150 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 21 - 27 APRIL 1875
This week's many stories include the cockfighting on Aintree Racecourse, the poetic hairdresser of Market Street, the location for the borough's new Fever Hospital is discussed, there's a tragic accident in Rainford and the head of St Helens Police complains to magistrates that in Parr the people attack the police right and left.
On the 22nd Elizabeth Evans appeared in St Helens Petty Sessions accused of stealing a number of items and some cash from a Sutton pub. The drinking house in question was the Bulls Head in Worsley Brow and Joseph Hope was its landlord. The magistrates were informed that at 10:45am Mrs Evans had entered the inn and bought a glass of beer.
A short time later she was seen walking down the stairs carrying a gold watch, a pair of gold earrings, a necklace and a leather cash bag containing nearly £10. Sgt Bee was informed and he took Mrs Evans into custody. The police then used women searchers – who were usually the wives of police officers – to conduct body searches of their female prisoners and Mrs Evans was also found to have an iron chisel and 3s 9d hidden on her person.
Her defence solicitor in mitigation pleaded that his client had previously had a respectable character but lately she had given way to drink. That, and the fact she had not got away with her theft – having, seemingly, been openly carrying the stolen items – made no difference to the magistrates who sentenced Mrs Evans to three months hard labour.
St Helens Council had committed itself to opening a hospital to isolate sufferers of what was generically described as fevers. Fever was a catch-all term for all kinds of contagious diseases – such as typhoid, scarlet fever, measles etc. – where the patient suffered a high temperature. At a meeting of the St Health Committee on the 22nd, the town's Medical Officer, Dr Robert McNicoll, reported that he had settled on four possible locations.
One was in Marshalls Cross Road some 200 yards further north than the present Cottage Hospital. Other possible sites were at the top of Archer Street and two locations in fields near Eccleston Street and what was described as Bird-i’-th’-Hand Lane. Dr McNicoll said his favoured site was at Marshalls Cross and the committee decided to consult with the hospital committee and the subject was postponed for a month. The hospital did not open until 1881 on the other side of Marshalls Cross Road to St Helens Hospital.
Cockfighting had been banned in England since 1835 but it still occasionally took place. On the 24th the St Helens Newspaper published this article describing how a police raid had interrupted a "great cockfight" that had been taking place on Aintree racecourse:
"The police are making active inquiries with respect to the cockfighting at Aintree last week, and have already ascertained the names and addresses of about twenty of the persons present, many of whom reside in and around Liverpool. It has been ascertained that there were upwards of fifty persons present at the time the fight took place, and the stampede [when the police raid began] is described as one of the most ludicrous things imaginable, considering that only two police officers and a man in private clothes made the sudden descent on the place.
"Twenty live birds and one dead one were seized, and are at present impounded in a stable adjoining the Bootle Police Station. They are a lot of splendid birds, and the majority are of the old “redbreast” breed so well known when cockfighting was allowed in this country, both for their symmetry and determination."
An advert in the Newspaper suggested that Young Prince was going to enjoy himself over the next few weeks. He was a horse standing 16 hands high that belonged to William Longton of Rainhill and during the coming breeding season Young Prince was available to "serve mares" for 25 shillings a time.
There was an unusual notice printed in the Newspaper offering a £20 reward for information leading to the conviction of the "evil-disposed person" who had poisoned the yard dog belonging to Edward Pemberton, a builder, whose premises were in Westfield Street.
There was also a new hairdresser's in town who had given themselves the grand moniker of "The London Fashionable Hair Dressing and Shampooing Rooms". Getting your hair cut at the Market Street hairdresser's that was run by a chap called D. Woods cost 3d, shampooing 3d, hair curling 6d and the brushing of your hair cost a penny. And their advert in the paper had poetry! It went:
"My friend, I ask a question, who is it cuts your hair?
Oh! tell me where the artiste lives, that I may hasten there;
When, 4, Market street I mention, to Wood's they will run,
And speak in admiration of the style in which it's done.
For shaving or shampooing, his equal's not in town;
Or if you want your hair dyed a lovely black or brown,
Go to No. 4, Market Street, take my advice, don't shun,
And he will show you there the style in which it's done."
