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An Englishman's Home is his Mansion! #2
Posted by Viv Wilson on 2nd May 2021 in Growing Up in a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,Meynell,shardlow motor racing,chester zoo,Bonnie Prince Charlie,Victorian,council tax,ghost,Oliver Twist
...ry family moving into a huge old house to start a zoo then that is exactly what it was like for us. When I saw that programme it brought back so many memories of those early months at the Hall when we were struggling to get the place back into shape and earn some money from it.
The neglected gardens
And so the summer passed as we got used to our new living conditions. We lived on the first floor where the caretakers had been as these were the only rooms near to a working bathroom and small kitchenette. I sometimes wonder how my mum coped with a young family in such conditions – my younger brother was only 2 years old and it was my job as big sister t...
moving Out #32
Posted by Viv Wilson on 7th December 2022 in Growing Up in a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,Meynell,burton on trent,Leicester,Derbyshire,GP2,Downton abbey,the crown,harry & meghann,antiques
...And so the day arrived a month or so after our wedding when my dad had to leave Hoar Cross Hall. Ten years after moving in he was now moving out, leaving his dream home for my mum to live in alone. Gavin moved with him and Piers was away at school most of the time. It was a mammoth task as he had so much stuff to move, especially from the basement. He had some heavy machinery too that he’d brought with him from his alabaster days, including a band saw which we used to saw up logs for the huge fireplaces in the main rooms. He had bought a house in nearby Burton-on-Trent which had some outbuildings for a workshop and there he moved to start afresh.
He carried o...moving into the Manor #2
Posted by Viv Wilson on 21st October 2018 in Growing Up in a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,Shardlow Motor Racing,Donington Park,Chester Zoo,Victorian,Uttoxeter
...ry family moving into a huge old house to start a zoo then that is exactly what it was like for us. When I saw that programme it brought back so many memories of those early months at the Hall when we were struggling to get the place back into shape and earn some money from it.
And so the summer passed as we got used to our new living conditions. We lived on the first floor where the caretakers had been as these were the only rooms near to a working bathroom and small kitchenette. I sometimes wonder how my mum coped with a young family in such conditions – my younger brother was only 2 years old and it was my job as big sister to look after him so my pa...moving Out #29
Posted by Viv Wilson on 29th November 2021 in Growing Up in a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,Meynell,go-karting,antiques,Derby,Ferrari,Burton-on-Trent,Police
...And so the day arrived a month or so after our wedding when my dad had to leave Hoar Cross Hall. Ten years after moving in he was now moving out, leaving his dream home for my mum to live in alone. Gavin moved with him and Piers was away at school most of the time. It was a mammoth task as he had so much stuff to move, especially from the basement. He had some heavy machinery too that he’d brought with him from his alabaster days, including a band saw which we used to saw up logs for the huge fireplaces in the main rooms. He had bought a house in nearby Burton-on-Trent which had some outbuildings for a workshop and there he moved to start afresh.
He carried o...moving Day Arrives #2
Posted by Viv Wilson on 6th April 2022 in Growing Up in a Stately Home | Hoar Cross Hall,Meynell,Victorian,Chester Zoo,ghost,Bridgerton,keeping up with the aristocrats,Downton Abbey,pumping station
...ry family moving into a huge old house to start a zoo then that is exactly what it was like for us. When I saw that programme it brought back so many memories of those early months at the Hall when we were struggling to get the place back into shape and earn some money from it.
Overgrown gardens
And so the summer passed as we got used to our new living conditions. We lived on the first floor where the caretakers had been as these were the only rooms near to a working bathroom and small kitchenette. I sometimes wonder how my mum coped with a young family in such conditions – my younger brother was only 2 years old and it was my job as big sister to lo...moving into a Mansion #67
Posted by Viv Wilson on 15th July 1970 in Growing Up in a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,barons eden,hoar cross hall spa hotel,bonnie prince charlie,oliver twist,Council tax,donington park,mallory park,silverstone,downton abbey,meynell ingram,Meynell ingram arms pub
...ry family moving into a huge old house to start a zoo then that is exactly what it was like for us. When I saw that programme it brought back so many memories of those early months at the Hall when we were struggling to get the place back into shape and earn some money from it.
Mowing the 'lawns'
And so the summer passed as we got used to our new living conditions. We lived on the first floor where the caretakers had been as these were the only rooms near to a working bathroom and small kitchenette. I sometimes wonder how my mum coped with a young family in such conditions – my younger brother was only 2 years old and it was my job as big siste...