BBC presenter Fiona Bruce met the wonderful people of Liverpool at the spectacular venue of Sefton Park's Palm House on this week's Antiques Roadshow.
Show experts including Marc Allum, Ronnie Archer Morgan and Wayne Colquhoun invited members of the public to have their antiques examined. The Palm House welcomed many visitors each with a story to tell and an object for inspection. Hopes were high amongst the crowd and some rare finds were unveiled.
Ahead of the episode, Kate Martinez, head of external relations at Sefton Park Palm House Preservation Trust, said: "We are delighted to have the opportunity to showcase our wonderful city on prime-time television again in the second of three hour-long much see programme! We can’t wait to show the whole of the UK how beautiful Liverpool is."
READ MORE: Helen Flanagan shares heartfelt message for Scott Sinclair following rumoured split
In this week’s episode treasures included a medal given to one of the first men to land on D-Day, an elegant stool that was used at the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II and a collection of 1966 World Cup football ticket stubs.
But one of the most valuable items on the Liverpool based episode was a tiny bottle of penicillin dating back to when the medicine was first produced in 1945. The guest produced one of the first bottles of the antibiotic ever produced in the world which came from a factory in Speke.
The medicine was an "absolute gamechanger" in public health. One of the senior managers working on the production line at the time decided to keep the tiny vial as a souvenir from his workplace.
It soon found itself archived in the human resources department, but fast forward to the modern day and the HR department decided that they "weren't running a museum" and ordered a skip to scrap everything.
The guest told of how he spotted the vial of penicillin and asked could he keep it as he didn't believe the items should end up in the bin. To go with it, he also nabbed a visitors book which even documented the creator of penicillin - Alexander Fleming - visited the factory.
The expert told him: "If you put this into auction, I would expect it to make probably between £2,000 and £4,000." The guest was shocked but pleased as he said: "Wow, I thought it'd be worth about £200."
Receive newsletters with the biggest and breaking TV and showbiz news by signing up here
For more celeb news, videos and pictures follow our designated Facebook page HERE
READ NEXT:
X Factor's Ella Henderson 'glams up' with face 'full of fillers' in message to Rylan
Linda Nolan's sisters 'preparing for worst' as she fights hip and liver cancer
Iceland fans thrilled as iconic 90s brand snack appears in stores
Craig Charles rushed to hospital after falling ill live on BBC radio
ITV Emmerdale Jonny McPherson's 'unexpected' home and romance with former co-star
