"For more than 250 years horse were used to move goods to and from Liverpool docks and businesses. At their peak more than 20,000 horses worked on the streets of Liverpool, more than in any other city outside London. There was no direct railway connection to most of the seven mile dock estate, so goods had to be carted out of the docks to warehouses or to railway goods stations. Liverpool carters and their horses kept supply lines open during two World Wars and their contribution to the city’s economy was immense.
The importance of the carters and their horses was in danger of being lost, but the members of the Liverpool Carter’s Association have kept their history alive by their determined efforts, fundraising for nearly 13 years to get recognition for the Liverpool Working Horse in the form of this life-size monument to the Liverpool working horse."
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Lord Mayor, Cllr Mike Storey CBEMichael John Storey, Baron Storey, CBE (born 25th May 1949) is a British Liberal Democrat politician.
He is married with one daughter. His interests outside politics include reading, theatre, cinema and pottering in the garden.
Mike Storey is the Education Spokesman for the Party in the Lords.
He was a working Headteacher of a large inner-city primary school, renowned for its arts until 2012.
He believes passionately that children and young people from disadvantaged backgrounds should be given opportunities to develop their talents and the chance to succeed.
He has been a Liverpool City Councillor, Leader of Liverpool City Council and Lord Mayor of Liverpool (2009-2010).
He oversaw the regeneration of the city, successfully delivering a European Capital of Culture year. He championed the SmokeFree Liverpool initiative, which is regarded as the precursor to the smoking restrictions in public places.
He led the development of Liverpool’s Science Park, Arena and Convention Centre and Liverpool ONE shopping complex.
On 19th November 2010, he became a life peer and sits as a Liberal Democrat in the House of Lords, and speaks on education, arts and regeneration matters in the Lords.
He was created Baron Storey, of Childwall in the City of Liverpool on 2nd February 2011.
In 2015 Mike was appointed as the Liberal Democrat Principal Spokesperson for Education."
He was awarded an OBE for services to local government and a CBE for services to regeneration.
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