St Helens Star | Nostalgia https://www.sthelensstar.co.uk/news/nostalgia/ St Helens Star Nostalgia en-gb Tue, 10 Nov 2026 21:53:48 +0000 Tue, 10 Nov 2026 21:53:48 +0000 https://www.sthelensstar.co.uk/rss/terms/ M6 toby.granville@newsquest.co.uk (Toby Granville) webmaster@digitalmedia.newsquest.co.uk (Tim Joy) https://www.sthelensstar.co.uk/resources/images/sitelogoalt/?type=rsslogo St Helens Star | Nostalgia https://www.sthelensstar.co.uk/news/nostalgia/ Remembering Roy Haggerty - a tough-as-teak St Helens legend and crowd favourite https://www.sthelensstar.co.uk/sport/23473619.50-years-saints-roy-haggerty---tough-teak-true-local-hero/?ref=rss Sun, 08 Nov 2026 07:01:00 +0000 02181ef1555f2b2938df26f64621f6ef mike.critchley@nqnw.co.uk | Mike Critchley Looking Back: How St Helens celebrated the opening of the Gamble Institute https://www.sthelensstar.co.uk/news/26690278.looking-back-st-helens-celebrated-gamble-institute/?ref=rss Sat, 07 Nov 2026 11:00:00 +0000 d21e3f58ef3a1270e0e4daf19739571b Stephen Wainwright Is your street here? A St Helens map from the mid 20th century https://www.sthelensstar.co.uk/news/19804517.find-street-st-helens-map-mid-20th-century/?ref=rss Sat, 07 Nov 2026 07:30:00 +0000 1b86d6eb7534f86f543cf2b6df06ba91 mike.critchley@nqnw.co.uk | Mike Critchley Looking Back: How electricity transformed life in St Helens in 1946 https://www.sthelensstar.co.uk/news/26669706.looking-back-st-helens-electricity-wonders-1946/?ref=rss Sun, 01 Nov 2026 08:00:00 +0000 811aae38bf0a939e3ffe875aea2c2781 Stephen Wainwright How famous St Helens pie shop went from a post-war backyard to feeding Saints fans https://www.sthelensstar.co.uk/news/26667032.cottoms-grew-backyard-business-st-helens/?ref=rss Sun, 25 Oct 2026 07:32:00 +0000 893b94a7bc9aabe4b1584c6c84ad9e6e Conaill.Corner@newsquest.co.uk | Conaill Corner Remembering Cindy’s - the nightclub that defined St Helens nights out for decades https://www.sthelensstar.co.uk/news/26666723.memories-cindys-nightclub-st-helens-institution/?ref=rss Sat, 24 Oct 2026 07:28:00 +0100 3026f6e91034d6b7c596b67451288f1d mike.critchley@nqnw.co.uk | Mike Critchley Looking Back: The extraordinary Rainford case of the child sold in a pub https://www.sthelensstar.co.uk/news/26621311.looking-back-child-sold-rainford-pub/?ref=rss Sun, 18 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0100 4a8bcf15d32704bc423682ed7f553eb4 Stephen Wainwright The Beatles' surprising connection to Earlestown that music fans might not know https://www.sthelensstar.co.uk/news/26645307.beatles-performed-earlestown-town-hall-1962/?ref=rss Sun, 18 Oct 2026 06:59:00 +0100 bd9f45cd701d41cd96dd0025466b7aef Conaill.Corner@newsquest.co.uk | Conaill Corner The nightclub that defined a generation of nights out in St Helens https://www.sthelensstar.co.uk/news/26646567.nexus---club-defined-generation-nights-st-helens/?ref=rss Sat, 17 Oct 2026 18:28:00 +0100 05d16517f1212f95d688458e12dc63b2 'Proper people, and they had your back' - memories of former pub set to become shop https://www.sthelensstar.co.uk/news/26635606.former-st-helens-pub-prompts-memories-local-readers/?ref=rss Wed, 14 Oct 2026 18:00:00 +0100 df2b984804e19f52b9e031cac77fc89b Conaill.Corner@newsquest.co.uk | Conaill Corner Looking Back: 1907 photos inspired investigation into St Helens company's fines https://www.sthelensstar.co.uk/news/26572136.looking-back-1907-photos-inspired-investigation-companys-fines/?ref=rss Sat, 26 Sep 2026 06:51:00 +0100 