Brilliant that. When The Family Mahone played their version of Dirty Old Town in The Citadel a few years back I thought yeah, that could be St Helens. My dirty old town, and there's nothing wrong with that
Really good seen Lowe street where my dad grew up with the rest of the Hunter family and i do have some vague memorys of it. Also seeing how much St Helens has changed but still love the town, despite what people say.
Thanks for this... it was really interesting. My mum's family came from St Helens and there's still a branch of the family there. Tebb's furniture and upholsterers. My mum was a Tebb and her father and grandfather were in the Salvation Army there - both George Tebbs. Mum's mum was a Shepherd and her sister married a Robert Berry - the Berry Brothers fruit business in the market probably died with them. I remember going to stay with the one who married Bob Berry regularly as a child... but my Tebb grandparents moved to Blackpool and had a boarding house there. I wish I could remember more of it all.
Well, the Dirty Old Town was Salford. I was taken to 'Sintelings' by my family many times as a child; I thought it just about the worst place on earth! Years later I met someone from the Royal Commisson of Historical Monuments ( who survey the country). I asked him which place he considered the ugliest in England: like a flash came back 'St Helens'!
Under the roads the old tram lines are still there just buried under the tarmac like the old cobble stones. Pity really the roads are not like that anymore there would defo be no pot holes.
I love this, great tune & gret pic's at one early stage in the vid I thought this was early Melbourne with the Bridge st & Church st as it is a well known area in Richmond, Melb.
@crispee78 No, from Prescot (pron: Preskit) down the road. As a teenager St H became OK for its pubs, cinemas etc and we could walk (stagger) home if we missed the last trolley bus.
Aw i loved that, I actually live on Robins Lane in St Helens, which is adjacent to Extension View, but no houses remain there, only a Chippy - Vals. I didn't realise houses once stood there though... could you elaberate on what looks like a shop?? Please.
I think this is a good version. Was there a girl who sang the same song (with feeling)? I heard it on late night radio once. (Seems to have struck a chord with my Irish ancestry).
@andy4248 Well andy,to my knowledge woolybacks were the men that loaded wool onto the ships in liverpool docks.Therefore us being called wools by scousers is a complete head scratcher,for they are the wooleybacks in truth.Anyways lots of them head down the east lancs to live here so it least we can re-educate em.
gosh, people need to chillax... everyone knows that st helens is a ledgend,whether its a dirty old town or not.(me thinks not of course but still..) Im currently living in st helens,have done all my life,and i love it,so the people who are disrespectful to st helens,back off.. Lots of love, yana1612
you really dont get it do you? The clue is in the title of the song. Dirty "OLD" town. The photos are from a time when industry in st.helens was thriving, pilks, beechams etc. and it was a dirty old town. By the way i've lived in st.helens all my life
i might not live next to a beach or in a cardboard box next to the canal i originate from sutton now live in haydock and im a happy man who lives in st helens
Can i join in i love an arguement im a bit sick of falling out with wife i love st helens i love the people and would not move from this town yes it might have looked dirty but so does a lot of places crime has reduced vastly and the town is growing but jeffs point of this video and i dont know the bloke he is proud of st helens and his roots and he is showing clips of the past with a catchy song and you know what im proud of st helens and my roots
Does anyone know which building along Church St used to be Harts Store? Mum was talking about it the other day as she worked there when she was a lot younger. She's 86 now.
This town is, and probably forever will be a shit hole. I was born in 2003, and though I’ve not seen all its collapse, I’ve seen a fair chunk. The town centre has gone from booming, to being a ghost town at times, just in the 15 years I’ve been here. I’ve seen videos of it from 1988, and it was fucking beautiful. What happened to this town?
it was when I was a kid it stunk. Greenhalls Brewery made the town stink, then there were the chimneys and coal dust..real industry. Anyone who says it want dirty is far to young to remember!
