From the Liverpool Echo: > THE doors to the home of the man who founded a Merseyside community > are to be opened to the public for the first time. > > Grade II-listed Thornton Manor in Wirral, home to three generations of > the Leverhulme family, will be open to the public on Sunday, September 6. > And from the Liverpool Daily Post: > HE was the visionary, entrepreneur and philanthropist who founded Port > Sunlight. And as work started on his new community and Lever Brothers > factory in 1888, William Lever, the man who was to become the first > Viscount Leverhulme, was settling into life three miles away at > Thornton Manor. > > The Victorian soap magnate rented the gothic revival-style house > before buying it in 1893. > > Guided tours of the house – which dates from the 1840s – will include > the first Viscount Leverhulme’s famous outdoor bedroom with his bath – > barely sheltered from the elements – in one corner. Read the rest at <http://preview.tinyurl.com/mgrd7o> and <http://preview.tinyurl.com/mgrd7o> Lynne

All ready been and booked for Thornton Manor, tickets are £5.00 per adult from, Age Concern in Market Street Birkinhead. Best Regards, Peter. --- On Thu, 6/8/09, Lynne <rwlist.admin@verizon.net> wrote: From: Lynne <rwlist.admin@verizon.net> Subject: [ENG-LIV] William LEVER, Viscount Leverhulme, family home Thornton Manor to open its doors to the public for the first time To: eng-liverpool@rootsweb.com, birkenhead@rootsweb.com Date: Thursday, 6 August, 2009, 3:41 PM >From the Liverpool Echo: > THE doors to the home of the man who founded a Merseyside community > are to be opened to the public for the first time. > > Grade II-listed Thornton Manor in Wirral, home to three generations of > the Leverhulme family, will be open to the public on Sunday, September 6. > And from the Liverpool Daily Post: > HE was the visionary, entrepreneur and philanthropist who founded Port > Sunlight. And as work started on his new community and Lever Brothers > factory in 1888, William Lever, the man who was to become the first > Viscount Leverhulme, was settling into life three miles away at > Thornton Manor. > > The Victorian soap magnate rented the gothic revival-style house > before buying it in 1893. > > Guided tours of the house – which dates from the 1840s – will include > the first Viscount Leverhulme’s famous outdoor bedroom with his bath – > barely sheltered from the elements – in one corner. Read the rest at <http://preview.tinyurl.com/mgrd7o> and <http://preview.tinyurl.com/mgrd7o> Lynne ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Admin Message - List guidelines: http://freespace.virgin.net/genealogical.collections/AdminMessage.htm The list admin can be contacted at Eng-Liverpool-admin@rootsweb.com  ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-LIVERPOOL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message