[With apologies for cross-posting.]
What does Essex sound like? Now you can find out from the comfort of
your own home.
The Essex Sound and Video Archive at the Essex Record Office has
officially launched the Essex Sounds audio map
<http://www.essexsounds.org.uk/> (www.essexsounds.org.uk/
<http://www.essexsounds.org.uk/>). The map features historic recordings
of places and events in Essex from the Archive, dating back to 1910. For
comparison, we commissioned a Sound Artist, Stuart Bowditch
<http://www.stuartbowditch.co.uk/#_>, to capture modern-day recordings
around the county. Some of these recordings were made in response to our
historic sounds. Others were in response to public suggestions of key
places and events to capture, to reflect the county’s soundscapes.
Click on a map marker to listen to an individual sound recording, or
browse the ‘old and new’ page to explore past and present clips of
similar places. We encourage public contributions, so the map will
reflect what your Essex sounds like.
We also have a trial app version available to test, either from the
Google Play store
<https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=uk.co.communitysites.heritagetrails.essexsounds>
or the Apple app store
<https://fnd.io/#/us/search?mediaType=all&term=essex%20sounds>. With the
app, you can download the content, so you can listen even when you’re
offline. Listen to the RHP ball bearings factory while standing in the
midst of the Anglia Ruskin University campus that now sits where the
factory once was, or enjoy the excitement of the 1971 Colchester Utd FA
Cup match on the site of the former Layer Road stadium, now a housing
estate. You could even make your own recordings on these locations and
upload them to the map.
The Essex Sounds map has been developed with Community Sites
<http://www.communitysites.co.uk/> as part of our Heritage Lottery
Funded project, /You Are Hear: sound and a sense of place/. The project
is digitising, cataloguing, and making available online a number of
sound recordings from the Essex Sound and Video Archive. By taking our
recordings out into the county, we hope to encourage people to develop
their sense of place and connections to their communities. You can read
more about the project on our blog page
<http://www.essexrecordofficeblog.co.uk/you-are-hear/> or sign up to
receive updates <http://eepurl.com/0cdrv>. Though most of the
development work on the Essex Sounds map is now completed, we will
continue to add to it from time to time.
Do please listen, comment, contribute, and let us know what you think of it.
*Sarah-Joy Maddeaux | You Are Hear Project Officer
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