The 1990s in Liverpool was a time when Her Majesty The Queen met Sinbad from Brookside and the dockers went on strike during a time of unemployment.
Long before the city became European Capital of Culture and was transformed, there were a number of social problems as families struggled with unemployment.
But it was also a time of great creativity, when talented Scousers made their mark and hope grew that the city would rise like a phoenix from the ashes. And it did.
5. Paul McCartney
Paul McCartney meets with Diana Princess of Wales in 1992. By this point, Paul had left The Beatles and Wings far behind and had ventured into orchestral music. | JACQUES DEMARTHON/AFP/POOL/AFP via Getty Images
6. Craig Charles
Before Coronation Street and his hit Funk and Soul Show, Craig Charles was known throughout the galaxy as the curry-loving last human alive Dave Lister in the science fiction sitcom Red Dwarf. | Image: @RedDwarfHQ/x
7. Margi Clarke
Kirkby-born actress Margi Clarke and Jean-Pierre Léaud in I Hired a Contract Killer in 1990. | IMDB
8. Kim Cattrall
Liverpool-born actress Kim Cattrall was cast as Samantha Jones in Sex and the City in 1997. She is pictured here with co-star Sarah Jessica Parker. | Getty Images/HBO