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Mersey Gateway - an online history of the port and its people |
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| See its astonishing growth from humble beginnings to a gateway to the world. |
Liverpool Trade
Looks at the growth and development of trade from Liverpool from the early seventeenth to early nineteenth centuries. |
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Ferries across the Mersey
People have been crossing the River Mersey by ferry between the Wirral and Liverpool for almost 800 years. | |
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What caused the cholera riots of 1832?
In May and June of 1832 Liverpool was rocked by what the newspapers called the 'Cholera riots'. It is now 1833 and The mayor has asked you to hold an enquiry into last summer’s riots and report back on the real cause of the riots. | | |
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