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.
Carr Mill Dam summary

FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 19 - 25 MAY 1975

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories include the dangerous bend on Prescot Road in St Helens that had taken the lives of two women, the St Helens councillor who said he had been overwhelmed by the son of the Desert Fox, trade unions hold talks with Tony Benn on the Pilkingtons jobs crisis, the low turnout for Rainford Parish Council's public meeting, officials from Haydock Male Voice Choir receive red carpet treatment in Stuttgart and there's a call for more public support for the Haydock Donkey Derby.
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Hotties summary

FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 12 - 18 MAY 1975

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories include the lay offs planned for Triplex, the new night club that intended to open in Parr, there are protests over the high rent on a Clock Face council estate, the Hotties safety patrols that saved youngsters from drowning, Sacred Heart Primary School fears it could be forced to close, the lonesome race walker from Scholes Lane and the swarms of youngsters that were damaging Billinge Beacon.
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Windle Hall summary

FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 5 - 11 MAY 1975

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's stories include the children's pet parade that was taking place at the Capitol Cinema in St Helens, the nameless streets at Eccleston Mere that were causing great confusion, the refuse collectors' dispute that was causing a build up of rubbish in Newton-le-Willows, the broken-hearted pigeon fancier who had two dozen birds stolen and Saints visit Windle Hall to celebrate becoming the rugby league champions.
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Greenalls summary

FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 28 APRIL - 4 MAY 1975

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's stories include the orgy of destruction in College Street, St Helens is deemed a great place to retire, there's some good news for the woman whose handbag was stolen in Holy Cross Church, BICC decides to change its name to BICC, the Blackbrook and Billinge schools for disturbed adolescents and the well-known clergyman who admitted embezzling thousands of pounds of church funds to buy booze.
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Rockware Glass summary

FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 21 - 27 APRIL 1975

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories include the panic buying frenzy to beat Denis Healey's hike in VAT, a worshipper's handbag is stolen from a church pew while kneeling at the altar, why a trade union was praising Rockware Glass, the graveyard desecration that was taking place in Eccleston, St Helens magistrates shut down Derbyshire Hill Labour Club for a year and the baby delivered by ambulancemen outside Whiston Hospital.
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St Helens Town Hall summary

FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 14 - 20 APRIL 1975

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories include the grim redundancy toll at Pilkingtons worsens with more redundancies expected at Ravenhead, the choking mist that emanated from Leathers and sent two women running for cover, the elderly woman of Napier Street who woke up to find mice running round her bed, a report on Crank's new recreation centre and the St Helens councillors that were accused of living it up on the rates.
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Haydock Male Voice Choir summary

FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 7 - 13 APRIL 1975

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories include the fire in a St Helens clay pit visible from 10 miles away, the deep-sea diving chambers being made in Bold, the measures to improve the poor state of Beth Avenue, the new clothing factory to be built in Parr, the campaign to get hearing aid batteries available from health clinics, a wedding feature is in the Reporter and Haydock Male Voice Choir upsets the touchy St Helens Council.
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Knowsley Safari bus summary

FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 31 MARCH - 6 APRIL 1975

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories include an update on the land reclamation site in Jackson Street, why the Common Market was stopping St Helens from installing new road signs, there's a cautious thumbs up for male midwives, hopes rise over an agreement to resolve the Rainhill Hospital dispute, the Blott Brothers expand the Tony Sampson store and the explosion on a building site that was caused by the lighting of a cigar.
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St Nicholas Church, St Helens summary

FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 24 - 30 MARCH 1975

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories include the Barclays Bank robbery, a vow to stop building big council estates in St Helens after the failed experiments of Beth Avenue and Four Acre, why government ministers were investigating the redundancy crisis at Pilks, the Sherdley Park Golf Shop, the musical chairs at the town's two cinemas and the donation of an electric wheelchair that offered much more freedom for a little Whiston girl.
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Robins Lane, St Helens summary

FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 17 - 23 MARCH 1975

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories include the peacock slaughter in Sutton, the treasure that a boy found in a Rainhill gutter, the closure of a St Helens tea factory leads to 130 job losses, the pushback against the Leathers closure decision begins, the second stage of the Victoria Square one-way system kicks in and the elderly folk living on the Four Acre estate that were too frightened to leave their homes at night through mobs of youths.
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Leathers, St Helens summary

FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 10 - 16 MARCH 1975

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories include a tour of the red brick and concrete jungle of Beth Avenue, St Helens Council votes to close down Leathers Chemicals of Lancots Lane, the kind-hearted Triplex workers undertake their kidney machine installation, the pioneering child fostering scheme that used advertising, the successes of the Rockware charity committee and the rumour that Oxley's was to be replaced by a nightclub.
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