150 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 29 JAN - 4 FEB 1824
This week's many stories include the fight in the Crystal Palace beerhouse in Sutton, the soiree and ball that took place in Rainford National School, the failed appointment of a new schoolteacher at Whiston Workhouse, the Valentine's Day cards that were on sale in St Helens and there's more criticism of the poisonous St Helens atmosphere after an alderman claimed that sea breezes dissipated much of the smoke.