6th November 2009

  1) Updated Sutton Tragedy page with new article 'Legendary Curse of St. Annes Well'

1st November 2009

  1) Updated Sutton Streets page with new articles on Sherdley & Ell Bess and The Score / Scorecross  2) Updated Old Sutton Pubs page with pictures of the old Bowling Green pub and Sutton Arms sign  3) Updated Picturesque Sutton - How It's Changed page with new information on the sale of former Sherdley land adjacent to Sutton Park for housing development, plus image of St.Helens Reporter article.

25th October 2009

  1) Added new Sutton's Halls & Houses page with articles on Bold Hall, St.Michaels House & Brook House  2) Updated Sutton Streets with an appendix on street name changes  3) Updated Sutton Streets Photo-Album & Transport Photo-Album with several new pictures  4) Updated Old Sutton Pubs with picture of Chief Constable James Wood and some new info

20th October 2009

  1) Updated Sutton Tragedy page with new articles 'Death Under Chloroform', 'The Ironic Tale of the Fortune Teller and the Train Crash' & 'The Strange Confession of the Distraught Mum'.

18th October 2009

  1) Updated Michael Hughes page with new information and pictures on Hughes III's homecoming from the Boer War, funeral, horses etc. 2) Updated Sherdley Estate page with new information on Sherdley Old Hall / Farmhouse. Corrected error re Edith Mary Brewster-Macpherson / Hughes.

14th October 2009

  1) Updated Sutton Trivia page with new article 'Fred Thomas - The Hermit of New Street' plus added some new information on the Zeppelin attack on Bold in 1918.

10th October 2009

  1) Updated Sutton Streets page with new Baxters Lane article which discusses the Baxter family which the street is named after.  2) Updated Curious Crime page with new article The Shooting of a Bold Poacher about the 1840 incident of Henry Hoghton's gamekeeper wounding a poacher on Bold Hall estate land.

1st October 2009

   1) Added Industry in Sutton Heritage Photo-Album and slideshow version (20 pictures)
2) Added 4 new pictures to Transport Photo-Album

26th September 2009

  1) Updated Leisure & Entertainment in Sutton Heritage page with a revised format and new information and pictures on early shop closing, excursionists and the Queen passing through Sutton Manor.  2) Added 8 new pictures to Leisure & Entertainment Photo-Album contributed by Jane Mines and Ian Bate.

21st September 2009

  1) Updated Education in Sutton Heritage page with new information on Robins Lane Secondary Modern and one new picture.  2) Added 15 new pictures of Robins Lane girls school contributed by Ivy Swift to Education Photo-Album.

13th September 2009

  1) Updated Sutton Transport Heritage page with new information primarily on motor bus services - also added pictures of a St.Helens Tramways badge, Sutton Manor bus in Market Street and a tram at St.Helens Junction.
2) Updated Transport Timeline Heritage page and added 5 new pictures of Sutton Manor Primary school benches to Sutton Manor Woodland Beauty Photo-Album.

5th September 2009

   1) Updated Sutton Bridges Photo-Album with pictures of Bold Old Hall Bridge and some new pictures of existing bridges.
2) Corrected error on Sutton Manor Colliery#2 Heritage page relating to miners' families trips to the Soviet Union. This only happened once, not annually as originally suggested.

3rd September 2009

   1) Created a new St.Nicholas Church Beauty Photo-Album (and Flash Slideshow version) featuring 29 photographs of the interior and exterior of the New Street church.
2) Updated Sutton Churches Photo-Album by removing 9 existing St.Nicholas pictures and added many new photographs of Sutton Oak Welsh Chapel, St.Theresa's RC Church, Clock Face Methodists, New Street Methodists etc. - 30 photos in total.
3) Updated Sutton Manor Woodland page with a photograph of one of the Sutton Manor Primary school benches on the site.

30th August 2009

  1) Updated Clock Face Colliery Country Park page with new Griffin Wood and Wheatacre photographs. 2) Updated Sutton Park Photo-Album, Clock Face Colliery Country Park Photo-Album & Sherdley Park Photo-Album 3) Updated Web Links with the official Dream website.

24th August 2009

  1) Updated Brickfields page with new information plus several new images.
2) Big update to Brickfields Photo-Album and Flash slideshow version.

18th August 2009

  1) Replaced existing Big Art Project page with new Making of Dream page which tells the story of the four years hard work undertaken by the former miners and St.Helens Council in creating the Sutton Manor artwork.

15th August 2009

  1) Updated Sutton Sport Heritage page with information on Sutton rugby player James Rennie.  2) Updated Health & Sanitary Conditions with information and photograph of St.Helens Hospital plus details of the case of Isaac Biddulph, who was employed at Crone and Taylor's Manure Works in Sutton Oak and died from blood poisoning.

13th August 2009

  1) Updated Curious Crime Heritage page with new article The Drunken Hearse Driver in Sutton.  2) Updated Sutton Tragedy page with two new articles Tragedy of A Pond and The Luck of The Irish?  3) Updated Sutton Bridges pages with information and pictures on Bold Old Hall Bridge.

9th August 2009

  1) Added new page What's Wrong With Sutton? devoted to a saga on the state of Sutton women, which ran for several weeks in the pages of the St.Helens Reporter during the summer of 1915. Headlines included: "Scandalous Gossip At Sutton” and "The Women Who Sprawl On The Flags". The various articles are transcribed in their entirety.
2) Added five new pictures to Dream Photo-Album. Plus corrected error with the date of birth of former miner Bill Mullaney on Sutton Manor Colliery Pt2 1960 - 1991 page.

3rd August 2009

  1) Updated Sutton Trivia page with new article Daisy The Peg - Sutton's Seven-Legged Cow! from 1872.

31st July 2009

  1) Update to 'Picturesque' Sutton heritage page with new information on the development of Sutton Manor with addition of maps from 1893 and 1937 plus picture of Brook Works and one of Tennyson Street taken from Sutton Manor Colliery.

30th July 2009

  1) Major update to Sutton Manor Colliery heritage page which has been split into two parts, Pt 1 1909 -1959 and Pt2 1960 - 1991. Much new information has been added from various sources including 'Sutton Manor Its Colliery and Community' (pub. by Sutton Manor Primary School, 2007). Special thanks to Les Dunning and Jane Mines.

28th July 2009

  1) Created new Sutton Manor Colliery Photoalbum #3 with equivalent Flash version featuring 38 new colliery pictures. Thanks to Les Dunning and Jane Mines. If you can provide more information on any of the images or would like accreditation as a photographer, please contact me.

24th July 2009

  1) Updated Sutton Mineworking heritage page with much new information including 12 more mining accidents at Lea Green Colliery and quotes from a speech by William Dickson which details the hardships of being a miner.
2) Updated Old Sutton Pubs heritage page with much new information as well as a drawing of The Navigation Tavern plus images of old cuttings of news stories from The Liverpool Mercury.

21st July 2009

  1) Updated Sutton Bridges pages with new information on Sutton Workhouse (New Street) Bridge and Marshalls Cross Bridge, some of it sourced from Henry Booth's 'Account of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway'. Added new image of the original listed Marshalls Cross Bridge, built in 1830. The ambiguity over the two Marshalls Cross Bridges has been corrected.

19th July 2009

  1) Added two Heritage pages Classified Ads and Notices Part 1 and Classified Ads and Notices Part 2 which feature adverts relating to Sutton people and businesses in 19th century newspapers.
2) Also fixed error on Sutton Bridges pages relating to Bold Bridge. Thanks to Roger Harris for the information.

13th July 2009

  1) Added New Blog Post: Sutton Manor Primary's Own Dream Project. The heritage project that the schoolchildren have undertaken which has included the design of four benches that commemorate Sutton Manor Colliery.

