How did a Toy Maker become World Famous.
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- Frank Whittington's "Forest Toys" were hand made in his small factory located behind his home in Brockenhurst, Hampshire UK. The factory started at the end of World War I and continued until the start of World II.
Forest Toys attracted visitors from all over the world who would flood in to Brockenhurst in the New Forest to see the toys being made and buy them.
After it shut Frank and his toys have been largely forgotten but many still exist all over the world and have to collectors they have become very sort after.
About Jack's Country:
I used to work as and editor on Out of Town with Jack Hargreaves and then went on to make 60 programmes with him called Old Country for Channel 4 as producer/editor.
Jack mainly lived in Hampshire and Dorset and most of his programmes were shot in these two counties. They told the day to day life in the countryside and introduced us to many of the country crafts that still existed in those days.
I am making a series of films on CZcams about the subjects that Jack would have included in his TV programmes. I am not trying to recreate Out of Town or Old Country as this would be impossible without Jack's wonderful story telling but what I am hoping to do is make films on subjects that Jack may have chosen to make programmes on.
I do hope you enjoy them and if you have any suggestions on subjects you would like to be covered please let me know in the comments section.
Dave Knowles - director, cameraman, editor.
Books:
"The New Forest Book" edited by James O'Donald Mays
no longer in print may be available from www.abebooks.co.uk/
"The Forest Toys" by Janet Gent available from her website www.rockfordtoys.com/newsite/...
"A New Forest Christmas" compiled by Georgina Babey
no longer in print may be available from www.abebooks.co.uk/
#BrockenhurstNew Forest #FrankWhittington #ForestToys
🅾 Dave Knowles - Resources
MUSIC I USE FOR CZcams
Epidemic Sound - www.epidemicsound.com/subscri...
MusicBed - www.musicbed.com
ArtList - artlist.io
MORE RESOURCES FOR CREATORS
Rev (video captions) - www.rev.com
Storyblocks Stock Footage - www.storyblocks.com
Shutterstock Stock Footage - www.shutterstock.com/pricing/...
🅾 Dave Knowles - Filming Equipment
Sony Z90
Canon EOS R6
Canon EF 16-35 f2.8
Canon EF 24-70 f2.8
Canon EF 70-200 f4
Canon EF-EOS R adapter with drop in variable ND
Cage: Andoer
SD Cards: Sony M Series 128GB UHS-II 277MB/Sec SDXC Cards (128GB and 64GB)
Matte Box: Tilta Tiltaing Matte Box
Teleprompter: Listec
Tripod: Leofoto Ranger LS-255CEX
Tripod head: Sirui AM-5V
Sennheiser MKE 400 Microphone (on camera)
Sennheiser 416 (for interviews)
Rode NTG VideoMic (on camera and backup)
Audio Mixer:
On camera JuiceLinked
Off camera: MixPre 3
Batteries for camera:
6 x Canon LP-E6NH Battery
Atomos Ninja V
Camera bags Portabrace
🅾 Dave Knowles - Editing Equipment
MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2018)
Processor: 2.9 GHz 6-Core Intel Core i9
Memory: 32 GB 2400 MHz DDR4
Graphics card: Radeon Pro Vega 20 4 GB
Davinci Resolve Studio
Audient externalSound card
🅾 Dave Knowles - Connect with me
Subscribe: / daveknowlesfilmmaker
Insta: / daveknowlesfilmmaker
Facebook: / daveknowlesfilmmaker
Web: daveknowles.net
🅾 Dave Knowles - History
About Me - daveknowles.net/about/
🅾 Dave Knowles - Jack’s Country
About Jack’s Country: daveknowles.net/jacks-country-2/
Perfect for a Sunday........ Thank you......
Thank you Jeff.
I love these kinds of films depicting the past. Wonderful, thank you.
Thank you I am so pleased you enjoyed the programme. I did not know anything about Frank until I came across some of his toys and the story developed from there.
Beautiful
Thanks you
John I knew Fred well I was his postman for many years and Mrs Chisman had been like a Gran to me untill the.day she died.
Thank you😀
My pleasure.
Very nice film, thank you.
I am so glad you enjoyed the film. Thank you for taking time to comment.
as a woodworker myself thats a proper skill there,,nice one Dave ive watched nearly everything you have done,at least one,or twice, thanks for saving these lives for us to shear enjoy, keep on keeping on my brother,
Absolutely beautiful story and man, rest in peace 💕
Thank you.
Quit a story, And very well presented.
Thank you Brian,
Superb film. I was lucky enough to meet Allan when I visited Brockenhurst church.
Thank you. I really enjoyed making the film and Alan was so important as his knowledge of Brockenhurst is vast.
Very nicely done and a fitting tribute to both a talented man and a lost craft.
Thank you.
That is an amazing story and film. I am almost moved to start making them myself. Thanks so much.
Thank you Andrew. Frank was an amazing man.
What a fantastic look into toy making thank you for doing this ... marvellous!
Thank you Chris. It is a shame though hat so few people are watching it but the consoling thing is I have had such lovely feedback from those like you who have.
Thank you
A truly amazing, gifted man...🙂👍🏻👍🏻
Great stuff again Dave. It's fantastic to keep these stories alive.
Thank you Paul. I have many more waiting to be made so please keep an eye out for them.
