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Recordist's notes
This is the sound of a small, green enclave behind the houses of Hart Street. The land is bordered on all sides by tall, Georgian buildings, and divided up into individual gardens. I was on the trail of Catherine Hogarth - the woman who later became Catherine Dickens when she married Charles Dickens - when I found this little patch of green. Catherine was born at 8 Hart Street but, as we learned from a knowledgeable resident, all the houses on the even numbered side of this street were joined together to form a hotel, then divided up again into private residencies, so "Number 8" no longer exists! In trying to hear where Catherine played or grew up as a young girl, the atmosphere of this small green patch and the general ambience of the street is the closest I may get.
About the place
Edinburgh is a city of about 514,990 people in Scotland, United Kingdom. OttoAnna lists 21 field recordings from here.
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Sources & credits
- “Behind Hart Street, Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK - Watering the gardens behind the house where Catherine Hogarth was born” by Felicity Ford – CC BY-SA 3.0 · radio aporee ::: maps via Internet Archive
- Reverse geocoding: GeoNames – CC BY 4.0