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.
Dromgooles summary

150 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 10 - 16 FEBRRUARY 1875

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's stories include the Valentine cards available to buy in Hardshaw Street, the congested nature of market days in St Helens in which Exchange Street was blocked off, the amazing prison sentence given to a Bridge Street burglar, the epileptic who had a fit in the courtroom, the Gerard Arms landlord at Moss Bank comes clean and the man who deserted his family for Scotland is brought to book.
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St Helens Volunteer Hall summary

150 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 3 - 9 FEBRRUARY 1875

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories include the blackface troupe performing at the Volunteer Hall, two coal mining tragedies take place at Havannah and Gillars Green collieries, there is a harsh penalty for an unsuccessful attempt at stealing from an East Street till, even harsher penalties are imposed for stealing two shawls from the family home and the Grand Gala that was coming to Prescot featuring a galaxy of talented men.
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Liverpool Street summary

150 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 27 JAN - 2 FEB 1875

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories include the stealing of finny haddys in Liverpool Street, the violent purring attack that took place in Tontine Street, the trouble at Rainford's Star Inn between a landlord and a policeman, the St Helens Newspaper denounces the brutality that was regularly taking place in the town and the prosecutions for taking a day off work at Sutton Heath Colliery despite the defendants having been sick.
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Whiston Workhouse plaque summary

150 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 20 - 26 JANUARY 1875

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's stories include the reckoning Monday row in Thatto Heath that led to a violent assault, the St Helens seedsman's stolen watch, the horseplay at the Holt in Rainhill that had potentially serious consequences for the main offender, the railway shunter's coal stealing, the perils of going to work on the railway line in the dark at 4am and the St Helens Chemical Company is charged with fouling the Atlas Street sewer.
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St Helens County Court summary

150 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 13 - 19 JANUARY 1875

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories include the annual ball of the 47th Lancashire Rifle Volunteers, the renewal of interest in the creation of a Mersey Tunnel, the case of a bottle of beer that was bought from a Nutgrove pub on a Sunday, the boy who was sent to prison for stealing his mother's dress, the Parr rabbit trap that was known as a grin and the death of a Sutton pit sinker employed at what would become Bold Colliery.
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Griffin Inn summary

150 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 6 - 12 JANUARY 1875

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's stories include the Oddfellows' generosity towards a blind miner, the mysterious deaths of three men whose bodies had lain in the St Helens Canal for over a month, the Parr boy who died after stirring up the kitchen fire, the battered wife who changed her mind over court action, the Sutton woman who died through injuring her ankle in a fall and the runaway husband who showed a rare bit of common sense.
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Gerard Arms, summary

150 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 30 DEC 1874 - 5 JAN 1875

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories include the annual nosh-ups for the aged poor of Parr and Eccleston, the St Helens mayor's fall from grace on the icy pavements of Manchester, the friendless man that died over Christmas, Cinderella continues at the Theatre Royal, Sir Robert Gerard's court baron at the Gerard Arms, the fearful railway accidents and St Helens Cricket Club decide to hire a professional to boost their skills.
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School Brow Rainford summary

150 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 23 - 29 DECEMBER 1874

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories include the glitzy Christmas pantomime performed at the Theatre Royal, the typhoid fever in Rainford blamed on poor quality well water, the distribution of the volunteers' shooting prizes, the St Helens Newspaper's romantic portrait of Christmas Day, the need for a second bridge over the canal at Grove Street and the two young thieves that received harsh punishments for their crimes.
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Laceys School - Cowley St Helens summary

150 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 16 - 22 DECEMBER 1874

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories include the fatal cart accident in Bold caused by a horse taking fright, the husband that threatened to knock his wife's neck out, the stabbing at a Sutton chemical works and the reflective judge, the Cowley Boys school concert in North Road, the fatal fall near to Thatto Heath station and a description of a shocking rape in which those watching thought what was taking place was not wrong.
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Whiston Workhouse St Helens summary

150 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 9 - 15 DECEMBER 1874

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories include the clever police capture of alleged rapists that were sleeping rough in Westfield Street, the huge number of tramps who were visiting Whiston Workhouse, the heavy fines inflicted for using a trade vehicle privately, the miner who was arrested for taking time off work through rheumatism, the pauper taint of workhouse boys and the assault claimed by being drenched by a bucket of water.
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James Radley, Mayor St Helens summary

150 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 2 - 8 DECEMBER 1874

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories include the fire-damaged stock that was for sale in Church Street, the colossal Scottish diorama on show in the Volunteer Hall, a complaint over a lack of light in Pudding Bag, the fire in a Market Street toy shop, there's criticism by councillors of the efficiency of the town's fire brigade and the man that battered a policeman in Cross Street in St Helens who only received a fine of half-a-crown.
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