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.
St Helens Parish Church

IOO YEARS AGO THIS WEEK (22nd - 28th April 1919)

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's stories include a complaint of Bolshevism in St Helens, more on the Lyon Street rape allegation, the football nuisance and rowdyism in Taylor Park, a Milton Street miner is accused of GBH in the Green Dragon in Sutton Manor, a family fight in Park Road, the Frederick ice cream family return to court, plans to rebuild the fire-ravaged Parish Church and the perils of playing pitch and toss in Bronte Street.
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Old Lane Rainford

IOO YEARS AGO THIS WEEK (15th - 21st April 1919)

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's stories include the man from Thatto Heath who refused to do any work, Easter in St Helens, an allegation of rape of a married woman, why St Helens' councillors chose not to raise the school leaving age, a proposal to ban funerals on Sundays, a 15-year-old bread delivery girl has a tragic accident, good news for Moss Nook residents and why there had been a big improvement in school attendance in the town.
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Sherdley Colliery

IOO YEARS AGO THIS WEEK (8th - 14th April 1919)

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's stories include the boys who dived down a fanlight to steal from a Park Road shop, the Sutton Manor miner's victim who lost his memory, Sherdley Colliery coal thefts, the many child deaths in St Helens, the Prescot naval deserter bicycle thief, boys in trouble for playing football in the street and obstructing the footpath, Easter adverts in the St Helens Reporter and the Ravenhead Boys Hostel shop thieves.
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John Davies VC

IOO YEARS AGO THIS WEEK (1st - 7th April 1919)

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories include a concert in aid of the Clog and Stocking Fund, the St Helens child molester on Runcorn Hill, the three men "intercepting" young women in Church Street, there's a big rise in the rates, the port drinker causing trouble in North Road, John Davies from Peasley Cross receives his VC, the music hall acts at the Hippodrome and there's a large increase in the number of unemployed in the town.
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