The English Countryside - Summer in Kites Country

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Oliver Kite (1920-1968) was a master flyfisher, writer, broadcaster, naturalist and television personality of the 1960s.#countryside.
Here he was able to devote time to his love of flyfishing and his natural charm soon led him into broadcasting. Southern Television commissioned the series ‘Kite’s Country’, which proved immensely popular, and led to Kite working alongside Jack Hargreaves in the series ‘Country Boy’.
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@kid--presentable 29 күн бұрын

This is the britain i miss ..

@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker 29 күн бұрын

I originally was given this programme at Southern TV when I was an editor there in the late 1970's. Even though I was editing Jacks programmes I still loved this one . It was such a shame Ollie Kite died so young.

@kid--presentable 29 күн бұрын

@@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker Oliver kite was a gentleman and a true nature man ... The absolute brain numbing crap they show to the masses nowadays compared to this beauty

@anthonystratton9927 27 күн бұрын

A marvellous nostalgic video that brings tears to my eyes. to think the way we have gone.we will never see the likes of this again.the damage we have done to nature is incomprehension. the villages have been ruined by horrible housing developments cars etc. I can only say that I was glad that not been grown in this time. such a pity children will never see this world

@phubblewubbphubblewubb 27 күн бұрын

How lovely, thank you Dave. I was given a recipe for Elderflower Champagne by a then elderly Wiltshire dwelling lady in the early 1980's, it was it given to her as a young girl, it has never failed me and now is over 100 years old, I would like to share it here. 7 Elderflower heads, 1 gallon of water, 1 1/2 lb sugar, 2 lemons. Cut up the lemons, add the sugar and flowers, boil the water and pour over, stir until sugar dissolves. Cover with a cloth, strain and bottle after a day or two. Leave for 6 days and check for fizzing, if none leave for longer, it can take up to 2 weeks...refrigerate when ready and enjoy. Not an exact science but this can fizz very quickly so do keep checking, I've had it blow the bottom out of glass Grolsch bottles!!

@chrisnewman2283 29 күн бұрын

I sadly watch this world I grew up in and know it’s gone forever

@pauleades9037 28 күн бұрын

So true!😢

@dpstrial 29 күн бұрын

Wonderful memories of a bygone age. I am eternally thankful, Mr Knowles, that you captured it for posterity.

@dogpaw775 29 күн бұрын

modern life is rubbish, i feel like a 'foreigner' in my own country.

@kid--presentable 29 күн бұрын

Vote reform

@LaysAndLore 29 күн бұрын

Wonderful - my grandfather (may he rest in peace) was a farmer and a true countryman, always said to me "you were born in the wrong time lad" he knew me so well.

@rathersquiffy3578 29 күн бұрын

Absolutely wonderful. A forgotten age, sadly gone from these modern times

@MajorTomm-mt8vg 29 күн бұрын

We have, sadly, lost so much beauty in the world. The English countryside I grew up in has all but vanished. Lost forever under housing “estates” and industrial “parks”. Thank you so much for sharing this wonderful footage.

@naughtydorf18 28 күн бұрын

No different than the American countryside m8. Cruddy subdivisions are built upon former farmland and creeks drained dry due to usage of "well" water for yuppies.

@DaraM73 28 күн бұрын

It what happens when one privatises everything.

@Lockwoodbeck61 27 күн бұрын

The loss of England is a small price to pay for the happiness the "new british" and their religion of peace.

@HenryRaeburn367 25 күн бұрын

You'll not get children playing in rivers today. The privatisation of water companies has caused river pollution to dangerous levels, that's capitalism for you profit before health

@matthewwright9259 16 күн бұрын

Very sad indeed. Man has ruined the natural environment in the UK all in the name of profit.

@user-eg7uw9ls4o 29 күн бұрын

I still have my stove like that one. It was my dads for making tea in lay-bys when we were going somewhere in my dads 1938 Morris 8. In the 50s and 60s

@markandeileen5950 28 күн бұрын

Great nostalgic video.. Interrupted by an advert with a 'lady' talking about her free Lovehoney 'toy'. The world has certainly changed but not for the better.

@yorkshirelad3524 13 күн бұрын

Fantastic a great man who could teach the modern environmental gang a lot

@michaeltreadwell777 29 күн бұрын

BRILLIANT. Look how easily he caught that Trout ! 🙂

@Pureblood10000 29 күн бұрын

Fantastic,absolutely fantastic 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

@micrashed 29 күн бұрын

A completely different pace of life. Thank you for uploading.

@timmarshall7903 26 күн бұрын

Times of my youth. Remember Oli Kite’s writings. And film. Lovely to see again!

@NickRatnieks 28 күн бұрын

A world of enchantment- long gone. As a kid I would watch Oliver Kite and I can recall discussing his sudden demise with other boys at school. Jack Hargreaves had delivered the very sad news in his Out of Town programme. I seem to recall he died while fishing so he died as he lived which is appropriate but 40 odd years too soon. His car appears to have been a Ford Zodiac Abbott Estate ideal for someone with active countryside pursuits.

@jackmckinnon3208 29 күн бұрын

A time when the pace if life was so much more civilized, bloody hard work, no doubt, but easier to be content with your lot

@jimmyh8090 28 күн бұрын

Thanks Dave for this show , iv seen clips of kites country before but not full shows . Hopefully you have more to upload as I thought most of the shows were lost . Thanks jim

@fishwithandy 28 күн бұрын

Thanks for putting this and all the other films on here , there Awesome , I remember that world

@goddam9925 29 күн бұрын

life at its best !!

