FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 12 - 18 MAY 1975
This week's many stories include the lay offs at Triplex, the new night club planned for Parr, the protests over high rent on a Clock Face council estate, the Hotties safety patrols, Sacred Heart Primary School fears it could be forced to close, the lonesome race walker from Scholes Lane and the swarms of youngsters accused of damaging Billinge Beacon.
We begin with a "Stop Press" item in the Liverpool Echo on the 14th that said that 5-year-old Angela Winstanley from Field Close in Clock Face had been rushed to St Helens Hospital. That was after the little girl had accidentally drunk some turpentine at home but was later stated to be in a satisfactory condition.
A couple of weeks ago I described how Derbyshire Hill Labour Club had been closed down after police complaints of mismanagement and debt. But it had not been the first club in the district to fall foul of the authorities. The Parr British Legion in Ashcroft Street had been closed in 1972 after police complaints that five committee members were unfit to hold office.
It was then allowed to reopen under the management of a new committee and was renamed the Fingerpost (St Helens) Royal British Legion Club. But it was again shut down following a brawl in which a man had died. A businessman called Joseph Harding and his wife Jacqueline were now planning to seek a licence from the magistrates to reopen the building as a nightclub and restaurant.
The St Helens Reporter said on the 16th that negotiations between Mr Harding and the Royal British Legion about purchasing the building had been completed but a final settlement could not be agreed until the licence was granted. St Helens magistrates would consider the application by the Hardings on June 2nd and if a licence was granted, work on renovating the building would begin immediately.
The new nightspot with seating for 500 members would be called The Snooty Fox and if all went well it would open in about two months. Apart from restaurant and cabaret facilities, the club would include a lounge, dance-floor, disco and games room, as well as regular sessions of bingo. Joseph Harding told the Reporter:
"This is an ideal place for a club of this kind. Although St. Helens is a large town with heavy industry, there doesn't seem to be anything on the lines of the kind of night club that we want to offer townspeople. We are proposing to provide the kind of club that will have something for everybody."
Despite the difficulties of the Derbyshire Hill Labour Club and Parr's British Legion, Parr Labour Club was still going strong. A new extension had just been opened and pictured in the Reporter were three of the club's founder members – Thomas Walker, Joseph Waring and Albert Leyland – raising their glasses to the success of the new venture.
The Reporter also wrote: "Nine hundred St. Helens workers have been sucked into the whirlpool of industrial troubles affecting the crisis-torn car industry." The combination of falling sales and disputes at Chrysler and British Leyland had hit Pilkington's Triplex factory, leading to the company putting 900 process workers on temporary short-time working.
A deal agreed last month with the GMWU meant that Pilks could introduce 15 lay-off days over a period of 12 months. For the first five days the workers would receive their usual pay and bonus but the bonus would not be paid for the remaining 10 days.
The Reporter also described how mothers on a council estate in Clock Face were claiming that high rents were forcing them to go out to work and leave their children to fend for themselves. And they feared that their "latch-key kids" – some as young as seven – might get into mischief which could turn into crime.
The mothers were now calling a protest meeting to take place next week and planned to take their case to councillors. Sylvia Marsh of Burnage Avenue who was organising the protests complained to the Reporter how her rent including rates was £9.99 a week:
"The rent is the biggest millstone round the neck of every tenant. The council aren't giving people a chance. I had to get a job to keep us out of debt. It gives my family little extras, but I would willingly give them up to stay at home and look after my son, Anthony, as a mother should."
The Reporter also published an article on the state of Billinge Beacon, which began: "Vandalism to the ancient monument on the crest of Billinge Hill is causing growing concern for Billinge Parish councillors. The Beacon, which dates back to the Spanish Armada, has been damaged by swarms of youngsters who play there every weekend. Now the monument's old door hangs from its rusting hinges in a sad state of disrepair. Councillor Charles Mather said: “The Beacon is in a shocking state. The door is coming off and eventually the Beacon will not be there. It's terrible.”" However, the present beacon is not the original monument as it was built in the 18th century.
It was also reported that the extensions to Sutton Parish Hall were nearing completion. They comprised a kitchen and dining room with July 11th designated as the official opening date of the new extended premises.
Tyrers had an advert in the Reporter promoting their £35 suits, which they called "fashion flair at a sensible price". And the managers of Sacred Heart Primary School in Manning Street in St Helens were expressing concern that the system of allocating houses in the area was slowly choking the flow of children to their school which could ultimately lead to its closure.
