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.
Victoria Park, St Helens summary

IOO YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 14 - 20 JULY 1925

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories include the man who told a provable lie in St Helens Police Court, the silly squabble that took place in Phythian Street, the Bentinck Street man who threw his wife and kids out of their home, updates on developments in St Helens parks, the man sent to prison for sitting in Victoria Square and why St Helens being one of the youngest towns in the country was not necessarily a good thing.
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King George V summary

IOO YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 7 - 13 JULY 1925

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories from a century ago include the Blackbrook canal tragedy that took the life of a little boy, the dog fight in Gaskell Street that led to disorder taking place, the disabled man who was warned by magistrates to keep away from drink, the game of cricket that led to an assault and the female fight in Elliot Street in which a woman claimed that a huge amount of her hair had been yanked off her head.
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St Helens fire brigade summary

IOO YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 30 JUNE - 6 JULY 1925

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's stories from a century ago include the major farm fire that struck Rainford, the Waterloo Street fumigation that was mistaken for a fire, the lodging house keeper prosecuted for breaching the Aliens order, the water problem in high districts like Hard Lane, the Church Street jeweller who sold ammunition for converted toy guns and half of the town's 20,000 schoolchildren are judged not to be completely healthy.
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Fleece Hotel summary

IOO YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 23 - 29 JUNE 1925

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories from a century ago include the Gerards Bridge miner who did not want to pay his wife's debts, the mile-long police chase after youthful card players, the youths brought to book for throwing stones at rooks in Victoria Park, the infant children's charming portrayal of Rumplestiltskin at Lowe House and the miner who told a court that his separated wife could not get blood out of a stone.
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Charabanc, St Helens summary

IOO YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 16 - 22 JUNE 1925

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories from a century ago include the dangerous Taylor Park paddling pool that was eight-feet deep, the man that brazenly fired a gun outside a police station, the spectacles that were stolen from Woolworths shop in Church Street, the charabanc passengers that were chucking bottles onto Rainford's roads and St Helens visitors to Blackpool are warned not to play monkey tricks with the Tower tiger.
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Taylor Park, St Helens summary

IOO YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 9 - 15 JUNE 1925

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories from a century ago include 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, 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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