothing else was interested,wonder if it's still the same? 🤔
I had a smooth fox terrier . Lovely dog, but as mad as a hatter !
There's no tastier fish for the pan, & Izak Walton agrees.
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6:06 these pups are Briards, French shepherd dogs. Great stuff nevertheless 👍
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used to run home from school to watch out of town
When was that?
@@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker 1960.s
So boring
So why you watching
So rude
When someone takes all the trouble to upload these for people to watch, and very much enjoy. Then you got some complete blonk who leave rude comments. Got and watch something else if you dont enjoy, but don't spoil it for those who enjoy
It was boring back in the 70s and it's even worse now. I'm not being rude I'm just stating my opinion.
just no pleasing these youngsters nowadays