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Time Travellers of Dunstable Project - Soundtracks
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What is a 'Soundtrack?
The 'Soundtracks' below are recordings of personal accounts of life in Dunstable. These are also available to listen to on the project website www.juliemyers.org.uk/ttd and at the 'Audio-Zones' around Dunstable.
Stories about Ashton Square
- Peter describes how he visited the cattle market in Dunstable as a young lad (1 minute MP3 File 1MB)
- Paul describes a German bomber flying down the High Street and strafing the Sphinx Works, Empire Rubber Factory and the High Street (1 minute 40 seconds MP3 File 1.5MB)
- Betty remembers evacuees arriving from London (42 seconds MP3 file 660 KB)
- Vivienne tell us how the Swan brooch was found at the priory (1 minute 47 seconds MP3 file 1.6 MB)
- John remembers Holland Farm (1 minute and 5 seconds MP3 File 1 MB)
- Betty recounts the tale of meeting her husband and what her mother thought of her husbands yellow socks! (1 minute 4 seconds MP3 File 1 MB)
- Alan tells us about his first paper round (1 minute 7 seconds MP3 File 1 MB)
Stories about The Quadrant
- Eileen and Alan reminisce about the California Ballroom (45 seconds MP3 File 709 KB)
- Roy recollects collecting yarrow and stinging nettles in the fields and selling them to the herbalist (35 seconds MP3 File 558 KB)
- Christine describes how, as a child, she played on the railway tracks and collected fossils in the quarry (1 minute 36 seconds MP3 File 1.5 MB)
- Mick describes going to see Slade at the Cali (California Ballroom) (1 minute 17 seconds MP3 file 1.2 MB)
- Roy tells us about the Italian prisoners of war and the air raid shelters in Church Walk. (2 minutes and 4 seconds MP3 File 1.9 MB)
- Mick recounts listening to Soul and Motwown bands at the Cali (California Ballroom) (30 seconds MP3 File 483 KB)
- Christine recollects how she met her husband at the Cali (California Ballroom) (41 seconds MP3 File 652 KB)
- Eileen recalls the new shops in the Quadrant and how, as a child she cleaned her teeth with soot (35 seconds MP3 File 560 MB)
Stories about Vernon Place
- Julie talks about a biker wedding (33 seconds MP3 File 528 KB)
- Trevor talks about the importance of the commercial vehicle manufacturers along Boscombe Road (1 minute 44 seconds MP3 File 1.6 MB)
- Moira describes life working at A C Delcos (51 seconds MP3 File 800 KB)
- Roy recalls being caught scrumping for apples!(58 seconds MP3 file 914 KB)
- Alan recalls watching horses move from the stables to fields on Kingsway and sitting on a step outside the Royal Oak, Church Street. (42 seconds MP3 File 660 KB)
- Carole and Trevor reminisce about the local CND movement (2 minutes 13 seconds MP3 File 2.1 MB)
- Eileen and Alan talk about the excitement of going to the Queensway Hall (1 minute 59 seconds MP3 File 1.9 MB)
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