 |
 |
22nd-30th October
Find our colourful knitted animal friends hiding in the village! Pick up a trail at Port Sunlight Museum gift shop and see if you can discover all the knitted animals, created by our Sunlight Stitchers knitting group.
Tickets: trails can be purchased for £1.50 per child
Saturday 25th February 2017
Join textile designer Claire Bates, founder of Landbaby & Co and a Port Sunlight resident, creating vintage-inspired accessories from original 1940s patterns. Sit in the relaxing surroundings of Bridge Cottage, sipping tea from vintage china and listening to sounds of the 1940s and 50s whilst creating exquisite fashion accessories. This workshop is a must for any vintage or textile lovers out there and is suitable for beginners.
The workshop include tea/coffee and locally hand-baked cake, and all equipment and materials are provided.
These workshops would also be lovely for a group of friends or as an unusual gift for a crafty friend.
Time: 1.30–4.30pm
Venue: Bridge Cottage
Ticket: £30 per person, available from Port Sunlight Museum Gift Shop. Spaces are limited so booking is essential.
For more information contact Port Sunlight Museum gift shop on 0151 644 6466 or [email protected]
Thursday 26th January 2017
The dark autumn and winter months are a good opportunity to try out new crafts or a hobby, or re-ignite an existing interest. We have a series of craft workshops at Bridge Cottage led by local artists. Check out our ‘what’s on’ section for a full list.
In this workshop, artist educator Juliet Staines will show you how to create a miniature textile, through stitching and collage, which you can take home at the end of the day. The work will be inspired by the architecture of Port Sunlight Village.
The workshop include tea/coffee and locally hand-baked cake, and all equipment and materials are provided.
These workshops would be lovely for a group of friends or as an unusual gift for a crafty friend – buy them a workshop ticket before Christmas for them to enjoy in the New Year.
Time: 1.30–4.30pm
Venue: Bridge Cottage
Ticket: £30 per person, available from Port Sunlight Museum Gift Shop. Spaces are limited so booking is essential.
For more information contact Port Sunlight Museum gift shop on 0151 644 6466 or [email protected]
Thursday 17th November
As autumn approaches it’s a good opportunity to try out new crafts or a hobby, or re-ignite an existing interest. We have a series of craft workshops at Bridge Cottage led by local artists. Check out our ‘what’s on’ section for a full list.
During this workshop, participants in pairs share a selection of analogue film cameras on a photowalk around Port Sunlight, and then hand-process the black & white film that was used, taking home their half of the hand-processed negatives.
Time: 1.30– 4.30pm
Tickets: £30 per person, available from Port Sunlight Museum Gift Shop. Spaces are limited, booking essential.
Wednesday 5th October
We’re delighted to be joined by Peter Threlfall, who will be delivering our Annual War Memorial lecture, focusing on “The Wirral Pals – the story of the 13th (Wirral) Bn Cheshire Regiment in the Great War”. We will follow its brief history from the early days of recruitment, through training, and onto the bloody battlefields of France and Belgium, where they fought at such places as Le Touquet, Vimy Ridge, Ovillers, Grandcourt, Ploegsteert, and the infamous Ypres Salient from 1915-early 1918.
Time: 7pm at the Old School Room at the Lyceum
Tickets: £6 and available from Port Sunlight Museum Gift Shop
Media release
Date of Issue: 5th August 2016
Partnership working between the Port Sunlight Village Trust and Wirral Council’s Conservation Team has resulted in a nomination for a national heritage award.
Late last year, Port Sunlight became only the second area in the country to introduce a Local Listed Building Consent Order (LLBCO), which gives residents ‘blanket’ consent to make certain alterations to the rear of their properties in that Conservation Area. The work carried out to achieve this order has resulted in the council and the village trust being put forward for an Historic England Angels award.
These awards celebrate and reward the efforts of local people in saving their heritage and are co-funded by the Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation. There are five categories of award – best community action project, best contribution to a heritage project by young people, best research project, best rescue of a heritage site and outstanding contribution to heritage.
The Trust is asking for support from members of the public who can give the project their vote through the Historic England website. The winners will be announced at a ceremony at London’s Palace Theatre in November and will be presented by Andrew Lloyd Webber.
It was late last year when Wirral Council’s Planning Committee voted unanimously to adopt the Port Sunlight Local Listed Building Consent Order (LLBCO), which grants ‘blanket’ consent for certain alterations to the backs of the listed houses in the Conservation Area. The Port Sunlight LLBCO became only the second large-scale initiative of its kind nation-wide, following in the footsteps of the Little Germany area of Bradford. […]
Media release
Date of Issue: 26th August 2016
Port Sunlight Village Trust welcomes the return of Heritage Open Days from 3rd – 11th September and looks forward to being part of Wirral’s extensive programme of activity.
