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.
Peasley Cross bridge summary

IOO YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 11 - 17 DECEMBER 1923

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories include the Mayor of St Helens' plans for another Christmas party for the children of the unemployed, the Lea Green Colliery pit accident that was caused by an engine winder turning a lever the wrong way, the Peasley Cross bridge shower bath, more on the housing crisis in St Helens, the British Legion Club's lottery prosecution and the New Year's Day breakfasts for the poor children of St Helens.
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Charlie Chaplin The Kid summary

IOO YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 4 - 10 DECEMBER 1923

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories from a century ago include more details of the brutal iron bar attack on a mother and daughter in Sutton, a woman stands for the first time in a General Election in St Helens, the raving madman that smashed up his home but was leniently treated in court, the mystery female artiste performing at the Hippodrome and the woman car driver who was praised for her skill in preventing an accident.
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Ryalls and Jones St Helens summary

IOO YEARS AGO THIS WEEK (27 NOV - 3 DEC 1923)

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's stories include the poachers terrifying farmers in Eccleston, the Merton Bank widow's life insurance theft, the plan to rebuild the Sefton Arms to give road users more room gets the green light, the St Helens Parish Church Men's Bible Class anniversary, the lorry driven at very high speed at Eccleston Lane Ends and the unlucky hawker who picked the house of a policeman to flog lino without a licence.
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Universal Bazaar St Helens summary

IOO YEARS AGO THIS WEEK (20 - 26 NOVEMBER 1923)

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories from a century ago include the heartless character who travelled the world leaving his family destitute, the illegal betting in Sutton Library, the story of the Russian Pole and the pawned watch, the exhausted horse in Park Road pulling a four-wheeled caravan, the illegal playing of a tin whistle on the streets of St Helens and Father Xmas comes to St Helens to marry Old Mother Hubbard.
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Scholes Hall summary

IOO YEARS AGO THIS WEEK (13 - 19 NOVEMBER 1923)

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories include the boy's death in the Kimmicks off Borough Road, the sale of Scholes Hall in Thatto Heath, the pickpocket commotion at the City Road ground, the unlicensed treacle seller in Park Road, the debate over evening council meetings, the policemen that went undercover at the Gamble Institute to nab a sweets thief and permission is granted to build twenty more council houses at Windlehurst.
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Harold Lloyd summary

IOO YEARS AGO THIS WEEK (6 - 12 NOVEMBER 1923)

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's stories from a century ago include the men that were sent to prison for sleeping in a brick kiln, a wholesale St Helens shop-breaker is brought to book, there's criticism of the delayed train service between St Helens and Liverpool, the film dubbed the greatest ever comedy is shown at the Hippodrome and the Gerards Bridge man who was given twenty-seven years to pay off his debt to his separated wife.
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Trolley bus summary

IOO YEARS AGO THIS WEEK (30 OCT - 5 NOV 1923)

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's stories include the shocking assault with an iron bar on two Sutton women, the annual St Helens council elections take place, trolley buses are considered for the town, the St Helens Caledonian Society celebrates Halloween, the man who threw a brick at a yapping dog in Parr, the Langtree Street man that struck his wife with a poker and the harsh sentence for uttering a counterfeit bank note in Prescot.
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Ashtons Green colliery summary

IOO YEARS AGO THIS WEEK (23 - 29 OCTOBER 1923)

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories include the man who was charged with uttering a counterfeit bank note, the planned demolition and rebuilding of the Sefton Arms, the tragedy of a Stanhope Street repossession case, the repeat offender practically born in Whiston workhouse, the young man accused of making a living by stealing coal and the magistrates offer to treat a thief leniently if he agreed to go and work down the pit.
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Robins Lane St Helens summary

IOO YEARS AGO THIS WEEK (16 - 22 OCTOBER 1923)

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories include Rainford's deadly delph pool that had taken the lives of several children, the drunken miner in Robins Lane who told a policeman to drop dead, a review of the Health Week in St Helens, the cheap train tickets to watch Man Utd and City play football, the Doulton Street dole cheat who was given a harsh sentence and the man fined for singing in Peasley Cross at the top of his voice.
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Clock Face Colliery bike shed St Helens summary

IOO YEARS AGO THIS WEEK (9 - 15 OCTOBER 1923)

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's stories include the cheeky bike thief who traded up his machine at Boundary Road Baths, the woman involved in a gambling house in Sutton that wanted to go to prison, Cholerton's wireless sale in Bridge Street, the made-to-measure corsets in North Road, a change in the law leads to a big increase in evictions of tenants, the fear of a Beecham's blaze and the sawing of a woman in half.
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Health Week St Helens summary

IOO YEARS AGO THIS WEEK (2 - 8 OCTOBER 1923)

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories include the Woodbine-smoking incorrigible eight-year-old boy who was told by a magistrate that he deserved to be beaten several times a week, the betting house run by two sisters in Thatto Heath, St Helens housewives are given advice to keep their homes clean, the proposed new reservoir to relieve a severe water famine in St Helens and the ex-soldier found in Cooper Street drunk on meths.
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