Tiny bit sad and embarrassing really...

[The Last Word]

spider wrote:

> It was just that I'd always thought of Liverpool as a big proud
> city and it's canonisation of the Beatles seems a bit tacky to
> me.

True, they lay it on a little thick (as they do over in Memphis, I suppose), but considering the economic history involved, they can't be blamed for drawing on them for tourism etc. Any other UK city would do the same had they hailed from there.