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"He's Behind You" #22

Posted by Viv Wilson on 17th June 1976 in Early Days | hoar cross hall,pantomime,amazon,parrot,maynell,prince charles,queen's,silver jubilee,lord

“HE’S BEHIND YOU!” During the 1970s the Hall was used from time to time for local community activities andSpan> one such event was the production in 1978 of a traditional pantomime, ‘Midnight andSpan> a Journey back to Happiness’. It was written by local people, Robert Leighton from Yoxall andSpan> the Hon. AlexandSpan>ra Meynell, daughter-in-law of Mrs Jean Meynell whom we had purchased the Hall from. The words andSpan> music were written by local songwriter, David Matthews, who had written songs for quite a few pop artists during the 1960s, his most famous being Matt Munro’s ‘We’re gonna change the world’. So off to a good start there! For those of you who d...

Suits You Sir! #23

Posted by Viv Wilson on 25th June 1976 in Early Days | hoar cross hall,suits of armour,antiques,divorce,ballroom,banquet,gallery,pistols

SUITS YOU SIR! When we moved to the Hall in 1970 the organ in the private chapel wasn’t working as the house had been empty for 20 years. It was such a shame as it had been designed by Bodley, the famous organ maker of the 19th century. The chapel itself had been added about 25 years after the house was built at the staggering cost of just under £1000! When one of the visitors to the house said he could fix the organ, my dad readily agreed. This chap really loved organs andSpan> volunteered his services free of charge just for the love of mending this musical work of art; my dad was over the moon! Alas, after removing all the pipes andSpan> laying them out in...

Panto Pranks! #23

Posted by Viv Wilson on 25th March 2019 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,matt munro,Meynell,Lord Killearn,rolls royce,parrot

PANTO PRANKS! During the 1970s Hoar Cross Hall was used from time to time for local community activities andSpan> one such event was the production in 1978 of a traditional pantomime, ‘Midnight andSpan> a Journey back to Happiness’. It was written by local people, Robert Leighton from Yoxall andSpan> the Hon. AlexandSpan>ra Meynell, daughter-in-law of Mrs Jean Meynell whom we had purchased the Hall from. The words andSpan> music were written by local songwriter, David Matthews, who had written songs for quite a few pop artists during the 1960s, his most famous being Matt Munro’s ‘We’re gonna change the world’. So off to a good start there! For those of you...

The War Years andSpan> Beyond #38

Posted by Viv Wilson on 8th July 2019 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,Meynell,Hollybush Park,Burton General Hospital,F W Lycett,Fradley aerodrome,Second world war,first world war,Lichfield

...became a HotelSpan> andSpan> Spa in 1990 with a swimming pool in exactly the same location as where the monks were going to put theirs! andSpan> so onto 1970 when my family bought the Hall. Apparently my dad had seen a notice about the contents sale of Dr Gillies in 1963, andSpan> had shown an interest in the Hall back then. I imagine my mother said ‘No’ as she had two very small children at that time! Mrs Meynell had kept his phone number andSpan> rang him up in 1969 to see if he was still interested in buying the Hall after the monks had left. This time he said ‘Yes’ andSpan> the rest, as they say, is history! This has now brought my blog full circle andSpan> if you would l...

The War Years andSpan> Beyond #40

Posted by Viv Wilson on 14th March 2021 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,Meynell,fradley aerodrome,first world war,second world war,Auxiliary Red Cross Hospital,Hollybush Park,monks

...became a HotelSpan> andSpan> Spa in 1990 with a swimming pool in exactly the same location as where the monks were going to put theirs! andSpan> so onto 1970 when my family bought the Hall. Apparently my dad had seen a notice about the contents sale of Dr Gillies in 1963, andSpan> had shown an interest in the Hall back then. I imagine my mother said ‘No’ as she had two small children at that time! Mrs Meynell had kept his phone number andSpan> rang him up in 1969 to see if he was still interested in buying the Hall after the monks had left. This time he said ‘Yes’ andSpan> the rest, as they say, is history! This has now brought my blog full circle andSpan> if you would like to read it f...

Meet the Neighbours - Shugborough Hall #80

Posted by Viv Wilson on 22nd May 2024 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall Spa HotelSpan>,barons eden,meynell ingram,History,Stately home,haunted house,Thomas Anson,Shugborough Hall,the Library,The aristocracy,Chinese,Earl of Lichfield,Patrick Lichfield,Photographer,Cannock Chase,Queen Victoria,Queen Mary,Titanic Brewery

...The next house in this series is a mere half hour from Hoar Cross Hall andSpan> we often visited it during the summer months andSpan> later, when my children were born, we’d take them for a visit too! Seated on the edge of Cannock Chase this elegant house was once a manor house owned by the Bishops of Lichfield, until the dissolution of the monasteries around 1540. Later it came into the handSpan>s of the Anson family, who were ancestors of the Earls of Lichfield, andSpan> stayed there for three centuries. William Anson’s grandSpan>son, also called William, demolished the manor house in 1693 andSpan> built a three storey building in the Neo-Classical style which forms the central p...

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