The River Keeper 1978 - The River Test Romsey

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• OU

  @outoftownr3906 · 4 years ago

  Bless Bernard.He died in 2019 aged 90.RIP.

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• TA

  @tangobravo8889 · 2 years ago

  I was watching something else and dosed off, when I woke up this was playing. I had to pinch myself, I thought I must died and gone to heaven🙏🏻

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• LI

  @lifesforliving4929 · 2 years ago

  In September 1978 I was student on the Gamekeeping, Riverkeeping and Fishery Management course at Sparsholt Agricultural College. The year long course involved four days a week in the classroom and one day out on practical assignment i.e. working on the neighbouring country estates. My first practical assignment was at Broadlands helping Bernard. We did various tasks together and after lunch I accompanied him while he fished the Test, and I landed a fine salmon for him which we then took up to the kitchen of the &apos;big house&apos; where the cook gave us a tot of whisky. It was a truly memorable day, and not just because I met Bernard, because on my return to college that evening I met a wonderful girl called Louise, who was a fellow Sparsholt student. We were married in 1982 and are coming up to our 43rd wedding anniversary. A few years after meeting Bernard (we kept in touch) I became manager of the Throop Fishery for Viscount Fitharris and there I practiced much of what Bernard taught me and also passed those old country skills on to others. <br><br>Another great character on the Broadlands Estate at that time was the head gamekeeper, Harry Grass and it is a pity that a similar programme was not made about him. RIP Bernard and thank you.

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• CL

  @clivejones5880 · 3 years ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSNkYoomFnM&amp;t=206">3:26</a> the guy is carrying a folded up fishing trolley. My dad had the same trolley and passed it to me years ago. RIP dad.

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• BA

  @baronoflivonia.3512 · 1 year ago

  No matter what anyone says, the 1970&quot;s were great.

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• SE

  @senorsalami · 3 years ago (edited)

  I grew up there and stole many a fish , &nbsp; young boy on the river 44 year&apos;s ago, I &nbsp;knew Bernard well an he didn&apos;t know me!!!

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• PA

  @patrickbridgeman6776 · 3 years ago

  Great watch, lovely to see people like Bernard were passionate about the upkeep of rivers, pity nobody in government have the same passion.

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• TR

  @troutman103 · 1 year ago

  Outstanding, I &nbsp;wish I could turn back the clock. First class documentary.

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• LE

  @LeeAirVideos · 7 months ago

  I’m not a fisherman, but I found this program absolutely fascinating.

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• OR

  @OrangeEyes-2319 · 6 months ago

  How amazing, I live on the River Test, down by the Salmon Leap Pub ! Loved every minute of this 🥰

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• FE

  @Feathersandfishing · 8 months ago

  What a lovely piece of film 🎣

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• PO

  @portcullis5622 · 4 months ago

  People who enjoyed this film will also enjoy &apos;Tom&apos;s River&apos; (Hampshire Avon) from the late 1980s.