A view of the town in the early 1980s, showing two of the three blocks of flats at Riverdale.  Gardenmore House and Shane House have since been demolished with the remaining block, Latharna House soon to follow.placeholder image
A view of the town in the early 1980s, showing two of the three blocks of flats at Riverdale. Gardenmore House and Shane House have since been demolished with the remaining block, Latharna House soon to follow.

Bygone Larne: 'I stepped back in time and visited Larne in the 1980's - here's what I saw'

It’s not only faces that change over the years - many towns and cities look completely different now compared to how they did a few decades ago.

The 1980s was a time of great social and economic change across Northern Ireland, and Larne was no different.

Join us as we leave the present day and head back to Larne in the 1980s – let us know which photos surprised you the most.

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