This piece has a strong background soundtrack of owls hooting in heavy rain.  Like lots of my sound recordings, sometimes luck plays a huge part.  This owl hoot off was taken one very wet night standing by my back door.

the inserted pathe sound are taken from snatches I have recorded that illicit a certain type of memory of hidden England in the past, my own nature sound recording along with the modern sounds of a boiler running and cars provide a mental link woven into more old fashioned sounds.