Walk of Fame - fresh approach needed
Dear all
There has been a thread over on SSC instigated by Billy Butler trying to get the 'walk of fame rienstated from the festival gardens to the Kings Dock . It seems to be general opinion that is a tacky and typically parochial idea of Mr Butler who seems to think Cilla and Tarbuck constitute Liverpool culture.
In order to try and raise the bar a bit am trying to garner interest in an effort to propose something a little more ambitious and meaningful to the powers that be and would like the debate to take place here as well as on SSC ( and anywhere else). Here is a post I made on SSC this evening. Please comment/debate as appropriate.
I think there are some SSC people on this board but if you haven seen me post there I am an expat who now lives near Los Angeles and am trying to find a way to stay involved in issues I care about - trying to faciltate this effort is maybe one way I can help - I have pretty good network of contacts over there still.
regards
LABlue
Walk of Fame - A proposal
It occurs to me that the first order of the day is to define whatever we want in place of a walk of fame to achieve. What’s its purpose? What are we trying to achieve? Once we get agreement on that aspect it should be clear that a walk of fame in its current incarnation does not meet the objectives and we and others can turn attention to the ‘what’.
I will post my own ideas on the ‘what’ in another post on another day but to start the ball rolling I have outlined some possible objectives for a ‘walk of fame’ type resource for the city . This is based on some research I did into two other famous walks– the Hollywood Walk of Fame here in Los Angeles and the Freedom Trail in Boston. Two very different objectives yet to me combine a sense of what in my opinion makes Liverpool unique.
So here’s the outline – if we can get a quorum agreeing with this – and by agreement I don’t mean agreeing to every word but “CAN YOU LIVE WITH IT, SIGN YOUR NAME TO IT AND ACTIVELY SUPPORT IT”.
If there is enough I will try and shop the notion with some well placed people in Liverpool as a move towards inviting ideas for a resource that achieves these objectives which will hopefully not be a walk of fame in its current form.
I will need your help and suggestions as to who this should go to should we get that far. We need Tony Sebos in put on this imho.
This is meant to have holes shot in it and invite debate. The only thing I ask is that debate ceases at some point and the people who so want to support it move it forward and those that don’t, don’t and resist from torpedoing it from behind the scenes.
A Vision
To provide an informative, educational and entertaining resource for the City Of Liverpool and its visitors to recognize the impacts /contribution of the city and its people to the world on a local, national and international level.
Vision Themes
• A living resource - constantly updated
• Interactive – encouraging people who use it to want to know more
• Inwardly looking to the residents of the city and outward looking to the visitors to the city
Guiding Principles
• The notion of impacts ‘locally, nationally and internationally’ are both good and bad and non judgemental.
• The level of impacts are based on objective review and facts, not just opinion
• It must be financially self supporting but non profit
• It must be regarded as high quality
• It must have a strong and visible governance to ensure its sustainability
• The governance process must be inclusive of the private, public and voluntary sector as well as individual voices
• While using elements of other resources in other cities It must be seen as exclusive /unique to Liverpool building on the city’s existing and future strengths
• It should ensure that it can be expanded to the City Region as appropriate.
• The ‘people’ of Liverpool does includes those who have proven linkage to the city not just those who born here and currently live there.
• It should be open to the public 24 hours a day
OK shoot away – I will try and post on the Yo Liverpool Board and feel free to post or email to anyone you think want to get in on this debate. The more the merrier.
I will also ask that we decide a deadline date when we cease talking and decide if there’s enough of a group to move this agenda forward. I suggest a week from now as if we do want to move it forward I will be in the UK 13th -24th August and can meet up with those who want to actively push this .
Many thanks
PS if you’d rather comment privately PM me and I will provide my email address
Garden Festival Walk of Fame
That list has a definite 80s look to it - shows the value of haviing strict governance of who goes in it in the first place.
Thanks for the link
Otterspool Walk of Fame - GONE!
The 'Walk of Fame' adjacent to the Britannia Inn was ripped up towards the back end of September 2008. I spoke with one of the workers and asked if the flags were being relocated and the answer was 'Not to the best of his knowledge.'
I know a number of the flags were damaged but enough of them were sound enough to form the basis of another 'Walk of Fame' somewhere.
I alerted Radio Merseyside the same day and it was duly reported but since then there has been a deafening silence on all fronts.
Pity I wasn't quick enough to save the Bill Shankley stone - might have made a few bob on E-Bay!