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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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Christine Broom and young farmers

Judith Walker on Young Farmers

Betty Squibb tying up tomatoes - Knighton

Colin Capon on Hares

A lamb suckling a cow

John Attrill on Milk

Black and white photo of a man and boy with a milk churn in a cart being pulled by a pony. The cart is marked 'Pan Manor Dairy' over the wheel and Morris, Pan Manor Farm at the front

Colin Capon on Milk

The Gilten Market - H Biles at the rear

Alan Emery on Gilten Market

Beryl and cows on Chale Green

Peggy Jolliffe on Cows

Glass negative of horses pulling wagons, loaded with willow

Barbara Phillips on Hedgerows

Haymaking at Apse Manor Farm 1920s

Donald Emery on Hay

Beryl with other Foresters, Westridge Down

Beryl Flux on being shot at from German planes

Buzzard on post

Colin Capon on Buzzards

Glass negative of nestlings (possibly Edwardian)

Andrew Groves on Wildlife

Alan Emery - Tractors

Paul Whitelock on Tractors

- Combine Harvester 1983

Dianne Whitelock on Elevators

Andrew Groves - Barley Rick W Meath

Paul Whitelock on Manpower

Sepia photograph of farmer William Smith with his family

Judith Walker on Farmstead

Geoff Phillips and parents

Roy Collins on Milk

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