Yesterday and today I heard the bells of Sheffield Town Hall playing Christmas carols: It Came Upon the Midnight Clear at 3pm today and Hark the Herald Angels Sing at 1pm yesterday. That's the first time I've heard the Sheffield Town Hall bells playing tunes, although that's not to say they haven't done so before.
Offhand the only other example of bells playing tunes that I know of in the UK is St John's Catholic church in Rochdale, which has bells that play hymn tunes every hour (or they used to do so). It's right next to Rochdale station (and immediately adjacent to the Rochdale station tram stop) so you can sometimes hear them while you are waiting for a train or tram.
Musical church bells are quite common in parts of mainland Europe. For example the Domkerk church in Utrecht, Netherlands, has musical bells, and they regularly have church bell concerts there. Here is a concert of ABBA songs on the Domkerk bells:
Does anyone know of any other examples of churches, Town Halls or other buildings with bells that play tunes either regularly or for certain special occasions, in the UK or elsewhere?
Offhand the only other example of bells playing tunes that I know of in the UK is St John's Catholic church in Rochdale, which has bells that play hymn tunes every hour (or they used to do so). It's right next to Rochdale station (and immediately adjacent to the Rochdale station tram stop) so you can sometimes hear them while you are waiting for a train or tram.
Musical church bells are quite common in parts of mainland Europe. For example the Domkerk church in Utrecht, Netherlands, has musical bells, and they regularly have church bell concerts there. Here is a concert of ABBA songs on the Domkerk bells:
Does anyone know of any other examples of churches, Town Halls or other buildings with bells that play tunes either regularly or for certain special occasions, in the UK or elsewhere?