Stepping back in time
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Pictured on the Ards Rotaract float at the Newtownards Festival parade in June 1981 are, from left, Mary Hamilton, Sheila McKenna, Wendy Jardine and Ann Niblock. Picture: News Letter archives
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A special self-help centre for the disabled was officially opened at Musgrave Park Hospital in June 1981 by Lady Dunleath. A permanent display at the centre showed the range of aids available. The equipment on show had been either lent by firms or had been donated by voluntary groups. With Lady Dunleath are Mr William James, orthopaedic surgeon, Miss Gwyneth Blayney, occupational therapist, and Sir Thomas Brown, chairman of the Eastern Health Board. Picture: News Letter archivesA special self-help centre for the disabled was officially opened at Musgrave Park Hospital in June 1981 by Lady Dunleath. A permanent display at the centre showed the range of aids available. The equipment on show had been either lent by firms or had been donated by voluntary groups. With Lady Dunleath are Mr William James, orthopaedic surgeon, Miss Gwyneth Blayney, occupational therapist, and Sir Thomas Brown, chairman of the Eastern Health Board. Picture: News Letter archives
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Mr Lindsay Cumming, centre, Shorts chief test pilot, with Mr John Bailie, left, deputy chief flight test engineer, and Mr Peter Rankin, chief flight engineer, pictured before taking the Shorts 360 commuter airline into the air for the first time Belfast harbour airport in June 1981. Picture: News Letter archives
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Former Belfast Lord Mayors celebrate in the May 1981 local elections – Councillor David Cook, Alliance Party, who was elected for South Belfast, with his wife Fionnuala, right, and Official Unionist Councillor Billy Bell, left, who was re-elected for North Belfast, with his wife Leona and children Julie-Anne, William and Kathryn. Picture: News Letter archives