5232 x 3534 px | 44,3 x 29,9 cm | 17,4 x 11,8 inches | 300dpi
Aufnahmedatum:
8. Oktober 2015
Ort:
Liverpool, Merseyside, UK
Weitere Informationen:
The Moores statue, designed by Tom Murphy, was unveiled in 1996 outside Littlewoods’ flagship Church Street premises, which closed its doors a decade later. It is now a Primark store. The statute was commissioned by Littlewoods to mark the centenary of Sir John’s birth. The Moores brothers are famous across Merseyside for running the Littlewoods football pools empire. The company was founded in 1923 by Sir John, a one-time post office messenger who started by printing coupons and distributing them by hand. Littlewoods became a household name, turning Sir John, who died in 1993, into a billionaire. He later launched the legendary Littlewoods mail order business. His brother Cecil took over the pools operation in 1932 and ran it as chairman until 1979. The company, no longer owned by the Moores family but the Barclays brothers instead, now operates under the name of Shop Direct and specialises in online retailing. It is now the third largest online retailer in the UK.
