2006-10-29 11:46:09 · 7 answers · asked by peter j 2 in Travel ➔ United Kingdom ➔ Liverpool
What young Americans know about Liverpool is impossible to say - but well-read Americans, over 50, may know the following.
Home city of the Beatles, of course - head office of Cunard and White Star shipping lines - (yes - hence the name on "Titanic" !) Liverpool used to be one of the biggest seaports on earth, with massive trade via every US port - especially New York - right up until the 1950s...! Population extremely cosmopolitan - home of Britain's first skyscraper - Britain's second underground rail system - Europe's first (only) elevated railway - world's first tram (streetcar) - a unique city, noted for enthusiastic mayhem, boisterous wit, football madness and musical talent.
And all over Britain, until the 1930s - (so very, very few alive will still know this) - people from Liverpool were often nicknamed "Dicky Sams" - (which meant - "Little Americans...!") - though not always as a compliment.
2006-10-29 20:20:45 · answer #1 · answered by TruthHurts 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think beatles originated there and i think the titanic launched off from there, or they docked there, or the only relation that it had with the titanic was that the name liverpool was imprinted on the ship...im not quite sure which.....
2006-10-29 20:04:53 · answer #2 · answered by Julie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In on the Mersey River
2006-10-29 19:56:32 · answer #3 · answered by Jessi 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Beatles, Oasis, and an underrated art museum
2006-10-29 19:54:59 · answer #4 · answered by Pask 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not much, I'm afraid, other than the fact that the Beatles got their start there, if memory serves.
2006-10-29 19:53:39 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I heard that is where the Beatles originated from.
2006-10-29 19:51:07 · answer #6 · answered by Erica L 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
im american and frankly, i have no idea what ur talking bout lol
2006-10-29 19:54:45 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