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.
St Helens Pals

IOO YEARS AGO THIS WEEK (10th - 16th June 1919)

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's stories include the Rainhill bigamist who wrongly predicted his prison sentence, the Parr bowling green wastrel, the homecoming of the St Helens Pals, a swimming tragedy at Marshalls Cross, a description of the new Parish Church, the reformed St Helens Glee Club, the Punch and Judy professors, the Queen's Park Carnival and the lads from Parr who were gambling with cards on a Sunday to pass the time away.
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St Nicholas Church

IOO YEARS AGO THIS WEEK (3rd - 9th June 1919)

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's stories from a century ago include the leading St Helens civilian pilot that pioneered flights to Blackpool, the cruel beating of a horse in Knowsley Park, the Silkstone Street gambling school, the "drunk" teetotaller in Cooper Street, street betting for Derby Day in Foundry Street, the Lowe Street squabble, the housing crisis in the town and an Oxford Street housekeeper's fall from the path of honesty.
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Griffin Inn Eccleston

IOO YEARS AGO THIS WEEK (27th May - 2 June 1919)

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's stories include Cowley Sports Day, the young Parr miners who smoked down the pit, a broken ex-soldier from Sutton demands justice, Providence Hospital's record-breaking Rose Day, the gassed Leonard Street soldier who came home to die, the Eccleston Street brickie who killed himself after thrashing his daughter and the "very nasty" Vincent Street man who knocked about with women of doubtful character.
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Merton Bank Road

IOO YEARS AGO THIS WEEK (20th - 26th May 1919)

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's stories include the Scottish piper that gathered alms in Fenton Street, the disturbed ex-soldier from Merton Bank, a child scalding tragedy in Haydock, criticism of plans for German guns to be put on show in Rainford, the banning of Sunday funerals, Providence Hospital's 'Rose Day', Frederick's ice cream for a "little chick", two mining inquests and there is good news for music lovers in St Helens' parks.
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St Helens Ladies

IOO YEARS AGO THIS WEEK (13th - 19th May 1919)

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's stories include the lions at the Lowe House Carnival that were made to go through "terrifying evolutions", the Thatto Heath boys that played pitch and toss with an unemployed labourer, the former soldier who wore a filthy uniform in Church Street, the Whiston boys who played with fire, St Helens Corporation's expensive use of horses and the Cooper Street parent who complained about the prosecution of boys.
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Henry Bates James Crooks

IOO YEARS AGO THIS WEEK (6th - 12th May 1919)

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's stories from a century ago include the revival of the St Helens Fresh Air Fund, Annie Murphy makes her 70th court appearance, plans for a 3-day peace celebration in St Helens, the Lowe House Carnival, 'The Sunday Fairy' children's magazine, the gift of a silver mace to the Corporation by a timber magnate and an ex-soldier from Gerards Bridge who'd been shot through the lungs is charged with wife neglect.
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Henry Bates Michael Hughes

IOO YEARS AGO THIS WEEK (29th April - 5th May 1919)

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's stories include the Thatto Heath fire that gutted a house, the St Helens boy burglars are back in court, there is an extraordinary court battle between the Mayor and Colonel Hughes of Sherdley Hall, the Bell Lane landlady learns an expensive lesson, the railway trespassers near Lea Green, the Morley Street freak chicken, the Sutton bread man's court case and history is made at St Anne's Church in Sutton.
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St Helens Parish Church

IOO YEARS AGO THIS WEEK (22nd - 28th April 1919)

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's stories include a complaint of Bolshevism in St Helens, more on the Lyon Street rape allegation, the football nuisance and rowdyism in Taylor Park, a Milton Street miner is accused of GBH in the Green Dragon in Sutton Manor, a family fight in Park Road, the Frederick ice cream family return to court, plans to rebuild the fire-ravaged Parish Church and the perils of playing pitch and toss in Bronte Street.
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Old Lane Rainford

IOO YEARS AGO THIS WEEK (15th - 21st April 1919)

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's stories include the man from Thatto Heath who refused to do any work, Easter in St Helens, an allegation of rape of a married woman, why St Helens' councillors chose not to raise the school leaving age, a proposal to ban funerals on Sundays, a 15-year-old bread delivery girl has a tragic accident, good news for Moss Nook residents and why there had been a big improvement in school attendance in the town.
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Sherdley Colliery

IOO YEARS AGO THIS WEEK (8th - 14th April 1919)

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's stories include the boys who dived down a fanlight to steal from a Park Road shop, the Sutton Manor miner's victim who lost his memory, Sherdley Colliery coal thefts, the many child deaths in St Helens, the Prescot naval deserter bicycle thief, boys in trouble for playing football in the street and obstructing the footpath, Easter adverts in the St Helens Reporter and the Ravenhead Boys Hostel shop thieves.
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John Davies VC

IOO YEARS AGO THIS WEEK (1st - 7th April 1919)

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories include a concert in aid of the Clog and Stocking Fund, the St Helens child molester on Runcorn Hill, the three men "intercepting" young women in Church Street, there's a big rise in the rates, the port drinker causing trouble in North Road, John Davies from Peasley Cross receives his VC, the music hall acts at the Hippodrome and there's a large increase in the number of unemployed in the town.
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