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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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- Combine Harvester 1983

Dianne Whitelock on Elevators

Buzzard in flight

Colin Capon on Buzzards

Agricultural Show 1960s Bert Hobbs

John Attrill on Sheep

NFU dinner

Christine Broom on Mrs Muff

The loader Geoff Phillips made for baling

David Cooper on Balers

Agricultural Show 1960s Bert Hobbs

Christine Broom on The County Show

Glass negative of a farmyard scene

Dianne Whitelock on Milk

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

Dianne Whitelock on Eggs

Alan Emery - Tractors

Alan Emery on Harvesting with a combine

Glass negative of horses pulling wagons, loaded with willow

Barbara Phillips on Hedgerows

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

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

Ruth Stone on Newport Market

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

Paul Whitelock on Manpower

Glass negative of three men haymaking with horse and cart

Roy Collins on Hay

Haymaking at Apse Manor Farm 1920s

Donald Emery on Hay

Bullocks in Newport

David Cooper on Bulls

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