FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK (27th JULY - 2nd AUGUST 1970)
This week's many stories include outrage over plans for a gipsy camp in Burtonwood, a 3-year-old child receives forty-seven dog bites while playing in Sherdley Road, a call for St Helens' employers to hire more married women, the sad story of a College Street fish-frying range, a profile of the Salvation Army's Citadel in Milk Street and an advertising feature on the town's historic businesses is in the Reporter.