They said there were too many nearby properties occupied by only one or two people, some of whom had said they would be prepared to exchange them for a single flat in order to allow families with children to take their place. Canon Hugh Fitzpatrick, the Parish Priest of Sacred Heart Church and Chairman of the school's managers, told the Reporter:
"The problem is that the number of children coming into the school has been reduced to a mere trickle. A few years ago we had about 300 children at the school. Now it has dropped to fewer than 200. So far only one child has come to us from the new housing development. If this is allowed to continue then the school will cease to be viable."
The referendum on whether the UK should remain in what most people called the Common Market was due to take place on June 5th. The Reporter stated that certain persons could vote by post. These included the blind, disabled and sick, as well as "long distance lorry drivers and travellers", with the latter being the old name for sales people.
What was known as pedestrianism used to be very popular in St Helens in the 19th century, with many a walking race taking place often accompanied by much betting by spectators. But in an article in the Liverpool Echo on the 17th, David Breen of Scholes Lane bemoaned the fact that he was now the only walking athlete in the town and he explained why that was a problem for him:
"I have no-one with whom I can train. That makes my goal all the more difficult to achieve, because I am at a disadvantage compared with my rivals. If I had some competition in training, I could work up to faster times, which is what it's all about."
In the same edition of the paper the Echo stated that an appeal had gone out for volunteers willing to patrol the St Helens Canal at weekends and during school holidays. Derek Jamieson, the St Helens senior public safety officer, said: "We are particularly worried about the situation with the Whit Bank Holiday coming up."
The patrols are carried out along the section of the canal known as the Hotties (pictured above) where the water was heated by effluent from Pilkington's glass works. The article said: "The warm water has always been a magnet for youngsters and before the patrols were started several years ago, children frequently drowned." The volunteers patrolled the canal bank on a shift system between 9am and 9pm and were paid for their work.
And finally, at the ABC Savoy cinema from the 18th, 'The Mean Machine' starring Burt Reynolds replaced 'The Night Porter' featuring Dirk Bogarde and Charlotte Rampling. And the Capitol replaced Bruce Lee's 'The Big Boss' with a sex film called 'Love Play – Swedish Style'.
St Helens Reporter courtesy St Helens Archive Service at Eccleston Library
Next Week's stories will include a warning over the dangerous bend on Prescot Road, trade unions hold talks with Industry Secretary Tony Benn on the Pilkington's jobs crisis and there's a call for more support for the Haydock Donkey Derby.
We begin with a "Stop Press" item in the Liverpool Echo on the 14th that said that 5-year-old Angela Winstanley from Field Close in Clock Face had been rushed to St Helens Hospital. That was after the little girl had accidentally drunk some turpentine at home but was later stated to be in a satisfactory condition.
A couple of weeks ago I described how Derbyshire Hill Labour Club had been closed down after police complaints of mismanagement and debt. But it had not been the first club in the district to fall foul of the authorities. The Parr British Legion in Ashcroft Street had been closed in 1972 after police complaints that five committee members were unfit to hold office.
It was then allowed to reopen under the management of a new committee and was renamed the Fingerpost (St Helens) Royal British Legion Club. But it was again shut down following a brawl in which a man had died. A businessman called Joseph Harding and his wife Jacqueline were now planning to seek a licence from the magistrates to reopen the building as a nightclub and restaurant.
The St Helens Reporter said on the 16th that negotiations between Mr Harding and the Royal British Legion about purchasing the building had been completed but a final settlement could not be agreed until the licence was granted. St Helens magistrates would consider the application by the Hardings on June 2nd and if a licence was granted, work on renovating the building would begin immediately.
The new nightspot with seating for 500 members would be called The Snooty Fox and if all went well it would open in about two months. Apart from restaurant and cabaret facilities, the club would include a lounge, dance-floor, disco and games room, as well as regular sessions of bingo. Joseph Harding told the Reporter:
"This is an ideal place for a club of this kind. Although St. Helens is a large town with heavy industry, there doesn't seem to be anything on the lines of the kind of night club that we want to offer townspeople. We are proposing to provide the kind of club that will have something for everybody."
Despite the difficulties of the Derbyshire Hill Labour Club and Parr's British Legion, Parr Labour Club was still going strong. A new extension had just been opened and pictured in the Reporter were three of the club's founder members – Thomas Walker, Joseph Waring and Albert Leyland – raising their glasses to the success of the new venture.