On Saturday 3rd September there will be free entry into Port Sunlight Museum from 10am – 5pm. Visitors will get the chance to view the latest special exhibition Port Sunlight in Focus 1896 – 1916 which explores the three local photographers who contributed most to the pictorial record of the village during its early years.
On Sunday 11th September ‘Open Village’ is back. Now in its 3rd year, this popular event provides an important opportunity to showcase Port Sunlight’s unique history and heritage and celebrate the hard work of both the residents and Port Sunlight Village Trust who work in partnership to preserve and promote the special character of the village.
From 11am – 4pm, the village will open its doors, gardens and buildings allowing access to areas normally out of bounds to visitors. A free trail will be available from Port Sunlight Museum gift shop for people to pick up and explore the village, meet residents, and enjoy privileged access.
Katherine Lynch, Heritage Manager at Port Sunlight Village Trust said:
“Heritage Open Days are extremely important and the History & Heritage Association do a fantastic job in making Wirral’s annual programme one of the best in the country. Our event ‘Open Village’ is very much in keeping with the spirit of this national initiative and we are delighted to share the experience with village residents and other Port Sunlight attractions, groups and societies.
“I don’t want […]
Media release
Date of Issue: 11th July 2016
Port Sunlight Museum’s new, photography-themed, special exhibition Port Sunlight in Focus, 1896 – 1916, showcases the work of three local photographers, Edward Jenkins, George Cotton and J. George Davies who captured the early years of village life. The exhibition, which runs until March 2017, brings to light rare and unpublished images of Port Sunlight, as well as some of the iconic images which made Port Sunlight a household name.
As part of this exhibition we are delighted to be hosting an evening lecture by Roy Wainwright on Thursday 21st July, A Brief Insight into the Life and Works of E. Chambre Hardman (A Liverpool Society Photographer). E. Chambre Hardman was a society photographer working in Liverpool from 1923 until he retired in the mid-1960s. He photographed many of the celebrities of the time. He set up a business, Burrell & Hardman Photographic Studios, in Bold Street, Liverpool, with his friend Kenneth Burrell, who he met while serving in the 8th Gurkha Rifles in India. Hardman’s passion and photographic skill sought out and brought to life with dramatic effect some of the most iconic images of the era including the ‘Birth of the Ark Royal’ in 1950. Roy Wainwright is a National Trust volunteer at Mr Hardman’s photographic studios in Liverpool and this evening presentation will take you through the life and works of E.Chambre Hardman, including some of his photographs.
A Brief Insight into the Life and Works of E. Chambre Hardman will be held at 7pm in the Old School Room at the Lyceum, tickets are £6 and available from Port Sunlight Museum. Please call 0151 644 6466 to […]
Media release
Date of Issue: 24th June 2016
RE: National Volunteer Week, 1 – 12 June 2016
From 1-12 June 2016 the staff, trustees and volunteers of Port Sunlight Village Trust could be seen out and about in Port Sunlight undertaking an external survey of the houses. The survey is a corporate priority for the Trust in 2016 and is linked to the development of a new conservation management plan to ensure the long-term survival of the village’s unique built heritage.
This diverse workforce, from Chair of Trustees to the Events Coordinator, stepped away from their day jobs and were trained in how to spot common defects in traditional buildings by the Trust’s Conservation Adviser and a team of experienced volunteers who have been working on the survey for the last eight months in all weathers.
Lizzie Heywood, Conservation Adviser for Port Sunlight Village Trust said:
“The survey is a really critical piece of work, the results of which will inform our approach to the management of the village’s built environment for the next 5-10 years. We already have a fantastic volunteer task group made up of an interesting mix of village residents and students from North West universities studying building conservation and building surveying. However, with 1,000 properties to complete by September, we were delighted to be joined by colleagues from other Trust departments.”
Laura Bennett, a resident of Port Sunlight and building survey volunteer said:
“As a new resident of Port Sunlight, I am really enjoying being part of the survey project to expand my knowledge of the village and to connect with the local community. With a degree […]
Our most recent residents’ consultation group meeting took place on Monday 11th April. This was our fifth meeting since the group was set up 12 months ago. As well as discussing the new customer service standards, we spent time at the meeting considering the types of services and facilities that are currently missing in the village.
We also reviewed the work of the group to date. The residents present valued the group and the chance to meet and exchange ideas with both Trust staff and other residents. They were keen to see more focused agendas with updates provided on activity since the previous meeting, and would like to see new opportunities for residents to get more actively involved in working groups.
From our perspective, the formation of the residents group has been a real success and is something to be very proud of. The group has grown organically from 8 people at the first meeting to 30+ at the most recent meeting with a mailing list of 50+! We would strongly urge more of you to get involved, especially tenants who are currently very underrepresented in the group. If you would like to find out more about the meetings, please contact Kath on 0151 644 4816 or [email protected]