Charming
I enjoyed that very much. A touching tribute to someone who gave the gift of joy to so many. Not unlike yourself, Dave.
Thank you Terry. Your words are very kind and encourage me to make more videos like this one which has been so enjoyable to make.
Absolutely delightful video. I love the pace and the logical flow compared with today's TV where things are so chopped up to try and keep the attention of people without the will or ability to attend to a story line. This was heaven! I'm not even that interested in the toys but the people's accounts kept me gripped, along with the close ups of the individual items. I loved the old ?romany caravan with the 2 figures and the horse. Thankyou.
What a lovely comment Julie. I have just had an evening meal with Andrew and his wife and we were talking about the films I am making with him on the New Forest and saying that they just need to tell a story and have a beginning, middle and end and straight forward story telling wins the day.
Too true! 👍
That was incredible! Such an interesting guy and they way he made things! Appreciate you sharing!
Thank you for your kind words.
I have a vague memory of some of the painted cut toys from my childhood
Mrs Chismann was my aunt and Fred Todd my uncle
That is amazing John. I have passed your comments on to Tony who appears in the film.
What a lovely story Dave. I have visited Brockenhurst many times and never knew that story.
Thank you. It amazes me how few know about Frank. There was another toy maker from Burley who made exploding forts but I can find almost nothing about him
Terrific film, thanks for taking the effort to create and share it.
My pleasure. I am so pleased you enjoyed it.
What fabulous stuff! ... thank you very much... I have found a marvellous place to come visit! Beautiful content, sir!
Glad you enjoyed it
My first wife and I (Annie Pitt) lived in Edgemoor Cottage from 1969 to 1973...we knew it had once been a Toy Factory, but did not know of M. Whittington...we rented the cottage from the owners of Edgemoor House...
Thank you, that was wonderful. I love old toys & these are very charming indeed. I bet they're worth a fair amount of money now, if you can get hold of them at all.
Thank you. When I saw the toys at Janets for the first time I was amazed and you are quite right they do fetch a lot of money now even though there are still quite a few around.
Incredible..
Another stonker Dave, many thanks. More power to you
Thank you Dougie
Lovely video, thanks Dave
Thank you I am so pleased you enjoyed it.
What a lovely little documentary. Very self serving on my part, but I do hope someone will document the development of the LS 3/5 speaker by the engineers of the BBC, back in the 1960s. An item that continues on in manufacture to this day. And is beloved by audiophiles worldwide.
Thinking about it the technique used to make the animals was an early form of 3D printing
Now there is a thought.
Thank you Dave, I really enjoyed this video.
I am so pleased you enjoyed the video. It has been a video that I have been working on for a long time. My problem up to recently was finding anyone who knew him.
He is my great grand father
@@lauriehicks421 Hi Laurie I do I hope that I did justice to your great grandfather and I would love to talk sometime.
This is my great grandfather. Wonderful story. Thanks for sharing. I have a few of his pieces and always looking for more. If anyone knows a dealer or has pieces they don’t mind selling. Message me.
Thank you Laurie I wish I had met you before making the programme but I did the best with what I could find out about him.
I am sure you are very proud of him. Who wouldn't be? No doubt he never considered for a moment that the little pieces he and his employees made would be collected today 👍
Always amazes me how many things I have never heard of, in spite of being a keen collector of many things!
The enterprise people showed, back when the 'helping hand of government' was not the cudgel of today, is something we have lost - replaced by the cold professionalism of bland conformity, devoid of soul - mass-produced, briefly liked, then adding to our already groaning landfill sites.
We have lost so much of our heritage
To the so called modern age
Thoroughly enjoyed that Dave, thanks, my daughter & grandaughter are still in that part of the New Forest.
Thank you. I loved making this video although it did take some time as finding people who could talk about him was difficult.
@@DaveKnowlesFilmmaker I bet, but I loved the original content! More like this pretty please 😉
@@EnglishCountryLife I have been going through ideas this afternoon and I think I’ve come up with a few that should be great if I can track down some interviewees. So far I have about 10 which is probably more than I can handle in a year as they do take quite a time to make. The New Forest Toys took around 2 weeks of editing as I had to find a lot of overlay material and it was few and far between. For instance I have used every photo of Frank that is available.
What is the New Forest?
@@lauriehicks421 The New Forest is an area of England. Established as a Forest (royal hunting preserve) nearly 1,000 years ago. It's a large area of unfenced trees and heath
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Forest
Bewitching Brockenhurst 🧙♀️🧙♂️
A contemporary of Alic6, too.
I have one off his bulldogs toys.
These films probably have a beneficial effect on the blood pressure to rival any pharmaceutical drug.
Thank you Benjamin. They certainly have that effect on me when making them as I get completely immersed in the stories and everything else in the world goes away. The problem is I unfortunately find once I have finished them those problems were still there, it’s just I had better things to think about.
Too right! 👍
I was going to try and buy one, went on Ebay and was rather shocked at the prices.
Yes they do fetch very high prices. I managed to buy a small dog some time ago but that cost me around £40.00. Keep looking out though as it is not unknown for them to appear in places such as charity shops.
Just looked at the toys on eBay and they are far too much. You can certainly get them a lot cheaper than that David but they are quite rare.
Not all of them some will just drown.
🤭 That caught my attention too... A bit mean!