Haven't visited this site for quite a while. It looks great although I miss the picture of the art gallery in full size, I used to have this up on my computer all day so I could feel that I was at home. This new site looks great. The photos of the village taken just a couple of days ago are just wonderful, thank you so much. It is 40 degrees here in Australia, blinkin hot. I would do anything to be trudging through that snow around the boating lake. I am always at my most homesick at Christmas time, I miss my Mum, Mrs Lawrence in Central Road. I wish I was with her. Thanks for this great site, it makes me feel a little closer to where I would really like to be. Especially I would like to be closer to Griffiths' and to taste one of their iced finger buns, yum!! Happy New Year to one and all.
Kath Grey <kathgrey@aue.salvationarmy.org>
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Sun Dec 31, 2000 at 05:01:16

This is a great site loved reading the tales that i could relate to myself- falling in the boating lake, the baths where I first started swimming with the school and house wifary where we had to go to learn how to cook clean and go shopping, then to leave school - my first job was packing soap powder- and Mr Maxwell with his bag of balloons and all his kids . keep up the good work with this site- Hazel
Hazel Hackney nee Williams <hazelhackney@aol.com>
Stockport, U.K Tue Dec 26, 2000 at 23:00:10

Merry Christmas to Bebington my home town, my old home town! Best wishes to everyone for 2001
Barbara Hall <daddycool2@prodigy.net>
Valencia, California, U.S.A, Fri Dec 15, 2000 at 05:12:39

After visiting your village in May I l was pleased when I was asked to do a project on it. Please could you tell me where I can find info on William Hesketh Lever himself and apicture of him?
Jessica <littlemole@tesco.net>
Littlehampton, West Sussex, England, Fri Nov 10 09:49:14 2000

I would just like to thank you for sending me the information which I requested for my project
Jessica <jnye@littlehamptoncs.w-sussex.sch.uk>
Littlehampton, West Sussex, England, Fri Nov 10 09:41:58 2000

Are there any ex Boys Brigade members out there? I was a member of the 1st Port Sunlight B.B. between 1978-91 It would be great to hear from old friends and any ex members.
Stuart Gray <t.gray3@ntlworld.com>
Middlesbrough, Tees-side, England, Mon Nov 6 02:07:50 2000

Any plans to get the 'Forum' up and running again?
A.Ealden <ealdens@aealden.freeserve.co.uk>
Worthing, West Sussex, UK, Sun Oct 29 19:59:31 2000

I am a new resident of Port Sunlight village and wanted to find out more about the village's heritage so I turned to the net. This site told me everything I wanted to know and more!
Rosie Cretney <rosie.cretney@tesco.net>
Port Sunlight, Merseyside, England, Sat Sep 30 20:53:01 2000

The rag man! that was Mr Maxwell from Town lane, boy could he sing,( henny ole rag,)he would give us a tanner and we would give him anything!!!! The coal man lived in that big house next to Mayor park,what a job that poor guy had.My fathers family lived in a big house in Bebington village that a famous poet lived in during the late 1800s I think you can read all about the guy in the library, he was eccentric! my dad told us he used to sleep in his coffin on the eve of his birthday, and you can see stones with little riddles on in Mayer park to this day. I remember Beb village before they changed it all, Penneys the butcher shop, where the brothers that owned it used to amuse the kids with chickens feet, uhhhh. But very fond memories of my home town.
Barbara Hall <daddycool2@prodigy.net>
valencia, california, usa, Wed Sep 27 19:38:21 2000

At the moment I am completing my History coursework, which involed a visit to Port Sunlight. We made notes at the heritage centre and as we walked around the village. This was very hard to fit in in the limited time, so I visited your website and was very impressed with the information availability.
Lorna Eden <lorna.Eden@Virgin.net>
Wirral, Cheshire, England, Tue Sep 26 16:57:18 2000

I think this is a very nice site! I was searching for picture of this village (i'm working on a urban sociology exam)
David <bregoviz@yahoo.com>
Pieve a Nievole, Italy, Pistoia, Fri Sep 22 18:28:20 2000

Does the gallery still mummify bodies in the basement? Does Terry Davies still do terrible Al Jolson impersonations? I had a beer at the Bridge in November, tastes just as good. Was Mr Harris the Cricket Teacher ? Mr Byron was the Head master if my memory serves me right.Playing for Churchie at the oval was great, playing for Churchie against Grove street at Grove street was a liability ! what a great school to go to.
Neil Tooley <tooley@netactive.co.za>
Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa, Tue Sep 19 10:14:42 2000

