Listen and vote for your favourite sound of British summer by the sea
by Maev Kennedy from on (#GJSW)
What sounds conjure up the seaside for you? From seagulls cawing to the soft splash of waves, the National Trust and British Libarary have launched a poll of 10 sounds to find the UK's favourite
For some people the sound of the UK coast is the crunch of shingle under the feet of children playing, for others the mournful wail of a foghorn, the shrieks of happily terrified riders on a ghost train, the murmur of little waves, or the harsh squawk of seagulls undoubtedly plotting a raid on a bag of chips or an ice-cream cone.
The public is now invited to vote for the definitive sound of summer by the sea in 2015, from 10 of the most evocative of hundreds of tracks uploaded to the British Library website to create a sound map of the UK coast.
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