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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
National
Lee Grimsditch

Seven legendary Liverpool city centre characters from Plinky Plink to rollerblading pensioner

Liverpool city centre's streets wouldn't be the same without the great, often eccentric, characters that are guaranteed to put a smile on your face.

As well as being Liverpool's main shopping district, the city centre also a place where you're likely to bump into colourful characters who can make you do a double take. While some of these famous faces may no longer be a fixture in the city, their nicknames and faces will forever be etched into our collective memories.

Some of these big characters have shot to fame in the last decade, often helped with by the popularity of social media. While others we just remember spotting around town in the 1980s and 1990s.

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