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Alan WhalleyWhalley's World
St Helens Star writer Alan Whalley guides you through the town's rich history in his weekly column
Last updated Thursday, 07-Sep-2006 15:54:49 BST


Six-guns echo across the memory
CINEMA folk knew it as the Bug. But to folk like Ron Dixon it was the "theatre of dreams." A place where imaginative kids in short pants could dream themselves into film stardom.

Echoes of bug cinema
ANOTHER lingering echo from my recent piece about the old Sutton Bug cinema.

Workhouse menu clue to tight belts
DURING recent research into the history of the local workhouses, Bill Blinkhorn came up with a strange menu from 1835. And it threw another light across our 'Bally-Ann Days' theme.

* When John brought up the colours . . .
WHEN did rugby supporters first begin to wear club replica tops at matches? The query comes from John Harvey who just might have been the first to bring this fashion in.

In defence of the Greenbank butty
A WORD in defence of the old Greenbank butty has come whistling in from Canada.

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