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.
Leathers Chemicals, St Helens summary

FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 13 - 19 JULY 1976

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's stories include a worker's death at Leathers Chemicals in Sutton, why Percy the penguin could not have a partner, the stigma of living in Beth Avenue, the houses in St Helens that were breaking the £10,000 price barrier, the forklift truck accident at Pilks, the slaughter of budgerigars and goldfish at Knowsley Road School, the Kirkland Street motorcycle shop that had been repeatedly burgled and how the heatwave was leading to big increases in sales of ice lollies and drink.
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Hotties fishing summary

FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 6 - 12 JULY 1976

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories include how the heatwave and drought were causing increased prices of vegetables, the Turkish bath temperatures that were being experienced on some buses, the young Sutton girl that drowned in the Hotties, the seventy schoolchildren who were forced to walk 7 miles home, the fuss when a girl gets a job as a printing apprentice and a call for schoolchildren to undertake work placements.
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Lennons summary

FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 29 JUNE - 5 JULY 1976

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories include the eleven CAMRA pubs that were listed in St Helens, the genesis of Willow Tree Primary School off Leach Lane, the Cowley Gala takes place in blazing hot sunshine, Terence Lennon quits as head of his supermarket group, the rise in alcoholics being treated at a Hardshaw Street clinic and the row in Grange Park when an angry councillor turned up at a Reporter letterwriter's door.
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Eccleston Parish Church, St Helens summary

FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 22 - 28 JUNE 1976

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's stories include the children who were dicing with death on the railway at Clock Face, there's a reprieve for the death list houses in Rainford and Haydock, two St Helens churches complain of vandalism, the opposition to the proposed transport depot in Washway Lane, the job vacancies at Bold Colliery, the campaign to return St Helens to Lancashire and the banning of cigarette sales in St Helens' hospitals.
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Holy Cross Church St Helens summary

FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 15 - 21 JUNE 1976

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories include the Windlehurst gas explosion that injured three workers, the fantastic success of Parr Swimming Baths, there's criticism of a community after a man lay dead in his Parr flat for over 10 days, the phantom bell ringer at Holy Cross Church, the backlog of storm damage repairs, the St John's Ambulance Brigade's disaster appeal and the campaign to report child batterers in St Helens.
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Town Hall, St Helens summary

FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 8 - 14 JUNE 1976

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories include the concerns over safety after the pedestrianisation of Hardshaw Street, the woman's canal rescue at Blackbrook, a call for more women to hold senior positions in St Helens Town Hall, how gas lamps could be making a comeback in St Helens, concerns that outpatients at hospitals may not be able to afford bus fares and why Pilks' workers are upset with Lawrie McMenemy.
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Pimbletts College Bakery, St Helens summary

FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 1 - 7 JUNE 1976

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories include the fire at Everson's restaurant and bakery in Westfield Street, Triplex's aircraft division get a contract from British Airways, the clogs being worn at the United Glass Sherdley plant, the vandalism on new build housing estates, Pimblett's no smoking bonus for their staff in its shops, the near tragedy in Pilkington's Sheet Works yard and an update on the phasing in of one-man buses in St Helens.
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Bold Colliery, St Helens summary

FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 25 - 31 MAY 1976

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories include the protest meeting held over plans to close St Helens Hospital's A&E unit at night, the campaign against the noise from powerboats on Carr Mill Dam, St Helens is described as a town of despair and hardship, the row over the relocation of a telephone box at Rainford Junction, the huge load that left Parr by road and St Helens Police force celebrate their increasing crime detection rate.
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Bate market, St Helens summary

FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 18 - 24 MAY 1976

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's stories include the Pilkington strike that was connected to a punch-up, the controversy over Saints' wheelchair and invalid car ban at their Knowsley Road ground, the children who were scavenging rotting food from a Clock Face supermarket's bins, the Pilkington lorries accused of damaging Cowley Street and the greengrocers given notice to vacate their market stall because they were proving too popular.
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Woolworths, St Helens summary

FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 11 - 17 MAY 1976

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories include the smashed windows of Ellison's coaches that were taking Saints supporters to away games, a cash crisis threatens NHS services in St Helens, fire causes considerable damage to the HQ of the St John Ambulance Brigade, footballer Emlyn Hughes makes a presentation at the Rael Brook shirt factory in Rainhill and an appeal for volunteers to keep lonely hospital patients company.
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Boots, St Helens summary

FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 4 - 10 MAY 1976

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories include the conclusion of the Radio Caroline Roadshow trial, Boots new store opens its doors, Fossett's Circus comes to Parr, the expansion of one-man bus operations in St Helens is halted, 300 female employees of Beecham's open an equal pay claim, 50 youngsters receive their Duke of Edinburgh awards and 25,000 Saints fans go to Wembley but the team's homecoming celebration is marred.
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