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 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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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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