The Reporter also wrote: "Nine hundred St. Helens workers have been sucked into the whirlpool of industrial troubles affecting the crisis-torn car industry." The combination of falling sales and disputes at Chrysler and British Leyland had hit Pilkington's Triplex factory, leading to the company putting 900 process workers on temporary short-time working.
A deal agreed last month with the GMWU meant that Pilks could introduce 15 lay-off days over a period of 12 months. For the first five days the workers would receive their usual pay and bonus but the bonus would not be paid for the remaining 10 days.
The Reporter also described how mothers on a council estate in Clock Face were claiming that high rents were forcing them to go out to work and leave their children to fend for themselves. And they feared that their "latch-key kids" – some as young as seven – might get into mischief which could turn into crime.
The mothers were now calling a protest meeting to take place next week and planned to take their case to councillors. Sylvia Marsh of Burnage Avenue who was organising the protests complained to the Reporter how her rent including rates was £9.99 a week:
"The rent is the biggest millstone round the neck of every tenant. The council aren't giving people a chance. I had to get a job to keep us out of debt. It gives my family little extras, but I would willingly give them up to stay at home and look after my son, Anthony, as a mother should."
The Reporter also published an article on the state of Billinge Beacon, which began: "Vandalism to the ancient monument on the crest of Billinge Hill is causing growing concern for Billinge Parish councillors. The Beacon, which dates back to the Spanish Armada, has been damaged by swarms of youngsters who play there every weekend. Now the monument's old door hangs from its rusting hinges in a sad state of disrepair. Councillor Charles Mather said: “The Beacon is in a shocking state. The door is coming off and eventually the Beacon will not be there. It's terrible.”" However, the present beacon is not the original monument as it was built in the 18th century.
It was also reported that the extensions to Sutton Parish Hall were nearing completion. They comprised a kitchen and dining room with July 11th designated as the official opening date of the new extended premises.
They said there were too many nearby properties occupied by only one or two people, some of whom had said they would be prepared to exchange them for a single flat in order to allow families with children to take their place. Canon Hugh Fitzpatrick, the Parish Priest of Sacred Heart Church and Chairman of the school's managers, told the Reporter:
"The problem is that the number of children coming into the school has been reduced to a mere trickle. A few years ago we had about 300 children at the school. Now it has dropped to fewer than 200. So far only one child has come to us from the new housing development. If this is allowed to continue then the school will cease to be viable."
The referendum on whether the UK should remain in what most people called the Common Market was due to take place on June 5th. The Reporter stated that certain persons could vote by post. These included the blind, disabled and sick, as well as "long distance lorry drivers and travellers", with the latter being the old name for sales people.
What was known as pedestrianism used to be very popular in St Helens in the 19th century, with many a walking race taking place often accompanied by much betting by spectators. But in an article in the Liverpool Echo on the 17th, David Breen of Scholes Lane bemoaned the fact that he was now the only walking athlete in the town and he explained why that was a problem for him:
"I have no-one with whom I can train. That makes my goal all the more difficult to achieve, because I am at a disadvantage compared with my rivals. If I had some competition in training, I could work up to faster times, which is what it's all about."
In the same edition of the paper the Echo stated that an appeal had gone out for volunteers willing to patrol the St Helens Canal at weekends and during school holidays. Derek Jamieson, the St Helens senior public safety officer, said: "We are particularly worried about the situation with the Whit Bank Holiday coming up."
And finally, at the ABC Savoy cinema from the 18th, 'The Mean Machine' starring Burt Reynolds replaced 'The Night Porter' featuring Dirk Bogarde and Charlotte Rampling. And the Capitol replaced Bruce Lee's 'The Big Boss' with a sex film called 'Love Play – Swedish Style'.
St Helens Reporter courtesy St Helens Archive Service at Eccleston Library
Next Week's stories will include a warning over the dangerous bend on Prescot Road, trade unions hold talks with Industry Secretary Tony Benn on the Pilkington's jobs crisis and there's a call for more support for the Haydock Donkey Derby.
This week's many stories include the lay offs at Triplex, the new night club planned for Parr, the protests over high rent on a Clock Face council estate, the Hotties safety patrols, Sacred Heart Primary School fears it could be forced to close, the lonesome race walker from Scholes Lane and the swarms of youngsters accused of damaging Billinge Beacon.
