FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK (13th - 19th APRIL 1970)
This week's fifteen stories include the latest news of the Pilkington glass strike, Rainford begins a search for a Carnival Queen, two peacocks are killed in Taylor Park, Parr residents complain their lawns are turning into mud baths, the Nutgrove "super DIY" man who annoyed his neighbours, Eccleston residents demand a health clinic and why the redevelopment of St Helens town centre was bad news for some tenants.