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Was my childhood playmate a ghost?
I LIVE in Massachusetts in the USA now but as a child in the early 1960s I lived in Earlestown. Once I remember visiting an aunt in Parr and playing hide-and-seek with two cousins, a sister and two other mates. We were upstairs playing and I was counting
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THE 1st Wargrave Rainbows meet every Wednesday at Wargrave Emmanuel Church Hall, Wargrave Road, Newt
If your daughter is aged between five and seven years old, enjoys crafts and games and would like to join, then just turn up at the next session or contact Louise Forshaw on 01925 227586 for further details.
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NEWTON-le-Willows Gardeners Association will hold their annual general meeting at the Kirkfield Hote
All members and prospective members are welcome.
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AUTHOR Maureen Jackson will be at Prescot Library on Tuesday, January 18 from 2.30pm, to discuss her
Organised by Knowsley Council's Department of Leisure and Community Services the event is free and refreshments will be provided.
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Light shed
VETERAN musician Ron Jackson throws some light on a popular 1950s character famed for his one-song performances during the heyday of St Helens Co-op ballroom. Reader Alan Gray had earlier asked if anyone else remembered the stocky, crop-haired fellow
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When Co-op ruled shoppers' world
HERE'S a pictorial memory-jerker for our more mature readers to ponder over. It harks back to a time - before the proliferation of supermarkets - when the local Co-operative Society was undisputed front-runner in the customer stakes. St Helens town centre
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Many thanks!
I WRITE on behalf of the Rotary Club of St Helens to express our sincere gratitude to the management of Morrisons Supermarkets and Marks & Spencer PLC for giving us the opportunity to collect and bag pack to raise money for our local charities. Once
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Is anybody listening to us over casino?
Thank you St Helens Star for printing these letters against the casino proposals. However, it appears that the authorities and our MPs are not listening to us. The majority of St Helens people do NOT want a casino. The evidence of this can be seen in
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Driver was waving his hands to warn me
COULD I through your columns say how disgusted I am with our council. Going to Mass on Boxing Day in Blackbrook Road, a road that is one of the town's busiest, was one big skating rink. One car hit two parked cars damaging both. Then a car turning into
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Was my childhood playmate a ghost?
I LIVE in Massachusetts in the USA now but as a child in the early 1960s I lived in Earlestown. Once I remember visiting an aunt in Parr and playing hide-and-seek with two cousins, a sister and two other mates. We were upstairs playing and I was counting
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Shop spree defies UK's slump
FESTIVE sales brought many town centre stores a boost, despite shopping patterns in the UK showing Christmas trade at its lowest level for 10 years. Tyrers on Bridge Street witnessed an estimated 3 to 4 per cent rise in sales compared to the previous
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Tip of boy's finger was sliced off
SUPERMARKET Asda has been fined £15,000 for leaving in place a parking ticket machine that had sliced off a ten-year-old boy's fingertip. The fine was handed out at St Helens Magistrates' Court following an investigation by environmental health officers
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Blaze rips through school
POLICE are hunting arsonists who sparked a huge blaze at Merton Bank Primary School which caused £90,000 worth of damage. Roofs of the boys' toilet, the library and the infant building were destroyed by the fire which ripped through the building shortly
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Dish the dirt
ITV'S award winning show 'Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway' is looking for blabbermouth viewers to take part in the new series. The production team is looking to find people who know absolutely everything there is to know about their best friend
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Law and order
ACADEMY Award-winning director Mike Nichols follows the triumphant 'Angels in America' with 'Closer', a bitingly funny and honest look at modern relationships. Set in contemporary London, 'Closer' is the story of four strangers, their chance meetings,
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Eastern promise whistles a happy tune
A MAJOR new production and national tour of Rodgers and Hammerstein's 'The King and I' opens at Liverpool Empire on Friday 21 January. Kevin Gray will reprise his Broadway role as the King alongside Elizabeth Renihan as Anna, in a brand new production
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NEXT meeting of the St Helens Astronomical Society will take place at the Navy Club, St Helens on We
New members are welcome. For further details contact Carl Dingsdale on 07799787517.
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FLUTTER in with St Helens Council Rangers on Sunday, January 16 for a winter birdwatching walk at Sa
It will begin at 9am from the Blackbrook Visitor Centre and the six mile route will take in the countryside around Carr Mill and Garswood. If you are interested, please telephone 01744 677772 for more details.
