Talk:Jack Hargreaves

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WASN'T JACK HARGREAVES ALSO EDITOR OF THE NEW YORK TIMES OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT?

He was, among other things, Editor of "Picture Post" and "Lilliput". There will be more information about his work in the media when Paul Peacock's biography of JH is published later in 2006. So far as I know he did not edit any US paper but he did briefly work in local radio in USA before WW2 and later did various documentaries about America, including a programme called "On the Edge of Abundance" in the 1960s, working with the American sociologist David Reismann and other US social commentators.Sibadd 09:02, 27 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Birth

The books, The Old Country and Out of Town, have Jack born in Yorkshire (West Riding) not in London. Jm butler 08:39, 29 September 2006 (UTC)

Yes indeed but as Paul Peacock his recent biographer discovered by finding his and his brothers' birth certificates he and Ted and Ron were born in London because Hargreaves' father was prosperous enough to obtain for his wife the superior midwifery believed available in London in those days. He also kept a second home in London to carry on his business and he sent his sons to Merchant Taylors School (which Jack disliked) just north of London. Jack's heart lay in his Yorkshire origins but many of the influences on his life came from further south where he made his initial reputation as a broadcaster but also where he was so influenced by his youthful sojourns on the Pargeter farm near Aylesbury. Sibadd 07:56, 4 October 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for that information. Is Peacock's biography of Jack any good? I found his biography of John Seymour a waste of time compared with John's own writings. Jm butler 21:48, 5 October 2006 (UTC)