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Liverpool is 800 years old today; Happy birthday Liverpool
Topic Started: Aug 28 2007, 12:41 PM (764 Views)
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It is 800 years today since King John signed the city’s Royal Charter.

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And without Liverpool, what would the world be like today! Happy Birthday, Liverpool! :clap: :clap:
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Happy Birthday Liverpool.

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Aug 28 2007, 12:41 PM
It is 800 years today since King John signed the city’s Royal Charter.

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Funny, it doesn't look a day over 750. :)
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Aug 28 2007, 01:19 PM
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Forgot to mention, this could interest you :P

LEGENDARY Sgt Pepper artist Sir Peter Blake today designed the cover of Liverpool’s 800th birthday Echo.

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* SIR PETER BLAKE, who was knighted in 2002, designed the iconic cover for the Beatles' 1967 album Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - probably the most groundbreaking of all time. It featured iconic figures including Marilyn Monroe, Laurel and Hardy, Albert Einstein, Diana Dors and Mae West.
* BORN in Dartford, Kent the 72-year-old is a former art teacher. One of his earliest protegés was the late rock star Ian Dury.
* BLAKE also designed the poster for Live Aid in 1985.

THE most famous album cover in pop music history has been transformed to celebrate Liverpool's cultural icons.


look what they've done to Sgt Pepper
Posted Image THE most famous album cover in pop music history has been transformed to celebrate Liverpool's cultural icons.

The Beatles' 1967 Sgt Pepper album design has been re-worked by original artist Sir Peter Blake in recognition of the unique talent generated by the city.



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And what better way to celebrate than with a 3-0 win tonight.
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the witches have been involved in the parade in city centre today - goin to pick them up in a bit and might take them the docks after to watch the fireworks
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I'll be there, a good photo opportunity. I'll be standing there like one of Lewis's with me camera on it's tripod :whistle:
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were bouts you gonna stand Colin :unsure: been told the fireworks are coming from pier head and the 2 catherdrals - just read what music the are playing to it

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FIREWORKS
FIREWORK DISPLAY
TIME: 10pm

To see out Liverpool's 800th birthday celebrations with a bang, Tuesday 28 August will see Liverpool stage one of the biggest fireworks display the city has ever seen.

The spectacular display will light up the Liverpool sky at 10pm on 28 August and will be co-ordinated to a soundtrack of music broadcast live on Radio City.

The Display has been designed so that it is predominantly aerial and will be able to be viewed from across the City Centre and beyond.

The fireworks will be fired from the Metropolitan Cathedral, Anglican Cathedral and Liverpool's Pier Head

The recommended viewing areas are as follows:
Hope Street
Great George Street
Brownlow Hill
Upper Duke Street
Upper Parliament Street
Mount Pleasant
Prince's Parade
The Strand (South of James St)
Everton Brow


The soundtrack to the fireworks display includes the following tracks:

Happy Birthday - The Beatles
Lord of the Dance - Riverdance
He Waits - Moocheba/Leftfield/Guiness mix
Clocks Remix - Masters of Chant
Storm - Vanessa May
Hands of Time - Groove Armada
Hoe Down - Aaron Copefield
Entrance of the Gladiators
Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds - The Beatles
Oh So Quiet - Bjork
Sgt Peppers (Reprise) - The Beatles
Ode to Joy (Ninth Symphony) - Beethoven
Duel of the Fates (Finale) - John Williams

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Jayne the last time they had the massive Fireworks display off the A,Cathedral, I watched from the empty car park of LIPA, the best veiw you could have :P you have been there at the entrance to LIPA, so you know how near it is.

But sod that, tonight the Football's on and won't finish till 22:00 hrs, LFC comes first :wub:
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so your not working tonight then George lol :P

Well just picked the witches up from their holiday club and they loved every minute in Liverpool today.

They got goodie bags with pencil cases, t-shirts but for taking part in the parade they recieved 'backstage artist' passes and a Liverpool 800th Birthday Commemorative coin which as this little leaflety inside

"A time line threads thorugh the design, starting with the Liver bird, representative of King John's Charter, and ending with a growing plant symbolic of renewal and hope for the future.

The thread picks up other significant events in the life of the city

Following the liver bird, the line leads to the ancient coastline and the orginal 'pool' inlet and Chapel of St Mary del Key built around 1257, which today stands the Church of Our Lady and St Nicholas.

