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Bootle is a town in Sefton , Merseyside , North West England . Located on the Mersey Estuary , today it forms part of the Liverpool urban area, and the town centre is situated approximately 4 Mile s north of Liverpool City Centre . Bootle is the main administrative headquarters for the Metropolitan Borough Of Sefton . The town contains the two Postcode areas of L20 and L30. The old civic centre of the town contains impressive Victorian buildings such as the Town Hall and Municipal Baths. East of this is a large area of large office blocks: to the west is the Leeds And Liverpool Canal and large areas of Docks lining the River Mersey . To the north is the New Strand Shopping Centre , which gained notoriety after the abduction and gruesome murder of two-year-old James Bulger in 1993, a case that sparked a lot of discussion about Media Violence and the prosecution of minors. HISTORY Bootle was originally a small Hamlet built near the 'sand hills' or dunes of the river estuary. The settlement began to grow as a bathing resort for wealthy residents of Liverpool in the early 19th century. Some remaining large villas which housed well-to-do commuters to Liverpool are located in the area known locally as 'Bootle Village'. The Liverpool, Crosby And Southport Railway arrived in the 1840s and Bootle experienced rapid growth. By the end of the 19th century The Docks had been constructed along the whole of the river front as far as Seaforth Sands to the north. The town became heavily industrialised. Bootle was incorporated as a Municipal Borough in 1868 under the Municipal Corporations Act 1835 , and was granted the status of a County Borough by the Local Government Act 1888 in 1889, becoming independent from Lancashire . During this time period it was sometimes formally known as Bootle cum Linacre . Orrell was added to the borough in 1905. There are still large areas of Victorian terraced houses in Bootle, formerly occupied by dock workers. These are built in distinctive pressed red brick. The docks made Bootle a target for German bombers in World War II and approximately 90% of the houses in the town were damaged. After World War II large Social Housing estates were built inland from the town centre, including the area of Netherton which was built on New Town principles. The Liverpool Overhead Railway and Liverpool Tramways Company closure in the 50s reduced Bootle's connection to Liverpool. The docks declined in importance in the 1960s and 1970s, and Bootle suffered high unemployment and a declining population. The establishment of large office blocks housing government departments and the National Girobank provided employment, but this was filled largely by Middle Class people from outside the town. In 1974 , when County Borough s were abolished, Bootle combined with towns further up the coast to form the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton , rather than be annexed by Liverpool, as had been suggested, for example by the Redcliffe-Maud Report . A combined Liverpool And Bootle Constabulary had been formed in 1967. Bootle is undergoing a massive regeneration project, which has already begun with the new HSE buildings and the new look Strand Road. Many old houses are being demolished to make way for new housing projects and some regeneration projects for existing property are to begin shortly. TRANSPORT There are three railway stations served by frequent electric services from Liverpool to Southport . These are Bank Hall , Oriel Road near the Victorian civic centre, and New Strand , serving the Shopping Centre. A freight line, the Bootle Branch , is still in use. Sefton has pushed for the reopening of the North Mersey Branch . The Bus Station is underneath the New Strand Shopping Centre. The town has a leisure centre, many pubs and a couple of restaurants. FAMOUS PEOPLE
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