91dd07f27c2aa4ff888250eaa17f0ddb kelsey.maxwell@nqnw.co.uk | Kelsey Maxwell Looking Back: Human kangaroo from Parr claimed world jumping record https://www.sthelensstar.co.uk/news/26547532.looking-back-human-kangaroo-champion-jumper-parr/?ref=rss Sun, 20 Sep 2026 11:00:00 +0100 520143b4197f2d3f795b7a83126442fb Stephen Wainwright Inside the St Helens optician that has remained in the same family for 100 years https://www.sthelensstar.co.uk/news/26564720.st-helens-optician-celebrates-100-years-town/?ref=rss Sat, 19 Sep 2026 17:00:00 +0100 1b94dfa6187a6a7df8b80d0223cbabea Conaill.Corner@newsquest.co.uk | Conaill Corner Looking Back: When St Helens hospitals stopped selling cigarettes https://www.sthelensstar.co.uk/news/26523379.looking-back-end-cigarettes-st-helens-hospitals/?ref=rss Sun, 13 Sep 2026 15:00:00 +0100 c33ea527409f49e6ee3c189453ac59e8 Stephen Wainwright 80s band set to 'finally' release debut single after reuniting 40 years later https://www.sthelensstar.co.uk/news/26522640.80s-band-set-finally-release-debut-single-40-years-later/?ref=rss Sun, 06 Sep 2026 18:05:00 +0100 c2b60d7b0fd5a8f1abce788dfaf260ef kelsey.maxwell@nqnw.co.uk | Kelsey Maxwell Looking Back: How St Helens went from toxic Victorian fumes to cleaner air https://www.sthelensstar.co.uk/news/26510752.looking-back-campaign-clean-air-st-helens/?ref=rss Thu, 03 Sep 2026 10:00:00 +0100 4d4fb0666902fd99cf96812653143fb5 Stephen Wainwright Looking Back: The 1926 battle outside Ashton's Green Colliery in Parr https://www.sthelensstar.co.uk/news/26485936.looking-back-battle-ashtons-green-1926/?ref=rss Sat, 29 Aug 2026 11:00:00 +0100 35d3485b423f95da0652e06db89917ea Stephen Wainwright Looking Back - The Fight for Equal Pay in St Helens https://www.sthelensstar.co.uk/news/26472829.looking-back-fight-equal-pay-st-helens/?ref=rss Sun, 23 Aug 2026 05:00:00 +0100 20d79a234d6045ba2dbc6afe31166c6d Stephen Wainwright Looking Back - The Girls Who Walked 33 Miles in High Heels https://www.sthelensstar.co.uk/news/26472866.looking-back-girls-walked-33-miles-high-heels/?ref=rss Sun, 23 Aug 2026 17:00:00 +0100 1ad31ab7e49dcb4c3a4897989b150059 Stephen Wainwright 'Picking the tar off the road as it melted': St Helens remembers the summer of '76 https://www.sthelensstar.co.uk/news/26465440.st-helens-residents-share-memories-summer-1976/?ref=rss Sun, 16 Aug 2026 08:00:00 +0100 43090cbd7e06bee1535b4d71a8d82e5a Conaill.Corner@newsquest.co.uk | Conaill Corner 'It was the go-to venue for the working class' - St Helens Show remembered https://www.sthelensstar.co.uk/news/26466636.readers-share-memories-st-helens-show-sherdley-park/?ref=rss Fri, 14 Aug 2026 17:00:56 +0100 342bcf7ebc1615ad79e3c9fdce4926a2 Conaill.Corner@newsquest.co.uk | Conaill Corner How many of these 164 St Helens pubs past and present have you visited? https://www.sthelensstar.co.uk/news/26440701.many-st-helens-pubs-permanently-closed/?ref=rss Thu, 06 Aug 2026 06:00:00 +0100 ee871192ab7172ee45e62019b2f3b473 Names of Saints legends on the scarf dates this 'face in the crowd' https://www.sthelensstar.co.uk/news/19042628.names-saints-scarf-date-face-crowd/?ref=rss Thu, 06 Aug 2026 06:51:00 +0100 0b6cb397ff038ba4f05d450fda921482 mike.critchley@nqnw.co.uk | Mike Critchley Author appeals for historic Parr photos to complete final book https://www.sthelensstar.co.uk/news/26436236.author-appeals-old-parr-images-complete-book/?ref=rss Wed, 05 Aug 2026 05:00:00 +0100 988fa1ff1f592af0628eb39fe7f59eef