IOO YEARS AGO THIS WEEK (5th - 11th OCTOBER 1920)
This week's stories include the disabled ex-soldier forced to sing for hand-outs in Sutton Manor, criticism over plans for a public war memorial in St Helens, the Church Street swing bridge in need of repair, a tragedy at Clock Face Colliery and bravery in Blackpool by a young Haydock miner.
We begin on the 6th at St Helens Town Council's monthly meeting when Councillor Joe Tinker challenged the proposal to erect a war memorial in the town. The council's Parliamentary Committee had passed a resolution that a cenotaph be created and placed for the time being in front of the cemetery in Hard Lane. The Borough Engineer had also been instructed to submit designs and obtain tenders for the war monument – which was expected to cost about £1,000. Cllr. Tinker moved an amendment to stop the scheme, saying it was unnecessary and he was against the installation of "some unsightly statue, some grotesque piece of stone".
His objection was partly because of the cost but he also felt that people were sick of hearing about the war and needed to move on. However there was much opposition to Tinker's views from other council members and after a long discussion he chose to withdraw his amendment. Alderman Bishop was also not keen on the memorial going in Hard Lane and this suggestion was withdrawn from the minutes. Joe Tinker had started work in a coal mine at the age of ten and in 1923 would become the MP for Leigh, a position he held for 22 years.
The council also discussed repairing the swing bridge over the St Helens / Sankey Canal (pictured above), with the joint where the bridge rose up requiring some serious attention. Trams and other traffic to Peasley Cross and Sutton had to wait for a while whenever the bridge at the top of Church Street was lifted. However the number of tall boats that passed through had declined over the years and some portions of the canal in St Helens had already been filled in. Alderman Phythian told the meeting that it would be a good thing if the canal at Church Street was also closed. Ald. Bishop replied that they had considered infilling that section, although the traffic on the water had recently increased.
On the 6th in Haydock Picturedrome the Royal Humane Society certificate for bravery and a cheque were presented to Jack Crabtree in front of an enthusiastic audience. In August the young miner had been on holiday in Blackpool when he saw a woman in trouble. This is how the Lancashire Evening Post had reported Jack's rescue:
"Yesterday afternoon promenaders at Blackpool were provided with an exciting incident near the Central Pier. A number of bathers were in the sea when a woman bather was found to be in difficulties, clinging to the ironwork of the pier. A youth named Jack Crabtree, of Station-road, Haydock, who is on holiday at the seaside, swam to her assistance, and succeeded in bringing her to the shore. She was unconscious, but on being brought round by artificial respiration she was taken away by her father, without her identity being disclosed. A collection was made on the sands for Crabtree."
On the 9th there was another case of a man being ordered out of town, like a marshal addressing a gunslinger in a Western! Charles Bowen appeared in the Police Court charged with "placing himself in a position to receive alms" and wearing an unauthorised military decoration. Sergeant Gleave told the Bench that he had seen the prisoner singing in Tennyson Street in Sutton Manor with a Mons Star on his left breast. However Bowen had not fought at the Battle of Mons but had served in the war with the Lancashire Fusiliers and been wounded on the Somme.
One of his arms was described as "useless" and he had a bayonet wound through the palm of one hand and consequently had been discharged from the army as medically unfit. Bowen told the Bench that he only received 12 shillings a week pension and had been trying to get work. The Chairman told him that they took a serious matter of the wearing of an unauthorised medal but if he promised to leave St Helens at once they would discharge him. However Bowen only came from Warrington and so didn't have far to go!
Richard Friar of Pennington Square, off Elephant Lane, was summoned to court for not contributing to the maintenance of his son. Last month 10-year-old James Friar had been despatched to an industrial school in Liverpool until the age of 16 after being convicted of stealing a watch. Parents were expected to pay at least part of the cost of looking after their children in such places.
Friar was earning good money as a miner but Chief Inspector Roe sarcastically said that he had only offered to pay the "wonderful sum" of half a crown a week. St Helens Corporation was having to pay the industrial school 12 shillings per week for the lad's maintenance and the Chairman of the Bench signed an order compelling Richard Friar to pay half of that amount.