We begin with a "Stop Press" item in the Liverpool Echo on the 14th that said that 5-year-old Angela Winstanley from Field Close in Clock Face had been rushed to St Helens Hospital.
That was after the little girl had accidentally drunk some turpentine at home but was later stated to be in a satisfactory condition.
A couple of weeks ago I described how Derbyshire Hill Labour Club had been closed down after police complaints of mismanagement and debt. But it had not been the first club in the district to fall foul of the authorities.
The Parr British Legion in Ashcroft Street had been closed in 1972 after police complaints that five committee members were unfit to hold office.
It was then allowed to reopen under the management of a new committee and was renamed the Fingerpost (St Helens) Royal British Legion Club. But it was again shut down following a brawl in which a man had died.
A businessman called Joseph Harding and his wife Jacqueline were now planning to seek a licence from the magistrates to reopen the building as a nightclub and restaurant.
The St Helens Reporter said on the 16th that negotiations between Mr Harding and the Royal British Legion about purchasing the building had been completed but a final settlement could not be agreed until the licence was granted.
St Helens magistrates would consider the application by the Hardings on June 2nd and if a licence was granted, work on renovating the building would begin immediately.
The new nightspot with seating for 500 members would be called The Snooty Fox and if all went well it would open in about two months.
Apart from restaurant and cabaret facilities, the club would include a lounge, dance-floor, disco and games room, as well as regular sessions of bingo.
Joseph Harding told the Reporter: "This is an ideal place for a club of this kind. Although St. Helens is a large town with heavy industry, there doesn't seem to be anything on the lines of the kind of night club that we want to offer townspeople. We are proposing to provide the kind of club that will have something for everybody."
Despite the difficulties of the Derbyshire Hill Labour Club and Parr's British Legion, Parr Labour Club was still going strong.
A new extension had just been opened and pictured in the Reporter were three of the club's founder members – Thomas Walker, Joseph Waring and Albert Leyland – raising their glasses to the success of the new venture.
The Reporter also wrote: "Nine hundred St. Helens workers have been sucked into the whirlpool of industrial troubles affecting the crisis-torn car industry."
The combination of falling sales and disputes at Chrysler and British Leyland had hit Pilkington's Triplex factory, leading to the company putting 900 process workers on temporary short-time working.
A deal agreed last month with the GMWU meant that Pilks could introduce 15 lay-off days over a period of 12 months.
For the first five days the workers would receive their usual pay and bonus but the bonus would not be paid for the remaining 10 days.
The Reporter also described how mothers on a council estate in Clock Face were claiming that high rents were forcing them to go out to work and leave their children to fend for themselves.
And they feared that their "latch-key kids" – some as young as seven – might get into mischief which could turn into crime.
The mothers were now calling a protest meeting to take place next week and planned to take their case to councillors.
Sylvia Marsh of Burnage Avenue who was organising the protests complained to the Reporter how her rent including rates was £9.99 a week:
"The rent is the biggest millstone round the neck of every tenant. The council aren't giving people a chance. I had to get a job to keep us out of debt.
"It gives my family little extras, but I would willingly give them up to stay at home and look after my son, Anthony, as a mother should."
The Reporter also published an article on the state of Billinge Beacon which began:
"Vandalism to the ancient monument on the crest of Billinge Hill is causing growing concern for Billinge Parish councillors.
"The Beacon, which dates back to the Spanish Armada, has been damaged by swarms of youngsters who play there every weekend. Now the monument's old door hangs from its rusting hinges in a sad state of disrepair.
"Councillor Charles Mather said: “The Beacon is in a shocking state. The door is coming off and eventually the Beacon will not be there. It's terrible.”"
However, the present beacon is not the original monument as it was built in the 18th century.
It was also reported that the extensions to Sutton Parish Hall were nearing completion. They comprised a kitchen and dining room with July 11th designated as the official opening date of the new extended premises.
Tyrers had an advert in the Reporter promoting their £35 suits, which they called "fashion flair at a sensible price".
And the managers of Sacred Heart Primary School in Manning Street in St Helens were expressing concern that the system of allocating houses in the area was slowly choking the flow of children to their school which could ultimately lead to its closure.
They said there were too many nearby properties occupied by only one or two people, some of whom had said they would be prepared to exchange them for a single flat in order to allow families with children to take their place.
