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.
Taylor Park, St Helens summary

IOO YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 9 - 15 JUNE 1925

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories include the thefts from Alf Critchley's kipper stall, the death of a famous Rainford racing cyclist in a motorbike accident, the reduced tram ride rate for children when visiting St Helens' parks during the holidays, concern over the high death toll on the roads, how bad language in the streets was going to be curbed, the mischievous Pilks' boys that were given another chance and the Pitt Street wife whose husband gave her just 7s 6d a week to keep their family on.
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Victoria Park, St Helens summary

IOO YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 2 - 8 JUNE 1925

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories from a century ago include the man that threw a seventeen-year-old girl to the ground and molested her, a report on the Whit weekend festivities that had taken place in St Helens, there's slow progress in providing playing fields for St Helens children, the consternation over exaggerated rumours of coal mine closures and Stop Press – a rare rabbit is spotted scurrying round Victoria Park!
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Fleece Hotel, St Helens summary

IOO YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 26 MAY - 1 JUNE 1925

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories include the clean milk demonstration at the Fleece Hotel in Church Street, how Empire Day was celebrated in St Helens Town Hall, the Haydock furniture dispute, the drunken lodger of Ramford Street, the Whist Drive and Dance in aid of the new West Park Catholic Grammar School and the mock repentance of the person dubbed the most violent and wickedest woman a policeman had known.
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St Helens police summary

IOO YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 19 - 25 MAY 1925

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories from a century ago include the stone throwing by youths that took place in Victoria Park, the St Helens May horse parade and May Queen crowning take place, there's an update on the Liverpool Road stabbing case, the annual inspection of St Helens Police takes place, the loss-making Saints are back in the black and the toy guns on sale in Duke Street in St Helens that were capable of firing bullets.
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Clock Face Colliery summary

IOO YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 12 - 18 MAY 1925

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories include how the Scala Cinema manager's generous deed towards Sacred Heart Church backfired, a sad suicide takes place in St Helens Canal, the court victory for a Thatto Heath mineworker, the story of the Gerards Bridge linnet who told a court he was a mental case and the man that stabbed his girlfriend in Liverpool Road but claimed he had been cutting tobacco and his hand had slipped.
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Clock Face Colliery band summary

IOO YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 5 - 11 MAY 1925

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's stories from a century ago include the Holy Cross Church's May Queen ceremony in Corporation Street, the illegal football playing near Knowsley Road, the capture of the furniture polish fraudster, Pimple the second most popular film comic after Chaplin performs at the Hippodrome and the pitch and toss player who swore he had never tossed a coin in St Helens despite having had two previous convictions.
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Sutton Monastery summary

IOO YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 28 APRIL - 4 MAY 1925

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories from a century ago include the Eccleston Park dog that was bought by mail order, the adulterated milk that was found at Shaw Street Station, the genesis of Hamblett School is discussed, inquests are held into two unusual deaths, a priest from Sutton Monastery delivers a damning talk at the Hippodrome on morality and the vulnerable man in court who in court was labelled a wastrel and driftwood.
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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 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 Grafton Street woman that had more than one hundred descendants, the near-miss between a 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 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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