Richard Jones had been seen by PC Pugh fighting with another man outside the Talbot Hotel in Duke Street. The painter from Halefield Street near North Road then assaulted the constable who told the court that on the way to the police station he was "very violent and behaved like a mad man". Jones complained to the Bench that at the station PC Pugh had given him several blows to the face. The constable denied striking him but said at the station it had taken four policemen to hold the man down, with the injuries to Jones's face having been received in his fight with the other man. He was fined a total of £2 15 shillings.
In the Yorkshire Post on the 9th there was a large advert for the forthcoming auction of the Rainhill estate belonging to Major Frederick Stapleton-Bretherton, who was moving to Warwickshire. During the 19th century the philanthropic Bretherton family of Rainhill Hall had been responsible for the building of St Bartholomew's church, as well as many other good works. The Bretherton's estate had been huge and some portions had already been sold off. What remained were a dozen farms with a total acreage of 900 acres covering the Rainhill, Cronton and Hough Green districts.
The family also owned a sandstone quarry in Mill Lane in Rainhill and various other cottages, shops and land. Of particular interest was Rainhill Hall (pictured above), or "The Hall, Rainhill", as it was officially known. This came with 44 acres of land and would not be sold until 1923 when the Society of Jesus (more commonly known as Jesuits) bought it. Renamed Loyola Hall, the building was used as a retreat for providing spiritual breaks, before closing in 2014 and is now a hotel.
There was a crowded congregation at All Saints Church in Sutton during the evening of the 10th with some worshippers having to stand in the aisles. It wasn't just the annual harvest festival service that had drawn in the multitude but the added attraction of the Lord Bishop of Liverpool preaching.
During the afternoon the Bishop had preached for the first time in the Church of England Mission in Sutton Manor, which had begun on Easter Sunday. The church initially used the premises of the Clock Face Colliery School in Lindsay Street (later renamed St Aidan's) before taking over a large room in the Sutton Manor Miners' Institute when it opened in Jubits Lane in 1922.
A national ballot of coal miners had recently taken place to consider a pay offer from their employers. It was revealed this week that the miners in the St Helens district had voted by a large majority to reject the pay proposal and were prepared to go on strike.
There was a reminder of the dangerous work that miners undertook on the 11th when George Simcock was killed at Clock Face Colliery as a result of an underground roof fall. Those working alongside George heard the sound of the roof collapsing and managed to jump out of the way of the falling earth. They all escaped injury but Simcock from Abbotsfield Road in Sutton was not so fortunate. While he was being rescued, a second larger fall occurred that completely buried the 38-year-old in tons of debris and it took thirteen hours for his body to be extricated.
Next week's stories will include the launch of a campaign to elect the first female councillor in St Helens, the police battle with two brothers in Pocket Nook (and I mean battle!) and how a scratch on a hand at a Parr pit caused a carpenter's death.
We begin on the 6th at St Helens Town Council's monthly meeting when Councillor Joe Tinker challenged the proposal to erect a war memorial in the town. The council's Parliamentary Committee had passed a resolution that a cenotaph be created and placed for the time being in front of the cemetery in Hard Lane. The Borough Engineer had also been instructed to submit designs and obtain tenders for the war monument – which was expected to cost about £1,000. Cllr. Tinker moved an amendment to stop the scheme, saying it was unnecessary and he was against the installation of "some unsightly statue, some grotesque piece of stone".
His objection was partly because of the cost but he also felt that people were sick of hearing about the war and needed to move on. However there was much opposition to Tinker's views from other council members and after a long discussion he chose to withdraw his amendment. Alderman Bishop was also not keen on the memorial going in Hard Lane and this suggestion was withdrawn from the minutes. Joe Tinker had started work in a coal mine at the age of ten and in 1923 would become the MP for Leigh, a position he held for 22 years.
On the 6th in Haydock Picturedrome the Royal Humane Society certificate for bravery and a cheque were presented to Jack Crabtree in front of an enthusiastic audience. In August the young miner had been on holiday in Blackpool when he saw a woman in trouble. This is how the Lancashire Evening Post had reported Jack's rescue:
"Yesterday afternoon promenaders at Blackpool were provided with an exciting incident near the Central Pier. A number of bathers were in the sea when a woman bather was found to be in difficulties, clinging to the ironwork of the pier. A youth named Jack Crabtree, of Station-road, Haydock, who is on holiday at the seaside, swam to her assistance, and succeeded in bringing her to the shore. She was unconscious, but on being brought round by artificial respiration she was taken away by her father, without her identity being disclosed. A collection was made on the sands for Crabtree."