Yes! I too remember the boating lake with all that slimey stuff on the bottom, we were convinced if we fell in we would come out covered in leeches, ha, we tried our best to throw as many kid"s in as we could ( little horror"s we were) Yes why was the enbankment alway"s on fire? We used to cross the train track to get to the baths, as we lived in Parkside RD. MY poor mum had a heart attack when she found us doing it one night when she was on her way home from working at Lever"s we got a good hiding that night!!!!( stopped us for a while) HAPPY DAY"S would not swap them for the world!!!!
Barbara Hall <daddycool2@prodigy.net>
Valencia, California, USA, Sun Sep 17 21:29:53 2000

Who remembers... The ice-cream man 'Stop me and Buy one' (a chest freezer on a bike)? The smell of Lifebuoy soap in the footbath at the swimming baths? The carpet on the pews in Christ Church that itched the back of your legs (short trousers, remember)? The coalman, the bread van and the rag-and-bone man ("Henny-yole-raygzzz")? The Mens Club Children's Christmas Party at Hulme Hall (with Mr. Gately as Santa)? Dutch Elm disease? Conkering at the top of Queen Mary's Drive or the Dell? Your first pint in the Bridge Inn (Smith's Bitter)? Your last pint in the Bridge Inn? School sports day on Pool Bank (my certificate for 1st place in 'Tins on Feet' July 1964 hangs on my office wall!)? Playing for Churchie (at the Oval, curiously)? Why did the railway embankment always seem to be on fire? The village fete? A family day out - at Raby Mere! (and pretending that you enjoyed the electric shock machine)? Mrs Roberts (Windy Bank?) turning 100? The Port Sunlight News 'spot the mistake' photo on the back page? Whatever happened to nostalgia???
Keith Gilbert <Keith.Gilbert@Unilever.com>
Birkenhead, Wirral, UK, Tue Sep 5 08:18:29 200

Hi, everybody, gee this site is getting better and better. I never used to pinch stuff from the allotments, honest! I was a good girl.......yeah right. I loved the village in the winter, especially when it snowed and we could build snowmen (how can you tell?) Do they ever have snowwomen??? Its like a fairy town village, cold but beautiful. The Olympics will soon be starting over here, I'd rather be walking through Port Sunlight with a bag of chips, with vinegar and a carton of mushy peas. Viva Port Sunlight!!!!! Luv Kath
kath grey <kath_grey@aue.salvationarmy.org>
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Sun Sep 3 23:42:04 2000

Visited and enjoyed. Lots of improvement needed in the heritage centre. There was not enough information such as books or old pictures, postcards about the village to buy.
carolann wilson <cornishpasty@supanet.com>
North London, Middlesex, England, Sat Sep 2 15:26:12 2000

re: Boating Lake Incidents. My Dad insists that you are not a 'true' villager until you have fallen into the blasted thing!!. My initiation came in 1973 when I attepted to collect my Blue Star Yacht and went in at the 'War Memorial End' (would you call that the shallow or deep end??). In tears at the embarrasment, my so called mate (Simon Coles are you reading this?) told me that if I didnt get home and cleaned up in 5 minutes that I would die from poisoning. I got home swiftly in floods of tears and near hysterics to be met by my parents holding their sides with laughter. My dad's final comment was "why didn't you stop in and do a few lenghts son". Come on ladies and gents, lets have some tales please. I cannot be the only wally who has done this sort of thing!!
A. Ealden <ealdens@aealden.freeserve.co.uk>
Worthing, West Sussex, UK, Fri Sep 1 17:52:16 2000

I am very interested in visiting your fare town when I return to Great Britain in two years I found out about your village as it was shown on the Antique show on television
Gorson Cowan <gordc@prodigy.com.mx>
Apartado 917, Chapala, 45900, Jalisco, Mexico, Sat Jul 29 20:24:18 2000

Hey! someone mentioned a video - what video, where can I get it from? Cheers! What a great site. I luv it!
kath grey <kath_grey@aue.salvationarmy.org>
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Thu Jul 27 02:17:32 2000

Excellent site, will be visiting the gallery soon
Anne ring <annering@mac.com>
Lowton Warrington, Cheshire, U.K., Thu Jul 13 22:45:42 2000

