Williamstreeter
master brummie
Well it's been up for 135 years , it's been silent for a decade . It's due to start ringing again hopefully within the month , Hurrah
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Big Brum to start ringing again
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wow that is good news
Williamstreeter
master brummie
I looked up why it was silenced , BCC say residents in Birmingham moaned about the noise , can you believe it ? It was put out of action about a decade ago
I found this old article from 2013. https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/information_regarding_the_counci_2
At that time the "quarterly chimes" (and presumably the hourly ones too) had been broken fro around 15 years and theyhad just paid £7257.80 to fix them. Because of noise complaints (5 of them) they were going to silence the chimes between 11pm and 7am at a cost of £150. I don't know if they got them working again before the redevelopment or why they should have been silenced again if they did.
At that time the "quarterly chimes" (and presumably the hourly ones too) had been broken fro around 15 years and theyhad just paid £7257.80 to fix them. Because of noise complaints (5 of them) they were going to silence the chimes between 11pm and 7am at a cost of £150. I don't know if they got them working again before the redevelopment or why they should have been silenced again if they did.
