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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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MANCHESTER

Hyde tram 1  2:27

BBC DESCRIPTION: Hyde tram, constant run on gradients and stop.

Hyde tram 2  0:13

BBC DESCRIPTION: Hyde tram, departs.

St Chad's Parish Church bells 1  1:22

BBC DESCRIPTION: Exterior, single bell telling [sic], with distant traffic and birdsong. St. Chad's Parish Church, Rochdale, 1974

St Chad's Parish Church bells 2  3:02

BBC DESCRIPTION: Peal of 8 bells from inside parch [sic]. St. Chad's Parish Church, Rochdale, 1974