@SafetyProMalta 29 күн бұрын

Day's gone by, never to return. 😢

@davidcullington6844 28 күн бұрын

A truly excellent film. I can remember this being done on the river Wensum In Norfolk, the weed would wrap itself around the piers of the bridge and was full of crayfish. This would have been in the early sixties. 👍👍

@deerohdeer8000 29 күн бұрын

Ya true Britain at its best !! Like that’s it black & white film 🎥!!! Brilliant Dave !👍

@peteh9720 9 күн бұрын

A beautiful film, thank you.

@oldgold1100 29 күн бұрын

How things were much better and simpler in those days. I love elderflower wine, just made 4 gallons.

@andyskelton7223 29 күн бұрын

Thanks for this little Gem Dave, what a masterpiece in simple country wisdom.

@southerneruk 29 күн бұрын

Brings back memories, I was at school summer camp at Stubbington in 68 when he died in June, I had met him with my brothers the year before up by Nursling Mill, great man he had time for people Thanks for Posting, Dave

@EddieRiff 28 күн бұрын

Bucolic, warming, charming! Did you check out them hobnailed boots? Fantastic!

@Badger13x 28 күн бұрын

'Sorry to pull you over sir, have you been drinking?' 😆

@russelwellard2217 28 күн бұрын

Wonderful memories

@glen.granger 10 күн бұрын

Excellent video. Thanks so much for uploading it. Would love to see more of his. Cheers.

@jamesbarr1620 29 күн бұрын

Genius of a man gone far too early heart attack in the end I believe

@ianroughley1933 29 күн бұрын

brilliant, absolutely brilliant 👍

@stephenreynolds4812 18 күн бұрын

Excellent as always.

@pauleades9037 28 күн бұрын

Thanks Dave, I haven"t see this one before!

@tinkytinca 28 күн бұрын

Thank you for making me feel old (again)😭

@gooderspitman8052 28 күн бұрын

Kites Imperial, superb dry fly.

@martinkavanagh196 28 күн бұрын

Brilliant mate.

@JimNicholls 29 күн бұрын

A wonderful video, Dave, thank you for that. But oh how it points to the great benefit we have now in this time of 4K video in glorious colour, so that we can appreciate in full detail the wonders of the countryside. I prefer the old days (as an 83-year-old former Sussex man), but wouldn't want to go back to the black and white days of film!

@garybrownsword-xq1um 27 күн бұрын

just the job thank you

@geraldfunnell7932 29 күн бұрын

Thank you once again for posting this film 👏🏻

@capturingnaturewithsandip 21 күн бұрын

Nice and so lovely video

@keithadams1538 28 күн бұрын

That was lovely. Thank you Mr Knowles

@timwright5466 27 күн бұрын

As a retired countryside ranger this was lovley to see this more so hearing the cuckoo. Since 1959 it is the first summer I've never heard one .they are around in places like wicken fen but alas derbyshire no more

@ianryan5727 29 күн бұрын

Fantastic!

@jointgib 29 күн бұрын

i miss water voles, they were great company when you were fishing

@longkeithdiablo8812 29 күн бұрын

Thanks for this one 🙂🇬🇧

@pauldurkee4764 29 күн бұрын

I'm familiar with Oliver Kite, sadly I think a lot of the material he did has been lost. You can pick up his softened South Wales accent in his commentary. I wonder if Jack and Oliver ever met, and did they ever appear on the same programme.👍

@southerneruk 29 күн бұрын

Yes they did, there is a film clip with both on Aston-smith boat ND, it was when Ollie got Jack interested in sea fishing

@pauldurkee4764 29 күн бұрын

@@southerneruk Thank you for that, the conversations on the countryside between both men must have been quite something.

@bodgerpete1 28 күн бұрын

That was a great video Dave - thanks for sharing it. Any idea what happened to the Country Boy tapes, as it was the series that first introduced me to Jack Hargreaves.

@Porkypies6m 28 күн бұрын

another fantastic video that made me feel young again....are there any episodes of a fishing program called Angling Today hosted by a guy called Terry Thomas who had his assistant Chris Tarrant of the Millionaire show...

@Andy_Holbrook332 25 күн бұрын

What a fantastic video. How things have changed! The water vole replaced by the wretched mink. The variety of nature in a healthy chalk stream…..intensive farming methods have long since introduced a monoculture landscape. And the knowledge of what to pick as salad, wow! Great video!

@peterww3241 27 күн бұрын

Priceless! Thank you, Mr Knowles :)

@DaraM73 28 күн бұрын

I haven’t seen one butterfly this year. A shocking collapse in insect fauna.

@sotony7483 28 күн бұрын

I've been on the Hampshire Avon this summer - the vegetation is luxuriant and the insect life more prolific than I've ever seen it before.

@zerog5041 29 күн бұрын

Thanks for posting this truly beautiful video Dave, brought back many memories of the sixties and my teenage life! Who was the young lad that Jack and I think Oliver introduced onto tv back then?

@Knappa22 29 күн бұрын

This man has a Welsh accent, no?

@pauleades9037 28 күн бұрын

If I recall correctly, Oliver Kite was a Monmouthshire man!

@Badger13x 28 күн бұрын

Although progress is a good thing, it is such a shame that it has all literally gone to shit now in the race for more profit for doing as little as possible.