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File name: Leicester Square funfair
Classification: Economic > Fairgrounds and amusements
Recorded by: IM Rawes
Recording date: 28 November 2009
Duration: 2:37
Description: At modest-sized funfair in Leicester Square are heard showmen's voices at two prize-winning stalls, one involving chucking a basketball into a net, the other throwing hoops onto various gifts. Brief rattles in the background are from an airsoft tommy-gun in a shooting gallery. Girls scream as a large ride flings them around. Extracts taken from a longer recording and cross-faded.
Technical guff: Head-worn stereo. 2 x Shure WL-193 mics and Edirol R09-HR digital recorder.
Additional notes: None.