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.
Victoria Square, St Helens summary

FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 17 - 23 FEBRRUARY 1975

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories include the new one-way system that was introduced in Victoria Square, the lorry at the new Tontine Market that got stuck in a drain, Rainford's new mobile surgery, a new headmistress for Cowley Girls School, there's a celebration of 75 years of glassmaking at Pocket Nook and the proposed £2 million Higher Parr Street scheme to rid the town of congestion is delayed through lack of cash.
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Millican and Nesbitt summary

FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 10 - 16 FEBRRUARY 1975

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories include Nevin's fine for misleading customers in their pricing, the mice-chasing Parr boy who was trapped in mud, the big rises in rates bills that were on the cards, a campaign against deadly weapons in drugs cabinets, the St Helens Treasurer blows his top over choosy council tenants and there's more help for the kidney sufferer who was set to have a dialysis machine delivered by helicopter.
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St Helens Theatre Royal summary

FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 3 - 9 FEBRRUARY 1975

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's stories include the burglary that took place at Babyworld, the Rainhill rape claim that a judge said was disgusting but instructed a jury to reject, the row over St Helens Town Hall car parking spaces, the fire at Whiston Labour Club, the disco ban in Eccleston Village Hall, the rise in demand for allotments through the high levels of price inflation and the partying pools' winners at a Langtree Street shirt factory.
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Providence Hospital summary

FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 27 JAN - 2 FEB 1975

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's stories include the burglaries in the new Tontine Market caused by security failures, the car sharing to work scheme in the Reporter, the new Francoise night spot promises to bring a barrel full of fun to St Helens, the anger over the delay in a vote to close Leathers, the periscope for a nosey parker in hospital and the Triplex workers generous gesture in helping a colleague's wife use a kidney machine.
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Tom o'Connor comedian summary
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FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 20 - 26 JANUARY 1975

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories include the opposition in St Helens to male midwives being permitted, comic Tom O'Connor returns to the Rael Brook factory in Rainhill, the Labour party votes to shut down Leathers Chemicals, British Sidac admits to being in severe trouble and the Area Health Authority hits back at claims that dangerous criminals from top security mental hospitals would be coming to Rainhill Hospital.
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Rainhill Hospital summary

FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 13 - 19 JANUARY 1975

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories include the end of an era with the closure of Oxleys department store and Rigby's drapery shop, the controversial sacking at Saints' Social Club, another attempt is made to close down Leathers Chemicals, the opening of a new Waterloo Street club featuring go-go dancers and concern is expressed that dangerous criminals from top security mental hospitals could be transferred to Rainhill.
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St Helens bus summary

FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 6 - 12 JANUARY 1975

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories include the violent wages snatch that took place outside a Rainhill factory, the end of the penny bus fares in St Helens, the proposal for a £2 million Carr Mill leisure scheme gets turned down, the remarkable clock man of Sutton who had sixty clocks in his house, the proposed investment on public transport and the major changes in St Helens markets, including the opening of the Tontine.
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Fleece Hotel summary

FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 30 DEC 1974 - 5 JAN 1975

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories include the bizarre hospital consultants' dispute in which nurses sided with the government, the New Year window smashing in Duke Street and Corporation Street, a serious fire hits Fine Fare, the two burglaries at the Fleece, the nocturnal racket in Reginald Road, a facelift for NCB homes in Derbyshire Hill and the plans to revamp the Gamble that could turn St Helens into an arts showpiece.
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Tom O'Connor summary

FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 23 - 29 DECEMBER 1974

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories include the Eccleston girl who left home to find Gary Glitter, a dramatic drop in car sales leads to short time at Triplex, an update on St Helens Angling Association's campaign against plans for a leisure complex at Carr Mill, the Reporter's New Year's Day baby contest, the many derelict sites that were ripe for reclamation and why Tom O'Connor had been in Rainhill inspecting women's legs.
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Carr Mill Dam, St Helens summary

FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 16 - 22 DECEMBER 1974

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories include the Fleet Lane garage that disappeared while improvement work was taking place, Father Christmas takes to the St Helens' streets, St Helens Angling Association's launch a campaign against plans for a leisure complex at Carr Mill Dam, St Helens Library Service plans a new mobile library, the high levels of air pollution and St Helens Hospital's League of Friends opens their new shop.
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Leathers sulphuric acid factory St Helens summary

FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 9 - 15 DECEMBER 1974

written by: Stephen Wainwright
This week's many stories include the bid to close down the controversial Leathers Chemicals in Sutton, the need for a secondary school to be built in Rainhill, a fire on the new Beth Avenue in Sutton badly burns two children, Pilks confirm their new float glass factory is to be built in Greengate, the '60s beat groups performing at the Theatre Royal and the 16-year-old girls that smiled at strangers for a survey.
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