unlockingoursoundheritage

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.

Duncan Harrison reflects on the challenge of repairing a tape cassette.

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

Duncan Harrison writes about ‘cassette culture’ and why your old cassettes may contain magic.

Duncan Harrison looks back at how magnetic tape came to be used creatively in the 20th century.

Katie Tavini writes about why ‘right now’ is a good time to think about preserving any photos you have stored on CD.

Esther Gill considers: how does a audio preservation project work in lockdown?

Student volunteer Eli asks: what is vinyl? How does it work? Why is it so popular?

Volunteer Nancy reflects on her work on the Lewes U3A Oral History Archive.

Rebecca Hutt reflects on her first few months of volunteering at Unlocking
Our Sound Heritage.