THIS year is a time of celebration for Sleights Village Hall and Church House in Sleights.
And Sleights Singers are set to celebrate their centenary anniversary with some special events planned in the next few weeks.
Here the Whitby Gazette takes another trip down memory lane featuring some pictures donated by the choir's conductor Ernie Marsden.
The Singers are the oldest and only remaining mixed voice choir in the district.
Sleights won the Normanby Cup for male voice choirs in the 1965 Eskdale Tournament of Song
They formed in 1908 from the Sleights and Grosmont Glee Club and had their first meeting as Sleights Choral Society on 16 October in Sleights Schoolroom directly across the road from where they now rehearse at Sleights' Church House.
The choir rehearses every Thursday at 7.15pm until 9pm and are always pleased to welcome new members who are willing to make a weekly commitment.
Tonight, Sleights Singers will celebrate the combined anniversaries in the village in the village hall at 7pm.
This will be a musical celebration also starring the children of Sleights Primary School.
A concert on 31 July 1987 included harps, horns and Brahms
There will be an interval supper included in the £3 admission charge..
Sunday sees the celebrations continue with a special Churches Together Service at Sleights' St John's Church at 6.30pm when the choir will participate in the service performing songs from their first public appearance right back in 1908.
SLEIGHTS villagers took part in a sponsored pram race to raise money for the village hall more than 30 years ago.
Pictured here joining in the good-natured fun are Carole Gibson, Gena Gibson and the late Marie Smithson in the pram.
Villagers joining in the pram race to raise cash for Sleights Village Hall
Gena Gibson, of Netherby Close, who loaned the picture to the Whitby Gazette, believes it was taken around 1973.
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