The event attracted more than a million visitors to the city[1] and was, in part, a celebration of the 10th anniversary of Liverpool’s year as European Capital of Culture in 2008.
The Little Boy Giant first appeared in a performance in Cameroon and was 6 m (20 ft) high and required 27 People to operate.
The Giants collectively covered a distance of 21 miles (34 km) across Liverpool and, for the first time in such an event across the river Mersey in New Brighton.
[4] As part of Project Servator specially trained police, both visibly armed and covert, were deployed at the event.
[3] Project Servator employs tactics such as behavioural detection officers, automatic number plate recognition and CCTV.