FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK (27th MARCH - 2nd APRIL 1973)
This week's many stories include the council's vote to give Leathers Chemicals another chance, the training scheme on the Parr Industrial Estate, the slippery plan to foil the Victoria Square birds, the Burgy Banks tree vandals and the Parr jockey jinxed at the Grand National.
"An Invitation To Every Man Who Wants To Learn A Trade", was the headline to an advert in the Liverpool Echo on the 28th – which suggests women need not have applied! The advert continued: "Come and look around the St Helens Government Training Centre during the next few days. See the many trades being taught there and the skilled work you could learn to do. Ask any questions. Then decide for yourself. Training is free and most courses last about six months.
"While you're training you get a good weekly (tax free) wage. Courses are available to anyone over 19, so if you would like to learn a trade, or would be helped by a change of trade, come and look us over." And so, perhaps, the "anyone" meant women could turn up at one of the seven open days planned for the training centre on the Parr Industrial Estate in Bedford Street?
There had been much talk that the creation of the new Merseyside Passenger Transport Executive would allow commuters to get around the district more easily with better inter-connection of services. However, on the 28th this letter was published in the Echo that stated that there would be nothing new in that:
"In the 1920's there was a continuous line of tram-track to many towns in the south of Lancashire. In 1917 I travelled to Stockport, using a Liverpool tram to Knotty Ash, then a St. Helens tram along a winding single-track to St. Helens. Around the corner of the Town Hall was a South Lancashire tram waiting to take me to Ashton, where I boarded another South Lancashire tram to Atherton, meeting a Salford tram to take me to Deansgate, Manchester. Then a walk along Market Street to Piccadilly to board a Stockport tram for my destination in Mersey Square, Stockport. – R. James, 89 Eaton Gardens, West Derby."
The monthly St Helens Town Council meeting on the 28th was one of the most anticipated for some time. That was because Cllr. John Potter was submitting a motion that Leathers controversial plant in Lancots Lane in Sutton should be closed down. The reason was through the numerous leaks from the sulphuric acid factory that many felt jeopardised the health of local residents. Cllr. Potter told the meeting:
"People living in Sutton want to see a demonstration by this council that it is doing something positive. They have had enough. They are sick, tired and fed up with what has been happening. These people are afraid of what might happen to them, their children or their grand-parents. The motion that I have put before the council concerns the right of people to breathe clean, fresh, wholesome air, without fear of being poisoned. I don't believe this council should tolerate a situation where people are sitting on a time bomb."
However, Cllr. Bill Shepherd was the only other councillor that supported the closure demand. He said there was far too much dependency on human errors not being made, with simple mistakes having seemingly played a considerable part in previous emissions from the plant. The other council members all felt that the chemicals firm should be given another chance to cure their sulphur dioxide leaks. And so after a two-hour discussion, Cllr. Potter's motion failed.
Since I began these articles five years ago, I've recorded the Hillsiders making fourteen appearances at the St Helens Theatre Royal. On the 29th the Liverpool country group made their 15th performance in Corporation Street. As the band did not break up until 1999, the mind boggles at the numbers of shows in St Helens that they must have chalked up!
The Echo on the 29th had a picture of the Lowe triplets – Craig, Deborah and Howard – who had been born at Billinge Hospital to former teacher Elaine Lowe. The babies had been born three weeks prematurely but were said to be doing fine.
The St Helens Reporter described on the 30th how two different developers might end up building dog tracks in St Helens. Henderson Homes said they'd bought out the Park Road Greyhound racing club some months ago and were negotiating with St Helens Corporation to build a large sports complex that would include a new dog track. And haulage firm boss Joe Pickavance also announced that he planned to build a new track – but had not yet decided whether it would be located in St Helens or Wigan.
There was an advert in the paper for a new hairdressing salon that was opening in Duke Street. It was the David Appleton Salon that was offering "progressive unisex hairdressing". David already had a number of awards for his styling under his belt and had been a lecturer in hairdressing at St Helens "Tech".
British Rail was advertising a return trip to Bognor Regis from Shaw Street Station for just £2. However, you had five-hour train journeys there and back, with only four hours in between to spend at Bognor.
