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Last Chance to tour
Coronation Street
THIS summer Manchester is asking the
public to swap the seaside for 'The Street' and not to miss what
will be your last chance to wander through the fictional world of Weatherfield,
enjoying the sun at the former Corrie filming site.*
Coronation Street The Tour is offering soap and TV
fans a unique way to spend a summer's day with the chance to go behind the
scenes of the Quay Street studios and explore the cobbles of Coronation Street.
The Manchester visitor attraction provides the ultimate immersive Corrie
experience, giving an insight into how the show is made. Access is granted to
the green room, dressing rooms, wardrobe and the television studio where
authentic sets, props and costumes are on display. There is also an opportunity
to have a souvenir photo taken behind the bar of the Rovers Return! A
highlight of the tour is the grand reveal onto Coronation Street itself, here
guests can fill up the family album with once in a lifetime snaps posing outside
of iconic locations and re-enacting favourite scenes from the show.
Throughout the summer holidays, from 21 July 2015 until 30 August 2015,
Coronation Street The Tour will be extending its opening hours with tours
running from 9.30am until 8pm (9pm on Saturdays) and special twilight street
tours taking place from 6pm. Plus, every Friday evening from 6pm, guests will
also be able to enjoy a barbeque and beverages out on the cobbles. Final tour
tickets are available now from:-
Ticketmaster.Co.UK.
* Sunshine not guaranteed.
Summer Arts Market to return
to St George's Hall with over 100 Artists, Designers and Makers
THE 3rd annual 'Summer Arts Market',
Merseyside's celebrated arts and crafts market, comes to St George's Hall on
Saturday, 18 July 2015 and Sunday, 19 July 2015, that run from 10am to 5pm.
Featuring work from more than 100 artists, designers and makers, the event is a
modern arts and crafts fair and one of the best independent shopping experiences
in the City.
The Grade I Listed St George's Hall will once again be transformed into a
bustling market with thousands of items for sale including intricate handmade
jewellery, contemporary accessories, screen prints, tableware, beauty products,
colourful decorations, accessories, cards, textiles, photography, knitwear and
more. There'll also be a vintage fair upstairs in the stunning Concert Room for
vintage fans to have a good rummage through!
Shoppers can relax and enjoy delicious food and drink provided by Cuthbert's Bakehouse in their pop-up café at the North Entrance. Lots of locally sourced
items will be on offer, including hearty breakfasts, hot and cold lunch options,
Pimms, afternoon teas and tasty cakes to suit every appetite.
A children's arts and crafts workshop will also be held throughout the weekend,
in the Craft Lab with KECS Creative offering children and families the chance to
build their own paper flowers with a fragrant twist. There'll also be a pop up
photo booth on hand to capture all the exciting stuff that's going on, so grab a
few pals and pile in.
The Summer and Winter Arts Markets are organised by local social enterprise Open
Culture, who have been working in partnership with St George's Hall to stage the
events since 2009. The aim of the markets is to provide the public with the
opportunity to purchase unique, affordable products directly from artists and
makers themselves, supporting independent creative businesses and promoting
local talent.
Charlotte Corrie, director of Open Culture, said:- "We're really excited
to be bringing the Summer Arts Market back to St George's Hall for a third year.
Our biannual markets just keep getting bigger and better and we're always
excited to be able to showcase such a fantastic range of work by local artists
and makers; it really shows the depth of creative talent here in Liverpool."
Local artist and exhibitor Danny Cameron said:- "The arts markets provide
a rare opportunity to shop for something special, something a little bit
different; and to be able to chat to the creator about what inspired them. I
can't wait to see all the wonderful creations on offer from such a huge variety
of talented makers all under one roof!"
For more details and a preview of some of this year's exhibitors visit:-
LiverpoolArtsMarket.com.
Listing info:-
Summer Arts Market
St George's Hall, Liverpool
Saturday, 18 July to Sunday, 19 July 2015
Running from:-
10am to 5pm
Entry:- £2 or children, with under 16 going free.
