SaintJeff Posted March 6, 2019 Share #1 Posted March 6, 2019 Not sure if these have been posted before but they're ones ive never seen. Ruskin Drive 1960 Lowe Street Haydock Park Station Duke Street Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaintJeff Posted March 28, 2019 Author Share #2 Posted March 28, 2019 St.Helens in 1963 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king kenny Posted March 29, 2019 Share #3 Posted March 29, 2019 Quote great vid nice to see how busy the town was. compare this with present day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaintJeff Posted April 14, 2019 Author Share #4 Posted April 14, 2019 UGB video taken shortly before it closed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philthespark Posted April 15, 2019 Share #5 Posted April 15, 2019 My mate worked there, he was an electrician, Ian Gee, his dad was a chargehand IIRC, anyway he served his time there as an apprentice spark and had a bad accident when he fell on a piece of glass and injured his hand and arm. He took me for a walk around one day, I'll never forget it, we arrived on our motorbikes and went in, we walked all around the site wearing our leathers and bike helmets and nobody batted an eyelid. Just as we were leaving someone shouted us to stop, we turned around and it was his dad, he only stopped us because he recognised the helmets and wondered what we were doing there. I served my time at a steel pressings place off Reginald Road, Penlake industrial estate, behind what used to be Reginalds, the big store in the late 80's, all that's gone now. I wonder if anyone has any photos of the old place, it would be nice to see it again and show my grandson. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaintJeff Posted January 5, 2020 Author Share #6 Posted January 5, 2020 BBC documentary from the 80's called The right To Work, following the workers of Pilkingtons Glass. Can't embed it into the post for some reason but an interesting watch. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4smGHgVI_8M&list=LLx4KX_4x_iswrm73Tz4Fdkg&index=2&t=522s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phyll Posted January 6, 2020 Share #7 Posted January 6, 2020 Very good Jeff, here's the embedded version, Dave taught me how. Hope it works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Posted January 6, 2020 Share #8 Posted January 6, 2020 1 hour ago, Phyll said: Very good Jeff, here's the embedded version, Dave taught me how Excellent Phyll. Took me right back to my days at Triplex in the 1960s before that daft 6 weeks strike that ruined the business. That strike did me a favour though as it spurred me on to get a job in Cumbria. Thanks again, makes a pleasant change from politics and nutty conspiracy theories Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phyll Posted January 8, 2020 Share #9 Posted January 8, 2020 Yes, I enjoyed it, it brought back memories for me too, as far back as I can remember my Dad worked at Pilks City Rd. and I remember when he was on Strike, but he went back and even after he had a very bad accident with his hand they still kept him on as a Janitor until he eventually retired. Here's another one you might find interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaintJeff Posted May 1, 2020 Author Share #10 Posted May 1, 2020 The BFI have been releasing free videos from their archives over the lockdown. One of them is St.Helens Health week from 1923 - https://player.bfi.org.uk/free/film/watch-st-helens-health-week-1923-1923-online Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HORT Posted May 1, 2020 Share #11 Posted May 1, 2020 Amaing video from97 years ago. Thanks for posting it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mally Posted May 1, 2020 Share #12 Posted May 1, 2020 some bonny babies there ! brilliant film Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Margaret Gill Posted June 25, 2020 Share #13 Posted June 25, 2020 Think the duke st one is mid 60s, I remember nevins and the talbot clearly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phyll Posted June 26, 2020 Share #14 Posted June 26, 2020 Here are some other Old St. Helens Videos in case anyone missed them. https://www.sthelens-connect.net/forums/topic/62386-st-helens-you-tube-videos/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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