THE embodiment of Socialist Liverpool, Bessie Braddock, J.P., M.P., loved and (sometimes) hated, became a legend in her own lifetime and one of the city's most fascinating characters.

Nicknamed Battling Bessie, Elizabeth Margaret Braddock, once a Communist, mixed with royalty, Cabinet ministers and top personalities and celebrities.

But she never forgot her humble roots and was adored by the city's poor, needy and unemployed.

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