What Liverpool person do you admire?

This may be interesting.

I admire Kitty Wilkinson, she did so much for the people of Liverpool.

would be interested to learn yours.

Mrs. Braddock.
Had the honour of meeting her she was always working to improve conditions for the working class people.

Margaret Simey.

A fantastic lady.

Nice one Shytalk, She was a great lady :PDT11

I'm with Lindy - Margaret Simey.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by lindylou

Margaret Simey.

A fantastic lady.

---

Yes, what a character - I can remember going round there to rope her in to our residents' association. I could have listened to her for hours.

John

Lindylou.
Yo!Liverpool will be a lot poorer without her.

I'll second that.:handclap:

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by shytalk

Mrs. Braddock.
Had the honour of meeting her she was always working to improve conditions for the working class people.

---

although she's before my time I've only ever heard good things about Our Bessie. so I'd probably go for her too.:PDT_Piratz_26:

great question btw.

Am with you on that Quincy. Although the Earl of Derby comes to mind too.:PDT_Piratz_26:

It has to be Josephine Butler who lived on Park Rd, Dingle in the mid to late 19th C. She did more for women in the 19th C than perhaps any other woman.

BBC - History - Josephine Butler (1828 - 1906)

Josephine Butler - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

I'm reading a chapter of a book at the moment and a certain John Braddock, Bessie's husband? seems to have gone to prison for his beliefs of certain people in Liverpool, although he was released after the police "thought he was someone else!!!"

So Jack has my vote.

John

I second that emotion Roni:handclap:

I admire Jimmy McGovern.

My dad. Celebs - nah, primma donna none. Certainly some of the older charitable icons like Rathbone, Wilkinson Etc and those found here

Mothers of the City: Twenty Outstanding Liverpool Women by Mike Kelly - News From Nowhere Radical & Community Bookshop, Liverpool



.

Joseph Williamson.

Went in to a business (Tobacco) when it was in the height of its trade, made an utter fortune and then spent it all on excavating underneath Edge Hill.

A true gent, someone who shared his fortune and someone who did something for a job what I do for a hobby!

Lived till the ripe old age of 71, gave stone away to build a church and is now almost forgotten under a car park of what was once the graveyard of St Thomas'.

Maggie May

If she really was real i admire her for having the guts to survive

Cilla Black.
:unibrow:

I'll get me coat...

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by kevin

Cilla Black.
:unibrow:

I'll get me coat...

---

Great voice, bad cloakroom girl, lol When she was on cloakroom at the Cavern she would be singing along and dancing to the music and we would be lining up with our coats:shock: We had to yell to snap her back to the real world:PDT11

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Ronijayne

Great voice, bad cloakroom girl, lol

---

Some say it was the other way round though I do like a couple of her songs :PDT_Xtremez_42:

I was trying to be a teeny little bit provocative. Tossed up between naming Ringo or Cilla, and Cilla won. Thought I'd get an avalanche of flak and surprised nobody rose to the bait!
:PDT_Aliboronz_24:

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by kevin

I was trying to be a teeny little bit provocative. Tossed up between naming Ringo or Cilla, and Cilla won. Thought I'd get an avalanche of flak and surprised nobody rose to the bait!
:PDT_Aliboronz_24:

---

She's got no 'bait' I'd ever 'rise to' :PDT10

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Cadfael

She's got no 'bait' I'd ever 'rise to' :PDT10

---

:handclap::PDT_Aliboronz_24::handclap:

Lennon was asked was Ringo the best drummer in the world. John replied he's not even the best drummer in the Beatles :unibrow:

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Mary Flynn Ainfield

He must be the best scouser of all time.
He doesn't give a monkeys about any one but himself.
truly ruthless hard man.
Now thats a proper scouser. Some one to look up to.
Me and my girls think he's boss.
And we want to be just like him.
Proper gangsters!
Clever thing, being woman, no one suspects us even being involved.

---

Gopping. They do now.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Cadfael

She's got no 'bait' I'd ever 'rise to' :PDT10

---

Nice one:handclap: I liked her but that was funny!

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Mary Flynn Ainfield

He must be the best scouser of all time.
He doesn't give a monkeys about any one but himself.
truly ruthless hard man.
Now thats a proper scouser. Some one to look up to.
Me and my girls think he's boss.
And we want to be just like him.
Proper gangsters!
Clever thing, being woman, no one suspects us even being involved.

---

Well, good luck to ya girls.

Hope u all enjoy prison food too :)

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by scouse smurf

Well, good luck to ya girls.

Hope u all enjoy prison food too :)

---

Scouse, reckon it's just a wind up. Love it.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Mary Flynn Ainfield

He must be the best scouser of all time.
He doesn't give a monkeys about any one but himself.
truly ruthless hard man.
Now thats a proper scouser. Some one to look up to.
Me and my girls think he's boss.
And we want to be just like him.
Proper gangsters!
Clever thing, being woman, no one suspects us even being involved.

---

Involved with what.......? intelligence?

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by wsteve55

Involved with what.......? intelligence?

---

Just a wind up. Wish it was real and she come here for a debate. She won't.

Has to be Josephine Butler who lived on Park Rd, Dingle for about 20 years from 1860 to 1880.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by pablo42

Just a wind up. Wish it was real and she come here for a debate. She won't.

---

Apparently,it's a "ladyman":unibrow:

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by taffy

Has to be Josephine Butler who lived on Park Rd, Dingle for about 20 years from 1860 to 1880.

---

I dont know too much about her,but I am really annoyed about the state Maghull developments have left the building named after her,in!:angry: