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Here comes the Bride (Part 1) # 30
Posted by Viv Wilson on 10th May 2019 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,Hall,Birmingham,strippers,stag do,hen do,vicar
HERE COMES THE BRIDE (Part 1): Now that my dad was having to move out of the Hall we had decided to bring our wedding forward so that we could get married in the church in the grounds and then have the reception afterwards in the Hall, which was after all our family home. The wedding preparations were going quite well and as we knew lots of musicians it wasn’t hard to find a local band and a DJ to do the disco. A friend of my dad’s offered to do the catering and the bar was set up with plenty of kegs from the local brewery in Burton on Trent. I had two bridesmaids and we all went to Birmingham one day to choose our dresses and shoes – it was all...
Hickleton Hall and the Meynells #38
Posted by Viv Wilson on 20th January 2023 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,Meynell,lewis carroll,alice through the looking glass,Alice in Wonderland,Dunkirk,Viscount Halifax,Christ Church,second world war,Viceroy of India,Chancellor of the Exchequer
...cked with lots of original photographs from the times.
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The Origins of the Stately Home #39
Posted by Viv Wilson on 27th January 2023 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,Meynell,manor house,stately home,palace,chateaux,saltford manor house,capability brown,Duke,Lord,Baron,Earl,Industrial Revolution,buckingham palace
...cked with lots of original photographs from the times.Go check it out here and let me know what you think!As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases.
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Moving Out #32
Posted by Viv Wilson on 27th May 2019 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,Ferrari,Police,Derby,burton on trent,£1,Only Fools and Horses
...esting ‘lots’ it had, quite a few of our well-to-do friends were there too. My dad was also there and told us he’d bought an oven for our new house. He couldn’t wait to tell us that it had only cost him £1. Even in those days £1 was ridiculously cheap, especially for an oven! He said it was in one of the outbuildings so we didn’t actually see it until the end of the auction. By then my dad had gone home so we set off to find our oven, congratulating ourselves on getting such a bargain. But when we saw it standing in the corner of a shed covered in cobwebs and full of rust our hearts sank. It must have been at least twenty years old an...
Hoar Cross Hall - Life below stairs #45
Posted by Viv Wilson on 10th March 2023 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,Meynell,first world war,second world war,chapel,Lady Dorothy,Downton Abbey,upstairs downstairs,The Crown,Amazon,my dad bought a mansion
...cked with lots of original photographs from the times.Go check it out and let me know what you think!
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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
...e will be lots more photos on the website.
In 2000 we moved down to Devon to start a new chapter in our lives, running restaurants and festivals and creating a whole new bunch of stories!
For years we have been telling people all about my eccentric family and the crazy life we lived at the Hall, especially during the divorce, and this is why I decided to write this blog.
I would like to dedicate it to the memory of my parents, without whom this story would not have been possible. Against all the odds, they went out on a limb to buy this amazing old house and try to do something with it. Thank goodness for people like them who make the world an interesti...