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Mel
 Post subject: Curfew
PostPosted: Mon Jun 23, 2008 5:29 pm 
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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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 Post subject: Re: Curfew
PostPosted: Thu Jun 26, 2008 1:06 pm 
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Still?
Surely not?
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 Post subject: Re: Curfew
PostPosted: Thu Jun 26, 2008 1:51 pm 
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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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 Post subject: Re: Curfew
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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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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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