The perception of a city

Liverpool – A popular Liverpool folk song goes like this:

In my Liverpool Home, in my Liverpool Home We speak with an accent exceedingly rare We meet under a statue exceedingly bare. If you want a cathedral, we‘ve got one to spare…

The well-known ‘scouse’ humour is evident but recent decades have not always been full of joy and laughter for the inhabitants of Merseyside. The Swinging Sixties...