150 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 1 - 7 APRIL 1874
This week's many stories include the breach of promise of marriage case in which a manager of a coal mine tries to con a court, a policeman suffers a severe kicking in Parr Street, the dog that saved a Bridge Street family from fire, the terrible combat in Parr over a stolen spoon, a man is given a kicking in the Griffin Inn in Bold and the vested interests of St Helens' councillors concerning the town’s atmospheric pollution.