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.
St Helens Hospital summary

150 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 16 - 22 JUNE 1875

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories include St Helens Cottage Hospital's successful annual meeting, the ongoing scarlet fever outbreak in St Helens, how Thatto Heath was fast developing into a little village, two similar pit sinking deaths occur in Bold and in Thatto Heath through the negligence of workers and there's hope that the new Rivers Pollution Bill would improve both the highly polluted Sankey Brook and Mersey river.
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Red White and Blue pub St Helens summary

150 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 9 - 15 JUNE 1875

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories include the Robins Lane trespassing case by a nine-year-old boy, the Westfield Street pub that was illegally serving drinks, the Baxters Lane sewage that was flowing around people's yards, Denis Feigh is released from prison and then swiftly returned to gaol, the excitement surrounding a Sutton council by-election and the man who beat up a police constable after he had refused to arrest him.
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Holy Cross Church, St Helens summary

150 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 2 - 8 JUNE 1875

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories include the angry woman that smashed the windows of her own home, the child that was knocked down by a horse and cart in Smithy Brow, the middle-aged couple from Earlestown who eloped, the tramps that heartlessly deserted a child in Burtonwood, the death of a nine-year-old hitchhiker in Parr and the Church Street draper who was given permission to work women for 14 hours a day.
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Laceys School, St Helens summary

150 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 26 MAY - 1 JUNE 1875

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's stories include the Atlas Street house that an inspector found twenty-six people living inside, Queen Victoria gives her blessing for a discrimination-free Cowley Middle School, the bonnet stealing that took place in Talbot Street, the man that was only fined after stabbing a bobby in Hamer Street and the brutal market boss who magistrates said had suffered considerable aggravation from his abused wife.
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Newton Races summary

150 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 19 - 25 MAY 1875

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories include the revenge of the fourteen-year-old street rough that liked to assault girls, some shocking death statistics for 1874 are released, the strange reason a police officer had been stationed in St Helens Cemetery, the feckless Feigh family are reunited in prison, the St Helens Newspaper feels that the town is going backwards and preparations are made for the forthcoming Newton Races.
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St Helens fire brigade summary

150 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 12 - 18 MAY 1875

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories include the cases of smallpox that had broken out in Whiston Workhouse killing one child, the celebrations of Whit Monday that took place in St Helens, the Grand Gala that was held at Prescot, the boy sneak thief returns to court and how firemen were accused of not knowing what they were doing when they caused water damage while dealing with a small fire in a Church Street draper's.
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Rosbothams School summary

150 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 5 - 11 MAY 1875

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's stories include the Greenbank riot after the police put a stop to a prize fight, the boys that were prosecuted for running a foot race in Rainford, the curious procession by a Lowton society for the protection of women, the young man who got his girlfriend pregnant but denied responsibility in court and the public meeting at the Golden Lion in Rainford to extend the provision of schools in the village.
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Sutton Oak Station summary

150 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 28 APRIL - 4 MAY 1875

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories include the pauper's complaint over the quality of the scouse that was being served in Whiston Workhouse, the Peasley Cross saw man is brought to book, the stolen shawl that was seen being worn in Church Street, the May Day horse and cart procession takes place, the man killed while walking on the railway line to Sutton Oak station and the stolen boots that were concealed under a thief’s shawl.
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Muncaster Hall summary

150 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 21 - 27 APRIL 1875

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories include the illegal cockfighting that took place on Aintree Racecourse, the poetic hairdresser of Market Street promotes his services, the location for the borough's new Fever Hospital is agreed, there's a tragic accident in Rainford involving a heavy iron roller and the Superintendent of the St Helens Police complains to magistrates that in Parr the people there attacked the police right and left.
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Kirkdale gaol summary

150 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 14 - 20 APRIL 1875

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories include the bizarre attempt to saw a man's head off, the cheeky Liverpool Road theft of a builder's hod, the meeting of a temperance society in the Volunteer Hall, some very harsh sentences for stealing are imposed in the Kirkdale Quarter Sessions, the wretched man who was launched into eternity and the rearing supper held at the Fleece to celebrate the new Town Hall's roof being installed.
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Havannah Colliery summary

150 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 7 - 13 APRIL 1875

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories include the distribution of the Windle Dole, the fire that took place at the rear of St Helens Post Office, the blind Minstrels that were performing in the Volunteer Hall, a call for the disreputable St Helens Fair to end, two miners lose their lives in a shocking accident that took place at Havannah Colliery in Parr and the troupe of uncharcoaled minstrels that were suspected of theft in the Bulls Head.
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