Refuse collectors Russ Colville and Eddie McCarron with Mayor, SDLP Colr. Kathleen McCloskey and Sinn Féin Colr. Gerry MacLochlainn, chair of the Environmental Services Committee on the first ever blue bin collection run in Derry back in February 2003.placeholder image
Refuse collectors Russ Colville and Eddie McCarron with Mayor, SDLP Colr. Kathleen McCloskey and Sinn Féin Colr. Gerry MacLochlainn, chair of the Environmental Services Committee on the first ever blue bin collection run in Derry back in February 2003.

45 great pictures of people and events in February 2003 as first blue bins arrive in Derry

By Brendan McDaid
Published 8th Feb 2023, 12:28 BST
Updated 8th Feb 2023, 12:29 BST

We’ve been back in the archive to bring you some images of the people and events making the news 20 years ago this month.

Many of these images are being published here in colour for the very first time.

Pictures: Derry Journal archive.

David Trimble at Thornhill College to give a talk on politics.

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David Trimble at Thornhill College to give a talk on politics. Photo: Derry Journal

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David Trimble meets Thornhill College students before giving a talk on politics.

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David Trimble meets Thornhill College students before giving a talk on politics. Photo: Derry Journal

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Lifting the cup.

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Lifting the cup. Photo: Derry Journal

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Bertie Faulkner (third from left), chairman of the Western Education and Library Board, unveiling a plaque to officially open the new Newbuildings Community Nursery, with (from left), Joseph Martin, Chief Executive WELB, Heather Poole, nursery principal and Jim Foster, chairman of the Board of Governors. (0402T01).

16. Bertie Faulkner (third from left), chairman of the Western Education and Library Board, unveiling a plaque to officially open the new Newbuildings Community Nursery, with (from left), Joseph Martin, Chief Executive WELB, Heather Poole, nursery principal and Jim Foster, chairman of the Board of Governors. (0402T01).

Bertie Faulkner (third from left), chairman of the Western Education and Library Board, unveiling a plaque to officially open the new Newbuildings Community Nursery, with (from left), Joseph Martin, Chief Executive WELB, Heather Poole, nursery principal and Jim Foster, chairman of the Board of Governors. (0402T01). Photo: Derry Journal

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