April 1980... Bishop of Derry, Dr Edward Daly, pictured with a group of kids during a pastoral visit to the Top of the Hill in the Waterside.

placeholder image — April 1980... Bishop of Derry, Dr Edward Daly, pictured with a group of kids during a pastoral visit to the Top of the Hill in the Waterside.

PICTURE SPECIAL! Derry in the early 1980s

By The Newsroom

Published 17th Feb 2021, 11:53 BST

We delve into the Derry Journal photo archive from 1980 and 1981 and turn up a few familiar and not so familiar faces.

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June 1981... Kids from Dungiven Road PS who were successful at the Waterside school's athletics day. Included, alongside coach Willie Clifford, are Rachel McCarron, Barbara Friel, Fiona McMenamin, Andrena McMurray, Rosemary Leonard, Frances McGowan, Oonagh Doherty, Pauline Nicell, Sinead McGahey, Kieran Harkin, Stephen Elliott, Stephen Doherty, Gary Russell, Gerry McLaughlin, Vincent Friel and Niall Patton.

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PICTURE SPECIAL! Derry in the early 1980s

We delve into the Derry Journal photo archive from 1980 and 1981 and turn up a few familiar and not so familiar faces.

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