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Carrying in the straw at Balmoral Show in May 1991 was no problem for Gillian Gibson from Ballygowan, the secretary of the new junior Blonde d'Aquitaine Club. Picture: Eddie Harvey/News Letter/Farming Life archives

Take a walk down memory lane at the 1991 Balmoral Show Darryl Armitage

Esther Wilson from Armagh with Bellringer Two, the champion Shorthorn at the Balmoral Show in May 1991. The cow was owned by Tommy Irwin of Fintona. Picture: News Letter/Farming Life archives

BYGONE BALMORALS: Mrs Lindsay Brooke opens show for her busy husband Darryl Armitage

Only a hard-pressed Secretary of State for Northern Ireland would start his day without having a shave but Tracy Wilson was on hand to soft soap his bristles when he visited the beauty-without-cruelty form Nectar Cosmetics in Carrickfergus in October 1989. Picture: Trevor Dickson/News Letter archives

IN PICTURES: Through The Archives – looking back at October 1989 Darryl Armitage

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