FIFTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK 29 JAN - 4 FEB 1974
This week's many stories include the circus animals that were staying in Burtonhead Road, the big drop in air pollution in St Helens, the Royal Navy recruitment campaign, the big rise in drug overdose cases, the huge Rainford rubbish tip is struck by gales, the pigeons that were slaughtered in Thatto Heath and the leader of St Helens Council refuses to speak to the Reporter.
We begin on the 31st with this rather macho advert in the Liverpool Echo: "Leave The Boys' Jobs To The Boys. Are you going to settle for a two-a-penny job in town? Or are you after a man's job with a real future to it? The Navy can offer you a choice of many. You get some great training to go with it.
"You have security, good mates, world travel and lots of sport and adventure. And you can earn over £25 a week at 17½, with plenty more to come. Find out all the facts at the address below." In fact there were two addresses, one of which was 7 George Street in St Helens where the Royal Navy had an office.
On February 1st Rene Wright was featured in a Weight Watchers advert in the Echo. Renee was from St Helens and she'd lost 76 pounds on their diet and had managed to maintain the loss for 2½ years. Weight Watchers classes were held on Tuesday evenings in the Helena House ballroom in Baldwin Street in St Helens.
The public relations of some firms in St Helens in the ‘70s was absolutely dreadful. "Say nowt", appeared to be their motto, with Leathers Chemicals – the most controversial company in the town – one of a number believing that "no comment" was the best means of fending off criticism. But according to the St Helens Reporter silence was also the policy of the Labour leader of St Helens Council.
In their edition on the 1st the paper accused Len Williams of refusing to speak to them on any subject. He was accused of hanging up the phone to six different Reporter journalists who, over a period of time, had approached him for comment on a story. The paper's editor wrote:
"Councillor Williams has a perfect right to speak to whom he wishes, to be as rude as he likes to reporters and anyone else. But he is leaving Labour voters of St. Helens unrepresented. He is their speechless spokesman." As well being the leader of the present council, Cllr Williams was chairman of the Education Committee and the Policy and Resources Committee and in April would lead the new St Helens District Council.
"Councillors are elected to speak for the people," continued the Reporter's critique. "The council leader is elected to speak for the councillors. And committee chairmen are elected to speak for their committees. When their spokesman will not speak, the Labour Party has lost its voice. If Councillor Williams will not speak to the people through the local paper, the Labour Party should find someone who will." Just why Cllr Williams refused to talk to the Reporter was not revealed.
Goldilocks was the panto at the Theatre Royal this week, which featured a circus sequence that included a number of animals. These included monkeys, ponies, dogs, a llama and a performing bear. The question of what to do with the menagerie during the day was answered by Pilkingtons, who allowed the event organisers to house the critters in their transport sheds in Burtonhead Road.
The Reporter wrote: "Most of the animals are tame and allowed out and about the place daily, so there's always some amusing antics to entertain." The man in charge of the show's circus segment was Gordon Cook, who told the paper: "Pilkington offered to put up the animals in some of the transport sheds they're not using. The men think it's a great novelty and they've been making a great fuss of the animals. We're having a very happy stay in St. Helens."
This week a report revealed that air pollution in St Helens between 1966 and 1973 had been slashed by half. However, the town was still smokier than neighbouring Warrington and Widnes, although it performed better than the latter when measuring the presence of sulphur dioxide in the atmosphere. St Helens had seven stations taking readings and the improvement in the air quality was credited to the Corporation's smoke control scheme.
When it began in 1966/7 the smoke level in St Helens was nearly 190 micrograms and the sulphur dioxide level was just over 218. Now the average figures for winter were 91 and 114, respectively. St Helens was currently 63% smoke-controlled and another zone – that included Grange Park, Elephant Lane and Peasley Cross – was awaiting approval. A preliminary survey was also being undertaken for a new zone around Clock Face and Parr would also become smokeless at a later date.
"Herds of cattle and livestock are under a threat of death after a huge rubbish dump in Rainford was hit by gales." So began the introduction to an article in the Reporter about the village's controversial Holiday Moss tip. That had made the news recently through the large number of heavy lorries trundling through Rainford to dump their loads on it. But gale force winds were now being blamed for scattering debris from the giant tip across the countryside.
