Gerry Ryder writes: “I saw your article in The Star re the Red Lion Pub. Although I don’t have any images of the original pub, I vaguely remember it, as a youngster who went to St Anne’s school.

“When researching my family tree several years ago, I was surprised to learn that my great, great, grandfather John Hamlet Norris (1828 -1891) was in 1876 Innkeeper of the Red Lion in Robins Lane. This is borne out by the death certificate of his wife (who died aged 37 with ‘disease of the liver’) and Worrall’s Directory of the same year (found in St. Helens Library).

“I’m not sure how long he was there, but he wasn’t there according to the census of 1871 and had left by the census of 1881. They had eight children who it seems were scattered around after their mother’s death, at least two going to an orphanage in Pantasaph (a small village in Flintshire whose name translates into English as Asaph's Hollow).

"John Hamlet Norris died at his son’s house in Atherton in 1891 of a cerebral haemorrhage brought on by acute alcoholism. I hope this helps. If any images do come to light, I would be very interested in seeing them.”

No old images thus far.