But residents have been left upset over the change, with heritage campaigner Philip Barton telling the BBC that many in the town ‘live their lives’ by the sound of the frequent chimes.

The chimes — which sound every 15 minutes — were shut down in 2011 as the university began an extensive renovation of Edmund B. Hayes Hall, the iconic 1800s building that houses the South Campus clock ...

Many church bells these days have been replaced with digital recordings, if the chimes sound off at all ... The Hayes Hall clock tower chimes were restarted on October 15, and the celebratory ...

When the BBC first started in 1922, the hourly chimes were actually played by ... a microphone was installed inside the clock tower and connected directly to Broadcasting House.

The clocks were dedicated in the summer of 2022, and now the citizens are hoping to add a sound system to the ... not opposed to installing chimes in the clock tower. He said he would prefer ...