Secret St Helens
Secret St Helens In 2018, St Helens celebrated its 150th anniversary as a town. During the Industrial Revolution, St Helens developed extensively with the coal mining and glassmaking in the area. In…
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Secret St Helens
In 2018, St Helens celebrated its 150th anniversary as a town. During the Industrial Revolution, St Helens developed extensively with the coal mining and glassmaking in the area. In this book, Sue Gerrard traces the fascinating and hidden heritage of this Lancashire town, which began life as four townships and became a municipal borough in 1868.
Indeed, there is a place where these two 'firsts' cross each other. It was the birthplace of the world's first passenger railway and the world's first navigable canal. Industrial giants such as Pilkington Glass and Beecham's Pills also started life here.
The town was also home to three-time Oscar winner George Groves (film sound engineer), the actor and Oscar-winning screenwriter Colin Welland (Chariots of Fire) as well as the chart-topping Rick Astley. Hollywood actors Herbert Mundin and Gary Stretch were also born here. Although Saints Rugby
Secret St Helens