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 power station St Helens summary

FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 9 - 15 SEPTEMBER 1974

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories include the welly throwing that took place at Rainhill Hospital, there's fury over the alternative sites for Pilkington's new float glass plant, a Chain Lane mother expresses her anger at her son being denied a free bus pass to travel to Cowley, a council house row in Sutton Heath involving a divorced couple and St Helens councillors describe their own municipal newspaper as sensationalist.
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Greenalls St Helens summary

FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 2 - 8 SEPTEMBER 1974

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories include an update on the Alumina cement scandal, the council's Planning Committee vote to close down Leathers Chemicals, the first step is taken to create a bus station for St Helens, the Rainford clay pigeon gun club that was accused of making too much noise, the winners of the Helena House Lego building competition and protests against Pilks' proposed Gorsey Lane float glass plant.
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Leathers St Helens summary

FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 26 AUGUST - 1 SEPT 1974

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories include the pushback against Pilks' plans for a float glass factory in Gorsey Lane, the fun and chaos at Rainford and Burtonwood carnivals, the 24-hour hot-line for Sutton residents to report pollution, more schools are affected by the Alumina cement scandal, the Derby Arms in Rainford's floral award and the bingo backlash after a councillor suggests players did not make the best mothers.
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Carr Mill Dam St Helens summary

FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 19 - 25 AUGUST 1974

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's stories include the opportunistic theft in Hardshaw Street, how hundreds of sightseers risked their lives on a railway line to watch a huge fire at Rockware, a mother donates a kidney to her son, Saints board is in turmoil after two resignations, the plans to turn Carr Mill Dam into a "public pleasure paradise" and the St Helens councillor who complained that he could not get his constituents to complain to him.
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Lennons St Helens summary

FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 12 - 18 AUGUST 1974

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories include the abandoned house in Morris Street in Sutton that was considered a danger to children, Lennon's record supermarket profits, the Pilkington Gala is described as a "mammoth wash-out", Rainford Cricket Club's compromise saves the village carnival, Four Acre Library's solution to prevent muddy carpets and the young volunteers that were supporting the mentally ill in Rainhill Hospital.
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Clinkards St Helen summary

FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 5 - 11 AUGUST 1974

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's stories include the St Helens schools at risk of a roof collapse, the Pilkington Gala takes place, the streakers at Rainhill's Loyola Hall, why Rainford Carnival organisers were upset over cricket, the ex-mayor who thought vandals should receive a belting, why the landlord of the Nelson felt forced to leave his Bridge Street pub and it's announced that the St Helens Concert Band are to appear on Opportunity Knocks.
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St Helens Town Hall summary

FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 29 JULY - 4 AUG 1974

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's stories include Pilkingtons lay offs, the search for Jedder and Faz hots up, the creation of Age Concern, the championship-winning Haydock Band is upset with St Helens Council, St Helens Communists occupy the Town Hall, the fight back against Pilks' proposed Gorsey Lane factory, a backlash over criticism of military displays at the St Helens Show and new cafes are planned for Sherdley and Taylor parks.
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Denis Healey summary

FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 22 - 28 JULY 1974

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories include the record-breaking St Helens Show, concerns are raised over the number of betting shops in St Helens, why Denis Healey's mini-budget was causing a headache in St Helens, a bounty is placed on the heads of taggers Jedder and Faz, the sugar shortage in St Helens, the good-hearted Rivington Road schoolkids and anger over a Clock Face supermarket's closing down sale.
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Victoria Park summary

FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 15 - 21 JULY 1974

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories include the vandals that had ripped eight hundred flowers out of their beds in Victoria Park, criticism of the state of Newton Lake, the rat-infested streams that could not be culverted, the claim that some people in St Helens lived in worse conditions than pigs, the packs of dogs that were running wild around Boundary Road and Leathers Chemicals appeal against their pollution conviction.
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Tyrers summary

FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 8 - 14 JULY 1974

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories include the death of sports shop owner Ben Brooks, the Band of the Irish Guards turn up at a Rainford centenarian's door, Pilkingtons plans for a huge float glass plant in Gorsey Lane, the end of the Rockware strike, a gas blast takes place in Eccleston, the kind-hearted workers at Stoves in Rainhill and concerns are raised over the closing of the fire brigade's control room in St Helens.
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Rockware summary

FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 1 - 7 JULY 1974

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's stories include more on the pitched battle in Prescot that involved a shotgun and a flame thrower, why St Helens Council had dropped its High Court appeal against Leathers, NUPE consider a ban on private beds in St Helens and Whiston hospitals, a strike takes place at Rockware, the Cowley School Gala and how the writers of suggestions as to how St Helens Council could be improved could win £5.
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