The 800 ; a Birthday Celebration of 800 People Who Put Liverpool On the Map
Liverpool Echo › August 29, 2007
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The 800 ; a Birthday Celebration of 800 People Who Put Liverpool On the Map
A supermarket worker from St Helens who became the lead female singer in The Beautiful South following the departure of Briana Corrigan in the mid 1990s.
Abbott, who sang on hits including Rotterdam (Or Anywhere), Perfect 10, Don't Marry Her and Dream A Little Dream, was allegedly discovered by Paul Heaton singing on a karaoke machine at a party.Sir Leslie Patrick Abercrombie (1879-1957), town plannerProfessor of civil design at Liverpool University and then town planning at London University.Abercrombie acted as consultant in the rebuilding and planning of London after the heavy bombardment in World War II. He was knighted in 1945 and a blue plaque has been unveiled to him at his former home in Oxton.Derek Acorah (1950-), psychicBorn Derek Johnson, the Bootle-raised TV psychic's first supernatural experience came as a child when he says the spirit of his late grandfather visited him.He was a keen footballer who played for Liverpool's reserves, and became a full-time psychic in the 1980s. Since then he has made a name for himself in Britain and abroad.Alan A'Court (1934-), footballerThe Rainhill-born left winger's career at Liverpool embraced the club's wilderness years in the old Second Division although it is great testimony to his talents that during that period he won five England caps, scoring on his debut.He appeared for England in the 1958 World Cup Finals in Sweden and at Liverpool was an ever-present in the Shankly team that stormed back to the top flight as Second Division champions in 1962. He moved on to Tranmere for pounds 4,500 in 1964.Mick Adams, rugby league footballerAdams would have been marked down as one of the very best back row rugby stars in any era. The fact that the bulk of his appearances spanned a 10 year period of unprecedented success for Widnes underlined his claims to be regarded as one of the finest sportsmen ever to wear the black and white.Adams joined the Chemics in May 1971, earned 13 Great Britain caps, five England appearances and two Tour selections. He retired from the game after a Wembley win in 1984.Thomas Agnew (1827-83), philanthropistIn 1881, Liverpool banker Thomas Agnew visited the United States and saw the work being done by the New York Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children. He was inspired to organized www.liverpoolecho.co.uk a similar society in Liverpool on his return home and the organisation, which started in 1883, in turn helped to inspire the creation of the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC) set up in London in 1884.James Aiken, merchant and shipownerFounder of the Liverpool Shipwreck and Humane Society which was set up in January 1839 to help the victims of the great hurricane which had hit the Irish sea and the port of Liverpool.He suggested a society should be set up to reward people for acts of bravery. It also helped the widows and families of people who died while trying to save others, and provided life-saving equipment across Liverpool.Edward Alanson (1747-1823), surgeonAppointed surgeon at Liverpool Infirmary in 1770, Alanson gained a reputation for having induced a "revolution" in amputation technique, which led to more patients surviving the operation.He was also a pioneer in hospital sanitation and co-founder of Liverpool School for the Blind.John Aldridge (1958-), footballerOne of British football's most prolific goalscorers, Aldridge was a devastatingly successful marksman for Liverpool, winning league and FA Cup winner's medals. After a brief spell in Spain he returned to Merseyside where he equalled Tranmere Rovers club scoring record by hitting 40 goals in his first season.He became manager at Prenton Park and took Rovers to a League Cup final at Wembley. 'Aldo' finally hung up his boots in 1998, after overtaking Jimmy Greaves as British Football's record goalscorer.Jean Alexander (1926-), actressToxteth's Jean Alexander began her life as a library assistant in Liverpool before turning to acting. She had roles in Z Cars and Last of the Summer Wine, but will always be remembered as Hilda Ogden in Coronation Street.Marc Almond (1957-), singerSinger with seminal 1980s synth/New Wave group Soft Cell who produced hits including Say Hello Wave Goodbye, Bedsitter, Torch and the number one Tainted Love.Born Peter Mark Sinclair Almond in July 1957 in Southport. In 2004 he was badly injured in a road accident in London, but has since recovered to start performing againLord Alton (1951-), politician and campaignerFormer Liberal MP for Liverpool Edge Hill and Mossley Hill and now an Independent crossbench life peer, David Alton began his career as a teacher but, in 1972, was elected to Liverpool City Council as Britain's youngest city councillor.Jeanette Altwegg (1930-), ice skaterBorn in India to an English mother and a Swiss father, the ice- skater brought an Olympic gold medal back to Liverpool in 1952 - after she was runner-up at Junior Wimbledon in 1947.Altwegg w...See the full content of this document
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