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Lighting a fire

10 Shenstone Road, Reading, Reading RG2 0DT, UK

A field recording by Felicity Ford made in Reading, United Kingdom on 26 January 2015, in the afternoon.

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Lighting a fire
CC BY-SA 3.0by Felicity FordInternet Archive
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Recordist's notes

The first time a fire has been lit in the dining room for a few years; it was a bit smoky but very nice to see flames in the grate and to feel briefly connected to the old soundscape of this house - the pre-central-heating soundscape. Mixed with 2015 police sirens.

Written by Felicity Ford on radio aporee ::: maps.

About the place

Reading is a city of about 318,014 people in England, United Kingdom. OttoAnna lists 153 field recordings from here.

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