Liverpool in Old Photographs

Liverpool in Old Photographs brings to life the history of a famous port and city over the past century.

Driven by poverty, cholera and unemployment, thousands flocked to the city, hoping
either to settle there or to use it as a springboard to a better life through the cheap means of escape offered by the shipping companies. Jobs in the New World and wealth in the
Australian gold fields beckoned, but overcrowding resulted in slums alongside some of the
finest buildings in Europe.

Energetic merchants and councillors, determined not only to be first in many fields, but
never to settle for less than the best, triumphed. Pride in achievement, strength in adversity,
coupled with grit and humour, characterise this 'Scouse' port, imbuing it with a phoenix-like quality of survival.

This book, with over 200 photographs, tells a great story.