Port Sunlight, Gardens And Fountains c.1955
Photo ref:
P188014
Photo ref:
P188014
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The fountain and pond are situated at the front of the art gallery at the end of a ribbon of lawns and rose beds known as the Diamond. 'Sea Piece' is the name of the bronze from which water sprays; it depicts a legendary sea-horse with a triton and baby triton astride its back. It was sculpted by Sir Charles Wheeler, and it was switched on in July 1950.
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A Selection of Memories from Port Sunlight
For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. Here are some from Port Sunlight
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I was born in 1958. My father was in the RAF. His mother, my grandmother lived at 6 Jubilee Crescent Port Sunlight. Whenever we moved from one RAF camp to another we would stay at my Nanas for a couple of weeks, while the house we were moving to was vacant. How I loved it there. Always so much to do. Well it seemed as if there was. My sister and I would play around the memorial, the lovely gardens. I ...see more
This photo of the art gallery reminds me of how we used to go rolling down the banks. Lots of children did this regularly and as you went towards the back of the gallery, the banks got steeper! It could be quite alarming, yet exhilarating at the same time! There was a statue outside the back of the art gallery which is now unseen. The other game was to walk around the ledges and then jump off. You could break ...see more
have just spent a wonderful hour looking through the photographs of Port Sunlight, they have brought back so many memories that are as clear as day still to me. I first came to live in the village with an aunt and uncle in1939 ,so of course the war years were quite prevellent in my experience. I lived in Greendale Road, near the junction with Bolton Road (number 72). It was opposite the tie ...see more
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