St Helens History This Week

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Bringing History to Life from 50, 100 and 150 Years Ago!

ST HELENS 150 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK
This page is a series of weekly articles that describe llfe in the Lancashire town in the 1870s and which are updated every Sunday morning.
150 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK
This page is a series of weekly articles that describe llfe in St Helens in Lancashire in the 1870s and which are updated every Sunday morning.
James Radley, St Helens summary

150 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 3 - 9 MARCH 1875

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories include the ploughing competition that was held on a cold day in Rainford, the anger of St Helens market stallholders with unlicensed auctioneers, the generous donation of a mayoral chain of office to the town of St Helens, the fowl deed that took place in Blackbrook at the Ship Inn, the Prescot Reporter laments the demise of the Rainhill Light Horse cavalry unit, St Helens Cricket Club hire a professional player and the chemical worker who was far too drunk to work.
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Home washer summary

150 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 24 FEB - 2 MARCH 1875

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories include the suspicious death of a baby, the mother of a future St Helens MP attacks the man she blamed for her husband's death, the foolish fare dodging at St Helens Station, the six boys in trouble for playing kinny cat in Rainford, the barefaced poaching of a hare in Bold, the gory description of a man's death at Knowsley and the two squabbling women who continued their row at court.
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Kirkdale Gaol summary

150 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 17 - 23 FEBRRUARY 1875

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories include the Valentine's Day mania that took place in St Helens, shocking statistics demonstrate a high level of infant mortality in the town, the brainless Liverpool Street lodging house theft of a pair of boots and a shawl, the brutal husband from Gerards Bridge who threatened to Corrigan his wife and the claim of cruelty to an exhausted bull that was being driven through the streets of St Helens.
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Dromgooles summary

150 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 10 - 16 FEBRRUARY 1875

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's stories include the Valentine cards available to buy in Hardshaw Street, the congested nature of market days in St Helens in which Exchange Street was blocked off, the amazing prison sentence given to a Bridge Street burglar, the epileptic who had a fit in the courtroom, the Gerard Arms landlord at Moss Bank comes clean and the man who deserted his family for Scotland is brought to book.
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St Helens Volunteer Hall summary

150 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 3 - 9 FEBRRUARY 1875

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories include the blackface troupe performing at the Volunteer Hall, two coal mining tragedies take place at Havannah and Gillars Green collieries, there is a harsh penalty for an unsuccessful attempt at stealing from an East Street till, even harsher penalties are imposed for stealing two shawls from the family home and the Grand Gala that was coming to Prescot featuring a galaxy of talented men.
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Liverpool Street summary

150 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 27 JAN - 2 FEB 1875

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories include the stealing of finny haddys in Liverpool Street, the violent purring attack that took place in Tontine Street, the trouble at Rainford's Star Inn between a landlord and a policeman, the St Helens Newspaper denounces the brutality that was regularly taking place in the town and the prosecutions for taking a day off work at Sutton Heath Colliery despite the defendants having been sick.
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Whiston Workhouse plaque summary

150 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 20 - 26 JANUARY 1875

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's stories include the reckoning Monday row in Thatto Heath that led to a violent assault, the St Helens seedsman's stolen watch, the horseplay at the Holt in Rainhill that had potentially serious consequences for the main offender, the railway shunter's coal stealing, the perils of going to work on the railway line in the dark at 4am and the St Helens Chemical Company is charged with fouling the Atlas Street sewer.
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St Helens County Court summary

150 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 13 - 19 JANUARY 1875

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories include the annual ball of the 47th Lancashire Rifle Volunteers, the renewal of interest in the creation of a Mersey Tunnel, the case of a bottle of beer that was bought from a Nutgrove pub on a Sunday, the boy who was sent to prison for stealing his mother's dress, the Parr rabbit trap that was known as a grin and the death of a Sutton pit sinker employed at what would become Bold Colliery.
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Griffin Inn summary

150 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 6 - 12 JANUARY 1875

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's stories include the Oddfellows' generosity towards a blind miner, the mysterious deaths of three men whose bodies had lain in the St Helens Canal for over a month, the Parr boy who died after stirring up the kitchen fire, the battered wife who changed her mind over court action, the Sutton woman who died through injuring her ankle in a fall and the runaway husband who showed a rare bit of common sense.
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Gerard Arms, summary

150 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 30 DEC 1874 - 5 JAN 1875

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories include the annual nosh-ups for the aged poor of Parr and Eccleston, the St Helens mayor's fall from grace on the icy pavements of Manchester, the friendless man that died over Christmas, Cinderella continues at the Theatre Royal, Sir Robert Gerard's court baron at the Gerard Arms, the fearful railway accidents and St Helens Cricket Club decide to hire a professional to boost their skills.
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School Brow Rainford summary

150 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 23 - 29 DECEMBER 1874

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories include the glitzy Christmas pantomime performed at the Theatre Royal, the typhoid fever in Rainford blamed on poor quality well water, the distribution of the volunteers' shooting prizes, the St Helens Newspaper's romantic portrait of Christmas Day, the need for a second bridge over the canal at Grove Street and the two young thieves that received harsh punishments for their crimes.
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