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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’re hundreds of them for you to enjoy. Just click /touch to hear them.

- Combine Harvester 1983

John Attrill on Combine

Aux WW2 H Biles is third from back fourth right

Sam Biles on War

Geoff Phillips with Fordson Major Diesel tractor

Dianne Whitelock on Tractors

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

NFU dinner

Christine Broom on NFU

Pigs at the County Show

Sam Biles on Pigs

Glass negative of horses pulling wagons, loaded with willow

Barbara Phillips on Hedgerows

Agricultural Show 1960s Bert Hobbs

John Attrill on NFU

NFU dinner

Christine Broom on Mrs Muff

Andrew Groves -Langbridge Farm aerial view 1959

Andrew Groves on Wartime

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

H Biles and D Biles at Scarrots Lane,

Christine Broom on Slaughterhouse

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

David Cooper on Harvest time

Beryl with other Foresters, Westridge Down

Beryl Flux on being shot at from German planes

Knackers cart and horse

Sam Biles on Transport

Andrew Groves - Carting sheaths in W Meath

Colin Capon on Harvest

Alan Emery - Tractors

Alan Emery on Harvesting with a combine

Glass negative of market at St. James Square, Newport

Christine Broom on Newport Market

Geoff and Barbara Phillips portrait by Julian Winslow

Geoff and Barbara Phillips on Winter ’62-63

Rabbiting at Mottistone

Andrew Groves on Wildlife

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