The PeopleYou are in: Liverpool > History > Discover > The People  Birkenhead’s Philip Toosey, was a British officer of prisoners of war on the Thailand Burma railway.  Memories of childhood, and coming to terms with a hidden heritage.  Listen to the story of one of Liverpool’s most recognisable faces, barrow girl Lizzie Christian.  In 1983 the world’s first surviving single-sex sextuplets were born in Liverpool.  Liverpool MP Bessie Braddock is to honoured with a bronze statue. Hear archive audio of Bessie.  The first work by Alan Bleasdale, the Scully stories, was broadcast in 1971 on BBC Radio Merseyside.  Four lads from Liverpool who shook the world. Watch and listen to archive BBC Beatles material.  Liverpool born Leonard Rossiter was one of the biggest comedy stars of the 1970’s.  The preserved studio of Liverpool sculptor Arthur Dooley needs a new home.  The story of Hitler’s nephew Liverpool born William Patrick Hitler. You are in: Liverpool > History > Discover > The People |
