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Hysterical Productions #15
Posted by Viv Wilson on 21st July 2022 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,Meynell,Chinese room,Fire-eater,banquets,mead,Henry VIII,Christmas,afghan,monk
By the end of 1974 we had done about 40 banquets at Hoar Cross Hall and they were still going strong. Most of the original cast were still with us but we were on our second King now and also doing our own catering and 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 and Saracen’s Delight and sing along to ‘I’m Henry VIII’ whilst drinking beer, wine and 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 and we were constantly being chatted up by men who bought us dri...
Suits you Sir! #22
Posted by Viv Wilson on 23rd September 2022 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,Meynell,Bodley,suits of armour,Long Gallery,downton abbey,The Crown,Queen,Parrot,banquet,breastplate,church of the holy angels
...from the banquets and he felt he’d been cheated by her.
Dad wearing a suit of armour
When we got back home from the solicitors he hatched a plan. He would swap all the paintings and suits of armour for reproduction versions so he could sell the real ones on and still make money, whilst my mum wouldn’t realise what was happening as she would see that everything was still in it’s place! This was now war! My dad was friendly with a chap from Coventry who was an armourer. This was still a trade back in the day and I believe he did his training in the Tower of London - there are still modern armourers today who work for the military or the Police a...
Suits you Sir! #22
Posted by Viv Wilson on 9th November 2020 in Growing Up In Stately Home | hoar cross hall,Meynell,mediaeval banquets,suits of armour,Christmas,Police,parrot,Coventry,armourer,tower of london
...from the banquets and he felt he’d been cheated by her.
Some of the suits of armour on display
When we got back home from the solicitors he hatched a plan. He would swap all the paintings and suits of armour for reproduction versions so he could sell the real ones on and still make money, whilst my mum wouldn’t realise what was happening as she would see that everything was still in it’s place! This was now war! My dad was friendly with a chap from Coventry who was an armourer. This was still a trade back in the day and I believe he did his training in the Tower of London - there are still modern armourers today who work for the military or...
Suits you Sir! #22
Posted by Viv Wilson on 5th October 2021 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,Meynell,parrot,banquets,suits of armour,electronics,rats,bridgerton,downton abbey,the crown
...from the banquets and he felt he’d been cheated by her.
My dad wearing one of his suits of armour!
When we got back home from the solicitors my dad, Kev and myself sat down and talked about what we could do – and my dad decided on a cunning plan! He would swap all the paintings and suits of armour for reproduction versions so he could sell the real ones on and still make money, whilst my mum wouldn’t realise what was happening as she would see that everything was still in it’s place! This was now war! My dad was friendly with a chap from Coventry who was an armourer. This was still a trade back in the day and I believe he did his training in t...Mediaeval Mayhem! #12
Posted by Viv Wilson on 6th January 2019 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,banquets,chinese,daggar,silver armour,ballroom
...MEDIAEVAL MAYHEM! It was the end of the summer season at the Hall in 1973 and rehearsals had started for the new venture of Mediaeval banquets. All the cast would come round to the house each week for rehearsals and my mum and one or two other ladies were busy making the skirts and blouses for the wenches. My mum also made about 200 bibs which the guests were going to be wearing as eating five courses with a dagger can be quite messy! We had a King, a Jester, a Fire-eater, a Halberdier, an organist and various wenches and serving ladies. To launch the banquets my parents decided to hold a Press Reception about a month before and so we al...Suits you sir! #24
Posted by Viv Wilson on 1st April 2019 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,Bodley organs,Meynell,Electronics engineer,police,rats
...from the banquets and he felt he’d been cheated by her.
When we got back home from the solicitors he hatched a plan. He would swap all the paintings and suits of armour for reproduction versions so he could sell the real ones on and still make money, whilst my mum wouldn’t realise what was happening as she would see that everything was still in it’s place! This was now war! My dad was friendly with a chap from Coventry who was an armourer. This was still a trade back in the day and I believe he did his training in the Tower of London - there are still modern armourers today who work for the military or the Police and look after all the weapons. M...