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Christmas High Jinks #87

Posted by Viv Wilson on 6th December 2024 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall spa hotel,Barons Eden,Christmas,New Years Eve,Church,Nativity,Bellringers,Carol singers,Candles,ghost,a Christmas Carol,Mulled wine,christmas cake,haunted house,stately home,mansion
...NOW!!!  'an class='highlight'>Myan> an class='highlight'>Dadan> an class='highlight'>Boughtan> a Mansion' is out in book form on amazon - all an class='highlight'>Myan> memoirs packed with lots of photographs from the times.  Go check it out here and let me know what you think! Buy now for Christmas - would make a great gift!  ...
 

Meet the Neighbours - Sudbury Hall #79

Posted by Viv Wilson on 24th April 2024 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall spa hotel,barons eden,meynell ingram,hounds,Grade II listed,Doomsday Book,Norman Conquest,Lord,kennels,great staircase,sudbury hall,childrens museum,George Vernon,jacobean,Downton abbey,The Crown,growing up in a stately home
...NOW!!!  'an class='highlight'>Myan> an class='highlight'>Dadan> an class='highlight'>Boughtan> a Mansion' is out in book form on amazon - all an class='highlight'>Myan> memoirs packed with lots of photographs from the times.  Go check it out and let me know what you think!Would make a great gift!    ...
 

Meet the Neighbours - Trentham Gardens #83

Posted by Viv Wilson on 29th August 2024 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,barons eden,hoar cross hall spa hotel,History,doomsday book,Duke of Sutherland,aristocracy,Grade II listed,Elizabethan,Trentham Gardens,Trentham Estate,capability brown,French,italian gardens,Lakes
...NOW!!!  'an class='highlight'>Myan> an class='highlight'>Dadan> an class='highlight'>Boughtan> a Mansion' is out in book form on amazon - all an class='highlight'>Myan> memoirs packed with lots of photographs from the times.  Go check it out and let me know what you think!Would make a great summer read!              ...
 

The Grand Opening #5

Posted by Viv Wilson on 5th July 2020 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,Meynell,Japanese mapel tree,midsummer's eve,new year's eve,parachute,red cross
...THE GRaND OPENING:     and so we move into 1971 and the preparation of Hoar Cross Hall so we could open it to the public by Easter. During the run up to buying the house an class='highlight'>Myan> an class='highlight'>Dadan> had been buying furniture, carpets and paintings like crazy and I remember our previous home being jam packed with chaise longues, sideboards and carved chests as well as all the suits of armour that he already had. This furniture was now set out in all the rooms. an class='highlight'>Myan> mum’s collection of Victorian costumes were on display in the Ballroom as well as an class='highlight'>Myan> an class='highlight'>Dadan>’s collection of silver plated ‘display’ armour, which hung around the panelled walls; the suits of armour and the many painti...
 

Hysterical Productions #16

Posted by Viv Wilson on 16th August 2021 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,Meynell,londons olympia,IRa,Birmingham,monk,Grand Hotel Leicester,New Year's Eve,rock chick,Downton abbey,Bridgerton
...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, instead of an outside firm coming in.  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 an class='highlight'>Myan> school friends also worked at the banquets as wenches and we were constantly being chatted up by men who an class='highlight'>Boughtan> us drinks all evening (even though w...
 

DIY Stately Home #4

Posted by Viv Wilson on 19th April 2022 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | Hoar Cross Hall,Meynell,Hessian Room,Damask Room,East Wing,West Wing,Visitors,Boot Boy,Execution Chamber,Kitchen,Downton abbey,keeping up with the aristocrats,Bridgerton
...NOW!!!  'an class='highlight'>Myan> an class='highlight'>Dadan> an class='highlight'>Boughtan> a Mansion' is out in book form on amazon - all an class='highlight'>Myan> memoirs packed with lots of photographs from the times.  Go check it out here and let me know what you think! ...
 
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My Dad bought a Mansion

I have been saying for some time now that my book is about to hit the Amazon market -well, the time has finally come and
'My Dad Bought a Mansion' is out now for all to see and buy!

A compilation of all my blogs plus a few spicy extras! Along with over 100 original photos’ including some historical pics over 100 years old.

Hope you take the time to check it out and give me some feedback, and if you buy it, then a big 'Thank-you' from me - Enjoy!

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