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Farmer's Quotes

Dive straight in and have a quick listen to these interesting snippets from our farmers to learn about how life was back then in their lovely old Isle of Wight accents. They’re generally less than a minute long and there’s hundreds of them for you to enjoy. Just click /touch to hear them.

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Cattle on barges at Yarmouth

Judith Walker on Cows

Sepia photograph showing George Guy (aged 16) standing beside Mr Morris's milk float, Newport

Dianne and Paul Whitelock and Sandra Piggot on Newport Creameries

Christine Broom and young farmers

Sandra Piggot on Young Farmers

Alan Emery - Tractors

Alan Emery on Harvesting with a combine

Alan Emery - Tractors

Paul Whitelock on Tractors

Buzzard in flight

Colin Capon on Buzzards

Arthur Mew Sale Catalogue 1908

Arthur Mew on Young Farmers

A pencil drawing of the farm house and land at Watchingwell 1833 by H. R. Pitman

Mike Henderson on Farmstead

Snow on the Isle of Wight

Christine Broom on Winter of ’62-’63

Geoff Phillips and parents

John Attrill on Milk

Cattle on barges at Yarmouth

Trevor Strickland on Transport

Black and white photograph of sheep being sold at Newport Cattle Market at the Spring Sale - Shows farmers and sellers, including David Dockrill

Christine Broom on Newport Market

Black and white photograph of a market with livestock in progress in St James Square, Newport

Dianne Whitelock and Sandra Piggot on Newport Market

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

Black and white photograph showing a farm worker walking carrying his scythe and other tools

Colin Capon on Hares

Andrew Groves - Barley Rick W Meath

Alan Emery on Haymaking

Agricultural Show 1960s Bert Hobbs

John Attrill on NFU

Black and white photo of a man and boy with a milk churn in a cart being pulled by a pony. The cart is marked 'Pan Manor Dairy' over the wheel and Morris, Pan Manor Farm at the front

Colin Capon on Milk

Arthur Mew's Father with milk churn at Mill Bank Farm

Sandra Piggot on Milk

Black and white photograph of two men sat on an early tractor with farming equipment behind in a field

Roy Collins on Tractors

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