I recently described how Pilkingtons intended to plant 9,000 trees at Islands Brow in Haresfinch to cover up their so-called "Burgy Banks" waste heaps. Well, it didn't take the vandals long to get at them. Out of the 1,000 saplings that had been planted so far, two hundred had already been torn from their beds with some snapped in two. David Nicholl was the head gardener at Pilkington's Prescot Road head office and said:
"It was a sickening site. The uprooted trees, mostly pines, had been used as spears and were lying along the banking and in the road. We replanted as many as we could. It's sheer vandalism. Most of the trees that were damaged had been planted near the houses. These people don’t seem to understand that this planting is for their benefit. Parents could do a lot by trying to get this across to their children. We can't keep going on like this. We're getting nowhere."
For four days from the 30th, Silcocks were back in town with their fun fair located at Carr Mill.
This week it was announced that St Helens Corporation had come up with a cunning plan to deal with all the pigeons and starlings that were causing a nuisance in Victoria Square. George James, the Borough Engineer, told the council's Estates Sub-committee that the Town Hall, the Gamble Institute and Prudential Buildings had become "infested" with the birds. And so a means of denying them a toe-hold on the ledges of the buildings was being implemented in which smooth, plastic stripping would be laid so that birds wanting to perch would slip off. It was hoped that eventually the pigeons and starlings would feel insecure and leave the area.
On the 31st jockey John James – originally from Fleet Lane in Parr – was set to make his debut in the Grand National. John bore the nickname of "Jinx" as it had taken him ten years to win a race – both as a stable boy and an actual jockey. Many St Helens' supporters had travelled to Aintree to cheer him on.
But less than two hours before the start of the race, John was told that the owner of his mount, Great Noise, had decided to replace him with another rider. John had not been told the reason for his removal, but thought the owner probably felt he was not experienced enough. The horse with its new rider came thirteenth in the race, well behind winner Red Rum.
And finally some more entertainment news. At the Theatre Royal on the 31st there was an unusual mix of acts appearing, with comedian George Roper and guitarist Bert Weedon separately performing on the bill. And at the cinemas from April 1st, 'The Triple Echo' starring Glenda Jackson and Oliver Reed started seven days of screenings at the ABC Savoy. Meanwhile the Capitol began showing a Burt Reynolds and Raquel Welch film called 'Fuzz'.
St Helens Reporter courtesy St Helens Archive Service at Eccleston Library
Next week's stories will include the destruction of the vandal-proof Haresfinch superloo, the rise in food price rises that threatened the traditional St Helens Sunday and a warning of prejudice against Cowley Girls thinking of a medical career.
"An Invitation To Every Man Who Wants To Learn A Trade", was the headline to an advert in the Liverpool Echo on the 28th – which suggests women need not have applied! The advert continued: "Come and look around the St Helens Government Training Centre during the next few days. See the many trades being taught there and the skilled work you could learn to do. Ask any questions. Then decide for yourself. Training is free and most courses last about six months.
"While you're training you get a good weekly (tax free) wage. Courses are available to anyone over 19, so if you would like to learn a trade, or would be helped by a change of trade, come and look us over." And so, perhaps, the "anyone" meant women could turn up at one of the seven open days planned for the training centre on the Parr Industrial Estate in Bedford Street?
There had been much talk that the creation of the new Merseyside Passenger Transport Executive would allow commuters to get around the district more easily with better inter-connection of services. However, on the 28th this letter was published in the Echo that stated that there would be nothing new in that:
"In the 1920's there was a continuous line of tram-track to many towns in the south of Lancashire. In 1917 I travelled to Stockport, using a Liverpool tram to Knotty Ash, then a St. Helens tram along a winding single-track to St. Helens. Around the corner of the Town Hall was a South Lancashire tram waiting to take me to Ashton, where I boarded another South Lancashire tram to Atherton, meeting a Salford tram to take me to Deansgate, Manchester. Then a walk along Market Street to Piccadilly to board a Stockport tram for my destination in Mersey Square, Stockport. – R. James, 89 Eaton Gardens, West Derby."
The monthly St Helens Town Council meeting on the 28th was one of the most anticipated for some time. That was because Cllr. John Potter was submitting a motion that Leathers controversial plant in Lancots Lane in Sutton should be closed down. The reason was through the numerous leaks from the sulphuric acid factory that many felt jeopardised the health of local residents. Cllr. Potter told the meeting:
"People living in Sutton want to see a demonstration by this council that it is doing something positive. They have had enough. They are sick, tired and fed up with what has been happening. These people are afraid of what might happen to them, their children or their grand-parents. The motion that I have put before the council concerns the right of people to breathe clean, fresh, wholesome air, without fear of being poisoned. I don't believe this council should tolerate a situation where people are sitting on a time bomb."
