A visit to an old friend

 For so long we have been saying we will get up to the Wirral to see Kathy in her not so new home. Well finally we made it and took advantage of a couple of trips out.



Looking across you can see the docks just. It was not the warmest or clearest of days. But a reminder of what an important port Liverpool has been.


The tide was in so no walk along the beach at New Brighton.



But you can just make out the new football ground for Everton under construction. Question is will they still be in the premier league when its completed?







What was a surprise was to visit Port Sunlight the village built for the workers by Lord Lever. Our country has some amazing villages built by wealthy individuals who wanted to provide better living conditions for their workers. 
Sadly of course they were few and far between, and often the wealth created came from the colonial activities of empire.


The former congregationalist church now URC looking very much like the parish church.
And of course its tomb of the founder.




The village is so beautifully laid out to provide at the time everything you could need in a what was then a standard of living beyond most other communities.




Lord Lever's pad.











Bowling green, and there was a swimming pool now a garden centre.



The facade of the works now UniLever.






Of course we had to pop into a workers cottage giving you that sense of stepping back in time.








Bed with a proper hot water bottle!!!



Mind you we still managed to visit the garden centre and purchase two plants , well you do don't you.










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