THE landscape of St Helens is always changing – but a flick back into this old map from 70 or 80 years ago is a bit of an eye-opener when it comes to viewing what we now see as established parts of the borough.
The map is printed by Wood, Westworth and Co of 23 Hardshaw Street – an address that in later years would house Lloyds Bank and the St Helens Star.
The date of publication is not clear but it is sometime between early 1940s and the early 50s. Maybe readers can date it by telling us when some of the missing parts were constructed.
A numbers of areas have yet to be built; a swath of Eccleston and Windle between Bleak Hill Road, Alder Hey Road and Rainford Road is still home to a number of farms at this stage.
Hard Lane estate has yet to be built, nor have the streets around Clinkham Wood and Carr Mill.
The Blackbrook area – off Chain Lane – has yet to be developed, nor have the Australian sounding parts of Thatto Heath off Elephant Lane.
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There is no Four Acre yet and the estate between Fleet Lane and Derbyshire Hill Road, the site around Ashtons Green Colliery, has yet to be developed.
The centre of town is densely packed with rows of terraces – parts of those have made way for retail developments, including the town centre Asda, and there was of course some clearance and demolition off the Cooper Street/Cowley Hill area.
The area between Rainhill and Nutgrove still houses the vast Rainhill Hospital site.
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