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Hello everybody.

I stumbled across this website while researching the history of a subject totally unrelated to sound and recording.

I was struck by a couple of threads requesting the sound of an old-fashioned Metropolitan-style police-whistle, as carried by the Bobbies of London back in Victorian times.

It is a very unique sound, and can only really be produced by the whistle itself. I have an authentic bobby whistle in my possession (a souvenir from a trip to London). I blew out a recording of it and submitted it to your library or archive. Hopefully it makes someone happy!

If you ever want a longer, louder or different variation on the police-whistle sound, I'm happy to oblige. Although I can only make the recordings when the house is empty! For an item only three inches long, it makes a LOT of noise! I've only ever blown it at full-strength twice in my life. Once when I bought it, and once at an empty railroad station when nobody was around, and it's absolutely deafening!

Oh yeah. I can also provide sounds of Air-Raid/Civil Defense Sirens, desk-bells, typewriters and old-fashioned sewing-machines if anyone wants that...

I have re-uploaded the police whistle
http://freesound.org/people/klankbeeld/sounds/242537/

Eh...ok. Sorry about that. Never mind, then.

Not a problem at all. please be creative and upload your sounds. The more choice people have the better. Be welcome here. Feel free to upload your contributions.

Are you sure? I don't want to if it'll cause some sort of conflict of interest here. I already submitted my whistle soundbyte.

You can upload your self recorded sounds. have fun.

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