Canon Hugh Fitzpatrick, the Parish Priest of Sacred Heart Church and Chairman of the school's managers, told the Reporter:
"The problem is that the number of children coming into the school has been reduced to a mere trickle. A few years ago we had about 300 children at the school.
"Now it has dropped to fewer than 200. So far only one child has come to us from the new housing development. If this is allowed to continue then the school will cease to be viable."
The referendum on whether the UK should remain in what most people called the Common Market was due to take place on June 5th.
The Reporter stated that certain persons could vote by post. These included the blind, disabled and sick, as well as "long distance lorry drivers and travellers", with the latter being the old name for sales people.
What was known as pedestrianism used to be very popular in St Helens in the 19th century, with many a walking race taking place often accompanied by much betting by spectators.
But in an article in the Liverpool Echo on the 17th, David Breen of Scholes Lane bemoaned the fact that he was now the only walking athlete in the town and he explained why that was a problem for him:
"I have no-one with whom I can train. That makes my goal all the more difficult to achieve, because I am at a disadvantage compared with my rivals. If I had some competition in training, I could work up to faster times, which is what it's all about."
In the same edition of the paper the Echo stated that an appeal had gone out for volunteers willing to patrol the St Helens Canal at weekends and during school holidays.
Derek Jamieson, the St Helens senior public safety officer, said: "We are particularly worried about the situation with the Whit Bank Holiday coming up."
The patrols are carried out along the section of the canal known as the Hotties (pictured above) where the water was heated by effluent from Pilkington's glass works. The article said:
"The warm water has always been a magnet for youngsters and before the patrols were started several years ago, children frequently drowned."
The volunteers patrolled the canal bank on a shift system between 9am and 9pm and were paid for their work.
And finally, at the ABC Savoy cinema from the 18th, 'The Mean Machine' starring Burt Reynolds replaced 'The Night Porter' featuring Dirk Bogarde and Charlotte Rampling.
And the Capitol replaced Bruce Lee's 'The Big Boss' with a sex film called 'Love Play – Swedish Style'.
St Helens Reporter courtesy St Helens Archive Service at Eccleston Library
Next Week's stories will include a warning over the dangerous bend on Prescot Road, trade unions hold talks with Industry Secretary Tony Benn on the Pilkington's jobs crisis and there's a call for more support for the Haydock Donkey Derby.
We begin with a "Stop Press" item in the Liverpool Echo on the 14th that said that 5-year-old Angela Winstanley from Field Close in Clock Face had been rushed to St Helens Hospital.
That was after the little girl had accidentally drunk some turpentine at home but was later stated to be in a satisfactory condition.
A couple of weeks ago I described how Derbyshire Hill Labour Club had been closed down after police complaints of mismanagement and debt. But it had not been the first club in the district to fall foul of the authorities.
The Parr British Legion in Ashcroft Street had been closed in 1972 after police complaints that five committee members were unfit to hold office.
It was then allowed to reopen under the management of a new committee and was renamed the Fingerpost (St Helens) Royal British Legion Club. But it was again shut down following a brawl in which a man had died.
A businessman called Joseph Harding and his wife Jacqueline were now planning to seek a licence from the magistrates to reopen the building as a nightclub and restaurant.
The St Helens Reporter said on the 16th that negotiations between Mr Harding and the Royal British Legion about purchasing the building had been completed but a final settlement could not be agreed until the licence was granted.
St Helens magistrates would consider the application by the Hardings on June 2nd and if a licence was granted, work on renovating the building would begin immediately.
The new nightspot with seating for 500 members would be called The Snooty Fox and if all went well it would open in about two months.
Apart from restaurant and cabaret facilities, the club would include a lounge, dance-floor, disco and games room, as well as regular sessions of bingo.
Joseph Harding told the Reporter: "This is an ideal place for a club of this kind. Although St. Helens is a large town with heavy industry, there doesn't seem to be anything on the lines of the kind of night club that we want to offer townspeople. We are proposing to provide the kind of club that will have something for everybody."
Despite the difficulties of the Derbyshire Hill Labour Club and Parr's British Legion, Parr Labour Club was still going strong.
A new extension had just been opened and pictured in the Reporter were three of the club's founder members – Thomas Walker, Joseph Waring and Albert Leyland – raising their glasses to the success of the new venture.
