A CASTLE Bromwich church has taken part in BBC Music Day - a nationwide celebration of all forms of music.
St Mary and St Margaret's was one of dozens of church towers across the UK which rang their bells simultaneously at 7pm yesterday evening.
The Music Day sees communities come together around the country to celebrate pop hits, brass bands and pretty much everything in between.
Bob Chilcott, an ambassador for the event, said: "Music really does bring people together and sometimes, actually, it brings us together without realising it and bells are an example of that.
"We have a very, very strong tradition of bell ringing in this country. It's nice to think that they've been doing that for maybe 500 years."
This year's programme also featured a concert celebrating the sounds of the football terraces, a vegetable orchestra in Bristol and impromptu gospel performances at Birmingham's New Street Station.
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