Mike Critchley

THERE was such a cracking response to last week’s feature on the loved but now lost institutions of St Helens that we thought we would share 10…

ST HELENS, like plenty of other industrial towns, has changed.

NEW Saints recruit Tristan Sailor joins pre-season training next week – but has already hit the ground running.

STEPHEN Bunting, Michael Smith and Dave Chisnall now know their opponents for round one of the Ladbrokes Players Championship Finals in Minehead.

THE Theatre Royal will be echoing with the sounds of the 1960s when the Manfreds return to St Helens next month.

OUR look back to Saints’ matches from the past – This Week in Saints – sees a Lancashire Cup Final win.

READERS have listed several of the Newton and Earlestown pubs we have lost since the early 1980s and some other St Helens boozers too.

The Swan's closure yesterday is now one of more than 60 St Helens pubs to have closed since the early 1980s.

LEIGH'S Josh Charnley has been given the medical all-clear after being released from hospital after being taken off on a stretcher at Salford.

TEN pubs from within St Helens borough have been listed in the 2025 edition of the real ale drinker’s bible the CAMRA Good Beer Guide.

A FORTNIGHT ago we invited readers to celebrate our local dialect by asking for words and phrases distinctive to St Helens.

Messages of congratulations have been pouring in for Saints' Konrad Hurrell following the birth of his son.

WE all have our childhood Saints heroes – that first player who catches your eye as a novice spectator finding your feet on the old Knowsley Road…

SAINTS centre Jonny Vaughan has a lot to pack into his days as he juggles his elevation to the first team environment with his studies.

WHEN Shane Cooper first joined Saints in October 1987 little did he know a short stint in England would turn into 271 games.

READERS of the St Helens Star newspaper will this week have seen the start of a new feature - the Back in Time page.

SAINTS coach Paul Wellens reflected on the Wigan performance, spoke about what he wants going forward - starting with the Warrington game.

SAINTS captain Jonny Lomax has added an off-the-field title to his list of playing successes.

THE Citadel enjoyed one of those special nights on Friday, when Big Country pulled out a crowd-pleasing performance for the packed St Helens…

SAINTS Women will look to make it four in a row when they take on Leeds Rhinos in tomorrow’s Challenge Cup Final at Wembley.