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Motor Racing Days #9
Posted by Viv Wilson on 11th December 2018 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,donington park,mallory park,lotus elite,chris meek,pat ferguson,World War 2,colditz,Silverstone,british grand prix
MOTOR RACING DAYS: Although my blogs are about living at Hoar Cross Hall, I would just like to give a bit of background about my dad’s racing career in the years leading up to moving to the Hall as this will set the scene for later instalments of my story.
As mentioned in my first blog my dad used to be a racing driver but he actually started off racing motor cycles in the 1930s. Because of this he became a despatch rider during the Second World War and spent a lot of time in North Africa. After the war he started racing at nearby Donington Park and he raced there up to the beginning of the 1950s. After that he moved onto cars and dr...
Motor Racing Days #9
Posted by Viv Wilson on 20th October 2019 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,lotus elite,mallory park,donington park,silverstone,graham hill,Sterling Moss,1950s,1960s,North Africa,second world war
MOTOR RACING DAYS: Although my blogs are about living at Hoar Cross Hall, I would just like to give a bit of background about my dad’s racing career in the years leading up to moving to the Hall as this will set the scene for later instalments of my story.
As mentioned in my first blog my dad used to be a racing driver but he actually started off racing motor cycles in the 1930s. Because of this he became a despatch rider during the Second World War and spent a lot of time in North Africa. After the war he started racing motor bikes at nearby Donington Park and he raced there up to the beginning of the 1950s. After that he moved onto cars and d...
Motor Racing Days #8
Posted by Viv Wilson on 5th August 2020 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,motor racing,lotus elite,silverstone,Volkswagon,chris meek,Brian Henton,colditz,BRM
MOTOR RACING DAYS: Although my blogs are about living at Hoar Cross Hall, I would just like to give a bit of background about my dad’s racing career in the years leading up to moving to the Hall as this will set the scene for later instalments of my story.
As mentioned in my first blog my dad used to be a racing driver but he actually started off racing motor cycles in the 1930s. Because of this he became a despatch rider during the Second World War and spent a lot of time in North Africa. After the war he started racing motor bikes at nearby Donington Park and he raced there up to the beginning of the 1950s. After that he moved onto cars and drove a C...Motor Racing Days #9
Posted by Viv Wilson on 28th June 2021 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,Meynell,mallory park,Silverstone,Chasewater,Brands Hatch,volkswagon,colditz,Piers Courage,Fabian,North Africa
MOTOR RACING DAYS
Although my blogs are about living at Hoar Cross Hall, I would just like to give a bit of background about my dad’s racing career in the years leading up to moving to the Hall as this will set the scene for later instalments of my story.
As mentioned in my first blog my dad used to be a racing driver but he actually started off racing motor cycles in the 1930s. Because of this he became a despatch rider during the Second World War and spent a lot of time in North Africa. After the war he started racing motor bikes at nearby Donington Park and he raced there up to the beginning of the 1950s. After that he moved onto cars and drove a Cooper 5...Motor Racing Days #9
Posted by Viv Wilson on 25th May 2022 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,Meynell,Motor racing,Silverstone,mallory park,donington park,lotus elite,formula 2,Formula 1,Chris Meek,Pat Ferguson,Colditz,Brian Henton
Although my blogs are about living at Hoar Cross Hall, I would just like to give a bit of background about my dad’s racing career in the years leading up to moving to the Hall as this will set the scene for later instalments of my story.
As mentioned in my first blog my dad used to be a racing driver but he actually started off racing motor cycles in the 1930s. Because of this he became a despatch rider during the Second World War and spent a lot of time in North Africa. After the war he started racing motor bikes at nearby Donington Park and he raced there up to the beginning of the 1950s. After that he moved onto cars and drove a Cooper 500cc (which is the...
Hysterical Productions #16
Posted by Viv Wilson on 1st November 1974 in Early Days | mediaeval banquets,racing car,olympia,london,ira,birmingham,hoar cross hall
HYSTERICAL PRODUCTIONS: By the end of 1974 we had done about 40 banquets 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 got 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 I am’ 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...