RETRO PHOTOS SPECIAL... Derry in the 1970s

By The Newsroom

Published 13th Mar 2022, 12:19 BST

We go back in time to the 1970s for a snapshot of what was happening in Derry and who was in the news...

1970... The boys' chorus in the Waterside Boys' Club annual show, 'Lights Out', which was performed at St Patrick's Hall, Spencer Road.

1970... St Mary's Boys' Club senior team, winners of the NI Association of Boys' Clubs' senior challenge trophy.

1971... Former Conservative MP Enoch Powell on Derry's Walls with Rev. Bertie Dickinson.

1971... British soldiers and rioters confront each other at Rossville Street.

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