In a little room near the top of a tower, people stand in a circle. Each holds a rope wrapped with a few feet of soft carpet as a handle, and when someone shouts, everyone pulls. At first you hear ...

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From “Jingle Bells” to the street-corner bell ringers of the Salvation Army, the sound of the Christmas season is bells. But bell ringing has a rich history, integrated into daily and liturgical life ...

PHILADELPHIA -- Late last year, Rev. Alfred Bradley planned a Christmastime surprise for the neighborhood he grew up in. He was bringing back the sound of church bells to the Fishtown neighborhood.

A man who started bell-ringing "by chance" as a teenager, says he has been "hooked" for 80 years. John Bennett started ringing church bells in 1946, when he was 14 years old. Now 94, Bennett is tower ...

Bellringer Susan Wales said she wanted to increase visibility of the "dying art" by taking part.

Every Sunday at 1 p.m., the Lowell House bell tower erupts in cacophony, as the Lowell House Society of Russian Bell-Ringers plays a series of traditional peals, contemporary melodies, and original ...

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - It’s getting cooler outside, and that means the familiar ringing of the Salvation Army’s bells will soon be heard at red kettles around the capital city. Maj. Tom McDowell, corps ...

More than 100 church bells are expected to ring across the Twin Cities on Saturday, calling for togetherness in a time when Minnesotans navigate tension with immigration actions in the state and mourn ...