St Helens

physichull · 17 Sep 2010 at 13:38

Hull KR to win this year!!

For any Saints fans interested in RL, we have an ocuk thread here on RL:

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18102334&page=14

Belly · 17 Sep 2010 at 14:03

St Helens: What's it like?

Tenko without the guards :-)

cheets64 · 17 Sep 2010 at 14:28

Rainmaker said:
Forgot to say, we have the best rugby league team in the world. Ever.

Gilly said:
Bunch of woollyback not-manc-not-scouse wannabe wiganners.

Who are current and record-breaking Superleague Champs?

lol

How many titles has Wigan RL won.

We are the Liverpool of the 90s RL world

tres · 17 Sep 2010 at 14:34

Thanks for all the tips

Rugby guys, get your own thread

simpletom · 17 Sep 2010 at 15:04

Not too sure why St Helens exists. Possibly to keep Wiganers away from Liverpool. Like a buffer.

Oh, it has a glass museum.

J86 · 17 Sep 2010 at 16:04

It's nice.

flat-6 · 17 Sep 2010 at 19:53

My mum is from St Helens. I love the name Fingerpost.

P_A_N_I_C · 17 Sep 2010 at 20:10

thinking of moving there or something Tres?

as above dentons green, eccleston, windle are ok (east of town), slightly biased as that's where i spent the firrst 18 years of my life.

+ the rugby is good

Kemik · 17 Sep 2010 at 20:15

Rainmaker said:
Forgot to say, we have the best rugby league team in the world. Ever.

Widnes Vikings disagrees with you. (Yes, we are the best. We're just giving other teams some time in the lime light atm).

QuagmireUK · 17 Sep 2010 at 21:19

Im from St Helens, living in Laffak atm. Not a bad town and it is getting slowly better. However, the nightlife is a joke.

simpletom said:
Not too sure why St Helens exists. Possibly to keep Wiganers away from Liverpool. Like a buffer.

Oh, it has a glass museum.

It exists so that I can get the bus to Liverpool everyday.

MrMeToo · 17 Sep 2010 at 21:22

Warrington is where its at my friend, Leeds put up a good fight in the grand final.....NAAATT!

Scania · 17 Sep 2010 at 21:23

Fisha said:
It's nice.

Given you live in Thurrock, no wonder you think that dump is nice!

(Current posting location? - Hedley Avenue, West Thurrock!)

cheets64 · 17 Sep 2010 at 22:46

I have lived in Wigan all my life and never been to St Helens

lol

What town can say they have a world class rugby team and football team in the top leagues?

kylew · 17 Sep 2010 at 22:53

I've never been to St. Helens, closest I've been is Earlestown, and all I can say about that is "lol".

simpletom · 17 Sep 2010 at 23:08

cheets64 said:
I have lived in Wigan all my life and never been to St Helens

lol

What town can say they have a world class rugby team and football team in the top leagues?

You have never been to St Helens because the only time you have stepped outside Wigan was to go to Magaluf.

I remember not too long ago when the Levellers played free at St Helens. Kind of surreal because it was just to unlikely!

cheets64 · 17 Sep 2010 at 23:46

simpletom said:
You have never been to St Helens because the only time you have stepped outside Wigan was to go to Magaluf.

I remember not too long ago when the Levellers played free at St Helens. Kind of surreal because it was just to unlikely!

And?

Robert · 17 Sep 2010 at 23:55

I live in St.Helens and as has been said - some bad and some good areas.

I currently work in Liverpool down in the docks. I'm sorely tempted to rent one of the nice flats down there, however I'm struggling to overcome my hate of renting.

steve-h · 18 Sep 2010 at 00:14

I live close, in Rainhill. It's ok, nothing special though?

ZuG · 18 Sep 2010 at 12:22

I grew up in Eccleston.. I think this thread reflects life in St Helens well...

Captain_Slick · 18 Sep 2010 at 13:28

kylew said:
I've never been to St. Helens, closest I've been is Earlestown, and all I can say about that is "lol".

It is horrendous.

Most of St Helens is awful. Warrington is generally nicer, particularly Winwick/Westbrook/Great Sankey. I live in the nicer part of Newton-Le-Willows, nearer to Warrington.

It's nearer to the M62/M6 than St Helens to boot.

IIRC, St Helens was near the bottom of that 'resilience' list that the Beeb produced about the impact of the incoming cuts. 299th place out of 320 odd. Warrington was 161st. St Helens' road network is awful too.