'Sutton Smile!' is an initiative that brings together local churches, housing associations, St Helens Council, Police, Fire Brigade, Friends of Sutton Park and Sutton schools. Their aim is to encourage local people of all ages to engage in projects, courses and events that otherwise they might not get the opportunity to participate in. Their website was launched in Autumn 2009 and details forthcoming Sutton Smile events and a gallery of past events in Sutton plus venue information.
The official Dream website was launched in August 2009 and is extremely comprehensive with sections devoted to 'The Story of Dream', 'Dream Facts and Figures', 'Dream Gallery', 'Dream Interactive', 'Site & Community' plus 'Location and Directions'. You can upload your own photos of the Sutton Manor sculpture and leave comments too. (Also see Sutton Beauty & Heritage's Making of Dream)
The Home Page of the Friends of Sutton Park website says: "This site is designed to let you know what we do, more importantly to give you a taste of what Sutton Park can offer both now and in the future. Whether you like the park for a game of football, somewhere to get fit or just to sit, relax and watch the world go by, Sutton Park should fit the bill."
A website devoted to the old Welsh Chapel in Lancots Lane (see Sutton Churches). As well as much on the history of the building and the Welsh in Sutton, there are photos and news of the chapel reopening which took place in early 2007. Plus forthcoming events and archive photographs.
A blog providing the latest news on Griffin Wood, the woodland (located near Maypole Wood by the Clock Face Country Park) which is being created by Community Forests Northwest and the Mersey Forest. There's a regularly updated web log of activities and events, complete with photos. Plus you can download press reports and study the design plans. You can also learn how to dedicate a tree in Griffin Wood which makes for a rather unusual gift! Very nice site.
The website of Sutton Village Church in Herbert Street in Sutton Junction contains plenty of information about the former Independent Methodist church with full details of its services and events. It's impressively updated on a very regular basis with full contact information.
As well as a very busy forum with commenting by members on a diverse range of topics, St Helens Chat also contains a comprehensive local history section, galleries of new and archive photographs, a web links directory, useful St Helens contact numbers and much more.
A very extensive site with much information on the shrine of the Blessed Dominic, Fr Ignatius Spencer and Elizabeth Prout. Also the history of the Sutton church, current events and service times. Information on pilgrimages to the shrine are posted on the site by the Sutton Shrine Trust.
(Note this site is currently offline)
St. Helens News is your one-stop portal for all the latest local news. Contains feeds to the latest headlines from the St.Helens Reporter, Radio Merseyside, St.Helens Star (inc. Saints news) & St.Helens Council News pages. Also blogs on a wealth of local subjects and a links directory.
The St.Helens History Website was launched in early 2009 and features hundreds of old postcards of the town. On its Home Page it says: "This site has been created as a way to allow interested parties the opportunity to see postcards collected by my grandfather showing sights and famous people from St Helens. The images are of a quite different (yet strangely familiar) St Helens from around 1890 - 1940". There's also a searchable St.Helens Soldiers section.
My second website is a profile of sound pioneer George Groves. George was born in St.Helens at 57 Duke Street and rose to become the film industry's first ever 'sound man' when he recorded The Jazz Singer and many other early sound films. He rose to become Director of Sound at Warner Brothers and won an Oscar for his work on My Fair Lady, Yankee Doodle Dandy and Sayonara.
My third site which is a tribute to Herbert Mundin who was born at 206 Windleshaw Road, Dentons Green in 1898. During the 1920s, Herbert was a top music hall act in both Britain and Australia and during the '30s he appeared in 56 films. These included Mutiny on The Bounty in 1935 with Charles Laughton and The Adventures of Robin Hood in 1938 with Errol Flynn. Herbert Mundin's Hollywood career was cut short in 1939 by his death in a California car crash.
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