Tale of the baddie, a scally and a falconer; JOE RILEY, the ECHO'S longest serving journalist, with some personal reflections on Liverpool's 800-year history.(Features)

Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England) | August 28, 2007 | Copyright

Byline: JOE RILEY

It might have been very different. Had King John, the baddie in the adventures of Robin Hood and rogue brother of Richard the Lionheart, not enjoyed field sports or needed to quell the troublesome Irish, he may never been in town 800 years ago today signing our charter.

But Liverpool was just the place to sneak up on those unruly Celts, and besides, the hunting to be had at Toxteth, Smithdown and out towards West Derby was not to be missed.

The 600 or so merchants living on the banks of a then undeveloped Mersey had to be ...

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