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Some photos from a way of life some years ago.

Slide 1: Lizzie Gray and Mary Coogan

Both ladies lived in Corporation St where this photo was taken cloee to its junction with Earl st and the old "Bunch of Grapes Bar" in the background

Slide 2: Life long friends

Mary Grogan and Clara Benson both hailed from New Dock Street and lived almost facing one another. Sadly both these ladies are now deceased.

Slide 3: The Nugent Family

Slide 4: The Pedersen Family from Ship Street

Slide 5: The Dempsey Family

This family from New Dock Street taken on holiday

Slide 6: The Pedersen children and friends

Slide 7: The O'Prey family form North Thomas Street

Slide 8: Grogan and McGuigan Families

This photo shows Peter and Lena Grogan (on the left) along with Ellie and Frank McGuigan shortly after they had moved from New Dock Street. This shot was taken outside the old St. Matys R.C.Church in Greencastle to where these two families moved.

Slide 9: The Keenan sisters

The four Keenan sisters from New Dock St Shady, Bridget, Clara and Sally at the front

Slide 10: Charlotte Keenan

Taken in her New Dock St home,Charlotte is the mother of the four Keenan sisters in the preceding picture

Slide 11: Many Happy Returns

The wedding of George O'Hara (Ship St) to Marie Hogg(Nelson St) at St Joseph's Church Sailortown October 1966

Slide 12: Friends and neighbours

From the left Mary McFadden (New Dock St) with neighbours John and Alice Flynn ( Nelson St.)

Slide 13: Clara McCrory & Amelia Harper in 1966

This picture of the two sisters was taken in Cushendall where the McCrory family had a hoilday home - a converted single decker bus complete with extension

Slide 14: The Gault family (Garmoyle Street)

Shorty Gault and some of his family members

Slide 15: Annie Lyttle from Corporation Street

Taken on 15th August 1958 this somewhat formal image someone captures the period maybe its the style of the fireplace