FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK (26th August - 1st Sept. 1969)
This week's stories include a strange washing machine theft in Haydock, an explosion at the British Sidac plant in Sutton Oak, criticisms of St Helens' doctors, an historic wedding takes place in Crank, there's condemnation of the St Helens Show's beer prices, a donkey is wanted at the Theatre Royal and why a Marks and Spencer Evening at a church hall in Billinge led to a visit from a weights and measures inspector.