North West Sound Archive

The North West Sound Archive, founded in Manchester in 1979, was the largest archive of sound recordings in the UK outside of London, with over 140,000 items. It was relocated to Clitheroe in 1982, where it occupied the third floor of the Clitheroe Castle Museum. {{coord| 53.8702|-2.3931|display=title,inline}}

It was closed in 2015 for financial reasons, and its materials relocated to the Manchester Central Library, Liverpool Central Library, and the Lancashire Archives, according to the location to which the material related.{{dead link|date=January 2020}}

References

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{{cite book|last1=Ashworth|first1=Susan|title=Clitheroe Castle Museum. Castle Keep, Museum and Park|date=2010|publisher=Lancashire County Council|isbn=9781857596489}}

{{cite web | url=http://www.nwsoundarchive.co.uk | title=North West Sound Archive | accessdate=26 September 2015}}

{{cite news | url=http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/11682572.North_West_Sound_Archive_set_to_close_due_to__financial_circumstances_/ | title=North West Sound Archive set to close due to 'financial circumstances' | publisher=Lancashire Telegraph | date=22 December 2014 | accessdate=26 September 2015}}

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Category:Archives in Merseyside

Category:Archives in Lancashire

Category:Sound archives in the United Kingdom