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Des Farrell, manager, Foyleside Shopping Centre, presenting members of the Kylemore Cafe raft race team with a
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Pat Carlin, on right, and Grainne Nugent, organisers, of two quizzes held in Andy Cole’s, presenting a cheque for
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TIMES GONE BY: Retro pics from Derry and Inishowen - August 1997
By Kevin Mullan
Published 19th Aug 2022, 11:06 BST
In August 1997 Cosmo, the life size, fully interactive robot from the Epcot Centre, had to work for his living at the 30th birthday party at ShopElectric, Shipquay Street; the troubled Russian Space Station, Mir, was clearly visible in the sky over the North West; and a bitter war of words broke out between a Derry City Councillor and local publicans over claims that a hike in drink prices could lead to an upsurge in on-street drinking in the city. As ever the ‘Journal’s photographers were out and about.