Ha ha - good old Ken. One of the Liverpool Historians we are to look up to. Nice book and dvd by him though,
Well what a fantastic night it was tonight. Mingling with the stars in a champagne reception including Yoko Ono, John Conteh, Ken Dodd and Alexi Sayle. Over 12,000 people passed its threshold today on the opening of the largest National Museum built anywhere in the UK in the last century.
The official invitation
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Film Maker, Author and Musician Paul Sudbury pulls a couple of birds.
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Mike McCartney enters the fray. We got a photo with him at the very end as we had a heart to let him look around first.
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You can't help feeling that the atrium and massive spiral staircase might be taking up much needed exhibit room but there is plenty to see in the galleries that are currently open.
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John Conteh, World Light heavyweight champion from 1974-78. I told him I remembered him being on the open air bus with the Liverpool team that passed under the Byrom Street walkway in 1974 when he was the new champion. He said he remembered me too (I made that last bit up)
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Ex Lord Mayor Steve Rotherham and former Echo and now Mirror sports writer Brian Reade - two good eggs (even if they are reds)
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Paul with fellow ex Gerard Crescent resident and Liverpool Historian Franny Carlyle and Billy Butler of Radio Merseyside.
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Yoko Ono gives a T.V. interview in the Wonderous Place gallery featuring Beatles memorabilia.
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The view looking north from one the massive picture windows.
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And the view south.
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I didn't quite manage them all.
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The Lord and Lady Mayor peruse my model.
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The model's proud dad. Behind me is a massive blown up photo that fantastic 70s Liverpool photographer Ken Roberts took from the newly opened St. Johns Tower in 1971 depicting just how close Gerard Gardens was to the rear of William Brown Street.
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Paul with Peter Leeson, maker of the film 'Us and them' and author of the book 'Goodbye Scottie Road' who travelled up with his wife from Leicester and it was nice to see him again. Standing guard over them are the original 'Builder' and 'Architect' statues that adorned the walls of Gerard Gardens. Made of portland stone, they were sculptured by famed liverpool craftsman Herbert Tyson Smith from his studio at the rear of Bluecoat Chambers.
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Hey up cheeky. This trio have been around a bit. Starting life in the Garden festival they were also in the Museum of Liverpool Life before transfering to here after storage - and not looking a day older.
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Some football regalia
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The story of the blues.
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And talking of the story of the blues - a tenuous link if ever there was one. Meet the two Pete's - Wylie from the mighty Wah and Hooton from the Farm.
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Phil Redmond and the Echo's Peter Grant. Peter exclaimed they both share the same barber. I said nothing
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Other writers milling around included David Charters, Ken Rogers and opening presenter Roger Phillips. Also there was ex Bill and now Coronation Street actor Andrew Lancel.
Colin Wilkinson - author of many Liverpool history books, his most recent being the current local best seller 'Streets of Liverpool'.
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A brilliant string quartet behind the 3 Graces.
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A pic of J.C. (No, not that one) with his friend Mr A.S.
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The not quite red carpet but slightly more pink which suited me
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I mentioned to Ken that Tarby got the knock back from the opening, he said 'Did he' and I said 'No, Doddy'.
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And by the way, no, he can't say Ken Dodd's dad's dog's dead either.
Paul has some other pics on his camera too which i'm waiting on.
And so, turfed out over 3 hours later at 10 with still so much not even seen so it's back down there at the weekend.
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It's very blue down there - they must have known I was coming.
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And not forgetting our 100 year old Royal Liver Building who was celebrating her birthday today.
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