Another Massive Restoration Project
Daniel is getting quite a collection of Gypsy and showman's wagons.
Daniel James had always wanted a Gypsy Wagon to restore and when in 2019 he saw one for sale ...on facebook he decided to take the plunge and buy it.
Having finished the restoration Daniels thoughts turned to restoring another and recently he found a Showman's Wagon that had once been owned by a very well known person in the wqorld of Steam Fairs.
Music: Epidemic Sound: Nylon String Theory - Candelion
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Daniel James had always wanted a Gypsy Wagon to restore and when in 2019 he saw one for sale ...on facebook he decided to take the plunge and buy it.
Having finished the restoration Daniels thoughts turned to restoring another and recently he found a Showman's Wagon that had once been owned by a very well known person in the wqorld of Steam Fairs.
Music: Epidemic Sound: Nylon String Theory - Candelion
https://www.epidemicsound.com[+] Show More
Another Massive Restoration Project
Daniel is getting quite a collection of Gypsy and showman's wagons. Daniel James had always wanted a Gypsy Wagon to restore and when in 2019 he saw one for sale on facebook he decided to take the ...
Frank Whittington - the forgotten New Forest Toy maker
Frank Whittington's "Forest Toys" were hand made in his small factory located behind his home in Brockenhurst, Hampshire UK. The factory started at the end of World War I and continued until the ...
This was the most famous village in Dorset for beer
Cerne Abbas in Dorset had at one time 14 pubs for a population of only 1,160 why did they have so many and why do they now only have 3? Brewing in Cerne Abbas has gone on since the 13th century ...
A Very Special Gypsy Flat Cart - Jack's Country
Jack Hargreaves said on Old Country that this cart was "probably the finest gypsy flat cart in the country" and it came up for sale at an auction in Reading along with some other very interesting ...
Jack Hargreaves would he approve of some of these Pike Fishing methods?
Jack Hargreaves loved fishing but I wonder if he would have approved of the latest technology being used to catch Pike at Roxford Lake in Hampshire. Wayne Gray the organiser of this pike fishing ...
How Stow Gypsy Fair has changed since Jack Hargreaves went there in 1982 - Jack's Country
In 1982 Jack Hargreaves went to Stow Fair to make a programme for Old Country. I went back this year to see how it has change since those days and met Johny Gumble, the son of a man that Jack had ...
The Great Dorset Steam Fair 1981 - Jack's Country
In 1981 we made a this film on The Great Dorset Steam Fair. This historic documentary was shot on film and tells the complete story from harvesting the corn, bringing the steam engines to site ...
Filming Jack Hargreaves in his shed - Part 2
From Jack's Dorset home Raven Cottage Steve Wagstaff the cameraman who filmed with Jack Hargreaves on Old Country for Channel 4 explains what it was like working on the series. He talks about how ...
Location Filming with Jack Hargreaves - Part 1
From Jack's Dorset home Raven Cottage Steve Wagstaff the cameraman who filmed with Jack Hargreaves on Old Country for Channel 4 explains what it was like working on the series. He talks about ...
Where is The Real Narnia?
Very few people know that one of the most loved books, The Chronicles of Narnia by C S Lewis was named after Narni, a place Umbria, Italy. But how did this happen? Learn about the history of ...
Flounder Fishing - Jack's Country
We go fishing for flounders off Weston Shore in Southampton Water and then move on to the home of Out of Town. On the way we pass by many places that form the history of Southampton including ...
Gypsy Horse Fair at Wickham
The Gypsy horse fair at Wickham is one of the oldest gypsy fairs in the country. Gypsies come from all over to buy and sell horses. The Wickham Horse Fair is one of two major events of this kind ...
Exclusive Barry Sheene Interview (shot on super 8mm)
This exclusive Barry Sheene interview with Nick Harris I produced along side my partner Bill Gamon in 1982, not long before Barry emigrated to Australia. It was shot on super 8mm (so the quality ...
The Indian Magician from Mysore India
The Magic of an Indian Magician in Mysuru India. In 2017 we took a trip to Mysuru (formerly Mysore) where I made a number of films. We stayed while in Mysuru at the Southern Star Hotel and every ...
Helping the People of Kosovo
How two people are helping the people of Kosovo. Back in 1999 Kosovo was in the news every day but as time has gone on, other conflicts in the world have taken over the front page. This is a ...