One of the first buildings you'll see if arriving to the city of Liverpool, England, by ship wil
be the famous Liver Building, pictured aside
Also, did you know?...................
In 1830, the world's first passenger train left Edge Hill, Liverpool, which
is the oldest operational station in the world
Britain's first ever package holiday flight flew from Liverpool Airport to
the South of France in 1952 and the first scheduled flight from a regional
airport was from Liverpool to Amsterdam in 1934
The first ever animal welfare organisation - the forerunner to the RSPCA -
began in Merseyside in 1809
Britain's first School for the Blind was established on Merseyside in 1791
Liverpool established Britain's first Children's Hospital - Alder Hey, in
1851
In 1867,Liverpool Velocipedes established Britain's and probably the world's
first Cycling Club
In 1844 Blackburne House, Hope Street, became England's first Girls High
school and today it is a technology training centre for women
The world's first passenger hovercraft service operated between Moreton in
Wirral and Rhyl, North Wales
Europe's first trams originated in Birkenhead in 1861
Britain's first automated telephone exchange was produced by the Strowger
Factory in Edge Lane Liverpool in 1912. The same factory was responsible for
the subscriber system and the national automatic telephone system
The world's first automotive plant to gain the BS5750 standard for
environmental management systems is Vauxhall Motors in Ellesmere Port
Britain's first qualified woman doctor started her practice in Merseyside in
1884
Sir Oliver Lodge,Professor of Experimental Physics at Liverpool University
from 1881-1900, gave the first ever public demonstration of wireless
telegraphy
The world's first Boy Scout Troop was formed at Birkenhead in 1908
The Mersey Railway Tunnel was the first underwater rail tunnel in the world
and the region's railway was the first to convert to electricity in 1903
Liverpool John Moores University was the first university in the UK to
produce a Student Charter in September 1993
Merseyside is home to the world's oldest School of Tropical Medicine,founded
in 1899
Liverpool introduced Britain's first ever purpose built ambulances in 1886
Britain's first recorded use of the X-ray for medical diagnosis was in
Liverpool in 1896
Britain's first school of Veterinary Science was established by Liverpool
University in 1904. In 1929 it opened the country's first veterinary
hospital
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