A new museum featuring fascinating, unique and diverse artifacts charting the story of Derry and the people of the north west has opened in the heart of the city centre.
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00:00along with a security armband to wear when patrolling the neighborhood.
00:05Star 7.
00:07Up above is a tin dustbin lid.
00:09Back in them days, women would bang the lids to notify people that the army were coming into the area.
00:14As you can imagine, the fear of being hit by a rubber bullet would have you running undercover.
00:20Star 8.
00:21You can see Star 8, which is a picture of the Civil Rights March, on the Craighaven Bridge.
00:26The security armbands we spoke about on Star 6 can be seen worn in this image.
00:33Star 9.
00:35This is a selection of badges worn in support of the 1981 Hunger Strikers.
00:40On the wall behind, there are also a number of original posters from the Hunger Strike.
00:47Star 10 is a selection of original photos taken at the funeral of Kevin Lynch, one of the Hunger Strikers.
00:57Moving round to Star 11.
00:59A letter from the Dairy Citizens Defense Association, along with other letters.
01:04Due to the ongoing troubles in the area, it was necessary for the Civil Rights campaigners to patrol their own areas.
01:12Star 12 is a map which points out the areas needing protected.
01:16There is a copy of one of the letters on the handheld guide which states that four soldiers came down Joy Street and up Long Tower so they were intending to patrol that night.
01:27We have reached the end of Zone 3.
01:31Zone 4 is a collection of Loyalists from every area.
01:37Star 1 is an Earth Day card sent by Gusty Spence to his nephew.
01:42Gusty Spence was a Loyalist paramilitary volunteer, a founding member and early leader of the Ulster Volunteer Force, more commonly known as the UPF.
01:53Although known for his hardline Loyalism, Spence's views changed over time, and he later participated in the peace process of the mid-1990s.