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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...
SKOOLS OUT FOR SUMMER! #13
Posted by Viv Wilson on 1st June 1973 in Early Days | hoar cross hall,kasbah,bull fighting,meynell,uttoxeter,streaker,mediaeval banquets,greece,acropolis,majorca,portugal,spain,caves of drach,flamenco,morroco
...bottle of mead from the banquet stock and kept it hidden in the attic – all typical teenage stuff!
One day, whilst walking round Uttoxeter at lunchtime, I saw a newspaper board telling everyone about a streaker that had run through the town the day before – what was this? A man running naked for the fun of it? On further investigation I found that this was the latest craze from America – but why anyone would want to do it in our cold country was beyond me!
I was not an academic by any means and hated my schooldays. I was constantly being teased for being too thin, too quiet, for wearing large clothes (my mum always bought the uniform 2 sizes too...
Skools out for summer! #14
Posted by Viv Wilson on 20th January 2019 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,caves of drach,Majorca,Portugal,Greece,Morocco,Kasbah,Europe,Library
...bottle of mead from the banquet stock and kept it hidden in the attic – all typical teenage stuff!
One day, whilst walking round Uttoxeter at lunchtime, I saw a newspaper board telling everyone about a streaker that had run through the town the day before – what was this? A man running naked for the fun of it? On further investigation I found that this was the latest craze from America – but why anyone would want to do it in our cold country was beyond me!
I was not an academic by any means and hated my schooldays. I was constantly being teased for being too thin, too quiet, for wearing large clothes (my mum always bought the uniform 2 sizes too...Skools out for summer #13
Posted by Viv Wilson on 26th July 2021 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,Meynell,Greece,Spain,Portugal,Caves of drach,Victorian,Library,camels,bullfight,Bridgerton,Downton Abbey
...bottle of mead from the banquet stock and kept it hidden in the attic – all typical teenage stuff!
One day, whilst walking round Uttoxeter at lunchtime, I saw a newspaper board telling everyone about a streaker that had run through the town the day before – what was this? A man running naked for the fun of it? On further investigation I found that this was the latest craze from America – but why anyone would want to do it in our cold country was beyond me!
Streaking comes to Britain!
Incidentally Uttoxeter is famous for quite a few reasons, one being that Samuel Johnson, the famous diarist, used to help his father on a market stall in th...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...
Hysterical Productions #17
Posted by Viv Wilson on 10th February 2019 in Growing Up In a Stately Home |
...HYSTERICAL PRODUCTIONS: By the end of 1974 we had done about 40 banquets at the 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 be...