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CHEWING THE CUD

Chewing The Cud: Memories from Hereford’s Old Livestock Market. This entertaining and warm-hearted film was produced by Hereford-based Catcher Media who worked with a group of talented trainees and volunteers from across the county to portray the characters that gave the old market its vibrancy and unique heritage.

There are anecdotes galore about traders juggling china, livestock drovers driving their flocks through the city, visits by The Queen, children playing in the market after hours, the happy crowds arriving for Miners Fortnight, and stubborn pigs, to name just a few.

In interviews with farmers, auctioneers, townspeople, breeders, traders, and council workers, the film revisits the past, but with an eye to the future. It’s complemented with newly-found 16mm film footage and beautiful archive photographs. Watch the full film.

The film was seen by 2324 people and played in arts centres, rural venues and the new market! The film was voted 2nd best film of Borderlines Film Festival (out of 59 films) gaining an average score of 4.8 out of 5.

The Take One Exhibition, which involved artwork from 85 school-children, attracted 672 visitors.

Copies of the DVD have been distributed to 60 local schools, county libraries, participants, partner organisations, local history groups and agricultural societies.

“A triumph. The film is such a professional piece of work and beautifully crafted and edited with some lovely devices and transitions to punctuate the stories. Warm, funny and with wonderful characters and also an important record of an important part of Hereford history.” – John Banks, Board member, Borderlines Film festival.

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  • "Wonderfully ambitious and beautifully realised too"

    Daniel Meadows, renowned photographer

  • “Catcher’s approach to heritage is outstanding; the quality, accessibility and beauty of their work means that the community are drawn to their projects”

    Hannah McSherry, Herefordshire Council

  • "As well as working with a wide range of Herefordshire heritage, arts and community organisations, Catcher Media has been committed to boosting skills, employment and economic development within the county."

    Jenni Waugh Consulting Ltd.

  • "We have worked with Catcher Media for many years on several diverse cultural and heritage projects including large heritage projects of regional and national importance and we have come to rely on their expertise"

    Jan Nesaratnam, Senior Librarian at Herefordshire Library Service

  • Our collaborations with Catcher Media have been hugely valuable in the cultural life of Herefordshire and the wider region."

    Jon Chedgzoy, Museums, Libraries & Archives Manager at Herefordshire Council

  • "Catcher Media have made a vital contribution, not just in our county but to the heritage, culture and arts of this country as a whole"

    Rt Hon Jesse Norman MP, Member of Parliament for Hereford & South Herefordshire

  • "The powerful and beautifully produced films reached huge, enthusiastic audiences that crossed generations and brought the past to life"

    Rhys Griffith, Senior Archivist at Herefordshire Archive and Records Centre

  • "Catcher Media's oral history projects just get better and better."

    Audience member


  • "We often have people coming here with cameras but you are interested in us, and what we are actually doing."

    Marcin Lisowski, Polish migrant worker

  • "I firmly believe that to honour our ancestors is a very special thing, to bring them to life."

    Raine Geoghegan, Romani poet
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