Paul James O'Grady was an English comedian and broadcaster, drag queen, actor, and writer. He achieved notability in the London gay scene during the 1980s with his drag persona Lily Savage, through which he gained wider popularity in the 1990s. O'Grady subsequently dropped the character and in the 2000s became the presenter of various television and radio shows, including The Paul O'Grady Show.
O'Grady in 2009
In 1985, O'Grady began compering in the role of Lily Savage at the Royal Vauxhall Tavern (RVT).
One of O'Grady's Lily Savage costumes on display at the Museum of Liverpool
Several of O'Grady's Lily Savage costumes on display at the Walker Art Gallery
Tranmere is a suburb of Birkenhead, on the Wirral Peninsula, England. Administratively, it is within the Birkenhead and Tranmere Ward of the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, in Merseyside. Before local government reorganisation on 1 April 1974, it was part of the County Borough of Birkenhead, within the county of Cheshire.
Looking from Mersey Park to Agnes Road and towards Victoria Park
Tranmere Cross, Victoria Park