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Romford traders.wav

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June 17th, 2009

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Soundscapes > Urban

Market traders' and costermongers' cries at Romford market on a Saturday. Individual male and female traders' voices edited down from a forty-minute recording and cross-faded. Most cries are for fruit and veg, some are for clothing and footwear. Recorded August 2008. Sonic Studios DSM-6S/EH mics and PA-3SX pre-amp, Olympus LS-10 recorder. Part of the London Sound Survey collection at www.soundsurvey.org.uk.

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ambience
cries
east-london
essex
london
market
romford
stalls
street
traders
vendors
voices

Type

Wave (.wav)

Duration

1:51.204

File size

18.7 MB

Sample rate

44100.0 Hz

Bit depth

16 bit

Channels

Stereo

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Dango4th

12 years, 10 months ago

Fantastic! Using this for a family heirloom Christmas decoration called "Dickens Street" a 60:1 scale model of an old London street at Christmastime. THANKS!

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baytheatre

14 years, 1 month ago

Took me right back to Petticoat Lane in my lunch hour back in the 1960s - not much has changed. Thankyou.

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Master chief

14 years, 11 months ago

Thanx

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arunproductions

16 years, 1 month ago

very well recorded and lots of variation - perfect!

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arifd

16 years, 4 months ago

great ambience for art pieces

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