Entry to the event will be via:- Heritage Centre or North Hall
Southport selected for Post Office Mobile
launch
THE Post Office Mobile has officially
landed in Southport, with 6 branches in the area amongst 213 branches selected
out of the Post Office's 11,500+ branches nationwide to launch its new mobile
service.
The branches rolling out the service are Lord Street North Post Office (599 Lord
Street North), Cemetery Rd Post Office (128 Cemetery Road, Birkdale), Long Lane
Post Office (119 Holborn Hill, Ormskirk), Sussex Rd Post Office (185 Sussex
Road), Burscough Bridge Post Office (35 Liverpool Road North, Ormskirk) and
Hesketh Drive Post Office (30 Hesketh Drive).
The new Post Office Mobile service will enable customers to pay less as they go.
Designed to offer great value and transparency to the nation's 36 million Pay As
You Go users (44% of the mobile market), calls to both landlines and mobiles are
8p per minute standard rate; up to 77% cheaper than some of the other main
providers; and 10p per text. Customer top ups will be doubled once in every 30
day period; for example, purchase £10 in any 30 day period and the Post Office
gives you £20 worth of credit. The free credit lasts for 30 days, helping to
keep people in and around Southport talking for longer. Bundles can be bought at
competitive prices, starting at just £5 for 250 minutes, 3,000 texts and 500MB
of data.
Customers already use the Post Office for around 11 million top up transactions
a year and Martin George, Commercial Director, Post Office, says entering into
mobile is therefore a natural step:- "Post Office Mobile will add to our
170+ essential services, which we already provide to our customers, including
home phone and broadband. We know customers in and around Southport like to use
‘Pay As You Go' as they come in to our branches to top up. But, many ‘Pay as You
Go' customers are paying really high call charges and shouldn't be. The Post
Office Mobile service provides great value and simple prices all supported by
our dedicated Post Office Mobile customer service team."
Research shows that 1 in 3, Pay As You Go users consider changing providers
every 18 months and 1 in 3 said they would consider the Post Office to
provide that service.*
* Research conducted by Truth on behalf of the Post Office, 1,337 online
interviews were conducted in June 2013.
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Liverpool Pride to revise
format of forthcoming 2015 event
Photograph by David Munn.
THE organisers of the Liverpool Pride
has announced details of a revised format of the event for 2015 due to the
charity's financial constraints; taking it back to its 1st principles around
inclusivity and equality with FREE events
for the LGBT community.
Changes to the event on Saturday, 1 August 2015, mean that there will be no
event at the Pier Head, as 1st announced, or road closures at the Stanley Street
Quarter. There will no outdoor alcohol drinking zones.
However, event highlight the Pride March will go ahead making its way from St
George's Hall through the City Centre, and the Michael Causer Vigil will remain
key parts of the event.
A programme of activities will also take place across the City, including
market, education and community zone, workshops, guest speakers, acoustic music,
a mobile cinema, and a family zone, with locations including Stanley Street
Quarter.
Established in 2010, Liverpool Pride is a charity run entirely by volunteers.
This year the organising charity has faced difficulties in attracting additional
sponsors to help fund the format that attendees have come to expect in recent
years, due to the current economic climate and escalating event costs.
Despite the changes, the Pride team is keen to stress that an event will go
ahead for the 6th consecutive year, but in a new scaled down format for 2015
while they go through a transitional year.
Liverpool Pride is 1 of the City's most popular, visual and flamboyant events in
the calendar. It attracts thousands of colourful characters in creative
costumes, as well as families, who take to the streets to support the Pride
cause.
This year's theme, as voted for by the public, is 'Love Is No Crime',
and attendees are encouraged to take part in the programme dressed in their most
wild and wonderful interpretations of the theme.
The date of Liverpool Pride always coincides with the anniversary of when
murdered gay teenager Michael Causer tragically lost his life. Michael died on 2
August 2008, and the festival was specifically created in his memory as a way to
celebrate his life and empower the LGBT communities. This year's Liverpool Pride
takes place a week before what would have also been Michael's 26th Birthday.
