Experts leave collectors all smiles

THERE were smiling faces all round yesterday as delighted collectors of coins, photographs and other priceless memorabilia left Waterford City Archives.

As part of Heritage Week celebrations, city archivist, Donal Moore, arranged for five experts to be on hand to offer free valuations and advice to those who dropped in to the city centre office.

“This has been an eye-opener,” Mary McCarthy from Co Waterford said as she left the office beaming. “I brought in books, historical books, which have been in the family.