Saw a programme the other week where they were making an allotment in St Helens, What annoyed me was the titles gave it as St Helens, Lancashire. No it is not, St Helens is not in Lancashire, it is part of Merseyside ie Liverpool. There's enough scouse people in St Helens so it should be part of either Knowsley or Liverpool, but certainly not Lancashire.
+systemanic oh shush. St Helens will always be Lancashire, just cos boundaries get moved means f*ck all. i'm from Liverpool & i live in St Helens. ps Knowsley is not Liverpool either you do realise that don't you? being in Merseyside is not the same as being in Liverpool.
Dallo, go crawl back in your little cesspit of a website. Your in breach of copyright with the soundtrack to your awful wasp attack video by the way. Just thought i'd let you know. Are you jealouse by any chance?
st helens is absaloutely fab and im really proud to call myself a st helener'
Brilliant that. When The Family Mahone played their version of Dirty Old Town in The Citadel a few years back I thought yeah, that could be St Helens. My dirty old town, and there's nothing wrong with that
Really good seen Lowe street where my dad grew up with the rest of the Hunter family and i do have some vague memorys of it. Also seeing how much St Helens has changed but still love the town, despite what people say.
Thanks for this... it was really interesting. My mum's family came from St Helens and there's still a branch of the family there. Tebb's furniture and upholsterers. My mum was a Tebb and her father and grandfather were in the Salvation Army there - both George Tebbs. Mum's mum was a Shepherd and her sister married a Robert Berry - the Berry Brothers fruit business in the market probably died with them. I remember going to stay with the one who married Bob Berry regularly as a child... but my Tebb grandparents moved to Blackpool and had a boarding house there. I wish I could remember more of it all.
Some of those pictures took my breath away. Especially the Black Bull and Boundary Road baths. Fantastic video, thanks.
i remember in 1749 the whole place was just fields as far as the eye could see!!!!!!
I love this...i would love 2 step back in time and walk around st helens :)
Madness, seems absolutely crazy to see old pictures of St Helens. I'm proud to come from here! Great video and a catchy song.
Well, the Dirty Old Town was Salford. I was taken to 'Sintelings' by my family many times as a child; I thought it just about the worst place on earth! Years later I met someone from the Royal Commisson of Historical Monuments ( who survey the country). I asked him which place he considered the ugliest in England: like a flash came back 'St Helens'!
Looks quality, bet life back then was awesome.
Under the roads the old tram lines are still there just buried under the tarmac like the old cobble stones. Pity really the roads are not like that anymore there would defo be no pot holes.
I love this, great tune & gret pic's at one early stage in the vid I thought this was early Melbourne with the Bridge st & Church st as it is a well known area in Richmond, Melb.
class again jeff nice one!
good vid loads of places still left t o see pls do another one
omg, its mad how much everything has changed :O
@crispee78 No, from Prescot (pron: Preskit) down the road. As a teenager St H became OK for its pubs, cinemas etc and we could walk (stagger) home if we missed the last trolley bus.
Aw i loved that, I actually live on Robins Lane in St Helens, which is adjacent to Extension View, but no houses remain there, only a Chippy - Vals. I didn't realise houses once stood there though... could you elaberate on what looks like a shop?? Please.
Looks better in the 1800s than it does now!😂
Soulman...the name of the pub on the corner of Duke St+Mill St was the' Volenteer'
Wish we still had the tram lines running through the centre near bus depo.
tolles lied.............................
I think this is a good version. Was there a girl who sang the same song (with feeling)? I heard it on late night radio once. (Seems to have struck a chord with my Irish ancestry).
does it really matter? It's a song about an old industrial town which is exactly what st.helens is.
@andy4248 Well andy,to my knowledge woolybacks were the men that loaded wool onto the ships in liverpool docks.Therefore us being called wools by scousers is a complete head scratcher,for they are the wooleybacks in truth.Anyways lots of them head down the east lancs to live here so it least we can re-educate em.
St Helens is in LANCASHIRE.not merseyside
Neil Connolly its Merseyside lol
Lancashire
The great invasion of the scouse bastards
Merseyside idiòt
Good pictures. Diolch.
oh manchester - so much to answer for...
