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Arthur Mew

Arthur John Mew
Andrew Groves | Beryl Flux
Born in Sandford, Arthur left school at 15 to work at Millbank Farm. By the age of 18 he was put in charge of milking the cows and at 21 he’d bought his first farm, Greenwood Farm, producing milk and fouls. He then moved on to Moor Farm, Godshill, which after keeping cows for five years, switched to arable farming. He then became a tenant farmer at Apse Manor Farm in the early 1970s and ended up at Cliff Farm.

Family life

Born: 1937
Mill Bank Farm, Sandford, Isle of Wight
Mother: Connie Christine Gutteridge
Father: Edwin Walter Mew
Married Mavis

Working life

Mill Bank Farm – 1952 – Hand-milking cows
Green Wood Farm – 1958 – Own Farm, so did everything (with wife)
Moor Farm, Godshill – 1963 – Own Farm, so did everything (with wife)
Apse Manor Farm – 1972 – Tenant

Full interview

Conducted: Mary Blake on 14th August 2017 in Sandford
https://archive.org/download/arthur_mew_aug2017_mary_blake_farming_memories/arthur_mew_aug2017_mary_blake_farming_memories.mp3

Read the interview transcript

Arthur Mew on 14th August 2017 by Mary Blake: Full tran...

Arthur Mew's audio clips​

H Biles and D Biles at Scarrots Lane,
Arthur Mew on the Slaughterhouse
Arthur Mew Sale Catalogue 1908
Arthur Mew on Young Farmers
Arthur Mew Sale Catalogue 1920
Arthur Mew on the NFU
Arthur Mew's Father with milk churn at Mill Bank Farm
Arthur Mew on milk for the gentry of Shanklin
Millbank Farm, Sandford
Arthur Mew on Top officers (Churchill?) and the tank during the War
Arthur Mew portrait by Julian Winslow

Arthur Mew's photos

Arthur Mew's Father with milk churn at Mill Bank Farm
Arthur Mew's Father with milk churn at Mill Bank Farm
Collection: Arthur Mew Copyright: From a private collection Location photo taken: Mill Bank Farm Keyword: Milk, Churn
Apse Manor Farm
Apse Manor Farm
Collection: Arthur Mew Copyright: From a private collection Date taken: Location photo taken: Apse Manor Farm
Haymaking at Apse Manor Farm 1920s
Haymaking at Apse Manor Farm
Collection: Arthur Mew Copyright: From a private collection Date taken: 1920s Location photo taken: Apse Manor Farm Keyword: Hay, Haymaking, Horses, Manpower, Cart
Millbank Farm, Sandford
Millbank farm Sandford
Collection: Arthur Mew Copyright: From a private collection Location photo taken: Millbank farm Sandford
Millbank Farm, Sandford
Arthur Mew - Millbank farm, Sandford
Arthur Mew Collection: Copyright: From a private collection Date taken: Location photo taken: Keyword:
Arthur Mew plucking a turkey at Apse Manor Farm
Arthur Mew - Plucking turkey Apse Manor Fm
Arthur Mew Collection: Copyright: From a private collection Date taken: Location photo taken: Keyword:
Arthur Mew's garden
Arthur Mew's garden
Collection: Arthur Mew Copyright: From a private collection Location photo taken: Keyword: Garden
Arthur Mew
Arthur Mew
Collection: Arthur Mew Copyright: From a private collection
Cliff Farm, Shanklin
Cliff Farm, Shanklin
Collection: Arthur Mew Copyright: From a private collection Location photo taken: Cliff Farm, Shanklin
Cliff Farm, Shanklin (Spence Willard ad)
Cliff Farm, Shanklin
Collection: Arthur Mew Copyright: From a private collection Location photo taken: Cliff Farm, Shanklin
Arthur Mew
Arthur Mew
Collection: Arthur Mew Copyright: From a private collection
Arthur Mew
Arthur Mew
Collection: Arthur Mew Copyright: From a private collection
Arthur Mew getting married at Shanklin Methodist Church
Arthur Mew getting married at Shanklin Methodist Church
Collection: Arthur Mew Copyright: From a private collection Date taken: 8th October 1958 Location photo taken: Shanklin Methodist Church
Mrs Arthur Mew with - Full English Breakfast for B&B
Mrs Arthur Mew with Full English Breakfast for B&B guests
Collection: Arthur Mew Copyright: From a private collection
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