th March. Students of Music or Spanish from 10 local secondary level schools have been invited to the launch where Mr Morris Crawford organiser of this year’s concert will present them with complimentary tickets to a Musical Concert by Spanish Quartet with “Eduardo Neibla” who will be performing in St John’s CoI Church, Killyleagh on Thursday 14^th April. Doors open at 7.30pm concert commences 8pm.

A NEW book which takes a look back in time at the colourful history of Downpatrick’s shops and streets over the past 120 years has been launched by Down County Museum. The new book entitled,xa0‘Down Town: 120 years of Downpatrick’s shops in photographs’ and a new 30 minute DVD called ‘It’s the Talk of the Town’ are available free of charge from the Museum.

Councillor Eamonn O’Neill, Chairman of Down District Council welcomed the publication and said, “The aim of this book is to bring together people, photographs and memories to show how important our shops and streets have been in the development of the town, and how they remain so today. Shops and businesses are the lifeblood of any town and we need to support them and cherish their heritage.

“This book is special because it is the product of generations of local people recording their town and shops in photographs, in a way that you would not find anywhere else.”