Title:
Sounds of Brentwood Talking Magazine, No.228
Level: Category
Sound Archive
Level: Fonds
BRENTWOOD AND DISTRICT TALKING NEWSPAPER
Level: Series
Sounds of Brentwood Magazine
Scope and Content:
Sounds of Brentwood, No.228

DISC 1 OF 2 [Side A of original cassette]
[1] Introduction (1 minute) [2] Song thrush and blackbird singing in Thorndon Woods, with a background provided by the song 'Morning Has Broken' (2 minutes) [3] Poem by Anne Bronte, followed by a Mistle Thrush singing (2 minutes) [4] Joanna Higgs, a former resident of Old House, Brentwood, talks about the house at the time of her childhood when it was used as a boarding house for Brentwood School and her father was House Master (16 minutes) [5] Mary Cope gives details of talking books issued by the R.N.I.B.: 'Romance' by Ed McBain; 'Pastures New' by Ann Purser; 'House of Birds' by Elizabeth Tettmar; and 'Sounds Natural' - a tape of birdsong and other sounds of nature (5 minutes) [6] Stan Cornhill, a former Sergeant in the Metropolitan Police, talks about police work in the East End of London from 1947 (16 minutes) [7] End of side A (2 minutes).

DISC 2 OF 2 [Side B of original disc]
[1] Councillor Ted Nicholson of Brentwood Borough Council talks about proposed changes to health service provision in thwe Brentwood area (15 Minutes) [2] Ted Watts, Chairman of Brentwood and District Talking Newspaper, talks about his work with low vision aids; Mary Cope, Secretary of Brentwood and District Talking Newspaper, talks about her work helping blind and partially sighted people to live independently in a seeing world (5 minutes) [3] TV personality Rolf Harris, makes an appeal on behalf of the Talking Newspaper Association of the UK (4 minutes) [4] Mary Cope in the kitchen: recipes for Bara Bryth [a Welsh fruit loaf], fresh vegetables, and rhubarb fool (6 minutes) [5] Story of a ceremony at The Bell Inn, Horndon-on-the-Hill, where hot cross buns are hung from the ceiling, and a similar tradition carried out at The Widow's Son pub in East London (9 minutes) (listen to clip above).
Dates of Creation:
March 1998
Extent:
90 minutes
Creator Name:
Brentwood and District Talking Newspaper
Archivist Note:
MA, 23 June 2005
Physical Characteristics:
2 CD-Rs [copied from C90 cassette using Dolby B]

Key terms

TypeKey termsDescription
Subjects Birds Sounds of Brentwood Talking Magazine, No.228 - March 1998
Subjects Blinds Sounds of Brentwood Talking Magazine, No.228 - March 1998
Subjects Food Sounds of Brentwood Talking Magazine, No.228 - March 1998
Subjects Medical services Sounds of Brentwood Talking Magazine, No.228 - March 1998
Subjects Police Sounds of Brentwood Talking Magazine, No.228 - March 1998
Personal Names Joanna
Higgs 		Sounds of Brentwood Talking Magazine, No.228 - March 1998
Personal Names Mary
Cope 		Sounds of Brentwood Talking Magazine, No.228 - March 1998
Personal Names Rolf
Harris 		Sounds of Brentwood Talking Magazine, No.228 - March 1998
Personal Names Stan
Cornhill 		Sounds of Brentwood Talking Magazine, No.228 - March 1998
Personal Names Ted
Nicholson 		Sounds of Brentwood Talking Magazine, No.228 - March 1998
Personal Names Ted
Watts 		Sounds of Brentwood Talking Magazine, No.228 - March 1998
Place Names Bell
Horndon-on-the-Hill 		Sounds of Brentwood Talking Magazine, No.228 - March 1998
Place Names Old House
Brentwood 		Sounds of Brentwood Talking Magazine, No.228 - March 1998
Document Types Sound recording Sounds of Brentwood Talking Magazine, No.228 - March 1998
Institutions Brentwood School Sounds of Brentwood Talking Magazine, No.228 - March 1998