jessica.mckeown@newsquest.co.uk | Jessica McKeown The night The Stone Roses secretly played at The Citadel under a fake name https://www.sthelensstar.co.uk/news/26424703.stone-roses-forgotten-secret-gig-st-helens/?ref=rss Sun, 02 Aug 2026 20:38:00 +0100 38bd8224c68c69872cf109dbee04ed01 Conaill.Corner@newsquest.co.uk | Conaill Corner Looking Back: The 1996 St Helens Show that drew 350,000 to Sherdley Park https://www.sthelensstar.co.uk/news/26406233.looking-back-1996-st-helens-show-sherdley-park/?ref=rss Sun, 02 Aug 2026 10:00:00 +0100 be0151c6930e4d2220eccefb04782faf Stephen Wainwright Recalling rugby league's larger than life character Geoff 'Piggy' Fletcher https://www.sthelensstar.co.uk/news/26421387.recalling-rugby-league-character-geoff-piggy-fletcher/?ref=rss Thu, 30 Jul 2026 07:14:00 +0100 89bb9c80db3bbe44991601ef5239cd5e mike.critchley@nqnw.co.uk | Mike Critchley Looking Back: Record crowds saved 1976 St Helens Show from being axed https://www.sthelensstar.co.uk/news/26295360.looking-back-record-crowds-save-1976-st-helens-show/?ref=rss Sun, 26 Jul 2026 05:00:00 +0100 d055ec963885900aa21b253b6a142dab Stephen Wainwright Looking Back: The forgotten story of St Helens' original Wheatsheaf pub https://www.sthelensstar.co.uk/news/26271508.looking-back-history-st-helens-original-wheatsheaf-pub/?ref=rss Sat, 11 Jul 2026 05:00:00 +0100 5bb6b14e70443e999f047731ecb77be7 Stephen Wainwright Looking Back: The £5.5m St Helens market overhaul that sparked backlash https://www.sthelensstar.co.uk/news/26247921.looking-back-revamp-st-marys-market-st-helens/?ref=rss Sun, 12 Jul 2026 06:00:00 +0100 4e5f2949e41631f2d80c27543177c260 Stephen Wainwright Looking Back: The Parr tank blast that rocked St Helens in 1946 https://www.sthelensstar.co.uk/news/26232309.looking-back-parr-tank-explosion-shook-st-helens/?ref=rss Sun, 05 Jul 2026 05:00:00 +0100 5a97d169ecd941abee0139fade531d74 Stephen Wainwright When Saints made history at Sydney Cricket Ground in 1976 https://www.sthelensstar.co.uk/news/18237156.saints-roosters-made-history-sydney-cricket-ground/?ref=rss Mon, 29 Jun 2026 06:00:00 +0100 ba315113a4a2994e2183e1106127bdef mike.critchley@nqnw.co.uk | Mike Critchley Looking Back: The new St Helens Hospital maternity unit and wireless service https://www.sthelensstar.co.uk/news/26207954.looking-back-st-helens-hospital-maternity-unit-opens/?ref=rss Sun, 28 Jun 2026 05:00:00 +0100 c63d3f0bda0b9f1dbb6d81122c79b520 Stephen Wainwright Looking Back: The unveiling of the plaque honouring George Groves https://www.sthelensstar.co.uk/news/26194642.looking-back-st-helens-plaque-honouring-george-groves/?ref=rss Sun, 21 Jun 2026 05:00:00 +0100 677d5e189c5a9f63fbb6d73a77f60b53 Stephen Wainwright Looking Back: Media circus hits St Helens in 2001 election https://www.sthelensstar.co.uk/news/26169824.looking-back---chaotic-2001-election-campaign-st-helens/?ref=rss Sun, 14 Jun 2026 05:00:00 +0100 a17072c512f202845443da5491ba2801 Stephen Wainwright Looking back at St Helens as it was in the 1970s and 1980s https://www.sthelensstar.co.uk/news/26189956.nostalgic-photos-st-helens-town-centre-bygone-era/?ref=rss Sun, 14 Jun 2026 05:00:00 +0100 8d9ead3a586fa8c14edc5dc8ad20dd6b tabitha.wilson@newsquest.co.uk | Tabitha Wilson Looking Back: How St Helens marked town hall opening in 1876 https://www.sthelensstar.co.uk/news/26149234.looking-back-st-helens-town-hall-officially-opened/?ref=rss Mon, 01 Jun 2026 05:00:00 +0100 41f24185afd84c539525a2bf976639db Stephen Wainwright