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Church bells

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Isxmasoveryet · 17/11/2024 09:08

Am i being unreasonable to think churches should not be aloud to ring those damn bells for hours on end a few times a week it not very christain disturbing neighbours etc for several hours

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HelenWheels · 17/11/2024 09:57

there are some mean posters on here

NewGreenDuck · 17/11/2024 09:56

Buy ear defenders, or go out for a walk before they start. As others have said last Sunday was Remembrance Sunday so they might have been ringing for longer. As you have anxiety, I think speaking to whoever assists you with that would also be a good move ( doctor /cpn).
I live within earshot of 3 churches and the town hall clock, so it can be a bit noisy! I often don't notice the bells! They are in the background now.

HappyNewYear2027 · 17/11/2024 09:56

Get some ear defenders and stop complaining

midgetastic · 17/11/2024 09:56

Ear plugs or go out

SoNiceToComeHomeTo · 17/11/2024 09:55

LisaD1 · 17/11/2024 09:42

YABU, same as people who move next to shooting ranges, farms, schools etc then complain about it.

im close to a shooting range, laying here now listening to gun shots and knowing the new neighbours will be moaning about to as it’s the first thing they did when they moved in.

both they and you should have done research before buying a house!

OP hasn’t bought a house, she’s living in a hostel and suffering from anxiety.

Baxterbaxter · 17/11/2024 09:55

Oh give over @Isxmasoveryet - you seem a complete miser!!

Deathraystare · 17/11/2024 09:55

Hilarious!!!

I live near a church. The only thing that bothers me is that they don't do say 10 rings at 10 o'clock. It never seems to go with the hour! I don't mind church bells at all (another Atheist).

SweetSixty · 17/11/2024 09:53

I'm sure that long spell of ringing was related to Remembrance Sunday OP.

I live in a cottage right next to the church - in fact my bedroom window looks out right onto the bell tower. The bells ring on Sunday mornings and Thursday practice, also for weddings,funerals and special occasions. On top of that the chuch clock strikes and does the Westminster chimes every quarter of an hour 24 hours a day.

When I first moved in I thought it would drive me insane and kept waking me up. I can't tell you how quickly I got used to it, then started to love it - just a matter of weeks. Now the clock is the heartbeat of my home. Just recently they turned the chimes off for a few days for maintenance and I really missed it 😂

Now when the bells ring I think - ahhh, I'm home.

I'm sure you will get used to it and it won't always be as bad as last Sunday.
Thinking of you and hope you find a permanent, peaceful and love filled home very soon.

HelenWheels · 17/11/2024 09:53

is it better today op? @Isxmasoveryet

Sharptonguedwoman · 17/11/2024 09:51

Isxmasoveryet · 17/11/2024 09:13

Due to circumstances didnt have a choice on location and was unaware they would ring for several hours at a time due to anxiety and stress it drives me mad and at times feels like torture last Sunday was 5'5 hours of it non stop it over 3 hours twice a week

YABU. Ask for a transfer and buy some noise cancelling headphones. Love our church bells.

Lindy2 · 17/11/2024 09:50

The church bells have been ringing a lot more years (centuries) than you have been complaining.

If the sound of long standing traditions in the area where you live bothers you so much get some ear plugs.

Angelofmycoins · 17/11/2024 09:49

I love church bells, I grew up with them.in small village so I'm used to it i suppose.

Ime you won't be popular for complaining to anyone

Isatis · 17/11/2024 09:49

Isxmasoveryet · 17/11/2024 09:16

8am to 11 every Sunday morning 7pm to 10 pm every Thursday and whenever they can in between

They have church services on Sunday mornings and there is no way the bells are ringing all the way through the services.

No church bellringers ring for this long this regularly. Practice is typically once a week for two hours at most, ringing before services is usually around 30 minutes. Occasionally there is some extra ringing after, for instance, weddings. Even more occasionally they ring quarter peels lasting around 40-50 minutes, or a full peal lasting 3 hours, but getting together a band to ring a full peal isn't easy as only the most experienced ringers do that - so it's pretty rare.

Fargo79 · 17/11/2024 09:48

GETTINGLIKEMYMOTHER · 17/11/2024 09:43

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Do you genuinely not understand or are you trying to pick up a vulnerable, distressed person on their written English?

If it's a genuine question, there are polite ways of asking.

Halvana · 17/11/2024 09:48

Edited, was maybe taking this a bit literally.

Hopelessinhomecounties · 17/11/2024 09:45

Is the pun ‘aloud’?

Goldbar · 17/11/2024 09:44

I hope you manage to move to somewhere more suitable for your needs soon. Wishing you the best.

While normally I wouldn't rank church bells as a justifiable annoyance (we have a nursery on our road which does make a lot of noise when the children are outside playing, which can be irritating when wfh, but obviously not something I would complain about), it's different if actually you have no control over where you are living and so have had no agency in making the decision about which annoyances you can put up with and which you'd rather avoid. The powerlessness amplifies minor things, I imagine, and I hope you are in a better situation soon.

GETTINGLIKEMYMOTHER · 17/11/2024 09:43

Isxmasoveryet · 17/11/2024 09:13

It hostel so not brought

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Fluufer · 17/11/2024 09:42

Our local church practices on Wednesdays, it lasts hours and is absolutely awful to listen to 😂
I still don't mind, because the church predates my house and if they don't practice Sundays will be equally awful.

LisaD1 · 17/11/2024 09:42

YABU, same as people who move next to shooting ranges, farms, schools etc then complain about it.

im close to a shooting range, laying here now listening to gun shots and knowing the new neighbours will be moaning about to as it’s the first thing they did when they moved in.

both they and you should have done research before buying a house!

Blueblell · 17/11/2024 09:40

I love the sound of church bells

HelenWheels · 17/11/2024 09:40

MarketValveForks · 17/11/2024 09:35

Of course you are being unreasonable.
If you don't like the sound it's very simple to move to somewhere out of earshot. The church was there for hundreds of years before you came along.

it is not that simple

crumblingschools · 17/11/2024 09:40

Was it just because it was Remembrance services last week. I didn’t think they rang through services but to call you to services

LlynTegid · 17/11/2024 09:38

YABU.

Like my local church they are set times.

MarketValveForks · 17/11/2024 09:35

Of course you are being unreasonable.
If you don't like the sound it's very simple to move to somewhere out of earshot. The church was there for hundreds of years before you came along.