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Moving On #35
Posted by Viv Wilson on 7th February 2021 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,meynell ingram arms,BMX,Morzine,haunted,Servants Hall,Victorian
MOVING ON – THE END OF AN ERA: And so, after ten years of growing up and living in a stately home, I have come to the end of my story. After my parents’ divorce it was agreed that my mum bought out my dad's half of the house and he had to leave his dream home forever. He and Gavin moved out to live in Burton-on-Trent and my mum carried on running Mediaeval Banquets for a few more years. She and the singer eventually got together much to my dad’s chagrin. The singer spent a lot more time at the Hall helping my mum run the banquets; however, Piers didn’t really get on with him. When he was about 14 years old my dad received a phone call from Piers...Moving On #33
Posted by Viv Wilson on 3rd September 1985 in Early Days | hoar cross hall,motor racing,bmx,servants,meynell,spooky,blog,victorian,GP 2,hotel,spa,burton
MOVING ON - And so we come to the end of my story. My dad and Gavin moved out to live in Burton and my mum carried on running Mediaeval Banquets for a few more years. She and the singer eventually got together much to my dad’s chagrin. He spent a lot more time at the Hall helping my mum run the banquets; however, Piers didn’t really get on with him. When he was about 14 years old my dad received a phone call from Piers – he had run away from home and was ringing from the phone box by the Meynell Arms car park! He told my dad that he was hiding behind a bush and could he come and get him. Of course, my dad was only too happy to fetch him and get...Moving on - the end of an era #33
Posted by Viv Wilson on 2nd June 2019 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,meynell arms,Leicester,eBook,servant,2000,isport international,GP2
MOVING ON - THE END OF AN ERA: And so I come to the end of my story. After ten years of living in a stately home, my parents’ divorce agreement meant that my dad had to be bought out by my mum and he had to leave his dream home forever. He and Gavin moved out to live in Burton-on-Trent and my mum carried on running Mediaeval Banquets for a few more years. She and the singer eventually got together much to my dad’s chagrin. The singer spent a lot more time at the Hall helping my mum run the banquets; however, Piers didn’t really get on with him. When he was about 14 years old my dad received a phone call from Piers – he had run...Moving On - the end of an era #32
Posted by Viv Wilson on 13th April 2020 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,Meynell,Leicester,Morzine,isport international,GP2,BMX,burton on trent
MOVING ON – THE END OF AN ERA: And so, after ten years of growing up and living in a stately home, I have come to the end of my story. After my parents’ divorce it was agreed that my mum bought out my dad's half of the house and he had to leave his dream home forever. He and Gavin moved out to live in Burton-on-Trent and my mum carried on running Mediaeval Banquets for a few more years. She and the singer eventually got together much to my dad’s chagrin. The singer spent a lot more time at the Hall helping my mum run the banquets; however, Piers didn’t really get on with him. When he was about 14 years old my dad received a phone call from Pier...
Meet the Neighbours - Alton Towers #82
Posted by Viv Wilson on 17th July 2024 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall spa hotel,barons eden,victorian,Alton Towers,Earl of Shrewsbury,History,balloon festival,English Civil War,Norman conquest,Iron Age,Crusades,stately home,mansion
When you say the name ‘Alton Towers’ most people in the UK will think of the theme park with spectacular rollercoaster rides. It really has changed beyond all recognition to the days when I used to go there back in the 1970s. In those days it was a lovely house set in beautiful grounds with a few fairground rides to one side of the car park! Well, it still is a lovely place to visit but the rides have taken over now so that people only think of it as a theme park with fantastically themed hotels and an enchanted village!
However, this estate started life as an Iron Age Fort built on Bunbury Hill. Then later on in the 11th century, Alton Castle was bui...
Like Father Like Sons #20
Posted by Viv Wilson on 3rd June 1976 in Early Days | hoar cross hall,motor racing,go karts,formula 1,cadwell park,donington park,ff2000,isport international
LIKE FATHER, LIKE SONS As mentioned before my dad used to be a racing driver during the 1950s and ran his own team in the 1960s, travelling all over Europe in his trusty Volkswagon van with his two mechanics and driver. He didn’t have big sponsorship money behind him and most of it was done on a shoestring but he came back with lots of funny stories of their van breaking down or some rural ‘hotel’ that they had stayed in. From each country that he visited he always brought me back a doll dressed in the traditional costume of that country. There was quite a collection and I still have them; I used to put them on display in the Library when our...