St Helens History This Week

Bringing History to Life from 50, 100 and 150 Years Ago!

Bringing History to Life from 50, 100 and 150 Years Ago!

ST HELENS 100 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK
This page is a series of weekly articles that describe llfe in the Lancashire town in the 1920s and which are updated every Sunday morning.
100 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK
This page is a series of weekly articles that describe llfe in St Helens in Lancashire in the 1920s and which are updated every Sunday morning.
Buzz Along summary

IOO YEARS AGO THIS WEEK (31st AUG. - 6th SEPT. 1920)

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories include a claim of profiteering by a Church Street café, St Helens Ladies play a charity match in Morecambe, Beechams want to know if newspaper readers are "only middling", a review of the music hall turns at the Hippodrome, the record-breaking fairy melange 'Buzz Along' at the Theatre Royal and there are some extraordinary stories published in the strike editions of the Liverpool Echo.
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Thatto Heath Park summary

IOO YEARS AGO THIS WEEK (24th - 30th AUGUST 1920)

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories include the Oldfield Street man who deserted his wife because he objected to her smoking in bed, the boy who hid stolen cash in an outhouse roof, the Hardshaw Street horse that was covered in large sores from head to tail, the two-roomed house occupied by eighteen adults, the Universal Bazaar's Christmas Club and concern in St Helens about the school leaving age being raised to fifteen.
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Pathe Hippodrome summary

IOO YEARS AGO THIS WEEK (17th - 23rd AUGUST 1920)

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's stories include the violent Central Street drunk whose police battering saved him from prison, the Parr woman who hit her husband over the head with a clog, the St Helens public's violent reaction to brown sugar, the town's Labour Party attack Winston Churchill, a miners' meeting in the Thatto Heath Empire, a gallant rescue in Scotland by a Cowley Street man and the dilemma of where to park your car.
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Rainford Hall Crank summary

IOO YEARS AGO THIS WEEK (10th - 16th AUGUST 1920)

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's stories include the crippled children's annual treat in Eccleston Park, a Rainford cow goes on a wander to Ormskirk, the Hammond Street man who refused to make maintenance payments to his separated wife, the "Spanish Prisoner" swindle in St Helens, the brainless theft of a wallet in the Ship Inn in Church Street and the young woman from Foundry Street who accused the police of swearing her life away.
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Tossing Testros summary

IOO YEARS AGO THIS WEEK (3rd - 9th AUGUST 1920)

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's stories include the resolution of the Nelson Hotel glassing case, the ex-bobby charged with a serious stabbing, the impossible happening of Sutton Brook catching fire, the boy burglars of Stanhope Street, serious road subsidence takes place in Liverpool Road, the unusual acts performing at the Hippodrome Theatre and the man from Micklehead Green who wanted his 23-year-old daughter to go into a home.
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Rainford Road summary

IOO YEARS AGO THIS WEEK (27th JULY - 2nd AUGUST 1920)

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories include the Eccleston man who blamed malaria for assaulting a 16-year-old-girl in Chester Lane, the Lowe House Bank Holiday Gala, the abominable smell from Sutton's eternal flooding nuisance, the one eyed-man who wanted to fight the best man in Church Street, why Rainford Road was labelled the motorist's paradise and how many St Helens' men were not joining the military.
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Clock Face Colliery Rigby Swift summary

IOO YEARS AGO THIS WEEK (20th - 26th JULY 1920)

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories from a century ago include the woman who said she'd cut a man's face in the Nelson because he'd tried to molest her, the comical ice cream court case, the unveiling of a war memorial at Clock Face Colliery, the Thatto Heath man who conned money out of landlords, an expensive debate takes place at the Town Hall and the judge who became the fourth St Helens man to be awarded a knighthood.
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Derby Arms Rainford summary

IOO YEARS AGO THIS WEEK (13th - 19th JULY 1920)

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's stories from a century ago include the biggest punch-up in Rainford for many years, the charabanc boss who refused to leave his Boundary Road home, a furious fight between two brothers in Thatto Heath, the Jewish marine store owner in trouble in Parr, the charabancs accused of damaged the roads and the woman who claimed compensation after getting injured through stacking shells in Sutton.
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Carr Mill Dam summary

IOO YEARS AGO THIS WEEK (6th - 12th JULY 1920)

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories include the boy from Mount Street who stole his father's boots, the Ormskirk Street busker who was busted by the police, the private sale of Carr Mill Dam is attacked for the "loss to the town's child life", the first female magistrates in St Helens are sworn in, house building plans are announced and the woman who claimed she suffered from fits and was not a drunkard dramatically collapses in court.
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St Helens charabanc summary

IOO YEARS AGO THIS WEEK (29th JUNE - 5th JULY 1920)

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's stories from a century ago stories include a warning from the St Helens Chief Constable against charabanc road hogs, the first female magistrates are appointed in the town, more support is demonstrated for Sinn Fein in Ireland, concern is raised over the high infantile mortality rate in St Helens through overcrowded houses and the annual Tradesmen's Holiday proves a washout for charabanc excursionists.
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Corporation Street St Helens summary

IOO YEARS AGO THIS WEEK (22nd - 28th JUNE 1920)

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's stories include a shawl theft from St Helens Town Hall, lively scenes involving pokers, pint cups and threats take place in Oldfield Street, the Bridge Street fresh fish pioneers who claimed to be besieged by vast crowds, a brave rescue of two children from the canal at Haydock, the speeding charabanc drivers in Rainford and the Sinn Fein supporter who got into a right old frenzy in Corporation Street.
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