Nice site interesting history hope to pay a visit soon
Alan McIntyre <a.mcintyre1@ntlworld.com>
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, Wed Jul 5 10:37:47 2000

Well born in Clatterbridge in 1960 grew up in the bebington area went to church drive then beb sec now gone came to canada in 91 have been back about 6 times will be coming back sometime late in this yr have lots of friends still living in the viaage took my family here last yr they where very inpredded with the village as i am still hope to se ya ... Mike
Mike Edwards <limeys5@hotmail.com>
Oakville, Ontario, canada, Mon Jul 3 14:27:46 2000

Ann Collins! tried e-mailing you but? no reply, you live so close to me, want to chat? Barbara Hall
BARBARA HALL <daddycool2@prodigy.net>
valencia, california, usa, Sat Jul 1 06:59:08 2000

Used to live in Kirkett Lane , Lower Bebington.My dad worked for UML in the village. Anyone remember Jack Darlington? I´d love to pass on a message to him!! Still go back every 3 months.Love the place to bits.
Dave Darlington <cdpscan@post8.tele.dk>
8900, Randers, Denmark, Thu Jun 29 21:36:42 2000

fair play 2 you guys.and very interlectual
ronan keating <emmaproctor@yahoo.com>
dublin, co.wicklow, ireland, Thu Jun 29 15:31:59 2000

very very interesting we love the video.
emma and jenny <emm@cybergal.com>
merseyside, wallasey, england, Thu Jun 29 15:25:35 2000

NICE TO SEE MY OLD HOME TOWN ON THE INTERNET.
JOANNE BEATTIE <JMBEATTIE@AOL.COM>
SANTA MONICA, LOS ANGELES, U.S.A., Wed Jun 28 01:01:09 2000

It is as beautiful today as it was when I last saw it about 1965. My mother Julia Taylor was employed there in the 1930s in soap making. She lived in Higher Tranmere
Ann MacKinnon <dunkann@ozemail.com.au>
Albion Park, New South Wales, Australia, Tue Jun 27 06:46:45 2000

I wonder if I'm related to the founder of Lever Bros, Mr. William Hesketh Lever ?
William Hesketh <Hesketh.wd@mellon.com>
Boston, Massachusetts, USA, Mon Jun 26 17:35:13 2000

LIVED AT 89GREENDALE RD IN THE YEAR 1936 WITH GRANPARENTS J D HEWER
WILLIAM LEE HEWER <LEBONHEWE @WORLDSPY.NET>
HEATHROW, FLORIDA 32746, USA, Tue Jun 20 02:30:26 2000

i have learnt so much about the place i lived in all my teenagerhood. ta very much.
sandra begg <sdrum@telstra.easymail.com.au>
gold coast, queensland, australia, Sun Jun 18 10:06:52 2000

I wonder if i'm related to the lever's in Port sunlight
Mark Lever <lever@netconnect.com.au>
ararat, vic, australia, Sat Jun 17 10:47:08 2000

We are interested in travel, history, architecture, arts and home
Richard & Deborah Robbins <rsquared3@excite.com>
Middletown, Connecticut, USA, Wed Jun 14 00:01:19 2000

I used to work at Lever Brothers 1978-1980,I left when I married a soldier and moved away. My name was Lorraine Gibbard back then ,anyone remember me!!
Lorraine Dawson <Harry_Dawson@btinternet.com>
Bedfordshire, Chicksands, England, Sun Jun 11 00:06:06 2000

I'd love to get a Port Sunlight T-shirt for my son who lives in the USA. Is there such a thing available? Love Port Sunlight and have just introduced a new friend to it.
Penny <penny.hewettbrown@talk21.com>
Leiston, Suffolk, UK, Sat Jun 10 16:55:54 2000

Nice site. Could we have a report on the recent centenary celebrations for the 1st Port Sunlight Boys' Brigade....quite an achievement.
A. Ealden <ealdens@aealden.freeserve.co.uk>
Worthing, West Sussex, UK, Fri Jun 9 22:04:56 2000

Great site,brings back lots of memorys I left Port Sunlight for Canada in 1967 My parents,who have both passed on,lived at 34 Park Rd and then at 32 Greendale Rd I will visit your site again soon Thanks Dave Lawrence
Dave Lawrence <avsknit@interlog.com>
Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Mon Jun 5 02:29:23 2000

