St Helens Borough of Culture
On Saturday 29th April, hundreds of people paraded in St Helens town centre as the town celebrated its history, heritage, culture, and future. With the Liverpool City Region’s ‘Borough of Culture’ title returning to St Helens this year, the ‘One Amazing Day’ event was organised as a key feature of the programme. Marie said: “It […]
Workers Memorial Day 2023
International Workers’ Memorial Day, held on 28 April every year, brings together workers and their representatives from all over the world to remember the dead and fight for the living. Every year more people are killed at work than in wars. Most don’t die of mystery ailments, or in tragic “accidents”. They die because an […]
Home-Start St Helens Celebration
To celebrate Home-Start St Helens 35h anniversary, Marie visited the team and the volunteers at the Peter Street Centre. Marie said: “I had a wonderful time visiting the team and the great volunteers at Home-Start St Helens. “Thank you to Annemarie for putting on such an occasion to celebrate the huge impact Home-Start have had locally. “I […]
Rainhill Trials Exhibition
In March, Marie visited the longstanding Rainhill Trials Exhibition. The Exhibition is a reminder of the huge role that Rainhill played in modern transport. At the trials, George Stephenson’s Rocket was the only locomotive to complete them all. Marie said: “I had a great time visting the Rainhill Trials Exhibition. Thanks to Paula for being […]
Supporting local pubs
Marie pledged support for the Long Live the Local campaign to help pubs and breweries in St Helens South and Whiston recover and thrive. There are over 170,000 members of the public who have signed the petition so far. Marie said: “Pubs are at the heart of local communities. They are wonderful to celebrate family […]
Official Glass Futures handover
The Glass Futures handover in St Helens took place in March. Construction of the £54 million Glass Futures building is complete. It has been handed over to Glass Futures ready for the internal fit out works to commence next month. The building is expected to be operational later this year. It was a fantastic occassion that […]
Year 2 Cronton pupil invites Marie to school
Ralph, a year 2 Cronton Primary School pupil, invited Marie to visit his school earlier this year. Marie was delighted to accept the invitation and visit the school to meet Ralph and the rest of the school council. During her visit, Marie was able to look around the school and speak with pupils about her […]
Marie visits primary school in Prescot
Marie was delighted to visit St Mary and St Paul’s CE Primary in Prescot. She was shown around the school by headteacher Mr Parks. During her visit, Marie was able to speak with pupils about her role as a Member of Parliament. Marie said: “I had a wonderful time speaking with pupils and Mr Parks. […]
Paying respect to our heroes
On Remembrance Sunday 2022, Marie attended the service at the St Helens Cenotaph. Marie laid a wreath and paused to remember those who have made the ultimate sacrifice in defence of our nation. Marie said: ” It was an honour to be at the Remembrance Sunday service at the St Helens Cenotaph. “We paused to remember those who […]
Her Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II
I can still remember the street party we held for the Queen’s coronation. Even all these years later. I remember the sheer joy of the occasion and the smiles on everyone’s faces. Throughout the Queen’s childhood she was never expecting to wear the crown. Even after her father unexpectedly became King, she could not have […]