On the 9th there was another case of a man being ordered out of town, like a marshal addressing a gunslinger in a Western! Charles Bowen appeared in the Police Court charged with "placing himself in a position to receive alms" and wearing an unauthorised military decoration. Sergeant Gleave told the Bench that he had seen the prisoner singing in Tennyson Street in Sutton Manor with a Mons Star on his left breast. However Bowen had not fought at the Battle of Mons but had served in the war with the Lancashire Fusiliers and been wounded on the Somme.
One of his arms was described as "useless" and he had a bayonet wound through the palm of one hand and consequently had been discharged from the army as medically unfit. Bowen told the Bench that he only received 12 shillings a week pension and had been trying to get work. The Chairman told him that they took a serious matter of the wearing of an unauthorised medal but if he promised to leave St Helens at once they would discharge him. However Bowen only came from Warrington and so didn't have far to go!
Richard Friar of Pennington Square, off Elephant Lane, was summoned to court for not contributing to the maintenance of his son. Last month 10-year-old James Friar had been despatched to an industrial school in Liverpool until the age of 16 after being convicted of stealing a watch. Parents were expected to pay at least part of the cost of looking after their children in such places.
Friar was earning good money as a miner but Chief Inspector Roe sarcastically said that he had only offered to pay the "wonderful sum" of half a crown a week. St Helens Corporation was having to pay the industrial school 12 shillings per week for the lad's maintenance and the Chairman of the Bench signed an order compelling Richard Friar to pay half of that amount.
Richard Jones had been seen by PC Pugh fighting with another man outside the Talbot Hotel in Duke Street. The painter from Halefield Street near North Road then assaulted the constable who told the court that on the way to the police station he was "very violent and behaved like a mad man". Jones complained to the Bench that at the station PC Pugh had given him several blows to the face. The constable denied striking him but said at the station it had taken four policemen to hold the man down, with the injuries to Jones's face having been received in his fight with the other man. He was fined a total of £2 15 shillings.
In the Yorkshire Post on the 9th there was a large advert for the forthcoming auction of the Rainhill estate belonging to Major Frederick Stapleton-Bretherton, who was moving to Warwickshire. During the 19th century the philanthropic Bretherton family of Rainhill Hall had been responsible for the building of St Bartholomew's church, as well as many other good works. The Bretherton's estate had been huge and some portions had already been sold off. What remained were a dozen farms with a total acreage of 900 acres covering the Rainhill, Cronton and Hough Green districts.
There was a crowded congregation at All Saints Church in Sutton during the evening of the 10th with some worshippers having to stand in the aisles. It wasn't just the annual harvest festival service that had drawn in the multitude but the added attraction of the Lord Bishop of Liverpool preaching.
During the afternoon the Bishop had preached for the first time in the Church of England Mission in Sutton Manor, which had begun on Easter Sunday. The church initially used the premises of the Clock Face Colliery School in Lindsay Street (later renamed St Aidan's) before taking over a large room in the Sutton Manor Miners' Institute when it opened in Jubits Lane in 1922.
A national ballot of coal miners had recently taken place to consider a pay offer from their employers. It was revealed this week that the miners in the St Helens district had voted by a large majority to reject the pay proposal and were prepared to go on strike.
There was a reminder of the dangerous work that miners undertook on the 11th when George Simcock was killed at Clock Face Colliery as a result of an underground roof fall. Those working alongside George heard the sound of the roof collapsing and managed to jump out of the way of the falling earth. They all escaped injury but Simcock from Abbotsfield Road in Sutton was not so fortunate. While he was being rescued, a second larger fall occurred that completely buried the 38-year-old in tons of debris and it took thirteen hours for his body to be extricated.
Next week's stories will include the launch of a campaign to elect the first female councillor in St Helens, the police battle with two brothers in Pocket Nook (and I mean battle!) and how a scratch on a hand at a Parr pit caused a carpenter's death.
This week's stories include the disabled ex-soldier forced to sing for hand-outs in Sutton Manor, criticism over plans for a public war memorial in St Helens, the Church Street swing bridge in need of repair, a tragedy at Clock Face Colliery and bravery in Blackpool by a young Haydock miner.
We begin on the 6th at St Helens Town Council's monthly meeting when Councillor Joe Tinker challenged the proposal to erect a war memorial in the town.