Liverpool Pride 2015 is being supported by main sponsors Homes For Everyone and
Liverpool City Council. Supporters also include After Adoption, Merseyside Fire
and Rescue Service, Hugh Baird College, Unison North West LGBT, and Barefoot
Wine.
Joan Burnett, Trustee of Liverpool Pride Charity said:- "This has been an
extremely difficult year for the Liverpool Pride charity in financial terms,
after the weather affected 2014's event adversely. We have worked very hard to
bring the charity out of a deficit situation, meaning we can focus on a
different kind of event this year, whilst working towards sustainability for
2016. Our theme, Love Is No Crime, will focus on the Pride March and positive
messages about LGBT lives. Liverpool Pride is a registered charity so we have to
stay within our financial restraints, therefore the event will feel less
commercial and more community driven, with lots of free activities. We are
extremely grateful to our sponsors and supporters for continuing to champion the
Pride cause. It's a day for remembering why we hold Pride; to try to ensure that
what happened to Michael Causer never happens again. LGBT people in our region
still undergo violence and prejudice simply for who they are, and Liverpool
Pride is a campaign for equality and dignity for everyone. By putting the March
at the centre of our attention, we're giving the campaign the profile it
deserves. However this is Liverpool Pride, so visitors can still expect fabulous
celebrations across the Stanley Street Quarter, and we aim to announce a great
line up of brand new music, dance and film, and health and wellbeing in venues
across the City, but we do still need support."
There will be extra activity leading up to the increasingly popular and poignant
Liverpool Pride March from St George's Hall, which remains the main part of the
day. This will include an extended muster time on St George's Plateau from
10.30am, with a programmed schedule of activity running through until the march
start time of 12pm.
Liverpool Pride will also host a free to visit Community Pride zone, sponsored
by After Adoption. This includes workshops, face painting, crafts and games,
drama classes, acoustic music, market traders, and a speakers' corner where
specially invited guests from around the world will focus on life issues facing
the LGBT community. This will run from 1pm to 5pm with a site still to be
confirmed.
There will also be Pride At The Pictures. The 100 seater mobile Picturehouse
Cinema will screen four feature films, 1 of which will be the premiere of a new
LGBT film made in Liverpool. The cinema will be open between 2pm and 10pm, and
tickets are £6 per screening and available to book in advance via Picturehouse@FACT.
The winners of the Out On Stage competition organised by The Michael Causer
Foundation, will also be performing on the day, the unprecedented music prize
offered the chance for Liverpool's best unsigned music stars to perform with
headline slots at Liverpool Pride.
Liverpool Pride 2015 will be brought to a poignant close with the Michael Causer
Vigil on Sunday, 2 August 2015, the vigil will take place in Temple Square
(between Victoria St and Dale St from 5.30pm.
A new fringe event for 2015 is the Stanley Street Quarter Pride Weekend, which
will run alongside Liverpool Pride, from Friday, 31 July to Sunday, 2 August
2015. The Stanley Street Quarter venues are hosting entertainment to complement
the festival and some bars will be ticketed. Stanley Street will not be closed
and outdoor drinking is not permitted.
Andy Herring, Chair of the Stanley Street Quarter, added:- "It is a great
shame that Liverpool Pride will not take place in its usual format this year,
but on a positive note, the Stanley Street Quarter and its venues are working
together to create a fantastic weekend festival to run alongside the event. We
have lots of exciting entertainment planned and we're looking forward to seeing
everyone over the weekend."
Liverpool Pride charity are reaching out to the business and local community for
support to enable a Pride event to continue in the future. If anybody would like
to support they should get in touch via the Liverpool Pride website.
Keep up to date with Pride Liverpool announcements by visiting:-
LiverpoolPride.Co.UK where people can also register to volunteer
or find out about sponsorship opportunities.
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