St Helens History This Week

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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.
Church Street summary

IOO YEARS AGO THIS WEEK (1st - 7th JUNE 1920)

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories include the bigamist of Park Road who liked to marry women called Caroline, the scandal of flooding at Sutton Moss, the policeman who was criticised for not putting "the snaps" on his prisoner, the five boys that stole £10 worth of silver from the Co-op, the man having a fit in Church Street who'd supped fifteen pints and the sixteen-year-old boy who slashed his throat after losing his job.
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Savoy summary

IOO YEARS AGO THIS WEEK (25th - 31st MAY 1920)

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories include the worst thunderstorm in the history of St Helens, details of the new Savoy Super-Cinema in Bridge Street are announced, the police "pounce" on obscene postcards in a Liverpool Road shop, there's a shock for the committee at Saints' annual meeting, a double tragedy takes place at Bold Colliery and George Formby performs at the Hippodrome Theatre – and there's also a goat on stage!
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Mitchells Fair summary

IOO YEARS AGO THIS WEEK (18th - 24th MAY 1920)

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories include a case of wife swapping in St Helens, the great Whit Monday motorcycle exodus from the town, there's a case of bigamy in Water Street, the axing of four St Helens pubs, bathing is permitted in Taylor Park lake, there's a worrying increase in the number of assaults on St Helens police, the heroic Thatto Heath newsagent and barrel organs are permitted to play again at town fun fairs.
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Jeffersons summary

IOO YEARS AGO THIS WEEK (11th - 17th MAY 1920)

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's stories include the man who said he was "done up" in a Parr pawnbrokers, the troubled building trade in St Helens, the new cinema for Rainford, the Haresfinch horse that was beaten by a man using a heavy stick, the charabanc trade in St Helens, the Sutton Manor ruckus over a drunken carter, an update on dealing with the rat plague in St Helens and the banning of children from potato picking in Rainford.
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Cowley Schools summary

IOO YEARS AGO THIS WEEK (4th - 10th MAY 1920)

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's stories from a century ago include the drunken man found ringing wet carrying a revolver in Traverse Street, St Helens Corporation moves into the bus business, there are court cases concerning street betting in Peasley Cross and Church Street, the controversial plans to enlarge Cowley Boys School, a house possession case in Bold and the excitable Irishman in Sutton who punched his former friend.
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Albert Street summary

IOO YEARS AGO THIS WEEK (27th APRIL - 3rd MAY 1920)

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's stories include the St Helens policeman who had sex on duty, the Albert Street man who threw his family out on to the street in pouring rain, the fiery Dr O’Keefe threatens the St Helens MP, a claim of bigamy in Watery Lane, the boys who tricked a Boundary Road fruiterer, improvements to the Oxford cinema are proposed and women are set to join St Helens Hospital's management committee for the first time.
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Taylor Park Lake summary

IOO YEARS AGO THIS WEEK (20th - 26th APRIL 1920)

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's stories include the Langtree Street woman who said she had "the life of a dog" with her husband, the lodger that refused to quit his Stanhope Street home, St Helens police receive praise from a prisoner, there's deadlock with the Windlehurst council house scheme, the Thatto Heath newsagent prosecuted for running a lottery and the Earlestown man charged with endangering Ashtons Green Colliery in Parr.
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Liverpool Street summary

IOO YEARS AGO THIS WEEK (13th - 19th APRIL 1920)

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories include the City Road woman who got a rare divorce from her abusive husband, the depravity of an unhinged Fleet Lane coal miner, chaos as Rainford Council chooses a new Chairman, the drunken woman from Liverpool Street who was taken to the police station in a handcart, a fracas takes place between two supporters at a Saints match and the sad suicide of a former soldier in Rainhill Asylum.
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Town Hall fire summary

IOO YEARS AGO THIS WEEK (6th - 12th APRIL 1920)

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's stories from a century ago include the death of the hero of the Town Hall fire, the Irish woman who wanted a revolution to take place at Fingerpost, plans for a big expansion of the electricity network in St Helens, the woman who died after returning to work at a Ravenhead brickworks, Pilkingtons plan to build a glass factory near Doncaster and the man found sleeping in the Post Office in Church Street.
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St Aidans summary

IOO YEARS AGO THIS WEEK (30th MARCH - 5th APRIL 1920)

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's stories include the two one-legged soldiers that got into trouble with the police, the alcoholic that fell off the wagon in Brynn Street, a "riotous scene" takes place in Peckers Hill Road, the first services for a new church in Sutton Manor are held, a boy is killed by a taxi in Park Road, the man who died from a wrenched knee and women are allowed to join St Helens Conservative Club in Hall Street.
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Grange Road Haydock summary

IOO YEARS AGO THIS WEEK (23rd - 29th MARCH 1920)

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's stories include the Saturday night knife attack in a Salisbury Street lodging house, the woman who stole a child's dress a year earlier from a draper's shop in Higher Parr Street, why Haydock had a happy council, the Rainhill house eviction by the wealthy Stapleton-Bretherton, the man fined for leaving his car outside a café, more on the town's war on rats and the popularity of billiards in St Helens.
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