A 'Scouse walk of fame' is part of the plans for the redevelopment of the Littlewoods Pools building into a film and TV campus.
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00:00The Littlewoods project will open up the site to the public for the first time
00:04with a roof terrace, screening and performance zone, food hall and a
00:08landscape courtyard garden which will also include a Scouse Walk of Fame
00:13paying tribute to the city's famous stars of screen and stage. We've been on
00:17the streets of Liverpool to ask who you think should be included.
00:21Paul O'Grady, Jimmy Corkill these Scousers, Scylla Black, I like Scylla Black.
00:31I know he's passed away, I would have said Ken Dodd, first one, Jimmy Sarbuck, Sam Bowman, Ricky Tomlinson.
00:42Everyone from Gloucestershire, we don't watch Hollyoaks so we don't know them, his mum does, Paul McCartney, yeah but he's from here isn't he.
00:56Oh Stephen Graham yeah, yeah because my son went to perform an arts and drama with him, yeah he's in the lot isn't he, yeah I like him.
01:04Another one, God bless him, he's done a lot for Battersea Dog Zone, main man, Lily Savage, Paul O'Grady, God bless you sir.
01:15First developed by John Moores as the headquarters for the Littlewoods Football Pools, a business which at its peak had 16 million weekly players,
01:23the site was built alongside Wavertree Botanical Gardens and Liverpool's Bus Tram Depot.
01:28It formed a key role during World War Two, housing the Postal Censorship Department
01:33and for the manufacture of both parachutes and components of Halifax bombers.
01:37The Littlewoods Pools Company continued to operate in the building until its closure in November 1994.
01:44The building is divided into three sections, including the east and west wings,
01:48separated by a 1960s edition The Hangar.
01:51Capital and Centric have submitted plans for studio support and education facilities on site next to the main studio space.