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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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The Gilten Market - H Biles at the rear

Alan Emery on Gilten Market

Alan Emery - Mother and calf

Peggy Jolliffe on Cows

Cows on steamer Lord Elgin

Geoff Phillips on Milk

The loader Geoff Phillips made for baling

Mike Henderson on Harvest

Andrew Groves - Barley Rick W Meath

Alan Emery on Haymaking

Glass negative of market at St. James Square, Newport

Andrew Groves on buying pigs at Newport Market

Glass negative of three men haymaking with horse and cart

Judith Walker on Hay

H Biles and D Biles at Scarrots Lane,

Trevor Strickland on Slaughterhouse

Alan Emery - Tractors

Donald Emery on Tractors

Buzzard in flight

Colin Capon on Buzzards

H Biles and D Biles at Scarrots Lane,

Christine Broom on Slaughterhouse

Black and white photograph of a horse-drawn grass cutter by Golf links Road, Sandown taken by Isle of Wight amateur photographer Fernao Pedro Mauricio Joao de Castel-Branco Manuel

David Cooper on Hedgerows

Knackers cart and horse

Sam Biles on Knackers

Cattle on barges at Yarmouth

Judith Walker on Cows

Tinted photograph shows a blacksmith shoeing a horse, with tools and a bicycle visible in the background

Roy Collins on Horses

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

Geoff Phillips and parents

Roy Collins on Milk

Andrew Groves - Carting sheaths in W Meath

Andrew Groves on haymaking

Rabbiting at Mottistone

Andrew Groves on Wildlife

H Biles and D Biles at Scarrots Lane,

Sam Biles on Slaughterhouse

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