Local Life - St Helens - July 2020

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Archive Appeal
Borough residents are being asked to record their
experience of life in lockdown to share with future
generations. The St Helens Archive Service has
launched an appeal for residents to help document
how life has been affected due to the pandemic.
There are many ways residents can contribute to
the project, either by keeping a diary, creating a
scrapbook, taking photographs or videos, writing
songs, poems, drawings and more. The collected
items will help to document this unique period in
our lives for future generations to discover. Items
that are chosen for preservation will be catalogued
and stored as part of borough archive collections
and possibly shared in future exhibitions.
For more information about how you can get
involved and contribute to the project, please visit
www.sthelens.gov.uk/libraries/archive-service or
call 01744 671748. Contributions can be submitted
by email to archives@sthelens.gov.uk or delivered in
person once it is announced it is safe to do so.
Prescot Chiropody Clinic
New Junction
Details on a £10m plan to make major improvements
to the M6, in a move designed to underpin economic
growth and reduce traffic jams, have been revealed.
Plans have now been revealed for the northern arm
of the A49 Lodge Lane to be re-routed away from
junction 23 of the M6, to go through the new Haydock
Point site to a new junction on the A580 East Lancs
Road. The works are designed to reduce journey
times, improve safety and underpin economic growth
by supporting key sectors, keeping lorries moving and
creating jobs.
Wish to Close
Local radio station Wish FM is to close in September.
Owners Bauer Media has announced that 49 of its
stations will be merged into nationwide station
Greatest Hits Radio as part of a national re-brand.
Wish has broadcasted to the Wigan and St Helens areas
since 1997 and is broadcast from Orrell Lodge in Orrell,
along with Tower FM and Wire FM, both of which will
also be closed down as part of the re-branding. The
changes mean that the Greatest Hits Radio Network is
set to become the largest commercial radio network
in the UK.
Liveable Streets
St Helens Council is calling on residents, businesses
and community groups to help identify ways of
introducing enhanced spaces for people to walk
and ride their bikes. The ‘St Helens Liveable Streets’
consultation runs until 31st August and the council
has already received a good range of views on where
cycling and walking facilities are needed the most.
It’s easy to raise an issue - just put a pin on the map
to raise issues and leave a suggestion on how
active travel and social distancing can be achieved.
Comments will help the council to secure emergency
funding to deliver walking and cycling facilities, and
support project delivery in the future.
To take part, visit https://sthelensliveablestreets.
commonplace.is/