The founding father of the Olympic games, John Hulley, born 1832, is officially credited with setting up the first Olympic festival in the city, some 30 years before the Athens Olympics took place, with the unveiling of a plaque at Lifestyles gym on Steble Street. Left to right - ROBIN BAYNES MBE Founder of Liverpool Heartbeat charity and head of New Start, Liverpool; DAME LORNA MUIRHEAD DBE Lord-Lieutenant of Merseyside; TOM SOUTHERN Director of Life Survival, Operation: Pathfinder CIC and Foundation for the Prevention of Blindness; NICOLA BROADLEY Organiser of the John Hulley Family Fun Day at Aintree; RAY HULLEY DMS Family Historian, Vice-president and Southern representative of the Manchester & Lancashire FHS; COUNCILLOR GARY MILLAR Lord Mayor of Liverpool; LIAM HANLON Director at The Forshaw Group Liverpool, dressed as John Hulley.