However, Cllr. Bill Shepherd was the only other councillor that supported the closure demand. He said there was far too much dependency on human errors not being made, with simple mistakes having seemingly played a considerable part in previous emissions from the plant. The other council members all felt that the chemicals firm should be given another chance to cure their sulphur dioxide leaks. And so after a two-hour discussion, Cllr. Potter's motion failed.
Since I began these articles five years ago, I've recorded the Hillsiders making fourteen appearances at the St Helens Theatre Royal. On the 29th the Liverpool country group made their 15th performance in Corporation Street. As the band did not break up until 1999, the mind boggles at the numbers of shows in St Helens that they must have chalked up!
The Echo on the 29th had a picture of the Lowe triplets – Craig, Deborah and Howard – who had been born at Billinge Hospital to former teacher Elaine Lowe. The babies had been born three weeks prematurely but were said to be doing fine.
The St Helens Reporter described on the 30th how two different developers might end up building dog tracks in St Helens. Henderson Homes said they'd bought out the Park Road Greyhound racing club some months ago and were negotiating with St Helens Corporation to build a large sports complex that would include a new dog track. And haulage firm boss Joe Pickavance also announced that he planned to build a new track – but had not yet decided whether it would be located in St Helens or Wigan.
There was an advert in the paper for a new hairdressing salon that was opening in Duke Street. It was the David Appleton Salon that was offering "progressive unisex hairdressing". David already had a number of awards for his styling under his belt and had been a lecturer in hairdressing at St Helens "Tech".
British Rail was advertising a return trip to Bognor Regis from Shaw Street Station for just £2. However, you had five-hour train journeys there and back, with only four hours in between to spend at Bognor.
I recently described how Pilkingtons intended to plant 9,000 trees at Islands Brow in Haresfinch to cover up their so-called "Burgy Banks" waste heaps. Well, it didn't take the vandals long to get at them. Out of the 1,000 saplings that had been planted so far, two hundred had already been torn from their beds with some snapped in two. David Nicholl was the head gardener at Pilkington's Prescot Road head office and said:
"It was a sickening site. The uprooted trees, mostly pines, had been used as spears and were lying along the banking and in the road. We replanted as many as we could. It's sheer vandalism. Most of the trees that were damaged had been planted near the houses. These people don’t seem to understand that this planting is for their benefit. Parents could do a lot by trying to get this across to their children. We can't keep going on like this. We're getting nowhere."
For four days from the 30th, Silcocks were back in town with their fun fair located at Carr Mill.
On the 31st jockey John James – originally from Fleet Lane in Parr – was set to make his debut in the Grand National. John bore the nickname of "Jinx" as it had taken him ten years to win a race – both as a stable boy and an actual jockey. Many St Helens' supporters had travelled to Aintree to cheer him on.
But less than two hours before the start of the race, John was told that the owner of his mount, Great Noise, had decided to replace him with another rider. John had not been told the reason for his removal, but thought the owner probably felt he was not experienced enough. The horse with its new rider came thirteenth in the race, well behind winner Red Rum.
And finally some more entertainment news. At the Theatre Royal on the 31st there was an unusual mix of acts appearing, with comedian George Roper and guitarist Bert Weedon separately performing on the bill. And at the cinemas from April 1st, 'The Triple Echo' starring Glenda Jackson and Oliver Reed started seven days of screenings at the ABC Savoy. Meanwhile the Capitol began showing a Burt Reynolds and Raquel Welch film called 'Fuzz'.
St Helens Reporter courtesy St Helens Archive Service at Eccleston Library
Next week's stories will include the destruction of the vandal-proof Haresfinch superloo, the rise in food price rises that threatened the traditional St Helens Sunday and a warning of prejudice against Cowley Girls thinking of a medical career.
This week's many stories include the council's vote to give Leathers Chemicals another chance, the training scheme on the Parr Industrial Estate, the slippery plan to foil the Victoria Square birds, the Burgy Banks tree vandals and the Parr jockey jinxed at the Grand National.
