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 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.
Newton Races summary

150 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 22 - 28 JUNE 1876

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's stories include the church counter-attractions to Race Friday at Newton Races, the call for a choral society to be created in St Helens, the house robberies that took place in Parr, the brutal kicking attack near the Raven Hotel, the two men that both claimed the other had attacked them in Grove Street, the prosecution of a baker for new serving out his full notice period upon leaving and the row in a Parr pub that was caused by a wife wanting her boozing husband to come back home.
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St Helens Newspaper summary

150 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 15 - 21 JUNE 1876

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories include the Rainford wife beating case, the three pit sinkers that drowned in Ashton-in-Makerfield, the attempted rape of a 7-year-old girl in St Thomas Street, there's criticism of the arrangements for the opening of the new Town Hall, the man who repeatedly fired a gun at Brown Edge and the wife beating in the street that so outraged neighbours that they wanted to lynch the husband.
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Whiston Workhouse summary

150 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 8 - 14 JUNE 1876

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's stories include the measures to deter vagrants from staying at Whiston Workhouse, the rebuttal of a claim that the children of St Helens looked sallow and pale, the Workhouse Band are allowed to keep their shilling gifts, a new purveyor of false teeth comes to the town, the St Helens Bicycle Club's captaincy race and the harsh punishment for accepting too much change after buying a pint in a Parr pub.
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Littlers Field Dentons Green, St Helens summary

150 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 1 - 7 JUNE 1876

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories include the huge procession celebrating the opening of the new St Helens Town Hall, the sports held by the Catholic Association for the Suppression of Drunkenness, the brainless telescope stealing on Cowley Hill, the violence in a Pocket Nook beerhouse caused by the playing of dominoes and why the Ragged School pupils had to walk at the rear of the procession at the opening of the Town Hall.
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Wheatsheaf Inn, Rainford, St Helens summary

150 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 25 - 31 MAY 1876

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories include the ailing woman who being given beer and turps landed the landlord of the Crooked Billet beerhouse in court, the furious riding of a horse and cart that occurred in Rainford, the unknown body that was found in the canal, the woman who was beaten by her husband for not getting him beer and the violent man at St Helens railway station who needed to be carried to the police station.
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Fire brigade, St Helens summary

150 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 18 - 24 MAY 1876

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories include the stack fire on a farm in Parr owned by Haydock Colliery, the one-sided story of a Park Road punch up, the Gerards Bridge barber who deserted his wife who had to seek relief from the Prescot Union, the drunks that were causing trouble in a Church Street café, the beggar in Liverpool Road who foolishly boasted of only receiving 14 days and there's another low scoring cricket match.
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Kurtz alkali works, St Helens summary

150 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 11 - 17 MAY 1876

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories include the health dangers of the dozen huge chemical waste heaps in St Helens, the Corporation water supply that had sand mixed in it, the workhouse children that received no exercise and developed skin complaints, there's criticism of dogs being taken out on chains and a complaint over the high ticket prices for the banquet that will take place after the opening of the new St Helens Town Hall.
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Ship Inn St Helens swing bridge summary

150 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 4 - 10 MAY 1876

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories include the arrangements for the opening of the new St Helens Town Hall, the spelling bee that was held in Ormskirk Street, the death down Pilkington's St Helens Colliery after a coal collapse, the man who attempted to saw another man's head off returns to court to face another saw-related charge and two men deny allegations made against them following the deadly horse and trap accident.
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St Helens horse parade summary

150 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 27 APRIL - 3 MAY 1876

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories include the St Helens May Day horse parade, the attempted rape of a three-year-old girl in Gerards Bridge, the half-day closing movement in St Helens, the arrangements for the opening of the new Town Hall, the opportunistic thief in the marketplace, the resignation of the mayor and the trap tragedy that was caused by a horse that bolted at a furious rate while it was approaching Church Street.
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Kirkdale Prison summary

150 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 20 - 26 APRIL 1876

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories include the reopening of the St Helens Public Baths after being cleaned, coloured and repainted, the death at Rainhill Railway Station after a passenger chose to cross the line, the literacy levels at the Kirkdale Quarter Sessions, the man who stole tame rabbits, the historic Roman Catholic Chapel at Portico and the sacking of the little girl nurses who were working at the St Helens Cottage Hospital.
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Market St Helens summary

150 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 13 - 19 APRIL 1876

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories include the man who claimed the police had beaten him black and blue, the landlord of the Lamb Hotel in College Street is charged with serving out of hours, the Parr Stocks boy that was slapped for stealing from a pigeon house, the female fish seller accused of using disgusting language to the market inspector and the woman who was told her husband could legally say whatever he liked to her.
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