Jo Birch

Photo: Colin Bermingham

About the Author:

Jo Birch has spent many years amassing a vast collection of memorabilia relating to the village of Port Sunlight and its founder, Lord Leverhulme. This includes his personal accounts which have been locked away for over one hundred years. Part of her collection is on display in Port Sunlight museum. She has travelled the world, experiencing at first hand the global influence of Lord Leverhulme's legacy. Her love of the village and the history surrounding it has culminated in the publication of her first book, 'Port Sunlight and its People'.