Here are a series of local history dates for your diaries.

Today (Thursday, October 16 St Helens Townships Family History Society meets at St Helens Town Hall, 6.45 for a 7pm start. It features a performance of A Scullery Maid in the 1850s.

On Monday, October 20 from 7.30pm, The St Helens Historical Society at the Friends Meeting House will hear the story of The St Helens PALS’ delivered by ex-Saints player Peter Harvey.

On Wednesday, October 29,Newton-le-Willows History Group will gather at Newton Library, between 5pm to 7pm with the First World War the subject being discussed.