03-01-2019, 08:25 PM
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Since I already made a thread about London, I thought I would follow it up with a topic about another of the UK's major cities 
. This time, the thread will be covering Liverpool, and the other cities in the surrounding area (collectively known as Merseyside).
Liverpool isn't quite as old as London, but it is still pretty old: it was first founded in the year 1207. For the first few hundred years of its life, it was just a small, unremarkable Lancashire village at the mouth of the River Mersey. However, the shipping trade began to grow from one century to the next - and Liverpool was in a prime location to take advantage of this. In the year 1715, the world's first commercial wet dock was built in Liverpool, and many others followed. However, things really began to take off in the 19th century, when Liverpool and Manchester Railway was built, allowing vast quantities of textiles produced in Manchester to be sent to Liverpool to be exported. Liverpool's population skyrocketed (in particular, attracting large numbers of people from Ireland and Wales), and in 1880, it was officially made a city.
While shipping was (and still is) very important to Liverpool's economy, it's certainly not the only thing the city is notable for. It's also a major centre of arts and music, leading to the city being designated European Capital of Culture in 2008. Far and away the most successful band from Liverpool are The Beatles, and it's really impossible to talk about Liverpool's culture without mentioning them, but there are other famous bands and musicians who hail from the city - including Cilla Black, Gerry and the Pacemakers, and Frankie Goes to Hollywood, just to name a few. On top of this, Liverpool has the most museums and art galleries of any UK city outside London - with the Merseyside Maritime Museum and the recently-opened Museum of Liverpool being particular highlights. And then, of course, the city place host to two intense rivals of English Football: Liverpool FC, and Everton FC .
However, as noted earlier, Liverpool isn't the only city in the English county of Merseyside. There's also Birkenhead, which stands facing Liverpool on the opposite bank of the River Mersey. As with Liverpool, its fortunes were made in the shipping industry: it's home to the Cammell Laird shipbuilding yard (which is currently building RRS Sir David Attenborough, a.k.a. Boaty McBoatface ). There's also St Helens, which I can't say much about, because it has the dubious distinction of being the nearest city to me that I've never visited (I've never had a reason). And then there's Southport, which isn't connected to Liverpool and doesn't really fit in with the rest of Merseyside, but they decided they wanted to be included in it anyway (so I guess they can be covered here for completeness ).
So, has anyone here visited Liverpool, or anywhere else in Merseyside? What are your experiences there?
. This time, the thread will be covering Liverpool, and the other cities in the surrounding area (collectively known as Merseyside). Liverpool isn't quite as old as London, but it is still pretty old: it was first founded in the year 1207. For the first few hundred years of its life, it was just a small, unremarkable Lancashire village at the mouth of the River Mersey. However, the shipping trade began to grow from one century to the next - and Liverpool was in a prime location to take advantage of this. In the year 1715, the world's first commercial wet dock was built in Liverpool, and many others followed. However, things really began to take off in the 19th century, when Liverpool and Manchester Railway was built, allowing vast quantities of textiles produced in Manchester to be sent to Liverpool to be exported. Liverpool's population skyrocketed (in particular, attracting large numbers of people from Ireland and Wales), and in 1880, it was officially made a city.
While shipping was (and still is) very important to Liverpool's economy, it's certainly not the only thing the city is notable for. It's also a major centre of arts and music, leading to the city being designated European Capital of Culture in 2008. Far and away the most successful band from Liverpool are The Beatles, and it's really impossible to talk about Liverpool's culture without mentioning them, but there are other famous bands and musicians who hail from the city - including Cilla Black, Gerry and the Pacemakers, and Frankie Goes to Hollywood, just to name a few. On top of this, Liverpool has the most museums and art galleries of any UK city outside London - with the Merseyside Maritime Museum and the recently-opened Museum of Liverpool being particular highlights. And then, of course, the city place host to two intense rivals of English Football: Liverpool FC, and Everton FC
. However, as noted earlier, Liverpool isn't the only city in the English county of Merseyside. There's also Birkenhead, which stands facing Liverpool on the opposite bank of the River Mersey. As with Liverpool, its fortunes were made in the shipping industry: it's home to the Cammell Laird shipbuilding yard (which is currently building RRS Sir David Attenborough, a.k.a. Boaty McBoatface
). There's also St Helens, which I can't say much about, because it has the dubious distinction of being the nearest city to me that I've never visited (I've never had a reason). And then there's Southport, which isn't connected to Liverpool and doesn't really fit in with the rest of Merseyside, but they decided they wanted to be included in it anyway (so I guess they can be covered here for completeness ). So, has anyone here visited Liverpool, or anywhere else in Merseyside? What are your experiences there?
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. What was it about Birkenhead that reminded you of your home town? I assume it wasn't shipbuilding 
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but my dad went to Liverpool for uni. He lived and worked there for 18 years and we left when I was born. None of us adopted a scouse accent in the end.![[-]](https://tch-forum.com/images/coffeehouse2/collapse.png)
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