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.
Eccleston Parish Church, St Helens summary

IOO YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 4 - 10 AUGUST 1925

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories include the plans for the new East Lancashire Road, the August Bank Holiday field days, Black Bob causes trouble at the Salisbury Street lodging house, the bickering neighbours in Hills Moss Road in Sutton, the man who was dubbed a wastrel with a wild gleam in his eye receives hard labour, the Eccleston Church Field Day and the equilibrists that were performing at the Hippodrome Theatre.
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St Helens Parish Church summary

IOO YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 28 JULY - 3 AUGUST 1925

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories from a century ago include the car driver prosecuted for being five minutes late in producing his driving licence, the ridiculous row between neighbours and relatives in Greenbank, the father and son that attacked each other in Grant Street, the abused Higher Parr Street woman accused of using unparliamentary language and a brick from the old parish church is ceremoniously laid on the new one.
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Hardshaw Street, St Helens summary

IOO YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 21 - 27 JULY 1925

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories from a century ago include the crippled children's annual treat in Eccleston Park, the man who was punched through a George Street chip shop's window, the tale of a coat tail on a motorbike sidecar that led to a police prosecution, the woman motorist who crashed her car in Hardshaw Street and there is criticism over St Helens Council choosing not to join the Safety First Association.
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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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