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14-18 NOW / Royal de Luxe: 'Memories of August' through the Streets of Liverpool

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Time 13:00
Date 23/07/14
Price Free

23 - 27 Jul. For five uninterrupted days, giant sized visitors will roam the streets of Liverpool, retelling the story of the famous Liverpool Pals Battalions.

23 - 27 July.

The world-renowned street theatre company Royal de Luxe retells the story of the famous Liverpool Pals Battalions, the young men who volunteered alongside their next-door neighbours, family members and friends to fight for Britain on the battlefields of Europe. Giants  including the Little Girl, much missed since her previous visit to Liverpool, and her pet dog Xolo will roam the city, drawing crowds into its ranks wherever it ventures.

When the Giants last visited the city in 2012, to mark the centenary of the sinking of the Titanic, 800,000 people came out to see them. This summer they return to recall the fevered atmosphere of those early months of the war, and to honour a courageous generation of Liverpudlians.

The Memories of August 1914 route can be found here.

 

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