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| Author: | Mel [ Mon Jun 23, 2008 5:29 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Curfew |
Since Norman times one church bell had been rung at 8 o'clock every evening to warn people to damp down their fires in case a spark should set fire to furniture and the wooden framework of their houses. |
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| Author: | suzycue44 [ Thu Jun 26, 2008 1:06 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Curfew |
Still? Surely not? |
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| Author: | Mel [ Thu Jun 26, 2008 1:51 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Curfew |
I wouldn't have thought so Sue. They used to ring the bell when someone died too but I don't suppose that is still practised either. There is a case in the UK at the moment where someone has complained about the bell ringing in her village. I think it was Essex. Apparently the bell ringers practice for 3 hours each Sunday afternoon, she lives next door to the church. The church and its bells have beenthere a lot longer than she has! |
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| Author: | Mel [ Thu Jun 26, 2008 1:53 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Curfew |
She lost her case...I was wrong, it was once a month not weekly. http://www.eadt.co.uk/content/eadt/news ... 3A45%3A643 |
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| Author: | suzycue44 [ Thu Jun 26, 2008 2:54 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Curfew |
Personally, I cannot imagine anything more pleasant than the sound of church bells, as long as it wasn't at 6 a.m.!! I do remember, when I was having my summer stays at Harle Syke, the sound of St. Peter's bells on Sunday with other churches in the distance pealing away. I loved it! For a city slicker it was a real symbol of rural life.... |
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