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Anyone for tennis? #62
Posted by Viv Wilson on 12th July 2023 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,Meynell,Wimbledon,tennis,mediaval,Hampton court,Queen Mother,royal family,Oxford,Cambridge,Downton Abbey,hoar cross hall spa hotel,barons eden,All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club,The Championships,Tenez
With the summer season well and truly upon us and Wimbledon in full swing, I thought a blog about tennis might be in order! The game of tennis first started in the Mediaeval days and involved hitting a ball with a bare hand and later with a glove. By the 16th century the glove had become a racquet and the game had moved to an enclosed playing area and the rules had stabilized. This was known as ‘real tennis’. The word tennis came into use in English in the mid-14th century from French, via the Anglo-Norman term Tenez, which can be translated as 'hold', 'receive' or 'take', a call from the server to his opponent indicating that he is about to serve....
Meet the Neighbours - Blithfield Hall #78
Posted by Viv Wilson on 26th March 2024 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall spa hotel,barons eden,Blithfield Hall,world war 2,Bagot,goat,death duties,South Staffs Waterworks Company,victorian,Downton Abbey,The Crown,Grade 1 listed,Blithfield Reservoir,Elizabethan,Civil war
...t month's blog - 'Meet the Neighbours - Sudbury Hall'
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(Photos courtesy of bagothistory.com) OUT NOW!!! 'My Dad Bought a Mansion' is out in book form on Amazon - all my memoirs packed with lots of photographs from the times. Go check it out and let me know what you think!Would make a great gift!
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Meet the Neighbours - Sudbury Hall #79
Posted by Viv Wilson on 24th April 2024 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall spa hotel,barons eden,meynell ingram,hounds,Grade II listed,Doomsday Book,Norman Conquest,Lord,kennels,great staircase,sudbury hall,childrens museum,George Vernon,jacobean,Downton Abbey,The Crown,growing up in a stately home
...t month's blog - 'Meet the Neighbours - Shugborough Hall'
If you would like to follow my story from the beginning, please click here and feel free to share with your friends.Join me on a Tour of the Hall - click here to follow me on my YouTube channel and see all the rooms mentioned in my blogs - including the secret doors and the haunted attics![c Photos courtesy of National Trust Images] OUT NOW!!! 'My Dad Bought a Mansion' is out in book form on Amazon - all my memoirs packed with lots of photographs from the times. Go check it out and let me know what you think!Would make a great gift!
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Meet the Neighbours - Shugborough Hall #80
Posted by Viv Wilson on 22nd May 2024 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall spa hotel,barons eden,meynell ingram,History,Stately home,haunted house,Thomas Anson,Shugborough Hall,the Library,The aristocracy,Chinese,Earl of Lichfield,Patrick Lichfield,Photographer,Cannock Chase,Queen Victoria,Queen Mary,Titanic Brewery
...t month's blog - 'Meet the Neighbours - Coombe Abbey'
If you would like to follow my story from the beginning, please click here and feel free to share with your friends.Join me on a Tour of the Hall - click here to follow me on my YouTube channel and see all the rooms mentioned in my blogs - including the secret doors and the haunted attics!
[Unfortunately I couldn't obtain any photos from National Trust Images, but please feel free to check out their website to view the house and grounds] OUT NOW!!! 'My Dad Bought a Mansion' is out in book form on Amazon - all my memoirs packed with lots of photographs from the times. Go check it out and let me know...
Meet the Neighbours - Coombe Abbey # 81
Posted by Viv Wilson on 13th June 2024 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall spa hotel,Meynell,mediaeval banquets,Earl of Craven,capability brown,Coventry City Council,Warwickshire,Cistercian monks,monasteries,King James I,King Henry VIII,Edward IV,Gunpowder plot,Earl of Warwick,Bridgerton,Downton Abbey,history,barons eden,stately home,haunted house,my dad bought a mansion
...t month's blog - 'Meet the Neighbours - Alton Towers'
If you would like to follow my story from the beginning, please click here and feel free to share with your friends.Join me on a Tour of the Hall - click here to follow me on my YouTube channel and see all the rooms mentioned in my blogs - including the secret doors and the haunted attics! OUT NOW!!! 'My Dad Bought a Mansion' is out in book form on Amazon - all my memoirs packed with lots of photographs from the times. Go check it out and let me know what you think!Would make a great gift!
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Meet the Neighbours - Alton Towers #82
Posted by Viv Wilson on 17th July 2024 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall spa hotel,barons eden,victorian,Alton Towers,Earl of Shrewsbury,History,balloon festival,English Civil War,Norman conquest,Iron Age,Crusades,stately home,mansion
...t month's blog - 'Meet the Neighbours - Trentham Gardens'
If you would like to follow my story from the beginning, please click here and feel free to share with your friends.Join me on a Tour of the Hall - click here to follow me on my YouTube channel and see all the rooms mentioned in my blogs - including the secret doors and the haunted attics! OUT NOW!!! 'My Dad Bought a Mansion' is out in book form on Amazon - all my memoirs packed with lots of photographs from the times. Go check it out and let me know what you think!Would make a great summer read!
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