Cromwell Road_1928 soundscape

As a residential area, Cromwell Road was turned out to be noisier than expected. Commander Daniel speaks of some letters of complaints they received from the residents living around the area as to noise becoming almost intolerable. But he also adds that most writers of the letters did not accept his offer to take recordings from their place, nor to actively support a campaign for noise abatement. The recording for this location was taken near the intersection of Queen’s Gate and Cromwell Road and the microphone were placed next to the house of the home secretary of the time, Sir William Joynson-Hicks. When Joynson-Hicks listens to the reproduction of the noises around his neighbourhood, he reacted: ‘But where are the hoots of the horns? This is nothing to what I had to endure.’ Source: Daily Mail, ‘Traffic Din in “Quiet” Streets’, 25.09.1928, Issue: 10116, p.10 and ‘What I Have to Endure’, 03.10.1928, Issue: 10123, p.13. Once you`ve listened to the 1928 soundscape, please fill in this anonymous google form http://bit.ly/LSNcromwell

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