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New building works rattling old windows
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Recordist's notes
This is the sound of the thin glass windows in the old town hall being rattled by some building works or traffic outside. It interrupted all the way through an interview I was conducting in the space so I decided to give this sound a recording all of its own.
About the place
Oxford is a city of about 162,100 people in England, United Kingdom. OttoAnna lists 73 field recordings from here.
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Sources & credits
- “The Town Hall, Oxford, Oxford, UK - New building works rattling old windows” by Felicity Ford – CC BY-SA 3.0 · radio aporee ::: maps via Internet Archive
- Reverse geocoding: GeoNames – CC BY 4.0