The wonderfully named PC Sheriff was only about 22 and had not been long in Lancashire after coming over from Ireland. But Robert Sheriff had already had plenty of experience of being attacked by mobs in St Helens. This week John Purcill appeared in court charged with assaulting PC Sheriff and being drunk and disorderly. The officer gave evidence that on the day in question there had already been several disturbances in and around Parr Street and in the afternoon he had seen Purcill on the street in a drunk and disorderly state.
The man had approached the constable and wanted to fight him but he said he had advised him to go home. However, Purcill refused to leave and threatened to assault PC Sheriff who took him into custody, placing a set of handcuffs on his wrists. A crowd appeared and said they would not allow the officer to take his prisoner away. PC Sheriff and the handcuffed Purcill were then pushed into the passage of a house, with some of the men assaulting the officer.
Sheriff chased after them and was struck on the head by two other men and was also kicked by Purcill, who made an escape over a back wall still wearing the handcuffs. Nothing further was heard of the man until 2 am on the following morning when he was seen by a policeman in Penketh and taken into custody.
At the police station he said he had left St Helens because he was afraid of being sent to prison for assaulting a policeman. Purcill also claimed that the handcuffs that he had been wearing had been sawn off at a timber yard in Parr Street and fully removed at a Pocket Nook chemical works where they were destroyed.
Superintendent James Ludlam, who was prosecuting, told the magistrates in the courtroom that in Parr the people "attacked the police right and left, throwing all sorts of missiles at us, and only a short time since the mob had thrown a lot of mud at the same constable, and dared him to touch them. In fact they have got into such a state that I do not know what is to be done."
John Purcill appealed to the magistrates not to blame him for all the previous trouble as he said he had only been living in Parr for a fortnight. The prisoner did not have to worry about being sent to prison as he was only fined a total of £1 12s 10d for the drunkenness, assault and the damage to the handcuffs.
And finally, a dreadful accident occurred in Rainford on the 27th in which Daniel Rosbottom was killed. The 17-year-old was in charge of a horse that was pulling a heavy iron roller in what was described as a private road near Muncaster Hall (pictured above). Suddenly the horse took fright and knocked Daniel down in front of the roller which passed over his head and killed him on the spot. Daniel's father was nearby at the time but could do nothing to save his son.
St Helens Newspaper courtesy St Helens Archive Service at Eccleston Library
Next Week's stories will include a complaint over the quality of food in Whiston Workhouse, the Peasley Cross saw man is brought to book, the stolen shawl that was seen being worn in Church Street and the May Day horse and cart procession.
On the 22nd Elizabeth Evans appeared in St Helens Petty Sessions accused of stealing a number of items and some cash from a Sutton pub. The drinking house in question was the Bulls Head in Worsley Brow and Joseph Hope was its landlord. The magistrates were informed that at 10:45am Mrs Evans had entered the inn and bought a glass of beer.
A short time later she was seen walking down the stairs carrying a gold watch, a pair of gold earrings, a necklace and a leather cash bag containing nearly £10. Sgt Bee was informed and he took Mrs Evans into custody. The police then used women searchers – who were usually the wives of police officers – to conduct body searches of their female prisoners and Mrs Evans was also found to have an iron chisel and 3s 9d hidden on her person.
Her defence solicitor in mitigation pleaded that his client had previously had a respectable character but lately she had given way to drink. That, and the fact she had not got away with her theft – having, seemingly, been openly carrying the stolen items – made no difference to the magistrates who sentenced Mrs Evans to three months hard labour.
St Helens Council had committed itself to opening a hospital to isolate sufferers of what was generically described as fevers. Fever was a catch-all term for all kinds of contagious diseases – such as typhoid, scarlet fever, measles etc. – where the patient suffered a high temperature. At a meeting of the St Health Committee on the 22nd, the town's Medical Officer, Dr Robert McNicoll, reported that he had settled on four possible locations.
One was in Marshalls Cross Road some 200 yards further north than the present Cottage Hospital. Other possible sites were at the top of Archer Street and two locations in fields near Eccleston Street and what was described as Bird-i’-th’-Hand Lane. Dr McNicoll said his favoured site was at Marshalls Cross and the committee decided to consult with the hospital committee and the subject was postponed for a month. The hospital did not open until 1881 on the other side of Marshalls Cross Road to St Helens Hospital.
