Church bells

I wasn't having a go at you, just thought you must have missed the extra information. Studying threads in details isn't possible after a certain length.

Get some noise cancelling headphones.

I've not rtft so forgive me if this has already been mentioned, but you just need to give it time. I've lived with a church literally at the bottom of my garden on two separate occasions in my life, both for some years and one church was a huge historic minster in a market town. You literally stop noticing after a while!

Last Sunday would have been the Remembrance bells. Probably half muffled ringing for the 11 a.m. service and open ringing afterwards, to commemorate those who fell in the two world wars.

I'm not sure who you should complain to, to get this decades-long tradition stopped. The Royal British Legion, perhaps, or your local church.

Or - and this is a really extreme suggestion - you could move out of earshot of the church, if you really find these displays of respect and times for reflection so distasteful.

Some people seem to be!

If you click 'See all' on the OP you'll see all 4 of the OP's posts. No need to read 'over 300 replies'.

Maybe that could have been in the op - not gonna read over 300 replies to answer 1 question.

RTFT or at least the OP’s updates. She is in a hostel. She didn’t chose where she lives.

Move house. Church was there first.

Might they be automated bells?

...Anyone made a joke about winning the No Bell Peace Prize?

(Sorry OP, YABU).

Here is a suggestion ... join the bellringers as a volunteer, learn a new skill and improve your social life and access to the community.

I love church bells. YABU. We don't want to loose the art of change ringing as it's unique to Britain.

Last Sunday was Remembrance Sunday, so it might have been a bit longer than usual. The day that the country remembers those not fortunate enough to survive War, that left loved ones behind while they fought/died to keep the country safe. Ask for some earplugs, or get some noise cancelling headphones as suggested.

If someone tried to get the Church clock stopped in my village, they'd be given a very severe short shrift. Then they would be laughed at behind their back. (And the clock would NOT be stopped!) 😆 It's always a townie who knows fuck-all about country life, and thinks their desires outweigh everyone else in the village who complains about the Church bells/the Church clock.

The Church bell moaners are almost always the same ones who moan about cows moo-ing, sheep baa-hing, and the tractors and combine harvesters going on til 10 or 11 at night some months of the year. And they whine when they're told they can't let off their fireworks because there is so much livestock on the farms. These people are utterly clueless and supremely ignorant about rural life.

(Not saying all 'townies' are moany clueless whingers by the way, and many are considerate and intelligent, and understand that life is totally different in a rural village than it is in a town or city. But if someone IS going to gripe about something, it's always someone who has moved into a rural area from a town or city!)

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Bellringers ring “ methods.”

There is often a lot of confusion between clock chiming and bellringing.

typically, a church clock has a little hammer that strikes the outside of 1-3 of the church bells, controlled by a mechanism. When bell ringers are ringing, the ringers take the hammers off to allow the bells to be rung. What people outside hear then is the clapper hitting the inside of the bell (much louder).

Twinkle twinkle and three blind mice are (I think) the only ‘tunes’ that are played in bells

https://cccbr.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/fs_notes.pdf

Are people really confusing bell ringing with the clock chiming?! They are 2 completely different things!

Never known bell ringing practice last more than 2 hours one evening per week and tends to be for 15 minutes before the main service. Periodically they will be rung as an event but not every week. If it's only one week you have been there perhaps it was a special occasion?

I'm not saying that they did it perfectly, but it definitely improved as they went along ☺

Sorry, but our bell ringers did exactly that yesterday!
I've never heard them play a tune before, which is why it drew my attention and made my smile when I recognised it as Twinkle Twinkle Little Star.
well, you learn something every day!
I didn't think that was possible.

It is unusual for church bells to ring throughout the Sunday morning services. Talking to the vicar or priest in charge to understand why it's 8am to 11am each Sunday may be worth doing but as others have said, learning how to ring the bells yourself may be another solution!

we used to have a church bell that chimed the hour through the night near us. I used to find it a comforting sound when I couldn't sleep.
Then someone got it stopped.

Sorry, but our bell ringers did exactly that yesterday!
I've never heard them play a tune before, which is why it drew my attention and made my smile when I recognised it as Twinkle Twinkle Little Star.