A TikTok content creator has drawn up a homemade sign and delivered it to Liverpool Council after reading about the case of a city sign up for sale in the ECHO.
It was revealed last month how a listing has been made on eBay for a large sign welcoming people to Springfield Park. The sign was bought at auction by the seller and listed for £275.
After reading about the sign, TikTok user @zoebreadtok decided to find out more. The video detailed how Zoe approached the eBay seller initially to buy the sign, who said there may be a “potential issue” regarding how it was obtained at the auction house.
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A screengrab of an eBay message posted in the video said: “If it was stolen, I’d get my money back from the auction house, but I would then have to reimburse the buyer. Until it is sorted out, it’s not worth selling.”
It was at this point, the TikToker, who had seen the ECHO story online, decided to make a sign for the park and take it to the Liverpool Streetscene Services depot in Old Swan. Zoe posted how a manager came to meet her and offered to get the signs laminated and put up around the park.
Despite handing over a hand drawn and illustrated effort to staff, Zoe asked on the TikTok: “Have I accidentally made a proper council sign?” The council worker who met her at the depot is heard to say: “I think it’s ridiculous you’ve got to do this, isn’t it?
“We can photocopy a load of them as well. Isn’t that sad you’ve had to do that though? Welcome to Liverpool.”
Zoe told the ECHO being taken seriously by council staff wasn’t expected and how the offer to laminate them and put them up in Knotty Ash was a surprise. The sign remains for sale on eBay, with the seller putting an addition to the listing, describing it as a “superb former municipal sign exactly as I described it in the first place.”
The listing of the sign hasn’t amused everyone however, with the Friends of Springfield Park expressing their disgust at it being taken down from the park. New signs have been put up at the green space near Alder Hey Hospital, bearing the logo of Liverpool Council.
The sign for sale on eBay, while similar in colour and lettering is adorned with the famous city emblem of the Liver Bird and word Liverpool beneath.
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