Bygone sounds

[Rena]

The daily clip clop of the horse drawn milk cart and the one I really miss is the sound of men whistling a happy tune, that's been replaced by the early morning and late night banging of car doors.

[carol8353]

The clattering sound of girls typing and the 'ting' of the typewriter when you moved it to the beginning of the next line.

Carol

[Rena]

The clattering sound of girls typing and the 'ting' of the typewriter when you moved it to the beginning of the next line.

Carol

I worked in a massive typing pool for a year and there's nothing better than hearing the speed of the competition to get your own speed up 

[Jane Masri]

Wasn't there a song or TV jingle where they incorporated the sound of the keys & the 'ting' at the end? 

jane

[Barbara.H]

Wasn't there a song or TV jingle where they incorporated the sound of the keys & the 'ting' at the end? 

jane

Are You Being Served? 

Also did 'Money' by Pink Floyd have the till sound?

[cuthie]

Yes Jane there was a song or tune about typewriters with the "ting" at the end, but I'm dashed if I can remember its' name.

Cuthie

[Rena]

"The Typewriter" - played by the Strauss Festival Orchestra, Vienna
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2LJ1i7222c

[wilcoxon]

The Hooter at Gresford Colliery , specially blown on New Years Eve,  the roar of the Blast furnace at Brymbo Steelworks, also the orange sky it made at the time. The sewing machines in the Laura Ashley factories before we were all made redundant ( cheap labour overseas)
My Dad shouting me to `get in here NOW`.

[Rena]

Everytime somebody remembers a byegone sound it triggers a few of my grey cells.

I lived in a port which was extremely busy receiving navy and merchant ships of all nationalities plus our own fishing trawlers. I used to love lying in bed and hearing the different ship's hooters, especially when it was foggy and there was a veritable chorus of responses and I'd guess how large the ship was from it's booming hooter or another's high pitched reply.