The thread then continues with the outline of Liverpool Castle said to be built by William de Ferrers, Earl of Derby. Little is known of the early years of the castle but in 1347 it is noted the castle having four towers.

The continuous line then reflects Liverpool's Maritime history with the outline of a sailing ship.

This is connected to a shackled hand representing the city's significant involvement in the Transatlantic slave trade, abolished in 1807.

A trade that enabled the port to grow with the arrival of cotton sugar and tobacco.

The line continues with the famous Liverpool skyline, lit up during the Blitz by searchlights and fires caused by the German Bombers.

The thread then leads to the shape of a guitar reflecting the 60's cultural revival.

this leads to an outline of a ford anglia, symbolic of car manufacturing in the city.

And finally to the plant symbolic of renewal and hope for the future"


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I'm just going to stay at the Albert Dock, well Salthouse Dock actually, I'm hoping they're not going to close it off completely. I'm just going to concentrate on the Liver Buildings. I thought about going over the water, but I'll just syay on this side of the river.

By the way, you don't want to go to Prince's Parade, the veiw is spoilt by all the building work.
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well I've read that there are no road closures planned tonight (unlike this morning) so IF we do go I might go to Kings - got views of liver building and catherdrals ;)

I'm just watching North West Tonight to see if I can see the witches from the parade today
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had water thrown over on the lord Mayors parade once. but they did'nt show that on telly.
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Happy Birthday Liverpool
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hope you can all see this video - this is what the witches got involved in today (cant see them in the video though :()

Liverpool's Birthday parade
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Happy Birthday, Liverpool!!!!
Thank you for giving us Paul! :wub:
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Take a sad song, and make it better..."
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Well, here's another clue for you all, the Walrus was Paul...
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Aug 28 2007, 08:34 PM
Happy Birthday, Liverpool!!!!
Thank you for giving us Paul! :wub:

Yes!!! :)

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I was at Salthouse Dock, opposite the Pumphouse Inn, got great views of both cathedrals :boogie: :clap:
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Aug 28 2007, 05:00 PM

Following the liver bird, the line leads to the ancient coastline

The line continues with the famous Liverpool skyline, lit up during the Blitz by searchlights and fires caused by the German Bombers.

The thread then leads to the shape of a guitar reflecting the 60's cultural revival.

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Yes jayne I'v held one of coins, brilliant the way you can work the TIME line around the coin. B) . All the Schools here in the city were given the coins about a month ago. :D
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Aug 28 2007, 02:49 PM
And what better way to celebrate than with a 3-0 win tonight.

There yer go Peter, one better lad ;)

Liverpool 4, Toulouse 0

LIVERPOOL celebrated the city’s 800th birthday with the annual present of Champions League qualification.
The lessons of previous close calls at home to Grazer and CSKA Sofia were finally heeded as Rafael Benitez’s side swatted aside a limited Toulouse side to unlock a £12million treasure chest by progressing to the lucrative group stages.
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Liverpool's my team, baby!! And You'll Never Walk Alone always gets me... :blush:

George has had more experience with the cops than the kop though... :P
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Aug 29 2007, 10:12 AM
Liverpool's my team, baby!!  And You'll Never Walk Alone always gets me... :blush:

George has had more experience with the cops than the kop though... :P

:P spent 15 years standing on the Kop my girl, thats when the Kop ''alone'' held 28,000 singing You'll Never Walk Alone :P
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oh you were responsible for the rivers of p*ss i had to dodge at the end of the game.

kicked the ball back to ray clemence 80-81 season.

cost a fortune no overtime of r over a month.
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Aug 29 2007, 10:51 AM
oh you were responsible for the rivers of p*ss i had to dodge at the end of the game.

kicked the ball back to ray clemence 80-81 season.

cost a fortune no overtime of r over a month.

You mean with the rolled up Echo :lol: nar that was the bleeders behind me :P

a little bit of info for you Peter, my wifes maiden name is Case

I was at the game one day with my son ''then about 10 years old, we where in the old paddock under the main stand I had my son George on my shoulders, and little george is shouting Jimmy Jimmy, just above us Jimmy Tarbuck looked down and asked did he know Jimmy I told him he was his cousin, so quick as a flash tarbuck and the late Great Bob Paisley lifted young George up into the Directors box, george spent the rest of the game sitting between the both of them B)
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lol boy bet he was chuffed.

in the late seventies and early eighties we used to walk in the players enterance before mustering on the pitch, so saw Mr. Paisley a few times he always had a smile and a hello for us and a word for the Inspector. Used to touch the sign before going out on the pitch. they broke the mold when they made Bob.

