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Andrew Groves

Andrew Brian Groves
Alan Emery | Arthur Mew
Born and bred on the Island, Andrew’s family goes back as far as the 17th Century. Coming from a family of producers, his first job when leaving school was at Grove Farm at Adgestone. At 19 he moved into Langbridge Farm where he stayed for 11 years, moving onto Kern Farm at Alverstone, and then Combley in 1986.

Family life

Born: 1936
Garmoyle, a Nursing Home in Shanklin

Working life

Grove Farm, Adgestone – Upon leaving school
Popes Farm, Newchurch – 1955
Langbridge Farm – 1957
Kern Farm, Alverston – 1968
Combley Farm – 1986

Full interview

Conducted: Lisa Kerley in February 2017
https://archive.org/download/AndrewGrovesFeb2017LisaKerleyFarmingMemories/andrew_groves_feb2017_lisa_kerley_farming_memories.mp3

Read the interview transcript

Andrew Groves on 10th February 2017 by Lisa Kerley: Ful...

Andrew Groves's audio clips​

Glass negative of nestlings (possibly Edwardian)
Andrew Groves on Wildlife
Rabbiting at Mottistone
Andrew Groves on Wildlife
Buzzard in flight
Andrew Groves on Buzzards
John Attrill - Aerial view of Dean Farm
Andrew Groves on Hares
Andrew Groves -Langbridge Farm aerial view 1959
Andrew Groves on Hedgerows
Sepia photograph showing milk float and horse belonging to Mr Morris of The Mall, Newport. Small girl in sunbonnet and boots standing by float.
Andrew Groves on Newport Creameries
Cows on steamer Lord Elgin
Andrew Groves on Transport
H Biles and D Biles at Scarrots Lane,
Andrew Groves on Slaughterhouse
Andrew Groves - Robin Richards horse and cart
Andrew Groves on Butter
Black and white photograph of a market with livestock in progress in St James Square, Newport
Andrew Groves on selling produce at Market
Glass negative of market at St. James Square, Newport
Andrew Groves on sales at Newport Market
Glass negative of market at St. James Square, Newport
Andrew Groves on buying pigs at Newport Market
Andrew Groves - Robin Richards milk and eggs
Andrew Groves on Honeymooners during the War
Andrew Groves -Langbridge Farm aerial view 1959
Andrew Groves on Wartime
Andrew Groves - Carting sheaths in W Meath
Andrew Groves on haymaking
Andrew Groves portrait by Julian Winslow

Andrew Groves's photos

Andrew Groves - Tomatoes in glasshouse
Tomatoes in glasshouse
Collection: Andrew Groves Copyright: From a private collection Location photo taken: Newchurch Keyword: Tomatoes, Greenhouse
Andrew Groves - Strawberry picking, Newchurch
Strawberry picking in Newchurch
Collection: Andrew Groves Copyright: From a private collection Location photo taken: Newchurch Keyword: Strawberry picking, Manpower
Andrew Groves - Robin Richards milk and eggs
Robin Richards with milk and eggs in Newchurch
Collection: Andrew Groves Copyright: From a private collection Location photo taken: Newchurch Keyword: Milk, Eggs
Andrew Groves - Robin Richards horse and cart
Robert Richards on horse & cart coming back from Sandown where they sold butter & eggs
Collection: Andrew Groves Copyright: From a private collection Keyword: Horse, Cart,
Andrew Groves - Langbridge Farm
Langbridge Farm
Collection: Andrew Groves Copyright: From a private collection Location photo taken: Langbridge Farm Keyword: Horses, Farmstead
Andrew Groves -Langbridge Farm aerial view 1959
Langbridge Farm
Collection: Andrew Groves Copyright: From a private collection Date taken: 1959 Location photo taken: Langbridge Farm Keyword: Farmstead, Aerial
Andrew Groves - Langbridge Farm 1959
Langbridge Farm
Collection: Andrew Groves Copyright: From a private collection Date taken: 1959 Location photo taken: Langbridge Farm Keyword: Farmstead
Andrew Groves - Kern Farm
Kern Farm
Collection: Andrew Groves Copyright: From a private collection Location photo taken: Kern Farm Keyword: Farmstead
Andrew Groves - Carting sheaths in W Meath
Carting sheaths at West Meath
Collection: Andrew Groves Copyright: From a private collection Location photo taken: West Meath Keyword: Haymaking, Sheaths
Andrew Groves - Carting sheaths in W Meath
Carting sheaths in West Meath
Collection: Andrew Groves Copyright: From a private collection Location photo taken: West Meath Keyword: Haymaking, Sheaths
Andrew Groves - Barley Rick W Meath
Barley Rick at West Meath
Collection: Andrew Groves Copyright: From a private collection Location photo taken: West Meath Keyword: Barley Rick, Haymaking
Andrew Groves - American Beauty flowers
Gill Groves and Stefan Glaiss in Green House, Newchurch with American Beauty
Collection: Andrew Groves Copyright: From a private collection Location photo taken: Green House, Newchurch
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