1975 - a glimpse into the Journal archives
1975 was a year dominated by worries over ceasefires and efforts to form power-sharing governments.
1975 was a year dominated by worries over ceasefires and efforts to form power-sharing governments.
Although violence was still the norm across the North - 247 people died during the year - there were also echoes of what was to follow: an IRA ceasefire and a failed attempt at power-sharing.
To the outside world, Northern Ireland, in 1975, was underlining its lamentable reputation as the place that time had left behind. It epitomised all that was negative, unacceptable and contradictory.
Of course, this image was, in many respects, quite wrong. As these photographs from the 1975 archives of the ‘Derry Journal’ show, life in the city - for better or worse - still continued beyond the bombs and bullets.
DON’T MISS . . . In September, the ‘Journal’ will publish a special 24-page
supplement focusing on life in Derry in 1975. ‘Remember When’ will feature scores of amazing photographs and dozens of entertaining stories from what was another defining year in the life story of our city. Be sure not to miss it!
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