Why Mill Towns Woke to a Whistle. Settle in for a calm, softly spoken history for sleep story built for bedtime listening.

Tonight's connected stories: When Poe Mill Calls the Village, Sarah Bagley and the Bell at Lowell, Building a Workforce at Styal, and John Bairstow's Walk Home in Saltaire.

More than two hours of softly spoken narration with gentle fire ambience to help you fall asleep, ease insomnia, relax, study, or enjoy as quiet background while you read. The humour is lightest at the start and fades as the episode becomes calmer.

Chapters:

0:00 When Poe Mill Calls the Village

51:02 Sarah Bagley and the Bell at Lowell

1:24:19 Building a Workforce at Styal

1:52:35 John Bairstow's Walk Home in Saltaire

2:21:58 Fire ambience

Fire ambience: "Little fire.ogg" by Glaneur de sons, CC BY 3.0.

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https://www.youtube.com/@SleepVsHistory

What a Frontier Fort Did Between Alarms. Settle in for a calm, softly spoken history for sleep story built for bedtime listening.

Tonight's connected stories: Private Hunnius and the Stone Wagon, Dr. Weisel's Garden Problem, Patience Rozsa's Monday Washing, and Hiero Wilson Closes the Ledger.

More than two hours of softly spoken narration with gentle fire ambience to help you fall asleep, ease insomnia, relax, study, or enjoy as quiet background while you read. The humour is lightest at the start and fades as the episode becomes calmer.

Chapters:

0:00 Private Hunnius and the Stone Wagon

50:08 Dr. Weisel's Garden Problem

1:20:49 Patience Rozsa's Monday Washing

1:46:35 Hiero Wilson Closes the Ledger

2:15:17 Fire ambience

Fire ambience: "Little fire.ogg" by Glaneur de sons, CC BY 3.0.

Watch Sleep vs History on YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/@SleepVsHistory

How an Appalachian Cabin Got Through Winter. Settle in for a calm, softly spoken history for sleep story built for bedtime listening.

Tonight's connected stories: Pryor Bunch Counts Winter, Rebecca Cable Keeps the Cove Supplied, Arie Carpenter Spins the Long Evening, and Margaret Norton Waits for the Stove.

More than two hours of softly spoken narration with gentle fire ambience to help you fall asleep, ease insomnia, relax, study, or enjoy as quiet background while you read. The humour is lightest at the start and fades as the episode becomes calmer.

Chapters:

0:00 Pryor Bunch Counts Winter

51:50 Rebecca Cable Keeps the Cove Supplied

1:23:23 Arie Carpenter Spins the Long Evening

1:49:31 Margaret Norton Waits for the Stove

2:16:47 Fire ambience

Fire ambience: "Little fire.ogg" by Glaneur de sons, CC BY 3.0.

Watch Sleep vs History on YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/@SleepVsHistory