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A small collection of recordings made around London during the hours of darkness. So far it includes night-time West End crowds, a few pubs and street scenes, and some festivities in Croydon.
Above: graphic based on a night-time satellite image courtesy of the Image Science and Analysis Laboratory, NASA Johnson Space Center. Each red grid square is 2.5 miles or 4 kilometers across. Left: drawing by Kaffe Fassett, 1966.
File name: 177 bus Woolwich Rd
Grid square: Greenwich, Charlton, Blackheath
Duration: 1:00
Recorded by: IM Rawes
Recording date: 24 November 2009
Time of day: 10.30pm
Location: The top deck of a westbound 177 bus on Woolwich Road.
Description: The bus crawls along Woolwich Road as people on the top deck talk on their mobile phones and to each other.
Technical guff: Head-worn stereo. Sonic Studios DSM-6S/EH mics and PA-3SX preamp, Edirol R09-HR digital recorder.
Additional notes: None.