In the early 1980s, Mayflower owner Ken Reid recorded video footage of himself driving from Ferrycarrig to Wexford Town.
The footage provides a glimpse of what Wexford was like over thirty years ago.
A few stills from the video above:
The former Oak Tavern in Ferrycarrig, destroyed by a fire in 2006.The petrol station across from the townside entrance of Wexford Bridge.Carcur in the 1980s. There was only one car on the entire street.The old woodenworks on Wexford Quay. The Ballast Bank is visible in the background.The Quinnsworth supermarket on Crescent Quay. Later, it became Tesco.The intersection between King Street and Distillery Road. The road straight ahead leads up towards Bride Street Church.The Faythe Guest House.Distillery Road, captured well before the remnants of Pierce’s Foundry were cleared to make way for the new Tesco supermarket.
