A team of bellringers in Dorchester recreated an event which happened 100 years ago.

On 30 October 1919, the bells of St Peter’s Church were rung for more than three hours to mark the dedication of a memorial to the bellringers from the local area who died during the First World War.

On the same date, 100 years later, local bellringers came together to repeat the event.

However, this time the bells were not ‘muffled’ as they were in 1919.

Muffling the bells make them sound mournful and is generally reserved for Remembrance Sunday or other solemn events.

But this time the bellringers wanted the sound to be more of a celebration of the period of sustained peace in Western Europe.

Speaking to the Diocese of Salisbury, Will Haydock, tower captain at St Peter’s Church, said: "Ringing for this length of time is a serious challenge, which shows how much respect and dedication those ringers of a hundred years ago must have had for those who had died.

"One of the great things about ringing is its history. We can exactly re-create something from 100 years ago and feel that connection to the past. We know how people are transported by the bells, whether on Remembrance Sunday or happier times like Christmas, New Year or weddings.

"The challenge for us today is keeping this tradition alive. We always welcome people who would like to try bellringing for the first time, so if you enjoy the sound on Wednesday morning, why not come along to our practice on a Monday and become part of the next generation keeping the bells ringing?"