I think the kids were being like "Uh Oh" because the bell was really loud and i think the kids are also afraid of bells because the bell was really loud.
If you can hold your eustatian tubes open like a diver or swimmer can and open your mouth the sound travels to both sides of the eardrum simultaneously. Resulting in less damage.
@BookandCandle It would be near impossible to get a group of kids where they weren't supposed to be in the minster, so yes - we were allowed to be there. We were also allowed to have a go on a new organ that operated some smaller bells and someone played "the entertainer" on them for all of York to hear. You should come visit some time :)
what you mean with that? what i said big ben is 13 ton this bell only 10 ton great paul 16 ton. and the big bell of liverpool cathedral is 14 ton but all bigger then this one and more weight then this one.
@Robert Roggeveen I was talking about bells that can *SWING*. Big Ben is hung dead, Great George of Liverpool can’t swing, and Great Paul (was once the biggest that can swing [I didn’t know it stopped ringing at the time]) stopped ringing because its ringing mechanism broke.
AH good to know, I love York. It felt like my "home town" away from home, though I was only there one for a week in 1999. I live in the mountain west in the USA so, it's a long ways away. I do hope someday to come back.
its sentriffical force as the clapper falls the bell causes it to start flying watch the video closely & observe the behavior of the clapper then youll get what i mean
I certainly hope this wasn't a group of kids going where they were not supposed to. It isn't funny if they rang the bell out of childishness, especially at a place like the minster.
