I beg to differ, as the bells of Winchester Cathedral and of local church towers rang out on the fifteenth from 6.30 p.m. for half-an-hour as part of the national remembrance of Victory over Japan Day.
The record of the Cathedral’s ringing can be viewed at
bb.ringingworld.co.uk/view.php?id=1877283
Bruce Purvis,
Bellringer, Winchester Cathedral,
Woodgreen Road,
Harestock,
Winchester
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