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

Dianne Whitelock on Eggs

John Attrill - Aerial view of Dean Farm

Andrew Groves on Hares

Alan Emery - Tractors

Donald Emery on Tractors

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

Roy Collins on Sheep

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

Millbank Farm, Sandford

Arthur Mew on Top officers (Churchill?) and the tank during the War

A sepia photograph showing good detail of a threshing machine, crew and steam engine

David Cooper on Hay

Aux WW2 H Biles is third from back fourth right

Sam Biles on War

A milkmaid's yoke

David Cooper on Milk

Geoff Phillips and parents

David Cooper on Milk

Glass negative of two horse ploughs

Trevor Strickland on War

Alan Emery - Tractors

David Cooper on Tractors

Buzzard in flight

Andrew Groves on Buzzards

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

Paul Whitelock on Newport Market

The loader Geoff Phillips made for baling

Christine Broom on Baler

H Biles and D Biles at Scarrots Lane,

Geoff Phillips on Slaughterhouse

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