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Wirral fishermen are loading mussels into jute sacks ready for transportation to the restaurants of Cheshire and Liverpool. The Boat House is visible at the end of The Parade.

The canal opened in 1817, and ran from Kendal to Lancaster, later continuing south to connect with the Leeds and Liverpool Canal via a tramway at Preston.

Formby owes its later development to the open- ing of the Liverpool-Southport railway line; this allowed the town to become a prime residential area.

This view shows Penwortham Hill and the climb out of Preston on the Liverpool/Southport road. The newly-erected Penwortham War Memorial is on the right.

One of the most famous shipyards was that of John Scott, which built the first steamer to trade between Glasgow and Liverpool.

The town's other coaching inns were the Grey Mare Inn in the Market Place for services to Leeds, York, Liverpool, Manchester and Clitheroe; the Eagle & Child in Silver Street for Manchester and Skipton

Newhaven's promise to become 'the Liverpool of the South' has never materialised, and the cross-channel link (transferred here from Shoreham in 1849) has in recent years suffered from threats of closure

With the building of the railway in 1866, prosperous businessmen from Birkenhead and Liverpool moved to this part of the north Wirral coast.

Formby owes its later development to the opening of the Liverpool-Southport railway line; this allowed the town to become a prime residential area.

the River Eden grew in importance after the coming of the railway in 1876; it is perhaps best known for the red sandstone which was quarried from nearby Lazonby Fell and used in the construction of Liverpool's

Later, brought within easy travelling distance of Liverpool by the railway, wealthy businessmen built comfortable houses away from the city's grime.

The foundation stone of the New Brighton lighthouse was laid on 8 June 1827 by Thomas Littledale, Mayor of Liverpool.

In 1842 Port Erin was chosen as the location for a Marine Biological Station; it still exists, though these days it is a part of the University of Liverpool.

On summer Sundays there was more work to be done by the boat, with 'Holiday Tours' to Liverpool or Dublin calling at Douglas.

In 1868 Manchester and Liverpool were the only Lancashire authorities with medical officers of health, and as late as 1876 Wigan still lacked a uniform system for disposing of or treating sewage.

Once the site of an ancient Iron Age hill-fort, stone from here was quarried in the 19th century and used for the building of the docks at Liverpool.

He was a well known Liverpool architect, responsible for building Sunlight Village on the other side of the county in the Arts and Crafts style, although the Morris and Co windows in the

On the left, close to the offices of the Liverpool and London Insurance Offices, an unsaddled horse takes a close interest in a conversation between its handler and a smartly- dressed matron

Prestatyn's station on the Chester and Holyhead section of the L & NWR meant that it became increasingly popular with holidaymakers, especially with those from the Liverpool area.

She was one of its express boats, which provided a nightly service to Liverpool from Donegall Quay. Cargo went from York Dock.

It was constructed to bring the goods from the potteries to Liverpool for world-wide distribution. The small village of Whitby, where the canal met the river, was renamed Ellesmere Port.

The fact that all of its manufacturing products had to be shipped through the port of Liverpool – Manchester's arch-rival – dented the city fathers' pride.

The fact that all of its manufacturing products had to be shipped through the port of Liverpool – Manchester's arch-rival – dented the city fathers' pride.

It was built in 1866, and was then the Liverpool and Manchester District Bank.