Ringo Starr topiary beheaded in Liverpool

cnredd · #1 (**permalink**) 04-08-2008, 01:30 PM

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LIVERPOOL, England, April 8 (UPI) -- Not long after rock 'n' roll icon Ringo Starr said he missed nothing about Liverpool, England, a topiary shaped in his likeness was decapitated in the city.

Life-size shrubbery figures of the Beatles, Liverpool natives, were installed at the Liverpool South Parkway

station several weeks ago. The topiary Starr was beheaded by an unidentified vandal last weekend, the Liverpool Daily Post said Tuesday.

Starr's band mates' topiaries were not damaged.

Merseytravel told the newspaper that video footage taken by security cameras is being studied by the company and British Transport Police in an effort to find the culprit.

Starr angered some Liverpool residents recently when he said he didn't miss the city after he helped open the European Capital of Culture events there earlier this year, the Post said.

It don't come easy!...

Sources won't confirm if Pete Best has an alibi...

Spencer Collins · #2 (**permalink**) 04-08-2008, 01:34 PM

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Originally Posted by cnredd

Ringo Starr topiary beheaded in Liverpool

It don't come easy!...

Sources won't confirm if Pete Best has an alibi...

Well,got to pay your dues if you want to sing the blues but beheading is a bit excessive!

tristanrobin · #3 (**permalink**) 04-08-2008, 01:46 PM

well, Liverpool (like Watts, North Harlem, etc. in America) is a sewer - and those that live there would rather be around ugly vandalism than have anything beautiful to look at - but this is a shame.

When we visiting Liverpool several years ago (I guess it's more like ten years now), we were surprised at just HOW much like an American ghetto it is almost completely. We didn't even want to eat there.

Stinger · #4 (**permalink**) 06-02-2008, 11:42 AM

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Originally Posted by tristanrobin

well, Liverpool (like Watts, North Harlem, etc. in America) is a sewer - and those that live there would rather be around ugly vandalism than have anything beautiful to look at - but this is a shame.

When we visiting Liverpool several years ago (I guess it's more like ten years now), we were surprised at just HOW much like an American ghetto it is almost completely. We didn't even want to eat there.

Or maybe the American ghettos had become like Liverpool?

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