Favourite Building in St Helens, Merseyside*

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• Langtree Park Stadium
• YMCA
• the fleece hotel does any one remember i used to work there 1983 to 1986 i used to work with 2 girls julie hill maureen yates and various happy times
• the friends meeting house (next to the pub over the road from B&M) not only is it a prety building but it is the oldest building in the town centre. the friends meeting house owned all the land in which the town stands (the owner was George Shaw), and eventualy the the land was sold off to buissness men due to them being in need of the money. untill al the land was sold and buissnes where built. eventually making the town which we have today.
• lowe house church
• BEECHAMS CLOCK TOWER
• That new multi storey in whiston that looks like a cage. It's a dump. Although brand new it competes with many buildings in Skelmersdale. That is something to boast about.
• lowe house church!!
• none of em
• none of em
• none of em
• Pilks museum
• St Mary's Lowe House.
• DOES ANY ONE REMEMBER THE JAVELIN IT WAS THE LAW TO PISS ON THE STAIRS WASNT IT?
• WELL....THIS IS JUST OVER THE BORDER,IN BURTONWOOD.....THE AMERICAN AIRCRAFT HANGARS AT RAF BURTONWOOD.......THEY SHOULD BE PRESERVED FOREVER.
• Town Hall,, very nice these days......
• chicago rock - so many uses all in one
• Costco.
• The engine in Parr ,full of the finest people you will find anywhere!!!! My Arse
• Cottoms Pie
• victoria sqaure has some beautiful architecture, let down by wesley house though
• St Helens Police Station!
• on the way through the gates into victoria park, theres this old white building thats falling apart... its the best.
• Beechams Clock Tower
• CRANK VILLAGE CHURCH
• my house in Ackers Lane. Saints ground in Knowsley Road
• town hall and the trafford centre
• ALAS NO MORE THE OLD CENTRAL STATION TRAINS TO HAYDOCK RACESS.2.THE ANDERSON SHELTER FROM 1939/45.COVER FROM THE NAZI STRAFING 108 MESSERSCHMIDT,OLD BUS SHELTERS ELEPHANT LANE TOLL BAR BY TAYLOR PARK,MENS TOILET ALL GONE SOLD OF BY THE COUNCIL,ALLL WITHIN A MILE ELECTRIC SUBSTATION,(WHO'S PINCHED THE CLOCKS LACEY STREET)DR.BATES SURGERY GATEWAY TAYLOR PARK.VICTORIA PARK MUSEUM WITH THE BIG MODEL STEAM ENGINE,OPPONHEIMS CLUB ON THE NEIGHBOURS FIELD.TWO CHURCH SCHOOLS RAVENHEAD ST.JOHNS & ST.MATTHEWS IN SCHOLES LANE
• WHICH ONE DO YOU WANT FIRST,ALPHABETICAL OR CHRONOLOGICAL THE OVERHEAD RAILWAY,THE LOCAL CUT OF 1675.BL;ACKPOOL TOWER,THE RAILWAY TO GILLARS GREEN COLLIERY,THE HORSE TRAMS,THE ELECTRIC TRAMS TILL 1933(BEFORE LIVERPOOL TRAMS.THE NO.9.TANK WHERE MY DAD WORKED AS LEHRMAN,WHEN A GROUP WAS GOING TO TAKE THE PLATINUM LINED BRICKS UNTIL HE TOLD THEM ,TOUCH ONE AND YOU FINISH UP IN TYHE REMAINDER OF THE MOLTEN GLASS THATS MURDER THEY SAID HE SAID NO JUST CREMATION OF A ROBBIN B S T D.(THAT IS MY MEMORY OF THE WORLD OF GLASS MUSEUM, SO IF ST.HELENS NEEDS THE TRIUTH,HERE ARE THE FACT'S
• THE SEVEN WONDERS OF MY WORLD NOT INANY FORM ORDER AS LISTED BELOW,:- THE OVERHEAD RAILWAY DINGLE TO NORTH LIVERPOOL TURN BACK THE CLOCK DESTROYED THE ROCK OF WIDNES TRANSPORTER BRIDGE IN ITS SWAY,BARTON CANAL BRIDGE AQUUEDUCT OVER MANCHESTER SHIP CANAL LIGHTING THE BLACKPOOL TOWER MANY A HOUR THAT MAKES FOUR NEXT TO THE ANDERTON LIFT LOCK WEAVER TO CANAL SIX ST.PAULS CATHEDRAL FORGET WESTMINSTER PALACE NO GOOD AS COME FROM THERE WAS GUIDO FAWKES RIGHT A POINT OF CONJECTURE,BUT SEVEN IS HARD TO SELECT CITY OF LIVERPOOL SPOILED FOR CHOICE,IN MANCHESTER NOT A VOICE TRY SALFORD MORE SERENE FOR SATISFACTION THE ADAGE NO PLACE LIKE HOME ONLY IF YOU CAN RELAX,NOT BLOTTED OUT BY FAX,AUTHORITY,ADMINISTRATION GONE TO POT GOBBLEDEGOOK RED TAPE CAUSING EUTHANASIA FAVOURITE YES PLENTY OVER THREEE SCORE OF TWENTY(SEE CB TO UNDERSTAND)AFTER THIS WILL I BE BANNED,I TRIED EARLY TO BE A MEMBER
• Town Hall, Helena House, Statue of Victoria in town hall square(my Nana).