"An Invitation To Every Man Who Wants To Learn A Trade", was the headline to an advert in the Liverpool Echo on the 28th – which suggests women need not have applied! The advert continued:
"Come and look around the St Helens Government Training Centre during the next few days. See the many trades being taught there and the skilled work you could learn to do.
"Ask any questions. Then decide for yourself. Training is free and most courses last about six months. While you're training you get a good weekly (tax free) wage.
"Courses are available to anyone over 19, so if you would like to learn a trade, or would be helped by a change of trade, come and look us over."
And so, perhaps, the "anyone" meant women could turn up at one of the seven open days planned for the training centre on the Parr Industrial Estate in Bedford Street?
There had been much talk that the creation of the new Merseyside Passenger Transport Executive would allow commuters to get around the district more easily with better inter-connection of services.
However, on the 28th this letter was published in the Echo that stated that there would be nothing new in that:
"In the 1920's there was a continuous line of tram-track to many towns in the south of Lancashire. In 1917 I travelled to Stockport, using a Liverpool tram to Knotty Ash, then a St. Helens tram along a winding single-track to St. Helens.
"Around the corner of the Town Hall was a South Lancashire tram waiting to take me to Ashton, where I boarded another South Lancashire tram to Atherton, meeting a Salford tram to take me to Deansgate, Manchester.
"Then a walk along Market Street to Piccadilly to board a Stockport tram for my destination in Mersey Square, Stockport. – R. James, 89 Eaton Gardens, West Derby."
The monthly St Helens Town Council meeting on the 28th was one of the most anticipated for some time.
That was because Cllr. John Potter was submitting a motion that Leathers controversial plant in Lancots Lane in Sutton should be closed down.
The reason was through the numerous leaks from the sulphuric acid factory that many felt jeopardised the health of local residents.
Cllr. Potter told the meeting: "People living in Sutton want to see a demonstration by this council that it is doing something positive. They have had enough. They are sick, tired and fed up with what has been happening.
"These people are afraid of what might happen to them, their children or their grand-parents. The motion that I have put before the council concerns the right of people to breathe clean, fresh, wholesome air, without fear of being poisoned.
"I don't believe this council should tolerate a situation where people are sitting on a time bomb."
However, Cllr. Bill Shepherd was the only other councillor that supported the closure demand.
He said there was far too much dependency on human errors not being made, with simple mistakes having seemingly played a considerable part in previous emissions from the plant.
The other council members all felt that the chemicals firm should be given another chance to cure their sulphur dioxide leaks. And so after a two-hour discussion, Cllr. Potter's motion failed.
Since I began these articles five years ago, I've recorded the Hillsiders making fourteen appearances at the St Helens Theatre Royal.
On the 29th the Liverpool country group made their 15th performance in Corporation Street.
As the band did not break up until 1999, the mind boggles at the numbers of shows in St Helens that they must have chalked up!
The Echo on the 29th had a picture of the Lowe triplets – Craig, Deborah and Howard – who had been born at Billinge Hospital to former teacher Elaine Lowe.
The babies had been born three weeks prematurely but were said to be doing fine.
The St Helens Reporter described on the 30th how two different developers might end up building dog tracks in St Helens.
Henderson Homes said they'd bought out the Park Road Greyhound racing club some months ago and were negotiating with St Helens Corporation to build a large sports complex that would include a new dog track.
And haulage firm boss Joe Pickavance also announced that he planned to build a new track – but had not yet decided whether it would be located in St Helens or Wigan.
There was an advert in the paper for a new hairdressing salon that was opening in Duke Street.
It was the David Appleton Salon that was offering "progressive unisex hairdressing". David already had a number of awards for his styling under his belt and had been a lecturer in hairdressing at St Helens "Tech".
British Rail was advertising a return trip to Bognor Regis from Shaw Street Station for just £2.
However, you had five-hour train journeys there and back, with only four hours in between to spend at Bognor.
I recently described how Pilkingtons intended to plant 9,000 trees at Islands Brow in Haresfinch to cover up their so-called "Burgy Banks" waste heaps. Well, it didn't take the vandals long to get at them.
Out of the 1,000 saplings that had been planted so far, two hundred had already been torn from their beds with some snapped in two.
