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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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Glass negative of two horse ploughs

Trevor Strickland on War

Glass negative of market at St. James Square, Newport

Beryl Flux on Newport Market

Grandad Lock haymaking

Sandra Piggot on Elevators

Cattle on Nettlestone Green

David Cooper on Cows

Alan Emery - Tractors

Alan Emery on Harvesting with a combine

Alan Emery - Mother and calf

Peggy Jolliffe on Cows

Knackers cart and horse

Sam Biles on Transport

Milk lorry and parlour milking in farmyard

Alan Emery on Milk

Glass negative of a farmyard scene

Christine Broom on Milk

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

Ruth Stone on Newport Market

Sepia photograph showing George Guy (aged 16) standing beside Mr Morris's milk float, Newport

Dianne and Paul Whitelock and Sandra Piggot on Newport Creameries

A lamb suckling a cow

Alan Emery on Sheep

Buzzard on post

Colin Capon on Buzzards

Pigs at the County Show

Sam Biles on Pigs

Andrew Groves - Carting sheaths in W Meath

Andrew Groves on haymaking

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

David Cooper on Hay

H Biles and D Biles at Scarrots Lane,

Christine Broom on Slaughterhouse

Andrew Groves - Barley Rick W Meath

Paul Whitelock on Manpower

A milkmaid's yoke

David Cooper on Milk

Glass negative of market at St. James Square, Newport

Andrew Groves on sales at Newport Market

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