St Helens History This Week

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Bringing History to Life from 50, 100 and 150 Years Ago!

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 St Helens summary

FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 11 - 17 DECEMBER 1973

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories include the public inquiry held into Leathers Chemicals, Silcock's offer to lend their generators to St Helens Council to light up their Christmas trees, why the St Helens' hospitals were crowded with patients, the sinister disappearance of cats in Rainhill, a Christmas feature is in the Reporter, the tail docking of dogs and there's a facelift for the Fleece Hotel and a revamp for the Royal Raven.
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Victoria Square St Helens summary

FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 4 - 10 DECEMBER 1973

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories include the robbery outside the Seven Stars in Eccleston, angry garage owners hit out at selfish car drivers in half-mile long petrol queues, the opening of Dingle Belles new motor accessories store in St Helens, the new pre-school playgroup for the children of shopping mothers, several major road improvements plans are announced and there's an expansion of the one-way system in St Helens.
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Kimmicks St Helens summary

FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK (27 NOV - 3 DEC 1973)

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories include the issuing of petrol rationing coupons in St Helens, the muck spreading that was taking place in Burtonhead Road that almost created an ice rink, Dave Lee Travis opens a new store in St Helens, the St Helens Youth Officer warns that modern technology was turning people into cabbages and St Helens Council is forced to buy back their old police station that they had given away for free.
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St Anne and Blessed Dominic St Helens summary

FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK (20 - 26 NOVEMBER 1973)

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's stories include the Warrington Road gasworks that was being sent to Brazil, St Helens Council reveal their new coat of arms, a Parr abuser of boys and his blackmailer are both jailed, there is an update on how the ambulance strike is affecting local hospitals, a new Roman Catholic church is opened in Sutton and why in spite of the power crisis cinemagoers in St Helens were not shivering in their seats.
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St Helens ambulance station summary

FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK (13 - 19 NOVEMBER 1973)

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's stories include the bogus Spina Bifida collectors, Rockware's open day for the families of grumpy workers, the Snoopy Club in the Reporter, the community service pilot scheme, a traffic light delay in Rainhill, St Helens ambulance staff join a national pay dispute, Currys, Martin Dawes and Lakeland Pennine come to St Helens and Rainford Council accepts the advice of a man called Robert Kilroy-Silk.
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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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