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.
13. Ricky Tomlinson and Sue Johnston
Liverpool duo Sue Johnston and Ricky Tomlinson starred in Brookside as Bobby and Sheila Grant in the 1980s and they teamed up again as Jim and Barbara Royale in hit TV comedy The Royale Family in 1998. | BBC
14. Sinbad and Phil Redmond
The Queen meets Michael ‘Sinbad’ Starke from the TV soap Brookside at Liverpool Central Library, accompanied by Phil Redmond, in 1999. | PETER WILCOCK/AFP via Getty Images