Hear our Recordings
There are two places you can go and listen to our archive of recordings: The Essex Record Office and the library of the University of Essex
Essex Sound & Video Archive
The county's Oral History Collection is held at the Essex Record Office at Wharfe Road, Chelmsford. All Colchester Recalled recordings, apart from a few which are classified, are available by appointment to be listened to there.
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Booths for listening to cassette or digital audio files
(Picture courtesy of the Essex Sound and Video Archive)
Essex Sound and Video Playback Room
(Picture courtesy of the Essex Sound and Video Archive)
University of Essex
Albert Sloman Library
All Colchester Recalled recordings have been digitised. This includes the cassettes on which all our early recordings were made, stored in purpose built trays in the Library vaults. The digital recordings are held in the University’s Cloud Storage where they may be listened to by University staff and students. They may also be listened to by Colchester Recalled members. Email libline@essex.ac.uk and book an appointment to go to the Albert Sloman Library where you can listen to them in the Special Collections room. Remember that the recordings are all Copyright to Colchester Recalled and may not be copied.
See also Our Archive
One of the two cupboards holding our cassettes in the University’s Special Collections. Here 45 box files hold a transparent wallet for each interviewee, containing press cuttings, photos or signed Consent Forms