A statue of Cilla Black has been unveiled outside The Cavern on the iconic Liverpool venue celebrates its 60th anniversary.
The late Merseybeat singer rose to stardom after performing the Mathew Street institution, where she had previously worked in the cloakroom.
Black’s sons Robert, Ben and Jack commissioned the sculpture and were all present at the unveiling ceremony in Liverpool city centre on Monday morning.
A large crowd turned out to see the larger than life-sized statue unveiled by the family.
“I’m just incredibly relieved that it turned out as well as it did,” said Robert.
“We are so happy with it and I hope people enjoy it.
He added: “She would’ve burst out laughing and have been thrilled and delighted. She would have loved being young.
“She was very youthful, in her attitude and in the way she lived her life and she would have loved being captured at a time when she was young and everything was happening for her.”
Sculptors Andy Edwards and Emma Rodgers depicted the TV presenter, who died in August 2015, in her 1960s peak wearing a chequered dress of the time.
A series of motifs, pictures, lyrics and quotes from her life were also depicted in the squares of the dress.