Cockfighting had been banned in England since 1835 but it still occasionally took place. On the 24th the St Helens Newspaper published this article describing how a police raid had interrupted a "great cockfight" that had been taking place on Aintree racecourse:
"The police are making active inquiries with respect to the cockfighting at Aintree last week, and have already ascertained the names and addresses of about twenty of the persons present, many of whom reside in and around Liverpool. It has been ascertained that there were upwards of fifty persons present at the time the fight took place, and the stampede [when the police raid began] is described as one of the most ludicrous things imaginable, considering that only two police officers and a man in private clothes made the sudden descent on the place.
"Twenty live birds and one dead one were seized, and are at present impounded in a stable adjoining the Bootle Police Station. They are a lot of splendid birds, and the majority are of the old “redbreast” breed so well known when cockfighting was allowed in this country, both for their symmetry and determination."
An advert in the Newspaper suggested that Young Prince was going to enjoy himself over the next few weeks. He was a horse standing 16 hands high that belonged to William Longton of Rainhill and during the coming breeding season Young Prince was available to "serve mares" for 25 shillings a time.
There was an unusual notice printed in the Newspaper offering a £20 reward for information leading to the conviction of the "evil-disposed person" who had poisoned the yard dog belonging to Edward Pemberton, a builder, whose premises were in Westfield Street.
There was also a new hairdresser's in town who had given themselves the grand moniker of "The London Fashionable Hair Dressing and Shampooing Rooms". Getting your hair cut at the Market Street hairdresser's that was run by a chap called D. Woods cost 3d, shampooing 3d, hair curling 6d and the brushing of your hair cost a penny. And their advert in the paper had poetry! It went:
"My friend, I ask a question, who is it cuts your hair?
Oh! tell me where the artiste lives, that I may hasten there;
When, 4, Market street I mention, to Wood's they will run,
And speak in admiration of the style in which it's done.
For shaving or shampooing, his equal's not in town;
Or if you want your hair dyed a lovely black or brown,
Go to No. 4, Market Street, take my advice, don't shun,
And he will show you there the style in which it's done."
The wonderfully named PC Sheriff was only about 22 and had not been long in Lancashire after coming over from Ireland. But Robert Sheriff had already had plenty of experience of being attacked by mobs in St Helens. This week John Purcill appeared in court charged with assaulting PC Sheriff and being drunk and disorderly. The officer gave evidence that on the day in question there had already been several disturbances in and around Parr Street and in the afternoon he had seen Purcill on the street in a drunk and disorderly state.
The man had approached the constable and wanted to fight him but he said he had advised him to go home. However, Purcill refused to leave and threatened to assault PC Sheriff who took him into custody, placing a set of handcuffs on his wrists. A crowd appeared and said they would not allow the officer to take his prisoner away. PC Sheriff and the handcuffed Purcill were then pushed into the passage of a house, with some of the men assaulting the officer.
Sheriff chased after them and was struck on the head by two other men and was also kicked by Purcill, who made an escape over a back wall still wearing the handcuffs. Nothing further was heard of the man until 2 am on the following morning when he was seen by a policeman in Penketh and taken into custody.
At the police station he said he had left St Helens because he was afraid of being sent to prison for assaulting a policeman. Purcill also claimed that the handcuffs that he had been wearing had been sawn off at a timber yard in Parr Street and fully removed at a Pocket Nook chemical works where they were destroyed.
Superintendent James Ludlam, who was prosecuting, told the magistrates in the courtroom that in Parr the people "attacked the police right and left, throwing all sorts of missiles at us, and only a short time since the mob had thrown a lot of mud at the same constable, and dared him to touch them. In fact they have got into such a state that I do not know what is to be done."
John Purcill appealed to the magistrates not to blame him for all the previous trouble as he said he had only been living in Parr for a fortnight. The prisoner did not have to worry about being sent to prison as he was only fined a total of £1 12s 10d for the drunkenness, assault and the damage to the handcuffs.
St Helens Newspaper courtesy St Helens Archive Service at Eccleston Library
Next Week's stories will include a complaint over the quality of food in Whiston Workhouse, the Peasley Cross saw man is brought to book, the stolen shawl that was seen being worn in Church Street and the May Day horse and cart procession.
This week's many stories include the cockfighting on Aintree Racecourse, the poetic hairdresser of Market Street, the location for the borough's new Fever Hospital is discussed, there's a tragic accident in Rainford and the head of St Helens Police complains to magistrates that in Parr the people attack the police right and left.
