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Calendar Girls and Front Covers #7
Posted by Viv Wilson on 11th May 2022 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,Meynell,robert bakewell,French,Calendar Girls,Front Covers,gentleman's evening,staffordshire building society,staffordshire magazine,Bridgerton,keeping up with the aristocrats,Downton Abbey
During our time at Hoar Cross Hall people would occasionally hire the house for a day’s filming. Calen During the summer of 1973 a photographer from London hired the place for a day and he brought two models with him, one English and one german, and they were taking photos for a glamour calendar. We were told to keep right out of the way as they were taking photos in the gardens as well as the house. Naturally we wanted to see everything that was going on and my younger brother Gavin especially was very keen to watch – so much so that he found a pair of binoculars to follow all the proceedings! We managed to find all sorts of hiding places eventually settl...
Queen Alexandra - my family #51
Posted by Viv Wilson on 18th April 2023 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,meynell ingram,queen elizabeth,queen alexandra,Queen Mary,Royal family,King charles,King George VI,Coronation,Balmoral,Sandringham,The Crown,downton abbey,Museum of Palaiopolos - Mon Repos,Emperor of Russia
More photos from the album of Queen Alexandra in the run up to the Coronation showing members of the royal family at leisure in the early part of the 20th century. Alexandra enjoyed photography as a hobby and in 1908 put together an album of her personal photos to be sold for charity. In it are photos of her husband King Edward VII and other royals spending time at Balmoral and Sandringham during their holidays – a rare insight into how the royal family spent their leisure time, which in those days would never have been seen before.
The Emperor of Russia's family
This picture was taken on board the Emperor of Russia's yacht, 'Standart' as they sail...