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River Pool Bell Green. Location: Near Moremead Road, Bell Green, southeast London. Description: Close-up recording of the Pool as it flows swiftly through a narrow bend, birdsong, distant traffic. Duration: 1:00. Recorded by: IM Rawes. Recording date: 14 September 2011. Time of day: 2.55pm.

River Pool Lower Sydenham. Location: Footpath off Worsley Bridge Road, Lower Sydenham. Description: Trickle of the Pool as it passes over gravel, shouts of boys playing football in a sports ground opposite, airplane drone, faint birdsong. Duration: 1:00. Recorded by: IM Rawes. Recording date: 14 September 2011. Time of day: 3.10pm.

Ravensbourne Catford South. Location: By Wickes DIY store off Catford Road, southeast London. Description: Trickling of the Ravensbourne as a culvert takes it underground, a van revs its engine nearby, hum and drone of industrial machinery. Duration: 1:00. Recorded by: IM Rawes. Recording date: 14 September 2011. Time of day: 2pm.

River Pool Grangemill Road. Location: By the River Pool near Grangemill Road, Bellingham. Description: Distant voices of children at play, a dog barks, knocking sounds from a house close by, the wind stirs foliage. Duration: 1:00. Recorded by: IM Rawes. Recording date: 14 September 2011. Time of day: 2.30pm.

Ravensbourne Bellingham. Location: Allerford Road, Bellingham, south-east London. Description: Constant traffic on Bromley Road, the wind stirs nearby foliage, voices and music from a nearby estate. Duration: 1:00. Recorded by: IM Rawes. Recording date: 24 July 2011. Time of day: 6.30pm.

Ravensbourne Pool Linear Park. Location: At the confluence of the rivers Pool and Ravensbourne, River Pool Linear Park, Catford. Description: A train passes swiftly nearby, trickling of the rivers Pool and Ravensbourne, distant traffic, faint birdsong. Duration: 1:00. Recorded by: IM Rawes. Recording date: 23 July 2011. Time of day: 2:50pm.

Ravensbourne Catford. Location: Under the railway bridge in Westdown Street, near Catford station, south-east London. Description: Sound of the Ravensbourne river rushing beneath an iron cover set in the road surface. Footsteps nearby, and aeroplane drone in the background. A high-speed southbound train approaches towards the end. Duration: 1:00. Recorded by: IM Rawes. Recording date: 15 October 2009. Time of day: 4pm.

Horniman Museum. Location: Horniman Museum, Forest Hill, south London. Description: Adults' and childrens' voices echo in the African Worlds Gallery at the Horniman Museum. Faint music and recorded voices from some of the exhibition displays. Duration: 3:32. Recorded by: Dave Pape. Recording date: 3 March 2007. Time of day: Not known.

TQ 3627 7309. Location: TQ 3627 7309. Kilmorie Road. Description: Suburban street with aircraft drone, birdsong, car doors slamming, a man coughs and walks by, indistinct speech from further away. Duration: 1:00. Recorded by: IM Rawes. Recording date: 20 February 2009. Time of day: 11.45am.

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