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Royal visitors at Hoar Cross Hall #10
Posted by Viv Wilson on 29th May 2022 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,Meynell,Queen Mary,King George VI,Princess Mary,Downton Abbey,Wentworth Woodhouse,Lady Elizabeth Bassett,Winston Churchill,second world war,first world war,queen mother,Queen Elizabeth,Prince Philip,The Crown
From earliest times the king's court has traveled around the kingdom so the king could see first hand what was going on in his realm. When the king showed up, the local subjects were expected to provide food, entertainment, and accommodations usually in the form of mediaeval banquets. For the King or Queen's subjects this could be very expensive and not all royalty was welcome! However, this was the only way that people could see their King or Queen and know that they were real. Fast forward from the twelve century to the 21st century and royals are still touring the country so their subjects can 'see them and believe in them'.
The Queen's grandparents, King...Royal Visitors at Hoar Cross Hall #20
Posted by Viv Wilson on 10th September 2022 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,meynell,first world war,second world war,king george vi,queen mother,queen elizabeth,Queen's Platinum Jubilee,Queen Mary,King George V,Downton Abbey,The Crown,Paddington Bear,Prince Charles
From earliest times the King's court has traveled around the kingdom so the King could see first hand what was happening in his realm. When the King showed up, the local subjects were expected to provide food, entertainment, and accommodations in the form of mediaeval banquets. For the King or Queen's subjects this could be very expensive and not all royalty was welcome! However, this was the only way that people could see their King or Queen and know that they were real. Fast forward from the twelve century to the 21st century and royals are still touring the country so their subjects can 'see them and believe in them'.
Although I published this blog in June...
Royal Visitors at Hoar Cross Hall #49
Posted by Viv Wilson on 6th April 2023 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,Meynell,first world war,Queen Mary,queen mother,silver jubilee,Golden Jubilee,Platinum jubilee,Queen Alexandra,king george vi,King George V,second world war,Downton Abbey,The Crown,Royal Family,King Charles,Prince Harry,Coronation
With the King's Coronation looming on 6th May in the UK, I thought I'd do some royal family related articles this month starting with royal visitors at the Hall in the 1920s. I also have a book called Queen Alexandra's Christmas Gift Book which was left in the Library and shows personal photos from her own camera which she took of the royal family between 1900-1910 - a rare insight indeed into what the royals did in their leisure time! I will be sharing these photos over the next month leading up to the Coronation and hope you find them as fascinating as I do.
Royal Visitors
From earliest times the king's court has travelled around the kingdom so the king...
MOTOR RACING DayS #9
Posted by Viv Wilson on 11th February 1973 in Early Days | hoar cross hall,motor racing,pat ferguson,lotus,formula 3,formula 2,colditz,silverstone,mallory park,chris meek
MOTOR RACING DayS: Although my blogs are about living at Hoar Cross Hall, I would just like to give a bit of background about my dad’s racing career in the Years leading up to moving to the Hall as this will set the scene for later instalments of my story. As mentioned in my first blog my dad used to be a racing driver but he actually started off racing motor cycles. He had been a despatch rider in World War 2 in North Africa and after the war ended and he’d recovered from TB he decided to take up racing his bike as a hobby.
As he lived in Derby the nearest track was Donington Park and he raced there at the beginning of the 1950s. After that he move...
Meet the Neighbours - Blithfield Hall #78
Posted by Viv Wilson on 26th March 2024 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall spa hotel,barons eden,Blithfield Hall,world war 2,Bagot,goat,death duties,South Staffs Waterworks Company,victorian,Downton Abbey,The Crown,Grade 1 listed,Blithfield Reservoir,Elizabethan,Civil war
This month I start a brand New series on stately homes local to Hoar Cross Hall and the first one is Blithfield Hall, which was probably the nearest stately home neighbour to Hoar Cross Hall and had been privately owned by the Bagot family since the 14th century. The house, which is Grade I listed, is situated between Rugeley and Abbots Bromley and is about 6 miles from the Hall. I remember calling round with my parents once to see Nancy, Lady Bagot, and admiring the goats they had roaming around the nearby fields. Blithfield Hall is known as the home of a breed of goat, the Bagot goat, which for several hundred Years have lived semi-wild on the estate....
Eat, Drink & Be Merry #11
Posted by Viv Wilson on 8th June 2022 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,Meynell,sothebys,christies,rolls royce,TV,downton abbey,Bridgerton,keeping up with the aristocrats,Samurai warrior,Far East,motor racing
By 1973 we had been at Hoar Cross Hall for 3 Years and our lives were always busy, by keeping on top of the weeds and with the general upkeep of the house. My dad expected us children to help as much as possible, which we hated, and much of our time was spent trying to hide from him to get out of doing the chores. But sometimes we didn’t mind and we happily pulled an old trolley into the woods every now and then to collect wood for the fires and sometimes as a family we would spend a Day clearing parts of the woods and grounds. My mum had hired a lady from the village to help with the housework and we had also taken on a retired chap called Mr Hickman to do so...