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EIGHT THINGS THAT BEGAN LIFE IN AND AROUND LIVERPOOL

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LIVERPOOL has come a long way from its humble beginnings as a tiny settlement of just seven streets at its foundation in 1207.

From music and the arts to the study of science, the city has made huge contributions to Britain throughout its long history.

Here are eight things you might not know found their origins here:

Lifeboat stations

The first "boat and station for saving lives" is believed to have been in operation at Formby Point as early as 1776.

According to the Formby Civic Society, a footnote to A Chart of the Harbour of Liverpool by P. P. Burdett recorded: "On the strand about a mile below Formby Lower Land Mark there is a boathouse and a boat kept ready to save lives from vessels forced on shore on that coast and a guinea, or more, reward is paid by the Corporation for every human life that is saved by means of this boat, etc."