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.
Church Street, St Helens summary

IOO YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 1 - 7 SEPTEMBER 1925

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories from a century ago include the Croppers Hill collision between a pop wagon and a car, the confusing female fight that took place in Bold Street, the artificial silk works that was coming to Sutton, the curious Parr prosecution for sitting on a doorstep, the prisoner taken to the police lock-up in a handcart and the furious Church Street fight in which around thirty spectators had formed a ring.
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Tontine Street St Helens summary

IOO YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 25 - 31 AUGUST 1925

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's stories from a century ago include the sound of a noisy motorbike in Dentons Green that was called evil, why strings of motor-coaches were parked around St Anne's Church in Sutton, the apple stealing from the grounds of Rainhill Asylum, the stealing of planks of wood from the United Alkali Company, the dangerous dog from Park Road biting passers-by and the police's Marshalls Cross motor trap.
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Woodcock Street St Helens summary

IOO YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 18 - 24 AUGUST 1925

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories from a century ago include the father that severely thrashed his son for staying out late at Parr Fair, the Berry's Lane tragedy in which a toddler is suffocated in his cot, the shindy in Pudding Bag between an engine driver and a wife, the hair-raising adventure that took place in Jockeys Brow, the maintenance order defaulters and the wandering horse that went strolling towards the Nag's Head.
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Liverpool Road, St Helens summary

IOO YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 11 - 17 AUGUST 1925

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's stories include the supposedly weak man who indecently assaulted a 13-year-old Sutton Manor girl, the cabbage stealing at Portico, the drunk arrested in Liverpool Road who accused the police of rough treatment, the shabbily-dressed cripple who caused trouble at the White Hart, the grave offence committed against a daughter and the Earlestown charabanc driver who played road games with a newspaper boss.
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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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