Onan re. your (usual) mis-guided post of 01 July 2001 02:39
Knowing your intense dislike for all things Mancunian, it should be
pointed out that the Bridgewater Hall, as you rightly state, was not
named after any member of Manchester's Hallé orchestra, for the simply
reason that the Hallé is only a VERY minor user of a building which has
many multi-functional roles.
At the time the newly constructed hall was opened, the orchestra was
so far in debt - if I remember rightly £4Million - it was 50-50 whether
they would even continue to exist, let alone be allowed into the new
building. They couldn't pay their way when in the old Free Trade Hall
and now can't even pay their way in the new one - just been bailed out
again for another £2million. And the Liverpool Phil hasn't faired much
better over the decades and still sponges heavily off the taxpayers.
As to the subject of this thread: no one appears to have picked up the
other part of the story, namely Liverpool Airport's choice of a new
slogan. The current one reads 'Check-in to the difference'. The new
slogan, from JL's 'Imagine', will read 'Above us only Sky'.
Perhaps that was the only direction left to travel, considering what
lies 'all around us'!