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It's a common tradition for small towns to keep their old noon whistles going, decades after they stopped being used for their original purpose. There are tons of 1920s, 30s and 40s-era sirens that are still used every day as noon whistles, as well as some Cold War era stuff.
It's interesting that people still ring something around noon. In my European country it's common practice in every town/village (even in big cities) to ring the church bell at 12 o' clock, but that's a tradition from waaaaay back when not everyone could have a timekeeping device. We also have an air raid siren (mostly because of a "nearby" nuclear reactor), which also gets tested, but only about once a month.
EDIT: What the fuck did I do? I just said it was interesting that while in a different form, noon time ringing is still a thing in 2025. Sorry if that offended someone.
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