McLaughlin's Hardware in Derry's Bogside sells up after more than a century
"We sold Bibles and Rosary beads and all that stuff," added Seamus.
But customers' changing tastes were the least of the family's worries, especially after Bloody Sunday, when 13 civil rights demonstrators were shot dead by the Army close by in 1972. There are the Tilley lamps used by the forces during World War Two and the Singer sewing machines used by factory girls who put food on the table in this unemployment blackspot.
There is also a photo of the British Army "tin pig" crawling over the rubble outside the shop in darker days, after an IRA bomb had destroyed the business next door on William Street.In this context, two loyal customers are known for their prominence during the conflict, which left 3,500 people dead, and the peace process which followed.