http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/800-birthday/ The latest news headlines for Liverpool and Merseyside - The Liverpool Daily Post en-gb http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/800-birthday/2007/08/30/you-know-the-cavern-but-there-s-also-eric-s-64375-19706608/ Wed, 29 Aug 2007 23:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/800-birthday/2007/08/30/you-know-the-cavern-but-there-s-also-eric-s-64375-19706608/ LIVERPOOL nightclub The Cavern has played a central part in the city’s 800th birthday celebrations this week. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/800-birthday/2007/08/29/skies-dazzle-with-the-best-fireworks-ever-64375-19701280/ Wed, 29 Aug 2007 17:30:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/800-birthday/2007/08/29/skies-dazzle-with-the-best-fireworks-ever-64375-19701280/ THE city of Liverpool was last night spectacularly illuminated for all to see, with the most breathtaking firework display the city has ever seen. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/800-birthday/2007/08/29/world-record-bid-for-800-drummers-fails-but-the-beat-goes-on-64375-19701282/ Wed, 29 Aug 2007 17:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/800-birthday/2007/08/29/world-record-bid-for-800-drummers-fails-but-the-beat-goes-on-64375-19701282/ LIVERPOOL’S 800th birthday celebrations fell short of breaking a world record attempt to gather 800 drummers together for a live performance last night. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/800-birthday/2007/08/29/birthday-treat-lifts-a-city-s-spirits-64375-19701284/ Wed, 29 Aug 2007 17:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/800-birthday/2007/08/29/birthday-treat-lifts-a-city-s-spirits-64375-19701284/ Liza Williams and Ashley Wray joined the people of Liverpool on the streets for the big birthday celebrations http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/800-birthday/2007/08/29/800th-five-fantastic-birthday-cakes-give-judges-a-treat-64375-19701276/ Wed, 29 Aug 2007 16:27:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/800-birthday/2007/08/29/800th-five-fantastic-birthday-cakes-give-judges-a-treat-64375-19701276/ IMAGINE it was your birthday, and not one, but FIVE fantastic birthday cakes turned up. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/800-birthday/2007/08/28/800th-birthday-thousands-of-street-revellers-party-in-liverpool-s-800th-birthday-64375-19695422/ Tue, 28 Aug 2007 11:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/800-birthday/2007/08/28/800th-birthday-thousands-of-street-revellers-party-in-liverpool-s-800th-birthday-64375-19695422/ THOUSANDS of people turned out for street parties to beckon in Liverpool’s 800th birthday. http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/800-birthday/2007/08/28/800th-liverpool-plans-a-giant-birthday-64375-19695429/ Tue, 28 Aug 2007 10:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/800-birthday/2007/08/28/800th-liverpool-plans-a-giant-birthday-64375-19695429/ Liverpool is 800 today. Liza Williams reports on some of the celebrations http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/800-birthday/2007/08/28/songs-of-praise-for-city-64375-19695305/ Mon, 27 Aug 2007 23:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/800-birthday/2007/08/28/songs-of-praise-for-city-64375-19695305/ A musical album is the 800th birthday gift from a Liverpool singer to the city he loves above all others. David Charters reports http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/800-birthday/2007/08/28/lives-of-our-forbears-were-black-and-white-but-they-knew-how-to-party-64375-19695642/ Mon, 27 Aug 2007 23:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/800-birthday/2007/08/28/lives-of-our-forbears-were-black-and-white-but-they-knew-how-to-party-64375-19695642/ As Liverpool turns 800, Mike Chapple looks back to how Liverpool celebrated its 700th and 750th birthdays http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/800-birthday/2007/08/28/how-an-unknown-post-writer-of-1907-thought-we-would-live-in-paradise-64375-19695646/ Mon, 27 Aug 2007 23:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/800-birthday/2007/08/28/how-an-unknown-post-writer-of-1907-thought-we-would-live-in-paradise-64375-19695646/ 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: http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/800-birthday/2007/08/28/brian-patten-one-of-the-original-liverpool-poets-and-awarded-the-freedom-of-the-city-alongside-roger-mcgough-and-the-late-adrian-henri-has-written-this-special-800th-birthday-poem-64375-19695920/ Mon, 27 Aug 2007 23:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/800-birthday/2007/08/28/brian-patten-one-of-the-original-liverpool-poets-and-awarded-the-freedom-of-the-city-alongside-roger-mcgough-and-the-late-adrian-henri-has-written-this-special-800th-birthday-poem-64375-19695920/ IT IS the sound of the fog-horns on the long-gone boats http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/800-birthday/2007/08/28/should-we-celebrate-our-city-s-birthday-annually-64375-19699872/ Mon, 27 Aug 2007 23:00:00 GMT http://www.liverpooldailypost.co.uk/liverpool-news/800-birthday/2007/08/28/should-we-celebrate-our-city-s-birthday-annually-64375-19699872/ WOULD rejoicing in Liverpool’s heritage yearly devalue its impact? David Bartlett reports