LIVERPOOL MUSIC HERITAGE TRAIL – The Picket
The Picket 1986 – 2004
“I’ve been so proud of the studio. Recently, when I heard The Coral slagging off everyone older than 20, and then that they had passed through The Picket, I cheered!”
Pete Townsend, musician and Picket benefactor, 2004
Unemployment ravaged Liverpool. By the early 1980s one in four were without work. Hardman Street’s most striking building, the Grecian fronted former School for the Blind, now a restaurant, became the Merseyside Trade Union and Unemployed Resource Centre in 1983 – a vital lifeline in desperate times.
A recording studio and music venue were created within the buildings behind the Centre. Primarily for young unemployed people, bands and community groups, and run by local musician Phil Hayes of The High Five, The Picket was born.
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