Tag Archives: SoundHeritage

Story of Sound Part 3: Shellac to vinyl, how World War Two changed the record

Posted on October 10, 2020 by nhudsonnro

Previously on the Story of Sound blog series, we travelled back in time to the late 1800s to discover who was the first inventor to create a machine which both recorded and played back sound, and discovered the forgotten format … Continue reading →

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Sounds in Silence: Journeys by train in Lock down

Posted on July 11, 2020 by nhudsonnro

Jackie Mitchell, a volunteer for the Unlocking Our Sound Heritage East of England hub at Norfolk Record Office, records her experiences of transcribing a collection of annotated notebooks that document the UK’s railways, and reflects upon the joy of train … Continue reading →

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