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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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MERSEYSIDE

Mersey ferry 1  2:05

BBC DESCRIPTION: Ferry: Mersey, Liverpool, quayside, arrives, gang planks put out, people board.

Mersey ferry 2  2:34

BBC DESCRIPTION: Ferry: Mersey, Liverpool, on board, arrives, gang-plank lowered, passengers disembark.

Mersey ferry 3  6:05

BBC DESCRIPTION: Ferry: Mersey, Liverpool, interior, moving, cabin, occasional voices and activity.

River Mersey atmosphere  5:01

BBC DESCRIPTION: Atmosphere recorded on River Mersey, with occasional hoot from boat,1980. Technical note: for use at low level.

Pilkington glass factory  1:35

BBC DESCRIPTION: Pilkington Insulation, Merseyside: furnace glass burners.

Liverpool one o'clock gun  0:49

BBC DESCRIPTION: Liverpool 1 o'clock gun fired, with ships' sirens.

St Saviour's Church bells  3:03

BBC DESCRIPTION: Church bells, ringing, ringing ends. St. Saviour's Church, Oxton, Birkenhead, Merseyside.

St Peter's Church bells  3:01

BBC DESCRIPTION: Church bells, eight bells ringing. St. Peter's Church, Woolton, Liverpool.