1979. Most of the Chimneys at Pilkington Glass Works in St.Helens were the original Brick ones built in Victorian times. When I was born Queen Victoria had only been dead 60 years. Time moved slower in the North of England and the change from Victorian times was slow. Growing up in a house with a few rooms and an outside toilet was normal. Dad got better jobs in the early 1970s so we moved into a house with a bathroom.