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The Grand Opening #5
Posted by Viv Wilson on 11th November 2018 in Blogging | hoar cross hall,Meynell,lady dorothy,Chinese,Burmese,new year's eve,Midsummer,racing car,Japanese
...vents and Balls. We had a Red Cross Ball, a Hunt Ball, A Midsummer’s Eve Ball and we always put on a New Year’s Eve Ball to which 400-500 people would attend. Being a young teen I was allowed to go to these events and would dress up in a long ball-gown – usually a friend from school was asked to come along and stay over to keep me company. I always found them very exciting and loved that moment when we were all dressed up waiting for people to arrive, the house all clean and polished and fires lit (depending on the time of year). The band would be setting up in the Ballroom and the caterers would be putting the finishing touches to the tables. As...
The Grand Opening #5
Posted by Viv Wilson on 27th April 2022 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,Meynell,Burmese,Chinese,Racing,Lady Dorothy,Red Cross Ball,Midsummer's Eve Ball,Bridgerton,keeping up with the aristocrats,The Crown,Downton Abbey,World War Two
...vents and Balls. We had a Red Cross Ball, a Hunt Ball, A Midsummer’s Eve Ball and we always put on a New Year’s Eve Ball to which 400-500 people would attend. Being a young teen I was allowed to go to these events and would dress up in a long ball-gown – usually a friend from school was asked to come along and stay over to keep me company. I always found them very exciting and loved that moment when we were all dressed up waiting for people to arrive, the house all clean and polished and fires lit (depending on the time of year). The band would be setting up in the Ballroom and the caterers would be putting the finishing touches to the tables. As the eveni...The Grand 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
...vents and Balls. We had a Red Cross Ball, a Hunt Ball, A Midsummer’s Eve Ball and we always put on a New Year’s Eve Ball to which 400-500 people would attend. Being a young teen I was allowed to go to these events and would dress up in a long ball-gown – usually a friend from school was asked to come along and stay over to keep me company. I always found them very exciting and loved that moment when we were all dressed up waiting for people to arrive, the house all clean and polished and fires lit (depending on the time of year). The band would be setting up in the Ballroom and the caterers would be putting the finishing touches to the tables. As...
Bacon's 'Essay on Gardens' # 56
Posted by Viv Wilson on 25th May 2023 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,meynell ingram,emily meynell,Country Life,temple newsam,pleached walks,fountains,Francis Bacon,Essay on Gardens,Italian gardens,elizabethan,The Crown,Downton Abbey,Bridgerton
... 'Summer Balls and Garden Parties'
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Anyone for Tennis? #96
Posted by Viv Wilson on 25th June 2025 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall spa hotel,barons eden,wimbledon,all england lawn tennis and croquet club,downton abbey,History,Period drama,Meynell,queen mother,tennis court,mediaval,Henry VIII,hampton court,Ballroom,Balls
... 'Summer Balls and Garden Parties'
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A New Year Calamity!
Posted by Viv Wilson on 27th December 2019 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,New Year's Eve,Scottish piper,auld lang syne,hokey cokey,Ball
...A NEW YEAR CALAMITY! The New Year’s Eve Balls at the Hall were usually the highlight of the year. After twelve months of hard work, especially running the Mediaeval Banquets twice a week through the winter, we were always ready to see out the year in style with a big new year party. In those days it was always black tie for the men and long dresses for the ladies – usually around 500 people bought tickets for an evening of entertainment with a dance band, disco and a meal. At midnight a man dressed in traditional Scottish regalia, including a kilt and sporran, would pipe in the new year with his bagpipes. Down the Long Gallery he would slowly...