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Blackstock Road N4 June. Location: Blackstock Road by junction with Ambler Road, Islington. Description: Loud traffic on Blackstock Road, voices of adults and children walking past. Duration: 2:00. Recorded by: IM Rawes. Recording date: 25 June 2015. Time of day: 3.20pm.
Romilly Road N4 June. Location: Halfway along Romilly Road, Islington. Description: Footsteps, voices of children and adults, birdsong, slamming of car doors, cars move slowly along Romilly Road, distant traffic, music from a car, the wind stirs nearby foliage, calls of swifts. Duration: 2:00. Recorded by: IM Rawes. Recording date: 25 June 2015. Time of day: 3.15pm.
Quill Street north N4 June. Location: North end of Quill Street, Islington. Description: Airplane drone, the wind stirs foliage nearby, a front door is slammed shut twice, voices and footsteps of passersby, a train passes along a nearby railway line, noises from a van being unloaded. Duration: 2:00. Recorded by: IM Rawes. Recording date: 25 June 2015. Time of day: 2.55pm.
Plimsoll Road N4 April. Location: Junction of Plimsoll Road and Prah Road, Finsbury Park, north London. Description: Faint voices in a quiet residential street, a car passes playing music, birdsong, a woman pushes a buggy along the pavement, two men emerge from a pub and talk. Duration: 2:00. Recorded by: IM Rawes. Recording date: 20 April 2013. Time of day: 3.40pm.
Rock Street N4 April. Location: Junction of Rock Street and Prah Road, Finsbury Park, north London. Description: Traffic, voices of men standing around and passing the time in small groups at the junction, someone rides slowly past on a bicycle, music from a passing car. Duration: 2:00. Recorded by: IM Rawes. Recording date: 20 April 2013. Time of day: 3.30pm.
Thunder and rain Stoke Newington. Location: Stoke Newington, north-east London. Description: Raindrops and rush of rainwater, thunder, the rain grows more intense, faint birdsong Duration: 1:56. Recorded by: Richard Beard. Recording date: 22 June 2009. Time of day: 6.28pm.
Bendy bus Stoke Newington. Location: Stoke Newington, north-east London. Description: Sounds recorded inside a moving bendy bus with deep growl of engine, rattling of interior fittings, ding of the bell. Duration: 1:45. Recorded by: Richard Beard. Recording date: 28 February 2006. Time of day: 5.25pm.
Supermarket checkout Stamford Hill. Location: Morrisons supermarket, Stamford Hill. Description: Supermarket ambience with beeping of checkout tills close by, rustling of carrier bags, a mobile phone rings and a man answers. Duration: 1:08. Recorded by: Richard Beard. Recording date: 11 March 2006. Time of day: 11.20am.
New River West Reservoir. Location: By West Reservoir, Manor House, north London. Description: Cries of gulls and ducks on the West Reservoir, distant traffic, faint airplane drone, the wind stirs nearby foliage. Duration: 1:00. Recorded by: IM Rawes. Recording date: 29 December 2011. Time of day: 3.15pm.
New River Hornsey Depot. Location: On the New River path by Hornsey train depot, north London. Description: Distant traffic, faint sound of the breeze stirring leaves on trees, a train passes and sounds its horn. Duration: 1:00. Recorded by: IM Rawes. Recording date: 27 August 2011. Time of day: 3pm.
New River Seven Sisters Bridge. Location: By Seven Sisters Bridge near junction with Amhurst Park, Stamford Hill, north London. Description: Loud traffic from Amhurst Park and Seven Sisters Road, deep noise of water churning and bubbling in a covered culvert feeding into the New River. Duration: 1:00. Recorded by: IM Rawes. Recording date: 27 August 2011. Time of day: 2.15pm.
New River Harringay Ladder. Location: Duckett Road, Harringay, north London. Description: Quiet ambience in a residential street with traffic passing along Wightman Road to the west, faint birdsong. Duration: 1:00. Recorded by: I M Rawes. Recording date: 27 August 2011. Time of day: 2.40pm.
Seven Sisters Road. Location: Seven Sisters Road under Finsbury Park station. Description: Slight echoing ambience of traffic on Seven Sisters Road under Finsbury Park station, voices of passersby. Duration: 1:30. Recorded by: IM Rawes. Recording date: 15 September 2010. Time of day: 9.30pm.
Perfect Chicken Blackstock Road. Location: Perfect Chicken takeaway, Blackstock Road, Finsbury Park. Description: Hubbub of voices inside a busy fast food takeaway. Sound of chicken wings dumped in the deep fat fryer, voices of staff at the counter. Duration: 1:00. Recorded by: IM Rawes. Recording date: 15 September 2010. Time of day: 10pm.
Seven Sisters indoor market. Location: Seven Sisters indoor market, next to Seven Sisters tube station. Description: Recorded while walking around the maze-like interior of the market. Voices of staff and customers at a cafe in the market, voices and recorded music from various stalls and little shop units. Duration: 1:55. Recorded by: IM Rawes. Recording date: 7 July 2010. Time of day: 4.30pm.
Marcus Garvey Library Seven Sisters. Location: Marcus Garvey public library, Tottenham Green Centre, Seven Sisters. Description: Library ambience with air conditioning hum, people turning pages of newspapers and books, a man mutters briefly to himself. Duration: 2:00. Recorded by: IM Rawes. Recording date: 7 July 2010. Time of day: 5.30pm.
TQ 3231 8826. Location: OS reference TQ 3231 8826. Entrance to Arena Business Centre off Oakdale Road. Description: A constant and regular clattering noise from equipment used to repair the railway line just east of Harringay Green Lanes station. Some other sounds made by workmen, and aircraft drone. Duration: 1:00. Recorded by: IM Rawes. Recording date: 16 February 2009. Time of day: 3.00pm.
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