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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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NFU dinner

John Attrill on NFU

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

Roy Collins on Sheep

Christine Broom with prize sheep at Agricultural Show

Christine Broom on The County Show

Arthur Mew Sale Catalogue 1908

Arthur Mew on Young Farmers

Haymaking at Apse Manor Farm 1920s

Geoff Phillips on Haymaking

Buzzard on post

Colin Capon on Buzzards

Andrew Groves - Carting sheaths in W Meath

Colin Capon on Harvest

Beryl and cows on Chale Green

Peggy Jolliffe on Cows

Alan Emery - Mother and calf

Peggy Jolliffe on Cows

Glass negative of market at St. James Square, Newport

Beryl Flux on Newport Market

Glass negative of a woman feeding chickens and ducks in a farm yard with a cow

Dianne Whitelock on Farmstead

Glass negative of two horse ploughs

Donald Emery on War

Christine Broom and young farmers

Judith Walker on Young Farmers

Glass negative of two horse ploughs

Trevor Strickland on War

A milkmaid's yoke

David Cooper on Milk

Alan Emery - Tractors

Paul Whitelock on Tractors

Alan Emery - Tractors

Alan Emery on Harvesting with a combine

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

David Cooper on Hay

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

Andrew Groves on selling produce at Market

Cows on steamer Lord Elgin

Andrew Groves on Transport

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