Summary
THE news trumpeted by the Capital of Culture squad that they have commissioned a "unique" play about the life of the legendary Bill Shankly for Ye Grand 08 Jamboree roused this paper's pundit Mr Brocklebank to remind readers that this is not a "unique" event.
Indeed not. Twenty odd years ago the great Scottish comedian Chic Murray tackled the role of Shankly - with the full thumbs up from Bill's wife Nessie - in Bob Carlton's musical You'll Never Walk Alone.See the full content of this document
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Hard Act to Follow
And herein lies the rub, as it was in fact both Mr Murray and Mr Shankly who were truly unique.
Whoever get...See the full content of this document
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