My ex brother in law qualified for the birtish golf professional finals at royal birkdale one year. He went up with a scottish professional from down here a couple of days before the start and tells ian he had arranged a round with a couple of members. Well the members turn up and one is Kenny Danglish did the soft shite get his autograph did he hell. the same bugger had the Ryder Cup in his house for two nights when he was captain of the Hampshire PGA did he tell me or the old man did he hell.

Saw jimmy down at the Dell manys a time. Being a pro at a southampton golf course Ian and my nephrew have known most of the players at saints for the last 20 years or more.
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lol boy bet he was chuffed.

in the late seventies and early eighties we used to walk in the players enterance before mustering on the pitch, so saw Mr. Paisley a few times he always had a smile and a hello for us and a word for the Inspector. Used to touch the sign before going out on the pitch. they broke the mold when they made Bob.

My ex brother in law qualified for the birtish golf professional finals at royal birkdale one year. He went up with a scottish professional from down here a couple of days before the start and tells ian he had arranged a round with a couple of members. Well the members turn up and one is Kenny Danglish did the soft shite get his autograph did he hell. the same bugger had the Ryder Cup in his house for two nights when he  was captain of the Hampshire PGA did he tell me or the old man did he hell.

Saw jimmy down at the Dell manys a time. Being a pro at a southampton golf course Ian and my nephrew have known most of the players at saints for the last 20 years or more.

:lol: Nice one, never been one for Autographs, off any one,

But this is daft I have one here at home, would you believe, of Wayne Rooney of all people :rolleyes: my two brother's in-law were in the bookies in Croxteth, the one by the Dog & Gun, Rooney was in there ''as always'' he was 17 at the time our Luke went over to Rooney who he knew, and told him my son was a Bloody Evertonian , so Rooney wrote on a betting slip to Brian (my son) all the best Wayne Rooney, he was on Evertons books at the time ;)

You could call that my ''name to shame'' :lol:
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I had cilla's i stalked after a show down here but have lost it hd mrs t on a letter from the mid 70's but never was into them myself. I got Alan Ball's in the early 80's for a cousin he used to go to the same night club, had manys a pee in snobs beside davy fairclough and sammy lee and a few others but always left the players alone.
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aye i know the Dog and Gun from a couple of days on croxy. i know the strand in norris green well , my mate only moved eight or so years ago and eventually got his mum out of there.
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Happy 800th Birthday, Liverpool!
Thank-you for all of the wonderful things that you've given us. Especially those 4 boys that changed the course of Rock 'N Roll!! :yahoo: :yahoo:
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click on video on right hand side - city goes with a bang

its the fireworks display being filmed from 'across the water'

Listen to the music and watch ;)
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Watch this space :boogie:
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spill the beans lad - what do you know - tell us we wont tell a soul
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No, I've not won the lottery, chance would be a fine thing.

Just to get you in the mood.
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That image a little too big for the board, Colin - I've changed it to a clickable. ;)

(But it's well worth clicking on, folks!) :yes:
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Happy Birthday, Liverpool!
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This is what I took while waiting for the fireworks.

It is a clickable image.
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Is the first picture the Liver Building? Liverpool is so pretty.
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Is the first picture the Liver Building?  Liverpool is so pretty.

Yep sure is

Taken from the River Mersey

The second one is the Anglian Cathedral

Another shot of the Cathedral
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It is a clickable image, click on the image to get the big picture. :whistle:
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Is the first picture the Liver Building?  Liverpool is so pretty.

Yep sure is

Taken from the River Mersey

The second one is the Anglian Cathedral

Another shot of the Cathedral

It is so much fun to Ferry Cross the Mersey and sing as you the ferry is on it's way. :D

You all are bringing back a lot of very nice memories.
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George/Colin - did you go to the fireworks last night for the QE2 visit ?? I stood at the back of Albert Dock watching it - think it would of been better to watch them from Birkenhead :hmm: she is one amazing ship (with a very loud foghorn lol :P)
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I couldn't make it.
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