Growing up in a town like St Helens isn't always easy.
Sandwiched between two massive neighbours in Liverpool and Manchester, it can be easy to lose a sense of local identity and be swallowed up by the giants at each end of the East Lancs.
Despite this, there is no shortage of culture in the glass-making town, with those growing up in "Sintellins" having various rites of passage as they become an adult. The ECHO looked at seven things that everyone who grew up in St Helens has experienced.
