FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 29 JAN - 4 FEB 1974
This week's many stories include the big drop in air pollution in St Helens, the circus animals living in Burtonhead Road, the macho Royal Navy recruitment campaign, the big rise in drug overdose cases in St Helens, the farmers' concerns after gales struck the huge Rainford rubbish tip, the pigeons that were slaughtered in Thatto Heath and the leader of St Helens Council refuses to answer questions from the St Helens Reporter.