Liverpool Beatles tourism pioneers receive honorary citizen award
Liverpool Beatles tourism pioneers receive honorary citizen award
Image source , Liverpool City Council
Two men credit ed as the "p ioneers" of the multi-million pound Beatles tourist industry in Liverpool have been made freemen.
Bill Heckle and Dave Jones of Cavern City Tours received the award at a Liverpool Town Hall ceremony.
Liverpool Lord Mayor Roy Gladden said the city owed them "a huge debt of thanks".
Mr. Jones, the company's president, said the accolade was "incredible" and they felt an "tremendous sense of pride". Mr. Heckle, trained as a Beatles guide in 1982 before forming the Cavern City Tours in 1983.
He was joined by Mr. Jones in 1986 when they held their first Beatles convention.
It quickly evolved into the annual Mathew Street Music Festival which attracts over 300,000 people to the c In 1991 they acquired the Magical Mystery Tour (bus tours of Liverpool) and the Cavern Club.
Two men credit ed as the "p ioneers" of the multi-million pound Beatles tourist industry in Liverpool have been made freemen.
Bill Heckle and Dave Jones of Cavern City Tours received the award at a Liverpool Town Hall ceremony.
Liverpool Lord Mayor Roy Gladden said the city owed them "a huge debt of thanks".
Mr. Jones, the company's president, said the accolade was "incredible" and they felt an "tremendous sense of pride". Mr. Heckle, trained as a Beatles guide in 1982 before forming the Cavern City Tours in 1983.
He was joined by Mr. Jones in 1986 when they held their first Beatles convention.
It quickly evolved into the annual Mathew Street Music Festival which attracts over 300,000 people to the c In 1991 they acquired the Magical Mystery Tour (bus tours of Liverpool) and the Cavern Club.
Image source , Liverpool City Council
