
150 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 21 - 27 APRIL 1875
This week's many stories include the illegal cockfighting that took place on Aintree Racecourse, the poetic hairdresser of Market Street promotes his services, there's a heavy penalty for the thief in the Bulls Head in Worsley Brow, the location for the borough's new Fever Hospital is agreed, there's a tragic accident that takes place in Rainford involving a heavy iron roller and the head of the St Helens Police complains to the magistrates in court that in the district of Parr the people attack the police right and left.