The Ships That Came to Manchester Market Scene Northern Town (1939) Brewing giants began to monopolise

Brewing giants began to monopolise the industry by mopping up hostelries in an ever-growing tied-house system

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and middle- and working-class daily life outside the factory was often centred around the inn

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The Ships That Came to Manchester Market Scene Northern Town (1939) Brewing giants began to monopoliseThe merchants of Manchester were concerned about the high tariffs charged at Liverpool Docks and the excessive rates for transhipment of goods to Manchester. They decided that the best thing for their trade was to bring seagoing ships up to Manchester. And this they did via numerous enabling Bills and by grand scale Victorian engineering. The Port of Manchester and its ship canal opened for business on 1 January 1894 with existing clients such as