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.
Bold Colliery

FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK (6th - 12th May 1969)

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's stories include a bomb hoax in Rainford, an American boy gets in a pickle in Blackbrook, the end is in sight for gas lamps in St Helens, there's criticism of the Dickensian facilities in the town's only council nursery, the Westfield Street redevelopment begins, a Bridge Street supermarket manager finds "complete chaos" upon opening up his shop and there's disgust at the lorries on the Sutton Heath estate.
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Tower College

FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK (29th April - 5th May 1969)

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's stories include Blaster Bates demolishing a chimney at a Jackson Street brickworks, there's polygamy at the Theatre Royal, St Helens bus passengers are warned that a critical shortage of bus staff will lead to more cuts to services, the Bingo Championship of St Helens, passions run high at a public inquiry into an Elephant Lane amusement arcade and trouble looms at a Reginald Road caravan site.
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Rivoli

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

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's stories include vandalism at the borough cemetery, criticism of the state of a derelict house in Sutton Manor, the baby from Gower Street that died through malnutrition, a Corporation worker has a lucky escape in Billinge, the "sheer filth" of Parr's Court off Higher Parr Street, a little girl gets trapped in the bars of a cellar grating and the "absolutely shocking" state of telephone boxes in St Helens.
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Jessie Matthews Diary

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

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's stories include the missing children from Raglan Street, a mysterious row of houses is "discovered" in Fingerpost, a stag night stunt leaves a man in chains in Victoria Square, there is a last-minute drama at the Theatre Royal, a runaway lorry in Earlestown, three couples celebrate golden wedding anniversaries and committal proceedings are held for the men charged with killing Brian Harrison from Sutton.
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Singing Nolans

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

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's stories include the rat-infested junkyard in Marsden Avenue, why the historic bells at St Helens Parish Church might stop ringing, a tragedy in the St Helens Canal, the Nolans sing in a club in Peasley Cross, the demolition eyesores in the town, Pilkingtons win an order for glass at John F. Kennedy Airport, changes to Sunday school classes in Sutton Parish and more wrestling takes place at the Plaza Club.
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“Films”

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

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's stories include the Eccleston rabbit "shotgun militia", the expensive mercury theft from Croppers Hill, the robbery of a bookie in Prescot Road, Easter and the school holidays in St Helens, the Norah Carter School of Dancing, the new Sherdley Park housing estate, a busy Bank Holiday for St Helens Fire Brigade, muscle men are wanted in Ashton-in-Makerfield and there's an Easter exodus to Majorca and Spain.
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St Helens Borough Police

FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK (25th - 31st March 1969)

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's stories include the long-gone Westfield Street shops, the state of the footpaths in Walkers Lane and Chester Lane, the electric Rainhill clothes line, Candy the poodle is back in Billinge, there's bad news for Saints fans, more telephone boxes for West Sutton, old Cowleians are in the Echo, the St Helens Showband and Unnamed Players are at the Theatre Royal and it's the end of the road for St Helens Police.
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Joseph Woods

FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK (18th - 24th March 1969)

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's stories include the river of mud in Walkers Lane, Dirty Gert appears at the Geraldo Club, new baths are announced for Scotchbarn Lane in Prescot, the labour shortage in St Helens, there’s criticism of the facilities at Hamblett Open Air School, a new headmaster for Robins Lane Secondary School, a car wash for Carr Mill and the Prescot Road man who attacked his wife is only fined a fiver.
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Adverts in the Liverpool Echo

FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK (11th - 17th March 1969)

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's stories include a wave of telephone robberies in Rainford, the end of the BICC strike in Prescot, the Nutgrove Brownies pedlars parade, Haydock Lodge hospital is given away, the Thatto Heath church that held services in a disused pit, the Parr man's "publicity gag" for the Black and White Minstrels and Sooty returns to the Theatre Royal.
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St Theresa School St Helens

FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK (4th - 10th March 1969)

written by: Stephen Wainwright
In this week's many stories a runaway spud van crashes into a Thatto Heath home, Carr Mill juniors get in on the space race, there's vandalism on a new Haydock estate, St Helens booms on the jobs front and a big investment is made in RC schools. And in other news, a 12-year-old Bootle boy called Keith Chegwin gets his big break in London’s West End.
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Sherdley Park Houses St Helens

FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK (25th Feb. - 3rd March 1969)

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's stories include an invasion of giant sewer rats in Sutton, Saints get into a row with Oldham, council workmen in Sutton Manor are nominated as the slowest wall builders on record, Greenall's upset St Helens Labour clubs and there's a feature on hairdressers in the St Helens Reporter (do you remember Hairport, Lockhart's, R. Du-Fay etc?).
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