Paddy Shennan is a name known to generations of ECHO readers - today, in the second of our three-part serialisation of his book The Talk of Liverpool, he recalls some of the famous people he interviewed.
Here's a taster of Paddy writing about his incredible experiences working at the Liverpool ECHO. To read yesterday's article, click here.
Ricky Tomlinson was a great friend to me and the ECHO during my time on the paper. I was delighted to be invited to the party he threw in Ma Boyle’s pub, in the shadow of Liverpool Parish Church, to celebrate the publication of his autobiography, and to his 70th and (surprise) 80th birthday parties (sorry I couldn’t make the 70th, Rick).
