Lorraine Curran, started in Quinns The Milestone, Hill Street, Newry when she was 21 in 1974 and has been there ever since. Quinns was taken over by Dunnes Stores later in the seventies. Photograph: Columba O'Hare/ Newry.ie

Belinda McParland, Hayley Connolly and Lorraine Curran get a photograph for posterity. Photograph: Columba O'Hare/ Newry.ie

Marie Hanna on the Check Out at Hill Street Dunnes Stores. Photograph: Columba O'Hare/ Newry.ie

Dunnes Stores Hill Street Staff mark the end of an era with a photograph. Photograph: Columba O'Hare/ Newry.ie