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There is a thread for things we don't see anymore, but what about sounds from the bygone years that we don't hear anymore? For example, I can't remember when I last heard Muzak in a shop and I do mean real Muzak, not just any old music played over the tannoy!
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Can you remember the sound old valve televisions used to make when they were switched off? The picture used to reduce to a tiny bright dot, and then blink off with a dull pop.
Also the back of an old tv had a distinctive warm smell from the glowing valves.
"fares please". "move down the bus please" "please".
Tony Blackburn's dog (called "Arnold" I think)...barking in that "jingle" on his 60's Radio 1 programme...........Bark Bark
Sgt S
Simon Fanshawe presented a 30 minute documentary on this very subject on Radio Four in 2007. Endangered Sounds mentioned the trim phone, type writer and milk floats amongst many other sounds that have just disappeared.
Nick
"That'll be one and fourpence please."
The old-fashioned shop tills like Ronnie Barker had in Open All Hours.
Vinyl hiss
name='GoggleboxUK']Vinyl hiss
Ah! Beautiful vinyl. Carry on buying records and you'll have the hiss with you again.
The clink of milk bottles on the doorstep.
"And Leeds are now three up against Chelsea."
Police whistles.
an old fasioned police bell ,like the ones affixed to an old wolsely or something
The sound and smell from my grandparents old McMichael stereo radiogram.
It was in our front room for years when I was a kid and it sounded fantastic.
But what was even better was the record deck area behind the door flap had a little light and it was leather lined.
The lovely smell that came from it always made me think of The Beatles. Mainly because it was the Fab 4 that I nearly always played on it, especially 'I Am The Walrus'.
Vinyl hiss still heard in this neck of the woods Goggleboxname='GoggleboxUK']Vinyl hiss
Remember any unwanted vinyl......you know who to call...
Sgt S
Steam Engine Whistle..whine of the trolleybus as it pulls away...seats in all parts...Stop me an buy one...Hold tight,now....close that carraige door...keep those blackout curtains closed,Madam...a threepenny & a half to Peckham...Star,News & Standard...War Declared..put that light out!...Workers Playtime...Childrens Newsround (TV)....Childrens Hour...Larry the Lamb...Can I do you Now,Sir (ITMA)...Peace in our Time...Pathe News,(and the rest)...Special Pink Edition of the Sports page...Hello,Playmates...Don't forget the diver....In Town Tonight...
Endless.....
The lovely Sunday afternoon sound of lawnmowers whose only power source was the person trundling it up and down the garden.
People criticising Jade Goody or Michael Jackson.
name='GoggleboxUK']People criticising Jade Goody or Michael Jackson.
name='Carl V']The old-fashioned shop tills like Ronnie Barker had in Open All Hours.
We have one of these at work and yes its had my fingers a few times.
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