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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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Andrew Groves - Carting sheaths in W Meath

Andrew Groves on haymaking

H Biles and D Biles at Scarrots Lane,

Sam Biles on Slaughterhouse

Geoff and gang (local men) on the trailer haymaking time.

Christine Broom on Hay

Hurdles and sheep

Christine Broom on Milk Quotas and Sheep

Andrew Groves - Barley Rick W Meath

Paul Whitelock on Manpower

Geoff Phillips and parents

Sandra Piggot on Milk

Ruth Stone - Sunny Bay 1930

Ruth Stone on Milk – ‘really lovely, creamy cream’

Andrew Groves -Langbridge Farm aerial view 1959

Andrew Groves on Wartime

Owl on branch

David Cooper on Wildlife

The Gilten Market - H Biles at the rear

Geoff and Barbara Phillips on Bulls

Pigs at the County Show

Ruth Stone on Pigs

Alan Emery - Tractors

Paul Whitelock on Tractors

Christine Broom and young farmers

Sandra Piggot on Young Farmers

Christine Broom with prize sheep at Agricultural Show

Christine Broom on Milk Quotas and Sheep

Geoff Phillips and parents

Roy Collins on Milk

- Combine Harvester 1983

Donald Emery on Harvest

Tractor and Baler in the 1960s

John Attrill on Balers

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

Ruby Cooper on Butter

Cattle on Nettlestone Green

Paul Whitelock on Milk

Picking spuds at Roslin Farm

Beryl Flux on Harvest time

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