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.
Victoria Park summary

IOO YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 21 - 27 APRIL 1925

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories from a century ago include the children's fancy dress carnival that was held at St Helens Town Hall, the brotherly fight over their late father's possessions, the Children's Loyalty League celebrates St George's Day, the septic poisoning death at UGB through a minor accident, the Grafton Street woman that had more than one hundred descendants, the near-miss between a Corporation tram and a wagon and overdue street signs for motorists are set to be installed in St Helens.
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St Helens Fire Brigade summary

IOO YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 14 - 20 APRIL 1925

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories from a century ago include the St Helens doctor that married an actress, the Gerards Bridge woman who claimed to have been cured by having pure blood flow through her veins, the homeless man in Church Street who'd walked to St Helens from Manchester, St Helens Fire Brigade deal with two blazes and the fatality down Southport Colliery in Parr caused by having a man in charge that was deaf.
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Ashtons Green Colliery summary

IOO YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 7 - 13 APRIL 1925

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories include the coal scavengers at Ashton's Green Colliery in Parr, the two fighting sisters-in-law from Walkers Lane, another accident takes place at suicide corner, the one-eyed cow that was maltreated in Greenfield Road, the outgoing Vicar of St Helens pays tribute to the people of the town and the woman from Oldfield Street who was placed under the clock after telling a bobby to go to hell.
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George Groves conductor summary

IOO YEARS AGO THIS WEEK THIS WEEK 31 MARCH - 6 APRIL 1925

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories from a century ago include a couple's indecent act near Rivington Road leads to a court case, the game of rugby that was being played on the streets of Cowley Hill, the attempt to fleece a cabman out of his fare, the St Helens Orchestral Society's charity fundraising, a decline in the number of Easter charabanc trips and the woman covered in blood who had been kicking up a bit of a bother.
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Roughdales, St Helens summary

IOO YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 24 - 30 MARCH 1925

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories from a century ago include the swingboat assaults that took place in Sutton, the adulteration of milk in St Helens, the shortage of bricks in a brickmaking town, the foxtrot contest held at the Hippodrome, the carrot and stick approach to defaulting maintenance payers, a public telephone is proposed for Eccleston and the father and son that were fighting on their doorstep in Lascelles Street.
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Sefton Place, St Helens summary

IOO YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 17 - 23 MARCH 1925

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories from a century ago include the new name for the dangerous suicide corner in St Helens, the motorbike that was on fire in Corporation Street, the tally fraud at Lea Green Colliery, the woman who was attempting to kick in the door of a Greenbank pub, the Ten Loonies return to perform in St Helens, the punch up in Thatto Heath and the 6-year-old boy who was severely injured by stone throwing.
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Hall Street, St Helens summary

IOO YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 10 - 16 MARCH 1925

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories include the sentimental Irish star at the Hippodrome who was a bit of a phony, the battered wife who said her husband drove her to take poison, the new Catholic Mission at Sutton Manor, the fluffy chicken in an Easter egg that choked a little girl, the fine for not sounding a horn in Boundary Road and there are signs that the flush toilet could be coming to Rainford – but not steel houses.
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Hardshaw Street, St Helens summary

IOO YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 3 - 9 MARCH 1925

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories include the cigarette thief's punishment that his mother could not help him with, the romantic bigamy case in which a man went to war and lost his girl, the Reporter criticises council meetings for being too political, the conman in Hardshaw Street that took advantage of a landlady and the man that gave a chap a "slap on the jaw" because he'd heard him make a derogatory comment about his "missus".
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Peasley Cross bridge summary

IOO YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 24 FEB - 2 MARCH 1925

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's stories include the flooding at Peasley Cross Bridge that led to two prosecutions taking place, the aliens who were in trouble in St Helens, the St Helens and District Blind Welfare Society's annual concert, two mineworkers are killed down Sherdley Colliery in Peasley Cross, disappointment with the news that the King would not be staying at Knowsley Hall, and the Cooper Street courting and card playing.
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Swing bridge summary

IOO YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 17 - 23 FEBRRUARY 1925

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories from a century ago include the Sutton boy who was playing football who went through a shop window, the plans to widen the Church Street swing bridge in St Helens, the motorbike accident in Dentons Green in which an alderman had his wall smashed up, the Pilkington boys who denied fighting in Church Street and the rejected application for a music licence for a pleasure fair in Thatto Heath.
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Fleece Hotel, St Helens summary

IOO YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 10 - 16 FEBRRUARY 1925

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories from a century ago include the hundreds queuing outside the Theatre Royal to see Shakespeare being performed, the shoals of scrap paper that were floating onto St Helens Cricket Ground, the neighbourly row in Crank, the railway trespassing in order to watch a solar eclipse, the Hall Street marriage bust up after eight months and the lorry that was using string as part of its braking system.
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