IOO YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 18 - 24 DECEMBER 1923
This week's stories include the Christmas Party for the children of the unemployed in St Helens, Zellini the human chimney performs at the Hippodrome with his smoking mechanical dog, the tug-of-war at the Clock Face Institute's Sports that led to a broken wrist and a court case, the Rigby Street garage fire, the rules for dancing at church socials in Parr and the thorny question of allotments is again considered.