On the 22nd Elizabeth Evans appeared in St Helens Petty Sessions accused of stealing a number of items and some cash from a Sutton pub.
The drinking house in question was the Bulls Head in Worsley Brow and Joseph Hope was its landlord.
The magistrates were informed that at 10:45am Mrs Evans had entered the inn and bought a glass of beer.
A short time later she was seen walking down the stairs carrying a gold watch, a pair of gold earrings, a necklace and a leather cash bag containing nearly £10. Sgt Bee was informed and he took Mrs Evans into custody.
The police then used women searchers – who were usually the wives of police officers – to conduct body searches of their female prisoners and Mrs Evans was also found to have an iron chisel and 3s 9d hidden on her person.
Her defence solicitor in mitigation pleaded that his client had previously had a respectable character but lately she had given way to drink.
That, and the fact she had not got away with her theft – having, seemingly, been openly carrying the stolen items – made no difference to the magistrates who sentenced Mrs Evans to three months hard labour.
St Helens Council had committed itself to opening a hospital to isolate sufferers of what was generically described as fevers.
Fever was a catch-all term for all kinds of contagious diseases – such as typhoid, scarlet fever, measles etc. – where the patient suffered a high temperature.
At a meeting of the St Health Committee on the 22nd, the town's Medical Officer, Dr Robert McNicoll, reported that he had settled on four possible locations.
One was in Marshalls Cross Road some 200 yards further north than the present Cottage Hospital.
Other possible sites were at the top of Archer Street and two locations in fields near Eccleston Street and what was described as Bird-i’-th’-Hand Lane.
Dr McNicoll said his favoured site was at Marshalls Cross and the committee decided to consult with the hospital committee and the subject was postponed for a month.
The hospital did not open until 1881 on the other side of Marshalls Cross Road to St Helens Hospital.
Cockfighting had been banned in England since 1835 but it still occasionally took place.
On the 24th the St Helens Newspaper published this article describing how a police raid had interrupted a "great cockfight" that had been taking place on Aintree racecourse:
"The police are making active inquiries with respect to the cockfighting at Aintree last week, and have already ascertained the names and addresses of about twenty of the persons present, many of whom reside in and around Liverpool.
"It has been ascertained that there were upwards of fifty persons present at the time the fight took place, and the stampede [when the police raid began] is described as one of the most ludicrous things imaginable, considering that only two police officers and a man in private clothes made the sudden descent on the place.
"Twenty live birds and one dead one were seized, and are at present impounded in a stable adjoining the Bootle Police Station.
"They are a lot of splendid birds, and the majority are of the old “redbreast” breed so well known when cockfighting was allowed in this country, both for their symmetry and determination."
An advert in the Newspaper suggested that Young Prince was going to enjoy himself over the next few weeks.
He was a horse standing 16 hands high that belonged to William Longton of Rainhill and during the coming breeding season Young Prince was available to "serve mares" for 25 shillings a time.
There was an unusual notice printed in the Newspaper offering a £20 reward for information leading to the conviction of the "evil-disposed person" who had poisoned the yard dog belonging to Edward Pemberton, a builder, whose premises were in Westfield Street.
There was also a new hairdresser's in town who had given themselves the grand moniker of "The London Fashionable Hair Dressing and Shampooing Rooms".
Getting your hair cut at the Market Street hairdresser's that was run by a chap called D. Woods cost 3d, shampooing 3d, hair curling 6d and the brushing of your hair cost a penny. And their advert in the paper had poetry! It went:
"My friend, I ask a question, who is it cuts your hair?
Oh! tell me where the artiste lives, that I may hasten there;
When, 4, Market street I mention, to Wood's they will run,
And speak in admiration of the style in which it's done.
For shaving or shampooing, his equal's not in town;
Or if you want your hair dyed a lovely black or brown,
Go to No. 4, Market Street, take my advice, don't shun,
And he will show you there the style in which it's done."
The wonderfully named PC Sheriff was only about 22 and had not been long in Lancashire after coming over from Ireland.
But Robert Sheriff had already had plenty of experience of being attacked by mobs in St Helens.
This week John Purcill appeared in court charged with assaulting PC Sheriff and being drunk and disorderly.
