http://birthdayblog.merseyblogs.co.uk/ en Copyright 2008 Wed, 29 Aug 2007 13:09:25 +0000 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss THAT was pretty special, wasn't it? And what a great way to finish the birthday blog! http://birthdayblog.merseyblogs.co.uk/2007/08/so_how_was_it_for_you.html http://birthdayblog.merseyblogs.co.uk/2007/08/so_how_was_it_for_you.html Wed, 29 Aug 2007 13:09:25 +0000 I HEREBY enclose the seventh and final batch of previously unpublished birthday letters – hope you enjoy them. And I hope you all enjoy Liverpool’s big day on Tuesday. http://birthdayblog.merseyblogs.co.uk/2007/08/birthday_letters_extra_part_se.html http://birthdayblog.merseyblogs.co.uk/2007/08/birthday_letters_extra_part_se.html Fri, 24 Aug 2007 12:11:22 +0000 Vladimir Putin The President of Russia Comrade, Greetings from Liverpool – land of the free (and the Superlambanana, Billy and Wally’s Hold Your Plums – do you have any tapes? I could send some – and, of course, The Shell Suit. Are they all the rage in your home city of St Petersburg, yet? It’s only a matter of time). http://birthdayblog.merseyblogs.co.uk/2007/08/birthday_letters_extra_part_si.html http://birthdayblog.merseyblogs.co.uk/2007/08/birthday_letters_extra_part_si.html Thu, 23 Aug 2007 15:13:11 +0000 His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Vice President and Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates and Ruler of Dubai Owner of the Dubai International Capital (DIC) Investment Group Your Highness, Sincere greetings from Liverpool – please, don’t set fire to this letter or chuck it in the bin, because I have nothing to do with Liverpool Football Club. http://birthdayblog.merseyblogs.co.uk/2007/08/birthday_letters_extra_part_fi.html http://birthdayblog.merseyblogs.co.uk/2007/08/birthday_letters_extra_part_fi.html Thu, 23 Aug 2007 14:41:01 +0000 GEORGE W. BUSH Dear George Walker Bush, Walker!?! No wonder you stick to “W”. Listen up, George, it’s Liverpool’s 800th birthday this August and we would just love it if you, the most important man in the world (I know! I bet you’re still pinching yourself), sent us a special birthday message. http://birthdayblog.merseyblogs.co.uk/2007/08/birthday_letters_extra_part_fo.html http://birthdayblog.merseyblogs.co.uk/2007/08/birthday_letters_extra_part_fo.html Wed, 22 Aug 2007 09:53:22 +0000 JADE GOODY Dear Jade, As you are apparently the 15th most influential person in the world (or you apparently were), we just had to write to ask you if you would be kind enough to wish the proud city of Liverpool a happy birthday. http://birthdayblog.merseyblogs.co.uk/2007/08/birthday_letters_extra_part_th.html http://birthdayblog.merseyblogs.co.uk/2007/08/birthday_letters_extra_part_th.html Wed, 22 Aug 2007 09:18:16 +0000 BRITNEY SPEARS Dear Britney, Greetings from Liverpool – a city which appreciates and celebrates the different, the quirky and the individual. Many of your fellow Yanks - and a fair few Brits who don’t possess that special Liverpool spirit – got their knickers in a right twist over you shaving your head a while back, but we knew where you were coming from. http://birthdayblog.merseyblogs.co.uk/2007/08/birthday_letters_extra_part_tw.html http://birthdayblog.merseyblogs.co.uk/2007/08/birthday_letters_extra_part_tw.html Wed, 22 Aug 2007 08:47:57 +0000 President Fidel Castro Vive el Presidente! Greetings, comrade Fidel, world icon and top man in the Republic of Cuba . . . from the Republic of Liverpool. http://birthdayblog.merseyblogs.co.uk/2007/08/birthday_letters_extra_part_on.html http://birthdayblog.merseyblogs.co.uk/2007/08/birthday_letters_extra_part_on.html Wed, 22 Aug 2007 08:29:39 +0000 WHAT will they try and cancel next . . . Christmas? http://birthdayblog.merseyblogs.co.uk/2007/08/happy_birthday_to_us_lets_carr.html http://birthdayblog.merseyblogs.co.uk/2007/08/happy_birthday_to_us_lets_carr.html Mon, 13 Aug 2007 14:15:16 +0000 Now, looking ahead to Liverpool's 900th birthday . . . http://birthdayblog.merseyblogs.co.uk/2007/07/liverpool_in_2107_what_will_it.html http://birthdayblog.merseyblogs.co.uk/2007/07/liverpool_in_2107_what_will_it.html Wed, 25 Jul 2007 15:20:04 +0000 GREAT news in tonight's ECHO which proves that Liverpool people do want to celebrate their city's 800th birthday. http://birthdayblog.merseyblogs.co.uk/2007/07/see_people_do_want_to_party.html http://birthdayblog.merseyblogs.co.uk/2007/07/see_people_do_want_to_party.html Thu, 19 Jul 2007 13:42:20 +0000 AND still we appear to be waiting for the city's movers and shakers to do far more moving and shaking . . . http://birthdayblog.merseyblogs.co.uk/2007/07/so_er_whens_liverpools_birthda.html http://birthdayblog.merseyblogs.co.uk/2007/07/so_er_whens_liverpools_birthda.html Tue, 17 Jul 2007 12:41:27 +0000 Do you need an excuse to have a few scoops and a good time? Do you hell. http://birthdayblog.merseyblogs.co.uk/2007/07/dont_moan_party.html http://birthdayblog.merseyblogs.co.uk/2007/07/dont_moan_party.html Thu, 12 Jul 2007 08:43:57 +0000 THERE are many things preventing us from celebrating our 800th birthday in a conventional style. http://birthdayblog.merseyblogs.co.uk/2007/07/where_can_you_buy_an_800th_bir.html http://birthdayblog.merseyblogs.co.uk/2007/07/where_can_you_buy_an_800th_bir.html Tue, 10 Jul 2007 12:27:16 +0000 MUCH good work has undoubtedly been done in the corridors of power ahead of our (hopefully big) birthday bash. But what do YOU believe we should be doing to mark the day? What events do YOU reckon should be taking place to mark the granting of Liverpool's first charter by King John on August 28 in 1207. I want you to tell me. Now. Go on. You know you want to. http://birthdayblog.merseyblogs.co.uk/2007/07/your_ideas_for_the_big_bash.html http://birthdayblog.merseyblogs.co.uk/2007/07/your_ideas_for_the_big_bash.html Thu, 05 Jul 2007 12:03:11 +0000