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Sound recordings featuring Harrow and North Wembley

Conway Gardens HA9 April. Location: West end of Conway Gardens, north-west London. Description: The wind stirs foliage, distinct traffic with emergency services siren, a dog barks in the distance, twigs and leaves skitter on the ground, faint birdsong, two cars pull in close by, trains pass in mid-distance, airplane drone. Duration: 2:00. Recorded by: IM Rawes. Recording date: 12 April 2015. Time of day: 3.30pm.

Elmstead Avenue HA9 April. Location: Elmstead Avenue just south of junction with Princess Avenue, north-west London. Description: Occasional passing cars, birdsong, the wind stirs nearby foliage, indistinct sound of a radio in mid-distance, a light airplane buzzes, desultory activity in the street, faint children's voices towards end. Duration: 2:00. Recorded by: IM Rawes. Recording date: 12 April 2015. Time of day: 3.10pm.

Preston Road HA9 April. Location: Preston Road north of junction with Carlton Avenue East, north-west London. Description: Loud noise of bus moving off close by, busy traffic on Preston Road, indistinct voices and footsteps of passersby. Duration: 2:00. Recorded by: IM Rawes. Recording date: 12 April 2015. Time of day: 2.55pm.

Warren Close HA9 April. Location: Warren Close, north-west London. Description: A man and later a woman walk past close by, birdsong, traffic in mid-distance, the wind stirs foliage, indistinct voices, a crow caws, a car passes close by. Duration: 2:00. Recorded by: IM Rawes. Recording date: 12 April 2015. Time of day: 2.45pm.

St Augustines Avenue HA9 April. Location: North end of St Augustine's Avenue near junction with Preston Road, north-west London. Description: Airplane drone, birdsong, traffic in mid-distance, two people walk past in succession close by, a car passes along the street. Duration: 2:00. Recorded by: IM Rawes. Recording date: 12 April 2015. Time of day: 2.30pm.

Preston Park July. Location: Middle of Preston Park, north-west London. Description: Squealing noises as a child plays on a swing, her mother speaks to her, cries of other children at play, birdsong. Duration: 2:00. Recorded by: IM Rawes. Recording date: 15 July 2013. Time of day: 1.50pm.

Ambleside Gardens HA9 July. Location: Cul-de-sac end of Ambleside Gardens, Preston, north-west London. Description: Quiet residential street with faint sounds from nearby houses, the wind rustles foliage, a train passes in the distance, a car approaches towards the end. Duration: 2:00. Recorded by: IM Rawes. Recording date: 15 July 2013. Time of day: 2.10pm.

Windermere Avenue HA9 July. Location: Tiny cul-de-sac leading off Windermere Avenue by South Kenton station, north-west London. Description: Faint mechanical sounds from South Kenton station, a woman's voice in a nearby house, two trains pass by at speed, one sounds its horn, footsteps. Duration: 2:00. Recorded by: IM Rawes. Recording date: 15 July 2013. Time of day: 2.20pm.

Pempath Place HA9 July. Location: Pempath Place off Strathcona Road, North Wembley, north-west London. Description: Noises from a building site in the mid-distance, faint domestic sounds from the surrounding homes in Pempath Place, trains in the distance, a car passes close by, footsteps. Duration: 2:00. Recorded by: IM Rawes. Recording date: 15 July 2013. Time of day: 2.35pm.

East Lane Business Park July. Location: South-west corner of playing fields next to the East Lane Business Park, north-west London. Description: Hum of machinery, hammering and drone of a power-saw, metallic clanging, voices of workers standing outdoors. Duration: 2:00. Recorded by: IM Rawes. Recording date: 15 July 2013. Time of day: 3pm.

TQ 1647 8826. Location: OS reference TQ 1647 8826. Cul-de-sac end of Rufford Close, off Kenton Road. Description: The cul-de-sac is deserted except for a workman unloading a cable spool from a van. Bird song, distant traffic noise and a siren from Kenton Road. Duration: 1:00. Recorded by: IM Rawes. Recording date: 16 February 2009. Time of day: 11.10am.

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