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Panto Pranks #21
Posted by Viv Wilson on 1st November 2020 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,Meynell,Lord Killearn,david matthews,pantomime,Christmas,Prince Charles,Queens Silver Jubilee,Meynell Ingram Arms,Amazon parrot
...quired an Amazon parrot! (From the jungle, not the online store!) Apparently he came as part of an antique deal from a dealer who owed my dad some money. My dad agreed to take the parrot as settlement believing he could make a profit on him as parrots were worth quite a lot of money back then – however, he never got sold as my dad became quite attached to him; perhaps he thought it would keep him company when Gavin was at school. I had pretty much left home now, returning at weekends and Piers lived with my mum, so we were all in different parts of the house – good job it’s a big place I hear you say!
Percy the Amazon parrot
Around this time my...
Whodunit in the Library #24
Posted by Viv Wilson on 8th October 2022 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,Meynell,victorian,truncheon,East End,:London,rats,Library,whodunit,downton abbey,The Crown,Amazon
...k form on Amazon - all my memoirs packed with lots of photographs from the times. Go check it out here and let me know what you think!...
Gardeners World at Hoar Cross #43
Posted by Viv Wilson on 24th February 2023 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,Meynell,Victorian,first world war,second world war,chauffeur,servants ball,christmas,carpenters,bricklayers,plumber,electrician,thatcher,Downton Abbey,the crown
...ilable on Amazon.All my memoirs packed with lots of original photographs from the times.Go check it out here and let me know what you think!As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases....
The life and times of an upper class family #44
Posted by Viv Wilson on 3rd March 2023 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,Meynell Ingram,hickleton hall,viscount halifax,Earl Grey,earl of crawford,lady elizabeth bowes-lyon,Glamis Castle,downton abbey,The Crown
...ilable on Amazon.
All my memoirs packed with lots of original photographs from the times.Go check it out here and let me know what you think!...
Hoar Cross Hall - Life below stairs #45
Posted by Viv Wilson on 10th March 2023 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,Meynell,first world war,second world war,chapel,Lady Dorothy,Downton Abbey,upstairs downstairs,The Crown,Amazon,my dad bought a mansion
...ilable on Amazon.
All my memoirs packed with lots of original photographs from the times.Go check it out and let me know what you think!
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Panto Pranks! #76
Posted by Viv Wilson on 23rd January 2024 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,hoar cross hall spa hotel,barons eden,pantomime,Amazon parrot,lord killearn,alexandra meynell,david matthews,Rolls Royce,Greek,Police,ATV Today,television,Queen's Silver Jubilee,nursery rhyme,fairy tale
...quired an Amazon parrot! (From the jungle, not the online store!) Apparently he came as part of an antique deal from a dealer who owed my dad some money. My dad agreed to take the parrot as settlement believing he could make a profit on him as parrots were worth quite a lot of money back then – however, he never got sold as my dad became quite attached to him; perhaps he thought it would keep him company when Gavin was at school. I had pretty much left home now, returning at weekends and Piers lived with my mum, so we were all in different parts of the house – good job it’s a big place, I hear you say!
Percy the parrot
Around this time my...