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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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Beryl with other Land Army women

Beryl Flux on her time with the Forestry

Alan Emery - Mother and calf

Peggy Jolliffe on Cows

Glass negative of three men haymaking with horse and cart

Ruth Stone on Harvest

Sepia photograph of farmer William Smith with his family

Judith Walker on Farmstead

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

Roy Collins on Tractors

Geoff Phillips - Haymaking

Mike Henderson on Harvest

Andrew Groves - Carting sheaths in W Meath

Colin Capon on Harvest

A lamb suckling a cow

Sam Biles on Cows

Andrew Groves - Robin Richards milk and eggs

Andrew Groves on Honeymooners during the War

Tinted photograph shows a blacksmith shoeing a horse, with tools and a bicycle visible in the background

Roy Collins on Horses

The Gilten Market - H Biles at the rear

Sam Biles on Gilten Market

A lamb suckling a cow

Alan Emery on Sheep

Cattle on barges at Yarmouth

Trevor Strickland on Transport

Hurdles and sheep

Christine Broom on Milk Quotas and Sheep

Glass negative of market at St. James Square, Newport

Andrew Groves on sales at Newport Market

The loader Geoff Phillips made for baling

David Cooper on Balers

Sepia photograph showing milk float and horse belonging to Mr Morris of The Mall, Newport. Small girl in sunbonnet and boots standing by float.

David Cooper on Newport Creameries

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

Donald Emery on Tractors

Buzzard in flight

Colin Capon on Buzzards

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

Dianne Whitelock and Sandra Piggot on Newport Market

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