St Helens Through The Lens was a Heritage Lottery Fund supported project that explored and preserved a collection of over 3000 glass plate negatives found at 16 George Street, St Helens. The photographs were taken by Geoff Williams and now form the Geoff Williams Photography Collection. Find out more about the project: sthelensarchivese...

The culmination of the project is an exhibition by Debbie Adele Cooper, inspired by the collection, the piece includes archive images as well as new portraits of local participants. The exhibition was launched at Newton-le-Willows library on 30th May 2018.