Three Yellowbatter girls had to jump clear after lorry shed its load on Shop Street

A STORY from this month 50 years ago and what became of the girls I wonder.

The three girls had a miraculous escape from death one Wednesday afternoon, when a load of timber fell from an articulated truck as the vehicle rounded the turn from North Quay into Shop Street.

The girls, Marion Reynolds (14). 11 Ascal a Do.; Therese Norris (15), 45 Ascal a Do.; and Margaret Heeney .(14), 51 Ascal a Do; wore returning to work at the time. They were coming around the corner at North Quay when one of them saw a rope snap on the lorry, the pile of timber began to slide and the girls had to run for their lives. They managed to escape by inches. Vice- Captain- Tom Bowden (Drogheda Town)- Josh Seberry (Termonfeckin)- Cathal O’Reilly (Termonfeckin) Captain- Glen Eagers (Drogheda Town)- Oisin Gray ( Walshestown) - Conor McGuirk (Drogheda Town)Cillian McCormack (Termonfeckin)Adam Fay (Drogheda Town)- Darragh Dorian (Termonfeckin)Sean O’Driscoll (Termonfeckin)- Sam Murtagh ( Walshestown)- Ben McCabe (Termonfeckin) - Caelum Dolan (Termonfeckin) - Ignas Silickas (Drogheda Town) -Tadhg Dunne (Termonfeckin).

Big, bright days ahead for many of these lads.

There has been ongoing issues with this stretch of road at Moneymore with people parking on the footpath on the left. The big problem, as was pointed out months ago, is that the double yellow lines along here have worn away - to such an extent - you...