Farms and households had been deluged with rubbish and farmers were particularly concerned that plastic bags could kill or maim livestock if swallowed. John Phythian of Fir Tree Farm was fuming about the issue: "I've got 100 cattle and I’m very concerned. They are valuable animals. When one is ailing, it could have swallowed one of these bags. How are we to know?"
Ted Rosbotham of Bridge Farm was also worried about the rubbish attracting gulls, which might damage his 150-ton crop of spinach, saying: "The land is almost impossible to plough as things are. Spinach needs to be planted in the first half inch of soil and this could make things very difficult. If the seagulls keep on landing they could disturb seedlings. And men trampling on the land, picking paper up, won't do it any good."
The Reporter also stated that 600 drug overdoses were being treated each year at St Helens and Whiston hospitals. The patients ranged from elderly people to toddlers who mistook tablets for sweets. A local ambulanceman told the paper: "Four cases in a night hardly causes any comment. There has been a big increase over the years."
Electrical retailer Harold Stott of Westfield Street was promoting his range of hi-fi systems in the Reporter with models from Bang and Olufsen, Dynatron and Toshiba amongst others in stock. The paper also profiled Radio Rainhill. The station had gone on air in May and was available to patients and staff in Rainhill Hospital (pictured above) for a few hours each day. The closed circuit broadcaster had been the brainchild of nursing sister Margaret Lamb and the article made an appeal for donations of old records.
Pigeon fancier Albert Peel from Thatto Heath told the Reporter that he had cried when he had seen the state of his pigeon loft. Two dozen of his prize-winning birds had been slaughtered with some of the pigeons decapitated. Albert was nearly blind as a result of an explosion during the war and for 15 years pigeons had been his hobby, which he kept in a loft on his allotment.
Albert said: "When you can't see to read, you have to turn to something else as a hobby and pigeons were mine. I cried when I found them." The 58-year-old told the Reporter that he believed that dogs had been responsible. "There are about four big dogs round here which just seem to run wild. They've killed pigeons on these allotments before. I've got some pigeons I use for breeding in another shed and they've been clawing away at the door trying to get at those too."
And finally, the Reporter described how part of Rainhill was going to be declared a General Improvement Area. Work on the fronts of 36 houses in Longton Lane and Holt Lane had already begun and the plans also included building 18 garages and forecourts, access roads and street parking bays.
St Helens Reporter courtesy St Helens Archive Service at Eccleston Library
Next Week's stories will include St Helens Tech dispute over a code of discipline, local miners prepare to go on strike, plans to build a new Windleshaw Infants School are shelved and the council clerk that forgot to order commemorative shields.
We begin on the 31st with this rather macho advert in the Liverpool Echo: "Leave The Boys' Jobs To The Boys. Are you going to settle for a two-a-penny job in town? Or are you after a man's job with a real future to it? The Navy can offer you a choice of many. You get some great training to go with it.
"You have security, good mates, world travel and lots of sport and adventure. And you can earn over £25 a week at 17½, with plenty more to come. Find out all the facts at the address below." In fact there were two addresses, one of which was 7 George Street in St Helens where the Royal Navy had an office.
On February 1st Rene Wright was featured in a Weight Watchers advert in the Echo. Renee was from St Helens and she'd lost 76 pounds on their diet and had managed to maintain the loss for 2½ years. Weight Watchers classes were held on Tuesday evenings in the Helena House ballroom in Baldwin Street in St Helens.
The public relations of some firms in St Helens in the ‘70s was absolutely dreadful. "Say nowt", appeared to be their motto, with Leathers Chemicals – the most controversial company in the town – one of a number believing that "no comment" was the best means of fending off criticism. But according to the St Helens Reporter silence was also the policy of the Labour leader of St Helens Council.
In their edition on the 1st the paper accused Len Williams of refusing to speak to them on any subject. He was accused of hanging up the phone to six different Reporter journalists who, over a period of time, had approached him for comment on a story. The paper's editor wrote:
"Councillor Williams has a perfect right to speak to whom he wishes, to be as rude as he likes to reporters and anyone else. But he is leaving Labour voters of St. Helens unrepresented. He is their speechless spokesman." As well being the leader of the present council, Cllr Williams was chairman of the Education Committee and the Policy and Resources Committee and in April would lead the new St Helens District Council.