Looking Back: St Helens runner hailed by royalty after barefoot run https://www.sthelensstar.co.uk/news/26139486.looking-back-st-helens-runner-praised-barefoot-run/?ref=rss Sun, 31 May 2026 08:00:00 +0100 a161b703d08752024f8a01d270e38cb1 Stephen Wainwright Step back in time with 11 nostalgic photos of St Helens https://www.sthelensstar.co.uk/news/26130614.st-helens-step-back-time-11-nostalgic-photos/?ref=rss Sun, 24 May 2026 05:00:00 +0100 39ce7482c4705ee936b1329b1a5957db tabitha.wilson@newsquest.co.uk | Tabitha Wilson 1966 anniversary- How Ray French reflected on the only Wembley win of his career https://www.sthelensstar.co.uk/news/26127152.ray-french-reflected-saints-1966-wembley-win/?ref=rss Thu, 21 May 2026 10:30:39 +0100 e6e4465c94d3a71c43792b1a05e8da03 mike.critchley@nqnw.co.uk | Mike Critchley 60 years today - Alex Murphy led Saints to Challenge Cup Final win over Wigan https://www.sthelensstar.co.uk/news/26126746.60-years---alex-murphy-led-saints-wembley-win-wigan/?ref=rss Thu, 21 May 2026 09:20:38 +0100 6379ef071fa80eb055cef38483c211c7 mike.critchley@nqnw.co.uk | Mike Critchley Step back in time with these 9 nostalgic photos of St Helens https://www.sthelensstar.co.uk/news/26111866.step-back-time-9-nostalgic-snaps-st-helens/?ref=rss Sun, 17 May 2026 17:00:00 +0100 bd62ac51e8ca2d279f5093bc66ca95a1 tabitha.wilson@newsquest.co.uk | Tabitha Wilson Looking Back: Strike up the band! The history of Music in the Park https://www.sthelensstar.co.uk/news/26096373.looking-back-150-years-open-air-bands-st-helens/?ref=rss Sun, 17 May 2026 05:00:00 +0100 edf361daf8703c1be92f87531587e00c Stephen Wainwright Looking back: Pilkington’s 200 year legacy in St Helens https://www.sthelensstar.co.uk/news/26106660.looking-back-pilkingtons-marks-200-years-st-helens/?ref=rss Fri, 15 May 2026 18:00:00 +0100 21833fad090ab8a374b0b238ff8816cf Stephen Wainwright Chance to snap up rare rugby and football treasures in St Helens https://www.sthelensstar.co.uk/news/26109926.fans-urged-visit-st-helens-programme-memorabilia-fair/?ref=rss Fri, 15 May 2026 12:00:00 +0100 5e46ec911fff2faa588b01477399ba6d jessica.mckeown@newsquest.co.uk | Jessica McKeown Throwback Thursday sees Saints fans pictured on way to 1972 Challenge Cup final https://www.sthelensstar.co.uk/news/19685423.saints-fans-1972-challenge-cup-final-bus-trip-wembley/?ref=rss Thu, 14 May 2026 11:46:00 +0100 1085de0e25707a6fc9b77e7fc43c23de mike.critchley@nqnw.co.uk | Mike Critchley Looking Back: How St Helens miners endured hardship in the 1926 strikes https://www.sthelensstar.co.uk/news/26106578.looking-back-impact-1926-strike-st-helens-miners/?ref=rss Thu, 14 May 2026 12:16:36 +0100 f1aec973bc4f9c0acc382d72436057a8 Stephen Wainwright Looking Back: How St Helens faced the 1926 General Strike https://www.sthelensstar.co.uk/news/26065883.looking-back-st-helens-1926-general-strike/?ref=rss Sun, 10 May 2026 08:00:00 +0100 6aa45fd6993df39f6d616843852f1e55 Stephen Wainwright Looking Back: How St Helens women powered the war effort https://www.sthelensstar.co.uk/news/26051629.looking-back-st-helens-women-helped-wars/?ref=rss Sun, 03 May 2026 06:30:00 +0100 1750e7d3497cfcea7c009c8d247ce33a Stephen Wainwright A fond farewell to the couple who ran friendly and cosy café for 40 years https://www.sthelensstar.co.uk/news/26068647.end-era-forum-cafe-earlestown-closes/?ref=rss Thu, 30 Apr 2026 16:46:25 +0100 4064dd307ab94febf3450af623c2f1cb andrew.kilmurray@nqnw.co.uk | Andrew Kilmurray