The council's Parliamentary Committee had passed a resolution that a cenotaph be created and placed for the time being in front of the cemetery in Hard Lane.
The Borough Engineer had also been instructed to submit designs and obtain tenders for the war monument – which was expected to cost about £1,000.
Cllr. Tinker moved an amendment to stop the scheme, saying it was unnecessary and he was against the installation of "some unsightly statue, some grotesque piece of stone".
His objection was partly because of the cost but he also felt that people were sick of hearing about the war and needed to move on.
However there was much opposition to Tinker's views from other council members and after a long discussion he chose to withdraw his amendment.
Alderman Bishop was also not keen on the memorial going in Hard Lane and this suggestion was withdrawn from the minutes.
Joe Tinker had started work in a coal mine at the age of ten and in 1923 would become the MP for Leigh, a position he held for 22 years.
The council also discussed repairing the swing bridge over the St Helens / Sankey Canal (pictured above), with the joint where the bridge rose up requiring some serious attention.
Trams and other traffic to Peasley Cross and Sutton had to wait for a while whenever the bridge at the top of Church Street was lifted.
However the number of tall boats that passed through had declined over the years and some portions of the canal in St Helens had already been filled in.
Alderman Phythian told the meeting that it would be a good thing if the canal at Church Street was also closed.
Ald. Bishop replied that they had considered infilling that section, although the traffic on the water had recently increased.
On the 6th in Haydock Picturedrome the Royal Humane Society certificate for bravery and a cheque were presented to Jack Crabtree in front of an enthusiastic audience.
In August the young miner had been on holiday in Blackpool when he saw a woman in trouble. This is how the Lancashire Evening Post had reported Jack's rescue:
"Yesterday afternoon promenaders at Blackpool were provided with an exciting incident near the Central Pier. A number of bathers were in the sea when a woman bather was found to be in difficulties, clinging to the ironwork of the pier.
"A youth named Jack Crabtree, of Station-road, Haydock, who is on holiday at the seaside, swam to her assistance, and succeeded in bringing her to the shore. She was unconscious, but on being brought round by artificial respiration she was taken away by her father, without her identity being disclosed. A collection was made on the sands for Crabtree."
On the 9th there was another case of a man being ordered out of town, like a marshal addressing a gunslinger in a Western!
Charles Bowen appeared in the Police Court charged with "placing himself in a position to receive alms" and wearing an unauthorised military decoration.
Sergeant Gleave told the Bench that he had seen the prisoner singing in Tennyson Street in Sutton Manor with a Mons Star on his left breast.
However Bowen had not fought at the Battle of Mons but had served in the war with the Lancashire Fusiliers and been wounded on the Somme.
One of his arms was described as "useless" and he had a bayonet wound through the palm of one hand and consequently had been discharged from the army as medically unfit.
Bowen told the Bench that he only received 12 shillings a week pension and had been trying to get work.
The Chairman told him that they took a serious matter of the wearing of an unauthorised medal but if he promised to leave St Helens at once they would discharge him.
However Bowen only came from Warrington and so didn't have far to go!
Richard Friar of Pennington Square, off Elephant Lane, was summoned to court for not contributing to the maintenance of his son.
Last month 10-year-old James Friar had been despatched to an industrial school in Liverpool until the age of 16 after being convicted of stealing a watch.
Parents were expected to pay at least part of the cost of looking after their children in such places.
Friar was earning good money as a miner but Chief Inspector Roe sarcastically said that he had only offered to pay the "wonderful sum" of half a crown a week.
St Helens Corporation was having to pay the industrial school 12 shillings per week for the lad's maintenance and the Chairman of the Bench signed an order compelling Richard Friar to pay half of that amount.
Richard Jones had been seen by PC Pugh fighting with another man outside the Talbot Hotel in Duke Street.
The painter from Halefield Street near North Road then assaulted the constable who told the court that on the way to the police station he was "very violent and behaved like a mad man".
Jones complained to the Bench that at the station PC Pugh had given him several blows to the face.
The constable denied striking him but said at the station it had taken four policemen to hold the man down, with the injuries to Jones's face having been received in his fight with the other man. He was fined a total of £2 15 shillings.
In the Yorkshire Post on the 9th there was a large advert for the forthcoming auction of the Rainhill estate belonging to Major Frederick Stapleton-Bretherton, who was moving to Warwickshire.
