Earlestown

60 years on since Lennon’s Supermarket opened in St Helens

One local newspaper dubbed it a “housewife’s heaven” as they described how supermarket shopping “on a really big scale” had arrived in the town.
Built on the site of what had been the Scala Cinema, the store opened on July 30 1963 and claimed to be one…

Railway blocked as emergency services rush to scene of incident

A railway line in Greater Manchester is blocked this evening (May 29) as police attend an ongoing incident, with forensics also reportedly at the scene.
Emergency services are dealing with the ongoing incident between the Eccles and Patricroft stations…