Adam Trimingham's nostalgic reminiscence of Christian England and Christmas past (The Argus, November 14 and December 12) compared with today's mighty roar of commercial traffic drew my attention to his mentioning church bells.
Dr Milind Jani also writes an excellent weekly guide to good health in The Argus Weekend but, as yet, may not have covered the damage excessive noise does to health. It seems church bells have stopped ringing because of noise complaints.
However, some may remember Sundays and Christmas Day when the nation could hear only the birds singing and church bells.
Even the BBC has given up Big Ben and Sunday church bells when the noise of cash registers was restricted by the five-day week.
Today, 24-hour global commercialisation is making homo sapiens into mindless, freaked-out slaves.
-John Stanaway, Lorna Road, Hove
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