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.
Central Modern Bedford County Summary

FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK (26th APRIL - 2nd MAY 1971)

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories include the midnight robbery of Moss Bank Labour Club's takings, the man under stress who was accused of ruining 20,000 bottles at UGB, the silent army of kind St Helens schoolchildren who visited patients in hospital and helped elderly people, the opening of Sherdley Primary School and the campaigning mothers of Rainhill who blocked the motorists mad mile on Warrington Road.
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Jim Finney summary

FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK (19th - 25th APRIL 1971)

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories include the redundancies at UGB, the big Thatto Heath family reunion, The Guardian profiles the Peasley glass works, the St Helens World Cup referee Jim Finney is hurt in a car crash, Red Bank Newton-le-Willows approved school's controversial blood tests on boys in their care, improvements are planned for Saints' Knowsley Road ground and the 1971 census forms are completed in St Helens.
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Green Shield Stamps summary

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

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories include a progress update on the new Knowsley Safari Park, the nippy Tesco thief in Bridge Street who stole cash from the supermarket's safe, Pilkingtons glass breakthrough in space, Billinge maternity hospital's staffing problems through having small wards, St Helens girls do well in the dancing sections of two festivals and an invitation to walk tall in Clock Face and buy a new home.
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Carcassone rugby summary

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

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories include the dramatic action taken by West Park governors over the sleeping pills scare, a party of forty-five rugby playing French schooboys arrive in Billinge, the brave policemen who rescued a Haydock woman from her gas-filled bedroom, the concerts taking place at the Theatre Royal, the charity work of Rael Brook employees and an invitation to join the Easter Parade and buy a new home.
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West Park summary

FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK (29th MARCH - 4th APRIL 1971)

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories include a major new Pilkington pay deal for 10,000 shop-floor workers, the West Park schoolboys who took an overdose of sleeping pills as a dare, inquests are held into three tragedies in Ashton-in-Makerfield and Sutton, an advertising feature on new homes in Sutton Manor, the Sherdley Rovers and Sutton Juniors football teams and the men heavily fined for selling solid fuel under weight.
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Sooty summary

FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK (22nd - 28th MARCH 1971)

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories include the hundreds of cured Rainhill Hospital patients who were looking for a new home, Sooty's Birthday Show performs at the Theatre Royal, a tragic scrapyard explosion in Newton-le-Willows, the new Rainford Comprehensive school, the prize-winning apprentice from Clock Face Road, a St Helens housewife describes her monotonous life and there’s a profile of the Beatles Fan Club.
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Daily Express Susan Plays Cupid summary

FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK (15th - 21st MARCH 1971)

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's 17 stories include a bravery award for a Sutton man after he'd saved a child from drowning on Eccleston Mere, the Parr mongrel called Lady who tore a strip off bogus gasmen, the Daily Express praises a matchmaking schoolgirl from Portico, Lord and Lady Pilkington go on a sponsored walk, the houses on the new Chester Lane estate and why the tanner was making a premature departure from people's pockets.
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Oldham Tinkers summary

FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK (8th - 14th MARCH 1971)

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's stories include the welcome end of the postal strike, the St Helens origin of the Oldham Tinkers "A Mon Like Thee", the continuing storm over the closure of Cowley Hill Maternity Hospital, the damages awarded for a Bold Colliery accident, the job opportunities available at Rainhill Hospital and Knowsley Safari Park and the good fortune of Eccleston’s Alcombe Steer – unlike his policeman father Percy.
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Coop summary

FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK (1st - 7th MARCH 1971)

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories include the treacherous roads that led to a big pile-up at Haydock, hopes rise that the post office dispute could be drawing to a close, engineering workers in St Helens join the biggest political strike in Britain in 45 years, the schoolboy amateur boxing tournament at Lowe House church, the former dance halls and the no-deposit homes available to buy in St Helens for a fiver a week.
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Post office summary

FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK (22nd - 28th FEBRUARY 1971)

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's stories include an update on the national postal strike that was now in its sixth week, a rebuff for the Pilkington rebels who wanted to return to work at Triplex, an emergency meeting of shareholders is held at Prescot FC, a Liverpool girl is assaulted and dumped at Blindfoot Road, the automatic car wash promotions and Rainhill Hospital's curious treatment for compulsive gamblers that was based on boredom.
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Bold Colliery summary

FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK (15th - 21st FEBRUARY 1971)

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's stories include an update on the violent assault on Lennon's supermarket managers, Pilkingtons close one of its glass tanks in St Helens, a boost for Bold Colliery which was set to win two safety awards, the dotty decimalisation day takes place, the ten-year-old St Helens boy set to become a trigonometry film star and the regional revolution that took St Helens out of Lancashire and into Merseyside.
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