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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

John Attrill on Wildlife

Glass negative of men moving felled trunks in hoist with horses standing ready to hand

Geoff Phillips on Elms

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

Christine Broom = Daffodil & Bracelet – cows shown at County Show

Christine Broom on Milk Quotas

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

Judith Walker 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

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

Barbara Phillips on Hay

Agricultural Show 1960s Bert Hobbs

John Attrill on Sheep

Cattle on Nettlestone Green

David Cooper on Cows

Christine Broom and young farmers

Christine Broom on Young Farmers’ events

Beryl in Land Army

Geoff Phillips on War

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

Dianne Whitelock and Sandra Piggot on Newport Market

Black and white photograph showing a farm worker walking carrying his scythe and other tools

Donald Emery on Hedgerows

Picking spuds at Roslin Farm

Beryl Flux on Harvest time

Glass negative of a farmyard scene

David Cooper on Cows

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