David Nicholl was the head gardener at Pilkington's Prescot Road head office and said:
"It was a sickening site. The uprooted trees, mostly pines, had been used as spears and were lying along the banking and in the road. We replanted as many as we could. It's sheer vandalism. Most of the trees that were damaged had been planted near the houses.
"These people don’t seem to understand that this planting is for their benefit. Parents could do a lot by trying to get this across to their children. We can't keep going on like this. We're getting nowhere."
For four days from the 30th, Silcocks were back in town with their fun fair located at Carr Mill.
This week it was announced that St Helens Corporation had come up with a cunning plan to deal with all the pigeons and starlings that were causing a nuisance in Victoria Square.
George James, the Borough Engineer, told the council's Estates Sub-committee that the Town Hall, the Gamble Institute and Prudential Buildings had become "infested" with the birds.
And so a means of denying them a toe-hold on the ledges of the buildings was being implemented in which smooth, plastic stripping would be laid so that birds wanting to perch would slip off.
It was hoped that eventually the pigeons and starlings would feel insecure and leave the area.
On the 31st jockey John James – originally from Fleet Lane in Parr – was set to make his debut in the Grand National.
John bore the nickname of "Jinx" as it had taken him ten years to win a race – both as a stable boy and an actual jockey.
Many St Helens' supporters had travelled to Aintree to cheer him on. But less than two hours before the start of the race, John was told that the owner of his mount, Great Noise, had decided to replace him with another rider.
John had not been told the reason for his removal, but thought the owner probably felt he was not experienced enough.
The horse with its new rider came thirteenth in the race, well behind winner Red Rum.
And finally some more entertainment news. At the Theatre Royal on the 31st there was an unusual mix of acts appearing, with comedian George Roper and guitarist Bert Weedon separately performing on the bill.
And at the cinemas from April 1st, 'The Triple Echo' starring Glenda Jackson and Oliver Reed started seven days of screenings at the ABC Savoy.
Meanwhile the Capitol began showing a Burt Reynolds and Raquel Welch film called 'Fuzz'.
St Helens Reporter courtesy St Helens Archive Service at Eccleston Library
Next week's stories will include the destruction of the vandal-proof Haresfinch superloo, the rise in food price rises that threatened the traditional St Helens Sunday and a warning of prejudice against Cowley Girls thinking of a medical career.
"An Invitation To Every Man Who Wants To Learn A Trade", was the headline to an advert in the Liverpool Echo on the 28th – which suggests women need not have applied! The advert continued:
"Come and look around the St Helens Government Training Centre during the next few days. See the many trades being taught there and the skilled work you could learn to do.
"Ask any questions. Then decide for yourself. Training is free and most courses last about six months. While you're training you get a good weekly (tax free) wage.
"Courses are available to anyone over 19, so if you would like to learn a trade, or would be helped by a change of trade, come and look us over."
And so, perhaps, the "anyone" meant women could turn up at one of the seven open days planned for the training centre on the Parr Industrial Estate in Bedford Street?
There had been much talk that the creation of the new Merseyside Passenger Transport Executive would allow commuters to get around the district more easily with better inter-connection of services.
However, on the 28th this letter was published in the Echo that stated that there would be nothing new in that:
"In the 1920's there was a continuous line of tram-track to many towns in the south of Lancashire. In 1917 I travelled to Stockport, using a Liverpool tram to Knotty Ash, then a St. Helens tram along a winding single-track to St. Helens.
"Around the corner of the Town Hall was a South Lancashire tram waiting to take me to Ashton, where I boarded another South Lancashire tram to Atherton, meeting a Salford tram to take me to Deansgate, Manchester.
"Then a walk along Market Street to Piccadilly to board a Stockport tram for my destination in Mersey Square, Stockport. – R. James, 89 Eaton Gardens, West Derby."
The monthly St Helens Town Council meeting on the 28th was one of the most anticipated for some time.
That was because Cllr. John Potter was submitting a motion that Leathers controversial plant in Lancots Lane in Sutton should be closed down.
The reason was through the numerous leaks from the sulphuric acid factory that many felt jeopardised the health of local residents.
Cllr. Potter told the meeting: "People living in Sutton want to see a demonstration by this council that it is doing something positive. They have had enough. They are sick, tired and fed up with what has been happening.
"These people are afraid of what might happen to them, their children or their grand-parents. The motion that I have put before the council concerns the right of people to breathe clean, fresh, wholesome air, without fear of being poisoned.