"Councillors are elected to speak for the people," continued the Reporter's critique. "The council leader is elected to speak for the councillors. And committee chairmen are elected to speak for their committees. When their spokesman will not speak, the Labour Party has lost its voice. If Councillor Williams will not speak to the people through the local paper, the Labour Party should find someone who will." Just why Cllr Williams refused to talk to the Reporter was not revealed.
Goldilocks was the panto at the Theatre Royal this week, which featured a circus sequence that included a number of animals. These included monkeys, ponies, dogs, a llama and a performing bear. The question of what to do with the menagerie during the day was answered by Pilkingtons, who allowed the event organisers to house the critters in their transport sheds in Burtonhead Road.
The Reporter wrote: "Most of the animals are tame and allowed out and about the place daily, so there's always some amusing antics to entertain." The man in charge of the show's circus segment was Gordon Cook, who told the paper: "Pilkington offered to put up the animals in some of the transport sheds they're not using. The men think it's a great novelty and they've been making a great fuss of the animals. We're having a very happy stay in St. Helens."
This week a report revealed that air pollution in St Helens between 1966 and 1973 had been slashed by half. However, the town was still smokier than neighbouring Warrington and Widnes, although it performed better than the latter when measuring the presence of sulphur dioxide in the atmosphere. St Helens had seven stations taking readings and the improvement in the air quality was credited to the Corporation's smoke control scheme.
When it began in 1966/7 the smoke level in St Helens was nearly 190 micrograms and the sulphur dioxide level was just over 218. Now the average figures for winter were 91 and 114, respectively. St Helens was currently 63% smoke-controlled and another zone – that included Grange Park, Elephant Lane and Peasley Cross – was awaiting approval. A preliminary survey was also being undertaken for a new zone around Clock Face and Parr would also become smokeless at a later date.
"Herds of cattle and livestock are under a threat of death after a huge rubbish dump in Rainford was hit by gales." So began the introduction to an article in the Reporter about the village's controversial Holiday Moss tip. That had made the news recently through the large number of heavy lorries trundling through Rainford to dump their loads on it. But gale force winds were now being blamed for scattering debris from the giant tip across the countryside.
Farms and households had been deluged with rubbish and farmers were particularly concerned that plastic bags could kill or maim livestock if swallowed. John Phythian of Fir Tree Farm was fuming about the issue: "I've got 100 cattle and I’m very concerned. They are valuable animals. When one is ailing, it could have swallowed one of these bags. How are we to know?"
Ted Rosbotham of Bridge Farm was also worried about the rubbish attracting gulls, which might damage his 150-ton crop of spinach, saying: "The land is almost impossible to plough as things are. Spinach needs to be planted in the first half inch of soil and this could make things very difficult. If the seagulls keep on landing they could disturb seedlings. And men trampling on the land, picking paper up, won't do it any good."
The Reporter also stated that 600 drug overdoses were being treated each year at St Helens and Whiston hospitals. The patients ranged from elderly people to toddlers who mistook tablets for sweets. A local ambulanceman told the paper: "Four cases in a night hardly causes any comment. There has been a big increase over the years."
Pigeon fancier Albert Peel from Thatto Heath told the Reporter that he had cried when he had seen the state of his pigeon loft. Two dozen of his prize-winning birds had been slaughtered with some of the pigeons decapitated. Albert was nearly blind as a result of an explosion during the war and for 15 years pigeons had been his hobby, which he kept in a loft on his allotment.
Albert said: "When you can't see to read, you have to turn to something else as a hobby and pigeons were mine. I cried when I found them." The 58-year-old told the Reporter that he believed that dogs had been responsible. "There are about four big dogs round here which just seem to run wild. They've killed pigeons on these allotments before. I've got some pigeons I use for breeding in another shed and they've been clawing away at the door trying to get at those too."
And finally, the Reporter described how part of Rainhill was going to be declared a General Improvement Area. Work on the fronts of 36 houses in Longton Lane and Holt Lane had already begun and the plans also included building 18 garages and forecourts, access roads and street parking bays.
St Helens Reporter courtesy St Helens Archive Service at Eccleston Library
Next Week's stories will include St Helens Tech dispute over a code of discipline, local miners prepare to go on strike, plans to build a new Windleshaw Infants School are shelved and the council clerk that forgot to order commemorative shields.
This week's many stories include the circus animals that were staying in Burtonhead Road, the big drop in air pollution in St Helens, the Royal Navy recruitment campaign, the big rise in drug overdose cases, the huge Rainford rubbish tip is struck by gales, the pigeons that were slaughtered in Thatto Heath and the leader of St Helens Council refuses to speak to the Reporter.
