The Sound Of Silence.

[gness]

I love silence but staying with relatives last week and having a couple of early nights as the adults finished the wine reminded me of childhood sounds I loved......

Being tucked up in bed and hearing the muffled sound of the adults talking and the mumble of the TV......distant and quiet......
A weekend lie in with a book and hearing Mr Nextdoor with his old push lawnmower....

Sitting in a hayfield on a hot day listening to grasshoppers that I could never catch....

This evening I had a meal in a pub garden in town to the sound of......the visiting man at the next table who needed everyone to know about his tour of Europe.....the fans from the kitchen and the traffic beeping and revving up......mobile phones and the football on the 23 or so televisions inside.....nice meal.....but noisy.....

Are there childhood sounds that you miss?....x

[murraymints]

dad poking the fire

[Tilly2]

My Dad singing along to the radio on Sunday morning, as he prepared the vegetables for Sunday dinner.

[murraymints]

family favourites on the radio !

[Tilly2]

The ice cream man's van chimes. It was so exciting!

[jim360]

Puts me in mind of an old clock we had that played some wonderful chime or other. I can't remember how the jingle went but wow, that takes me back...

[gness]

Westminster Chimes, James?

[murraymints]

we had one of them G !

[gness]

I grew up listening to and loving the sound, Minty.....then the old man next door willed me his.....it was lovely......but I gave it to a doctor I really liked and who collected clocks.....x

[jim360]

I'd like to think I could recognise Westminster chimes...

No, this was some lullaby-sounding thing or other. A green boxy clock-thing that you would have to wind up and all. Ancient. I don't know if we still have it but yeah, that was something from childhood.

[DTCwordfan]

water lapping against the boat, waves crashing into the wall beneath where we stayed, sheep baaing in the Yorkshire Dales, the sound of the farm auctioneers blaring out during French or German lessons.

[Chipchopper]

Tales of brer rabbit

[Prudie]

I grew up on RAF bases so used to hear planes all night. If my mother thought any man was attractive she'd always say 'I wouldn't kick him out of bed to go night flying'

[tonyav]

The sound of the letterbox snapping shut as the paperboy posted my Beano on a Saturday morning.

[anneasquith]

No Tony, the op is times of the past, not what happens today

[tonyav]

I was well gutted c'us it was late this morning, anne. He won't be getting a tip this Christmas.

[Samuraisan]

https://youtu.be/u9Dg-g7t2l4

[anneasquith]

Lol@ toneeee.

[RobNorth]

Delivery men and Postmen whistling, bus conductors singing.....whatever happened to whistling? Were people more cheerful a couple of generations ago?

[gness]

Nice sounds......love that song, Sam.....

Whistling...until recently I had a gardening neighbour who whistled beautfully.....lovely to listen to......x

[ummmm]

Rob - My OH whistles all the time. I always associate it with happiness...only happy people whistle.