Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Bootle has not had the care and attention it so desperately needs. Sandwiched as it is between the culture capital of the country, the musical empire by the Mersey and the perhaps more genteel but nonetheless art filled Southport, Bootle is a poor relation when it comes to many things, housing, infrastructure, assistance, entertainment and art and it is one that shows every day of the week as people who live inside the sandwich make their way to almost anywhere else in search of the fix of culture and fun.