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.
Mill Dam

FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK (22nd - 28th July 1969)

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's stories include good news for the people of Parr, a St Helens man's involvement with Apollo 11 is revealed, water is pumped into the dry Sutton Mill Dam, there's an increase in false fire alarms, new homes for the elderly in Rainford, a St Helens' couple run away to Gretna Green, the Ministry of Defence give up Billinge Beacon and a new summer scheme for kids is held in centres in Tolver Street and Parr.
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Joseph Woods

FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK (15th - 21st July 1969)

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's stories include Phythians Travel wanting to take their customers to the Moon (really!), bravery awards are handed out at the Town Hall, Cowley Boys speech day takes place, the collapse of part of a road leads to a hosepipe ban in the town, Saints chairman warns of the threat from live TV, the dawn of the Rainford Industrial Estate and nine teachers retire as the St Helens' schools break up for the summer.
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Capitol cinema St Helens

FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK (8th - 14th July 1969)

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's stories include a protest march against plans to scrap Parr baths, the low level of arts spending in St Helens, St Julie's Church in Eccleston is consecrated, what St Helens folk thought of the ha’penny's demise, the lorry drivers that were using the Pewfall hedgerows to relieve themselves, the Pilkington Gala Girls and the council tenants without a television that still had to pay for a wired service.
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Liverpool Echo article

FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK (1st - 7th July 1969)

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's stories include a further delay to the building of Parr Baths, a possible solution to the dilemma of the Reginald Road "gipsies", a tramline collector comes to Carlton Street and makes an historic find, an 81-year-old gives his verdict on how St Helens had changed, why elderly couples won't move to Four Acre and teachers at the axed St Mary's Secondary School react with fury to comments made about them.
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Plaza St Helens

FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK (24th - 30th June 1969)

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's stories include the closure of St Mary's Secondary School, Coronation Street stars make personal appearances at Rothery Records, Saints propose summer rugby, the special agents at St Mark's children's mission, girls from Merton Bank Junior School visit Ken Dodd, a Sutton boy's bravery is rewarded, there's a table tennis marathon in Parr and Little Joe the mechanical black stocking salesman at the Savoy.
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FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK (17th - 23rd June 1969)

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's stories include the dog that got stuck in a grid in Fleet Lane, claims that a Haydock tip was causing mystery illnesses in children, complaints of teenage hooliganism in Sutton Heath play areas, St. Anne's church is "torn apart" by subsidence, Dixons Travel of Baldwin Street describes a "new phenomena", a Billinge woman is the Lancashire Miners Gala Queen and the award-winning swimmers at Crank School.
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Victoria Park Mansion House

FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK (10th - 16th June 1969)

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories include the killer pits near Walkers Lane in Sutton Manor, a visit by Princess Alexandra to Haydock, a reprieve for Victoria Park's historic Mansion House, the golf firing range in Bishop Road, Redgate Boys Silver Band's German success, East Sutton Darby and Joan Club spend a week in the Isle of Man and why Harold Wilson refused to sponsor a Rivington Road pupil's sponsored walk to Ormskirk.
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Sutton Arms

FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK (3rd - 9th June 1969)

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's stories include the opening of The Sutton Arms in Elephant Lane, St Helens' mothers are advised to give birth at home, a wedding feature is in the St Helens Reporter, the Blessed Julie Gala and Donkey Derby at Bobbys Lane in Eccleston, St Helens Art Club's annual exhibition, criticism of youths in Dorothy Street in Thatto Heath, Sunday sport is permitted in Prescot but criticised by the Vicar of Haydock.
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Ravenhead Glass

FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK (27th May - 2nd June 1969)

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's stories include a "shattering, deafening explosion" in Haresfinch, a water shortage in College Street and Central Street, the Whit Monday church processions, the new Four Acre Lane estate, why smoking could not be banned on St Helens buses, vandalism in Rainford Road, whippet racing returns to the town, a new member of the Golden Helmet Club and the Parr OAP who declared: "You're never too old to marry".
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Dairy Mirror Old Codgers

FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK (20th - 26th May 1969)

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories include a claim that St Helens' traffic wardens are "little Hitlers", the "terrified" Reginald Road housewives living in fear of reprisals from gipsies, a Billinge dispute over a stone wall and the water engineer's "cheeky" letter, the new St Helens mayor receives his chain of office at work, plans for a brass band contest in Rainford, Rainhill Sports Gala and three fires take place on a single day.
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Capitol

FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK (13th - 19th May 1969)

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's stories include a dramatic police chase in Hardshaw Street, a public inquiry is held into College Street and Gerards Bridge clearance orders, the murderer of Sutton's Brian Harrison's is convicted, the eviction of the Reginald Road gipsies is halted by student protestors, there are denials of religious discrimination in Rainford, protests by parents in Eccleston and the prospect of Sunday sport in Haydock.
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