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Hysterical Productions #16
Posted by Viv Wilson on 1st November 1974 in Early Days | mediaeval banquets,racing car,olympia,london,ira,birmingham,hoar cross hall
HYSTERICAL PRODUCTIONS: By the end of 1974 we had done about 40 banquets <Span class='highlight'>andSpan> they were still going strong. Most of the original cast were still with us but we were on our second king now <Span class='highlight'>andSpan> also doing our own catering <Span class='highlight'>andSpan> bar, whereas when we first started, we had got a catering firm in to do it all. Every weekend over 200 people came to sample our Noble Brose, Roast Lambe <Span class='highlight'>andSpan> Saracen’s Delight <Span class='highlight'>andSpan> sing along to ‘I’m Henry VIII I am’ whilst drinking beer, wine <Span class='highlight'>andSpan> mead.
But it was a very adult environment for 15 year old girls to work in; a few of my school friends also worked at the banquets as wenches <Span class='highlight'>andSpan> we were constantly being chatted up by...
THE GR<Span class='highlight'>andSpan> OPENING #5
Posted by Viv Wilson on 1st March 1971 in Early Days | hoar cross hall,suits of armour,ball room,gallery,gr<Span class='highlight'>andSpan> opening
THE GR<Span class='highlight'>andSpan> OPENING: <Span class='highlight'>andSpan> so into 1971 <Span class='highlight'>andSpan> the preparation of the house so we could open it to the public by Easter. During the run up to buying the house my dad had been buying furniture, carpets <Span class='highlight'>andSpan> paintings like crazy <Span class='highlight'>andSpan> I remember our previous home being jam packed with chaise longues, sideboards <Span class='highlight'>andSpan> carved chests as well as all the arms <Span class='highlight'>andSpan> armour that he already had. This furniture was now set out in all the rooms.
The Long Gallery
My mum’s collection of Victorian costumes were on display in the Ballroom as well as my dad’s collection of silver plated ‘display’ armour, which hung around the panelled walls; the suits of armour <Span class='highlight'>andSpan> the m...
The Gr<Span class='highlight'>andSpan> Opening #5
Posted by Viv Wilson on 5th July 2020 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,Meynell,Japanese mapel tree,midsummer's eve,new year's eve,parachute,red cross
THE GR<Span class='highlight'>andSpan> OPENING: <Span class='highlight'>andSpan> so we move into 1971 <Span class='highlight'>andSpan> the preparation of Hoar Cross Hall so we could open it to the public by Easter. During the run up to buying the house my dad had been buying furniture, carpets <Span class='highlight'>andSpan> paintings like crazy <Span class='highlight'>andSpan> I remember our previous home being jam packed with chaise longues, sideboards <Span class='highlight'>andSpan> carved chests as well as all the suits of armour that he already had. This furniture was now set out in all the rooms. My mum’s collection of Victorian costumes were on display in the Ballroom as well as my dad’s collection of silver plated ‘display’ armour, which hung around the panelled walls; the suits of armour <Span class='highlight'>andSpan> the many painti...
Hysterical Productions #17
Posted by Viv Wilson on 10th February 2019 in Growing Up In a Stately Home |
HYSTERICAL PRODUCTIONS: By the end of 1974 we had done about 40 banquets at the Hall <Span class='highlight'>andSpan> they were still going strong. Most of the original cast were still with us but we were on our second King now <Span class='highlight'>andSpan> also doing our own catering <Span class='highlight'>andSpan> bar, whereas when we first started, we had a catering firm in to do it all. Every weekend over 200 people came to sample our Noble Brose, Roast Lambe <Span class='highlight'>andSpan> Saracen’s Delight <Span class='highlight'>andSpan> sing along to ‘I’m Henry VIII’ whilst drinking beer, wine <Span class='highlight'>andSpan> mead. But it was a very adult environment for 15 year old girls to work in; a few of my school friends also worked at the banquets as wenches <Span class='highlight'>andSpan> we were constantly be...
The Gr<Span class='highlight'>andSpan> Opening #5
Posted by Viv Wilson on 21st September 2019 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,Meynell,Burmese,Chinese,racing,Butler,Victorian
THE GR<Span class='highlight'>andSpan> OPENING: <Span class='highlight'>andSpan> so we move into 1971 <Span class='highlight'>andSpan> the preparation of Hoar Cross Hall so we could open it to the public by Easter. During the run up to buying the house my dad had been buying furniture, carpets <Span class='highlight'>andSpan> paintings like crazy <Span class='highlight'>andSpan> I remember our previous home being jam packed with chaise longues, sideboards <Span class='highlight'>andSpan> carved chests as well as all the suits of armour that he already had. This furniture was now set out in all the rooms. My mum’s collection of Victorian costumes were on display in the Ballroom as well as my dad’s collection of silver plated ‘display’ armour, which hung around the panelled walls; the suits of armour <Span class='highlight'>andSpan> the ma...
Queen Alex<Span class='highlight'>andSpan>ra - my family #50
Posted by Viv Wilson on 13th April 2023 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,hoar cross hall Spa,Meynell,Queen Alex<Span class='highlight'>andSpan>ra,Queen Mary,King of Denmark,King charles,Coronation,King George V,King Edward VII,Downton Abbey,The Crown,Royal Family,queen victoria,S<Span class='highlight'>andSpan>ringham,Queen elizabeth,Balmoral
Queen Alex<Span class='highlight'>andSpan>ra was the daughter-in-law of Queen Victoria as she was married to her eldest son <Span class='highlight'>andSpan> heir, Edward VII. Her family were from Denmark <Span class='highlight'>andSpan> although of royal blood they were a distant branch of the royal house of Oldenburg <Span class='highlight'>andSpan> apparently lived very modestly on her father's army commission. However, in 1852 her father, Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg, was chosen to succeed his second cousin Frederick VII as King of Denmark thus the family's status rose <Span class='highlight'>andSpan> they moved into a new official residence, Bernstorff Palace.
Alex<Span class='highlight'>andSpan>ra, or 'Alix' as she was known was born on 1st December 1844, her full name being Alex<Span class='highlight'>andSpan>ra Caroline M...