Bessie Braddock

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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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http://www.liverpoolpictorial.co.uk/bessiebraddock/


Two Tribes became One City

Bessie Braddock, in the hall of fame for saying to Winston Churchill:
Sir, you are drunk
Churchill replied Madam, you are ugly. In the morning, I shall be sober.



Nancy Astor said to Winston Churchill Sir, if you were my husband, I would give you poison.
Churchill replied If I were your husband I would take it.


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useless pot of trivia me!

Bessie Braddock is the topic of the very popular "Nostalgia" night (29th) with Debz on Radio Merseyside at 10pm-1am for those interested:PDT11

I shall try to listen in, I expect the Braddocks high rise blocks on Netherfield Road named in their honour will get a mention.

She also had Herbert Balmer weighed up long before anyone else , in her capacity as memeber of the Watch Committee. She knew he was a fraud.

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Originally Posted by ItsaZappathing

Bessie Braddock is the topic of the very popular "Nostalgia" night (29th) with Debz on Radio Merseyside at 10pm-1am for those interested:PDT11

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Tonights show will now no longer be about Bessie but it will be all about Kitty Wilkinson and Amy Elizebeth Imrie.:PDT_Aliboronz_24: