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.
Pilkingtons, St Helens summary

150 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 15 - 21 JANUARY 1874

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's stories include the freed slaves performing at the Volunteer Hall, a call for an ambulance to be provided for St Helens, the suicidal French polisher that the magistrates passed onto Oldham, the Pilkington's Glassworks apprentice who tried to abscond to India, a comical row between neighbours over gossip and the Rainhill man that died after police handcuffs had been placed too tightly upon his wrists.
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Kings Head, St Helens summary

150 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 8 - 14 JANUARY 1874

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's stories include the abominable water supply in Robins Lane in Sutton, the man that died in Parr after his dog ran on to chemical waste, the mayoral gifts of blankets and quilts for the deserving poor, the plans to build a general post office in Church Street, a schoolteacher is wanted for Whiston Workhouse, the St Helens Newspaper's illustrated almanack and the criticism of the immoral attentions of a married man.
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Bird In The Hand, St Helens summary

150 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 1 - 7 JANUARY 1874

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories include the drunkenness that took place in St Helens on New Year's Day, the annual New Year treat to the aged poor, the cowardly runaway husband from Rainhill, the theft of a charity box from the Globe Hotel in Ormskirk Street, the row between neighbours that led to nine summonses being issued and how stealing a plank of wood was considered more serious than giving a policeman a black eye.
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Citadel, St Helens summary

150 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 25 - 31 DECEMBER 1873

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories include the St Helens Newspaper's musings on the meaning of Christmas, the joy of Christmas Day in Whiston Workhouse, the Canal Street crowd that tried to stop policemen from making an arrest, the Peasley Cross grocer brought down to earth in a spirit of wantonness, the poaching on the Bold Hall estate, the fire at the old Town Hall, the Haydock miners' strike over how many hundredweight comprise a ton and more details of the new St Helens News and Reading Room.
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Laceys Cowley School, St Helens summary

150 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 18 - 24 DECEMBER 1873

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's stories include the gorgeous Christmas pantomime at the Theatre Royal in St Helens, a Haydock man is suspected of murdering his wife, the banquet that was held at the Fleece Hotel for the principal inhabitants of St Helens, the scarlet fever outbreak at Whiston Workhouse, the annual Cowley School reunion, the abused Newton apprentice wheelwright and the pub collections in St Helens for a boys' refuge.
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St Bartholomews Church Rainhill, summary

150 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 11 - 17 DECEMBER 1873

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's stories include the poker bashing case in Bold Street in Greenbank, Rainhill village goes en fete as Mary Stapleton-Bretherton returns from her European travels, the cow that took on a St Helens train and lost, the minstrel show that took place at the Volunteer Hall, the Christmas adverts in the Newspaper and the new Catholic temperance society that allowed those who signed the pledge to drink beer.
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Rookery Station, Rainford, summary

150 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 4 - 10 DECEMBER 1873

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's stories include the first training session of the new Saints football club, the St Helens Newspaper claims persecution over its forthcoming libel case, the men-only Newsroom for newspaper readers, the railway row in Rainford over an open window, there's a sequel to the violent assault on the St Helens Junction stationmaster and the curious case of the stolen drawers from a Liverpool Road draper's shop.
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St Helens market summary

150 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK (27 NOV - 3 DEC 1873)

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's stories include the constable that spotted a fugitive tailor on a train at Newton, the three Feigh brothers are accused again of stealing, a Rainford hare poaching case, the carters' squabble that led to a court case, the new ratepayers association for Eccleston and the thief in St Helens Market that was sent to prison for stealing a tunic worth just a tanner despite claiming to have been in delicate health.
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St Helens Newspaper summary

150 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK (20- 26 NOVEMBER 1873)

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's stories include the Bridge Street window smashing through a dispute over a tanner change, the St Helens Medical Officer of Health releases some shocking child mortality stats, the St Helens Newspaper is sued for libel, the Irish diorama in the Volunteer Hall, the councillors' annual inspection of St Helens roads and the deaths of two men employed by two chemical works that were allowed to drink at work.
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Wellington Hotel, St Helens summary

150 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK (13 - 19 NOVEMBER 1873)

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories include the trowel stealing amongst the labourers that were building the new town hall, the elderly victim of an assault that was branded a lunatic, the pretty ornamental gas lamp at the bottom of Bridge Street, the bigotry of the pit brow lasses at Ravenhead Colliery, more on the claim of corruption at the recent council election and the less than free and easy life of a St Helens carter.
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St Helens Town Hall foundation stone summary

150 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK (6 - 12 NOVEMBER 1873)

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories include the laying of the new Town Hall's foundation stone, an outbreak of smallpox in St Helens, the exiled German Fathers perform at Prescot Catholic Church, a small boy is sent to prison for a month, Greenall's rent dinner takes place, the little boy from Mill Street that was frightfully scalded by boiling water and the secret ballot that was causing confusion in the St Helens council elections.
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