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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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Grandad Lock haymaking

Sandra Piggot on Elevators

Geoff Phillips - Haymaking

Paul Whitelock on Hay

Pigs at the County Show

Ruth Stone on Pigs

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

David Cooper on Balers

Picking spuds at Roslin Farm

Beryl Flux on Harvest time

Geoff Phillips and parents

John Attrill on Milk

NFU dinner

Christine Broom on NFU

Glass negative of two horse ploughs

Donald Emery on War

Christine Broom and young farmers

Christine Broom on Young Farmers’ events

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

Paul Whitelock on Newport Market

Knackers cart and horse

Sam Biles on Knackers

Alan Emery - Tractors

Donald Emery on Tractors

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

Ruth Stone on Newport Market

Geoff Phillips and parents

Colin Capon on Milk

Cattle on barges at Yarmouth

Judith Walker on Cows

Sam Biles - Newport Market 1960s

John Attrill on Newport Market

Glass negative of a woman feeding chickens and ducks in a farm yard with a cow

Dianne Whitelock on Farmstead

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

David Cooper on Hay

Snow on the Isle of Wight

Christine Broom on Winter of ’62-’63

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