Changes

A minor port city in the North West of England, it was originally awarded a [[City Charter]] by King John in 1208. However, it was not until the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries that Liverpool developed into a major global city. This prominence was based largely on trade, including [[tobacco]], [[sugar]] and a major involvement in the [[slave trade]]. The slave trade was abolished in 1806, however Liverpool continued to flourish as an industrial center focusing on the smelting and casting of iron.

A minor port city in the North West of England, it was originally awarded a [[City Charter]] by King John in 1208. However, it was not until the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries that Liverpool developed into a major global city. This prominence was based largely on trade, including [[tobacco]], [[sugar]] and a major involvement in the [[slave trade]]. The slave trade was abolished in 1806, however Liverpool continued to flourish as an industrial center focusing on the smelting and casting of iron, much of this scrap metal derived from cartwheel tyres, and continuing to this day in a flourishing, if specialised, trade in vehicle hub caps.

The city currently has a population of approximately 350,000, with the wider Merseyside region having a population of 1.5 million.

The city currently has a population of approximately 350,000, known as 'scousers' after a popular local dish, with the wider Merseyside region having a population of 1.5 million. The popular culture and 'soul'of Liverpool has most memorably been portrayed by the author and dramatist Carla Lane in a number of highly-regarded television dramas.

==Culture==

==Culture==