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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 - Barley Rick W Meath

Paul Whitelock on Manpower

Arthur Mew's Father with milk churn at Mill Bank Farm

John Attrill on Milk

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

Dianne Whitelock and Sandra Piggot on Newport Market

The loader Geoff Phillips made for baling

Paul Whitelock on Balers

Geoff and Barbara Phillips portrait by Julian Winslow

Geoff and Barbara Phillips on Winter ’62-63

H Biles and D Biles at Scarrots Lane,

Sam Biles on Slaughterhouse

Owl on branch

David Cooper on Wildlife

Glass negative of nestlings (possibly Edwardian)

Christine Broom on Wildlife

Buzzard in flight

Andrew Groves on Buzzards

Agricultural Show 1960s Bert Hobbs

Christine Broom on The County Show

Alan Emery - Tractors

Paul Whitelock on Tractors

Andrew Groves - Robin Richards horse and cart

Dianne Whitelock on Butter

Knackers cart and horse

Sam Biles on Transport

The Gilten Market - H Biles at the rear

Sam Biles on Gilten Market

Geoff Phillips and parents

David Cooper on Milk

A lamb suckling a cow

Ruth Stone on milking time

Black and white photograph of two men sat on an early tractor with farming equipment behind in a field

Roy Collins on Tractors

Buzzard on post

Colin Capon on Buzzards

Geoff Phillips with Fordson Major Diesel tractor

Trevor Strickland on Tractor

Grandad Lock haymaking

Sandra Piggot on Elevators

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