Church bells

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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

The suggestion that people in hostels can simply buy a home at least a mile away from a church, could only come from a place of privilege. And could only have been written by someone ridiculously uninformed about the reality of many people's situations.

Sorry, unreasonable. I'm not religious but this is part of my cultural heritage that I treasure.

I do not believe that at all. They rung the bells whilst services are going on? Really? Name that church!

Not being rude OP, but this simply isn’t believable. Churches ring their bells traditionally to call people to worship. They wouldn’t ring them all Sunday morning as it would be so loud inside that nobody would be able to hear the service.

Oh please. Stop exaggerating. I am 50, have lived all over and I have never encountered a church that rings its bells non-stop for 5 and a half hours. Maybe buy some ear plugs. Do you normally expect the whole world to make adjustments just for you?

Seems like an excessive amount of ringing to me.

Our village church bells hardly ever ring. I think they do around a Sunday service but they only have those once a month, I think. They only have 2 bells, so when they do ring, it sounds bloody awful tbh.

Christmas time
Don't let the bells end!

Yeah this. ^ And I have never experienced them going on for 5 hours straight.

Most was 3 hours when a new Reverend was announced at the Church (has happened once in 12 years,) and 2 hours when it was the King's Coronation, and also 2 hours for the Queen's funeral a few months before.)

Never goes on for more than 20-25 minutes on a Sunday - and that's only a couple of Sundays a month. Then it's half an hour before someone is getting married, and about 15 minutes after the ceremony - maybe 12 Saturdays of the year. (in the Spring and Summer.)

No multiple hour rings. Ever. (Apart from - as I said - the Royal stuff, and the new Reverend.)

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They will be ringing on a Sunday morning, one evening a week for bell ringing practice and then some weeks if there’s a wedding or a special occasion. You really think people are up in the tower for five and a half hours ringing them non stop?

Also, people use “not very Christian” to mean whatever they want it to mean, in the sense of “not giving me my own way”. For example our neighbours told us it wasn’t very Christian of us to park in the street where they like to park their car. I don’t think people actually know what Christian means: it doesn’t just mean being nice all the time.

That does sound far too excessive. I'd contact the church ask them to reduce to half an hour on a Sunday morning which is surely more the norm.

If they refuse then contact the council, your MP, local papers see if you can get people on board. That is absolutely far too much bell ringing.

Yep, once again. I have never known Church bells ring to this extent either. And like you, I have lived in many places. City, town, and village. Also been to a number of countries and THEY don't have such long bellringing times either.

Were they perhaps hosting a competition or had a wedding? It does sound like an unusual amount of ringing on the Sunday. Maybe it won't be that much every Sunday.

“Do you have a religious objection to hearing an unmistakably “Christian” sound?”

How was that posted in error? That’s one hell of an accident to write all that which is coincidently subject related. My guesses are that you posted that thinking you were being clever, read the updates from the OP and realised how foolish you look and decided to try and delete it.

If you’re going to try and be snarky to people on the internet who are having an unpleasant time in life at least have the courage to own it. 🙄

As a bell ringer..it's an art, skill and a lovely hobby

The church was there before you

I was a bell ringer and trust me, it is HARD work. 5.5 hours is blatantly an exaggeration, even for national celebrations like a Royal wedding. It’s never that long.

There will be bell ringing before a service on a Sunday morning, but again, not for the length of time you describe. It stops when the service starts.

There is bell ringing practice one evening a week, and again, nowhere near the length of time you are quoting.

Other than the odd wedding, that’s about it.

I think rather than focusing on the bells you need to focus on your perception of them and handling of it. Scale down the hours you quote to a realistic amount of time, get headphones, find something else to do while they are ringing.

Your problem is really something else, not the bells, or you wouldn’t be in a hostel. I hope you get things sorted and back on an even keel.

Staunch atheist but love the church bells - and I live less than 50 metres from the bell tower.

Sunday services, weekday practice (3 hours - with break in the middle), weddings/christenings/funerals, visiting ringers etc - lots and lots of bells.

Luckily the local team are very good, I did live next to a church where the number 4 bell was invariably a bit late coming in and that did used to drive me slightly nuts (very political appointment of bell ringer no.4... turned out I wasn't the only person wincing over it).

OP - headphones or move.

If that message had been posted you would have been justified in calling it out, but since @NameChangeHelpPls obviously quickly thought better of it and didn’t post it, there’s nothing to "own" and I don’t understand why you’re so keen to criticise.

Were they ringing for longer last weekend for rememberence?
How has it been today?

She's living in a hostel. Going to guess her baseline levels of stress and anxiety are pretty high ATM and it doesn't take much to raise them. Some compassion for someone in a very difficult situation wouldn't go amiss.

Your misspelling of 'allowed' makes your post funny, but the rest of it is miserable. Live your life, and let others live theirs. It's not all about you.

Yabu.
i’m an atheist and have no interest in church at all.
it’s ridiculous though when a church has rung its bells for hundreds of years and then people move to a house within earshot of that and complain!

the church near my childhood home chimes every 15 mins with a longer ringing on the hour. Day and night. Then loads and loads on Sundays, weddings, special occasions.
you either get so used to it that you don’t notice or like it.
we had people move in to a house right next to the church (about 10 meters away!) and complain about the bells!! Complete insanity!!

@BarbaraHoward

I didn't see that the OP was in a hostel. I just read the post about the church bells and causing stress and anxiety. Apologies for my crass post.
I presumed the OP moved into a house next to a church (which would be the most likely thing which is why I assumed.) but I can see that's not the case, so apologies.

Surely that's the clock?

The ringing for occasions is different

Oh yes, of course it's constant between 0800 and 1100 every Sunday. Because that's what church people do. Except they don't.