At front, centre, Stephen Twells, head boy, and Geraldine Ramsay, head girl, pictured with guests at the St. Cecilia’s and St. Joseph’s annual sixth form formal in the Everglades. At front, left, is Andrea Sheerin and right is John Lyttle. At back, from left, are Bernard Simms, Cora Moore, head girl, St. Brigid’s High School, Mark Taggart, head boy, St. Brigid’s, Brenda Sweeney, Martin Hegarty, head boy, St. Columb’s College, Amanda Dobbins , Gary Hutton and Denise Goodwin, head girl of St. Mary’s Secondary School.placeholder image
At front, centre, Stephen Twells, head boy, and Geraldine Ramsay, head girl, pictured with guests at the St. Cecilia’s and St. Joseph’s annual sixth form formal in the Everglades. At front, left, is Andrea Sheerin and right is John Lyttle. At back, from left, are Bernard Simms, Cora Moore, head girl, St. Brigid’s High School, Mark Taggart, head boy, St. Brigid’s, Brenda Sweeney, Martin Hegarty, head boy, St. Columb’s College, Amanda Dobbins , Gary Hutton and Denise Goodwin, head girl of St. Mary’s Secondary School.

NOSTALGIA: Derry and Inishowen - January 1988

By Kevin Mullan
Published 27th Jan 2022, 18:21 BST

In January 1988 talks got underway between union representatives and management at the Welch Margetson shirt factory on Trench Road, where more than 600 workers were out on unofficial strike; a glimpse of part of a buried building in the grounds of Magee College in Derry focussed attention on the role of the city as a major naval base for the Allies during World War Two; and final preparations got underway for the closure of St. Columb’s Hospital, Derry. As ever the ‘Journal’ photographers were on the beat.

Molly and Jack Quigley, proprietors of Boulevard night club, with Terence Morrison, winner of the 1987 Anna Sweeney Memorial Cup, launching the annual talent competition in January 1988.

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Molly and Jack Quigley, proprietors of Boulevard night club, with Terence Morrison, winner of the 1987 Anna Sweeney Memorial Cup, launching the annual talent competition in January 1988.

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Mr. Jimmy Duffy, who spent Christmas and New Year in America, with his daughter Mrs. Frances Hodgkins, presents a Seal of the State of New Hampshire from Governor John Sununu to the Mayor, Councillor Jim Guy.

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Mr. Jimmy Duffy, who spent Christmas and New Year in America, with his daughter Mrs. Frances Hodgkins, presents a Seal of the State of New Hampshire from Governor John Sununu to the Mayor, Councillor Jim Guy.

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Concerned parents at a meeting called in protest at proposed education cuts in Carndonagh Community School.

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Concerned parents at a meeting called in protest at proposed education cuts in Carndonagh Community School.

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