Bygone sounds

[Jane Masri]

I heard a door slam not so long ago which reminded me of train doors slamming, something we don't hear anymore, it's all hiss, swish & thump these days    This got me thinking about other sounds that are no longer with us, the musical 'ting' of a cash register & the old fashioned telephone ring.
Does anyone have other fond memories of bygone sounds?

jane

[MissBea]

Not that I can remember, but I miss (?) the ting before the elevator doors open.

[eadaoin]

We old-fashioned people still have telephones that go "ring - ring" !
And even mobiles that go "ring - ring" too! When they're not on "silent".
(I LOATHE "fun" ringtones)

eadaoin

[Nick29]

I think you'd like this web site then ! 

[Barbara.H]

Call of the rag-bone man, now mostly replaced by the soft thunk of a charity shop collection bag on the doormat.

The one round our way was very nasal and his call rose from low F (Rag) to middle C (Bone).  I've just tried the notes out on OH's piano!

  Barbara
with 'Nokia tune' on her mobile, I think that will be a nostalgic sound for many people in years to come. I know it's got a proper name but can't think what it is!

[Rena]

I miss the urgent sound of the old ambulance bell and the old fashioned police car siren.  I can hardly tell what's making the noise behind me these days.

Sometimes when I forget that I've put the kettle and the water's cooled I wish I still had the old fashioned whistling kettle to remind me I need a drink 

[Barbara.H]

Have you noticed though that although trains have been electric etc for decades, toddlers still go choo-choo puff puff for a train noise!

[MissBea]

Call of the rag-bone man, now mostly replaced by the soft thunk of a charity shop collection bag on the doormat.

The one round our way was very nasal and his call rose from low F (Rag) to middle C (Bone).  I've just tried the notes out on OH's piano!

  Barbara
with 'Nokia tune' on her mobile, I think that will be a nostalgic sound for many people in years to come. I know it's got a proper name but can't think what it is!

You wouldn't if you lived by me, we get around 5 differents ones a week!!!!! Ranging from the bugle with a shot of 'Any ol iron' to a constant pipping of the horn.

[Viktoria]

I can still remember the sound of clogs on the pavements as people went to work in the early mornings in Manchester, and the laughing mill girls going home all covered in the lint from the raw cotton. They were always dressed up in tissue paper and streamers on the Friday before their wedding  day and the obligatory gifts which they had to carry through the streets unwrapped were  a
chamber pot and a wooden spoon to bang it with.
I was only thinking yesterday after an episode of "Dad`s Army" how we used to hear The Boys` Brigade bugles, The Church Lads` bugles and The Scouts` bugles on Sunday mornings. Life has never been the same since the Scouts went into long trousers!!!!
The Salvation Army bands always came round playing Christmas carols too on Christmas Eve, and collected for the homeless and needy for whom they provided a meal on Christmas day.
How time flies!       Viktoria.