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Rags to Riches #16
Posted by Viv Wilson on 3rd February 2019 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | Meynell,hoar cross hall,mediaeval banquets,suits of armour,first world war,Louis Martin,second world war,olympics
RAGS TO RICHES: My family originated from Derby and my parents were married there in July 1952. Mum was 19 and dad was 36 so quite a bit older. They both lived in Derby and were very arty; my dad went to the Derby Sketching Club in his free time and my mum attended art college. I’m not sure where they met but it was either at something art related or at a dance, as was usual in those days. My dad was a sculptor by trade; I think his interest was sparked by seeing all the beautiful alabaster in Italian churches during the war. After the war he set up his own business making alabaster lamps, bowls and candlesticks among other things (see hea...Rags to Riches #14
Posted by Viv Wilson on 14th September 2020 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,second world war,first world war,boer War,Tiger skin,bearskin,Tony Blackburn,Meynell,mediaeval banquets
RAGS TO RICHES: My family originated from Derby and my parents were married there in July 1952. Mum was 19 and dad was 36 so quite a bit older. They both lived in Derby and were very arty; my dad went to the Derby Sketching Club in his free time and my mum attended art college. I’m not sure where they met but it was either at something art related or at a dance, as was usual in those days. My dad was a sculptor by trade; I think his interest was sparked by seeing all the beautiful alabaster in Italian churches during the war. After the war he set up his own business making alabaster lamps, bowls and candlesticks among other things (see header picture)....Rags to Riches #15
Posted by Viv Wilson on 8th August 2021 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,Jamaica,alabaster,Derby walk of fame,Olympics,Louis Martin,first world war,second world war,Downton Abey,Bridgerton,period drama
My family originated from Derby and my parents were married there in July 1952. Mum was 19 and dad was 36 so quite a bit older. They both lived in Derby and were very arty; my dad went to the Derby Sketching Club in his free time and my mum attended art college. I’m not sure where they met but it was either at something art related or at a dance, as was usual in those days. My dad was a sculptor by trade; I think his interest was sparked by seeing all the beautiful alabaster in Italian churches during the war. After the war he set up his own business making alabaster lamps, bowls and candlesticks among other things (see header picture). He would go to the alab...Rags to Riches #63
Posted by Viv Wilson on 18th July 2023 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,meynell ingram,mediaeval banquets,Boer War,first world war,second world war,louis martin,derby walk of fame,olympics,Jamaica,The Meynell Ingram Arms,Downton abbey,The Crown,Bridgerton,Tony Blackburn,Radion 1,michaelangelo
My family originated from Derby and my parents were married there in July 1952. Mum was 19 and dad was 36 so quite a bit older. They both lived in Derby and were very arty; my dad went to the Derby Sketching Club in his free time and my mum attended art college. I’m not sure where they met but it was either at something art related or at a dance, as was usual in those days. My dad was a sculptor by trade; I think his interest was sparked by seeing all the beautiful alabaster in Italian churches during the war.
My parents on their wedding day - 1952
After the Second World War he set up his own business making alabaster lamps, bowls and candles...
Motor Racing Days #64
Posted by Viv Wilson on 25th July 2023 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,Meynell,Silverstone,Brands Hatch,Chasewater,Mallory Park,Colditz,Godfather,Chris Meek,british grand prix,volkswagon,Formula 1,Formula 2,The Alps,Lotus elite,second world war,Motor bikes
...eal in an Italian restaurant. Next day Chris drove me home in his Lotus at high speeds down the motorway – I don’t think I even wore a seatbelt as I was only used to my dad’s 40mph van! Still, it was all very exciting for a 15 year old girl and an experience I’ve never forgotten!
Chris Meek next to his plane
Another thing race circuits had were hospitality tents which contained lots of free food and drink which is great when you’re a kid – and my dad would always help himself to free bottles of champagne which he said he was keeping for me when I got married! But that’s another story!
When Gavin was older my dad encouraged him to r...
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
...a man of Italian descent who became one of the most successful ornamental carvers and plasterers in Georgian Britain.
The Dining Room
Sadly, in 1945, the Hall was sold by the 5th Baron Bagot to the South Staffordshire Waterworks Company, as they planned to build a reservoir which was completed in 1953 and opened by the Queen Mother. The reservoir is 14 metres deep and approx. 4km long and took 500 men six years to build. It was made in a shallow valley through which the River Blithe ran and has a causeway across it. It is now classed as a Site of Special Scientific Interest due to the over-wintering wildfowl that reside there.
A year later, in 1946...