Bell ringing chimes with younger fans

GEN Z love a bit of a ding-dong - as more are taking up bellringing.

- BY SASKIA ROWLANDS

Teenagers and twentysomethings are spending their evenings learning the ropes in church towers.

One, Brooks Hayes, 23, caught the campanology bug last year and now rings several times a week.

He says: "I am one of many young people of university age who have begun taking up ringing. Most towers I regularly attend have at least one learner who is below the age of 30.

"Many people of my generation are looking for a social environment. With the low commitment and only real cost being travel, ringing is very attractive.