Comments on: Audio angle, York, 6 May

By: Beverley Foster

Beverley Foster — Wed, 22 May 2013 19:55:34 +0000

Lovely sounds. I live in a residential street near the river and railway station but can very often hear nothing but the birds and the odd hoot of a tourist cruise boat or the comforting rumble of a train. It’s as though people don’t go outside their houses, or maybe they are outside but quietly listening to the sounds of York too.

By: YorkStories

YorkStories — Mon, 13 May 2013 20:53:16 +0000

Hi Stephen, I do remember segs - they seemed to be a man’s thing though - my own shoes were and are segless. In the recording I was walking extra fast, fleeing the crowded city, keen to escape & look at some trees.

Great info on Cooke, Troughton & Simms - I am though worried about the welfare of the spiders, and also wondering who first thought about going & grabbing spiders off the common - intriguing!

And thank you Drake - glad you liked it

By: stephen

stephen — Sun, 12 May 2013 20:07:33 +0000

Your ‘Boots are made for walking’,by the sound of your recording.Wonder if you have any like mine were during my youth,big boots fitted with steel”Segs” on the cast iron “Last” on our
concrete back kitchen floor.Very apt name,for
boots that had to last for the”Duration”of war.

Loved the pics’of Strensall common,reminded me of my Apprentice early days at Cooke Troughton and Simms (1946 to 1951),where at the right time of year,we were sent out to the common to pick & bottle, cross backed spiders,from the gorse bushes,and back at CTS.spin their webs onto thin wire forks bent 6”x4”,and coated with shellac,no fun for the spiders!
Might seem a bit ‘Non-P C’ these days,but the web was attached to Microscope,Theodolite,and
Telescope Scientific instrument eye pieces,as perfect straight black lines for measurements.
I believe probably to this day these devices are in museums etc with their cargo of Strensall common “Spider Web”.!

By: Drake

Drake — Wed, 08 May 2013 13:21:14 +0000

lovely !!!