FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK (31st Dec. 1968 - 6th Jan. 1969)
This week's stories include a 15-year-old in moral danger, the New Year dances in St Helens, good news for residents of Laffak Road, how you could buy a new house in Sutton for £175, the creation of the Duckeries park in Parr, the dawn of sheltered housing in St Helens and a claim that Rainford's hard water had boosted the number of new-born males.