@soulman7262 ........THe name of the pub on the corner of Duke St+Mill St was the
Volenteer and the last Landlord to my knowledge was Dave Chisnall
gosh, people need to chillax...
everyone knows that st helens is a ledgend,whether its a dirty old town or not.(me thinks not of course but still..) Im currently living in st helens,have done all my life,and i love it,so the people who are disrespectful to st helens,back off..
Lots of love, yana1612
you really dont get it do you? The clue is in the title of the song. Dirty "OLD" town. The photos are from a time when industry in st.helens was thriving, pilks, beechams etc. and it was a dirty old town. By the way i've lived in st.helens all my life
i might not live next to a beach or in a cardboard box next to the canal i originate from sutton now live in haydock and im a happy man who lives in st helens
That song is about Salford, Lancashire
Can i join in i love an arguement im a bit sick of falling out with wife i love st helens i love the people and would not move from this town yes it might have looked dirty but so does a lot of places crime has reduced vastly and the town is growing but jeffs point of this video and i dont know the bloke he is proud of st helens and his roots and he is showing clips of the past with a catchy song and you know what im proud of st helens and my roots
Does anybody remember the millhouse pub Fri nights bill hanks was compere we had good nights there
Justin Hoathers Stag Night to see some people and ghost of St Helens (i/e) The Golosha man!!!!
Does anyone know which building along Church St used to be Harts Store? Mum was talking about it the other day as she worked there when she was a lot younger. She's 86 now.
Your name isn't Andy is it???
@@WellensOut It is indeed :)
This town is, and probably forever will be a shit hole. I was born in 2003, and though I’ve not seen all its collapse, I’ve seen a fair chunk. The town centre has gone from booming, to being a ghost town at times, just in the 15 years I’ve been here. I’ve seen videos of it from 1988, and it was fucking beautiful. What happened to this town?
st helens iz snd as a pwnd im a woolie brn n bred lol
Been Merseyside not Lancashire since 1977.
Stephen Maloney 1974, actually.
+Stephen Maloney whatever the date it'll always be Lancashire to me. my mums hometown.
@@urbanangel13 Lancashire mate never mind what he says
it was when I was a kid it stunk. Greenhalls Brewery made the town stink, then there were the chimneys and coal dust..real industry. Anyone who says it want dirty is far to young to remember!
Why include a song that was written about Salford the line siren from the docks must make people realise that it is not about St Helens..
Saw a programme the other week where they were making an allotment in St Helens, What annoyed me was the titles gave it as St Helens, Lancashire. No it is not, St Helens is not in Lancashire, it is part of Merseyside ie Liverpool. There's enough scouse people in St Helens so it should be part of either Knowsley or Liverpool, but certainly not Lancashire.
+systemanic oh shush. St Helens will always be Lancashire, just cos boundaries get moved means f*ck all. i'm from Liverpool & i live in St Helens. ps Knowsley is not Liverpool either you do realise that don't you? being in Merseyside is not the same as being in Liverpool.
And by the same reasoning old chap Liverpool should be the capital of Ireland .Care to elucidate ?
@@urbanangel13 Liverpool was actually in Lancashire too...lol
class vid tho m8
I thought Salford
That's eccleston mere I don't think so
is it in oregon?
emme paullus no, it's st.helens UK
Problem is ... it was not a dirty old town,
hmmm.
lol@ westfeild street? u think they got raved ur there in 1890?
@andy4248 liverpool dock workers
Wolfgang Vock
The song is about Dublin
For gods sake guys chill out
*this
this isnt when cats attack volume 2.
Shite town. Everyone from there has stunted growth
na
@@reddie5550 fair enough mate
GIVE ME A FU%^ING JOB
haha
Dallo, go crawl back in your little cesspit of a website. Your in breach of copyright with the soundtrack to your awful wasp attack video by the way. Just thought i'd let you know. Are you jealouse by any chance?