A Sound that Makes You Feel Nostalgic

[ChrisGeorge]

Hi all

I'll start this off.

There's a couple of sounds that I like.

It has been raining here in Baltimore, the first for a couple of months which we really need (yeh I know you have had more than enough in the UK!!!), and sounds travel when it is damp and rainy weather. I have just heard the bells of a church on Charles Street a couple of miles away from here. I am not a churchgoer but they remind me of Sundays and the tolling bells of the R.C. Church on St. Mary's Road when I lived on Aigburth Hall Avenue in Liverpool.

When I hear the far-off sound of a train whistle here in the United States, it reminds of when, after I re-emigrated to the USA in 1968 and came to live with my parents in Owings Mills northwest of Baltimore. I often would hear the whistle of a train as it traveled across the tressle bridge over nearby Reisterstown Road down, a sound that was particularly noticeable when it was rainy.

Chris

[Steven]

I feel nostalgic when I hear Ukelele music.

[PhilipG]

Fog horns.
You used to hear them all the time, now you hardly ever do.

Seagulls.
Reminds me of the annual holidays in Llandudno when I was a boy.

[Diane]

The sound of people mowing lawns always reminds me of the summer

[robbo176]

when ever I hear the chimes of a mantle clock I always think of my nanna's :PDT_Piratz_26:

[Mark R]

I think it would have to be something musical. I remember a survey a few years back that said the strongest of the senses for evoking memories was the sense of smell. I'd refute that though - for me it has to be sound - especially music. I only have to hear a certain song and it takes me back...

[Waterways]

Fog horns.
You used to hear them all the time, now you hardly ever do.

Ships horns as well. Many ships have gone.

[caterina]

The sound at Christmas of bells ringing out Christmas carols at the beautiful Minster where i used to live near..


Caterina.....

[ChrisGeorge]

The sound at Christmas of bells ringing out Christmas carols at the beautiful Minster where i used to live near..


Caterina.....


If I might ask, Caterina, where's the Minster to which you refer?

Chris

[brian daley]

Laying in bed on a foggy night, when we lived in Garston,you could hear the plaintive sounds of the ships foghorns mixed with the rattle of the railway wagons being shunted in the sidings.The noises did not annoy,but reminded you of the world beyond your doorstep.
Music is also powerful at evoking memories,I can't hear Dionne Warwicks recording of "Walk on By" without recalling the passion of a long ago love affair.We mortals are but things of emotion,past and present.

[brian daley]

I loved comics when I was young,still do,got encyclopaedias of them;but what was your favourite,and why?
When I was very young it was Comic Cuts with Tired Tim and Weary Willy on the front page.I discovered the Dandy And Beano,which I liked,but The Knockout was my favourite until the Eagle came along.
Any psychiatrist looking at my bookshelves would have a field day.
Lets hear about your choices,
BrianD

[Cadfael]

Church bells, especially cause its my hobby but when you are ringing the bells for a special occasion or when you hear em at night in a country village.

[caterina]

Hiyah Chris
The Minster i refer to is Beverley Minster in the East Riding of Yorkshire.
truly beautiful..


Caterina.....

[lottie]

I think it would have to be something musical. I remember a survey a few years back that said the strongest of the senses for evoking memories was the sense of smell. I'd refute that though - for me it has to be sound - especially music. I only have to hear a certain song and it takes me back...

I agree, when i hear Beach Boy songs it takes me right back to The Saturday Morning Pictures, i loved going and never missed a week :PDT_Piratz_26:

[Cadfael]

Hiyah Chris
The Minster i refer to is Beverley Minster in the East Riding of Yorkshire.
truly beautiful..


Caterina.....

Go to this - it'll give you a very small sound clip of the bells:

http://cccbr.v.servelocity.net/bellrecordings/audiochurch/recordings/TB0448.wav

[chippie]

The comics I liked best was the dandy and beano because I could understand the stories, loved the characters and thought the drawings were ace.:002:

[ChrisGeorge]

Hiyah Chris
The Minster i refer to is Beverley Minster in the East Riding of Yorkshire.
truly beautiful..


Caterina.....

Thank you, Caterina. And thanks to Cadfael for kindly posting that link to a taste of what the bells sound like. :PDT11

[naked lilac]

Nostalgic sounds to me are:

The sound of the waves rolling on the shore..two and fro.. and the palm trees russeling in the wind....These sounds make me create poetry in my thoughts..

