OK so I live in the town with the highest concentration of bell-ringing on earth [or so it seems]. There’s three churches, one of which will play tunes for 30-60 seconds for each of the usual intervals within the hour. Another seems to be able to hook the organ up to the bells and sometimes we get hour-long solos!

Someone, however, feels left out.

So they ring the 15s, AND I get a #bing dong ding# at 7-and-a-half minutes to the hour! How odd is that? Anyone know the precedent? Heard the like?

“The soloist”

Can’t have God losing track of time. He’d forget to make the sun rise or something.

I applaud Bell Ringing.

Should be more of it.

And not the pre recorded stuff either, but real Bell Ringers.

I miss my local Church bell ringing.

What’s with the “too”?

Live near to a church… They randomly seem to go nuts two or three times a week, to the point I have to close the windows….

You could your own ‘ting, ting’ sound to the cacophony?

What’s with the “too”?

I’m just not as clever as I intend to be. One was a pun, the other was just bad typing. F’xd.

How far are you from the meridian, the big bell at Christchurch Oxford chimes at 9.05 becuase this is 9 pm Oxford time because it is 5 mins west from the meridian – perhaps you are 7 and a half minutes west or east – the latter would probably put you in the sea.

One time we spent a week in Portesham near the church

Note to self: never, ever take a holiday near to a church

the latter would probably put you in the sea.

Mind you that photo looks as if you are in the Netherlands.

Mind you that photo looks as if you are in the Netherlands.

Correct, Doesburg 🙂

How far are you from the meridian

6°8?E According to Wikipedia

This could well be the answer, it’s new to me!

They also seem ring at the “correct” times according to the timesignals online/computer etc

So this extra chime isn’t common?

You could your own ‘ting, ting’ sound to the cacophony?

Funnily enough, I’ve just joined a local reggae band. I play the triangle.

I just stand at the back and ting.

My coat? Why yes, thanks.

looks as if you are in the Netherlands.

excessive numbers of bell chimes is the norm there

used to live within ear and eye shot of 2 churches that size in Leiden, plus the town hall that played 4 tunes per hour.

oh and organ grinders all day outside on Saturday market from 9am till 5pm. And Wednesday Market too.

edit: except on special days, when the town hall then plays permanent bell chime tunes for the entire day, but different tunes to the quarter hours daily.

In Ludlow they used to play the most awful out of tune dirge at deafening volumes twice a day on the bells. It was shit and very loud. If anyone else tried that with decent music there’d have been uproar. I hated it passionately.

Don’t know if they still do it.

gofasterstripes – Member

Couldn’t you get that Swedish bloke Alfred to sort it out?

After all, he created the ‘No Bell’ prize for ‘Peace’. 😀

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Hahaha. I like.

In Bradford during December the city hall bells used to play Christmas carols. All. Day. Long.

Thankfully I now neither live nor work within earshot, so i can’t say if it still happens