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

If it’s 8-11 every Sunday morning that’s very unusual. Every church I have attended has rung the bells for a few minutes just before the service. A sort of warning that if you are not already in church you had better hurry because the service is about to start.
Bellringing practice on Thursday and perhaps for a wedding in between seems reasonable. Perhaps you could go to the church and speak to the vicar and ask why they are ringing for so long on a Sunday.

it was remembrance sunday last weekend
or is it the same today?

5 hours of bell ringing is quite a lot! I love bell ringing and even I would find that amount overwhelming.
If you had no choice to live where you do, could you ask the church to limit the bell? I can’t imagine why any church would have them ringing for that long.
Perhaps try and move if you can.

When we moved into our house we didn’t realise the bells were rung on the quarter hour, and on Sunday and for weddings, funerals and practice. My kids were disturbed by them, but after a few weeks they weren’t. Now we don’t notice them at all. I think the suggestion of reframing your perception is good, think of it as a symbol of your new start. When you hear them reflect on how you are now safe, hopefully it’s a temporary situation and when you move on the bells will still be there. Wishing you peace, OP.

8-11 isn't 5.5 hours...

You know the times they ring most of the time. So plan for it. Ear plugs or headphones. Go for a walk further away. Find a Maccies to sit in for a couple of hours.

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Sorry, didn't see the further info there.

YABVVVVU

YABVU.

The church didn't just pop up overnight.

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.

YABU.

Like my local church they are set times.

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

it is not that simple

I love the sound of church bells

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!

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.

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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.

Is the pun ‘aloud’?

Edited, was maybe taking this a bit literally.

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.

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.

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

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.

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