30th June 2009

  1) Updated Dream / Big Art page and Photo-Album. Added more photos to each and updated latest news.

29th June 2009

  1) Updated Blog Post: Reflections On Making Sutton Manor's Dream Come True with photos of new signage directing visitors to Dream.

28th June 2009

    Added page devoted to St.Helens Festival 2009 Programme of Events

26th June 2009

    Added Liverpool Mercury reports on Sutton CC to Sutton Sport including article on opening of a new pavilion in 1888. Plus added Liverpool Mercury advert for Green End House School to Education

24th June 2009

    Added new Dream Photo-Album and equivalent Flash Slideshow. The photographs have mainly been taken by the site owner Stephen Wainwright although some have been kindly contributed by Gary Gonley of the ex-miners Focus Group. More pictures will be added soon.

19th June 2009

    Updated Sutton Sport page with information and photograph of former footballer John Connelly receiving his World Cup Winner's Medal. Plus added photo of Glassmakers Arms to Sutton pubs page.

13th June 2009

    Added new page Sherdley Estate about Sutton Hall, Costeth House, Sherdley Old Hall and Sherdley New Hall plus Sherdley Estate photo-album. Also corrected error on Lords and Masters page regarding Roughley coat of arms in Sherdley Park which was incorrectly attributed to the Eltonhead family.

9th June 2009

    Added new Flash slideshows for all Beauty photo-albums Sutton Mill Dam, Sherdley Park, Sutton Manor Woodland, Clock Face Colliery Country Park, Sutton Park, Brickfields, Sutton Bridges, Sutton Churches, Sutton Brook, Various Pictures.
Slideshows are configured so that they automatically play with a 5 second gap in between each slide. If you point your mouse to the top half of each image, a caption is revealed. Remove your mouse and the caption will disappear. Hover over the bottom of any image and transport controls will appear, enabling pausing of the slideshow.

8th June 2009

    Updated Old Sutton Pubs Heritage page with new information on a number of inns. Also corrected error on Sutton Streets & Placenames regarding Watery Lane. Thanks to Margaret for her assistance with this.

1st June 2009

    Updated Big Art Project / Dream page with links to all 4 episodes of C4's Big Art

4th June 2009

    New Blog Post: Reflections On Making Sutton Manor's Dream Come True
Now that the official launch of Plensa's statue Dream has come and gone, Stephen Wainwright offers his personal thoughts on its creation and the hostility still evident from some in St.Helens.

1st June 2009

    Updated Big Art Project / Dream page with links to all 4 episodes of C4's Big Art

31st May 2009

    Updated Sutton Industry Heritage page with advert of Pheoenix Brewery

29nd May 2009

    Big updates to many 'beauty' pages with wider pages, larger images and many new images:

Sutton Mill Dam (inc. Location page), Sherdley Park (inc. Location page), Sutton Manor Woodland (inc. Location page), Clock Face Colliery Country Park (inc. Location page), Sutton Park (inc. Location page), Brickfields (inc. Location page), Sutton Bridges, Sutton Churches, Sutton Brook, Various Pictures.

24th May 2009

    Updated Big Art Project / Dream page. Added audio playback and download of Gary Conley's contribution to the Art Fund's Big Art debate at the RSA.

18th May 2009

    Updated Michael Hughes page with family link to ‘Bentley Boy’ Glen Kidston.

22nd April 2009

    Updated Big Art Project page. New information about the media launch of ‘Dream’ and BBC news reports.

22nd March 2009

    Updated Big Art Project page. New information about progress and new layout for page.

8th March 2009

   1) Updated Heritage Home Page with excerpt from Slaters 1895 directory of St.Helens;
2) Updated Leisure & Entertainment page with new article on activities in Sherdley Park, including St.Helens Show; 3) Updated Sutton Trivia page with new story 'The Day That Sutton Brook Caught Fire!'

