Bold Street has been in the news again this week. Jessica Shaughnessy writes a lively piece for the Liverpool Daily Post on plans to transform Bold Street ‘Portobello Road’ style.
“Under a programme of events being put in place by the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce, the city could see a series of small festivals, including in Concert Square and the Albert Dock as well as a gay parade.”
Read the full article on the Daily Post’s website.
You might have already seen this, but http://blackandginger.typepad.com/blog/2007/06/alexs_rant.html
Hmm. I wonder what that means in reality. Portobello Road and Notting Hill in general are what they are because of 170 years of history (well - over a thousand, but only 170 odd year of anything interesting).
I would have thought that you can’t just “make” an area into Portobello Road, but good luck to ‘em I suppose!