Sound from a Town

By: George Powell
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  • A collection of natural urban sounds. Field recordings, audio walks, features. www.soundfromatown.com
    2025
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Episodes
  • An iron bridge over a train track
    Mar 9 2025

    This recording is bookended and criss-crossed by two different journeys. At the start, a train passes directly under the bridge, and at the end, a person walks a bike across it. Listening with headphones gives the latter a very eery quality - listening back the first time I had to look over my shoulder.

    The iron bridge in question is between Overpool and Little Sutton train stations on the Merseyrail Network.

    Recorded with a Lom Geofon magnetised to the bridge itself, and two Clippy EM272s (A-B position) for a nice stereo image.

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    6 mins
  • An allotment on the first warm day of the year
    Feb 22 2025

    We're in Stamford Street allotments in Ellesmere Port again, this time on the first warm Saturday of the year. Before heading out I saw a bubmlebee out of the window, which I saw as a good omen and sign that everything's coming back to life after winter. The allotment was quiet, though, so perhaps everyone needs a couple more weeks to fully resurface. You do get to listen to activity on two plots, with one person trundling around clearing space for re-planting, and ducks, chickens and a bin fire on the second plot. Thank you to Andrea and Ann who let me record them pootling about.

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    9 mins
  • Hebden Bridge: Hebden Friends of Palestine
    Jan 21 2025

    Here we meet Christine, who spends most weekends protesting the ongoing genocide in Gaza from Hebden Bridge town centre. Christine was also one of the Greenham Women, who protested the arrival of nuclear cruise missiles to Berkshire from 1981 - 2000.

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    8 mins

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