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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
...rs of the morning while everyone was asleep – except for the local policeman who was always coming round and telling him off!
By the mid sixties he probably felt too old to be racing and so took on a driver, firstly Philip Robinson and then Chris Meek.
Me with Chris Meek's Lotus Europa at Cadwell Park
He was now into Formula 2 and I remember that Martini sponsored him and we were always getting boxes of Martini bottles arriving at the house. Gavin and Piers were both named after racing drivers (Gavin Youl and Piers Courage) and all our Godparents were racing drivers although sadly many drivers were killed in those days and I would hear my parents...
Hoar Cross Hall - a bit of history! #14
Posted by Viv Wilson on 2nd June 1973 in History | Meynell,First World War,Second World War,Newborough,Hugo Meynell,William the Conqueror,hoar cross hall,red cross,George VI,Queen mother
...l for the morning services there. However, this young lady didn’t want to conform to the usual things of her society such as parties and husband hunting! She begged her parents to let her train for some useful occupation and they finally agreed to let her train as a secretary in London. She went on to become the private secretary to the Bishop of Portsmouth. Dorothy never married and when the Second World War started she returned to Hoar Cross and joined the Joint War Organisation of the Red Cross and St John which meant travelling overseas to Africa, Sicily and Italy. In 1944 Lady Dorothy left Hoar Cross, as she was now a widow, and went to live in...
Motor Racing Days #9
Posted by Viv Wilson on 11th December 2018 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,donington park,mallory park,lotus elite,chris meek,pat ferguson,World War 2,colditz,Silverstone,British grand Prix
...rs of the morning while everyone was asleep – except for the local policeman who was always coming round and telling him off! By the mid sixties he probably felt too old to be racing and so took on a driver, firstly Philip Robinson and then Chris Meek. He was now into Formula 2 and I remember that Martini sponsored him and we were always getting boxes of Martini bottles arriving at the house. My brothers Gavin and Piers were both named after racing drivers (Gavin Youl and Piers Courage) and all our Godparents were racing drivers although sadly many were killed in those days and I would hear my parents talking about another one who’d died, often one of...
Hoar Cross Hall - a bit of history #15
Posted by Viv Wilson on 26th January 2019 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,meynell,fox hunting,quorn hall,temple newsam,emily meynell,bowes-lyon,Eton college
...l for the morning services there. However, this young lady didn’t want to conform to the usual things of her society such as parties and husband hunting! She begged her parents to let her train for some useful occupation and they finally agreed to let her train as a secretary in London. She went on to become the private secretary to the Bishop of Portsmouth. Dorothy never married and when the Second World War started she returned to Hoar Cross and joined the Joint War Organisation of the Red Cross and St John which meant travelling overseas to Africa, Sicily and Italy. In 1944 Lady Dorothy left Hoar Cross, as she was now a widow, and went to live in...
Motor Racing Days #9
Posted by Viv Wilson on 20th October 2019 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,lotus elite,mallory park,donington park,silverstone,graham hill,Sterling Moss,1950s,1960s,North Africa,second world war
...rs of the morning while everyone was asleep – except for the local policeman who was always coming round and telling him off! By the mid sixties he probably felt too old to be racing and so took on a driver, firstly Philip Robinson and then Chris Meek. He was now into Formula 2 and I remember that Martini sponsored him and we were always getting boxes of Martini bottles arriving at the house. My brothers Gavin and Piers were both named after racing drivers (Gavin Youl and Piers Courage) and all our Godparents were racing drivers although sadly many were killed in those days and I would hear my parents talking about another one who’d died, often one of...
Hoar Cross Hall - a bit of history #11
Posted by Viv Wilson on 17th November 2019 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,Meynell,first world war,second world war,christian community,Goshen,El Alamein,HRH Princess Alice,Earl of Dartmouth
...l for the morning services there. However, this young lady didn’t want to conform to the usual things of her society such as parties and husband hunting! She begged her parents to let her train for some useful occupation and they finally agreed to let her train as a secretary in London. She went on to become the private secretary to the Bishop of Portsmouth. Dorothy never married and when the Second World War started she returned to Hoar Cross and joined the Joint War Organisation of the Red Cross and St John which meant travelling overseas to Africa, Sicily and Italy. In 1944 Lady Dorothy left Hoar Cross, as she was now a widow, and went to live in...