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BBC sound effects 1940–86

In 2018, the BBC made freely available for non-commercial use around 16,000 of its sound effects recordings. A few hundred come from known locations around the UK, and most of those have been presented here in a sound map. All recordings © BBC.

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LEICESTERSHIRE

Ellistoun Colliery  1:47

BBC DESCRIPTION: Pit winding gear in operation Ellistoun Colliery, Leics.

Leicester tram  2:02

BBC DESCRIPTION: Leicester Tram, interior, start up with bell, slow run with intermediate stop, tram stops at end. Tram built 1904.

Quorn Hunt 1  3:25

BBC DESCRIPTION: Whipping in, hunting horn and atmosphere. Quorn Hunt.

Quorn Hunt 2  2:11

BBC DESCRIPTION: In cover, hunting horn, shouts and whistles, whips. Quorn Hunt.