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.
St Helens Show Summary

FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK (12th - 18th JULY 1971)

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories include the lengthy telephone waiting list in St Helens, the Borough Road residents that complained of putrid smells, the worsening woes of strike rebel Gerry Caughey, the run up to the third St Helens Show, the bent Knowsley policeman, a number of break-ins take place in St Helens shops and concern over the lack of grammar school places for Prescot girls who had passed their 11-plus.
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West Park Grammar Summary

FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK (5th - 11th JULY 1971)

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories include the traffic chaos inside Knowsley Safari Park, the debt that was owed to Providence Hospital, the fire that destroyed a Rainhill Scout Group's dreams, controversial headmaster Brother Leonard announces his departure from West Park, the stars that took part in a fundraising event for sacked Pilkington workers and the two sisters that hit on the same bright idea 11,000 miles apart.
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Knowsley Safari Park Summary

FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK (28 JUNE - 4 JULY 1971)

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories include the grand opening of Knowsley Safari Park, stampeding giraffes injure a park worker, the chaotic super-brain computer at Pilkington's Glass, a major accident takes place at the United Glass bottleworks in Peasley Cross, Lennon's Supermarkets announce record profits and top St Helens-born football referee Jim Finney explains how the kindness of football fans brought him to tears.
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Providence Hospital Summary

FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK (21 - 27 JUNE 1971)

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's stories include an urgent appeal for financial help from Providence Hospital, a major restoration of Prescot Church is proposed, a wave of vandalism closes a Lea Green boxing club, an anonymous donor gives a huge sum for social work in St Helens, advertising for Knowsley Safari Park, Sutton Harriers are forced to relocate to Rainhill and the many teachers that were retiring from the town's schools.
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Lancots Lane Bridge Summary

FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK (14 - 20 JUNE 1971)

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's 21 stories include a bus crash in Lancots Lane in Sutton, four Cowley boys are suspended after tying a prefect to a chair, the arrival of 11 giraffes at the new Knowsley Safari Park, St Helens dustbinmen are accused of being work dodgers, an explosion rocks a Newton-le-Willows home, criticism of dangerous derelict properties and an update on the Rainhill campaign to slow traffic on Warrington Road.
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Joe Gormley Summary

FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK (7 - 13 JUNE 1971)

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's stories include the Pilkington wage claim, a profile of the Wizard's Cave joke shop, a threat is made to wreck Windle Hall, Whelan's Discount Stores opens in converted railway sheds in Baxters Lane, the children chucked off a Sutton Manor bus, a potential railway disaster is averted at Rainhill, the Knowsley Safari Park auction and why the 360-acre wildlife scheme was going to be a big money spinner.
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St Helens Show Summary

FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK (31 MAY - 6 JUNE 1971)

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's 19 stories include the woman who dialled 999 after thinking she'd witnessed a plane crash, the closing down of RAF Haydock, the attractions planned for the third St Helens Show, the Spanish toy that endangered a Carr Mill baby, a twin wedding celebration at St Ann's Church in Rainhill and the Newton-le-Willows boy who wanted 6 policemen and 3 dogs to form a search party for a missing hen!
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Bold Colliery summary

FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK (24th - 30th MAY 1971)

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's stories include the court appearance of the Eccleston church wrecker, the closure of Haydock's Wood Pit, an update on the militant mothers of Rainhill, the Crank teacher's Bahamas hitch, a new St Helens mayor is installed, an update on the new Knowsley Safari Park, the men who attacked the owner of the Baccardi Club are sentenced and why a judge at Liverpool Assizes wished a young Newton couple well.
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St Aidans school summary

FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK (17th - 23rd MAY 1971)

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories include the shocking vandalism at Christ Church in Eccleston, three hundred "militant mothers" barricade the road in Rainhill, comic Jimmy Jewel injures himself on stage at the Theatre Royal, there is a rise in unemployment in St Helens, Ken Loach's play on the Pilkington glass strike is shown on BBC1 and the parents' fury over many 11-plus failures at St Aidan's school in Clock Face.
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Warrington Road summary

FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK (10th - 16th MAY 1971)

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories include the Taylor Park rescue of a drowning child, Labour gains at the local council elections, the Moss Bank Labour Club robbery culprits appear in court, the inquest into a child's death on Rainhill's mad mile, St Helens school teacher vacancies, heart specialist Christian Barnard responds to a plea to help two Haydock boys and getting used to those tricky new self-service petrol pumps.
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Theatre Royal Summary

FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK (3rd - 9th MAY 1971)

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories include the miracle child of Eldon Street in Toll Bar who was finally able to spend a day at the seaside, a Whiston man leaps from his bedroom to avoid a fire, a Callan actor holds a prisoner of war reunion at the Theatre Royal, an Eccleston man attacks the callousness of a company making redundancies and the day that Dickie Valentine entertained a young patient at Rainhill Hospital.
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