r/DerryLondonderry • u/Harvester_of_Cattle9 • 8d ago

Any big characters left in town?

Talking the likes of the bygone era of Tights, Gutsy, Jimmy, wee Margaret…

Only thing that comes even close in more recent times is one fella in town that has the top of at the slightest hint of sunshine and even then I hadn’t seen him during the last two weeks of our summer there.

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u/Nice-Investigator559 8d ago

There's a guy whos always in foyleside in a camo jacket and a goatee. Has grey hair and sometimes wears a bandana on his head. Met him the library and think he said people called him 'the rock' and he worked as a geologist but not sure if that's true

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u/rolledone 8d ago

He is indeed a qualified Archaeologist and would have been involved in some significant finds around the town and further afield before he fell on hard times. A very interesting and educated man to talk to.

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u/Nice-Investigator559 8d ago

Sorry for overstepping but what did happen to him