The officer gave evidence that on the day in question there had already been several disturbances in and around Parr Street and in the afternoon he had seen Purcill on the street in a drunk and disorderly state.
The man had approached the constable and wanted to fight him but he said he had advised him to go home.
However, Purcill refused to leave and threatened to assault PC Sheriff who took him into custody, placing a set of handcuffs on his wrists.
A crowd appeared and said they would not allow the officer to take his prisoner away.
PC Sheriff and the handcuffed Purcill were then pushed into the passage of a house, with some of the men assaulting the officer.
Sheriff chased after them and was struck on the head by two other men and was also kicked by Purcill, who made an escape over a back wall still wearing the handcuffs.
Nothing further was heard of the man until 2 am on the following morning when he was seen by a policeman in Penketh and taken into custody.
At the police station he said he had left St Helens because he was afraid of being sent to prison for assaulting a policeman.
Purcill also claimed that the handcuffs that he had been wearing had been sawn off at a timber yard in Parr Street and fully removed at a Pocket Nook chemical works where they were destroyed.
Superintendent James Ludlam, who was prosecuting, told the magistrates in the courtroom that in Parr the people "attacked the police right and left, throwing all sorts of missiles at us, and only a short time since the mob had thrown a lot of mud at the same constable, and dared him to touch them. In fact they have got into such a state that I do not know what is to be done."
John Purcill appealed to the magistrates not to blame him for all the previous trouble as he said he had only been living in Parr for a fortnight.
The prisoner did not have to worry about being sent to prison as he was only fined a total of £1 12s 10d for the drunkenness, assault and the damage to the handcuffs.
And finally, a dreadful accident occurred in Rainford on the 27th in which Daniel Rosbottom was killed.
The 17-year-old was in charge of a horse that was pulling a heavy iron roller in what was described as a private road near Muncaster Hall (pictured above).
Suddenly the horse took fright and knocked Daniel down in front of the roller which passed over his head and killed him on the spot.
Daniel's father was nearby at the time but could do nothing to save his son.
St Helens Newspaper courtesy St Helens Archive Service at Eccleston Library
Next Week's stories will include a complaint over the quality of food in Whiston Workhouse, the Peasley Cross saw man is brought to book, the stolen shawl that was seen being worn in Church Street and the May Day horse and cart procession.
On the 22nd Elizabeth Evans appeared in St Helens Petty Sessions accused of stealing a number of items and some cash from a Sutton pub.
The drinking house in question was the Bulls Head in Worsley Brow and Joseph Hope was its landlord.
The magistrates were informed that at 10:45am Mrs Evans had entered the inn and bought a glass of beer.
A short time later she was seen walking down the stairs carrying a gold watch, a pair of gold earrings, a necklace and a leather cash bag containing nearly £10. Sgt Bee was informed and he took Mrs Evans into custody.
The police then used women searchers – who were usually the wives of police officers – to conduct body searches of their female prisoners and Mrs Evans was also found to have an iron chisel and 3s 9d hidden on her person.
Her defence solicitor in mitigation pleaded that his client had previously had a respectable character but lately she had given way to drink.
That, and the fact she had not got away with her theft – having, seemingly, been openly carrying the stolen items – made no difference to the magistrates who sentenced Mrs Evans to three months hard labour.
St Helens Council had committed itself to opening a hospital to isolate sufferers of what was generically described as fevers.
Fever was a catch-all term for all kinds of contagious diseases – such as typhoid, scarlet fever, measles etc. – where the patient suffered a high temperature.
At a meeting of the St Health Committee on the 22nd, the town's Medical Officer, Dr Robert McNicoll, reported that he had settled on four possible locations.
One was in Marshalls Cross Road some 200 yards further north than the present Cottage Hospital.
Other possible sites were at the top of Archer Street and two locations in fields near Eccleston Street and what was described as Bird-i’-th’-Hand Lane.
Dr McNicoll said his favoured site was at Marshalls Cross and the committee decided to consult with the hospital committee and the subject was postponed for a month.
The hospital did not open until 1881 on the other side of Marshalls Cross Road to St Helens Hospital.
Cockfighting had been banned in England since 1835 but it still occasionally took place.
On the 24th the St Helens Newspaper published this article describing how a police raid had interrupted a "great cockfight" that had been taking place on Aintree racecourse:
"The police are making active inquiries with respect to the cockfighting at Aintree last week, and have already ascertained the names and addresses of about twenty of the persons present, many of whom reside in and around Liverpool.