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NEXT meeting of the St Helens Historical Society will take place on Monday, January 17 starting at 7
Speaker will be Tim Belcher, who is involved in a project recording the history and images of England through the medium of photography. His talk is entitled 'Imaging England'. Non-members are welcome, charge £1.
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THE Billy Butler and Wally Scott Show with Danny Ramon and Bobby Kaye, will be appearing at Rainford
There will be a bar and raffle and all proceeds will be shared between Willowbrook Hospice and Augustine's Mission Sisters. Tickets are available from the Willowbrook Campaign Office on Claughton Street, the charity shop on Church Road, Rainford, or by
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AN extra Watercolour Workshop is now being held at Newton Community Centre due to public demand.
The course takes place at the community centre at Park Road South on Tuesdays from 10am until noon. For more information please contact 01925 224731.
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RAINHILL High School PTA are holding car boot/indoor table sale on Sunday, January 16 in aid of the
Gates open at 9.30am and prices are £7 per car and £8 per table.
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GET your dancing shoes on for 'Boogie Night' at The Hilton Hotel, St Helens, on Saturday 29 January.
Enjoy a hot and cold buffet followed by a disco until 1am, dedicated to the sounds of the 60s, 70s and 80s. Tickets for the night cost £17.50 per person.
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Last of the lamplighters
WHO was the last lamplighter in town? Could he have been a one-armed fellow called Wilf Arnold, a familiar character around the cobbled streets of St Helens around the middle of last century? The question pops up from a letter sent in by Luke Corrigan
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Waltzes with hot toast . .
HAPPY memories of tea dances, complete with buttered toast, came waltzing back for Teresa Doyle when she spotted a mention on this page about the old Neighbours Club, once a major social magnet in the Thatto Heath area. Teresa (nee Culley) from Booth
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Strappers solution
MYSTERY had always shrouded the origins of an odd local place name known to generations of Sutton folk as the Strappers. But now, in response to an early query, reader Les Woods comes up with what seems a convincing theory. Strappers, he suggests, could
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Ski Slope of boyhood
THE makeshift 'ski slope' where he spent his early boyhood years is brought back into focus by former Saints half-back Peter Harvey in picking up on previous pieces about Carr Mill Dam and its adjoining Happy Valley area. Carr Mill's Pleasureland area
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Ripple of unrest over swim changes
SINCE September the organisation of the public swimming baths in St Helens has been in a state of continuous change, to the detriment of regular swimmers and, I believe, the majority of staff. A recent notice at Parr Pool advises that certain 'Early Morning
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You made it brighter
ON behalf of all at KIND, I would like through your paper to thank all those very kind and generous friends who have supported this year's Christmas Appeal. Some 7,000 unlucky children and their families had a happier and less stressful time this Christmas
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Knife raider appeal
A KNIFEMAN dressed all in black escaped with cash after threatening off-licence staff. Armed with a four-inch long black handled knife, he threatened staff at Bargain Booze in Elephant Lane, at about 8.20pm on Monday, December 27. After taking what police
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Mission possible at Moss Bank
A HISTORIC community base has been handed a £20,000 improvement grant. The 109-year-old Moss Bank Mission building will be modernised thanks to the funding from the Ibstock Cory Environmental Trust. Currently more than 300 people use the base for activities
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The sea is coming
"THE sea is coming"... with those chilling words a hotel manager roused Nisha Srivastava just before the tsunami smashed into the resort where she was staying. Fitness teacher Nisha was on a backpacking holiday in Sri Lanka when the wave of death struck
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Choir perform for Tsunami victims
ST HELENS Sinfonietta presents a special concert on 22 January, with a raffle to raise funds for the Tsunami Disaster Appeal. The concert will feature the Parkside Colliery Male Voice Choir, under its conductor, Alec Wallace. The group will perform pieces
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Ray dazzles at box office
ON Monday 17 January, Cineworld St Helens has a special advance showing of 'Ray', the never-before-told, musical biographical drama of American legend Ray Charles. Featuring a remarkable performance from Jamie Foxx in the central role, Ray follows the
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Panto back for encore
AFTER strong ticket sales, the Theatre Royal has announced that 'the Snow must go on!' and extended this year's sell-out pantomime for a further week. 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs' was scheduled to finish on Sunday 9 January, but due to popular demand
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Golden era sparkles with Big Band ace
THE sounds and memories of a golden era return to the stage of the Theatre Royal on Saturday 5 February, with 'Sounds of the Glenn Miller era'. With a classic line-up of saxophones, trumpets, trombones, a rhythm section and singers, the Nick Ross Orchestra
