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Summer Balls and Garden Parties #57
Posted by Viv Wilson on 2nd June 2023 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,Meynell-Ingram,Midsummer's Eve Ball,New Year's Eve Ball,County Ball,Bridgerton,Downton abbey,London,Berkeley Square,Laughton Estate,gardens,Alec Douglas-Home,Barings Bank
...ss it's a charity event or the Oscars on TV !
The Pippa Dee garden party in 1974
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Victorian Society #93
Posted by Viv Wilson on 24th April 2025 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,hoar cross hall spa hotel,barons eden,the Home of the Good Shepherd,Great Ormond St Hospital,victorian,Music Halls,light bulb,history,Meynell,Royal Victoria Military Hospital,charity,Downton Abbey,period drama,Victoria,Victoria and Albert,royal family
...Victorian society was built around Queen Victoria’s reign, loosely between 1820-1914. It was characterised by a class-based society and Britain being the most powerful empire in the world.
Hoar Cross Hall was built in 1870, at the height of the Victorian era, and boasted up to seventy rooms, twenty-five of them for the servants, approximately fifteen for the kitchens and utility areas, leaving around thirty rooms for the family and their guests. During this time a lot of people, particularly women, went into domestic service and the Housekeeper at the Hall earned about £50 a year, while a housemaid earned £15 a year – quite the difference! By all ac...
Victorian Fashions #95
Posted by Viv Wilson on 29th May 2025 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,my dad bought a mansion,victorian,amazon,historic houses,national trust,Ballroom,Balls,bustle,crinoline,corsets,industrial revolution,hourglass,petticoats,downton abbey,queen victoria,barons eden,hoar cross hall spa hotel
...Hall for charity events such as the Red Cross Ball or weddings so the Ballroom got plenty of use as people danced around the parquet floors.
The Ballroom with dresses on display
As the Hall was open to the public during the summer months, my mum would display her collection of Victorian dresses around the house. These were very popular and people would donate dresses to the collection or lend them to us for a season. My friend and I dressed up in two of the dresses one day and walked around the house and grounds, bringing them to life, although I think some visitors thought they were seeing ghosts as we glided by!
Another of my mum's Victorian...
Summer Balls and Garden Parties #97
Posted by Viv Wilson on 25th June 2025 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall spa hotel,barons eden,downton abbey,my dad bought a mansion,champagne,garden party,summer ball,ballroom,ball gown,London,midsummer's eve,new year's eve,Meynell,laughton estate,period drama,history,barings bank,Sir Alec Douglas Home,memoirs
...ss it's a charity event or the Oscars on TV !
The Pippa Dee Party with me, my dad (centre) and guests
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