WHEN Joseph Hall donned a judge's wig and trod the boards in Gilbert and Sullivan's Trial by Jury in 1919, he had no idea he was starting an amateur opera tradition which would last five generations.
But almost 100 years later, his great-great-great nephew and niece, Max, five, and Lucy, nine, have been following in his footsteps by appearing in Darlington Operatic Society's production of Fiddler on the Roof at Darlington Civic Theatre.
They have been joined in the production by their mother and father, Pamela and Michael Walker, who met through the society.
Their grandparents, Cliff and Dorothy Walker, have also been members of the society since 1960.
The society's production of Fiddler on the Roof, which finishes its run on Saturday, is a far cry from Joseph Hall's Trial by Jury, which was performed at St James' Schoolroom, Albert Hill, in 1919 and was only the society's second production.
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