25th February 2009

   Removed Community page

22nd February 2009

   1) Updated Crime & Tragedy page with new article The Three Heroic Sutton Nurses; 2) Updated Old Sutton Pubs page with much new information. Also updated Sutton Manor Colliery;  Industry;  Mineworking;  Dr.Baker Bates;

28th January 2009

   1) Updated Sutton Manor Colliery page with additonal picture; 2) Updated Crime & Tragedy page with new article Trouble at Rolling Mill. 3) Updated Industry page with information on Sutton Glass Works.

19th January 2009

   Extensively updated Clock Face Colliery page plus updates to Rev. Vallancey, Crime & Tragedy & Transport in Sutton.

10th January 2009

   1) Added new Sutton Manor Colliery Photo-Album: Mel Moran Collection;
2) Extensively updated Sutton Manor Colliery page and added new pictures to Dr. Baker-Bates;

1st January 2009

   Added Heritage Photo Albums:   Education in Sutton and Religion in Sutton;
(These expanded pages replace the existing Religion & Education album which has been removed)

26th December 2008

   Updated many Heritage Pages including:   Sutton Street & Placenames, Lords & Masters 1 and Dr. Baker-Bates;

24th December 2008

   New Blog Post:    A Snapshot of Christmas in Sutton of 1899
A look at Christmas in Sutton 109 years ago with a focus on the Sherdley Hall dole, St.Nicholas Church and tragedies in Pudding Bag and the Gerards Lane reservoir.

4th December 2008

   Added Heritage Pages:   Education in Sutton and Religion in Sutton;
(These expanded pages replace the existing Religion & Education page which has been removed)

24th November 2008

   Added Heritage Page:   Dr.Baker-Bates - The Uncrowned King of Sutton

10th November 2008

   New Blog Post:   Sutton's Twin V.C. Heroes of the Great War
How Jack Molyneux and Jack Davies won their Victoria Crosses in WWI

   29th September 2008

   Added Five New Heritage Photo-Albums: Sutton's Lords & Masters; Religion & Education; Transport; Sport, Leisure & Entertainment; Streets.

 21st September 2008

   Added Heritage Page:   Entertainment & Leisure

7th September 2008

   Added Heritage Page:   Old Sutton Pubs

26th August 2008

   Added Heritage Page:   Rev. Henry Vallancey; plus updates to: Heritage Pages

10th August 2008

   Added Heritage Page:   Michael Hughes of Sherdley Park; Plus updates to:   Heritage Pages

20th July 2008

   Updated Page:   Sutton Park (St.Helens)

16th July 2008

   New Blog Post:   Sutton Mill Dam Back in Great Shape; The work St.Helens Council have done to improve Sutton Mill Dam

9th July 2008

  New Blog Post:  Historic Sutton Oak Welsh Chapel at Risk
How proposals for a housing development pose a threat to the chapel

8th July 2008

   Major Update to:  Sutton Beauty & Heritage History Pages

24th June 2008

   New Blog Post:  Three Sutton Saints Set For Saint Helens
How St.Anne and Blessed Dominic RC church in Monastery Lane could have a shrine devoted to three saints

15th May 2008

   Updated Page:   Sutton True Facts!

10th May 2008

   New Blog Post:  Making the Big Art Dream a Reality

7th May 2008

   Updated Pages On: St.Helens Big Art Project  and  Sutton Beauty Home Page

1st May 2008

   New Blog Post:  It's 'Heaven' at the Chapel in Sutton Oak!

28th April 2008

   New Blog Post:  Brickfields £2m Makeover Well Underway

24th March 2008

   Updated Page:   Brickfields

23rd March 2008

   Added New Page:   Sutton Community Information

21st March 2008

   Updated Page:   Sutton Manor Woodland

16th March 2008

   New Blog Post:  Friends of Sutton Park' - Friends Indeed!

15th March 2008

   Added New Page:   Sutton Events & What's On Guide

4th March 2008

   Updated Page On:   History of Sutton

1st March 2008

  New Blog Post:    Titanic Month at Sutton Oak Welsh Chapel

27th February 2008

  New Blog Post:    Sutton Times Have Been A-Changin' !

     Added New Page:   Sutton True Facts!

4th December 2007

   Updated Page on:   Big Art Project 

26th November 2007

  New Blog Post: Talk on Mining and Sutton Manor Colliery

19th November 2007

   New Blog Post: Brickfields Woodland Project Approved

30th October 2007

   New Blog Post: Brickfields Community Woodland Update

15th October 2007

   New Blog Post: Sherdley Park Focus Group Meeting

12th October 2007

   Updated Page on:   Big Art Project

5th September 2007

   Updated page on:   Brickfields

4th September 2007

   New Blog Post: Brickfields Community Woodland Plans

30th August 2007

   Updated pages on:   History of Sutton  and  Sutton Brook

18th August 2007

   Updated page on:   Big Art Project

23rd July 2007

   New Blog Post: Sutton Manor Big Art Project Commissioned

12th July 2007

   Photo-albums for all pages have been updated. New images have been added and some removed. The design of the photo-album pages now matches the rest of the site.

3rd July 2007

   New Blog Post: Sutton Oak Welsh Chapel Society Update

25th June 2007

   Updated and revised page on:   Big Art Project

22nd June 2007

   New Pages and Photo-albums on the old collieries have been created. Information has been removed from some of the existing pages and has been expanded: Sutton Manor Colliery    Clock Face Colliery

21st June 2007

   New Blog Post: Sutton Manor Colliery DVD and Book

19th June 2007

   New Blog Post: Sherdley Park Forum Meeting (30/06)

14th June 2007

   New Flash Slideshow:   Sutton Mill Dam Springwatch '07

13th June 2007

   New blog post:  The Big Art Site Tour and Big Art Booth

8th June 2007

  New blog post:  Springwatch at the Sutton Mill Dam

6th May 2007

   a) Site redesign b) Update to Clock Face Country Park text page.

26th April 2007

   Updates of both text and images in: Sutton Manor Woodland and Clock Face Country Park text pages and Clock Face Country Park Location page.

15th April 2007

   Flash video added to home page.

7th April 2007

   New blog post: Griffin Wood Community Group

4th April 2007

   a) New images added to:   Sutton's History Photo-Album b) Extensive update to: Sutton's History text page plus updates to: Sutton Park, Clock Face Country Park, Churches, Sherdley Park and Manor Woodland text pages.

28th March 2007

   New blog post:  Eight Mile Manor!

27th March 2007

   New blog post: Sutton Mill Dam Health Check

20th March 2007

   New blog post:   Lightbox Added

19th March 2007

   Lightbox FX added - Clicking on an image will load it into a larger window using the Lightbox javascript.

11th March 2007

   New images of Sutton Manor colliery added to: Sutton's History Photo-Album

21st February 2007

   New blog post:   Brickfields Update

20th February 2007

   New blog post: Sutton Manor Colliery Pictures

19th February 2007

   a) New pictures:   Sutton in Snow b) New blog post:  Sutton in Snow!

13th February 2007

   New blog post:   Old Sutton Slideshow

10th February 2007

   New blog post: Sutton Brook Gets Pumped!

6th February 2007

   New blog post: Manor Rabbit Fencing Removed

5th February 2007

   New blog post: Sutton Beauty Stats

27th January 2007

   New blog post: Burnt-out Cars in Clock Face Country Park

25th January 2007

   New blog post: Sutton Park Saved!

24th January 2007

   a) New blog post: Save Sutton Park! b) Some photo albums improved.

19th January 2007

   New blog post: Welsh Chapel Article

15th January 2007

   New images added. Some existing images improved.

7th January 2007

   New blog post: Forestry Commission Update

6th January 2007

   New blog post: Sutton Oak Welsh Chapel Meeting

1st January 2007

   Added Blog page