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See You In Court! #28
Posted by Viv Wilson on 30th July 1979 in Early Days | hoar cross hall,money,business,divorce,antiques,court,barrister,solicitor,banquet,judge,Caernarfon,boat
SEE YOU IN COURT - The saga of my parents’ split continued as we grew up in our stately home, although Their behaviour was anything but stately for most of The time! Seven years of arguing and fighting were about to come to an end and The solicitors had finally agreed on a date to go to court. We carried on helping my dad to run The Hall and he still went to his boat in Caernarfon at weekends to get away from The house but we were all getting weary of it now. We were young adults and wanting to get on with our own lives. After five years togeTher we were hoping to get married at some point so we were glad that it was finally going to be sorted out one...See you in Court #27
Posted by Viv Wilson on 8th March 2020 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,meynell arms,birmingham,soThebys auction house
SEE YOU IN COURT: The saga of my parents’ split continued as we grew up in our stately home, although Their behaviour was anything but stately for most of The time! Seven years of arguing and fighting were about to come to an end and The solicitors had finally agreed on a date to go to court. We carried on helping my dad to run The Hall and he still went to his boat in Caernarfon at weekends to get away from The house but we were all getting weary of it now. We were young adults and wanting to get on with our own lives. After five years togeTher we were hoping to get married at some point so we were glad that it was finally going to be sorted...
Ghouls Galore #18
Posted by Viv Wilson on 6th September 2021 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,Meynell,ghosts,ghouls,attic,basement,Downton Abbey,Bridgerton,The Crown,meynell ingram arms,seance,candlelight,bats
One of The great things about living in a stately home is that you can have a wild party with The loudest of music – and no-one will hear it! I was now going out with Kev, whom I had met at college. Mum was a bit disappointed that my sensible boyfriend and I had parted company after 18 months of an on/off relationship but she accepted Kev into The fold and eventually met all The oTher members of The band. I think she wanted to put her mind at rest that They were a bunch of nice lads and not a drug crazed rock band eating bats! Which of course They were! No – I’m only kidding! After The awful split up at Christmas my parents were now living at each end of t...
Suits you Sir! #22
Posted by Viv Wilson on 5th October 2021 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,Meynell,parrot,banquets,suits of armour,electronics,rats,bridgerton,downton abbey,The Crown
When we moved to Hoar Cross 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 and 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 and laying Them out in The basement, he...
More Tea Vicar? #12
Posted by Viv Wilson on 15th June 2022 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,Meynell,grave,vicarage,vicar,1973,Christmas,Bridgerton,Downton Abbey,The Crown
During The long summer holidays it was easy to get bored. As There was no public transport from Hoar Cross and no children living nearby, we three children had to make our own entertainment and we were always having adventures and getting up to mischief – a bit like The Famous Five but without The dog! We would roam around The village or explore The basement. My dad was a hoarder and had kept all sorts of stuff over The years including gas masks and field phones from World War 2.
The old Servants Hall was now my dad’s workshop and he spent a lot of time down There restoring antiques to sell. He had one of The field phones in his workshop and The oTher one w...
A Home fit for a King #21
Posted by Viv Wilson on 17th September 2022 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,Buckingham Palace,The Crown,The Monarchy,King Charles III,prince of wales,duchy of cornwall,Queen Victoria,Downton Abbey,william The conqueror
In this week's blog I am focusing on The royal family again and The stately homes which They grew up in.
The main residence for The Royal family is Buckingham Palace which is The administrative headquarters of The monarch of The United Kingdom and where many state occasions take place, but Buckingham Palace was originally known as Buckingham House. The building at The core of today's palace was a large townhouse built for The Duke of Buckingham in 1703 on a site that had been in private ownership for at least 150 years. It was acquired by King George III in 1761 as a private residence for Queen Charlotte and became known as The Queen's House. During The 19th ce...