Church bells

Go and join in - they are usually pretty friendly and you may learn to appreciate them! Church bells remind me of my childhood and hearing them makes me happy. Or buy some earplugs

I love church bells but have never in all my 55 years known them to ring for hours on end?

The worst place I ever lived was right next to a busy junction which seemed to get constantly gridlocked.

Give me church bells any day over loudly tooting car horns and drivers shouting at one another.

Hence 'tunes', to show that I know it's not the correct term, but that I don't know what is.

Not five hours but they can ring for three. Happened in my town recently. They sounded lovely.

“A peal is a non-stop sequence of a minimum of 5,000 changes where each sequence is different and cannot be repeated on seven or more bells. This takes around three hours to ring and is the bell ringers' equivalent of a marathon, requiring concentration and stamina to complete the peal.”

8am? I'm talking about every 15 minutes, culminating in 12 loud songs in the dead of night.

FFS people. Just stop. OP is in a tough situation.

So, knowing only what you're been told, you're accusing OP of lying? Because her experience is not the same as yours?
I lived next to a church, not a cathedral, and my experience echoed OP's.

Sorry to be a pedant, but church bells don't ring tunes, like twinkle twinkle little star. Carillon, which are mechanical, do.

You are just being goady
Go play elsewhere

If a person has sleep deprivation because they are woken up at 8am i’d suggest they either need to look in to their own lifestyle choices or consult their doctor.

What a patronising post.

Many people do not have a choice, as to where they live.
And, yes, many church bells are on a timer, so they ring every 15 minutes, 24/7, like the one I have described. So, that's the full 'tune' followed by 12 'dongs' every night, at midnight.
They then ring to call the flock to services, for weddings etc, and for practice.
In my experience, New Year's Day was 6 continuous hours.

@5FeetToBeExact if the OP is in a hostel I assume they had anxiety to start with

Im an atheist... the church was there before you moved near to it I presume?

Why should they have to stop a centuries old tradition

I also live near a church. Love the sound of the bells

Yes, sleep deprivation causes anxiety and distress, especially if it is long term.

This assumption that everyone has a choice of where to live, really annoys me.
I moved into a flat, next to a church. A run down, single glazed, town centre, badly converted home, at the bottom end of the private rental market. It was the only landlord willing to rent to a lone parent leaving DV refuge, with no references and no money.

The bells rang every 15 minutes, 24/7. At midnight the whole of the 4 quarters rang followed by 12 individual 'doings'. The sound really carries, in the still of night.

Having said that, I got used to it, and when we moved to a village, I couldn't sleep because of the silence!
Maybe you will get used to it.

It was a beautiful church, so despite being an atheist, I went to look around. I joked to the vicar, that anyone else making that level of noise, at that frequency, would have an ASBO slapped on them! We became 'friends' and he and his family babysat my son, when I got back on my feet, and started work. My son and me were made very welcome, and were given support, eg, use of the office phone, to claim benefits.

Every New Year's Day, we had to wrap up and go out, usually down to the river, as the bells rung constantly, for 6 hours, and it did become unbearable.
I've heard they are now switched off overnight, which made me a bit sad.
Just thinking out loud, here!

You're living in a hostel?

Does anyone else in the hostel have an issue with it?

If it really gets you down, maybe go out when it's happening, or talk to whoever is in charge of the hostel and they can talk to the clergy.

I can't see how they ring for 3 hours on a Sunday morning.
Usually, it's a few minutes before the service, then they stop and would start again for the later service (I used to attend church a lot.)

What's with all the nasty little shitheads on here, correcting the OP's spelling and grammar? Seriously, get a life and stop using other people's mistakes or possible learning difficulties to give yourself a sense of superiority. The OP may not even have English as a first language. Think before you make yourself look like a dick.

Sorry. Just read you are in a hostel. Assumed you had bought a cottage near a church and was moaning.

Hope things improve for you

Yes I suspect that might be worth putting £1 on

Church bells are causing anxiety and stress?

Jesus this generation of people are weird.

Yes, fair point @Nanny0gg. I suddenly realised after I hit 'post' that there would be practice sessions🙂 But 5 and a half hours? That would drive me bonkers. I can't decide whether they're the world's worst or best bell ringers!

Having read all of your posts, you're exaggerating the timings.

Unless you're living next to a cathedral perhaps.

Are you?

The bells rang for 5 and a half hours non stop?

Come on!

No church bells ring for that long. The bell ringers couldn't do it (unless they're on some rota system.)

Seriously, if you have an issue with it, go and talk to the vicar and ask if they can make changes.

Our local C of E church has a bell ringing practise once a week for about an hour.

Yes, sorry to disappoint but a church should be ALLOWED to ring the bells - the LOUDER the better!
I am sure they don't ring them throughout the night and if the bell ringers have a special event coming up - perhaps a wedding and the bride has requested the church bells - they will need to practice.
It is a tough life when you choose to live in the vicinity of a church and as long as you can hear the bells you know you're alive!

The church was there long before you were. Get some headphones, and some treatment for your anxiety.

Personally I find the sound of church bells really soothing and peaceful.