I also like the sound of the mandalin.. Makes me remember some old friends , that had music in their souls..

I like the sounds of Christmas laugther and carolers singing.. I like so many sounds.. I feel so blessed I can HEAR and remember nostalgically with a happy heart...:rolleyes:

[Steven]

Cats, scratching and digging in their 'Litter' trays, sure brings back memories, if not nostalgia to me.

[ChrisGeorge]

The phut phut phut of money coming out of an automatic teller machine :PDT_Aliboronz_24:

[naked lilac]

Seagulls gawing over the Docks and Sea


Cats purring because they are happy

Jingle bells

[peter]

people saying hello in the your street

[jimmy]

Being called Grandad

[Steven]

Surf breaking on coral.

[Mark R]

The sound of silence

Certain songs

The sound of a piano

[molly]

60's Music.

[naked lilac]

Kicking through a lot of new fallen leafs..

[Steven]

Foghorns

[naked lilac]

My brother-in-laws voice....reminds me of me sister..makes me nostalgic..

[Steven]

The hiss of skis on snow

[naked lilac]

Seagulls

[lindylou]

Seagulls

I love that sound of seagulls. That's why I have a Pier head seagull as my avatar. :PDT11

[naked lilac]

I love that sound of seagulls. That's why I have a Pier head seagull as my avatar. :PDT11

My favorite bird Lindy.. loved them since childhood..

[Steven]

If there is a process of re-incarnation, then I would like to come back as a seagull.

[Steven]

I love the sound of rain against my window panes when I am warm and snug inside.

[naked lilac]

I love the sound of rain against my window panes when I am warm and snug inside.

Yes.. a lovely sound






The sound of people splashing about the waters edge at the seashore..

[jimmy]

Rain on a tin roof

the wind howling

a English accent

[Steven]

The sound of a Taco Bell.

[naked lilac]

A jet plane..on take off and landing..

[lindylou]

The sound of the ships on the river Mersey hooting at midnight on New Year.

[molly]

The sound of a Helicopter in the sky.

( Brings back memorys of Northen Ireland as a teenager)

[Steven]

Cowbells - remind me of the time I spent in Austria and Switzerland

[Waterways]

Being called Daddy.

[naked lilac]

Being called Daddy.

That is a sweet sentiment ..:handclap:








The sounds of the people in Pubs watching a football game..

[naked lilac]

The sound of a train pulling up to a Platform of your destination.

[naked lilac]

The sound of vendors in an open air market.. (early in the morning ) , packing their booths for the day ahead..:PDT_Aliboronz_11:

[carole1000]

We had a caravan in wales when I was little, I loved it, everytime I hear a wood pigeon, the sound takes me straight back to the caravan, also heavy rain on a plastic roof, the same noise when it rained when we were at the caravan:PDT11

[naked lilac]

The sounds of Beatles music.. Reminds me of Liverpool.

[lindylou]

The sounds of Beatles music.. Reminds me of Liverpool.

yeah :PDT_Piratz_26: it reminds me of my childhood days. Good times. :)

[Anita]

Match of the Day music, reminds me of Saturday nights when I was younger and my Dad and my older brother always used to watch it ...... Match of the Day must have been going for a long time!

[Klaatu]

When someone asks me "would I like a cup of tea!"

[Mark R]

Match of the Day music, reminds me of Saturday nights when I was younger and my Dad and my older brother always used to watch it ...... Match of the Day must have been going for a long time!

Yes Anita - MOTD was first broadcast on 22 August 1964. It showed only one match - highlights of the First Division game between Liverpool and Arsenal at Anfield; Liverpool won 3-2. :PDT_Aliboronz_24:

I agree Klaatu - those words - a cup of tea :handclap:

I think I might have already put this but the smell of a chandler's shop.

[ItsaZappathing]

The sound of a crackling album. Remember those crackles on the lp's.
Seems like years ago:PDT11

[naked lilac]

The sound of rain on a tin roof.. reminds me of quonset huts on the islands.

[naked lilac]

Bell ringers during Christmas at the supermarkets.. Reminds me of my parents when I was growing up.. always gave me a bit of change to give to the Santas..