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 Town Hall summary

IOO YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 22 - 28 DECEMBER 1925

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's stories include the performances of Handel's Messiah, the Christmas service that was held at the St Helens Cenotaph in Victoria Square, the children's Christmas parties that took place in Sutton and Clock Face, the 83-year-old man who pretended he was too infirm to attend court, the results of Uncle Ben's Christmas painting competition in the Reporter and Rainford Potteries fancy dress Christmas ball.
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Postman Taylor Park summary

IOO YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 15 - 21 DECEMBER 1925

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories from a century ago include the Christmas Fat Cattle Show at the Fleece Hotel, the Christmas postal arrangements in St Helens, Lennon's turkeys and geese that were for sale, the dainty confectionery for Christmas cheer at the Edinburgh Café, the schools' Christmas parties and plays, Parr Temperance Band's Christmas Carnival and Beauty and the Beast is performed at the Theatre Royal.
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Poison gas works, St Helens summary

IOO YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 8 - 14 DECEMBER 1925

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories from a century ago include the War Department's plans to evict tenants from a poison gas works at Sutton, the ice skating that had been taking place on Eccleston Mere, the coal stealing from Southport Colliery in Parr, the epidemic of water pipe bursts in St Helens, the sale of work in St Mark's Church's schoolroom and the Pilkington's apprentices that were prosecuted for going on strike.
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James Sexton MP summary

IOO YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 1 - 7 DECEMBER 1925

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's stories from a century ago include the hooligans causing trouble on Eccleston Mere, the objections to the barrel organ racket in Sutton, the miner who went berserk on Liverpool Road, the complaints over the open top trams in Parr in which travellers were getting wet, the furniture fight in Crook Street and why the MP for St Helens upon arriving at an event at Sacred Heart School had to be put straight to bed.
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Hetty King summary

IOO YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 24 - 30 NOVEMBER 1925

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories include the new covered stand at Saints ground in Knowsley Road, the Ashcroft Street woman who was going to become an alien, the Thatto Heath boys that smashed up a derelict house, the Windle farmer who was fined for not making marks on a cow, the sale of work in aid of St Helens Hospital's new maternity block, the memorial service to the late Queen Mother and the gambling house in Parr.
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Peasley Cross Bridge St Helens summary

IOO YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 17 - 23 NOVEMBER 1925

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's stories from a century ago include the Sutton boy who stole money to buy a birthday present for his father, the death of Alexandra the Queen Mother who came to St Helens in 1865, the window smashing case of the drunk leading the blind, the Parr coal stealer who said she'd learnt her lesson, the Peasley Cross Bridge flooding is back on the agenda and the wireless radio set for listening to the BBC's Children's Hour.
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St Helens fire brigade summary

IOO YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 10 - 16 NOVEMBER 1925

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's stories from a century ago include the scarlet fever outbreak that was taking place in Rainford, the rent by auction of a butcher's stall in St Helens Covered Market, there's criticism of the perpetual Peasley Cross flooding, the row at a fairground in St Helens Junction, the piece of human driftwood in Parr and how the use of the telephone and motor vehicles had improved the efficiency of the St Helens Fire Brigade.
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Duke Street, St Helens summary

IOO YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 3 - 9 NOVEMBER 1925

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's stories from a century ago include the St Helens contribution to the proposed East Lancashire road, the Duke Street car dealer selling vehicles with four-wheel brakes, the St Helens Reporter puts a brave face on the council election results, the Bold Street bother between neighbours, the West End smash No No Nanette comes to St Helens and the Bickerstaffe Street woman who attacked her bedridden husband.
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Town Hall, St Helens summary

IOO YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 27 OCT - 2 NOV 1925

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's stories from a century ago include the problems of building houses in subsidence-ridden Sutton, the use of a tramcar as an old men's shelter in Taylor Park, the brutal Sutton Manor miner who struck his wife with a bar out of the gas stove, the building of 100 steel-framed houses, the man suffering from shellshock who turned his home into a betting house and the coal stealing youths from Phythian Street.
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Clock Face Colliery St Helens summary

IOO YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 20 - 26 OCTOBER 1925

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories include the Sunday bird catching in Parr, St Helens Health Week begins, the attempted hold up in the Victoria Hotel in Rainhill, the woman who was fined £50 for receiving bets, the funeral of Councillor Bell takes place, the Duke Street court bust-up that ended in a score draw in St Helens Police Court and the Clock Face Colliery miner that died months after being hurt in a mining accident.
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Peckers Hill Road, St Helens summary

IOO YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 13 - 19 OCTOBER 1925

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's stories include the suicide of a Sutton councillor and grocer because of unpaid debts from customers, the disgusting scavenging of rags that was taking place in Parr, the noisiest woman in St Helens appears in court to shout at the top of her voice, the campaign to persuade people of the benefits of using electricity and what was claimed to have been the worst case of benefit fraud is committed in St Helens.
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