St Helens | Archive | 2006 | June
ADULTS looking to sample study at St Helens College before enrolling in September can try a free Bite-size Booster. more...
RAINHILL entertained Birkenhead St Mary's on Saturday. Paul Ford won the toss and decided to bat first. Wilson fell early with the score on just eight. Ashraful joined Rotheram at the crease and the pair put 94 on for the second wicket. Rotheram fell for a determined 42. more...
ST Helens Recs' unbeaten run came to an end at Orrell Red Triangle on Saturday. more...
RAINFORD suffered a second successive defeat in the Merseyside and Southport Alliance losing by six wickets at Norley Hall. more...
MOOD Art Gallery is championing the work of St Helens artist Paul Cousins in their exhibition 'Horizons', which was launched last week. more...
BATTLE of the bands winners Anti-Chamber supported US rockers Arno Corps at the Attic in Manchester on Monday night and revealed they have a busy summer of touring planned. more...
ST Helens Sinfonietta presented a Young Players' Concert, attended by the Mayor and Mayoress of St Helens on June 10 at the United Reformed Church. more...
WITH respect, your report about '7,500 jobs for local people' (Star June 8) from the proposed 'Greater Parkside' development does not make any better sense than Dave Watts' plea for doubters to wait for the application(s) 'Give Parkside a Chance' (Dear Star). more...
WHAT an enormous pity that David Watts opts to use his time sniping at local councillors 'MP attacks Lib Dems' (Star, June 1) rather than provide what we, his constituents, really want i.e. reassurances that the Parkside development won't simply destroy Newton-le-Willows. more...
DAVE Watts MP omits to state that the former Parkside colliery site is but a small part of the proposed development area. The majority of the land concerned is Green Belt farmland. more...
TALKING about the proposed Freight Facility at Parkside one would assume Mr Watts is classing himself as being an occupant of 'our town', Newton-le-Willows. more...
IN reply to the letter from a Local Resident 'Shining example' (Dear Star June 15) regarding the disused bowling greens in Queens Park. more...
IN response to P McCann 'Are roadside shrines tacky?' (Dear Star). People do have different ways of dispersing sorrow and maybe this is not the way that P McCann chooses. more...
I consider myself to be a responsible dog owner, walking my dog twice a day, picking up any mess he leaves. But the amount of dog mess I see left on footpaths for pedestrians to step in is unbelievable. more...
ON behalf of the St Helens branch of the Multiple Sclerosis Society I wish to thank Wm. Morrison PLC for the recent opportunity to make collections at their Boundary Road store. more...
IN reply to 'What about the Saints shuffle?' (Dear Star, June 22) do all Wiganers live in the past? They had a good spell as the first full time professional team but all they were playing were semi-professional outfits whose players held day time jobs i.e. fitters, miners, and joiners. more...
I WRITE in response to the letter you published from Mr Cooper 'Was this the welfare you had in mind Mr Watts?' (Dear Star) regarding the Parkside rail freight terminal. more...
l WITH reference to the article 'Bus bosses probe mum's buggy ordeal' (Star, June 22). I live in East Kilbride near Glasgow and this was a common problem up until about two months ago. I was basically trapped in the house. more...
I WAS really surprised to read about the sale of Pilks 'Pilks deal goes through' (Star, June 22). more...
Young players' feast of music more...
A DISABLED mum, whose young daughter suffers from Down's Syndrome, has been warned by Britain's biggest store she could face a fine of up to £150 if she doesn't speed up her shopping! more...
THE Needle isn't the only new structure raising eyebrows around the George Street cultural quarter. more...
VICTORIA Square echoed to the sound of marching feet on Tuesday as old campaigners fell in on parade to celebrate National Veterans' Day. more...
A CANNABIS factory was uncovered and two men arrested after police raids in St Helens. more...
POLICE have made a further 18 drug-related arrests in the last two weeks as part of Operation Panther. Since the high-profile initiative launched in November, police have issued 35 warrants and arrested more than 225 people. more...
FOUR cats, who survived a devastating house fire, now need new homes after being taken in by St Helens Cats Protection. more...