During the 19th century the philanthropic Bretherton family of Rainhill Hall had been responsible for the building of St Bartholomew's church, as well as many other good works.
The Bretherton's estate had been huge and some portions had already been sold off.
What remained were a dozen farms with a total acreage of 900 acres covering the Rainhill, Cronton and Hough Green districts.
The family also owned a sandstone quarry in Mill Lane in Rainhill and various other cottages, shops and land.
Of particular interest was Rainhill Hall (pictured above), or "The Hall, Rainhill", as it was officially known.
This came with 44 acres of land and would not be sold until 1923 when the Society of Jesus (more commonly known as Jesuits) bought it.
Renamed Loyola Hall, the building was used as a retreat for providing spiritual breaks, before closing in 2014 and is now a hotel.
There was a crowded congregation at All Saints Church in Sutton during the evening of the 10th with some worshippers having to stand in the aisles.
It wasn't just the annual harvest festival service that had drawn in the multitude but the added attraction of the Lord Bishop of Liverpool preaching.
During the afternoon the Bishop had preached for the first time in the Church of England Mission in Sutton Manor, which had begun on Easter Sunday.
The church initially used the premises of the Clock Face Colliery School in Lindsay Street (later renamed St Aidan's) before taking over a large room in the Sutton Manor Miners' Institute when it opened in Jubits Lane in 1922.
A national ballot of coal miners had recently taken place to consider a pay offer from their employers.
It was revealed this week that the miners in the St Helens district had voted by a large majority to reject the pay proposal and were prepared to go on strike.
There was a reminder of the dangerous work that miners undertook on the 11th when George Simcock was killed at Clock Face Colliery as a result of an underground roof fall.
Those working alongside George heard the sound of the roof collapsing and managed to jump out of the way of the falling earth.
They all escaped injury but Simcock from Abbotsfield Road in Sutton was not so fortunate.
While he was being rescued, a second larger fall occurred that completely buried the 38-year-old in tons of debris and it took thirteen hours for his body to be extricated.
Next week's stories will include the launch of a campaign to elect the first female councillor in St Helens, the police battle with two brothers in Pocket Nook (and I mean battle!) and how a scratch on a hand at a Parr pit caused a carpenter's death.
We begin on the 6th at St Helens Town Council's monthly meeting when Councillor Joe Tinker challenged the proposal to erect a war memorial in the town.
The council's Parliamentary Committee had passed a resolution that a cenotaph be created and placed for the time being in front of the cemetery in Hard Lane.
The Borough Engineer had also been instructed to submit designs and obtain tenders for the war monument – which was expected to cost about £1,000.
Cllr. Tinker moved an amendment to stop the scheme, saying it was unnecessary and he was against the installation of "some unsightly statue, some grotesque piece of stone".
His objection was partly because of the cost but he also felt that people were sick of hearing about the war and needed to move on.
However there was much opposition to Tinker's views from other council members and after a long discussion he chose to withdraw his amendment.
Alderman Bishop was also not keen on the memorial going in Hard Lane and this suggestion was withdrawn from the minutes.
Joe Tinker had started work in a coal mine at the age of ten and in 1923 would become the MP for Leigh, a position he held for 22 years.
Trams and other traffic to Peasley Cross and Sutton had to wait for a while whenever the bridge at the top of Church Street was lifted.
However the number of tall boats that passed through had declined over the years and some portions of the canal in St Helens had already been filled in.
Alderman Phythian told the meeting that it would be a good thing if the canal at Church Street was also closed.
Ald. Bishop replied that they had considered infilling that section, although the traffic on the water had recently increased.
On the 6th in Haydock Picturedrome the Royal Humane Society certificate for bravery and a cheque were presented to Jack Crabtree in front of an enthusiastic audience.
In August the young miner had been on holiday in Blackpool when he saw a woman in trouble. This is how the Lancashire Evening Post had reported Jack's rescue:
"Yesterday afternoon promenaders at Blackpool were provided with an exciting incident near the Central Pier. A number of bathers were in the sea when a woman bather was found to be in difficulties, clinging to the ironwork of the pier.
"A youth named Jack Crabtree, of Station-road, Haydock, who is on holiday at the seaside, swam to her assistance, and succeeded in bringing her to the shore. She was unconscious, but on being brought round by artificial respiration she was taken away by her father, without her identity being disclosed. A collection was made on the sands for Crabtree."
