00:00From sports stars and politicians to pop stars and royalty,
00:04Liverpool has a vast number of sculptures to honour our famous forbearers.
00:08We're a city that's not short of talent and we show our pride in our distinguished citizens
00:13with a statue of their likeness. But who deserves to be cast in bronze?
00:19We've been on the streets of Liverpool to ask which famous scouter you'd like to see
00:23a statue of next here in the city. I think of the ones who haven't got a
00:27statue already and most have, one that really comes to mind and a great figure
00:36no longer with us and the work that she did in the hardest circumstances will be Anne Williams.
00:41Remembering Hillsborough and what she did. Paul Smith, the comedian.
00:45The comedian Paul Smith. A bit different.
00:48Yes. And he is hilarious,
00:50you know at the end of the day. Liverpool legend.
00:52Yeah. Tom Beaker because he was in Doctor Who and my mum would be proud of it.
00:57She was just a heroic figure and I think obviously there'll be maybe somewhere around
01:02Anfield if not in the city centre to have a statue of her particularly as she's sadly no
01:08longer with us. I think she deserves one for the work that she did in the most difficult circumstances.
01:16Alongside a statue of John Lennon, there's also another famous face of the Mersey Beach
01:20genre immortalised on Matthew Street. Co-sculpted by Andy Edwards who's also responsible for the
01:26Fab Four statue at Liverpool's Pier Head. The Cilla Black statue was unveiled in 2017.
01:32The star who died in 2015 once worked as a cloakroom girl at the Cavern Club
01:36before having a successful showbiz career herself. Sculptor Tom Murphy's chance meeting
01:42of Sir Ken Dodd and MP Bessie Braddock is located in Lyme Street Station's main concourse.
01:47Bessie Braddock was an outspoken campaigner for better health, housing and education for the
01:52The comedian and politician were actually fond friends despite their political differences.
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