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A girl in a light blue sweater sits at a desk playing a small electronic keyboard, with a person in magenta standing behind.

© Mill Road History

Mill Road, Cambridge Soundscapes

The sound of the past

On 17th April 2015, the Year 7 pupils of Coleridge Community College took part in a Local Learning Day about the history of Mill Road.

 

A man with a ponytail in a purple sweater gestures while standing near microphones and a brick wall before a large window.

© Mill Road History

 

One activity gave the students the opportunity to work with local musicians to combine historical research, sounds and oral histories. Listen to the four soundscapes they produced.

 

Mill Road Bombs

A black-and-white photograph shows the ruins of brick houses with collapsed roofs and debris, with two figures standing nearby.

Courtesy of Cambridgeshire Collection

https://cms.capturingcambridge.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Bombs-on-Mill-Road.mp3

 

The Railway

Four men in flat caps and waistcoats stand in a row on railway tracks, holding a metal tool, a hand drill, and a spade.

Cambridgeshire Collection, RA.RAI.J93 2123

https://cms.capturingcambridge.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Railways.mp3

 

The Bath House

Red brick building with stone accents, a central red door, and a street sign reading Gwydir Street on a corner in Cambridge.

Mill Road History

https://cms.capturingcambridge.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/The-Bathhouse.mp3

 

The Iron Foundry

A person with dark hair in a ponytail seen from behind sits at a desk with a laptop and a musical MIDI keyboard controller.

© Mill Road History

https://cms.capturingcambridge.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Iron-Foundry.mp3

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