BBC Radio Podcasts from '68

Kathleen

Kathleen, who is now 92, was a nurse during the years of violence that followed the march.

James was 13 when the march happened. He says it changed the course of his life.

Martin was a young reporter with a local newspaper and attended the march.

Hazel grew up in the mostly Protestant Fountain housing estate.

Michael went to the march, but his friend Cathal wasn't born until 20 years later.

Sisters Isabel and Anne grew up in the city centre.

Willie was a young man in 1968. He recalls life in a working-class Protestant community.

Hugo and Willie grew up in poverty in the 1960s.

Billy and Rachelle were children when the Duke Street march happened.

Teachers Tom and Leo discuss the impact of that year on their pupils.

Friends Ruby and Ann were young women living in the Bogside.

Ken reflects on how the city became divided after the march.

Martin and Attracta were 18 and had just met at a dance - then their world changed.

In 1968, Jack was a local unionist politician and Terry had just turned 18.

Grainne and Michael were students in Belfast and had travelled to Derry to join the march.

Enda McClafferty looks at the legacy of a civil rights march in Londonderry, 1968.

Bertie recalls how the voting system worked in 1968 and living conditions in the city.

Deirdre was a young student when she decided to join the Duke Street march.

Ruby and her son Paul recall the family’s decision to move to Londonderry in 1968.

Three friends Mildred, Phyllis and Jewel with their memories of the 5th October 1968.

Marion and Hugh with their memories of the Duke Street march on 5th October 1968.

Derry, October 1968. A spark is lit when a civil rights march ends in violence.