Seems a bit wild that a single complaint (from someone who can hardly have not known about the bell being there) is enough to silence a bell, doesn’t it?
Wonder if they’ll listen to the 900-odd people calling for it to be restored to how it was.
The bell hasn’t been silenced, it simply doesn’t chime every hour. A resident told the council that the bell disturbed their sleep, the council asked the church to consider not chiming the bell overnight, the church members considered the request and used biblical teachings to choose to adjust the ringing of the bells. Sounds like an excellent story about compromise and neighbourliness.
I do find it weird that it would ring all through the night. We live next to a Cathedral and the bell ringing on Sundays and evenings can get a bit annoying to be fair.
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Seems a bit wild that a single complaint (from someone who can hardly have not known about the bell being there) is enough to silence a bell, doesn’t it?
Wonder if they’ll listen to the 900-odd people calling for it to be restored to how it was.
The bell hasn’t been silenced, it simply doesn’t chime every hour. A resident told the council that the bell disturbed their sleep, the council asked the church to consider not chiming the bell overnight, the church members considered the request and used biblical teachings to choose to adjust the ringing of the bells. Sounds like an excellent story about compromise and neighbourliness.
What isn’t mentioned in the article is the one person who complained only recently moved into the town. Local facebook groups are mad with “Bellgate” they’ve even set up a petition [here](https://www.change.org/p/restore-the-24-hour-chiming-of-beith-parish-church-clock?redirect=false) Sign it if you enjoy annoying Karens
I do find it weird that it would ring all through the night. We live next to a Cathedral and the bell ringing on Sundays and evenings can get a bit annoying to be fair.