Here is a lovely old photograph of Main Street in Portglenone, most likely taken in the late 1950s.

It shows Sammy Simmons confectionary store, D.H. Chesney’s petrol pump, Robert Aicken’s clothing store, as well as the Post Office.

Note the lack of cars, only one TV aerial, and the number of push-bicycles in the image.

Portglenone Stores – Aicken, Chesney, Simmons

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One Irish Rover focuses on the history and the people of the area in Northern Ireland where I grew up. Notably, the Portglenone, Kilrea, Maghera, Bellaghy, Innisrush and Tamlaght areas, in Counties Derry and Antrim.

My mother took many photos and saved loads of old newspaper cuttings. Many of these appear on this website.

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Photo of Sammy Simmons, Chesney, Aicken

Portglenone Stores – Aicken, Chesney, Simmons

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