YOUNG people staged a takeover of a Port Sunlight, a model village created by the founder of their school.

Pupils at Bolton School boys’ division from Years Seven to 13 took part in The Leverhulme Festival at the village created by Lord Leverhulme

The young people brought drama and music to the village, performing in the Lever Art Gallery, putting on exhibitions in Bridge Cottage, which was once the home of Lord Leverhulme, as well as staging tours of the Port Sunlight Musuem.

A spokesman for Bolton School said: “It was a day of family fun, enjoyed by pupils, parents, governors including George Apsion who is the great-grandson of Lord Leverhulme, and the general public.

“With the stunning artwork of the Lady Lever Art Gallery as a backdrop, boys acted out, under the directorship of RoughHouse Theatre, the final performance of My Room My Bolton, a ‘love song to Bolton’ inspired by the Mass Observation project of the 1930s.

“Elsewhere on the site, artwork by the Young Artists’ Collective was displayed at Bridge Cottage and students were on hand to talk about their work whilst undertaking communal drawing.

“Musical accompaniment for the afternoon was provided by the boys’ Junior String Quartet, Senior String Quartet, the Guitar Quartet, the Brass Group and a number of piano soloists.”

School governor Mr Apsion presented special awards to pupils, including Matthew Hope who won The Lady Lever Arts Award for innovative and creative extra-curricular work, Sam Warburton with The Port Sunlight Trust Award for dedication to creative work in the community and Jack Swires received The Lord Leverhulme Award for leadership in extra-curricular work.