Chance Meeting, Ken Dodd & Bessy Braddock, Lime Street Station, Liverpool, L1 1JD. 2021
Unveiled by Ken Dodd (1927-2018) in 2009, the statue resides at the entrance to Lime Street railway station and is flanked by a statue of the late MP, Bessy Braddock. Dodd said (quote from Liverpool Echo ...“Bessie Braddock was a lovely lady. I used to meet her every Monday when I was going to the London Palladium.)
I set the speed as low as I could, trying to convey the idea of people in a hurry about their daily business. And, if you were in a hurry, you would not have attended one of his shows. Dodd was renowned for the length of his performances which earned him a place in The Guinness Book of Records for the world's longest-ever joke-telling session: 1,500 jokes in three-and-a-half hours! (undertaken at the Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool)
Even in his eighties, shows often did not finish until well after midnight!
Chance Meeting, Ken Dodd & Bessy Braddock, Lime Street Station, Liverpool, L1 1JD. 2021
Unveiled by Ken Dodd (1927-2018) in 2009, the statue resides at the entrance to Lime Street railway station and is flanked by a statue of the late MP, Bessy Braddock. Dodd said (quote from Liverpool Echo ...“Bessie Braddock was a lovely lady. I used to meet her every Monday when I was going to the London Palladium.)
I set the speed as low as I could, trying to convey the idea of people in a hurry about their daily business. And, if you were in a hurry, you would not have attended one of his shows. Dodd was renowned for the length of his performances which earned him a place in The Guinness Book of Records for the world's longest-ever joke-telling session: 1,500 jokes in three-and-a-half hours! (undertaken at the Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool)
Even in his eighties, shows often did not finish until well after midnight!