"During the first part of the 20th century Liverpool continued to expand, pulling in immigrants from Europe. In 1903 an International Exhibition took place in Edge Lane. In 1904, the building of the Anglican Cathedral began, and by 1916 the three Pier Head buildings, including the Liver Building, were complete. This period marked the pinnacle of Liverpool's economic success, when it regarded itself as the "second city" of the British Empire." - Source: John Belchem, ed. (2006). Liverpool 800: Culture, Character & History. ISBN 1-84631-035-0.

Note that Jom - The plain facts as presented plus the source - if you disagree with what is written above take it up with John Belchem.

GUEST - 21 Dec 15 - 02:15 PM

On balance I believe the poor sods who were there."

And by and large so do I GUEST I believe what thousands have written - the thousands who never saw, or never heard of military police forcing men over the top at gun-point, never saw the summary executions of British soldiers by either Special Military Police Squads or by their own officers. I believe the men of my grandfather's generation and guess what GUEST - Not one of them said it was a waste of time, not one of them said it was pointless, not one of them said it was futile - they were all firmly of the opinion that Germany was an enemy that had to be stopped.

Oh and Jom none of them volunteered on the promise that they would be given anything. If Bevan could see what has been made of his welfare state he would be horrified.