St Helens History This Week

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ST HELENS 50 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK
This page is a series of weekly articles that describe llfe in the Lancashire town in the 1970s and which are updated every Sunday morning.
50 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK
This page is a series of weekly articles that describe llfe in St Helens in Lancashire in the 1970s and which are updated every Sunday morning.
Co-op, St Helens summary

FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 2 - 8 MARCH 1976

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's stories include the troublesome travellers in Rainhill that burnt a court order in a public show of defiance, the stopping of The Court's disco for teenagers, the St Helens Civic Society claim lack of support, the burglary at the Lord Nelson Hotel in Parr Stocks Road, the theft of a prized telescope from Clock Face, the closing down of Julian Swift's Barrow Street store in St Helens and Eccleston Parish Council complains about developers that were chopping down trees in the village.
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Jaws summary

FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 23 FEBRUARY - 1 MARCH 1976

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories include the gang of thieves that were terrorising St Mary's Arcade and behaving boisterously in a Church Street cafe, a vicar's criticism of porn magazines in St Helens' shops, there's a big rise in Savoy cinemagoers, an attack on fly-tippers, the closure of the Ravenhead TV glassware plant and the Eccleston man that fled from a new club after finding that he was the only male among forty women.
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Fleece Hotel, St Helens summary

FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 16 - 22 FEBRUARY 1976

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories include the two men and a woman from Broad Oak that were charged with committing a series of sex offences against children, the bid to save Todd Steels after its parent firm faces collapse, the prosecution of the Fleece for promoting Radio Caroline, the air-rifle snipers that were shooting at cats and dogs and a call for the relocation of Queen Victoria’s statue in Victoria Square to Victoria Park.
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Oldham Tinkers summary

FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 9 - 15 FEBRUARY 1976

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories include the flu virus that was sweeping the town and emptying schools, the lad that rescued his brother from drowning in a pond at Roughdales quarry, the Valentine's Day events held in St Helens, Rainhill's new one-way and no-parking system, the debate over women drinking out of pint glasses and the nineteen Pickavance drivers who claimed they'd been sacked for refusing to break the law.
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Bus, St Helens summary

FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 2 - 8 FEBRUARY 1976

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's stories include the death of a St Helens boxer who sparred with Jack Dempsey, Cowley girls are allowed to wear slacks during the winter months, the Triplex plan to boost workers job security, the council's notepad brainchild to address people's complaints, the Golden Lion Gun Club lose their appeal against eviction and there's criticism of the fire service's slow response to call outs since reorganisation.
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Capitol Cinema St Helens summary

FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 26 JAN - 1 FEB 1976

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories include the pram-pushing mothers who barricaded Merton Bank Road concerned over road safety, the testing of a new Bold diving bell and compression chamber, the proposed ban on a dangerous new children's game, why families in the Blackbrook area were boycotting their local surgery and a female Chief Inspector within the St Helens Division is placed in charge of policemen for the first time.
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Mormons, St Helens summary

FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 19 - 25 JANUARY 1976

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories include the fire at the St Helens Greyhound Stadium, the plans to stage a re-enactment of the Rainhill Trials, Windle Parish Council consider buying the historic Windle Grange, work begins on the first Mormon place of worship in St Helens, the Miss Françoise 1976 contest, the town's MP campaigns against fly-by-night traders and the public inquiry into Leathers Chemicals comes to an end.
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Fleece Hotel, St Helens summary

FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 12 - 18 JANUARY 1976

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories include an update on Leathers Chemicals' appeal hearings at St Helens Town Hall, the little girls that separately flew thousands of miles to St Helens, the death in an industrial accident in Sutton, the plans to open two dog tracks in Jackson Street are rejected, the boom in ear piercing in St Helens and a complaint from a bank customer after being booked for parking on double-yellow lines.
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Tyrers, St Helens summary

FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 5 - 11 JANUARY 1976

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories include the cutbacks that were proposed for the 1976 St Helens Show, footballer Ian Callaghan visits McLean and Appleton's garage to hand out competition prizes, there's bad news for the Ravenhead Action Committee, the mass rally of women Labour club members, the death of comedian Bonk Shaw and the public inquiry into Leathers Chemicals' appeal against its closure order begins.
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Rockware Glass, St Helens

FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 29 DEC 1975 - 4 JAN 1976

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories include the road improvements that were planned for St Helens town centre, a discussion on how to stop the plague of thefts from council building sites, the sale of land to Pilkingtons to create a new access road, Rockware Glass's lighter milk bottles, BICC in Prescot admit to having a tough and disappointing year and the over-addressed Christmas card that proved a poser for the postie.
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Morecambe and Wise summary

FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 22 - 28 DECEMBER 1975

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories include the vandalised Christmas crib at St Helens Town Hall, the reduced need for students to deliver the Christmas mail in the town, the vain attempt by a boy to save a baby's life in Sutton, the Christmas TV guide in the Reporter, a bigger mortuary for the Town Hall and the shoppers that fell down the stairs at the new Tontine Market are told they were all wearing the wrong type of shoes.
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