The collection entitled 'Yesterday...so far away' was loaned to the library by the Servite Priory, Benburb, Co. Tyrone.
The ‘Journal’ decided to have a look at how some of the historic Derry locations look now.
Some of the featured sites have been utterly transformed and are now unrecognisable but others have hardly changed at all. Plus ça change...
1. Carlisle Road and John Street in the 1940s as seen from the Tillie and Henderson Shirt Factory.
Carlisle Road and John Street in the 1940s as seen from the Tillie and Henderson Shirt Factory. Photo: Heritage Library exhibition
3. Wonderful atmospheric shot of Fahan Street as viewed from the top of Butcher Gate in the early 1940s. Notice the long wire radio aerials criss-crossing the street.
Wonderful atmospheric shot of Fahan Street as viewed from the top of Butcher Gate in the early 1940s. Notice the long wire radio aerials criss-crossing the street. Photo: Featured in a Heritage Library exhibition in 1999. The collection was loaned by the Servite Priory, Benburb, Co. Tyrone.
4. Fahan Street as seen from Butcher Gate in 2025.
Fahan Street as seen from Butcher Gate in 2025. Photo: Kevin Mullan