• the "wigan metropolitan borough" sign
• police cells in colleage street.
• Helena House, that was. Lowe House Church.
• the "space bogs" - we used to snog in them on saturday afternoons!
• The big white villa type building in Vicky Park. The YMCA. Lowe House Church.
• millenium centre upstairs 2 ur right thru the door ov TAZ xkt
• ICELAND CAR PARK, MAUNDERS HILL,KING GEORGES PARK WER US LOT GO ON A FRI N SAT DRINKIN, THE GREEN BOX AT SIDE OV RAMS HEAD PUB, ( ALL IN HAYDOCK THEEZ) PARK ST PARK, GREEN BOX AT SIDE OV BRETTS, GRANGE VALLEY YOUTHY.
• LOWE HOUSE CHURCH MY MUM N DAD MADE ME WRITE IT
• Train station
• Does a road count as building, or a railway track? In that case the M62/ M6, West Coast Line....
• The Old Co-op blowers, and the covered benches that used to be in Vicky Park.
• town hall had some great nights in there during the early 70's
• OPPENHEIM HOUSE,HIGHFIELD,GRANGE PARK,BEECHAM CLOCK TOWER ,ROUND OFFICE BLOCK CANAL STREET ,RAVEHEAD ST.JOHN EVANGILIST CHURCH,CROSSLEY ROAD THIS THE ROAD THAT TOOK PLACE OF THE TAX ROAD,TO PRESCOT
• MC DONALDS!!!!!!!!!!- PS IM FAT...............AND IM SUEING
• Bar X on bridge street, a landmark of this great town
• car park facing safeway all the slags go there giving stuff out
• Maloney's cos i get pissed in there often!
• Central (Gamble)Library, old and musty, what if the ghasts could tell the stories?
• I love them all
• Chain lane community centre is the best building we have, full of fellow stoners and free trips to fun places like camelot WOO!
• Pilks old head office opposit the petrol station at Safeways
• PIZZA HUT
• i love the red and white chimney! dont paint it brown, paint all the others to match! it reminds me of the funnel of a ship. the friends meeting house is pretty. it is the oldest building in the town.
• Ha Ha, In St Helens, a real gem of art (Not). Lowe House, the Quakers meeting house and the Welsh Chapel in Sutton Oak
• the new houses at the bottom of hinckly estate- ha if you live there coz we used to go shagging in your houses when they were getting built
• the assembley / AKA: THE FORUM - god i lived for that place from being 14-16 many a happy night spent in there with a fiver!!
• The post office on Nutgrove Road so I can get my giro
• Beechams
• the gate in chain lane. how many fit lads can you fit into one pub?
• shop mobility rental shop near the bus depot. what a great day out those babies are!
• that cone shaped building at the world of glass
• They all look awfull, but nexus 2 iz lookin ok so far
• The Lead Works by the hotties - responsible for making many St Helensers what they are today.
• My bedroom
• the hilton hotel is boss 2 look at
• My boyfriends house!
• The church on North Road that has the copper roof!
• The architecture on the buildings in the centre of town (Town Hall, Town Library and the one opposite) are quite nice. But you'd have to be strange to care. Probably Beechams is the only landmark worth shaking a stick at.
• John Lewis in Liverpool_shame st helens aint got one!!! body shop is an improvement tho!!
• CHAINLANE COMO WERE ALL THE DICKHEADS GO N CAUSE SHIT 2 PISS LUCY OFF CAUSE SHE IS A MORBID BITCH WHO MOANS ALL THE TIME.
• CRYSTALS - many. many, many, many laughs there. Its like a cheap, licensed resedential home!
• Library,Town Hall,
• cream lounge-keeping all the scousers in one controlled place
• Bar Java, Citadel, Beechams Bar.
• me you at burtons at 1pm !
