Many will still recall the now-vanished everyday sounds that characterised Tyneside in years gone by - from the shipyard buzzers of the River Tyne, to the call of street vendors selling the Evening Chronicle on Northumberland Street, to the indecipherable but unmistakeable cry of the rag and bone man doing his round.
But, coming right up to date, what are the everyday (and not-so-everyday) sounds that best represent our region in 2022?
Tyne & Wear Archives wants to hear suggestions from the public so it can go out and record them to preserve for future generations, as part of Making Waves: A Festival of Sound at Newcastle’s Discovery Museum.
