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 50 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK
This page is a series of weekly articles that describe llfe in the Lancashire town in the 1970s and which are updated every Sunday morning.
50 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK
This page is a series of weekly articles that describe llfe in St Helens in Lancashire in the 1970s and which are updated every Sunday morning.
St Helens police summary

FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 29 APRIL - 5 MAY 1974

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories include the suicide attempt by a car driver on Carr Mill Dam, Lord and Lady Pilkington open the new Haresfinch Social Club, the itinerary for Rainford Carnival is announced, St Helens police's car parking conundrum, Bernard Manning opens a DIY store in Fingerpost, the eggstraordinary deposit made at Barclays Bank, the lack of detention centres for young females, Pilks are reported to the Price Commission and the storm over plans to demolish 139 homes in Rainford.
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Fleece Hotel summary

FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 22 - 28 APRIL 1974

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's stories include the death of a St Helens-born atom bomb scientist, the sentencing of a group of schoolboys who had committed a shocking rape, the help being provided for illiterate folk in St Helens, Stuart Hall judges a beauty contest in Rainford, protests over the weekend racket in Rainhill Village Hall and the menswear boutique in St Mary's Arcade in St Helens that was showing erotic film slides of female nudes.
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Carr Mill Dam summary

FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 15 - 21 APRIL 1974

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's stories include the Carr Mill Dam bravery award, the teenagers with knives attending Rainford Village Hall discos, a complaint of poor services in Parr, concern over a possible beer shortage in Greenalls pubs, the nurses at Rainhill Hospital demand more pay, three town centre pubs are banned from taking in guests and why the Vicar of St John's Church in Ravenhead would not baptise a six-month-old baby.
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Leathers summary

FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 8 - 14 APRIL 1974

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's stories include the boxes of grenades that were discovered in a Ravenhead railway siding, the gelignite explosion in Mill Lane that shot debris 20 feet into the air, the troubles of Rocla Pipes in Sutton, the angry Haresfinch council tenants, Leathers Chemicals are prosecuted for failing to prevent a discharge of gases and Ormskirk MP Robert Kilroy-Silk complains to the Post Office on behalf of the people of Crank.
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Windle Hall summary

FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 1 - 7 APRIL 1974

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories include the start of local government reorganisation, the problem of glue sniffing among St Helens children, there's good news for St Theresa's Primary School, the new cafe at Sherdley Park Golf Club with a glorious view, the plans for a water fountain in St Helens town centre, St Helens Civic Society declares war on litter bugs and the residents of Hamer Street furious over vandalism.
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Dubliners summary

FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 25 - 31 MARCH 1974

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories include the opening of the new Four Acre Library, the football pitches at Brown Edge that were situated on top of a reservoir, the lengthy queues to claim bus passes, the high level of burglary detection, Fairfield House in Crank becomes a nursing home, a reminiscence of old Billinge and there's victory for the Chain Lane Ratepayers Association in their lengthy dangerous flues dispute.
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Sutton Manor Colliery sign summary

FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 18 - 24 MARCH 1974

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories include the twenty-eight-year-long wait for a council house, the first St Helens streaker to be brought before the courts receives a hefty fine, the 95-year-old woman from Clinkham Wood who had her gas meter ripped out, more vandalism at St Cuthbert's School, why ex-miners were described as flocking back to the pits and the brave postman who fought off his attackers in Ormskirk Street.
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St Theresa school summary

FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 11 - 17 MARCH 1974

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories include the rebellious householders in Derbyshire Hill Road who were angry about having to contribute to the upkeep of some dirt tracks, the daring whisky robbery in Sherdley Road and kidnap of a night watchman, the sewer blockade in Harrison Street in Sutton, hopes rise for the Saints player who'd fractured his skull and concerns are raised over the redevelopment of Rainford homes.
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Snoopy Club summary

FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 4 - 10 MARCH 1974

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's stories include the 6-month-old baby abandoned at Blackbrook, the glue-sniffing craze hits Parr, the streaking craze comes to Prescot, how local government reorganisation was leading to a big rise in the rates, Snoopy from the Reporter interviews Liverpool manager Bill Shankly, the passing of Pickavance's matriarch and Squeak the Sherdley Park penguin has a narrow squeak at the hands of vandals.
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Dentons Green Lane St Helens summary

FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 26 FEB - 3 MARCH 1974

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories include the result of the General Election in St Helens, a new library is planned for Blackbrook, complaints that Dentons Green Lane had been turned into a danger zone, the preservation plans for four historic Eccleston cottages, Sutton Manor Colliery miners' mercy coal shipment to Northern Ireland and the Vicar of St Peter's Church in Parr criticises the parents of children that vandalise his churchyard.
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Woolworth St Helens summary

FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 19 - 25 FEBRUARY 1974

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories include the St Helens grandmother who said she was fighting next week's general election because she was fed up with squabbling politicians, the award-winning nuclear detectives in their Eccleston bunker, the bitter row over a secret slum housing survey, a call to end half-day closing in St Helens and the boy who was blind in one eye that credited a faith healer with having improved his sight.
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