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Liverpool Echo
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Remy Greasley

Our Liverpool: what became of city's children's TV stars

Hello and welcome to this morning's Our Liverpool.

This morning I've been in a real nostalgic mood after spotting Kevin Duala in a piece by our nostalgia reporter Jess Molyneux. If you don't know who he is, he once presented Blues Clues, which, alongside Weetabix my parents practically raised me on.

Just the little screengrab of Blue and Kevin together was enough to send me way back. And for that reason, I want to use this in Our Liverpool to showcase some of our fantastic nostalgia pieces that'll help you remember things you wouldn't even know you'd remember.

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What became of Liverpool's children's TV stars

Kevin Duala is only one of many Liverpool stars who played massive roles in the childhoods of people across the country. You've also got Neil Buchanan of Art Attack, who helped a generation love art, and, a bit before that, Kevin 'Cheggers' Chegwin and a lot more. This is one that'll take you way back.

Lost nightclub where clubbers religiously spent their weekends

Mr Pickwick's welcomed some of Liverpool's finest during its day but also sold chicken in a basket for 45p and even steak. The club was one of many opened by body-building champion and former Knowsley councillor Terry Phillips in the 70s and had spent a good few years serving the "motley crew" of characters who turned up.

The lost businesses that made the city stir

Throughout the decades Liverpool has seen a few businesses that stand out amongst the rest as being a little controversial. I'm not sure if you remember the Thatcher's cafe - named after the former PM - but that's the sort of thing we're dealing with here.

The tea room wasn't popular with everyone and there are accounts that during the Toxteth riots some went out of their way to target the cafe.

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