WHILE browsing the Internet for any information about her St Helens hometown, Jean Mellinger, now living in America, came across a recent article, lifted from this page, about the old Parrvillion Cinema, better known to Jean and her girlhood friends from
SPIRITED Saints came so near to pricking the Leeds bubble on Friday night in a game that ultimatelycame down to a couple of dropped balls and two questionable decisions from the match officials. You make your own luck, but two pivotal decisions in the
AT quarter past eight last Friday night when Leeds went in for a second try many spectators would be forgiven for thinking back to Headingley last year. But we showed a lot of spirit as a group after such a poor start to give ourselves a realistic chance
ON one of our visits to St Helens I saw in the Star letters (Dear Star February 10) the story of Eric's ghost. Before I left and moved to Scotland as a driving instructor I was proud to serve in St Helens Borough police from 1967. At this time my cousin
I WOULD like to express my concern over the reliability of the 999 service. We had reason to use this system on the 3rd - 4th - 5th and 6th of January, and the best I can say about it is that it is no better than an ordinary phone call. On the first night
WHY is there not more stringent ticket checking at St Helens Central. I see plenty of kids, hoods up, simply vaulting over the wire fence to dodge their fares. Paying communter (name and address supplied)
IN reply to your West Parker's letter (Are you serious about Liverpool's 'progress' under the Lib Dems? Dear Star, February 3). What short memories some people have. Remember the mess Lib Dems inherited from Labour in Liverpool not so very long ago? Yes
A COSY village tearoom faces closure and its customers might have to get their cuppas elsewhere, after the lease was not renewed. Loyal clients have been in touch with the Star to protest about the news and Christina Darlington who has run The Tartan
TEENAGERS who shoot around an estate on petrol-powered mini-motorbikes are risking their lives or serious injury. That's the message from a worried resident in Sutton who reckons the mini-motorbikes are the latest craze among youngsters. He said: "They
Investigations are continuing to trace the Widnes rugby fans who let off a distress flare at Knowsley Road before the start of this season's opening Super League fixture. Saints ground safety officer Bob Singleton confirmed CCTV footage of the incident
PORTIONS of chicken wings which would have been dished up to pupils at six St Helens schools have been withdrawn after it was discovered they had been contaminated with a dye linked to an increased risk of cancer. The chicken is among hundreds of products
ST HELENS First... why do we need an expensive, glossy community magazine? As far as I'm aware this is paid for out of our council tax so how come in the last issue we received a 'free pen' (something else we've paid for no doubt)? What a waste of council
West Park 5 THE final scoreline of this important league game was in no way representative of the closeness between these two top sides. There was much to admire in the approach play of Park, but the vital finish was too often lacking, leaving the overall
A LAST-minute try by winger Lee Brown snatched victory for Brook and left Bold with the heartbreak of a third consecutive defeat at the death. The visitors had the better of an error-riddled first quarter and should have scored when player/coach Darren
LIONS took full advantage of a weakened Miners side to run in 11 tries in this easy victory. The visitors, though, deserve the highest credit for fulfilling the fixture despite arriving with just 10 players, later made up to 12 with the enlisting of a
THE cup draws have been generally kind to our sides so far this season and Thatto Heath, Haydock and Blackbrook all have home ties again this weekend in the fourth round of the GMB Union National Cup. All three games, though, look, to be ones that could
HEATH bowed out of the Challenge Cup at the hands of the National Conference Division One title-chasers - despite getting off to a dream start with two tries in the first five minutes! The first came from a scrum with the ball fanned out to right winger
AN attempt to put an historic Haydock movie centre stage is being made by our local Heritage Network, seeking out a three-hour video recording, compiled about 12 years ago and featuring almost 450 pictures of the one-time pit village. The appeal goes
THERE might be a slightly chauvinistic ring to the title of the organisation to which these smartly-dressed committeemen (featured right) once belonged. But the Thatto Heath Old Men's Benevolent Fund (how's that for a masculine mouthful) worked hard to
A HOST of bittersweet recollections regarding the old St Helens Co-op ballroom of a million memories have been popping up regularly on this page over the past several months. These contributions have, no doubt, prompted Mrs Kelly Foster of Prescot Road
THE night of stark terror when German bombs and bullets rained down from the St Helens skies is recaptured by Edward B. Johnson whose memorieswere stirred by our earlier piece about a British fighter plane which crashed close to what is now the town's
SAINTS coach Ian Millward has blasted the key refereeing decisions that counted against his side on Friday night. A number of key calls went Leeds' way, prompting Millward to call for full time referees to improve standards. The most contentious decision
SAINTS will be hoping to bounce back to winning ways at Knowsley Road on Friday night when they take on a workmanlike Huddersfield side. And although Sean Long limped off in the final quarter of the clash at Headingley last Friday, he has been passed
Approaching the ground, rugby fans find that the 'disabled entrance' is a roughly cobbled and uneven path. Quaint, but totally unsuitable for wheelchair users. Once inside the outer perimeter, wheelchair users are then sent to the far end of the ground
BY now every home in St Helens should have received their copy of St Helens First together with the free pen which the council feels we all need. What intrigues me is that, whilst the council is equally split between Labour, Conservative and Liberal Democrats
SO the council's plans for the re-development of Park Road include cycle tracks 'Strolling down the Park Road boulevard' (Star, February 3). Aren't they aware that we already have them throughout the borough? Very versatile things, they also double as
A LIB Dem councillor is claiming that the glossy council magazine 'St Helens First', which has been dropping through townsfolk's letterboxes is biased and "a waste of tax payers' money". Town centre ward councillor John Beirne claims that each issue costs
A MAN has been remanded in custody after appearing before magistrates accused of murdering his parents. Robert Mills, 31, faces two charges of murder after the bodies of his father Edward Mills, 64, and mother Margaret, 62, were found in their home at
THREE out of four Combination teams fought through to Round Four of the Northern Cup Competition at the weekend. The odd one out was Globe who despite goals from Robbie McCormack and Paul Kelly were dumped out 2-6 at home by Wigan based Springfield. British
Fleetwood Town 1 TOWN failed to find the net in the biggest week of their season so far, they fired double blanks against Liverpool in mid week and more importantly, Fleetwood on Saturday. In both games they went down 1-0 and two healthy crowds didn't
Results, Challenge Cup QF 2nd leg: Milton 1 Longview 4, Blackbrook Juniors 3 Whiston 4. QF 1st leg: St Annes R 0 Bold 1.1st round 2nd leg: Knowsley South 0 Lane Ends 3 Under 11: QF 2nd leg: Widnes Wolves 4 St Annes Rovers 1, QF 1st leg: Knowsley South
LSH travelled back over the Pennines defeated but not downhearted after putting up a brave display against North One title challengers Hull. An already weakened side suffered late withdrawals due to the flu virus leading to debuts for youngsters Ashley
NEWTON'S breakthrough came half way through the first half when an offload from C. Hallard gave A. McKenna room to sprint over to score. Next it was Marple's turn to strike scoring to lead 7-5 at half time. Marple added a penalty but it was not long before
HAYDOCK scored a third win over Yorkshire opposition to earn their place in the 3rd round of the Powergen Challenge Cup alongside the professionals for only the second time in their history. Normanton opened the scoring with a try by second-row Ian Booth
