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Here Comes the Bride (Part 2) #33
Posted by Viv Wilson on 24th January 2021 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hAll,Meynell,church,ferrari,vicar,Bible,Lady Di,magician,dove
HERE COMES THE BRIDE (Part 2): And so our wedding day at Hoar Cross HAll arrived bright and clear, All thoughts of solicitors, legals, fights and arrests behind us! Myself and my bridesmaids went to get our hair done in the morning and Kev slapped a piece of steak on his jaw to bring the swelling down after the rather unfortunate fight at his stag do. Fortunately, the bruise didn’t show up too much on the photos! Gavin drove my dad’s Mercedes Benz car All the way down the drive and back up the road to the church – this was one of the drawbacks of having a church in the grounds; you don’t get to drive All through the town with Everyone looking at you...
More Tea Vicar? #12
Posted by Viv Wilson on 15th June 2022 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hAll,Meynell,grave,vicarage,vicar,1973,Christmas,Bridgerton,Downton Abbey,The Crown
During the long summer holidays it was easy to get bored. As there was no public transport from Hoar Cross and no children living nearby, we three children had to make our own entertainment and we were always having adventures and getting up to mischief – a bit like the Famous Five but without the dog! We would roam around the village or explore the basement. My dad was a hoarder and had kept All sorts of stuff over the years including gas masks and field phones from World War 2.
The old Servants HAll was now my dad’s workshop and he spent a lot of time down there restoring antiques to sell. He had one of the field phones in his workshop and the other one w...Christmas High Jinks #87
Posted by Viv Wilson on 6th December 2024 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hAll spa hotel,Barons Eden,Christmas,New Years Eve,Church,Nativity,Bellringers,Carol singers,Candles,ghost,A Christmas Carol,Mulled wine,christmas cake,haunted house,stately home,mansion
Here's a true story to get you in the mood for Christmas! My brother and I were definitely not good children and we were always amazed that Santa still left us gifts on Christmas Eve! We were like 'elves behaving badly'! Hope you enjoy it!
The sounds of "La Golondrina" floated through the air as Viv sat at the grand piano. How pleased she was that someone had asked them to look after this fine musical instrument for a few months. Having learned to play when she was younger, this gave Viv the opportunity to brush up on her skills as a pianist and she was thoroughly enjoying it. The piano was in the Library and suited the room perfectly. She could h...
Christmas High Jinks #72
Posted by Viv Wilson on 6th December 2023 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hAll,hoar cross hAll spa hotel,barons eden,new years Eve,Midsummer,Christmas,church,carols,bells,Downton Abbey,The Crown,mulled wine
The sounds of 'La Golondrina' floated through the air as Viv sat at the grand piano. How pleased she was that someone had asked them to look after this fine musical instrument for a few months. Having learned to play when she was younger, this gave Viv the opportunity to brush up on her skills as a pianist and she was thoroughly enjoying it. The piano was in the Library and suited the room perfectly. She could hear her father and an antique dealer talking in the Long GAllery as they haggled over the price of a painting that he was selling.
Viv gazed out of the window as she played and thought back to the Midsummer’s Eve BAll that they’d had a few...More tea Vicar? #11
Posted by Viv Wilson on 24th August 2020 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hAll,new year\'s Eve,birthday,midnight,Scottish,church,Easter,Christmas
MORE TEA VICAR? During the long summer holidays it was easy to get bored. As there was no public transport from Hoar Cross and no children living nearby, we three children had to make our own entertainment and we were always having adventures and getting up to mischief – a bit like the Famous Five but without a dog! We would roam around the village or explore the basement. My dad was a hoarder and had kept All sorts of stuff over the years including gas masks and field phones from World War 2. The old Servants HAll was now my dad’s workshop and he spent a lot of time down there restoring antiques to sell. He had one of the field phones in his workshop...
Christmas High Jinks!
Posted by Viv Wilson on 21st December 2019 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | Meynell,Christmas,grave,ghost,bell-ringers,mince pies
CHRISTMAS HIGH JINKS: The sounds of La Golondrina floated through the air as Viv sat at the grand piano. How pleased she was that someone had asked them to look after this fine musical instrument for a few months. Having learned to play when she was younger, this gave Viv the opportunity to brush up on her skills as a pianist and she was thoroughly enjoying it. The piano was in the Library and suited the room perfectly. She could hear her father and an antique dealer talking in the Long GAllery as they haggled over the price of a painting that he was selling. Viv gazed out of the window as she played and thought back to the Midsummer’s Eve Bal...