Fun on the firing range for pupils

TWENTY Lisnagarvey Secondary School boys set off on a Thursday morning in 1969 to join the army for a day.

They were the guests of the Royal Irish Rangers, at their Ballymena depot. As if a day off school wasn’t a big enough reward, the army had to overdo things by permitting each pupil to fire automatic weapons on an open range.

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