"It has been ascertained that there were upwards of fifty persons present at the time the fight took place, and the stampede [when the police raid began] is described as one of the most ludicrous things imaginable, considering that only two police officers and a man in private clothes made the sudden descent on the place.
"Twenty live birds and one dead one were seized, and are at present impounded in a stable adjoining the Bootle Police Station.
"They are a lot of splendid birds, and the majority are of the old “redbreast” breed so well known when cockfighting was allowed in this country, both for their symmetry and determination."
An advert in the Newspaper suggested that Young Prince was going to enjoy himself over the next few weeks.
He was a horse standing 16 hands high that belonged to William Longton of Rainhill and during the coming breeding season Young Prince was available to "serve mares" for 25 shillings a time.
There was an unusual notice printed in the Newspaper offering a £20 reward for information leading to the conviction of the "evil-disposed person" who had poisoned the yard dog belonging to Edward Pemberton, a builder, whose premises were in Westfield Street.
There was also a new hairdresser's in town who had given themselves the grand moniker of "The London Fashionable Hair Dressing and Shampooing Rooms".
Getting your hair cut at the Market Street hairdresser's that was run by a chap called D. Woods cost 3d, shampooing 3d, hair curling 6d and the brushing of your hair cost a penny. And their advert in the paper had poetry! It went:
"My friend, I ask a question, who is it cuts your hair?
Oh! tell me where the artiste lives, that I may hasten there;
When, 4, Market street I mention, to Wood's they will run,
And speak in admiration of the style in which it's done.
For shaving or shampooing, his equal's not in town;
Or if you want your hair dyed a lovely black or brown,
Go to No. 4, Market Street, take my advice, don't shun,
And he will show you there the style in which it's done."
The wonderfully named PC Sheriff was only about 22 and had not been long in Lancashire after coming over from Ireland.
But Robert Sheriff had already had plenty of experience of being attacked by mobs in St Helens.
This week John Purcill appeared in court charged with assaulting PC Sheriff and being drunk and disorderly.
The officer gave evidence that on the day in question there had already been several disturbances in and around Parr Street and in the afternoon he had seen Purcill on the street in a drunk and disorderly state.
The man had approached the constable and wanted to fight him but he said he had advised him to go home.
However, Purcill refused to leave and threatened to assault PC Sheriff who took him into custody, placing a set of handcuffs on his wrists.
A crowd appeared and said they would not allow the officer to take his prisoner away.
PC Sheriff and the handcuffed Purcill were then pushed into the passage of a house, with some of the men assaulting the officer.
Sheriff chased after them and was struck on the head by two other men and was also kicked by Purcill, who made an escape over a back wall still wearing the handcuffs.
Nothing further was heard of the man until 2 am on the following morning when he was seen by a policeman in Penketh and taken into custody.
At the police station he said he had left St Helens because he was afraid of being sent to prison for assaulting a policeman.
Purcill also claimed that the handcuffs that he had been wearing had been sawn off at a timber yard in Parr Street and fully removed at a Pocket Nook chemical works where they were destroyed.
Superintendent James Ludlam, who was prosecuting, told the magistrates in the courtroom that in Parr the people "attacked the police right and left, throwing all sorts of missiles at us, and only a short time since the mob had thrown a lot of mud at the same constable, and dared him to touch them. In fact they have got into such a state that I do not know what is to be done."
John Purcill appealed to the magistrates not to blame him for all the previous trouble as he said he had only been living in Parr for a fortnight.
The prisoner did not have to worry about being sent to prison as he was only fined a total of £1 12s 10d for the drunkenness, assault and the damage to the handcuffs.
And finally, a dreadful accident occurred in Rainford on the 27th in which Daniel Rosbottom was killed.
Suddenly the horse took fright and knocked Daniel down in front of the roller which passed over his head and killed him on the spot.
Daniel's father was nearby at the time but could do nothing to save his son.
St Helens Newspaper courtesy St Helens Archive Service at Eccleston Library
Next Week's stories will include a complaint over the quality of food in Whiston Workhouse, the Peasley Cross saw man is brought to book, the stolen shawl that was seen being worn in Church Street and the May Day horse and cart procession.