We have plenty more old photographs that we have uncovered during lockdown that we will be sharing with readers.
Here is another selection of old photographs, today’s selection comes from September 1980 and includes a couple from first day at school at Connor House in Bangor.
See who you might see from days gone by.
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It was a blooming good show indeed at the Royal Ulster Agricultural Showgrounds in September for Dr Dorothy McMaster, who won the Northern Ireland Dahlia Society’s Mahon Memorial Trophy and McMaster Cup. She is pictured, above left, with Mr Robert Knox from Ayr in Scotland. Picture: News Letter archives
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Lord Mayor of Belfast, Alderman John Carson, who officially opened the Information and Advice Centre for Age Concern in September 1980, looks on as voluntary helper Mary Cowan answers a call at the premises in Great Victoria Street. Included are other helpers, Patrick Murray, Jean Currie and Bob Byers. Picture: News Letter archives
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Mr Michael Murray, right, marketing director of Ulster Daf Trucks, at the Daf Trucks Convoy 80 open day at Beechill, Newtownbreda, in September 1980. With him are Mr John Watters, left, an Ulster haulier, Miss Lesley Smith, demonstration driver for Daf Trucks, and Mr Hank Thyssen of sales promotion, Daf Trucks, Holland. Picture: News Letter archives
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Three workmen hard at work on the Harland and Wolff cranes in July 1983. The City Hospital and Churchill House can clearly be seen from this breathtaking photograph over Belfast. What a view! Picture: News Letter archives