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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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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

Geoff Phillips with Fordson Major Diesel tractor

Dianne Whitelock on Tractors

Alan Emery - Tractors

Donald Emery on Tractors

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

Dianne Whitelock on Eggs

The Gilten Market - H Biles at the rear

Geoff and Barbara Phillips on Bulls

International Tractor, C

Mike Henderson on Tractors

Sam Biles - Newport Market 1960s

Alan Emery on Milk

black and white photograph of a farmer rolling a field with a horse drawn roller. Photograph taken by Isle of Wight amateur photographer Fernao Pedro Mauricio Joao de Castel-Branco Manuel in 1946.

John Attrill on Horses

Alan Emery - Mother and calf

Alan Emery on Wartime

NFU dinner

Christine Broom on Mrs Muff

Andrew Groves - Strawberry picking, Newchurch

Roy Collins on Manpower

Andrew Groves - Robin Richards horse and cart

Dianne Whitelock on Butter

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

Dianne Whitelock on Milk

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

Geoff Phillips on Milk Quotas

Judith Walker

Judith Walker on Butter

Geoff Phillips - calf in kitchen

Sandra Piggot on Cows

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