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.
Church Street summary

FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK (19th - 25th SEPTEMBER 1972)

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's stories include the proposed pedestrianisation of Church Street in St Helens, why the 110-year-old name of Alma Street in Peasley Cross could cost the town 150 jobs, plans begin to be made to receive expelled Ugandan Asians, new facilities are planned for the young people of Rainford and a stinging critique of Leathers Chemicals sulphuric acid factory in Sutton by the editor of the St Helens Reporter.
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Gasholder summary

FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK (12th - 18th SEPTEMBER 1972)

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's stories include the closure of a longstanding haulage firm in St Helens, the militant mothers take their campaign against Leathers to the town's MP, the dangerous death crossing at Rainford Junction, the bulldozing of chemical waste heaps off Jackson Street, Alan Whalley sends up the St Helens psychedelic gasometers and the Gower Street family left with no loo because of striking council workers.
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Leathers Chemicals summary

FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK (5th - 11th SEPTEMBER 1972)

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's stories include the blind Sutton Manor secretary who suffered discrimination from prospective employers, the shock closure of a Sutton pet food firm after a takeover, the petticoat battle plan to besiege Leathers chemical plant, the chimney in Sutton Manor that was a danger to children, the council house show home in Recreation Street and the gang of two hundred pickets that raided a building site in Haydock.
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Rockware Glass summary

FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK (29th AUG. - 4th SEPT. 1972)

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories include the blitz on Haydock's slum homes, the golf balls being pilfered in huge numbers from the new Sherdley Park driving range, the Rockware smoke emissions, the Victoria Square clean up, a retiring GP slams the loss of the doctor-patient relationship, Rainford Carnival is declared a great success and the 100 foot high Pocket Nook chimney that was having to be taken down brick by brick.
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Providence Hospital summary

FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK (22nd - 28th AUGUST 1972)

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's stories include the skinhead rugby league fans that were on the rampage in St Helens, the kids' street party in Dorothy Street held in lieu of a summer holiday, the shocking wave of vandalism and violence, Rainford Carnival takes place, the builders with a heart at Billinge Hospital, the explosion at Cronton Colliery and the patients and visitors at Providence Hospital that puffed away on cigarettes.
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Bold Colliery summary

FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK (15th - 21st AUGUST 1972)

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's stories include criticism of the shape of St Helens' girls legs, a 'Back to School' feature is in the St Helens Reporter, the vicar of St Mark's campaigns against the erosion of public decency on television, the Chain Lane flues dispute rolls on, Cowley boys return triumphant from their South American rugby tour and Leathers Chemicals are accused of destroying women's tights through an acid fall-out.
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Leathers summary

FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK (8th - 14th AUGUST 1972)

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's stories include the new Westfield Street / Ormskirk Street one-way traffic system in St Helens, the Islands Brow road improvement scheme, the Pilkington Gala takes place at Ruskin Drive, the Dentons Green residents unhappy with trees blocking their light, there are more concerns in Sutton over Leathers chemicals plant and the Saints player refusing to play for the club because of the abuse he received.
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Dentons Green Lane summary

FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK (1st - 7th AUGUST 1972)

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's stories include an inquiry into plans to demolish 200 houses in the King Street area of St Helens, an update on the Chain Lane flues dispute, the new one-way traffic system in the town, a councillor's furious attack on the state of a Thatto Heath health clinic, a campaign to save Moss Bank's heritage and the dog owners about to start their summer holidays who were dumping their pets in country lanes.
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Robins Lane watch presentation summary

FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK (25th - 31st JULY 1972)

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's stories include the vandalism in the town's parks, the jobs crisis for young people in St Helens, 14,000 Pilkingtons workers take part in a one-day strike in protest at the Industrial Relations Act, the St Helens MP tells the House of Commons about the stinky brook, a Rainford Carnival poster competition is held and the decision is taken after months of conjecture to rename the St Helens district, St Helens.
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Chemics summary

FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK (18th - 24th JULY 1972)

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's 15 stories include the plans to clean up the eyesore Kimmicks waste heaps, Saints captain Kel Coslett is "kidnapped" at Rainhill Hospital, more complaints are made about the Four Acre Lane estate, the new treatment unit for alcoholics at Rainhill, Rainford bans night-time chimes from ice-cream vans and there's good news for those on the telephone waiting list as the new Marshalls Cross exchange opens.
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Lennons summary

FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK (11th - 17th JULY 1972)

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's stories include the petrol bomb craze on a Clinkham Wood building site, complaints over the taste of St Helens drinking water after chlorine is added, two firemen are hurt fighting a town centre blaze at a derelict pub, the Stoves' strike at Rainhill, a dispute over a bus shelter outside St Helens Hospital and profiles in the St Helens Reporter of supermarket boss Terence Lennon and bookie Matty Coan.
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