Armley chuch bell ringing through night

weenie · Post by **weenie** » Thu 26 Jun, 2008 12:27 pm

hi all.this has been puzzling me for ages.... at night most of the time around 11pm - 3am i hear bells ringing or like the clock chiming from a church i live on top of town street and can only think of christ church thats nearer me. i have once walked over to it but doesnt seem to go off has any one else heard these

sundowner · Post by **sundowner** » Thu 26 Jun, 2008 1:20 pm

Hi weeni i know sound can travel a long way at night . I can hear fulneck church from my house and its about fifteen minutes walk from my house

weenie · Post by **weenie** » Thu 26 Jun, 2008 1:42 pm

yeah i know what you mean i just want to find out where it is coming from sometimes it goes off and its not on the hour though. will be trying to find it tonight

sundowner · Post by **sundowner** » Thu 26 Jun, 2008 1:50 pm

Have you tried more water with it?This site is takeing over my life Just thought at one time i could hear music went to the docs.He just took the band off my hat

arry_awk · Post by **arry_awk** » Thu 26 Jun, 2008 5:40 pm

Have you asked Quasimodo(Hunchback of Notre Dame)?It's the BELLS you see, makes you deaf!Daft as well! I Know!

sundowner · Post by **sundowner** » Thu 26 Jun, 2008 7:18 pm

Hi weeni been thinking about your problem Lets start from the beginning . The clapper hits the bell this causes it to resonate thus makeing a sound . This sound is affected in many ways eg lay of the land temperature wind if its warm then the sound will lift higher. If its cold the sound will be lower the wind will deaden the sound . It could be affected by spurious emissions are you still with me so far?Now what you need to do is pick a cool night with no wind so keep off the curry.It might be handy to have a funnel this will give more idea of the direction when you hear the sound put the funnel to your ear and turn round slowly at its loudest thats the direction with funnel in ear walk to the sauce i dont mean heinze .By the way you may get a few funny looks but dont worry you can expect this you dont get many people at that time of night walking aboutwith a funnel in there ear.Well good luck with your quest i hope this is of help to you. ps It sounds as though i dont know what im talking about does mean it may become an mp?

weenie · Post by **weenie** » Thu 26 Jun, 2008 7:22 pm

sundowner wrote: Hi weeni been thinking about your problem Lets start from the beginning . The clapper hits the bell this causes it to resonate thus makeing a sound . This sound is affectid in many ways eg lay of the land temperature wind if its warm then the sound will lift higher. If its cold the sound will be lower the wind will deaden the sound . It could be affected by spurious emissions are you still with me so far?Now what you need to do is pick a cool night with no wind so keep off the curry.It might be handy to have a funnel this will give more idea of the direction when you hear the sound put the funnel to your ear and turn round slowly at its loudest thats the direction with funnel in ear walk to the sauce i dont meen heinze .By the way you may get a few funny looks but dont worry you can expect this you dont get many people at that time of night walking aboutwith a funnel in there ear.Well good luck with your quest i hope this is of help to you. ps It sounds as though i dont know what im talking about does meen it may become an mp? thankyou will do that will post back on my findings

sundowner · Post by **sundowner** » Thu 26 Jun, 2008 7:39 pm

Good luck weeni will look forward to hearing from you

jf · Post by jf » Fri 27 Jun, 2008 12:39 am

I've often stumbled past Christ Church in the early hours and it does strike then, on the quarter hours too. I guess if you live close you just block it out eventually. I never hear it from my house and that's just up the road.

Samson · Post by **Samson** » Fri 27 Jun, 2008 1:18 am

If it is Westminster chimes a clock will chime every 15 mins with increasing frequency15 1 Chime30 2 Chime45 3 chime60 4 chime plus striking the hourI used to mess with old 1930's clocks and just to add a piece of family history my father, called Samson, was married in that church in Armley in the early1930's.Now I have mentioned it, there will be loads of people counting chimes and unable to sleep LOL Have a good night those of you in Armley!! LOL