The price of progress we must never forget: The true cost of a key moment in Liverpool's history

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The price of progress we must never forget: The true cost of a key moment in Liverpool's history

Monday 5th January 2026, 5:00AM

The story of the railway and its birth on Merseyside show the contradictions at the heart of 19th-century Britain, writes historian of activism and empire Dr Dean Clay

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