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4 unusual facts about Hope Street


Blackburne House

Blackburne House stands on the east side of Hope Street, Liverpool, Merseyside, England.

Hope Street, Liverpool

Hope Street, Liverpool, England stretches from the city's Roman Catholic cathedral, past the Anglican cathedral to Upper Parliament Street and it is the local high street of the Canning Georgian Quarter.

Rejects Revenge Theatre Company

Ann and David met on a community theatre course at Hope Street; Tim met Ann when she joined The Network, an agit prop socialist theatre company based at the Trade Union Centre on Hardman Street.

Their training consisted mainly of partaking in the numerous free workshops given by theatre practitioners at Hope Street in the late 80's/ early 90's, organised by Peter Ward.


Sheppard-Worlock Statue

Half-way between the two cathedrals on Hope Street, they stopped to unveil a 15ft bronze statue designed by sculptor Stephen Broadbent honouring the work of Bishop David Sheppard and Archbishop Derek Worlock.


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Andrew Jeptha

He was the son of a Cape Town carpenter and was educated at the Marist Brothers School in Hope Street, Capetown.

International Financial Services District

No official boundary of the IFSD exists; notionally the term refers to the approximately 1 square kilometer area of the city centre bounded by the M8 motorway to the west, the River Clyde the south, Hope Street to the east, and Sauchiehall Street to the north - taking in most of Blythswood Hill, the south eastern fringe of Anderston and part of Charing Cross.

Mount Pleasant, Liverpool

It is towards one end of Hope Street, and is the location of Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral.