Bless this Scouse coming of age! Paddy Shennan looks back on the 21 memorable years of the Scouseology awards.Byline: Paddy Shennan HAPPY birthday Scouseology - 21 years of age and still celebrating the very best of Liverpool. And to mark a very special coming of age, this year's event - to be held on Friday November 20 at the Crowne Plaza This article or section needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. hotel - will be a celebratory party night. Past winners represent a glittering, who's who Who’s Who biographical dictionary of notable living people. [Am. Hist.: Hart, 922] See : Fame of top Merseyside talent, including the likes of Paul McCartney Noun 1. Paul McCartney - English rock star and bass guitarist and songwriter who with John Lennon wrote most of the music for the Beatles (born in 1942) McCartney, Sir James Paul McCartney , Ken Dodd Kenneth Arthur Dodd OBE (born 8 November 1927, in Knotty Ash, Liverpool), better known as Ken Dodd, is a veteran English comedian and singer, famous for selling over 100 million records, his buck teeth, frizzy hair, feather duster (or "tickling stick"), and his catchphrases, , Ricky Tomlinson Ricky Tomlinson (born 26 September 1939 in Bispham, Blackpool) is an English actor. Early life Tomlinson was born Eric Tomlinson in Blackpool and has lived in Liverpool most of his life. , Gerry Marsden, Cilla Black Cilla Black OBE (born 27 May, 1942) is an English singer-songwriter and television personality, born Priscilla Maria Veronica White to a Protestant father and a Catholic mother in Liverpool. , Freddie Starr Freddie Starr (born Frederick Leslie Fowell in Huyton, Liverpool on 9 January 1943) is a zany British comedian who shot to fame after his appearance in the 1970 Royal Variety Performance. , David Morrissey, Cathy Tyson Cathy Tyson (born June 121965 in Liverpool) is an English actress. Early Career Cathy's father was a Trinidadian barrister and her mother an English social worker. At 17, she joined the Everyman Theatre. In 1984 she entered the RSC. , Howard Kendall Howard Kendall is an English football manager and former player. He is most famous for his connection to Everton F.C., a club that he both played for and managed. His uncle Harry Taylor played for Newcastle United and Fulham in the 1950s. , Kenny Dalglish and the late Frankie Vaughan and John Peel, among many, many others. "At this year's event, there will be live entertainment from past winners, including Gerry Marsden, Ricky Tomlinson and Pauline Daniels," says former ECHO features editor Arthur Johnson, one of the event's founding fathers. "Ken Dodd would also have been performing but he's working. He's 'discomknockerated' to be missing the night because he's attended just about all of them." But how did it start? Why did it start? And where on earth did the word 'Scouseology' come from? Arthur recalls: "I was working at the ECHO in the mid-1980s when Phil Young and Jim Bellew arrived out of the blue with text for a then un-named book - an A-Z of famous Scousers. "We were doing quite a bit of sponsorship work with Whitbreads and, after making a decision to run with the book, they agreed to sponsor it." Soon after, the word 'Scouseology' was hatched and the book became the Whitbread Book of Scouseology, published in conjunction with the ECHO. It was a huge success and further volumes were printed. A new word had been added to Merseyside's vocabulary - and 'Scouseology' grew its own legs. Scouse scouse n. 1. A lobscouse. 2. a. often Scous·er A native or resident of Liverpool, England. b. often Scouse The dialect of English spoken in Liverpool. Passports were printed, a Scouse embassy was opened in a Whitbread pub in London and a celebrity Scouseology football team played games for charity at Marine's ground in Crosby. Then, in 1988, the first Scouseology Awards were held at the former Blundellsands Hotel, which was owned by Whitbreads. Arthur recalls: "The ECHO helped organise and publicise all these activities." We continued to run the awards for several years until the arrival of the ECHO Arts Awards. Scouseology was later adopted by Radio Merseyside, who asked Phil Young and Arthur (who had by now formed PR firm Johnson Young Associates) to run a new version of the event. The awards, which continued to be supported by the ECHO, found a new home at the Crowne Plaza. Arthur says: "It was decided that as Scouseology was 'coming of age' this year that we should change the format to celebrate its 21st birthday. "A black tie, up-market supper has been arranged - following a drinks reception - at the Crowne Plaza on November 20, Children In Need night, when past Scouseology winners will be celebrated. "There will be entertainment from past winners and a special song, Under the Mersey Moon, has been written for the night by Jimmy Rae, who will perform it for the first time at the party." And there's more - much more: Terry Wogan has recorded a Scouseology video message, which will be screened along with footage from previous award ceremonies dating back to the days at the Blundellsands Hotel. Also, the '100 Heads' artist, Anthony Brown, is working on a special painting to mark the celebrations and this will be the main raffle prize at the event, with money going to Children In Need. The night will once again be sponsored by Merseytravel - at the last Scouseology awards, Merseytravel boss Neil Scales announced its sponsorship of a statue of Ken Dodd and Bessie Braddock, which was unveiled by Ken in May. . A limited number of tables and places are available for the event. For details contact Arthur Johnson on 01704 871476 between 9am and 4pm or email jya@opalbroadband.net CAPTION(S): SCOUSERS UNITE: Pete Price, Roger Phillips, Alan Bleasdale, Clive Swift, Andrew Schofield, Sonia, Dave Hickson, Pauline Daniels, Mark McGann, Johnny Kennedy and the late Adrian Henri at the 1992 awards NICE ONE, MACCA: Paul McCartney receives his Scouseology award from Arthur Johnson and Phil Young TRIPLE WHAMMY wham·my n. pl. wham·mies Slang 1. A supernatural spell for subduing an adversary; a hex: put the whammy on someone. 2. : Ricky Tomlinson and Gerry Marsden with the Ken Dodd statue |
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