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Yet
more shootings
THIS is not a
good start to the 800th Birthday celebrations for Liverpool; as the
World's media looks at the city, three shootings happen in one week.
The first shooting killed 11 year old Rhys Jones. Then Penny Lane
was closed while officers investigate yet another shooting. The
latest happened on Friday, 24 August 2007, at around 22:30 BST,
outside the Alma de Santiago nightclub on Penny Lane in the Mossley
Hill.
"The city is already in shock over the death of Rhys Jones and now
another shooting!
This area was
made famous by The Beatles song 'Penny Lane'. As the International
Beatles Week and with it our 800th Birthday is taking place, it is a
very damaging time for the city image wise. This area it is usually
quiet.
I just do not
know what has happened of late. Our thoughts are now with not one
family but three families." One resident said.
2 doormen, aged 35
and 44, were both shot, one in has stomach; the other had leg
injuries. Police are now looking at CCTV footage.
Merseyside Police said:- "We do not have a motive for the
attack, but we believe a gunman travelled to the scene in a dark
coloured hatchback car.
The public will notice a raised level of police visibility in the
area.
Also Merseyside
Police will be carrying out house to house inquiries."
Then on Saturday 25 August 2007 at 18:15 BST, gun shots were fired
at a property on Belmont Drive in Tuebrook. Merseyside Police said:-
"The road was busy at the time of the incident and are
appealing for anyone who saw what happened in the Tuebrook shooting
to contact them."
Merseyside Police said:- "We know people are frightened about
coming forward, but we will do everything in our power to help all
who contact us and if you prefer, you can provide information
anonymously by contacting Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111."
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Beatles
Story To Mark 40th Anniversary of Brian Epstein’s Death With Display
Of Rare Memorabilia
DID Brian Epstein think of
becoming a song writer?
Items to include a rare handwritten lyric written by Brian Epstein
which is thought to be his own attempt at song writing.
Monday 27 August 2007 marks the 40th anniversary of the death of
former Beatles manager, Brian Epstein, the man about whom Paul
McCartney said:- “If anyone was the fifth Beatle, it was
Brian.”
To commemorate the life and times of this remarkable man, the
Beatles Story will be exhibiting a wonderful collection of
previously unseen photographs, books and other items, all of which
have been generously loaned by an American collector, Katie Hickox.
The items include:-
- A discarded note written by Epstein in his handwriting which
features a lyric Brian is alleged to have written for Paul
McCartney. It is believed that Brian was keen to relieve some of the
pressure on the Lennon / McCartney song writing team and that the
note reveals his own attempt at composition.
- A previously unseen photo of Brian Epstein featuring the Beatles
and two other acts on his ‘stable’ of performers, Gerry and the
Pacemakers and Billy J Kramer and the Dakotas.
- A rare signed copy of Epstein’s 1964 autobiography, ‘A Cellarful
of Noise’.
- A number of photos and documents taken from NBC’s archives which
feature Epstein and the Beatles on their first trip to the USA in
Feb 1964.
- A 1967 picture of Epstein taken at the Disc and Music Echo awards
where he can be seen chatting to the Monkees’ Micky Dolenz. The
photo also shows DJ Jimmy Saville enjoying a trademark cigar!
A number of these fascinating artefacts were originally given by
Epstein to his chauffer Bryan Barrett for safekeeping shortly before
his death in 1967 and were originally put up for auction in April
2000 at Christie’s.
Director of the Beatles Story Jerry Goldman said:- “We are
delighted to be able to mark this anniversary and acknowledge
Brian’s enormous contribution to the world of popular music. Without
Epstein there might still have been the Beatles but the story would
be entirely different.” |
