St Helens History This Week

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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.
Helena House summary

FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK (14th - 20th DECEMBER 1970)

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's 17 stories include the end of the power cut misery in St Helens, Helena House's Christmas Specials, a call for better health clinic facilities in Rainford, the demise of the Peasley Cross Derby and Joan Club, the Billinge councillor who said he couldn't give a tinker's cuss about a bus company and Father Christmas goes on his travels as part of St Helens & District Round Table's Christmas 1970 Appeal.
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Bold Power Station summary

FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK (7th - 13th DECEMBER 1970)

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's stories include the power cuts and misery endured by St Helens folk and reports of engineers at sub-stations being abused, two hundred Saints fans fly to France, St Helens soldiers speak of dealing with rioting mobs in Northern Ireland, a Polaroid feature is in the Reporter, the 30 pianos offered to Carr Mill Derby and Joan Club and there's criticism of the Catholic church's response to alcoholism.
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Stylophone summary

FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK (30th NOV. - 6th DEC. 1970)

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories include calls for tougher sentences for those who attack bar staff, the new gipsy site off Dobsons Lane nears completion, a Christmas gifts feature is in the Reporter, complaints about private sessions at Boundary Road baths, a planned rent rise for council house tenants, a new pay deal for Pilkington workers and the Billinge girl who posted a letter to the States bearing a Toytown stamp.
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Poachers summary

FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK (23rd - 29th NOVEMBER 1970)

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories include complaints about rats in Rainford, the calamity kid from Parr suffers yet another accident, the high-flying Carr Mill schoolkids return from their class in the sky, Saints play Leigh in the Lancashire Cup Final, Blaster Bates is back in town demolishing a chimney at a Ravenhead brickworks, Carr Mill Motors free car wash and there is a feature on Barclaycard in the St Helens Reporter.
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Crank School St Helens summary

FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK (16th - 22nd NOVEMBER 1970)

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories include a Carr Mill geography lesson from the air, the Clock Face boy who thought school dinners were rotten, a night-time raid on Ben Brooks' sports shop, why a huge hole that appeared on a Parr housing estate was being blamed on the 1926 miners strike and the Thatto Heath couple celebrating their diamond wedding anniversary who said their recipe for wedded bliss was to have a good row.
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Victoria Park St Helens summary

FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK (9th - 15th NOVEMBER 1970)

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories include a call for St Helens park rangers to be armed with dogs to deal with troublesome skinheads, the Liverpool Road builders' lock out, the ten-year-old boy accused of setting fire to Krazy Kuts in Eccleston Road, the Bickerstaffe Street bus stop victory, a warning over Billinge Hill and the Sutton youths that smashed a stained glass window at St Nicholas Church are brought to book.
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St Marks and Oxleys St Helens summary

FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK (2nd - 8th NOVEMBER 1970)

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories include the Sutton gipsies that threatened an invasion of St Helens town centre, Father Christmas arrives in style at Oxleys department store in Claughton Street, concern over undesirable elements arriving in Billinge, there's a big boost for the Theatre Royal, the days when Wild Woodbine cigarettes cost just four a penny and criticism of the pace of the slum clearance scheme in St Helens.
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Bull and Dog St Helens summary

FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK (26th OCT. - 1 NOV. 1970)

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's stories include a fire at a Rainhill supermarket that had probably been caused by fireworks, a claim that sacked Pilkington workers had been blacklisted, concern over the safety of Billinge Hill, a ladies only night at the Bull and Dog, a 'Wedding Bells and Beautiful Brides' feature is in the Reporter and the first female rugby league team in St Helens is formed, as well as two new Sutton youth clubs.
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St Helens Town Hall summary

FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK (19th - 25th OCTOBER 1970)

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories include a sit-down strike by workers at St Helens Town Hall, there are complaints of jerry building on the new Sutton Manor estates, the Moss Bank girl who ate cream buns in order to get into the army, there's a discussion in the Reporter on whether "dolly bird" wives lived longer and why Rainhill Hospital was searching for kind-hearted landladies to take discharged long-term patients.
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Windle Hall summary

FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK (12th - 18th OCTOBER 1970)

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's stories include the plague of giant rats in Silkstone Street, the Rothery Radio strike, the revolutionary Rainford bus fare scheme, Lady Pilkington receives a threatening phone call, the Moss Bank tunnel road, the Eccleston women calling for ladies-only bars, criticism of plans to close Cowley Hill Maternity Hospital and the Pilkington protest march against job losses that resulted in more sackings.
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Joe Murphy summary

FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK (5th - 11th OCTOBER 1970)

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's stories include the strange case of the Church Street safe dumped at Eccleston Mere, claims that Sidac and Leathers Chemicals had conned the town, councillors argue over the sale of council houses, Corporation sewage workers go on strike, a campaign for the creation of ladies only rooms within St Helens pubs and the lads at the Coal Board's training centre in Haydock who were made to wear hairnets.
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