There is a small shopping centre tucked away from the town centre where everyone knows each other and supports the independent shops that line the street.
Higher Parr Street in St Helens is home to Fingerpost shops, offering a range of businesses, from barbers, to chip shops, to fruit and veg markets. It is not without its challenges, the decline of the high street is well documented and after weathering a global pandemic, these shops will now face a cost of living crisis like many other across the UK.
But this little strip of businesses that sits around half a mile east of the town centre may just be able to weather this particular storm as shoppers proved when the ECHO took a stroll down Higher Parr Street.
