In the 19th century, Liverpool became a world mercantile centre for general ... contributing to the building up of the British Empire. It was a centre for the slave trade, until its abolition in 1807, ...

Today, one of Liverpool's most popular and well-loved institutions - The Empire Theatre - is celebrating its 100th birthday. Now a century in, The Empire Theatre on Lime Street in Liverpool city ...

It was initially brewed in Britain in the 18th century to export to India while it was part of the British Empire ... Liverpool until January 1839 but it sailed into the worst storm of the 19th ...