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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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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

Sepia photograph showing a haymaking scene, with loaded wagon, two horses, three men, three girls and their implements

Christine Broom on Young Farmers

Black and white photograph of a farmer driving a flock of sheep down a road near Apse Heath

Roy Collins on Sheep

Peggy Jolliffe at the County Show

Peggy Jolliffe on Milking

Andrew Groves -Langbridge Farm aerial view 1959

Andrew Groves on Hedgerows

Geoff Phillips - Haymaking

Paul Whitelock on Hay

Christine Broom and young farmers

Christine Broom on Young Farmers’ events

David Cooper's Great Grandfather Cooper wearing a yoke carrying milk bucket

Paul Whitelock on Milk

NFU dinner

Christine Broom on NFU

Andrew Groves - Robin Richards horse and cart

Dianne Whitelock on Butter

H Flux with horse and cart

Peggy Jolliffe on Newport Creameries

Beryl with other Foresters, Westridge Down

Beryl Flux on being shot at from German planes

black and white photograph of a farmer rolling a field with a horse drawn roller. Photograph taken by Isle of Wight amateur photographer Fernao Pedro Mauricio Joao de Castel-Branco Manuel in 1946.

John Attrill on Horses

Alan Emery - Tractors

David Cooper on Tractors

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

Dianne Whitelock and Sandra Piggot on Newport Market

Pigs at the County Show

John Attrill on Pigs

Milk lorry and parlour milking in farmyard

Alan Emery on a bumper Harvest

A lamb suckling a cow

Ruth Stone on milking time

Glass negative of nestlings (possibly Edwardian)

Christine Broom on Wildlife

Glass negative of two horse ploughs

Donald Emery on War

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