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.
Clock Face Colliery Band St Helens summary

IOO YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 12 - 18 AUGUST 1924

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories include the new-born baby that was discovered in the canal, the runaway trailer in Bridge Street that smashed into a baby's pram, the Clock Face Colliery bandsman who pawned his cornet, the comic account of a Parr coal stealer's thwarted arrest, ten more magistrates are appointed to the St Helens Bench, Tyrer's schoolboy rush and the silly neighbourly squabble in Bramwell Street in Parr.
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Prince of Wales Hotel St Helens summary

IOO YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 5 - 11 AUGUST 1924

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's stories from a century ago include the Sutton woman who was accused of murdering a baby in Southport, the boy that died after being thrown into Boundary Road baths, the band of pilgrims' impromptu late-night concert in St Helens, the huge demand for gas stoves, there's another smash at St Helens' notorious suicide corner and the remarkable coincidence when a racing tipster attempted to fool the police.
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Clock Face bike shed St Helens summary

IOO YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 29 JULY - 4 AUG 1924

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories from a century ago include the bobby that pretended to be a miner in order to catch gamblers, the family of eight that were sleeping in one bed in Prescot, the stealing by finding of a valuable engagement ring in St Helens, the Sutton Manor CE Sunday School field day and sports, the heartless husband that left his family destitute and the Parr man's craze for taking other people's bicycles.
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Hardshaw Street St Helens summary

IOO YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 22 - 28 JULY 1924

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories include the celebrations during the passing through Prescot of King George V, the strange prosecution of a tram conductor for not wearing his badge, the clouting that took place in Liverpool Road, Rainford Council discuss the meaning of pleasure, the arrested man who was kicking, rolling and scratching in Hardshaw Street and the husband who broke his wife's jaw returns to court.
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Trolley bus, St Helens summary

IOO YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 15 - 21 JULY 1924

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories from a century ago include the Parliamentary application to run trolley buses in St Helens, the delayed explosion at Sutton Heath Colliery that killed a man, the troubles of the alcoholic meths drinker in Rigby Street, the huge popularity of Boundary Road baths, the rollicking time in Albion Street and the shocking wife beating that a solicitor claimed in court was only a Saturday night tiff.
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Scala, St Helens summary

IOO YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 8 - 14 JULY 1924

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories include the dawn of the Scala Cinema in Ormskirk Street in St Helens, the open day at Sutton National Girls School, a St Helens woman saves a child from drowning at the seaside, there is a new cinema planned for Rainhill, the Sutton Parish Fete in Sherdley Park, the mothers' resistance to open-air schools and the Liverpool Street man who told a court that wives always had the last word.
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Peasley Cross, St Helens summary

IOO YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 1 - 7 JULY 1924

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories include the multi-vehicle accident in Peasley Cross that also involved a horse and cart, the young man unlucky in love charged with attempting to drown himself, how the national building workers' strike was affecting St Helens, the man considered respectable who broke his pregnant wife's jaw, the end of Griffins Pictures and why those charged with gambling offences were nonchalant about it.
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Clock Face Colliery Band,, St Helens summary

IOO YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 24 - 30 JUNE 1924

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories from a century ago include an update on the measles epidemic in St Helens, the run of car crashes that took place on one evening in the town, the inaugural Clock Face Band Contest takes place with disappointing results, the brotherly fight over a will, a bravery award for rescuing a child, the Rainford village walking day and the boy that tore off a reel of film at Thatto Heath station.
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Peasley Cross bridge, St Helens summary

IOO YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 17 - 23 JUNE 1924

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories from a century ago include the un-neighbourly fight that took place in Thatto Heath, the Sutton Manor Colliery miner who was accused of falsely claiming compensation, the frightened horse that dashed into a Liverpool Road shop, the solution to the decapitating double-decker trams in Peasley Cross and the motorbike riders that the police accused of dangerous driving in Greenfield Road.
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Sefton Place, St Helens summary

IOO YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 10 - 16 JUNE 1924

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories include the St Helens Recs star's rescue of a 6-year-old boy in Queen's Park, the tram scratching by a lorry driver at suicide corner, how a wet Whit weekend was marked in St Helens, the Windle Smithies motorbike crash, the philosophy of a Liverpool Road pugilist and the Duchess of Atholl – the woman who was against females getting the vote and then became an MP – gives a talk in St Helens.
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Motorbike sidecar, St Helens summary

IOO YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 3 - 9 JUNE 1924

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories include the young man fatally injured in Kiln Lane a week after buying his motorbike, the conman in Hamer Street who claimed to be wealthy, the bad and good news about Saints' finances, the Sutton Road betting house that claimed it was a clothing club, the funeral of the lad killed down Sherdley Colliery and the allegation of immoral behaviour in Parr that led to a mother's window smashing.
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