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 The Priory Choir has been in existence for more than a 100 years. Originally this choir was made up of men and boys only, no ladies or girls being considered, and this remained the case for a good many years. In those days a number of the men had been in the choir from boyhood, and, when their treble voices had broken, had "graduated" into the tenor and bass sections of the choir. There, year in, year out, save for occasional holidays, or illness (rare), they attended each service, which meant two on a Sunday, plus a week-day practice, and occasional services at the "outstations" of Nethertown and Sandwith. Harvest and Christmas services at those places were followed by "bean feasts" of joyful memory - very popular with the boys. As years went by it became increasingly difficult to recruit boys, so it was decided to break with tradition and to establish a mixed choir of male and female voices and this has been so ever since. |
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