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Ventures New #9
Posted by Viv Wilson on 10th August 2020 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,circus,beer cellar,treehouse,Meynell,steam train,mediaeval banquets,J C Bamford,Uttoxeter,Easter,antiques
...with his money and liked to make as much profit as possible on the things he sold. He would often buy swords then bury them in the garden for a few months to ‘age’ them so he would get more money for them! He was a bit of an Arthur Daley character (hopefully most people abroad will have heard of the ‘Minder’ TV show and will therefore know what I mean!); he would see the potential in something and go for it, although he hating spending money and we lived very frugally for stately home owners! In fact, he bought a suit of armour for my mum’s birthday present once, saying it was better to spend their money on an investment rather than flowers that would...
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
...f earning money and not part of the domestic furniture. However, as he was classed as self employed, his collection was deemed part of the family belongings. The Mediaeval Banquets business was now in my mum’s name as a limited company and she ran them herself, separate from my dad. My dad still got the rent money from the apartments and the takings from the house when it was open to the public, and of course, buying and selling his antiques. But his earnings weren’t anywhere near what my mum earned from the banquets and he felt he’d been cheated by her.
When we got back home from the solicitors he hatched a plan. He would swap all the paintin...
Suits you sir! #24
Posted by Viv Wilson on 1st April 2019 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,Bodley organs,Meynell,Electronics engineer,police,rats
...f earning money and not part of the domestic furniture. However, as he was classed as self employed, his collection was deemed part of the family belongings. The Mediaeval Banquets business was now in my mum’s name as a limited company and she ran them herself, separate from my dad. My dad still got the rent money from the apartments and the takings from the house when it was open to the public, and of course, buying and selling his antiques. But his earnings weren’t anywhere near what my mum earned from the banquets and he felt he’d been cheated by her.
When we got back home from the solicitors he hatched a plan. He would swap all the paintin...
Suits you sir! #23
Posted by Viv Wilson on 7th February 2020 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,Meynell,suits of armour,Chapel,bodley organs,Mediaeval banquets,Tower of London,Coventry
...f earning money and not part of the domestic furniture. However, as he was classed as self employed, his collection was deemed part of the family belongings. The Mediaeval Banquets business was now in my mum’s name as a limited company and she ran them herself, separate from my dad. My dad still got the rent money from the apartments and the takings from the house when it was open to the public, and of course, buying and selling his antiques. But his earnings weren’t anywhere near what my mum earned from the banquets and he felt he’d been cheated by her.
My dad wearing armour at Warwick Castle
When we got back home from the solici...
Suits you Sir! #22
Posted by Viv Wilson on 9th November 2020 in Growing Up In Stately Home | hoar cross hall,Meynell,mediaeval banquets,suits of armour,Christmas,Police,parrot,Coventry,armourer,tower of london
...f earning money and not part of the domestic furniture. However, as he was classed as self employed, his collection was deemed part of the family belongings. The Mediaeval Banquets business was now in my mum’s name as a limited company and she ran them herself, separate from my dad. My dad still got the rent money from the apartments and the takings from the house when it was open to the public, and of course, buying and selling his antiques. But his earnings weren’t anywhere near what my mum earned from the banquets and he felt he’d been cheated by her.
Some of the suits of armour on display
When we got back home from the solicitors he hatch...
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
...f earning money and not part of the domestic furniture. However, as he was classed as self employed, his collection was deemed part of the family belongings. The Mediaeval Banquets business was now in my mum’s name as a limited company and she ran them herself, separate from my dad. My dad still got the rent money from the apartments and the takings from the house when it was open to the public, and of course, buying and selling his antiques. But his earnings weren’t anywhere near what my mum earned from the banquets and he felt he’d been cheated by her.
My dad wearing one of his suits of armour!
When we got back home from the solicitors my dad,...