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Listening to Sussex’s Special Collections

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

Posted byunlockingoursoundheritage11th Feb 2021Posted inSound Collections, UncategorizedTags:oral history, Special collections, University of SussexLeave a comment on Listening to Sussex’s Special Collections

Ghost stories for Christmas

Black and white image of an ivy-covered large house.

Angela Bachini listens to ghosts in the Unlocking Our Sound Heritage collections.

Posted byunlockingoursoundheritage18th Dec 202018th Dec 2020Posted inSound CollectionsTags:Christmas traditions, ghost stories, SussexLeave a comment on Ghost stories for Christmas

Eavesdropping on Christmas Eve, 1968

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

Posted byunlockingoursoundheritage16th Dec 2020Posted inSound CollectionsTags:Christmas Eve, Radio BrightonLeave a comment on Eavesdropping on Christmas Eve, 1968

The social importance of oral history

Jen Grasso writes about oral history & working on Windrush interviews.

Posted byunlockingoursoundheritage30th Oct 202016th Dec 2020Posted inUncategorized, UOSH Collections, UOSH VolunteersTags:BLM, Decolonisation, oral history, Paul ThompsonLeave a comment on The social importance of oral history

Raised voices

A close up of tape on a reel.

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

Posted byunlockingoursoundheritage29th Oct 202022nd Oct 2020Posted inThe UOSH Team, UncategorizedTags:Digital divide, IPR, MK4D, Open Access, Sound recordingsLeave a comment on Raised voices

Brighton’s West Pier: from 1975 to today

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

Posted byunlockingoursoundheritage28th Oct 202022nd Oct 2020Posted inUncategorized, UOSH Collections, UOSH VolunteersTags:1975 European Year of Architecture, Conservation, West PierLeave a comment on Brighton’s West Pier: from 1975 to today

27th October: Your Window to the World

A camera phone is held up to photograph a busy road scene. The text reads 2020 World Day for Audiovisual Heritage Your Window to the World.

Esther Gill writes about World Day for Audiovisual Heritage

Posted byunlockingoursoundheritage26th Oct 202026th Oct 2020Posted inThe UOSH Team, UncategorizedTags:Audio preservation, UNESCO, UOSH, World Day for Audiovisual HeritageLeave a comment on 27th October: Your Window to the World

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.

Posted byunlockingoursoundheritage12th Oct 202015th Oct 2020Posted inUOSH CollectionsTags:2000, East Sussex, Flooding, lewes, oral history, River Ouse

Repairing a Damaged Cassette Reel

A black compact cassette tape with a white and blue label.

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

Posted byunlockingoursoundheritage29th Sep 2020Posted inUncategorizedTags:brighton, cassettes, history, oral history, Tape, unlocking our sound heritageLeave a comment on Repairing a Damaged Cassette Reel

Living on the Forest

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

Posted byunlockingoursoundheritage6th Aug 202017th Aug 2020Posted inUOSH CollectionsTags:Ashdown Forest, East Sussex, High Weald, oral history, Rural lifeLeave a comment on Living on the Forest

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