Throughout the 1700's Liverpool become the focal point of world trade, shipping Coal, Salt, Sugar and also Slaves. During this time the population of area rose from 5,000 to 50,000 people, but this prosperous time was to be dwarfed again by the 19th Century.
During the 1800's Liverpool's trading status went from strength to strength. Unimaginable fortunes were made though the trade of Cotton and Tobacco, and this in turn lead to the building of Stephenson's Rocket and the world's first Railway running from Liverpool to Manchester.
The 1840's brought the Potato Famine in Ireland, and millions of immigrants poured into the port of Liverpool on their way to a new life. People from other areas of the country also moved to the area and soon Liverpool become a place rich in culture and diversity.
It is during this time that the distinctive 'scouse' accent is thought to have developed.