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Liverpool Picturebook

A site dedicated to photographs and History of old Liverpool

  1. Liverpool Carters

    Quote Originally Posted by BobEd View Post
    For more than 250 years horses were used to move goods to and from Liverpool docks and businesses. At their peak more than 20,000 horses worked on the streets of Liverpool, more than in any other city outside London. During the Second World War the Liverpool Carter's and their horses maintained the vital link between the docks and the city, keeping food and raw materials moving during the most difficult of times.

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