The people of Liverpool are what gives the city its heart. Some of these inspirational Scousers have been permanently honoured with statues in their likeness. The Beatles and Ken Dodd already have sculptures, but who else would you like to see immortalised?
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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.