Manchester became the terminus of the line that carried cotton to and from docks at Liverpool.

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Liverpool, the loser, retaliated by charging enormous dock dues on Manchester's cotton imports, so Manchester built a ship canal to by-pass Liverpool.

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Four months earlier, former amateur boxer Mark Short was gunned down at the Cotton Tree pub in Droylsden, Greater Manchester.

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His son, Mark, was shot at the Cotton Tree pub in Droylsden, Greater Manchester, in May as part of a long-running family feud, the court heard.

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