Hollywood has its Walk of Fame ....

.........  but Plymouth has its Star Wall.

The Hollywood Walk of Fame contains over 2,500 brass stars embedded in the pavement.

Plymouth's Star Wall contains 16 metal stars fixed to the wall at the gate of Millbay Docks, 

where these stars stepped ashore from the iconic Trans-Atlantic liners that sailed from 

New York to Europe during the 20s, 30s, 40s and into the early 50s, before air travel killed the trade.

These ships didn't dock in Plymouth, the passengers where picked up outside Plymouth Sound and brought ashore by Tender, they then boarded connecting trains direct to London. 

Apparently it was quicker than sailing on to Southampton and catching the London train from there.

Their relationship with Plymouth was obviously fleeting, to say the least. 

But none the less, their footsteps from tender to train are commemorated with a plaque.

Here are six of the plaques, chosen at random.

The others were
Judi Garland, Duke Ellington, Boris Karloff, Lena Horne, Jack Warner,
Walt Disney, Vivien Leigh, Laurence Olivier, Gloria Swanson, Robert Taylor.

All 16 also have stars  embedded on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.