• the one that has just been turned into flats opposite chicago rock
• jeff dukes house.
• Nevins.
• THE PUBS OF COURSE
• Pilks Head Offices! Tall and blue!
• bar "beef" X
• that porn shop in town BRILL
• now demolished - Rockware glass when derelict - quality time
• VISIT THE NEW GLASS MUSEUME AT CHALON WAY.HISTORY OF GLASS A FUN DAY OUT FOR ALL SEE HOW GLASS IS MADE .THEY PROVIDE FACILITY'S FOR SCHOOL EDUCATIONAL PARTYS,AND THERE IS A VISITORS CENTRE ,CAFE AND WORKROOMS. .
• MY FAVE BUILDING IS THE TOILETS OUTSIDE OF ST HELENS COLLEGE AS THEY ARE NOW A WILDLIFE SANCTUARY. A BREEDING PLACE FOR SMALL MAMMALS AND BEASTS LIVING WITHIN IDEAL CONDITIONS. tHEY ALSO HAVE A DELIGHTFUL SMELL, AND THEY DONT HAVE THE CRUNCHING TRACING PAPER BOG ROLL ANY MORE.
• Will be the new nexus if it dosent end up like all the other crap clubs in st.helens.
• THE MOTHERSHIP (PIMBLETTS, COLLEGE STREET)
• My Dad's shed. Built it himself you know!
• Nexus is sound..they let too many people in though
• McTuckies
• The Mansion House in Viccy Park! its brill, i used to work there and saw its transformation!
• town hall, its pretty
• I PERSONALY QUITE LIKE THE NELSON TOILETS.THEY ARE SMALL, COMPACT AND VERY COSEY IN WINTER.
• THE ONE AND ONLY PURPLE PIT. PLAZA
• town hall.
• Refection court. It was built to resemble a ship
• that little square one on billinge lump
• What happened to the fountain, the highlight of the week when some yicker bought a bottle of fairy liquid EVERY STAURDAY! NOT A BUILDING BUT WHAT HAPPENED TO THE SNAKE?
• theve all gone
• The old Gas Showrooms Building - does anyone remember the globe which used to sit over the main entrance? The glass globe disappeared years ago but the frame remained for a while - is it still there? Whilst waiting at the entrance to Helena House, I once tried to judge its size by comparison with other objects around - I failed. Pilks old head office (now an apartment building) opposite Safeway Petrol Station. I saw a photo of it inside back in the 50's when my mum worked there - a model of early 20th Century office design.
• probably boundary baths
• My Mum and Dad's house in Sutton, the ONLY place to live in St Helens Sherdley High School, 'cus we were the first year to go there!
• Hallowed turf of Knowsley Road - alas it is to be no more...
• TANFASTIC TANNING SALON
• The Royal Alfred
• The alley behind Natwest bank.
• Sutton C of E Primary School - before they knocked it down and built the modern one - btw - anyone got any pics of the old building??
• The Nelson pub, the architecture is really good.
• Tower College in Rainhill is nice ( early StHelens )
• The Co-Op, now sadly Wilkinsons stands in its place. My mum and Dad met at the Co-Op, the classic 1950's Dance venue.
• St Thomas Square now that it has been demolished.
• Crematorium. and the well in the cemetary. Not to forget the 14th century ruin also in the cemetary. Mushrooms are there.
• The best building in St Helens is Knowsley Road, the home ground of St Helens rugby league club. The club was one of the founder members of the Northern Union (i.e. the breakaway from Rugby Union) and contested the first ever rugby league Challenge Cup Final. Similarly, the club were the first team to win Super League and also contested the first ever World Club Challenge. A historic organisation.
• I like the Pilks head office on Prescot Road.I Like the old cafe in Victoria Park which looks like a stately home.I Think Nexus is a good building and i also like the Chalon Court Hotel inside.I wish we still had the FLEECE pub, I was very young when it got demolished but that was my first pub i went in as a teenager and I really like it.Taylor Park Duck pond and the long walk around it.
• Gone! covered market wrought ironwork, industrial redbrick CO-OP and old Pilks offices, HALF the Woolworths M&S frontage, the elementary school by Beechams.... You name it, the council will approve demolition and give planning permission for a car park, concrete bunker or rubble garden instead.
• groovy 60's baby clinic near Asda
• Knowsley Road 'Stadium' - home of the Saints RLFC
• The Old Cowley School on Cowley Hill - before it was torched.
• St Helens College - new part with the old Beechams clock.
• Quaker Meeting House - the only really picturesque building in St Helens in terms of architecture.

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Last updated: 2011-12-01