Old Country
Season 1
Overview
Following on from the hugely popular Out of Town, Old Country saw Jack Hargreaves continue his exploration of rural life in Thomas Hardy country - reflecting on its character, traditions, history and folklore, and the skills that had passed on from generation to generation.
Episodes
1. Walking Sticks / Hurdle Maker
January 9, 1983
25 min
Jack discusses the nuances of walking sticks, where one might acquire a proper one, or how one could craft one from an appropriate plant in a copse. He goes on to elucidate the importance of copses to the farm. There is a demonstration of the building of a wattle hurdle from wood found in such copses, and the importance therein is portrayed.
2. Mayfly Trout / Todber Stone
January 16, 1983
25 min
3. Stow Fair / Flat Cart
January 23, 1983
25 min
4. Garden / Cut Mill
January 30, 1983
25 min
5. Harnessing a Horse / Decent Dog
February 6, 1983
25 min
6. Sheepfair / Dabchick
February 13, 1983
25 min
7. Fishing Rod / Morey's Lake
February 27, 1983
25 min
8. Tarrant Valley / Circus
March 6, 1983
25 min
9. Lurchers - Rabbiting
March 13, 1983
25 min
10. Cutting up a Pig
March 20, 1983
25 min
11. Downland - Cattle Breeds
March 27, 1983
25 min
12. Trolley Drive - Fiddleford Mill
April 3, 1983
25 min
13. Pony Drift - Goats
May 15, 1983
25 min
14. Brittany Spaniels
May 29, 1983
25 min
15. Bygones
June 5, 1983
25 min
16. Driving - Bygones
July 31, 1983
25 min
17. Steam Plough - Terrier Show
August 7, 1983
25 min
18. Pigeon - Sturminster Mill
August 14, 1983
25 min
19. Thatching Reed - Hound Show
August 21, 1983
25 min
20. Pack Pony - Turk's Pond
August 28, 1983
25 min
