Liverpool
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 highly regarded 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 Bludger".
Around 1911 Adolf Hitler visited his brother Alois who lived and worked in Liverpool.
Famous natives of Liverpool: Anne Robinson (TV presenter and journalist) Tony Booth (actor and father-in-law of Tony Blair) Billy Butler (comedian) Jimmy Tarbuck (comedian) Ted Ray (comedian) John Prescott (comedian) Steven Gerrard (footballer) Robbie Fowler (footballer) Stan Boardman (comedian) Terry McDermott (footballer and archetypal Scouser)
Culture
Sports
- Everton FC Soccer
- Liverpool FC Soccer
- Liverpool St Helens RUFC
- St Helens RLFC
- Tranmere Rovers Soccer