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From the Archive: Giant mushrooms, meeting soccer heroes and Bowyer mania

Joe Evans scans the Waterford News & Star archives, finding wonderful photos and snippets from the Déise in the 1970s-90s
From the Archive: Giant mushrooms, meeting soccer heroes and Bowyer mania

Pupils from Scoil Lorcain with their teacher Mrs F. Devins and Principal Harry Flynn, after making their First Holy Communion back in 1989.

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Kathy and Jerry Cronin from Newtown, Tramore, with a 6lb mushroom picked at Butlerstown back in 1983.
Kathy and Jerry Cronin from Newtown, Tramore, with a 6lb mushroom picked at Butlerstown back in 1983.

A collection of nostalgic photos from our archive, titled “We Remember it Well” Volumes 1, 2, 3 & 4, are available as photobooks, on sale at The Book Centre, in-store or order online

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