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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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Geoff Phillips and parents

Roy Collins on Milk

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

David Cooper on Harvest time

Black and white photograph of a group of farm workers and longshoremen outside the Chine Inn, Shanklin 1860

Paul Whitelock on Pubs

Geoff and gang (local men) on the trailer haymaking time.

Christine Broom on Hay

Geoff Phillips and parents

Colin Capon on Milk

Cattle on Nettlestone Green

John Attrill on Milk

Geoff Phillips with Fordson Major Diesel tractor

Geoff Phillips on Tractors

Hurdles and sheep

Christine Broom on Milk Quotas and Sheep

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

Andrew Groves on selling produce at Market

Buzzard in flight

John Attrill on Wildlife

Aux WW2 H Biles is third from back fourth right

Sam Biles on War

Alan Emery - Tractors

Alan Emery on Tractors

Photographic print taken from a glass plate negative in the collection of haymaking showing a pair of horses and tow farm workers loading a wagon

David Cooper on Harvest

H Biles and D Biles at Scarrots Lane,

Christine Broom on Slaughterhouse

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

John Attrill on Sheep

Black and white photograph of a farmer driving a flock of sheep down a road near Apse Heath

Donald Emery on Sheep

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