Kingsmead Avenue N9 June 2:00
Grid square: Ponders End, North Chingford
Recording date: 13 June 2015
Time of day: 3pm
Location: Halfway along Kingsmead Avenue, north London.
Description: A car and a flatbed lorry pass in succession, distant traffic, faint birdsong, a front door opens, airplane drone, music from a nearby house.
Technical guff: Headworn stereo. 2 x Shure WL-183 mics and Olympus LS-14 recorder.
Recorded by: IM Rawes
Additional notes: None.
Coniston Gardens N9 June 2:00
Grid square: Ponders End, North Chingford
Recording date: 13 June 2015
Time of day: 2.40pm
Location: Coniston Gardens north of junction with Cumberland Road, north London.
Description: Woodpigeons coo, a dog barks in a nearby house, vehicles pass occasionally along Cumberland Road, indistinct voices heard briefly, distant traffic, drone of a light airplane.
Technical guff: Headworn stereo. 2 x Shure WL-183 mics and Olympus LS-14 recorder.
Recorded by: IM Rawes
Additional notes: None.
Bounces Road N9 June 2:00
Grid square: Ponders End, North Chingford
Recording date: 13 June 2015
Time of day: 2.35pm
Location: North side of Bounces Road near junction with St Peter's Road, north London.
Description: Voices of men and a woman sitting outside a cafe nearby, loud traffic on Bounces Road, clattering sounds, a mobile phone ringtone.
Technical guff: Headworn stereo. 2 x Shure WL-183 mics and Olympus LS-14 recorder.
Recorded by: IM Rawes
Additional notes: None.
North Way N9 June 2:00
Grid square: Ponders End, North Chingford
Recording date: 13 June 2015
Time of day: 2.05pm
Location: North Way on the Claverings industrial estate, north London.
Description: Distant traffic, faint birdsong, faint indistinct voices, the wind rattles a nearby metal roller shutter, noise of an aircon unit, a faint scratching noise from a workshop in mid-distance.
Technical guff: Headworn stereo. 2 x Shure WL-183 mics and Olympus LS-14 recorder.
Recorded by: IM Rawes
Additional notes: None.
Picketts Lock Lane N9 June 2:00
Grid square: Ponders End, North Chingford
Recording date: 13 June 2015
Time of day: 1.15pm
Location: Halfway along Picketts Lock Lane east of Meridian Way, north London.
Description: Voices and footsteps of two joggers going by, a train passes in the distance, birdsong, distant traffic, a car drives past, a bang like a door being slammed, a lorry with a rattling load drives past.
Technical guff: Headworn stereo. 2 x Shure WL-183 mics and Olympus LS-14 recorder.
Recorded by: IM Rawes
Additional notes: None.
Woodlands Road N9 July 2:00
Grid square: Ponders End, North Chingford
Recording date: 8 July 2013
Time of day: 12:40pm
Location: Eastern cul-de-sac end of Woodlands Road, Edmonton, north-east London.
Description: A workman cuts kerbstones with an angle-grinder on Devonshire Road, faint indistinct cries of children, the chatter of a pneumatic drill.
Technical guff: Headworn stereo. 2 x Shure WL-183 mics and Sony PCM-M10 recorder.
Recorded by: IM Rawes
Additional notes: Some wind noise present.
Grosvenor Road N9 July 2:00
Grid square: Ponders End, North Chingford
Recording date: 8 July 2013
Time of day: 12.25pm
Location: Junction of Grosvenor Road and St Peter's Road, Edmonton, north-east London.
Description: Birdsong in a residential street, voices of children at play in a nearby school, the wind rustles foliage, occasional passersby, the drone of a helicopter approaches then recedes.
Technical guff: Headworn stereo. 2 x Shure WL-183 mics and Sony PCM-M10 recorder.
Recorded by: IM Rawes
Additional notes: None.
Hertford Road N9 July 2:00
Grid square: Ponders End, North Chingford
Recording date: 8 July 2013
Time of day: 12.15pm
Location: Hertford Road near junction with Bury Road, Edmonton, north-east London.
Description: Loud traffic passing along Hertford Road, voices of women and a child shopping for vegetables outside a grocery shop, rustle of carrier bags.
Technical guff: Headworn stereo. 2 x Shure WL-183 mics and Sony PCM-M10 recorder.
Recorded by: IM Rawes
Additional notes: None.
Kenwood Road N9 July 2:00
Grid square: Ponders End, North Chingford
Recording date: 8 July 2013
Time of day: 12.05pm
Location: Kenwood Road near junction with Bury Road, Edmonton, north-east London.
Description: Traffic passing along Bury Road and Kenwood Road, pedestrians walk past occasionally, a woman and a man speak briefly at a street corner.
Technical guff: Headworn stereo. 2 x Shure WL-183 mics and Sony PCM-M10 recorder.
Recorded by: IM Rawes
Additional notes: None.
River Lea Brimsdown 1:00
Grid square: Ponders End, North Chingford
Recording date: 6 January 2012
Time of day: 2.45pm
Location: Facing the Ponders End industrial estate, Brimsdown, north London.
Description: A constant hum from a factory, birdsong, occasional calls of coots, distant banging noises.
Technical guff: Headworn stereo. 2 x DPA 2006C mics, Sound Devices MixPre-D preamp, Sony PCM M10 recorder.
Recorded by: IM Rawes
Additional notes: None.
TQ 3627 9584 1:00
Grid square: Ponders End, North Chingford
Recording date: 21 April 2009
Time of day: 2.30pm
Location: On a footpath a few yards to the north-east of the roundabout marking the junction of Lea Bridge Road and Meridian Way.
Description: Heavy, ceaseless traffic, with the burr of individual motorbike engines easily distinguished above the general roar and rumble.
Technical guff: Head-worn stereo. 2 x Shure WL-183 mics. Edirol R09-HR digital recorder.
Recorded by: IM Rawes
Additional notes: None.
