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.
Plaza Summary

FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK (11th - 17th OCTOBER 1971)

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories include the terrified widow driven from her home by Plaza strip night rowdies, an update on abandoned dog Faithful Fred, the mysterious draining of the deadly canal at Haydock, a warning by St Helens Police about housebreaking, the Pilkington Recs scrum collapse tragedy, the Thatto Heath modern man and the musical 'Showboat' is performed at the Theatre Royal and receives a rave review.
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Dubliners Summary

FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK (4th - 10th OCTOBER 1971)

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's stories include the Dubliners dispute with the Theatre Royal, St Helens Council's derelict land reclamation programme, the woman who gave cooking sherry to a 4-year-old in Victoria Park, the Pilkington strike leader prosecuted as a benefit cheat, St Helens-born Stanley Parr is made Chief Constable of Lancashire, the natural gas conversion programme and the planned demolition of the St Helens covered market.
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Crone and Taylor Summary

FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK (27th SEPT. - 3rd OCT. 1971)

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories include a setback in the sanctuary plans for Eccleston's "Dr Dolittle", a child drowns in a Haydock canal while walking a dog, the soccer-mad Sutton Manor schoolboys, the Manchester United full back from Parr who was hurt in a skinhead attack, the deserved Pocket Nook pools win, a rejection for supermarket plans at Rainhill and the nocturnal pile-drivers preventing people from sleeping.
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St Helens Post Office Summary

FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK (20th - 26th SEPTEMBER 1971)

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's sixteen stories include the shocking castration of a sheep dog in North Road, St Helens schools ban the noisy and dangerous new clackers craze, the opening of the new post office in Bridge Street, the Carr Mill football hooligan in London, the stars on stage at the Theatre Royal, the serious school fire in Prescot and the planned re-development of the Westfield Street area in St Helens receives the green light.
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Parr Stocks Fair St Helens Summary

FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK (13th - 19th SEPTEMBER 1971)

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's 15 stories include the stars of a Theatre Royal production who drowned their sorrows by getting drunk, the many St Helens Christmas Clubs available, praise for the caring Rainhill Hospital staff, the goat that attended Knowsley Road Junior School, the fireman who quit his job to protect his mother from thieves and vandals and the crowds of Liverpool supporters that blocked the M6 entrance at Haydock.
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Capitol Cinema St Helens Summary

FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK (6th - 12th SEPTEMBER 1971)

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories include the serious Eccleston school blaze, the priest who walked out of a sex education film at the Capitol after just ten minutes, an investigation into the Dobsons Lane gipsy camp, the vicar of St Mark's criticises brides arriving late at his church, Pilkingtons win two big South American orders and the band at Knowsley Road that had to quickly learn the new national anthem of New Zealand.
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Lennons St Helens Summary

FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK (30th AUG. - 5th SEPT. 1971)

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's stories include the Rainford exotic bird show and charity walk, why youths misbehaving in Sefton Place were giving police a dog's life, the Pilkington Sub Aqua Club diver who almost died, the expanding Lennon's supermarkets and off-licences, the failing St Helens automatic car washes, tobacconist Peter Dewar moves into men's fashions and the sad dilemma of the Haydock hole-in-the-heart dad.
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St Helens College Summary

FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK (23rd - 29th AUGUST 1971)

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories include the disabled North Road boy who played footie with Liverpool star John Toshack, the Liverpool Echo expresses admiration for the St Helens Theatre Royal, world snooker champion John Spencer comes to St Helens, the courses available to study at St Helens Tech, the dogs racing at St Helens Greyhound Track, the wet Billinge Field Day and Rainford is declared to be the best place to live.
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Carr Mill Dam Summary

FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK (16th - 22nd AUGUST 1971)

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's stories include the woman seeking compensation after being hurt at the St Helens Show, Knowsley Safari Park is on course to reach its visitor target, a big housing project for Rainford, the St Helens fire chief warns of children playing in derelict houses, why the St Helens population was in decline, a mysterious death at Carr Mill Dam and plans for a Washway Lane / East Lancs tunnel are given the thumbs-up.
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Woolworth Summary

FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK (9th - 15th AUGUST 1971)

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories include a call for a housewives ban on shopping at Woolworths, the fruit merchant scam in Exchange Street, the timetable for North Sea gas conversion in St Helens is announced, Knowsley Safari Park drivers hit back at criticism of their vehicles, the tragic tale of Timothy the wandering tortoise and the rent-striking Parr tenants in unfit National Coal Board homes receive their eviction notices.
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Knowsley Safari Bus Summary

FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK (2nd - 8th AUGUST 1971)

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories include the black smoke that belched out from Sidac, Saints threaten strike action over pay, the old bangers breaking down in Knowsley Safari Park, the Pilkington Gala at Ruskin Drive, the offices for let in the new Barrow Street shopping centre, a Wedding Bells and Beautiful Brides feature in the Reporter, a debate over self-catering holidays and the semi-Beatle reunion in New York.
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