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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 trade and financial industries center.

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 trade and financial industries center.

The city currently has a population of approximately 450,000, 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 including "The Liver Birds" and "Bread". Willy Russell and Alan Bleasdale are also noted playwrights from Liverpool and have effectively portrayed the misery and deprivation of 1980s Liverpool in dramas such as "The Black Stuff", "Educating Rita" and "Dole Scrounger".

The city currently has a population of approximately 450,000, 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 including "The Liver Birds" and "Bread". Willy Russell and Alan Bleasdale are also noted playwrights from Liverpool and have effectively portrayed the misery and deprivation of 1980s Liverpool in dramas such as ''The Black Stuff'', ''Educating Rita'', ''Giro Day'' and ''Dole Ponce''.

Around 1911 Adolf Hitler visited his brother Alois who lived and worked in Liverpool.

Around 1911 Adolf Hitler visited his brother Alois who lived and worked in Liverpool.