150 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK (7th - 13th January 1869)
This week's stories include the Peasley Cross cock stealers, a shocking mining tragedy in Rainford, the drowning of a drunkard in Pocket Nook, the Mayoress is presented with a silver cradle, a 12-year-old boy sues a stallholder in St Helens Market for causing injury, the game watcher in Rainford who reported his fellow miners, a drunk makes his 45th court appearance and a Masonic ball is held in the Prescot courtroom.