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.
Rainhill Hospital summary

FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 13 - 19 JANUARY 1975

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories include the end of an era with the closure of Oxleys department store and Rigby's drapery shop, the controversial sacking at Saints' Social Club, another attempt is made to close down Leathers Chemicals, the opening of a new Waterloo Street club featuring go-go dancers and concern is expressed that dangerous criminals from top security mental hospitals could be transferred to Rainhill.
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St Helens bus summary

FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 6 - 12 JANUARY 1975

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories include the violent wages snatch that took place outside a Rainhill factory, the end of the penny bus fares in St Helens, the proposal for a £2 million Carr Mill leisure scheme gets turned down, the remarkable clock man of Sutton who had sixty clocks in his house, the proposed investment on public transport and the major changes in St Helens markets, including the opening of the Tontine.
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Fleece Hotel summary

FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 30 DEC 1974 - 5 JAN 1975

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories include the bizarre hospital consultants' dispute in which nurses sided with the government, the New Year window smashing in Duke Street and Corporation Street, a serious fire hits Fine Fare, the two burglaries at the Fleece, the nocturnal racket in Reginald Road, a facelift for NCB homes in Derbyshire Hill and the plans to revamp the Gamble that could turn St Helens into an arts showpiece.
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Tom O'Connor summary

FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 23 - 29 DECEMBER 1974

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories include the Eccleston girl who left home to find Gary Glitter, a dramatic drop in car sales leads to short time at Triplex, an update on St Helens Angling Association's campaign against plans for a leisure complex at Carr Mill, the Reporter's New Year's Day baby contest, the many derelict sites that were ripe for reclamation and why Tom O'Connor had been in Rainhill inspecting women's legs.
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Carr Mill Dam, St Helens summary

FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 16 - 22 DECEMBER 1974

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories include the Fleet Lane garage that disappeared while improvement work was taking place, Father Christmas takes to the St Helens' streets, St Helens Angling Association's launch a campaign against plans for a leisure complex at Carr Mill Dam, St Helens Library Service plans a new mobile library, the high levels of air pollution and St Helens Hospital's League of Friends opens their new shop.
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Leathers sulphuric acid factory St Helens summary

FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 9 - 15 DECEMBER 1974

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories include the bid to close down the controversial Leathers Chemicals in Sutton, the need for a secondary school to be built in Rainhill, a fire on the new Beth Avenue in Sutton badly burns two children, Pilks confirm their new float glass factory is to be built in Greengate, the '60s beat groups performing at the Theatre Royal and the 16-year-old girls that smiled at strangers for a survey.
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Sherdley Park, St Helens summary

FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 2 - 8 DECEMBER 1974

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories include the strange child assault in Sherdley Park, the problems caused by a bakers' strike in St Helens, hopes rise that a longstanding Eccleston eyesore in Lester Drive could be removed, the Reporter's Christmas painting competition, Beecham's festival of brass, Foster Plastics of Rainford’s new product and the Clock Face boy who fell down a deep manhole after its cover had been left off for a week.
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Church Street, St Helens summary

FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 25 NOV - 1 DEC 1974

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories include the disturbing dossier detailing the living conditions in St Helens, Pilks' plans to build a factory at Greengate in Ravenhead, the St Helens Show's Western theme, the start of nursery provision in St Helens' schools, plans for a scrap metal business in Monastery Lane are rejected, an advertising feature on Cotham Street and the little boy that played with matches in Sutton Manor.
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Invacar summary

FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 18 - 24 NOVEMBER 1974

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories include the massive demand for petrol in St Helens to beat Denis Healey's budget, there's anger after Suttons Transport deny anglers access to their fishing pond, complaints about Rediffusion's pioneering cable service, the St Helens disabled drivers group that wanted to ban the Invacar and the St Helens Mayor's Christmas appeal for donations of toys and food parcels is launched.
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Providence Hospital summary

FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 11 - 17 NOVEMBER 1974

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories include the drastic cuts in public services that were forecast for next year, the death of a Sutton boy while taking a lift on a lorry, the campaign to recruit more nurses through a nursing chat shop, the storm over the council's housing death list, the death of a well-known St Helens men's outfitter and the murky water from a Pilkington's chemicals tip that was cascading through business premises.
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Eccleston Parish Church summary

FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 4 - 10 NOVEMBER 1974

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories include St Helens-born comedian Bernie Clifton's appearance on TV's Opportunity Knocks, the plans to extend the 9-hole golf course at Sherdley Park, the Eccleston ship in a bottle craftsman, there's a resolution of the St Helens College strike, the faith healer working wonders at St Helens Town Hall and more on the ancient church clock in Eccleston that was reputed to have struck seventeen times.
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