Port Sunlight

Port Sunlight is a village on the Wirral (in the North West of England). It was purpose built by Lord Leverhulme/William Hesketh Lever starting in 1888 for the employees of Lever Brothers soap factory (now part of Unilever). The name is derived from Lever's most popular brand of cleaning agent, Sunlight. Image File history File linksMetadata Port_Sunlight. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Port_Sunlight. ... The Wirral is a peninsula in North West England bounded by the River Dee to the west and the River Mersey to the east. ... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: Multiple unofficial anthems Capital London Largest city London Official language(s) English Government Constitutional monarchy  - Queen Queen Elizabeth II  - Prime Minister Tony Blair MP Unification    - by Athelstan 927  Area    - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK)   50,346 sq mi   - Water (%) Population... Lord Leverhulme is the most familiar name of William Hesketh Lever, a British Industrialist who was created 1st Viscount Leverhulme. ... William Lever, 1st Viscount Leverhulme Lord Leverhulme is the most familiar name of William Hesketh Lever, (19 September 1851-7 May 1925), a British Industrialist who was created 1st Viscount Leverhulme. ... 1888 (MDCCCLXXXVIII) is a leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar. ... The British manufacturer Lever Brothers was founded in 1885 by William Hesketh Lever (later Lord Leverhulme) and his brother James. ... Unilever (Euronext: UNA, LSE: ULVR, NYSE: UN) is an Anglo-Dutch company that owns many of the worlds consumer product brands in foods, beverages, cleaning agents and personal care products. ...

Port Sunlight contains 900 Grade II listed buildings, and is currently a Conservation Area and is also being put forward for world heritage site status to protect it from development and to preserve the unique character for future generations. Buckingham Palace, a Grade I listed building. ... Site #86: Memphis and its Necropolis, including the Pyramids of Giza (Egypt). ...

Unusually for a suburb, it became the basis of a musical. This production, called The Sunshine Girl, opened in 1911 at the Gaiety Theatre, London. It starred Phyllis Dare, one of the most popular pin-ups of the Edwardian era, and was written by Paul Alfred Rubens. The show introduced the tango dance to British audiences. 1911 (MCMXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). ... The Gaiety Theatre, London was a musical theatre in Londons Strand area. ... Tango is a social dance form that originated in Buenos Aires, Argentina. ...

Some other key facts are that each block of houses was designed by a different architect. You cannot see the backs of any of the houses and each house was unique. Until the 1980s all residents were employees of Unilever and their families. It was during the 1980s that the houses were first sold privately. The former school is now a working men's club. The 1980s decade refers to the years from 1980 to 1989, inclusive, informally sometimes including the years 1979, 1990 and 1991. ...

Port Sunlight is the birthplace of 1980s music personality Pete Burns, member of the band Dead Or Alive. The 1980s decade refers to the years from 1980 to 1989, inclusive, informally sometimes including the years 1979, 1990 and 1991. ... Robert De Niro at the Berlin International Film Festival, 1998 Robert De Niro Jr. ... The phrase Dead or Alive can refer to the following in addition to its common usage on bounties where it is a capture condition: For the New Wave band from Liverpool, see Dead Or Alive (band). ...

Other 'Model Villages'

• Bournville: Cadbury's factory village
• Woodlands: Brodsworth Colliery mining village
• Saltaire
• Stewartby

Bournville is an area on the south side of Birmingham, best known for its connections with the Cadbury family and chocolate - including a dark chocolate bar branded Bournville. It is also home to a campus of the Birmingham Institute of Art and Design. ... Cadbury Schweppes plc is a confectionery and beverage company with its headquarters in Birmingham, United Kingdom. ... Woodlands is a model village, 3 miles (5 km) north of Doncaster in South Yorkshire, and was built in the early years of the 20th century. ... Brodsworth Colliery was a colliery in South Yorkshire until the late 20th century; renowned for the superb model village of Woodlands which housed its workers. ... Saltaire is the name of a Victorian era model village in the metropolitan borough of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, by the River Aire and the Leeds and Liverpool Canal. ... Stewartby is a model village in Bedfordshire, originally built for the workers in the local brickworks. ...

See also

• The Lady Lever Art Gallery
• Port Sunlight railway station

Sunlight Soap magnate William Hesketh Lever, the first Lord Leverhulme, founded the Lady Lever Art Gallery in 1922 and dedicated it to the memory of his wife. ... Port Sunlight railway station serves the Port Sunlight area of the Wirral, England, a so-called model village built for the workers of the nearby Lever Brothers soap factory. ...

External links

• Christ Church Port Sunlight
• Christ Church Port Sunlight Bells
• Port Sunlight Village Community
• Port Sunlight Village Trust

Coordinates: 53°20′N 2°59′W Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...