We begin on the 31st with this rather macho advert in the Liverpool Echo:
"Leave The Boys' Jobs To The Boys. Are you going to settle for a two-a-penny job in town? Or are you after a man's job with a real future to it? The Navy can offer you a choice of many. You get some great training to go with it.
"You have security, good mates, world travel and lots of sport and adventure. And you can earn over £25 a week at 17½, with plenty more to come. Find out all the facts at the address below."
In fact there were two addresses, one of which was 7 George Street in St Helens where the Royal Navy had an office.
On February 1st Rene Wright was featured in a Weight Watchers advert in the Echo. Renee was from St Helens and she'd lost 76 pounds on their diet and had managed to maintain the loss for 2½ years.
Weight Watchers classes were held on Tuesday evenings in the Helena House ballroom in Baldwin Street in St Helens.
The public relations of some firms in St Helens in the ‘70s was absolutely dreadful.
"Say nowt", appeared to be their motto, with Leathers Chemicals – the most controversial company in the town – one of a number believing that "no comment" was the best means of fending off criticism.
But according to the St Helens Reporter silence was also the policy of the Labour leader of St Helens Council.
In their edition on the 1st the paper accused Len Williams of refusing to speak to them on any subject.
He was accused of hanging up the phone to six different Reporter journalists who, over a period of time, had approached him for comment on a story. The paper's editor wrote:
"Councillor Williams has a perfect right to speak to whom he wishes, to be as rude as he likes to reporters and anyone else.
"But he is leaving Labour voters of St. Helens unrepresented. He is their speechless spokesman."
As well being the leader of the present council, Cllr Williams was chairman of the Education Committee and the Policy and Resources Committee and in April would lead the new St Helens District Council.
"Councillors are elected to speak for the people," continued the Reporter's critique. "The council leader is elected to speak for the councillors. And committee chairmen are elected to speak for their committees.
"When their spokesman will not speak, the Labour Party has lost its voice. If Councillor Williams will not speak to the people through the local paper, the Labour Party should find someone who will."
Just why Cllr Williams refused to talk to the Reporter was not revealed.
Goldilocks was the panto at the Theatre Royal this week, which featured a circus sequence that included a number of animals. These included monkeys, ponies, dogs, a llama and a performing bear.
The question of what to do with the menagerie during the day was answered by Pilkingtons, who allowed the event organisers to house the critters in their transport sheds in Burtonhead Road.
The Reporter wrote: "Most of the animals are tame and allowed out and about the place daily, so there's always some amusing antics to entertain."
The man in charge of the show's circus segment was Gordon Cook, who told the paper:
"Pilkington offered to put up the animals in some of the transport sheds they're not using. The men think it's a great novelty and they've been making a great fuss of the animals. We're having a very happy stay in St. Helens."
This week a report revealed that air pollution in St Helens between 1966 and 1973 had been slashed by half.
However, the town was still smokier than neighbouring Warrington and Widnes, although it performed better than the latter when measuring the presence of sulphur dioxide in the atmosphere.
St Helens had seven stations taking readings and the improvement in the air quality was credited to the Corporation's smoke control scheme.
When it began in 1966/7 the smoke level in St Helens was nearly 190 micrograms and the sulphur dioxide level was just over 218. Now the average figures for winter were 91 and 114, respectively.
St Helens was currently 63% smoke-controlled and another zone – that included Grange Park, Elephant Lane and Peasley Cross – was awaiting approval.
A preliminary survey was also being undertaken for a new zone around Clock Face and Parr would also become smokeless at a later date.
"Herds of cattle and livestock are under a threat of death after a huge rubbish dump in Rainford was hit by gales."
So began the introduction to an article in the Reporter about the village's controversial Holiday Moss tip.
That had made the news recently through the large number of heavy lorries trundling through Rainford to dump their loads on it.
But gale force winds were now being blamed for scattering debris from the giant tip across the countryside.
Farms and households had been deluged with rubbish and farmers were particularly concerned that plastic bags could kill or maim livestock if swallowed. John Phythian of Fir Tree Farm was fuming about the issue:
"I've got 100 cattle and I’m very concerned. They are valuable animals. When one is ailing, it could have swallowed one of these bags. How are we to know?"
