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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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The loader Geoff Phillips made for baling

Mike Henderson on Harvest

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

H Flux with horse and cart

Peggy Jolliffe on Newport Creameries

Andrew Groves - Robin Richards horse and cart

Dianne Whitelock on Butter

NFU dinner

Christine Broom on NFU

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

David Cooper on Harvest time

A sepia photograph which shows an old man feeding hens and geese with some farm buildings in the background

Dianne Whitelock on Eggs

Land Army Uniform at Roslin Farm

Beryl Flux on joining the Forestry during the War

Andrew Groves - Robin Richards horse and cart

Andrew Groves on Butter

Glass negative of three men haymaking with horse and cart

Roy Collins on Hay

Agricultural Show 1960s Bert Hobbs

John Attrill on NFU

Glass negative of two horse ploughs

Trevor Strickland on War

Sam Biles - Newport Market 1960s

Alan Emery on Milk

Ruth Stone - Sunny Bay 1930

Ruth Stone on Milk – ‘really lovely, creamy cream’

Beryl in Land Army

Geoff Phillips on War

A lamb suckling a cow

Alan Emery on Sheep

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