Roving reporter Charlie Witherspoon takes his bicycle to the townland of Ballybracken, near Ballynure in Co Antrim. Here he meets with Hugh Agnew who is an accomplished maker of bespoke shepherds’ crooks. High shows Charlie the techniques he employs using blackthorn sticks and rams’ horns for the intricately carved heads.

This report was shot for a series called 7 Degrees West, a kind of early forerunner of Lesser Spotted Ulster, which saw features on old traditions and off-the-beaten-track places. Although the complete programmes, which included studio material, have gone from the archives, a number of these filmed location shoots featuring Charlie on his bike have survived. Look out for others in the Digital Film Archive.