Have just returned to Aus from Port Sunlight. Wow! The village looks spectacular and beautiful. I really enjoyed having lunch at the Bridge Inn and spending time with my Mum, Mrs Lawrence. To Jill (Ashton). I used to go to Beb Sec school too. Kathy Lawrence. I think I might have been from 66-69. Port Sunlight is still the same - glorious.
kath grey <kath_grey@aue.salvationarmy.org>
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Thu Jun 1 08:05:25 2000

Hi
ann collins <tam84@worldnet.att.net>
palmdale, ca, u.s.a, Mon May 29 13:48:19 2000

Today on a history trip with my class (Bedford High.) I was pleased to see some of the most dazzling sights that I have ever seen in liverpool!
tamara <kathleen.mckie@btinternet.com>
manchester, leigh, lancs, Thu May 25 19:10:19 2000

Having worked in Port Sunlight from 1963 to 1974 (in Buying, Soapmaking and Industrial Engineering) I was pleased when I found this page on the web. Having just seen photos of The Dell (where I used to have my lunch) it took me back in time.
Jessie Curbishley <jcurbishley.commercial@raywhite.com>
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, Tue May 23 05:03:59 2000

impressive!
Willem van Es <urban_research@hotmail.com>
Diemen, Noord Holland, Netherlands, Sun May 7 20:55:36 2000

Just a few notes to add to the note I sent yesterday. I was born at 27 The Ginnel, in 1938. My mother's maiden name was Peggy Thompson, daughter of Fred and Sadie Thompson. Both my grandfather(Fred Thompson) and my Mum worked at Lever's. Mum married Dave Simpson in 1937 and set up home at 62 Gorseyville Road, Bebington...in a home built by Archie Bolton. Anyone out there remember any of them? Mum is still alive and lives in a sheltered community in Bromborough. Have a Blessed Easter!
Dr. Stewart Simpson <drsimpson00@hotmail.com>
Vancouver, B.C., Canada, Tue Apr 18 00:40:36 2000

Born in the Village in 1938(and later married there), I really appreciate the web pages...thank you!
Dr. Stewart Simpson <drsimpson00@hotmail.com>
Vancouver, BC, Canada, Sun Apr 16 19:02:43 2000

hi
SERGIO <pokemon@ctv.es>
alicante, spain, spain, Sun Apr 16 18:53:57 2000 born and raised in Port Sunlight. Regards to Mom and Janice

John Leathwood <j.leathwood@telus.net>
PortCoquitlam, BritishColumbia, Canada, Thu Apr 13 04:21:31 2000

Hi..Great site..I used to live in Bebington and walked through Port Sunlight to get to school(Bebington Sec for girls)every day,1965-68. Lots of memories. Met my hubbie in Hulme Hall,1971, remember the dances...great stuff.
Jill Reeves (nee , Ashton) <jmjr@home.com>
Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada, Wed Apr 12 19:12:38 2000

I am writing a thesis on Port Sunlight for my Oxford History undergraduate degree and this was most helpful. If you have any further information re achives and information that may be of use, I would be very grateful if you could contact me. Thank you very much.
Charlotte Buckley <charlotte.buckley@ccc.ox.ac.uk>
Oxford, Oxfordshire, Britain, Mon Apr 3 15:39:20 2000

Hi - your impressive site has been added to the Wirral Wide Web (http://www.wirralwideweb.co.uk) Our search facility allows listed sites to be searched from our homepage - hope you like it.
Wirral Wide Web <portsunlight@wirralwideweb.co.uk>
Wirral, Merseyside, UK, Sat Mar 25 21:41:38 2000

Very nice! We finally got modern! At least my distant e-mail friends will be able to see what Port Sunlight looks like now!
Jen <tigga266@hotmail.com>
Port Sunlight!, /, /, Mon Mar 13 20:06:12 2000

Thank you for the great site! having a good time catching up on my youth with an old friend Kathy from Australia! any any one else out there remember us? keep up the good work! Hope Kathy and her mum have a nice viset when she returns in May. Have a drink for me at the Bridge Inn Kathy! cheers, Barbara.
Barbara hall (Feightman) <daddycool2@prodigy.net>
Valencia, California, U.S.A., Wed Mar 8 19:40:05 2000

Thanks so much. This website helped find a friend from years ago. We are now in regular touch with one another, me in Australia and my friend in the USA. Good stuff! Thanks again. See you in May Port Sunlight.
kath grey <kath_grey@aue.salvationarmy.org>
Sydney, N.S.W., Australia, Wed Mar 8 00:00:58 2000

