UK - "All the Bells"

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bnky
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25 Jul 2012, 11:57 am

not sure were this should go?
I received this in an email and thought any of you in UK with noise issues would like to be warned:

Quote:

All the Bells - Wake up the Nation!

All around the UK, people will be gathering and ringing their bells to help celebrate the first day of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

At 8.12 am people across the country will be ringing bells to perform Martin Creed’s Work No. 1197. All the bells in a country rung as loudly as possible for three minutes, a piece specially commissioned as part of the London 2012 Festival.

www.allthebells.com

Wandering_Stranger
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25 Jul 2012, 12:33 pm

Thanks for the warning.

Not looking forward to this. Would have preferred if it was on the Saturday; as I shall be in a field camping somewhere, miles away from everything.

roccoslife
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25 Jul 2012, 2:43 pm

at 8.12am on a sunday ill most likely be sleeping anyway so whatever

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25 Jul 2012, 3:37 pm

Oh I love the sound of those types of bells! It's such a beautiful sound, reminds me a Christmassy sound. It's just the electric bells you get on the wall in schools that scare the s**t out of me.

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25 Jul 2012, 3:41 pm

"Wake up the Nation"?
I want my lie in.

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25 Jul 2012, 4:34 pm

For twenty years my bedroom was situated no more than twelve yards from a huge church bell.

This bell was attached externally to the front of the building with my bedroom window overlooking it.

This damn bell rang every sunday morning at 8am, 100 times! Needless to say this was super-loud and seemed to go on forever. After a while the noise just becomes one long horrible drone.

The point I'm trying to make is that by comparison this Olympic thing should be a breeze.