Exploring the Leeds Minster Bells (and the surprising history of bellringing)

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  • Опубликовано: 29 июл 2024
  • The sound of church bells is a quintessential part of the national soundtrack. But it's also a sound which runs through centuries of history, highlighting the key events in local communities. We take a trip back to Leeds Minster to explore the (often surprising) world of bellringing.
    00:00 Intro
    00:31 Interview with Leeds Ringing Master
    05:38 Exploring the bell tower
    07:42 Ringing demonstration
    09:03 Why do people ring bells?

Комментарии • 25

  • @emilybloom7143
    @emilybloom7143 9 месяцев назад +2

    What an excellent Ringing Master they have at Leeds!

  • @radman8321
    @radman8321 Год назад +5

    Did this kind of climb at our local church as part of a local history group visit. The churchwarden told us officially we couldn't do the climb, but then left us for 20 minutes while we did. Top bloke. It was quite a scary climb.

  • @RaymondCalloway
    @RaymondCalloway 6 месяцев назад +2

    Absolutely fascinating, thank you Catherine.

  • @1234j
    @1234j Год назад +4

    Excellent. Thank you yet again.

  • @melizen2
    @melizen2 Год назад +3

    Wonderful - thank you!

  • @RingingRichard
    @RingingRichard 4 месяца назад

    Thanks for a great & engaging description of Bell Ringing.

  • @Sim0nTrains
    @Sim0nTrains Год назад +5

    The editing is great in this video and very interesting as well especially learning that the bells were taken by train from London to Leeds

  • @Davlavi
    @Davlavi 2 месяца назад +1

    Informative thanks.

  • @ericpicador1960
    @ericpicador1960 Год назад +4

    Awesome video, awesome creator. These videos deserve more attention.

  • @alansmithee8831
    @alansmithee8831 Год назад +3

    A'reyt Catherine. A very a-peal-ing video for Minster of L.'s bells, but apparently no ding a lings in crinolines. Also no clangers dropped.

  • @alun7006
    @alun7006 Год назад +2

    Excellent video on a very specific subject that you've made very engsging. Thank you!

  • @Pstephen
    @Pstephen Год назад +3

    There's a detective novel by Dorothy L Sayers called The Nine Tailors that is centred on change ringing. Some people, like me and PD James, reckon it to be the best detective novel ever written, while some can't stand it.

  • @brykaper
    @brykaper 9 месяцев назад +1

    7:50 best moment

  • @mariuszszymczak3644
    @mariuszszymczak3644 Год назад +1

    Love it!

  • @-xirx-
    @-xirx- Год назад

    I've been a campanologist since my teens. It's a great pastime and a fascinating history.

  • @paultidd9332
    @paultidd9332 Год назад

    Great video and capturing some of the interesting history of the bells particularly at Leeds Minster.

  • @susanbrannigan
    @susanbrannigan Год назад +1

    This looks like so much fun! I wonder if there's anywhere where Jewish people ring bells. I seriously don't know - this isn't much of a tradition in the U.S that I'm aware of. We have carillons in our most famous towers, for instance at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. And a lot of churches just have recordings of chimes or bells.

    • @cinnamonape3045
      @cinnamonape3045 Год назад +1

      The further northeast you go the more common it gets

  • @jwebb3337
    @jwebb3337 Год назад

    Wonderful video! I had no idea!

  • @gaius_enceladus
    @gaius_enceladus Год назад

    Great video!
    So, Catherine, were you "going like the clappers" in this video? ;)

  • @mariuszszymczak3644
    @mariuszszymczak3644 Год назад +1

    I have view on that tower from my window

  • @Steven_Rowe
    @Steven_Rowe 10 месяцев назад

    I think it is worth pointing out that change ringing is a hobby and has littlexto do with church services.
    Its also not music as such but is unique mathmatical sequences
    To ring a peal is to ring around 5040 unique changes and depending on the bell weights and number of bells can take anywhere between 2hrs 50 minutes to around 4 hrs 30 minutes.
    On 8 bells the amount of unique sequences possible is 40320 or 8!
    On 12 bells like Leeds Minstercit is 12! And is 479001600 unique changes.
    You could never ring them all without stopping as it would take around 31 years
    Thats longtime without taking a leak..
    Why do peoplexlike me do it? Well who knows, im still wondering why people want to knock a ball in a small hole in golf.
    Its not something i would do but millions do, its amazing we are all so different.

  • @AllieThePrettyGator
    @AllieThePrettyGator 6 месяцев назад +1

    so how many bells are there? i count 9