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Party On! #18
Posted by Viv Wilson on 1st June 1976 in Early Days |
...nd as the candles blew out they panicked and ran around petrified and half scared to death, eventually finding their way back down to the party! Thank goodness the walls were so thick in those old houses so no-one could hear what was going on! We did feel a bit guilty as we had dared them to try it when we were quite happy to stay at the party, but I have to admit I never thought they would hear so much stuff – maybe our parties had kept the ghosts up!
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More Tea Vicar? #12
Posted by Viv Wilson on 18th July 2021 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,Emily Meynell,Meynell Ingram Arms,church of the holy angels,vicar,Cathedral of the Midlands,New Years Eve,New Years Day
...t all the candles in the church as we thought it looked really pretty and brightened the place up a bit. Oh dear – that was definitely not the right thing to do! A strongly worded letter was sent to my dad from the vicar telling him in no uncertain terms that he should be disciplining his children a lot better than he was. My dad hit the roof about this as he didn’t like people telling him what to do and he was by no means a religious man and couldn’t understand what all the fuss was about. We still got a telling off from our mum though.
The Church of the Holy Angels
The church was also where the remains of our ghost was buried – the small ch...More Tea Vicar? #12
Posted by Viv Wilson on 20th March 1973 in Early Days | hoar cross hall,meynel,ingram,more tea vicar,ghost,church of the holy angels,churchyard,christmas,vicarage,1973,meynell arms
...t all the candles in the church as we thought it looked really pretty and brightened the place up a bit. Oh dear – that was definitely not the right thing to do! A strongly worded letter was sent to my dad from the vicar telling him in no uncertain terms that he should be disciplining his children a lot better than he was. My dad hit the roof about this as he didn’t like people telling him what to do and he was by no means a religious man and couldn’t understand what all the fuss was about. We still got a telling off from our mum though.
The church was also where the remains of our ghost was buried – the small child whose cries we often heard. ...
THE TAX MAN COMETH #29
Posted by Viv Wilson on 7th July 1980 in Early Days | tax man,lotus elite,hoar cross hall,church services,champagne,barn dances,april fools day,Christmas,Easter,wedding,1980
...t all the candles in the church one day to brighten it up. I hoped he didn’t remember! I also hoped he didn’t know that it was Gavin and I who had sabotaged the many Christmas and Easter high teas at the vicarage after the church services, when we would take the sandwiches apart and put them back together with a different half!
We also had the added problem of my parents – my dad had to give me away so he had to be there, but my mum would surely want to see me married too, even if we weren’t really on speaking terms. Where would we seat them? How would we keep them apart without a huge argument starting – we really didn’t want this on our we...The Tax Man Cometh #29
Posted by Viv Wilson on 18th November 2022 in Blogging | hoar cross hall,Meynell,duchy of cornwall,The Crown,The Church of the Holy Angels,Meynell Ingram Arms,Knighthood,Lotus Elite,british aristocracy,lord and lady,stately home,mansion,staffordshire,history,ghosts,ghost stories,spa hotel,mediaeval,antiques,suit of armour,hoar cross hall spa,stately home tour,manor house,abandoned mansion,abandoned mansion uk,derelict mansion,abandoned millionaire mansion,downton abbey a new era,stately homes of england,stately home where I grew up,My Dad Bought a Mansion,lady diana,the crown season 5 netflix uk,royal household,the tax man
...t all the candles in the church one day to brighten it up. I hoped he didn’t remember! I also hoped he didn’t know that it was Gavin and I who had sabotaged the many Christmas and Easter high teas at the vicarage after the church services, when we would take the sandwiches apart and put them back together in a different order!
The Vicarage at Hoar Cross
We also had the added problem of my parents – my dad had to give me away so he had to be there, but my mum would surely want to see me married too, even if we weren’t really on speaking terms. Where would we seat them? How would we keep them apart without a huge argument starting – we really didn...
A Christmas Celebration #74
Posted by Viv Wilson on 20th December 2023 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,hoar cross hall spa hotel,barons eden,meynell ingram,servants,Butler,ghost,bells,christmas,party,Tour of the Hall,Downton Abbey,the Crown,Drawing Room
...hter than candles! One floor down they went through the green baize door and along the bedroom corridor where the family slept. The Derby Room was at the far end on the right overlooking the direction of Derby, hence the name. All the rooms were named after the towns they faced, something Molly found quite appealing. As they approached the door they stopped and listened very carefully and as they couldn’t hear anything they carefully opened the door to look inside. Molly clung onto Jenny as they peered around the door. Just as she thought, there was no-one in there and indeed, it wasn’t even a bedroom but a storeroom for unused furniture and the li...