The Dales Diary [29/08/2000]
From the collection of
Up Country [14/03/1990]
- Newcastle International Airport
- 1990-03-14
The Dales Diary [29/08/2000] (Dales Diary)
A once common sight in England is now a rare throwback and a restricted sport, but could a revival be around the corner?
The English longbow shaped the social history of Britain. From 1252 the law required that all men aged 15-60 should be armed, and that any who owned land worth more than £2 were expected to own a longbow. The purpose was to create a nation of fighting men who could be pressed into battle if the king went to war, but instead it created an armed citizenry who could rebel (as they did in the Peasant's Revolt of 1381) whenever they felt suitably aggrieved.
Archery practice as a sport and a pastime waned in popularity during the twentieth century, and was dropped as an Olympic sport in 1920. A marked revival was sparked in the early 21st century thanks to the success of the Hollywood film The Hunger Games, which was based on a bestselling book about a talented young archer.
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The Rural North East
Flesh-eating plants, blonde hedgehogs and other natural marvels await in the rural North East.
Charles Boden is a farmer's son who read English at Oxford University before becoming an agricultural journalist. Keen to capture what he saw as a vanishing way of life in rural England, he moved to Tyne Tees Television in 1985 to produce programmes about farming, nature and rural traditions in the region. He is best known for his film 'The Last Horseman' which followed a year in the life of the last farm in Britain to still use horse power instead of machinery.
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Up Country [14/03/1990]
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Up Country [21/03/1990]
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Up Country [30/05/1990]
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Up Country [26/04/1991]
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Up Country [14/06/1991]
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Up Country [17/07/1992]
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Up Country [24/07/1992]
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Up Country [30/05/1993]
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Up Country [18/07/1993]
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Up Country [25/07/1993]
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The Dales Diary [14/08/2003]
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