St Helens History This Week

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St Helens History This Week
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.
Helena House summary

FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK (6 - 12 NOVEMBER 1973)

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories include the storm over a proposed betting shop at the Black Bull, the eyesore in Warrington Road in Rainhill that was set to disappear, the first St Helens Star is published but without any news, the diverse entertainment offered at the Theatre Royal, the Silcock's fair that had voyeurism as an added attraction and why local youngsters had difficulty following in the footsteps of gymnast Olga Korbut.
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Rainhill Hospital summary

FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK (30 OCT - 5 NOV 1973)

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories include the completion of Phase 1 of the St Helens town centre redevelopment scheme, the children that robbed a bedridden Sutton pensioner, St Helens Tech's disastrous Rag Week, the official opening of St Helens' first purpose-built day nursery, the organised Guy Fawkes Night celebrations and the Triplex lorry driver that lost his job through finishing a 165-mile journey 15 minutes too soon.
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Billy bottle summary

FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK (23 - 29 OCTOBER 1973)

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's fourteen stories include the lenient sentence that was imposed on a two-time Thatto Heath rapist, the milk bottle shortage proves good news for UGB, the plastic coffin product that was being developed in Rainford, the exhibition to publicise caring in St Helens, the compensation for those forced to move from demolition areas in St Helens and an update on the pigeon loft raid in Marshalls Cross Road.
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Theatre Royal St Helens summary

FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK (16 - 22 OCTOBER 1973)

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's stories include the war of destruction in Derbyshire Hill, the problem of golfers playing for free on the Sherdley Park municipal course, an update on the computer brain planned for Thatto Heath, the initial effect of the Middle East oil crisis on St Helens buses, the forthcoming attractions at the Theatre Royal and the unique experiment that would be taking place on a newly built estate in Gerards Bridge.
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Parr Baths St Helens summary

FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK (9 - 15 OCTOBER 1973)

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories include the claims of reigns of terror and destruction in Parr, the complaints over noisy speedboats sailing on Carr Mill Dam, the laying of the foundation stone for the new Parr Baths, the happiness of a retired West Park couple, the compensation conundrum of whether a shop was a shop or a house and the remarkable results of the football managers' course that had taken place in St Helens.
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Sefton Place St Helens summary

FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK (2 - 8 OCTOBER 1973)

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's stories include criticism of St Helens magistrates for showing leniency towards child sex offenders, St Helens pubs' campaign to close their houses on Christmas night, the promotional Look At Libraries Week in St Helens, the curious use of radio microphones in a play at the Theatre Royal, the drop in the town's population and there's some good news for the battling tenants on the new Four Acre Lane council estate.
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Yetties summary

FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK (25 SEPT - 1 OCT 1973)

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's stories include the unhappy Ugandan Asians in St Helens who felt they were being cold shouldered, the St Helens residents of Clyde, Wilson and Peter streets complain of horrifying living conditions, community service is introduced in St Helens, Helena House's Pets Corner, the children flirting with death in Burrows Lane and a solution in the dispute over Eccleston's old library becoming a village hall.
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St Helens bus summary

FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK (18 - 24 SEPTEMBER 1973)

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's stories include the twopenny bus rides in St Helens, the Liver Birds' opening of Fine Fare in Church Street, the mugging threat to bank customers in Hardshaw Street, a last ditch bid to save Crank Post Office, Rainford Council consider banning large lorries from passing through the village and the controversial Leathers temporarily close their Sutton chemical works to install anti-pollution equipment.
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Sutton Manor Colliery summary

FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK (11 - 17 SEPTEMBER 1973)

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's stories include another chemical scare in Sutton, why St Helens and Knowsley were to have a combined health authority, a call for juggernauts to be banned from St Helens roads, the Billinge bus that burst into flames, victory for the Chain Lane mothers' campaign, the pit cage at Sutton Manor Colliery that got stuck and the bravery awards for three St Helens boys who saved their pal from receiving serious burns.
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St Theresa School

FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK (4 - 10 SEPTEMBER 1973)

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's stories include the home classes that were being planned for illiterate people in St Helens, anger over delays to the start of classes at St Theresa's School in Sutton Manor, more criticism of the Corporation rubbish dump in Chester Lane, the television that exploded in Haydock, the free school milk scheme in Whiston, Eccleston and Bold and the sad plight of the many elderly people in Rainhill Hospital.
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Helena House summary

FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK (28 AUGUST - 3 SEPT 1973)

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's 14 stories include the proliferation of hoax telephone calls in St Helens, the cheeky burglar in Sutton Leach who entered 6 homes in one street, Kwik Save opens its new supermarket in Boundary Road, the changes planned to the St Helens postal service, a trolleybus restoration, a new sports hall for Rainford High and the Gladstone Street couple that proved the doubters wrong after 50 years of marriage.
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