Keep Sounds is part of Unlocking Our Sound Heritage, a British Library project to preserve, catalogue, and give access to rare and unique sound recordings from across the UK.
Keep Sounds is based at The Keep Archives in Brighton. We work to preserve historic sound collections from archives, museums and libraries across the south east of England.
Follow us on Twitter @KeepSounds for updates on our work or take a look at our recent film about our work: The journey of a tape.
Recent Blogs

Listening Well
A UOSH commission using sound to support wellbeing

Listening to Sussex’s Special Collections
Esther Gill writes about sound recordings in the University of Sussex’s Special Collections.

Ghost stories for Christmas
Angela Bachini listens to ghosts in the Unlocking Our Sound Heritage collections.

Eavesdropping on Christmas Eve, 1968
Esther Gill listens in to Christmas Eve in Brighton, 1968.

The social importance of oral history
Jen Grasso writes about oral history & working on Windrush interviews.

Raised voices
Henry Rowsell reflects on working on sound heritage, digitisation projects & less-heard voices.

Brighton’s West Pier: from 1975 to today
Alison Hulme writes about Brighton’s West Pier, in 1975 & today.

Libraries On Air
Natasha Witts writes about recordings in the BBC Radio Brighton archive featuring libraries & librarians.

27th October: Your Window to the World
Esther Gill writes about World Day for Audiovisual Heritage

20 years on: the Lewes floods of 2000
Nancy Jones writes about listening to the experiences of the people caught up in the Lewes floods.

Repairing a Damaged Cassette Reel
Duncan Harrison reflects on the challenge of repairing a tape cassette.

Living on the Forest
Esther Gill writes about the richness of the Ashdown Forest Oral History Collection.
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