Sooooo, first off we're being told that "The Matthew St Festival" will be returning, but then when you read the actual story, you find out that not only is it NOT THE ACTUAL MSF, but some sort of condensed version, which will all take place over the holiday weekend at the Pier Head. THEN they casually drop in the fact that not only is it all taking place at the Pier Head, but you're also getting banged 25 notes a go if you fancy watching it, and also the fact that the area will be fenced off to the rest of the waterfront. NOW they're saying that you apparently can't just attend the concert, but you also have to pay for the whole Beatles week Convention, anything else they've forgot to mention? Said this elsewhere when it was originally mentioned, but it wouldn't come as any kind of shock to me if all those involved, decide that this is an experiment to try and guage reaction and that if they decide to do this again next year, the Pier head site will be deemed inadequate, and it will be moved to everyone's favourite trendy Hangout, The Baltic Triangle (More venues, probably each being able to charge individually.
As regards the reason for the original stopping, somebody seems to be rewriting history here. As I seem to remember, back at the time, the City Council were complaining/pointing out that while they were responsible for most of the stages and security, as well as the health & safety of those attending, the hospitality sector were apparently raking it in, with almost everywhere (or at least everywhere in the City Centre & immediately beyond) being booked solid all week, yet they never offered anything towards offsetting the costs, and in the end the Concil warned that it was becoming more and more expensive for the Council alone to be expected to foot the bill, "so how about all of you, chipping something in to offset the costs?" To which the Hospitality Sector replied that the festival helped offset the occasions when you barely saw anybody around the City Centre from one day to the next, so you can basically do one with your bumming requests, so in the end the City Council said they had no other option but to jib the whole thing, and in future there wouldn't be any MSF
Haven't seen the whole series, but have enjoyed the episodes we have seen. They are ribald, irreverent, but very funny. Created and filmed more in Wirral than Liverpool.
Unless there’s a bent copper in it who knows an Irish parish priest G’wed (surely needed lad at the end of the title, lad) has broken the law when it comes to Liverpool drama.
As for the Beatles festival why don’t we just build a giant version of Lennon and McCartney like the Colossus of Rhodes and have them straddling the Mersey just in case people don’t realise Liverpool is associated with them. The cruise ship punters will marvel at it!
Can’t wait till the polar ice cap melts and I can build my own Onedin Line from one of several hundred coffee shops in town with free WiFi. Yay free enterprise!
Well, if somehow they've had made a major oversight by way of (lack of) bent coppers we can be thankful there's a new Liverpool crime drama on its way to set things straight....
Hope there’s an oversized boss man political leader in it cutting property deals using future council tax and 0.5% loans and talking about “werld class visions”.
I saw the trailer, that was enough.
Yeah, I haven't seen the show myself but I can't imagine they've done it any favours by selecting that clip for the trailer... painful stuff.
Sooooo, first off we're being told that "The Matthew St Festival" will be returning, but then when you read the actual story, you find out that not only is it NOT THE ACTUAL MSF, but some sort of condensed version, which will all take place over the holiday weekend at the Pier Head. THEN they casually drop in the fact that not only is it all taking place at the Pier Head, but you're also getting banged 25 notes a go if you fancy watching it, and also the fact that the area will be fenced off to the rest of the waterfront. NOW they're saying that you apparently can't just attend the concert, but you also have to pay for the whole Beatles week Convention, anything else they've forgot to mention? Said this elsewhere when it was originally mentioned, but it wouldn't come as any kind of shock to me if all those involved, decide that this is an experiment to try and guage reaction and that if they decide to do this again next year, the Pier head site will be deemed inadequate, and it will be moved to everyone's favourite trendy Hangout, The Baltic Triangle (More venues, probably each being able to charge individually.
As regards the reason for the original stopping, somebody seems to be rewriting history here. As I seem to remember, back at the time, the City Council were complaining/pointing out that while they were responsible for most of the stages and security, as well as the health & safety of those attending, the hospitality sector were apparently raking it in, with almost everywhere (or at least everywhere in the City Centre & immediately beyond) being booked solid all week, yet they never offered anything towards offsetting the costs, and in the end the Concil warned that it was becoming more and more expensive for the Council alone to be expected to foot the bill, "so how about all of you, chipping something in to offset the costs?" To which the Hospitality Sector replied that the festival helped offset the occasions when you barely saw anybody around the City Centre from one day to the next, so you can basically do one with your bumming requests, so in the end the City Council said they had no other option but to jib the whole thing, and in future there wouldn't be any MSF
Haven't seen the whole series, but have enjoyed the episodes we have seen. They are ribald, irreverent, but very funny. Created and filmed more in Wirral than Liverpool.
Unless there’s a bent copper in it who knows an Irish parish priest G’wed (surely needed lad at the end of the title, lad) has broken the law when it comes to Liverpool drama.
As for the Beatles festival why don’t we just build a giant version of Lennon and McCartney like the Colossus of Rhodes and have them straddling the Mersey just in case people don’t realise Liverpool is associated with them. The cruise ship punters will marvel at it!
Can’t wait till the polar ice cap melts and I can build my own Onedin Line from one of several hundred coffee shops in town with free WiFi. Yay free enterprise!
Well, if somehow they've had made a major oversight by way of (lack of) bent coppers we can be thankful there's a new Liverpool crime drama on its way to set things straight....
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-68370876
Hope there’s an oversized boss man political leader in it cutting property deals using future council tax and 0.5% loans and talking about “werld class visions”.