St Helens | Archive | 2006 | March
Pilks clinched the NW Counties Premier Division title in style. Tries were scored by skipper Jamie Smith (3), Will Abbott and Danny Davies. more...
INCREASING levels of violence in a community are causing elderly folk to fear setting foot outside their homes, claims a campaigning councillor. more...
A SUSPECTED arson attack left Bethel Mission Bowling Club's, pavilion, in Marsden Avenue off Rivington Road, damaged at approximately 9.40am on Sunday, March 26. more...
PLANS to demolish a 19th century church considered rare because of its architectural ingenuity will be contested by a charity campaigning for the preservation of Victorian buildings. more...
A SADISTIC father who choked his seven-week-old son to death by stuffing a baby wipe down his windpipe has been given a life sentence. more...
A LUCKY Lotto syndicate who scooped nearly £180,000 when matching five numbers and the bonus ball reckon a mystery fortune teller had predicted their big win! more...
MANY public services in St Helens were brought to a standstill on Tuesday when thousands of workers, angry about proposed changes to their unprotected local government pensions, joined a nationwide 24-hour strike. more...
SAINTS coach Daniel Anderson is taking no chances ahead of Friday night's opening Powergen Challenge Cup tussle with Doncaster. more...
FRIDAY night's display at Hull was a wonderful team performance and after viewing the video it is very difficult to find any flaws in our game. more...
By Mike Critchley more...
LOCAL arrows ace Alan Tabern won his maiden PDC title with a 2-0 defeat of Steve Maish in the Budweiser UK Open North-West Regional Final. more...
BROOK rattled up 26 points without reply in the first half-hour to put the result beyond doubt and maintain their challenge for the NWCL Premier Division title. more...
AN under-strength Lions team put up a spirited performance against a big Mayfield side. more...
HONOURS ended up even in this hard-fought local derby but Bold will take more comfort from the result than Recs whose hopes of claiming their first top division title in 27 years now look remote. more...
WITH the NWC Division Three title already sewn up Clock maintained their unbeaten home league record with this win over their neighbours. more...
HAYDOCK eventually recorded a comfortable success in this 'must win' game but they made hard work of it in a hard-fought first half. more...
HERE we go again, back to a time when St Helens had one of the most prosperous breweries in the country. Right, in happy mood, are pictured some of the lads who manned lorries of Greenall Whitley, whose strong, aromatic beery waft used to filter delightfully around the town centre. more...
THE mystery over the splendidly named William Blinkhorn seems to be solved. more...
MY recent query about old-time tokens - always referred to as 'checks' - drew a reply and a gust of laughter from America. more...
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