Liverpool Beatles Museum launches new Hall of Fame celebrating city's legendary talent

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A major new permanent exhibition at the Liverpool Beatles Museum is honouring generations of Liverpool-born stars across music, entertainment, sport and the arts, with more than eighty exhibits contributed by some of the city's most famous names.

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00:00If you step inside the Liverpool Beatles Museum, it already tells one of the greatest stories in music.

00:07But visitors are now being greeted by another celebration of Liverpool talent.

00:11The new Liverpool Legends Hall of Fame is open to the public for the first time

00:15and it brings decades of local success together in one place.

00:19I mean, to be asked to be like, you know, one of Liverpool's illustrious sons and daughters is like a total honour.

00:25You know, this Legends thing, I mean, total honour really.

00:29It's like, I wish my mum and dad were alive to see it, because I was a troublesome son, you know.

00:35And to be able to say that it all ended up like this is, you know, something to be proud of, isn't it? I don't know.

00:42The museum is the work of Rogue Best, brother of original Beatles drummer Pete.

00:46Rogue's daughter, Leanne, who's an actress herself, says she's so proud of her dad.

00:50I remember when his idea for the museum was sketched out on the back of an envelope in the back kitchen

00:56and now we're here in the building, it's been such a success, such a beautiful addition to Matthew Street

01:01and the history of Liverpool and from to all sort of created and curated this love letter to Liverpool.

01:09It's a really special thing to be a part of and as an author. So proud.

01:13The museum founded in 2018, it says the hall was inspired when owner Rogue Best was considering how to use an unused space inside the building.

01:21He realised that, although Liverpool has a long legacy of producing world-famous talent beyond the Beatles,

01:27that success had never been collectively honoured by the city.

01:31Honestly, I'm so honoured. To feel like I'm part of the tapestry of Liverpool's legends is just...

01:36I mean, if I could tell the 15-year-old Sinatra that she'd end up here, she wouldn't believe it.

01:41And I'm so lucky because Liverpool's known all over the world.

01:44I mean, I go any country in the world and outside of London, everyone knows Liverpool.

01:48So that says something in itself.

01:52I think there's an isolationist kind of philosophy in Liverpool where we don't see ourselves as part of Great Britain.

02:00I mean, I think we see ourselves like Wales or Scotland.

02:05You know, I think we should be an independent state. You know what I mean?

02:09Yeah, there's a difference. There's an otherness about Scousers.

02:13The items range from guitars and instruments to costume scripts, awards, trophies and rare photographs.

02:19And the list of contributors is vast, from Frankie Oost to Hollywood to Phil Redmond.

02:23I'm really proud that it's such an eclectic group of people when you talk about legends from Liverpool.

02:30It's not obvious. We're not, like, all from one street.

02:34Like, in the art scene, we've got poets, we've got musicians, we've got dancers, we've got artists and actors.

02:42And I think they've all brought their own little thing.

02:45And I think that's what's so nice about it. Nobody wants to be run-of-the-mill when they're from Liverpool.

02:49The museum says this exhibition is a celebration of Liverpool's contribution to global culture

02:55and a way of showcasing talent from across generations.

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