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Barrow Street, ST. HELENS, WA10 1RX

Formerly called The Angel, this old pub has been revamped and renamed to reflect St Helens' association with its twin town in France, Chalon sur Saone.

Close up of the unusual clock on the corner of Ormskirk Street and Barrow Street on a former restaurant and bar. The clock features the 12 signs of the zodiac instead of the usual numbers.

A rather fine old building at the top of Hardshaw Street that was formerly the Nat West Bank, then the Bank bar and most recently The Counting House pub. Looming in the background is Century House, an undistinguished office block, the home of the local Education Department at the time this picture was taken.

Built in 1914 this is now occupied by Yorkshire Building Society. Church Street, St Helens. Taken through the window of Caffè Nero.

On Victoria Square. For more information on buildings in the Victoria Square Conservation Area of St Helens, please see http://www.sthelens.gov.uk/media/85978/dp013a.pdf .

Statue of Queen Victoria, in Victoria Square St Helens. It has now been moved from its original site in the middle of the square to the side of the square.

Helena House, which was the home of the local co-op, was an imposing redbrick building on Baldwin Street. Sometime in the 1990s (I think) it was replaced by a discount store in a nondescript modern building with far less character.

The bronze statue of Queen Victoria, seated on the throne and mounted on a stone plinth, is by G Frampton; it was erected in 1906. A bronze plaque on the plinth reads: VICTORIA 1837-1901 The figure of Victoria is finely detailed and is similar to the Victoria statue in Leeds by the same sculptor. The statue is Grade II* listed (Historic England List Entry Number: 1075878 https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1075878 ). Originally sited in the middle of Victoria Square, it has been repositioned at the northwest corner of the square.