John Attrill on Newport Market

Yes, well we used to … we had about 25 sows so in theory  you had a family or strain of pigs born each week ‘cos the sow will  have two families in a year  so you would have some to  sell each week.

We used to sell them as … they were called shoats, you know, pigs about 10 weeks old and we used to send them to Newport Market.

Newport Market was an essential … every Tuesday, every self-respecting farmer would go to Newport, go in the Market and have a look round, talk to the Merchants, go to the Bank and draw money for the wages and it was, you know, almost a set thing, certainly in my family that Tuesday was Market day but it gradually fizzled out (laughs).