Kath Grey you had my e-mail wrong it is daddycool2, yes we were friends years ago sent you an e-mail hope you got it, regards barbara
barbara hall ( feightman) <daddycool2@prodigy.net>
valencia, california, usa, Sun Feb 27 05:11:23 2000

I would be pleased if anyone could help, or point me in the right direction. My elderly aunt, Gene Lever, recently saw an article in a Scottish Magazine "The People's Friend" either with or about Lady Leverhulme. Unfortunately she has mislaid this particular edition and as we are in Western Australia, we are unable to locate a back copy (September 1999?) which contained this article. Does anyone have either access to a copy of this article that they could possibly fax to me ? or perhaps access to the text that they could email ? Just in case faxing is possible, my fax number is 61 8 9388 7319 and my email as per this query. It would be marvellous if you could help. Regards and best.
Anne Masterton <barron@net1.nw.com.au>
., ., Australia, Mon Feb 14 15:35:38 2000

Great site, thanks for adding us to your local links.Cheers John Kelly
John Kelly Chairman Port Sunlight R.F.C. <KelltheBlue@aol.com>
Bebington, Wirral,Cheshire, England, Thu Feb 10 14:18:27 2000

Excellent Website - very informative. Nice to direct readers from the rugby site to read / learn about the meaning of "Port Sunlight". Well done again! From Port Sunlight Rugby Football Club (http://portsunlightrfc.merseyside.org)
Jeff Forshaw <contact@portsunlightrfc.merseyside.org>
Port Sunlight, Wirral, England, Mon Jan 31 21:27:59 2000

Barbara Feighton. I think I have now got my email right. kath_grey@aue.salvationarmy.org Get in touch soon.
kath grey <kath_grey@aue.salvationarmy.org>
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Sun Jan 23 20:37:18 2000

I wanted to thank you for making my Mum's day by publishing my contribution in the Port Sunlight newspaper. She was thrilled! This is a great sight. I am often homesick and whenever this happens I can just click into your sight. I will be in Port Sunlight in early May. I cannot wait. To be able to walk through the Art Gallery, through the rose gardens and have a cool drink at the Bridge Inn. Thank you again. Kath
Kath Grey <kath_grey@AUE.salvationarmy.org>
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Sat Jan 22 05:23:45 2000

Very interesting and well designed; Thank you. I have a great interest in Victorian history, so I shall enjoy perusing your site and learning more about William Lever and his remarkable legacy. I maintain a site for a village which benefitted greatly from the charity of the Social Reformer, Charles Booth. You may like to visit. All the Best, Steve Badcock.
Stephen Neale Badcock <tol@looksmart.com>
www.geocities.com/rainforest/jungle/8700, Thringstone,Leicestershire, UK, Tue Jan 18 19:24:36 2000

This is for Barbara Hall (Feighton). I have tried to get in touch, to no avail. Try email above. Hope to be in touch soon. Are you a friend from the distant past?
kath grey <kath_grey@salvationarmy.org>
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Tue Jan 18 03:44:03 2000

This is for Daddycool@prodigy. Have been trying to get through to you too. Do you want my address??
kath grey <kathgrey@aue.salvationarmy.org>
Sydney Australia, New South Wales, Australia, Tue Jan 18 00:53:53 2000

Nice Website, very informative. Come take a look at ours http://www.quorndon-mag.org.uk/villages/
Simon Roulstone <webmaster@quorndon-mag.org.uk>
Quorn, Leicestershire, UK, Mon Jan 10 16:37:01 2000

Came on site to do some research for my dissertation. Found it very useful. Will be back.
Victoria Naven <ba6nave@edustud1.ed.uce.ac.uk>
Birmingham, West Midlands, England, Mon Jan 10 15:27:57 2000

G'day Gladstone Theatre possums! The backpackers of Oz think that the website is fantastic. (expect an influx of Australians in the next year !!!) We would like to see more pictures of the shows and productions, past and present. Keep up the good work. Missing you all. Good Luck with forthcoming events. The Wandering Minstrel and the Backpackers from The Nunnery xxx
Victoria Burr <Vixbabe@hotmail.com>
Fitzroy, Melbourne, Australia, Fri Jan 7 02:50:33 2000

 

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