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RAGS TO RiCHES! #15
Posted by Viv Wilson on 3rd June 1973 in Early Days | hoar cross hall,alabaster,sculpture,suits of armour,ighlight'>stately ighlight'>home,sex,drugs,pink floyd,derby,second world war,first world war,1920's
RAGS TO RiCHES: My parents were married in Derby in July 1952. Mum was 19 and dad was 36 so quite a bit older. They both lived in Derby and were very arty; my dad went to the Derby Sketching Club in his free time and my mum attended art college. i’m not sure ighlight'>where they met but it was either at something art related or at a dance, as was usual in those days. My dad was a sculptor by trade; i think his interest was sparked by seeing all the beautiful alabaster in italian churches during the war. After the war he set up his own business making alabaster lamps, bowls and candlesticks among other things (see header picture). He would go to the alabast...Rags to Riches #12
Posted by Viv Wilson on 24th November 2019 in Growing up in a ighlight'>stately ighlight'>home | first world war,second world war,alabaster,Chellaston mines,Derby,italian,louis martin,suits of armour,Olympics
RAGS TO RiCHES: My family originated from Derby and my parents were married there in July 1952. Mum was 19 and dad was 36 so quite a bit older. They both lived in Derby and were very arty; my dad went to the Derby Sketching Club in his free time and my mum attended art college. i’m not sure ighlight'>where they met but it was either at something art related or at a dance, as was usual in those days. My dad was a sculptor by trade; i think his interest was sparked by seeing all the beautiful alabaster in italian churches during the war. After the war he set up his own business making alabaster lamps, bowls and candlesticks among other things (see header...Rags to Riches #14
Posted by Viv Wilson on 14th September 2020 in Growing up in a ighlight'>stately ighlight'>home | hoar cross hall,second world war,first world war,boer War,Tiger skin,bearskin,Tony Blackburn,Meynell,mediaeval banquets
RAGS TO RiCHES: My family originated from Derby and my parents were married there in July 1952. Mum was 19 and dad was 36 so quite a bit older. They both lived in Derby and were very arty; my dad went to the Derby Sketching Club in his free time and my mum attended art college. i’m not sure ighlight'>where they met but it was either at something art related or at a dance, as was usual in those days. My dad was a sculptor by trade; i think his interest was sparked by seeing all the beautiful alabaster in italian churches during the war. After the war he set up his own business making alabaster lamps, bowls and candlesticks among other things (see header picture)....Rags to Riches #15
Posted by Viv Wilson on 8th August 2021 in Growing up in a ighlight'>stately ighlight'>home | hoar cross hall,Jamaica,alabaster,Derby walk of fame,Olympics,Louis Martin,first world war,second world war,Downton Abey,Bridgerton,period drama
My family originated from Derby and my parents were married there in July 1952. Mum was 19 and dad was 36 so quite a bit older. They both lived in Derby and were very arty; my dad went to the Derby Sketching Club in his free time and my mum attended art college. i’m not sure ighlight'>where they met but it was either at something art related or at a dance, as was usual in those days. My dad was a sculptor by trade; i think his interest was sparked by seeing all the beautiful alabaster in italian churches during the war. After the war he set up his own business making alabaster lamps, bowls and candlesticks among other things (see header picture). He would go to the alab...
Skools out for summer! #12
Posted by Viv Wilson on 1st September 2020 in Growing up in a ighlight'>stately ighlight'>home | hoar cross hall,Meynell,Europe,Spain,Portugal,Library,streaker,Caves of Drach,Radio 1,ghost
SKOOLS OUT FOR SUMMER! When Hugo and Emily Meynell built Hoar Cross Hall it stood within 50 acres of land. Their estate included kitchen gardens, greenhouses, stables, a farm and cottages. Old Hall (their original ighlight'>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 ighlight'>home. Emily Meynell had started this ighlight'>home in the Victorian days, calling it ‘The ighlight'>home of the Good Shepherd’ but it was for boys only at that time. When we were there it was a mixed ighlight'>home and run by a...
The Tax Man Cometh #29
Posted by Viv Wilson on 18th November 2022 in Blogging | hoar cross hall,Meynell,duchy of cornwall,The Crown,The Church of the Holy Angels,Meynell ingram Arms,Knighthood,Lotus Elite,british aristocracy,lord and lady,ighlight'>stately ighlight'>home,mansion,staffordshire,history,ghosts,ghost stories,spa hotel,mediaeval,antiques,suit of armour,hoar cross hall spa,ighlight'>stately ighlight'>home tour,manor house,abandoned mansion,abandoned mansion uk,derelict mansion,abandoned millionaire mansion,downton abbey a new era,ighlight'>stately ighlight'>homes of england,ighlight'>stately ighlight'>home ighlight'>where i grew up,My Dad Bought a Mansion,lady diana,the crown season 5 netflix uk,royal household,the tax man
My parents’ court case was finally over and my dad had six months to leave the family ighlight'>home, Hoar Cross Hall. in the meantime my mum had to find the funds to buy him out and he had to find another house to live in. He also had an awful lot of stuff to move too! He eventually found a house in nearby Burton-on-Trent but as it was obviously a lot smaller he had to get rid of a lot of his possessions and one of the first things to go was his Lotus Elite. He advertised it in the local paper but instead of getting a phone call from a likely buyer, the first call was from the local tax office. Back in those days they used to check advertisements in the newspapers and...