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Roy Collins

Mike Henderson
Moved to Ventnor, Isle of Wight in 1947 after his Mum bought a fish shop.
Roy got a job milking cows at Week Farm.
He moved onto a farm in Whitwell and then Goodwood House on the mainland, before coming back to the Island getting a job at Moke’s Farm.

Working life

Week Farm – Milking
Whitwell Farm –
Goodwood House – 1957
Moke’s Farm – 1962

Full interview

Conducted: Lisa Kerley on 15th May 2017
https://archive.org/download/roy_collins_may2017_lisa_kerley_farming_memories/roy_collins_may2017_lisa_kerley_farming_memories.mp3

Read the interview transcript

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Roy Collins on 15th May 2017 by Lisa Kerley: Full tr...

Roy Collins's audio clips​

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Black and white photograph of a farmer driving a flock of sheep down a road near Apse Heath
Roy Collins on Sheep
Black and white photograph of two men sat on an early tractor with farming equipment behind in a field
Roy Collins on Tractors
Andrew Groves - Strawberry picking, Newchurch
Roy Collins on Manpower
Tinted photograph shows a blacksmith shoeing a horse, with tools and a bicycle visible in the background
Roy Collins on Horses
Glass negative of three men haymaking with horse and cart
Roy Collins on Hay
Geoff Phillips and parents
Roy Collins on Milk
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