What are the unique sounds of your city, dear people of Sheffield? Something special that tells it – street noises, trams, radio id’s, just anything.
As to my native Sergiev Posad – well, this may be the sound of bell of Trinity-Sergius Lavra, a 15th century monastery, one of the largest bells in Christian world; a sound of central bus station resembling street-organ; may be bird singing and trains passing through the city centre.
And yours?
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Living up in the countryside it would be the tractor that passes in a morning to wake me up:D
But working in the city centre it would be the trams and the general hussle of a city centre, or the good old greasy chip butty song of Sheffield united!!!

"Mobile Facias! Fiver each!"

"Big Issue! Big Issue"

Music from busker on Chapel Walk

Trams

"Do you have a few minutes to do my survey?"

Sound of Sheffield although disapearing fast will always be big forging hammers and presses down in the valley.

p.s. will be in St.Petersburg June/July are there many American Indians in Russia


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definitely trams and their horns.

Thank you people, Sheffield sounds really nice!
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GEEEERONIMO, I guess American Indians are very rare. Big welcome anyway!

Sounds in the order i hear them in the day....

Wind/Rain
School kids waiting for bus
Tram
People on tram + their walkman :mad:
Railway station
Work.... Air conditioning... phone, fax, women nattering, lifts whirring, Kids in Ponds Forge leisure centre next to me [cant wait to move off the ground floor !!!]

Then of course the reverse on the way home, hopefully I miss the school kids on the tram
:P

The Town Hall clock telling me I'm late for work again.

But I love the way the city sounds become more muted at about 9.30, after the workers have arrived at work but before the shoppers and free spirits reach the city centre. Sometimes, on an especially late morning, I hear the trees blowing in Weston Park as I walk past the University. There's nothing finer.

How about the crescendo created from water descending from the fountains in the peace gardens. The subtle ambient trickle of the streams that adorn our parks. The 4am wake up call from the birds at the bottom of our garden(little *********)!!!

Sounds of Sheffield- how about old women talking on buses. If you want history, gossip and comedy, get on any bus near the markets. The sound of Sheffieldis not in it's infrastructure but it's characters!

Do we still have the 1 o'clock buzzer on Wilson Peck corner? Not heard that for ages.

At my tender age I can only remember a few occassions when the steam hammers were belting away, and it wouldnt have been on the same scale as it once was, i'm sure.

As daft as it sounds, yeah I kind of agree that the tram's rumblings, buzzings, ringings and tootings are very Sheffieldish.

Originally posted by jackthedog
Do we still have the 1 o'clock buzzer on Wilson Peck corner? Not heard that for ages.

At my tender age I can only remember a few occassions when the steam hammers were belting away, and it wouldnt have been on the same scale as it once was, i'm sure.

As daft as it sounds, yeah I kind of agree that the tram's rumblings, buzzings, ringings and tootings are very Sheffieldish.

There is a buzzer at 1pm which I can hear from my house(Pitsmoor). I always thought they were from the steelworks on Attercliffe.

Originally posted by qazitory
There is a buzzer at 1pm which I can hear from my house(Pitsmoor). I always thought they were from the steelworks on Attercliffe.


Could you please tell me what is that buzzer and what is it intended for?
Got intrigued about ;)

It's a very loud buzzer that sounds at 1.00pm to let everyone know it's lunchtime. Then we all go rushing out onto the streets and form massive long queues for sandwiches, drinks, newspapers etc.

Funnily enough, there isn't a buzzer at 2.00pm to let everyone know it's time to go back (unless they think everyone goes out at 12.00)..............

I think they mean a 1 p.m. time signal meant for the lunch hour or people changing shifts (work times) where is that place you live? You sure you are not posting from somewhere near the Peace Gardens.


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