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Ruth Stone

Ruth Stone
Ruby Cooper | Sandra Piggot
Born in Winchester, Ruth lived in Brambles farm house, Forest Road with her extended family, helping out on the farm with her brother as well as at the Saw Mill.
When she left school at 17, Ruth went into nursing, but shares with us some wonderful memories of her early life in farming on the Isle of Wight.

Family life

Winchester

Working life

Sunny Vase Farm
Forest Road Saw Mill

Full interview

Conducted: Lisa Kerley on 8th December 2016 in Newport
https://archive.org/download/ruth_stone_dec2016_lisa_kerley_farming_memories/ruth_stone_dec2016_lisa_kerley_farming_memories.mp3

Read the interview transcript

Ruth Stone on 8th December 2016 by Lisa Kerley: Full tr...

Ruth Stone's audio clips​

A lamb suckling a cow
Ruth Stone on milking time
Ruth Stone - Sunny Bay 1930
Ruth Stone on Milk - 'really lovely, creamy cream'
Black and white photograph of a market with livestock in progress in St James Square, Newport
Ruth Stone on Newport Market
Sunny Bay from the side
Ruth Stone on Butter
Black and white photograph of a farmer hoeing with horses taken by Isle of Wight amateur photographer Fernao Pedro Mauricio Joao de Castel-Branco Manuel
Ruth Stone on Horses
Pigs at the County Show
Ruth Stone on Pigs
Glass negative of three men haymaking with horse and cart
Ruth Stone on Harvest
Ruth Stone portrait by Julian Winslow

Ruth Stone's photos

Ruth Stone nee Comer on logs at the sawmill, Forest Road, Newport
Ruth Stone nee Comer on logs at the sawmill, Forest Road, Newport
Collection: Ruth Stone Copyright: From a private collection Location photo taken: sawmill, Forest Road, Newport Keyword: Farmstead
Ruth Stone - The old sawmill, Forest side
The old sawmill, Forest Road, Newport
Collection: Ruth Stone Copyright: From a private collection Location photo taken: The old sawmill, Forest Road
Sunny Bay from the side
Sunny Bay from the side
Collection: Ruth Stone Copyright: From a private collection Date taken: 1930 Location photo taken: Sunny Bay Keyword: Farmstead
Ruth Stone - Sunny Bay 1930
Sunny Bay
Collection: Ruth Stone Copyright: From a private collection Date taken: 1930 Location photo taken: Sunny Bay Keyword: Farmstead
Matthew Comer, Ruth and Robin -Ruth’s brother- with wheelbarrows at home Sunny Bay, Forest Road, Newport
Matthew Comer, Ruth and Robin -Ruth’s brother- with wheelbarrows at home
Collection: Ruth Stone Copyright: From a private collection Location photo taken: Sunny Bay, Forest Road, Newport Keyword: Farmstead
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