Around the 'Pool in 800 years
05 February 2007

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Second year Drama students in LJMU's School of Media Critical and Creative Arts are staging a play about the history of Liverpool entitled 'Around the 'Pool in 800 Years'. The production will be staged in the newly refurbished Concert Hall at St. George's Hall on 22, 23 and 24 February 2007.

The production was the brainchild of the Drama tutors David Llewellyn, Paula Simms and Andrew Sherlock and the whole play is written and organised by the 55-strong cast of Drama students. Production Manager, Caroline Morris says: "The play is very topical with Liverpool celebrating its 800th birthday this year. We will cover all aspects of the City's history from King John's Charter and early city feuds to Slavery right up to modern times."

Tickets are available from the Royal Court box office (Tel: 0870 787 1866) at a cost of £7 per ticket (£3 for concessions).

Source: LJMU News Update (http://www.ljmu.ac.uk/NewsUpdate/index_86436.htm)

Thanks Howie. We need more stuff like this. There was an article in Saturday's DP by David Charters about Liverpool's 7 original streets. I haven't seen the article yet, but knowing the ladies who were interviewed (I was there at the time), they had a right moan about how Liverpool's 800th birthday celebrations have been almost overlooked compared to the CoC 2008 events.

Thanks Howie. We need more stuff like this. There was an article in Saturday's DP by David Charters about Liverpool's 7 original streets. I haven't seen the article yet, but knowing the ladies who were interviewed (I was there at the time), they had a right moan about how Liverpool's 800th birthday celebrations have been almost overlooked compared to the CoC 2008 events.

ScouserDave the article from the DP is here http://icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk/liverpooldailypost/specialfeatures/tm_headline=the-city-s-magnificent-seven%26method=full%26objectid=18579168%26siteid=5 0061-name_page.html
I work with one of the ladies who were interviewed - very passionate about Liverpool History :)

ScouserDave the article from the DP is here http://icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk/liverpooldailypost/specialfeatures/tm_headline=the-city-s-magnificent-seven%26method=full%26objectid=18579168%26siteid=5 0061-name_page.html
I work with one of the ladies who were interviewed - very passionate about Liverpool History :)
Very strident women all of them! You have my sympathies:celb (23):
Just kidding. Never ever met a trio of people who have so much love and knowledge of Liverpool.
Brenda got one of her BA (Hons) 61 years ago FFS!

ScouserDave the article from the DP is here http://icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk/liverpooldailypost/specialfeatures/tm_headline=the-city-s-magnificent-seven%26method=full%26objectid=18579168%26siteid=5 0061-name_page.html
I work with one of the ladies who were interviewed - very passionate about Liverpool History :)
Just read the article.
I truly adore these three old girls. Their knowledge of Liverpool is astonishing!

ScouserDave the article from the DP is here http://icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk/liverpooldailypost/specialfeatures/tm_headline=the-city-s-magnificent-seven%26method=full%26objectid=18579168%26siteid=5 0061-name_page.html
I work with one of the ladies who were interviewed - very passionate about Liverpool History :)
In the pic, 82 year old Brenda is the one pointing at the map. Love her to bits. Knowledgable and so cute. She's seconding me to be a member of the Athenaeum. Woman has good taste:unibrow:

IN the beginning, King John said let there be seven streets and this was done. Now they could play a leading role in Liverpool's cultural future. David Charters reports. . . .

The eruption came from the chair occupied by Christina Clarke, an eminent local historian.

"It is not a-a-a bllloo...dd...y...ch-ch-char... uh-uh ... I don't want to hear that word," she said, blustering, her indignation rising like the steam from a marathon-runner's blister pad.

"It was not a charter! Will everybody stop using this word! I want the council to stop using this word!

"They use it in every book. Could you make sure that it's a Letters Patent. Liverpool did not get a charter until Henry III's time. It's a Letters Patent!"

From "The City's Magnificent Seven" on icLiverpool (http://icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk/liverpooldailypost/specialfeatures/tm_headline=the-city-s-magnificent-seven%26method=full%26objectid=18579168%26siteid=5 0061-name_page.html)

I wonder if "David Charters" has any stake in us continuing to call it a charter? :celb (23):

And by the way, I very much hope that the idea is not going to be implanted that King John actually did say there had to be seven streets, because my hunch is that the seven streets either grew up in the centuries following King John, or else were in place before him.

Chris

Students in city drama
Feb 21 2007
Liverpool Echo

LIVERPOOL students were today putting the finishing touches to their pageant marking 800 years of the city’s history.

Drama students from Liverpool John Moores University (http://www.ljmu.ac.uk/) will stage Around the Pool in 800 Years from tomorrow to Saturday at St George’s Hall, covering everything from medieval times to the 21st century.

For tickets call the Royal Court Theatre on 0870 787 1866.

Source: icLiverpool (http://icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk/liverpoolecho/news/echonews/tm_headline=students-in-city-drama%26method=full%26objectid=18651002%26siteid=5 0061-name_page.html)

Just read the article and he's spelt my name wrong!:disgust: