Sounds, and silence
Thoughts on silence, and sounds, and the Minster’s clock bells, marking all the quarter hours, half hours, hours, as we continue to have new rules to live by, and do our best to find our ways through it all.
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28 seconds in 2014
One day in July, a very short recording made on Bootham, and Johnny Hayes remembering the effect on Bishy Road.
More …York fire station bell, 1938
1930s fire engine bell, presented to mark the opening of the new fire station at Clifford Street, in 1938.
More …Carriageworks (ABB) closure: 1995 audio
Almost 20 years after it happened, a reminder of what the closure of York’s carriageworks meant. A selection of snippets, news reports, reaction and background, recorded from the radio in May 1995 when the closure was announced.
More …Morris dancing and green places beckoning: York in May
Hurrah, it’s May, and there’s morris dancing happening. Here’s a photo of some morris dancing in King’s Square last May.
I hope to see some later today. I’ve … More …
2013 review: snippets of sound
I write about this place, I take photos of it, and every now and then I feel inspired to record its sounds. Recording on a (rather old) mobile phone, that being the thing I have to hand.
Some sound snippets from this year, at various locations, including the Minster. Lo-tech, … More …
Beautiful, musical, Rievaulx
I know it’s a bit late in the day to mention it, but if you’re stuck for something to do tomorrow (30 June) and are near enough to it, I wanted to mention Medieval Music and … More …
Audio angle, York, 6 May
The May bank holiday was scented by blossom. Technology can’t deliver that, but I did capture some sounds. Beginning with a buzzing bee by our back door, ending up on Strensall Common.
Spring has been a long time coming. Here in the UK we’re particularly surprised when a bank … More …