Liverpool, The Exchange 1887
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20001
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We see here the open area outside the Liverpool Exchange, which was known as Exchange Flags. It was a busy area thronged with those whose business was the buying and selling of commodities. Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson was a hero to the merchants of Liverpool. His victories meant that they could ply their trade throughout the world with complete freedom. When he died fighting the French at Trafalgar in 1805, Liverpool sprang into action and erected a monument to him: that bronze monument is seen on the right of this picture. The inscription on it reads 'England expects every man to do his duty'. The statues and reliefs around it represent Nelson's four great victories: Cape St Vincent, the Nile, Copenhagen and Trafalgar. The figures are not slaves, but prisoners taken in those battles.
An extract from Liverpool and Merseyside Photographic Memories.
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