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.
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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Horse parade, St Helens summary

IOO YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 27 MAY - 2 JUNE 1924

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories include more details of the man that hid under a music teacher's bed in Kiln Lane, the annual St Helens Horse Show is held, the contest to win tickets to visit the British Empire Exhibition in London, two more deaths take place in the Sankey Canal, the Theatre Royal's orchestra go on strike and the patriotic Empire Day and Children's Loyalty League celebrations that took place in St Helens.
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Lea Green Colliery, St Helens summary

IOO YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 20 - 26 MAY 1924

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories include the burglar who was discovered hiding under a Kiln Lane bed, two lino conmen are brought to book, the rescued kitten that had been trapped down an old shaft, the wooden huts that served as shops in Carr Mill, Providence Hospital's annual Flower Day, the annoyance of threepenny bits in church collections and why the keep off the grass signs in Queen's Park were considered useless.
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Sacred Heart Church, St Helens summary

IOO YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 13 - 19 MAY 1924

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories include Lady Baden Powell's visit to St Helens to attend a rally of girl guides, the two parishioners that came to blows outside Sacred Heart church, Samson the strongest man in the world comes to town, the motorcycle and sidecar crash that took place in Rainford, the stone-throwing lads of Hard Lane and the lazy husband who would not work and was asked in court if his back wouldn't bend!
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Lowe House foundation stone, St Helens summary

IOO YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 6 - 12 MAY 1924

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories include the laying of the foundation stone for the new Lowe House Church, the brave rescue of a toddler from a Sutton reservoir, the man reported as having escaped from Rainhill Lunatic Asylum, plans for the new parish church are announced, the innovative fancy dress event in Haydock and the proposals for the installation of receptacles on St Helens' streets for the depositing of litter.
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