Comments on: At the sound of English bell-ringing… https://www.overlawyered.com/2012/04/at-the-sound-of-english-bell-ringing/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Mon, 30 Apr 2012 14:26:34 +0000 hourly 1 By: John Burgess https://www.overlawyered.com/2012/04/at-the-sound-of-english-bell-ringing/comment-page-1/#comment-154054 Mon, 30 Apr 2012 14:26:34 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=29365#comment-154054 It’s not just the Brits…

Here, from 2010 and Pennsylvania:

Battle of the Bells flares up again

Back in the 1970s, community complaints silenced the bells at Georgetown University’s Healy Hall Clock Tower. The tower was built in 1888, long predating the residents who moved in with delicate ears.

]]> By: Hugo S. Cunningham https://www.overlawyered.com/2012/04/at-the-sound-of-english-bell-ringing/comment-page-1/#comment-153803 Sun, 29 Apr 2012 16:44:37 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=29365#comment-153803 When I visited Colchester (some 100 km ENE of London) in 1969, they already were silencing their historic bells during normal sleeping hours.

]]> By: Walter Olson https://www.overlawyered.com/2012/04/at-the-sound-of-english-bell-ringing/comment-page-1/#comment-153763 Sun, 29 Apr 2012 13:22:06 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=29365#comment-153763 And what novelist would have dared give the village a name as evocative as Wrington, or the husband of the complaining couple the surname Apps? Out with the old Wrington, in with the new ringtones….

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