"Years Ago" - Sunday March 11, 2018

Here is a photo gallery to go along with the "Years Ago" photo published in The Vindicator on Sunday March 11, 2018.

A German Shepherd wearing the Irish green? Thomas Davison, an Aut Mori Grotto clown, has them all fooled as he walks his "Irish Setter."..Photo taken March 11, 1984...Photo is by Robert K. Yosay.

The American Legion Ladies Auxillary of Lorain marches in precision along the parade route from the new Hill's store to just east of the Southern Park Mall...Photo was taken March 11, 1984. ..Photo by Robert K. Yosay - The Vindicator

KILTED CLEVELANDER: Jim Martin of the West Side Irish-American Club of Cleveland was among the bagpipers who participated in Sunday's parade...Photo taken on March 10, 1985...Photo by Robert K. Yosay.

Kevin Folley of the West Side Irish-American Club Junior Fife and Drum Corps of Cleveland jauntily plays his fife for the crowd. About half of the 170 units scheduled to perform canceled because of the weather...Photo taken March 11, 1984...Photo by Robert K. Yosay - The Vindicator.

MARCHING ALONG: The Liberty High School Band was among the marching units that took part in the annual event...Photo taken on March 16, 1986...Photo by Patricia L. Fife.

The luck of the Irish didn't keep the chilly temperatures away, so the riders on the Mahoning Valley Gaelic Society float use a blanket to keep warm while an Irish step dancer braves the biting winds to perform...Photo taken March 11, 1984...Photo by Robert K. Yosay - The Vindicator.

The MacCallum Highlanders Pipe and Drums of Akron march past green-tinted snowbanks on Route 224 during the sixth annual St. Patrick's Day Parade, held for the first time in Boardman...Photo taken on March 11, 1984...Photo by Robert K. Yosay - The Vindicator.

The Irish eyes of the Fitzgerald family of Pittsburgh kept smiling despite snow flurries and 20-25mph winds. From bottom are Kenny, 6; Heather, 11; and Ruth Fitzgerald. Robin, 14, is at her left...Photo taken March 11, 1984...Photo is by Robert K. Yosay - The Vindicator.

JUST SHOWIN' OFF: Members of the Austintown Fire Department hopped onto "comic cars" and entertained the crowd with their shenanigans...Photo taken March 16, 1986...Photo by Patricia L. Fife.

Photo taken in 1984 by "Jones."

Photo taken March 11, 1984...The Vindicator

Photo taken March 22, 1987...Photo by Robert DeMay - The Vindicator.

Photo taken March 11, 1984...The Vindicator

PARADE PROVES POPULAR: More than 25,000 area residents Sunday lined Route 224 in Boardman for the seventh annual "Pete Gabriel St. Patrick's Day Parade." Spring came a little early this year as if to sanction the parade, unlike last year when the ground was covered by nearly 6 inches of …