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| Locals get five-hour church bell ringing in Norway |
| 2006-12-26 |
| Vidar Aarhus thought it was a local tradition. But after hearing the Salhus Church bells ring for five hours on Christmas Eve, Aarhus decided to make some telephone calls. "I was worried that my children wouldn't be able to sleep," Aarhus said, according to the Bergens Tidende newspaper's website on Monday. "It was was pretty late. After talking to a few friends I knew something was wrong." Aarhus, who lives just 100 metres from Salhus Church, moved with his family to Bergen in western Norway six months ago. The priest, Arvid Andreas Fosse, apologized to the neighbours after the bells came to a standstill. "They were supposed to ring in Christmas for one hour in the evening," Fosse said. "I don't know what went wrong. But I'm surprised nobody called earlier." |
| Posted by:ryuge |
| #2 I heard the bells On Christmas Day Their olde familiar Carols play... |
| Posted by: Fred 2006-12-26 09:37 |
| #1 Maybe they liked to hear the bells. |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2006-12-26 00:24 |