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

Trevor Strickland and Colin Capon on Milk

Alan Emery - Mother and calf

Alan Emery on Wartime

NFU dinner

Christine Broom on NFU

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

John Attrill on Sheep

Andrew Groves -Langbridge Farm aerial view 1959

Andrew Groves on Wartime

Andrew Groves - Carting sheaths in W Meath

David Cooper on Harvest time

Sepia photograph showing milk float and horse belonging to Mr Morris of The Mall, Newport. Small girl in sunbonnet and boots standing by float.

David Cooper on Newport Creameries

Judith Walker

Judith Walker on Butter

- Combine Harvester 1983

John Attrill on Combine

Sam Biles - Newport Market 1960s

Alan Emery on Newport Market

Christine Broom and young farmers

Sandra Piggot on Young Farmers

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 of a farmer driving a flock of sheep down a road near Apse Heath

Roy Collins on Sheep

The loader Geoff Phillips made for baling

Christine Broom on Baler

H Biles and D Biles at Scarrots Lane,

Christine Broom on Slaughterhouse

Cattle on Nettlestone Green

John Attrill on Milk

The Gilten Market - H Biles at the rear

Alan Emery on Gilten Market

Sam Biles - Newport Market 1960s

John Attrill on Newport Market

Milk lorry and parlour milking in farmyard

Alan Emery on a bumper Harvest

A sepia photograph showing good detail of a threshing machine, crew and steam engine

David Cooper on Hay

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