Ted Rosbotham of Bridge Farm was also worried about the rubbish attracting gulls, which might damage his 150-ton crop of spinach, saying:
"The land is almost impossible to plough as things are. Spinach needs to be planted in the first half inch of soil and this could make things very difficult.
"If the seagulls keep on landing they could disturb seedlings. And men trampling on the land, picking paper up, won't do it any good."
The Reporter also stated that 600 drug overdoses were being treated each year at St Helens and Whiston hospitals.
The patients ranged from elderly people to toddlers who mistook tablets for sweets.
A local ambulanceman told the paper: "Four cases in a night hardly causes any comment. There has been a big increase over the years."
Electrical retailer Harold Stott of Westfield Street was promoting his range of hi-fi systems in the Reporter with models from Bang and Olufsen, Dynatron and Toshiba amongst others in stock.
The paper also profiled Radio Rainhill. The station had gone on air in May and was available to patients and staff in Rainhill Hospital (pictured above) for a few hours each day.
The closed circuit broadcaster had been the brainchild of nursing sister Margaret Lamb and the article made an appeal for donations of old records.
Pigeon fancier Albert Peel from Thatto Heath told the Reporter that he had cried when he had seen the state of his pigeon loft.
Two dozen of his prize-winning birds had been slaughtered with some of the pigeons decapitated.
Albert was nearly blind as a result of an explosion during the war and for 15 years pigeons had been his hobby, which he kept in a loft on his allotment.
Albert said: "When you can't see to read, you have to turn to something else as a hobby and pigeons were mine. I cried when I found them." The 58-year-old told the Reporter that he believed that dogs had been responsible.
"There are about four big dogs round here which just seem to run wild. They've killed pigeons on these allotments before. I've got some pigeons I use for breeding in another shed and they've been clawing away at the door trying to get at those too."
And finally, the Reporter described how part of Rainhill was going to be declared a General Improvement Area.
Work on the fronts of 36 houses in Longton Lane and Holt Lane had already begun and the plans also included building 18 garages and forecourts, access roads and street parking bays.
St Helens Reporter courtesy St Helens Archive Service at Eccleston Library
Next Week's stories will include St Helens Tech dispute over a code of discipline, local miners prepare to go on strike, plans to build a new Windleshaw Infants School are shelved and the council clerk that forgot to order commemorative shields.
We begin on the 31st with this rather macho advert in the Liverpool Echo:
"Leave The Boys' Jobs To The Boys. Are you going to settle for a two-a-penny job in town? Or are you after a man's job with a real future to it? The Navy can offer you a choice of many. You get some great training to go with it.
"You have security, good mates, world travel and lots of sport and adventure. And you can earn over £25 a week at 17½, with plenty more to come. Find out all the facts at the address below."
In fact there were two addresses, one of which was 7 George Street in St Helens where the Royal Navy had an office.
On February 1st Rene Wright was featured in a Weight Watchers advert in the Echo. Renee was from St Helens and she'd lost 76 pounds on their diet and had managed to maintain the loss for 2½ years.
Weight Watchers classes were held on Tuesday evenings in the Helena House ballroom in Baldwin Street in St Helens.
The public relations of some firms in St Helens in the ‘70s was absolutely dreadful.
"Say nowt", appeared to be their motto, with Leathers Chemicals – the most controversial company in the town – one of a number believing that "no comment" was the best means of fending off criticism.
But according to the St Helens Reporter silence was also the policy of the Labour leader of St Helens Council.
In their edition on the 1st the paper accused Len Williams of refusing to speak to them on any subject.
He was accused of hanging up the phone to six different Reporter journalists who, over a period of time, had approached him for comment on a story. The paper's editor wrote:
"Councillor Williams has a perfect right to speak to whom he wishes, to be as rude as he likes to reporters and anyone else.
"But he is leaving Labour voters of St. Helens unrepresented. He is their speechless spokesman."
As well being the leader of the present council, Cllr Williams was chairman of the Education Committee and the Policy and Resources Committee and in April would lead the new St Helens District Council.
"Councillors are elected to speak for the people," continued the Reporter's critique. "The council leader is elected to speak for the councillors. And committee chairmen are elected to speak for their committees.
"When their spokesman will not speak, the Labour Party has lost its voice. If Councillor Williams will not speak to the people through the local paper, the Labour Party should find someone who will."