On the 9th there was another case of a man being ordered out of town, like a marshal addressing a gunslinger in a Western!
Charles Bowen appeared in the Police Court charged with "placing himself in a position to receive alms" and wearing an unauthorised military decoration.
Sergeant Gleave told the Bench that he had seen the prisoner singing in Tennyson Street in Sutton Manor with a Mons Star on his left breast.
However Bowen had not fought at the Battle of Mons but had served in the war with the Lancashire Fusiliers and been wounded on the Somme.
One of his arms was described as "useless" and he had a bayonet wound through the palm of one hand and consequently had been discharged from the army as medically unfit.
Bowen told the Bench that he only received 12 shillings a week pension and had been trying to get work.
The Chairman told him that they took a serious matter of the wearing of an unauthorised medal but if he promised to leave St Helens at once they would discharge him.
However Bowen only came from Warrington and so didn't have far to go!
Richard Friar of Pennington Square, off Elephant Lane, was summoned to court for not contributing to the maintenance of his son.
Last month 10-year-old James Friar had been despatched to an industrial school in Liverpool until the age of 16 after being convicted of stealing a watch.
Parents were expected to pay at least part of the cost of looking after their children in such places.
Friar was earning good money as a miner but Chief Inspector Roe sarcastically said that he had only offered to pay the "wonderful sum" of half a crown a week.
St Helens Corporation was having to pay the industrial school 12 shillings per week for the lad's maintenance and the Chairman of the Bench signed an order compelling Richard Friar to pay half of that amount.
Richard Jones had been seen by PC Pugh fighting with another man outside the Talbot Hotel in Duke Street.
The painter from Halefield Street near North Road then assaulted the constable who told the court that on the way to the police station he was "very violent and behaved like a mad man".
Jones complained to the Bench that at the station PC Pugh had given him several blows to the face.
The constable denied striking him but said at the station it had taken four policemen to hold the man down, with the injuries to Jones's face having been received in his fight with the other man. He was fined a total of £2 15 shillings.
In the Yorkshire Post on the 9th there was a large advert for the forthcoming auction of the Rainhill estate belonging to Major Frederick Stapleton-Bretherton, who was moving to Warwickshire.
During the 19th century the philanthropic Bretherton family of Rainhill Hall had been responsible for the building of St Bartholomew's church, as well as many other good works.
The Bretherton's estate had been huge and some portions had already been sold off.
What remained were a dozen farms with a total acreage of 900 acres covering the Rainhill, Cronton and Hough Green districts.
The family also owned a sandstone quarry in Mill Lane in Rainhill and various other cottages, shops and land.
This came with 44 acres of land and would not be sold until 1923 when the Society of Jesus (more commonly known as Jesuits) bought it.
Renamed Loyola Hall, the building was used as a retreat for providing spiritual breaks, before closing in 2014 and is now a hotel.
There was a crowded congregation at All Saints Church in Sutton during the evening of the 10th with some worshippers having to stand in the aisles.
It wasn't just the annual harvest festival service that had drawn in the multitude but the added attraction of the Lord Bishop of Liverpool preaching.
During the afternoon the Bishop had preached for the first time in the Church of England Mission in Sutton Manor, which had begun on Easter Sunday.
The church initially used the premises of the Clock Face Colliery School in Lindsay Street (later renamed St Aidan's) before taking over a large room in the Sutton Manor Miners' Institute when it opened in Jubits Lane in 1922.
A national ballot of coal miners had recently taken place to consider a pay offer from their employers.
It was revealed this week that the miners in the St Helens district had voted by a large majority to reject the pay proposal and were prepared to go on strike.
There was a reminder of the dangerous work that miners undertook on the 11th when George Simcock was killed at Clock Face Colliery as a result of an underground roof fall.
Those working alongside George heard the sound of the roof collapsing and managed to jump out of the way of the falling earth.
They all escaped injury but Simcock from Abbotsfield Road in Sutton was not so fortunate.
While he was being rescued, a second larger fall occurred that completely buried the 38-year-old in tons of debris and it took thirteen hours for his body to be extricated.
Next week's stories will include the launch of a campaign to elect the first female councillor in St Helens, the police battle with two brothers in Pocket Nook (and I mean battle!) and how a scratch on a hand at a Parr pit caused a carpenter's death.