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.
Telephone call charges Summary

IOO YEARS AGO THIS WEEK (29th MARCH - 4th APRIL 1921)

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's stories include the gross act of indecency committed by two men in St Helens Market, extraordinary claims are made of third degree treatment of children at Sutton Police Station, a baby is abandoned in Thatto Heath, the start of a devastating coal strike, St Helens Ladies play another charity game in a packed ground in Dudley and the rising cost of making a telephone call in the Merseyside district.
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Taylor Park St Helens

IOO YEARS AGO THIS WEEK (22nd - 28th MARCH 1921)

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories include a reprise for the wandering hens of St Helens, the boy robbers of Taylor Park, a housing surprise in Rainford, the St Helens domestic servant who was in trouble in Southport, the illegal lottery at St Helens Recs rugby ground, comic George Carney performs at the Hippodrome, why the Oxford Cinema in Duke Street wanted an organist and criticism of the switch to British Summertime.
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Knowsley Hall Summary

IOO YEARS AGO THIS WEEK (15th - 21st MARCH 1921)

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's stories include the King and Queen's arrival at Knowsley Hall in order to visit the Grand National, a controversial new St Helens Transport Bill is considered in Parliament, a Rainhill referee gets a surprise appointment at the FA Cup Final, the mother brought to book in Prescot for hitting a headmaster and Beecham's advertising campaign that encouraged consumers to pop their pills to ward off illness.
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Canal Vaults Summary

IOO YEARS AGO THIS WEEK (8th - 14th MARCH 1921)

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories include the shell-shocked ex-soldier who stole from a St Helens grocery boss, the Canal Vaults licensee who was said to be in a very queer state, the St Helens newsagents who were accused of carrying too many fireworks, the children's fancy dress ball at the Town Hall, more deaths down coal mines and the fruit man in the market who told police he wanted to be all my darling with them.
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Monastery Dam Summary

IOO YEARS AGO THIS WEEK (1st - 7th MARCH 1921)

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories include the man who stole £190 from a St Helens grocery boss, a sad suicide after a man loses his job at Sutton Manor Colliery, the critical housing shortage causes problems for a retired Brynn Street bobby, Saints make their players undertake compulsory fitness training, Beecham's promote their pills as preventatives of illness and the Haydock miner who died because of his loose shirt.
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Herbert Mundin Summary

IOO YEARS AGO THIS WEEK (22nd - 28th FEBRUARY 1921)

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's stories from a century ago include the man who conned a Peter Street landlady into believing he was a policeman, the prospect of playing golf on Sundays at Grange Park Golf Club, the death of a veteran Sutton train driver who lost an arm while on duty, the comedian Herbert Mundin returns to his home town to appear at the Hippodrome music hall and the IRA's plans to target Merseyside are discovered.
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Tram Summary

IOO YEARS AGO THIS WEEK (15th - 21st FEBRUARY 1921)

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's stories include the tram driver blinded at Haydock by a miner acting like a madman, an heroic attempt at rescue during a tragic Bold Colliery accident, the Shakespearean performances at the Theatre Royal, the emaciated boy admitted to Prescot Infirmary, St Helens Ladies come up against the goal machine Lily Parr and the St Helens MP James Sexton tells the Commons about his youthful days as a tramp.
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Marshalls Cross Bridge Summary

IOO YEARS AGO THIS WEEK (8th - 14th FEBRUARY 1921)

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's stories include the smoky steam-powered lorry creating a nuisance at Eccleston Lane Ends, the boys that were tramping for work at Pilkingtons, the St Helens' clubs that were accused of being drinking and gambling dens, the death of a brakesman uncoupling coal wagons at Sutton Manor Colliery and the elderly lady who stepped out in front of a motor bus as the vehicle arrived at Marshalls Cross Bridge.
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Rainford CE School St Helens

IOO YEARS AGO THIS WEEK (1st - 7th FEBRUARY 1921)

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's stories from a century ago include the councillor who wanted children in St Helens to be taught peace in school, the longstanding Rainford headmaster who began teaching for threepence a week, convictions for drunkenness in St Helens almost double, the fishy Bridge Street sausage case and the remarkable claim that a woman thief from Chancery Lane in Parr made against her Polish father-in-law.
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St Helens Corporation tram summary

IOO YEARS AGO THIS WEEK (25th - 31st JANUARY 1921)

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories from a century ago include the violent assaults on tram conductors in Haydock that were causing problems with recruitment, the Parr brass band contest that led to an entertainment tax prosecution, it's panto time at the Theatre Royal and the Hippodrome, a most cowardly act with an iron bar takes place outside Pilkingtons and the ex-soldier's fury over women taking men's jobs in factories.
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Georges Carpentier summary

IOO YEARS AGO THIS WEEK (18th - 24th JANUARY 1921)

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories include the Ormskirk Street shop fraudster, the death of a Pilkington boss through a broken leg, a trade slump heralds hard times for St Helens' workers, Sir Thomas Beecham's brother is charged with manslaughter, a drunk performs a war dance on Prescot Road and the man from Prescot whose body lay in the Mersey for two months. And a bonus article on the invention of the helicopter.
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