The Reporter also wrote: "Nine hundred St. Helens workers have been sucked into the whirlpool of industrial troubles affecting the crisis-torn car industry."
The combination of falling sales and disputes at Chrysler and British Leyland had hit Pilkington's Triplex factory, leading to the company putting 900 process workers on temporary short-time working.
A deal agreed last month with the GMWU meant that Pilks could introduce 15 lay-off days over a period of 12 months.
For the first five days the workers would receive their usual pay and bonus but the bonus would not be paid for the remaining 10 days.
The Reporter also described how mothers on a council estate in Clock Face were claiming that high rents were forcing them to go out to work and leave their children to fend for themselves.
And they feared that their "latch-key kids" – some as young as seven – might get into mischief which could turn into crime.
The mothers were now calling a protest meeting to take place next week and planned to take their case to councillors.
Sylvia Marsh of Burnage Avenue who was organising the protests complained to the Reporter how her rent including rates was £9.99 a week:
"The rent is the biggest millstone round the neck of every tenant. The council aren't giving people a chance. I had to get a job to keep us out of debt.
"It gives my family little extras, but I would willingly give them up to stay at home and look after my son, Anthony, as a mother should."
The Reporter also published an article on the state of Billinge Beacon which began:
"Vandalism to the ancient monument on the crest of Billinge Hill is causing growing concern for Billinge Parish councillors.
"The Beacon, which dates back to the Spanish Armada, has been damaged by swarms of youngsters who play there every weekend. Now the monument's old door hangs from its rusting hinges in a sad state of disrepair.
"Councillor Charles Mather said: “The Beacon is in a shocking state. The door is coming off and eventually the Beacon will not be there. It's terrible.”"
However, the present beacon is not the original monument as it was built in the 18th century.
It was also reported that the extensions to Sutton Parish Hall were nearing completion. They comprised a kitchen and dining room with July 11th designated as the official opening date of the new extended premises.
And the managers of Sacred Heart Primary School in Manning Street in St Helens were expressing concern that the system of allocating houses in the area was slowly choking the flow of children to their school which could ultimately lead to its closure.
They said there were too many nearby properties occupied by only one or two people, some of whom had said they would be prepared to exchange them for a single flat in order to allow families with children to take their place.
Canon Hugh Fitzpatrick, the Parish Priest of Sacred Heart Church and Chairman of the school's managers, told the Reporter:
"The problem is that the number of children coming into the school has been reduced to a mere trickle. A few years ago we had about 300 children at the school.
"Now it has dropped to fewer than 200. So far only one child has come to us from the new housing development. If this is allowed to continue then the school will cease to be viable."
The referendum on whether the UK should remain in what most people called the Common Market was due to take place on June 5th.
The Reporter stated that certain persons could vote by post. These included the blind, disabled and sick, as well as "long distance lorry drivers and travellers", with the latter being the old name for sales people.
What was known as pedestrianism used to be very popular in St Helens in the 19th century, with many a walking race taking place often accompanied by much betting by spectators.
But in an article in the Liverpool Echo on the 17th, David Breen of Scholes Lane bemoaned the fact that he was now the only walking athlete in the town and he explained why that was a problem for him:
"I have no-one with whom I can train. That makes my goal all the more difficult to achieve, because I am at a disadvantage compared with my rivals. If I had some competition in training, I could work up to faster times, which is what it's all about."
In the same edition of the paper the Echo stated that an appeal had gone out for volunteers willing to patrol the St Helens Canal at weekends and during school holidays.
Derek Jamieson, the St Helens senior public safety officer, said: "We are particularly worried about the situation with the Whit Bank Holiday coming up."
"The warm water has always been a magnet for youngsters and before the patrols were started several years ago, children frequently drowned."
The volunteers patrolled the canal bank on a shift system between 9am and 9pm and were paid for their work.
And finally, at the ABC Savoy cinema from the 18th, 'The Mean Machine' starring Burt Reynolds replaced 'The Night Porter' featuring Dirk Bogarde and Charlotte Rampling.
And the Capitol replaced Bruce Lee's 'The Big Boss' with a sex film called 'Love Play – Swedish Style'.
St Helens Reporter courtesy St Helens Archive Service at Eccleston Library
Next Week's stories will include a warning over the dangerous bend on Prescot Road, trade unions hold talks with Industry Secretary Tony Benn on the Pilkington's jobs crisis and there's a call for more support for the Haydock Donkey Derby.