HUNDREDS of excited onlookers watched in amazement as Whiston Hospital's very own 'time team' uncovered a time capsule that had been buried underneath their historic chapel since 1881. more...
A GLOWING ball, as big as a hot air balloon was how one UFO spotter described the phenomenon, which has townsfolk searching the skies. more...
FORGET about the World Cup just for a minute because tomorrow (Friday, June 30) local schoolkids have a chance to lift a different version of the coveted prize - The Woodland Cup. more...
A WATCHDOG squad is warning householders to be on their guard against rogue builders currently operating in the area. more...
A SPIRITED champion of St Helens people is dead more...
THESE young pupils from Grange Valley Primary School caught World Cup fever last Thursday at a special evening of fun and games. more...
AFTER clocking up several miles in the scorching sunshine on one charity run this year, this plucky bunch of Cowley Language College lasses and pals could be forgiven for putting their feet up. more...
FORMER sweets salesman David Smith found himself up there with the big boys when his travel firm that runs coach trips across the UK scooped a major national tourism award. more...
IT may be everyone's dream to be told we've won the lottery, but Euro MP Terry Wynn is once again warning about bogus callers who are contacting townsfolk to tell them they've hit the jackpot. more...
ST THERESA'S Church, Sutton Manor will be holding their Summer Gala on Saturday, July 1 at Cannon Street, starting at 2pm. There will be stalls with toys, books and videos, cosmetics, jewellery, bargain hunt, and lots more. They will also have games for children including a bouncy castle. Refreshments will be available. The procession leaves from the church at 1pm and all parishes are welcome. more...
HALF a century after the then Bishop of Liverpool laid the foundation stone at a St Helens church, the latest incumbent, the Right Reverend James Jones returned to mark the milestone. more...
COUNTLESS friends in Rugby League and beyond are mourning the death of former Saints forward, Fred Terry at the age of 68. more...
A CHARITY football match between teams from St Helens and Wigan raised £177 for cancer research. more...
MUMS in Parr are helping to raise awareness about breast feeding. more...
A CARMEL student has been awarded an Earthwatch Education Grant to carry out scientific research to aid conservation all over the world. more...
SAINTS travel to Wakefield Trinity on Sunday without injured skipper Paul Sculthorpe and wing Francis Meli. more...
HAVING a Test match in the middle of this week makes matters difficult and it is effectively like a repeat of the Easter programme for those players taking part. more...
TEST match rugby returned to Knowsley Road for the first time since 1971 - and both the home fans and Saints' contingent of players rose to the occasion. more...
IT was far from their most convincing performance of the year, but Saints bounced back to winning ways to regain their place at the top of the table. more...
Knowsley South Portland more...
Interbrew 501 Darts and Dominoes more...
WEST Park's senior squad re-assembled on Thursday preparatory to resuming training next Tuesday and coach Martin Jones will no doubt be looking to strengthen his side initially needing to find replacements for centre Ian Callaghan who has retired and last seasons team captain and flanker Carl Newman who has taken up an appointment in the USA. more...
KNOBSTICK is a wonderfully-coined ancient expression for a person who does someone else out of a job. A sort of strike-breaker or a man prepared to work for less than the usual rate of pay. more...
THEY were hardly the World Cup favourites, but these keen chums go back to a time when Earlestown's economic wellbeing still lay in the booming railway system. more...
AN old white cottage came with the job when retired policeman Alec Little became a gamekeeper. But that wood-side cottage already had one permanent resident - an unseen ghost, often heard crossing the room. more...
COME on, get on your marks. It's time for a game of tin-can bung off! more...
DAVE Williams is attempting to find photographs of the old Park Road greyhound track, taken over to become the site of Broad Oak Manor nursing home.He's tried all ways to locate them, but so far no luck! more...
ONE-time Manchester United star Bill Foulkes is still very much alive and kicking. more...
Then let's hear it! Write to Whalley's World, 23a Hardshaw Street, St Helens WA10 1RT; or you can email on alan.whalley@cheshire.newsquest.co.uk more...
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