"I don't believe this council should tolerate a situation where people are sitting on a time bomb."
However, Cllr. Bill Shepherd was the only other councillor that supported the closure demand.
He said there was far too much dependency on human errors not being made, with simple mistakes having seemingly played a considerable part in previous emissions from the plant.
The other council members all felt that the chemicals firm should be given another chance to cure their sulphur dioxide leaks. And so after a two-hour discussion, Cllr. Potter's motion failed.
Since I began these articles five years ago, I've recorded the Hillsiders making fourteen appearances at the St Helens Theatre Royal.
On the 29th the Liverpool country group made their 15th performance in Corporation Street.
As the band did not break up until 1999, the mind boggles at the numbers of shows in St Helens that they must have chalked up!
The Echo on the 29th had a picture of the Lowe triplets – Craig, Deborah and Howard – who had been born at Billinge Hospital to former teacher Elaine Lowe.
The babies had been born three weeks prematurely but were said to be doing fine.
The St Helens Reporter described on the 30th how two different developers might end up building dog tracks in St Helens.
Henderson Homes said they'd bought out the Park Road Greyhound racing club some months ago and were negotiating with St Helens Corporation to build a large sports complex that would include a new dog track.
And haulage firm boss Joe Pickavance also announced that he planned to build a new track – but had not yet decided whether it would be located in St Helens or Wigan.
There was an advert in the paper for a new hairdressing salon that was opening in Duke Street.
It was the David Appleton Salon that was offering "progressive unisex hairdressing". David already had a number of awards for his styling under his belt and had been a lecturer in hairdressing at St Helens "Tech".
British Rail was advertising a return trip to Bognor Regis from Shaw Street Station for just £2.
However, you had five-hour train journeys there and back, with only four hours in between to spend at Bognor.
I recently described how Pilkingtons intended to plant 9,000 trees at Islands Brow in Haresfinch to cover up their so-called "Burgy Banks" waste heaps. Well, it didn't take the vandals long to get at them.
Out of the 1,000 saplings that had been planted so far, two hundred had already been torn from their beds with some snapped in two.
David Nicholl was the head gardener at Pilkington's Prescot Road head office and said:
"It was a sickening site. The uprooted trees, mostly pines, had been used as spears and were lying along the banking and in the road. We replanted as many as we could. It's sheer vandalism. Most of the trees that were damaged had been planted near the houses.
"These people don’t seem to understand that this planting is for their benefit. Parents could do a lot by trying to get this across to their children. We can't keep going on like this. We're getting nowhere."
For four days from the 30th, Silcocks were back in town with their fun fair located at Carr Mill.
George James, the Borough Engineer, told the council's Estates Sub-committee that the Town Hall, the Gamble Institute and Prudential Buildings had become "infested" with the birds.
And so a means of denying them a toe-hold on the ledges of the buildings was being implemented in which smooth, plastic stripping would be laid so that birds wanting to perch would slip off.
It was hoped that eventually the pigeons and starlings would feel insecure and leave the area.
On the 31st jockey John James – originally from Fleet Lane in Parr – was set to make his debut in the Grand National.
John bore the nickname of "Jinx" as it had taken him ten years to win a race – both as a stable boy and an actual jockey.
Many St Helens' supporters had travelled to Aintree to cheer him on. But less than two hours before the start of the race, John was told that the owner of his mount, Great Noise, had decided to replace him with another rider.
John had not been told the reason for his removal, but thought the owner probably felt he was not experienced enough.
The horse with its new rider came thirteenth in the race, well behind winner Red Rum.
And finally some more entertainment news. At the Theatre Royal on the 31st there was an unusual mix of acts appearing, with comedian George Roper and guitarist Bert Weedon separately performing on the bill.
And at the cinemas from April 1st, 'The Triple Echo' starring Glenda Jackson and Oliver Reed started seven days of screenings at the ABC Savoy.
Meanwhile the Capitol began showing a Burt Reynolds and Raquel Welch film called 'Fuzz'.
St Helens Reporter courtesy St Helens Archive Service at Eccleston Library
Next week's stories will include the destruction of the vandal-proof Haresfinch superloo, the rise in food price rises that threatened the traditional St Helens Sunday and a warning of prejudice against Cowley Girls thinking of a medical career.