Just why Cllr Williams refused to talk to the Reporter was not revealed.
Goldilocks was the panto at the Theatre Royal this week, which featured a circus sequence that included a number of animals. These included monkeys, ponies, dogs, a llama and a performing bear.
The question of what to do with the menagerie during the day was answered by Pilkingtons, who allowed the event organisers to house the critters in their transport sheds in Burtonhead Road.
The Reporter wrote: "Most of the animals are tame and allowed out and about the place daily, so there's always some amusing antics to entertain."
The man in charge of the show's circus segment was Gordon Cook, who told the paper:
"Pilkington offered to put up the animals in some of the transport sheds they're not using. The men think it's a great novelty and they've been making a great fuss of the animals. We're having a very happy stay in St. Helens."
This week a report revealed that air pollution in St Helens between 1966 and 1973 had been slashed by half.
However, the town was still smokier than neighbouring Warrington and Widnes, although it performed better than the latter when measuring the presence of sulphur dioxide in the atmosphere.
St Helens had seven stations taking readings and the improvement in the air quality was credited to the Corporation's smoke control scheme.
When it began in 1966/7 the smoke level in St Helens was nearly 190 micrograms and the sulphur dioxide level was just over 218. Now the average figures for winter were 91 and 114, respectively.
St Helens was currently 63% smoke-controlled and another zone – that included Grange Park, Elephant Lane and Peasley Cross – was awaiting approval.
A preliminary survey was also being undertaken for a new zone around Clock Face and Parr would also become smokeless at a later date.
"Herds of cattle and livestock are under a threat of death after a huge rubbish dump in Rainford was hit by gales."
So began the introduction to an article in the Reporter about the village's controversial Holiday Moss tip.
That had made the news recently through the large number of heavy lorries trundling through Rainford to dump their loads on it.
But gale force winds were now being blamed for scattering debris from the giant tip across the countryside.
Farms and households had been deluged with rubbish and farmers were particularly concerned that plastic bags could kill or maim livestock if swallowed. John Phythian of Fir Tree Farm was fuming about the issue:
"I've got 100 cattle and I’m very concerned. They are valuable animals. When one is ailing, it could have swallowed one of these bags. How are we to know?"
Ted Rosbotham of Bridge Farm was also worried about the rubbish attracting gulls, which might damage his 150-ton crop of spinach, saying:
"The land is almost impossible to plough as things are. Spinach needs to be planted in the first half inch of soil and this could make things very difficult.
"If the seagulls keep on landing they could disturb seedlings. And men trampling on the land, picking paper up, won't do it any good."
The Reporter also stated that 600 drug overdoses were being treated each year at St Helens and Whiston hospitals.
The patients ranged from elderly people to toddlers who mistook tablets for sweets.
A local ambulanceman told the paper: "Four cases in a night hardly causes any comment. There has been a big increase over the years."
Electrical retailer Harold Stott of Westfield Street was promoting his range of hi-fi systems in the Reporter with models from Bang and Olufsen, Dynatron and Toshiba amongst others in stock.
The closed circuit broadcaster had been the brainchild of nursing sister Margaret Lamb and the article made an appeal for donations of old records.
Pigeon fancier Albert Peel from Thatto Heath told the Reporter that he had cried when he had seen the state of his pigeon loft.
Two dozen of his prize-winning birds had been slaughtered with some of the pigeons decapitated.
Albert was nearly blind as a result of an explosion during the war and for 15 years pigeons had been his hobby, which he kept in a loft on his allotment.
Albert said: "When you can't see to read, you have to turn to something else as a hobby and pigeons were mine. I cried when I found them." The 58-year-old told the Reporter that he believed that dogs had been responsible.
"There are about four big dogs round here which just seem to run wild. They've killed pigeons on these allotments before. I've got some pigeons I use for breeding in another shed and they've been clawing away at the door trying to get at those too."
And finally, the Reporter described how part of Rainhill was going to be declared a General Improvement Area.
Work on the fronts of 36 houses in Longton Lane and Holt Lane had already begun and the plans also included building 18 garages and forecourts, access roads and street parking bays.
St Helens Reporter courtesy St Helens Archive Service at Eccleston Library
Next Week's stories will include St Helens Tech dispute over a code of discipline, local miners prepare to go on strike, plans to build a new Windleshaw Infants School are shelved and the council clerk that forgot to order commemorative shields.