Lots of people moved from London to Liverpool. The first job I had, at James Troop on the Dock Rd had a few Londoners working there. Many moved because of the shipping industry in some way.
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When I was a paper boy, the man who sorted and gave us our papers was an old East Ender, complete with Cockney accent and Alf Garnett attire - right in the middle of Liverpool 8.
A part of my family came from the Lake District. This year I went to where they came from in the 1840s, and thought.."why"? The place they came from was heaven!!!!
Liverpool was a boom city in the 1800s. It was the second richest city in the world at one time and for around a two or three year period, joint richest with London. Many wanted to earn a wedge and return to where they came from, much like the one million Poles we have in the UK today. Inevitably a few stay.
To Ged, most who emigrated to America from Liverpool,were from other countries: Scandinavia, Germany, Poland, etc. GB was a rich country, so why should most of the locals move?
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