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.
Sefton Place summary

IOO YEARS AGO THIS WEEK (21st - 27th NOVEMBER 1922)

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories include the child molester at the Co-op cinema, the harsh sentences that were imposed on boy thieves, the Sefton Place horse that decided to go walkabout, the dedication of Christ Church Eccleston's unusual war memorial, plans for a special cross in St Helens Cemetery and the hawker in Worsley Brow giving rubbing stone for jam jars who could not read that his trading licence had expired.
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Duke Street summary

IOO YEARS AGO THIS WEEK (14th - 20th NOVEMBER 1922)

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories from a century ago include the General Election that was held in St Helens, the drunken ex-soldiers that went on the razzle in Prescot, a robbery at a Duke Street jewellers, Oxleys Christmas grotto themed on Little Red Riding Hood opens for business, how a missing Sutton Manor mining hammer led to a punch in the head and the Fingerpost man that liked to stay out boozing until the early hours.
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Mount Street summary

IOO YEARS AGO THIS WEEK (7th - 13th NOVEMBER 1922)

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's stories include the child wearing a flammable petticoat that burned to death, the violent gin scene in the Nag's Head, the commemoration of Remembrance Day in St Helens, a war memorial is unveiled at the Park Road Baptist Chapel, the Tory election candidate that infuriated cinema proprietors and the man with 13 children who told the magistrates "I think I ought to know whether I am married or not".
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Arthur Ellerington summary

IOO YEARS AGO THIS WEEK (31st OCT. - 6th NOV. 1922)

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's stories include the harsh sentence on the runaway husband, the plans to cut the wages of Town Hall officials, the noisy woman who accused the Chief Constable of St Helens of seeking another stripe, the controversial reduction in relief payments for the poor, the black sheep of the family that burgled Swire's decorating shop and the Liverpool Road whistle-blower that was rewarded with a walking stick.
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Griffins St Helens summary

IOO YEARS AGO THIS WEEK (24th - 30th OCTOBER 1922)

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's stories include the fierce fire that caused extensive destruction in Hoghton Road, the new scheme to solve the endemic flooding in parts of Sutton, the Bold Heath search party that went on the trail of a violent tramp, the Pudding Bag thief that blamed short-term working for his thieving and the two-year-old Brynn Street boy who died after falling down the stairs as a result of wearing a very long shirt.
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YMCA St Helens summary

IOO YEARS AGO THIS WEEK (17th - 23rd OCTOBER 1922)

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories include the Dentons Green desertion case, a mysterious death of a worker down Lea Green Colliery, a baby's body is found floating in the St Helens / Sankey Canal, the severe housing crisis in St Helens, war memorials are unveiled in Peasley Cross Conservative Club and Grange Park Golf Club and George Formby performs at the Hippodrome Music Hall and Gracie Fields plays the Theatre Royal.
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Motorbike riding St Helens summary

IOO YEARS AGO THIS WEEK (10th - 16th OCTOBER 1922)

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's stories include the controversial penny dip prosecution of Oxley's, the Milton Street man who attempted to gas himself returns to court, the alien shoplifter from Parr, a church minister's tribute to the preventive powers of Angier's Emulsion, the grudging compensation paid to a burnt chemical worker and the woman who sought damages after being knocked down after crossing Queens Road without looking.
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Sutton National summary

IOO YEARS AGO THIS WEEK (3rd - 9th OCTOBER 1922)

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's stories include the terrifying experience at Lea Green Colliery as new technology saves thirty-two lives, the illegal Sutton Manor suicide attempt, the serious overcrowding of homes in St Helens, the council protests over new Government curbs on feeding poor schoolchildren, the cost of buying the chassis of a Rolls Royce car and there's good news for St Helens tram users as fares are set to come down.
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Beechams summary

IOO YEARS AGO THIS WEEK (26th SEPT. - 2nd OCT. 1922)

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's stories include a child's sudden death at an industrial school for girls in Blackbrook, the bagpipe-playing Scotsman unlawfully wearing the uniform of the Black Watch, the revolting domestic conditions in a Waterloo Street marital dispute, the first Labour Party mayor is elected in St Helens, the retirement of Beecham's coachman and Annie Murphy is sent to prison for simply sitting on a seat in Prescot Road.
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Clock Face Colliery summary

IOO YEARS AGO THIS WEEK (19th - 25th SEPTEMBER 1922)

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's stories from a century ago include the mother and daughter con artists with bogus bank books, a serious accident in the building of a Prescot cinema, an improvement in the St Helens economy, the mysterious death of a Clock Face Colliery worker, the debate on the exact location in Victoria Square of the proposed war memorial and the unemployed accused of hogging the old men's hut in Queens Park.
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Edith Hughes summary

IOO YEARS AGO THIS WEEK (12th - 18th SEPTEMBER 1922)

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories include the opening of the first car park in St Helens, the donkeyman in court for exposing his donkeys for hire in the street, the death of Edith Hughes of Sherdley Hall, another unemployed man commits suicide in the Ravenhead Dam, the profitable betting house in Lee Street, the pitman that fell down the shaft at Sherdley Colliery and the pinching of St Helens Corporation water by steam lorries.
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