The everyday suit of the 80s and 90s was usually all nylon or all rayon and a practical, affordable street style option. Celebrities OK, so did you guess our No.1 correctly? Achieving huge success in the 80s, Frankie Goes To Hollywood claims the title of La Vida Liverpool’s Most Successful Scouse Band Since The Beatles. The group became only the second act in the history of the UK charts to reach No.1 with their first 3 singles — the first being Liverpool’s Gerry and the Pacemakers.

On Etsy, you can also find and buy a high-end, high quality designer brand neon fitted suit in superior fabrication and style, in classic dark colours that give you the option to pair your suit with all your current wardrobe favourites, showing your style savvy. The Clarksons live in an outside lavvie terrace where Billy struggles to stay out of prison, while his Mary Ellen wife is rarely out of hair curlers. Mounting complaints about the show’s exaggerated portrayal of Liverpudlians led to it being pulled just short of its final episode and never seen again.Hitchmough’s gentle humour and sparkling dialogue ensured it became a much loved show, viewers faithfully following the couple’s trials and tribulations – including Malcolm’s short lived marriage to the humourless Lucinda (Elizabeth Morton) during a period of separation from Brenda. Everyone’s favourite brekkie radio queen, Leanne Campbell made the most funny scouser list. Teaming up with Scott Hughes to bring you the days news and not end up in stitches at least 5 times a show is standard for the multi-talented Leanne. Not content with giving us a giggle in the mornings, her podcast, Ladies of Liverpool has made us howl laughing, cry tears of empathy and marvel at the amazing women of this city. Stan Boardman Billy and Mary Clarkson (Ken Jones and Sheila Fay) are a couple of Merseyside mixed marriage. Not only half catholic and half protestant, but half Everton supporters and half Liverpool. Receive newsletters with the latest news, sport and what's on updates from the Liverpool ECHO by signing up here While some may say the shell two peice suit is a loud and brash style statement, it’s ascent in the 1980s sparked a significant transformation of casual wear in Liverpool and around the world.

While the Boswell’s little triumphs may be over idealised, Bread became a smash hit, partly due to its innovative use of soap style cliffhangers that kept the viewer hooked.Bands must be from Liverpool or Wirral according to Wikipedia (if you’re not happy then simply remove Wirral bands and have our new, shorter list) Having achieved success with O.M.D and as a song-writer, Andy McCluskey created the girl group Atomic Kitten in 1998 with fellow band member Stuart Kershaw — and they pip the O.M.D guys to 2nd place in our Top 10.

Perhaps not your first guess for the Top 5? Well, let us tell you that The Christians’ first five singles all made the UK Top 40 and their self-titled debut album reached No.2 in the UK Albums Chart, selling over a million copies. Their two Top 10 singles, Harvest For The World and Ferry Cross The Mersey were both charity singles, with Ferry Cross The Mersey reaching No.1 in 1989 as a tribute to the Hillsborough victims. 4. The Lightning Seeds (36 points) Another Scouse band to achieve success mainly in the 90s, Cast emerged from the Britpop movement of the mid 90s. Their first three albums, All Change, Mother Nature Calls and Magic Hour all made the Top 10 in the UK Albums Chart, with various singles such as Walk Away and Guiding Star achieving a Top 10 status — they peaked at No.4 in 1996 with a stand-alone single, Flying. Cast share 23 points with Space, but take 6th place due to having more Top 10 singles and albums (neither band had a No.1 single or album). 5. The Christians (32 points) Scouse saying: Fazak for Fazakerley, Mersey Funnel for the Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral and Noggsy for Norris Green Liverpool has and continues to be on the forefront of innovative, bold fashion. The city has been showcased in many TV shows – thanks to their most famous sons, the Beatles. But the adoption of the shell suit in 80s and 90s by Liverpool trendsetters heralded the evolution of sportswear into streetwear. Exploding to fame in the early 2000s having come from humble Wirral beginnings, The Coral found success with their self-titled debut album in 2002. The album was subsequently nominated for the 2002 Mercury Music Prize and voted fourth best album of the year by NME Magazine. Their follow up album, Magic and Medicine, hit No.1 in the UK Albums Chart.

Selling over 10 million records worldwide, the group have had 13 UK Top 10 singles and 3 UK No.1 singles: Whole Again (the fourth-best-selling song of all time by a girl group in the UK), Eternal Flame and The Tide Is High (Get The Feeling). They had 2 UK No.1 albums and their re-released debut album, Right Now, was certified double platinum after selling over 600,000 copies. 1. Frankie Goes To Hollywood (95 points) Three unemployed 19 year olds are willing to help anyone who offers work. Tex (Stephen McGann), forever optimist, Lenny (David Albany) philosopher and poet with his Grade 4 CSE English Literature, and Davva (Jake Abraham) rumoured to be Merseyside’s first brain-transplant donor.