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Big In Japan playing at Eric's in Liverpool: Jayne Casey with Holly Johnson and Bill Drummond

You know the Cavern, but there’s also Eric’s

LIVERPOOL nightclub The Cavern has played a central part in the city’s 800th birthday celebrations this week. Read

Skies dazzle with the best fireworks, ever

THE city of Liverpool was last night spectacularly illuminated for all to see, with the most breathtaking firework display the city has ever seen. Read

World record bid for 800 drummers fails - but the beat goes on

LIVERPOOL’S 800th birthday celebrations fell short of breaking a world record attempt to gather 800 drummers together for a live performance last night. Read

Birthday treat lifts a city’s spirits

Liza Williams and Ashley Wray joined the people of Liverpool on the streets for the big birthday celebrations Read

800th: Five fantastic birthday cakes give judges a treat

IMAGINE it was your birthday, and not one, but FIVE fantastic birthday cakes turned up. Read

800th birthday: Thousands of street revellers party in Liverpool’s 800th birthday

THOUSANDS of people turned out for street parties to beckon in Liverpool’s 800th birthday. Read

800th: Liverpool plans a giant birthday

Liverpool is 800 today. Liza Williams reports on some of the celebrations Read

Songs of praise for city

A musical album is the 800th birthday gift from a Liverpool singer to the city he loves above all others. David Charters reports Read

Lives of our forbears were black and white but they knew how to party

As Liverpool turns 800, Mike Chapple looks back to how Liverpool celebrated its 700th and 750th birthdays Read

How an unknown Post writer of 1907 thought we would live in Paradise

BACK in 1907, the Daily Post published an account of what Liverpool’s birthday celebration in 2007 might be like. Here is a little of our look into the future: Read