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Skools out for Summer! #58
Posted by Viv Wilson on 9th June 2023 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,Meynell Ingram,emily meynell,hugo meynell,Spain,Portugal,Majorca,Greece,Uttoxeter,The Home of the Good Shepherd,victorian,midnight,Library,ghosts
When Hugo and Emily Meynell built Hoar Cross Hall they also included on their estate kitchen gardens, greenhouses, stables, a farm and cottages. Old Hall (their original home) was also on the estate and was accessed via a private road, which ran from the main road.
By the time the seventies came along the stable block and Old Hall were private houses and another part of Old Hall had been made into a children’s home. Emily Meynell had started this home in the Victorian days, calling it ‘The Home of the Good Shepherd’ but it was for boys only at that time. When we were there it was a mixed home and run by a husband and wife couple. They used to have fetes t...Skools out for Summer #98
Posted by Viv Wilson on 19th August 2025 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,barons eden,hoar cross hall spa hotel,downton abbey,period drama,history,ghosts,library,Spain,Majorca,greece,portugal,morroco,mediaeval banquets,bullfight,camels,stately home,my dad bought a mansion,holiday,summer
When Hugo and Emily Meynell built Hoar Cross Hall it included a whole estate with it, namely kitchen gardens, greenhouses, stables, a farm and cottages. This was quite common in those days as the estate supported the house with food etc and also gave employment to local people. Old Hall (their original home) was also on the estate and was accessed via a private road, which ran from the main road. By the time the 1970s came along the stable block and Old Hall were private houses and another part of Old Hall had been made into a children’s home. Emily Meynell had started this home in the Victorian days, calling it ‘The Home of the Good Shepherd’ but it...
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...
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
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 in the 1930s. Because of this he became a despatch rider during the Second World War and spent a lot of time in north Africa. After the war he started racing at nearby Donington Park and he raced there up to the beginning of the 1950s. After that he moved onto cars and dr...
More tea vicar? #12
Posted by Viv Wilson on 10th November 2019 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,church of the holy angels,meynell arms,Bodley,world war 2,famours five,vicar,gas masks,new years eve
MORE TEA VICAR? Life at Hoar Cross Hall was always busy but during the long summer holidays it was easy to get bored. As there was no public transport from Hoar Cross and no other families 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 a 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 his own gas mask and some field phones from World War 2. He had served in the army as a dispatch rider during the war in north Africa, mixing with Ameri...
Motor Racing Days #8
Posted by Viv Wilson on 5th August 2020 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,motor racing,lotus elite,silverstone,Volkswagon,chris meek,Brian Henton,colditz,BRM
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 in the 1930s. Because of this he became a despatch rider during the Second World War and spent a lot of time in north Africa. After the war he started racing motor bikes at nearby Donington Park and he raced there up to the beginning of the 1950s. After that he moved onto cars and drove a C...