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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

Glass negative of a farmyard scene

David Cooper on Cows

Geoff Phillips and parents

David Cooper on Milk

Pigs at the County Show

John Attrill on Pigs

Beryl with other Land Army women

Beryl Flux on her time with the Forestry

A sepia photograph which shows an old man feeding hens and geese with some farm buildings in the background

Dianne Whitelock on Eggs

Sam Biles - Newport Market 1960s

Alan Emery on Newport Market

Sunny Bay from the side

Ruth Stone on Butter

Glass negative of three men haymaking with horse and cart

Ruth Stone on Harvest

A lamb suckling a cow

Peggy Jolliffe on Milking

Beryl and cows on Chale Green

Peggy Jolliffe on Cows

Picking spuds at Roslin Farm

Beryl Flux on Harvest time

Andrew Groves -Langbridge Farm aerial view 1959

Andrew Groves on Hedgerows

Christine Broom with prize sheep at Agricultural Show

Christine Broom on The County Show

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

Dianne Whitelock and Sandra Piggot on Newport Market

Glass negative of nestlings (possibly Edwardian)

Christine Broom on Wildlife

NFU dinner

Christine Broom on the NFU

Owl on branch

Colin Capon on Wildlife

Knackers cart and horse

Sam Biles on Transport

Glass negative of haymaking and a haywain at Shanklin Manor (before 1883 rebuild)

Barbara Phillips on Hay

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