Out Of Town: New Forest Point To Point (1979) with Jack Hargreaves

🎬Jack Hargreaves and Stan Bréhaut came over to the New Forest on 26th December 1979 to follow the annual Point To Point race across the Forest. The meeting place for the race was near the High Corner Inn and the finish a few miles away at Stoney Cross. Stan visited the New Forest earlier in the year to film the opening shots.
This sequence has been restored and upscaled for NFG Media Archive, so can now be viewed in high definition for the first time.
The surviving Out Of Town episodes can be purchased on DVD and Blu-Ray. The recently discovered 'Lost Episodes' are also now available to buy.
Our thanks to Gudrun Fowler and Mike Womersley at Northam TV Centre for their help and advice.

[@helendunn278]

long after my time this one, i last rode in that in 1964 !!!

[@vinnypatrick9003]

did you ever win helen ? and where the more horses in your day ?

[@helendunn278]

@@vinnypatrick9003 i came 3rd in the three races i competed in and yes there did seem more ponies back then

[@vinnypatrick9003]

Thanks for the Reply Helen. Do you know if they still do it?

[@vinnypatrick9003]

brilliant.. great way of life .. happy days indeed.
i hope they are still at it.

[@GarethWelch-cb6wv]

And its still held every year.

[@jamesmason8944]

Another bonus of these old vidoes is seeing the cars that are now gone. The names still spring to mind.

[@robertcorradi8573]

Fantastic......

[@lyndoncmp5751]

Brilliant. Doesnt look "bitterly cold" though, like Jack said. Nobody wearing gloves and no frost.
😉

[@TrexplorerUK]

These are new forest folk. Gloves? 😊

[@lyndoncmp5751]

@@TrexplorerUK
And the coats aren't even done up 😂

[@TrexplorerUK]

@@lyndoncmp5751 must be winter then! :-)

[@lyndoncmp5751]

@@TrexplorerUK
😝 👍

[@frankmlchaelglasscock6539]

No way is that 400 square miles not even 100 square miles but a lovely video

[@edwardharrington678]

Did not know the crown estate owned the new Forrest.