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.
Canal Vaults, St Helens summary

IOO YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 2 - 8 MARCH 1926

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories include the injured Haydock miner's failed attempt at extending his compensation payments, the many motor vehicle dealers in St Helens selling cars and motorbikes, the ex-soldier's suicide in an Eccleston lake, the solicitor's complaint about the poor facilities in St Helens Police Station, the plans for electric lamps for point duty policemen, the problematic Parr refuse tip and why it was going to be last orders at the Black Horse, The Mill Stone and the Red Rat..
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Liverpool Road, St Helens summary

IOO YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 23 FEBRUARY - 1 MARCH 1926

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories include the husband who refused to pay maintenance to his separated wife, the sibling fight that took place in Clock Face, the dissatisfied punter who reported a Sutton lottery to the police, the massed snowball tea in Thatto Heath, the retirement of the head of St Helens police's detective department and how the prospect of mining subsidence was affecting council house building plans.
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Lea Green Colliery summary

IOO YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 16 - 22 FEBRUARY 1926

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's stories include the Whiston workhouse scandal that resulted in a harsh prison sentence, the maid that was gassed in a Park Road hotel, the foolish Southport Colliery miner who switched tallies, the lorry that crashed into the Theatre Royal, the military bands that would be performing in the parks, the Thatto Heath seduction claim and the canal bargeman that sued the Co-op for knocking him off a mule.
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Sherdley Colliery, St Helens summary

IOO YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 9 - 15 FEBRUARY 1926

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories from a century ago include the Sherdley Colliery miner's death from a minor injury, the glass stoppers stolen from Nuttall's bottle works to use as marbles, the cars that were on sale in Prescot Road, the casual attitude towards explosives that led to five detonators being stolen and an appeal in the Commons to suspend the evictions of a hundred persons living near Sutton's poison gas works.
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George Groves, St Helens summary

IOO YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 2 - 8 FEBRUARY 1926

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories from a century ago include the Chief Constable's call for a first-class hotel to open in St Helens, the woman house owner who went to court because her grandchildren were driving her mad, the concert that was held in aid of the Rotary Club's Wireless For Hospitals Fund, the short-weight bread that was on sale and there's criticism of delays to the train service between St Helens and Liverpool.
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Sutton Manor Colliery summary

IOO YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 26 JAN - 1 FEB 1926

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories from a century ago include the 27 hawkers from Manchester that were summoned to appear in court, the criticism of poor lighting in Eccleston, a mother's unlawfully pawning of children's clogs, the shabbily dressed woman who was given a talking to in court after talking back to the judge and the Sutton Manor Colliery miner who was credited with giving his life for his brother after an underground roof fall.
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Sutton Poison Gas Works, St Helens summary

IOO YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 19 - 25 JANUARY 1926

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories from a century ago include the bookie's runner who was prosecuted for cheating the dole, the mayor's at home event that was held in St Helens Town Hall, the Eccleston Street warehouse fire by the Nags Head that caused great alarm, an update on the proposed new Sutton silk factory and the government's attempt to evict over 100 persons from 16 houses in Abbotsfield Road is approved by a court.
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Davies Butcher, St Helens summary

IOO YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 12 - 18 JANUARY 1926

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories from a century ago include the impending closure of the Old Whint maternity hospital in Haydock, the woman who claimed that an Eccleston builder had kissed her against her will, the parents' revolting cruelty of their children in Union Street, the pantomimes performed at the Hippodrome Theatre and the St Helens Sanitary Department's campaign to stop butchers contaminating their meat.
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Peckers Hill Road, St Helens summary

IOO YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 5 - 11 JANUARY 1926

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's stories from a century ago include the battered Westfield Street wife who was sent to prison for attempting suicide, the Nigerian men who talked about superstition at the Salvation Army Citadel, the hush money pawnbroker case in Sutton, the Duke Street temperance bar that sold women's pills, the fire engine that got stuck in a Haydock trench and the remarkable escape from death in Lea Green Colliery.
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Bowling Green Inn, St Helens

IOO YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 29 DEC 1925 - 4 JAN 1926

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories from a century ago include the New Year's Day breakfasts for 3,000 poor children in St Helens, Little Bo-Peep's real sheep that were performing at the Theatre Royal, the Bowling Green's hopeful application for a late night drinks licence, the six hundred persons that attended the Sutton old folks treat and the miner that died five years after being injured while working down Ashtons Green Colliery.
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St Helens Town Hall summary

IOO YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 22 - 28 DECEMBER 1925

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's stories include the performances of Handel's Messiah, the Christmas service that was held at the St Helens Cenotaph in Victoria Square, the children's Christmas parties that took place in Sutton and Clock Face, the 83-year-old man who pretended he was too infirm to attend court, the results of Uncle Ben's Christmas painting competition in the Reporter and Rainford Potteries fancy dress Christmas ball.
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