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The Kitchen Maid's Story #36
Posted by Viv Wilson on 23rd January 2022 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hAll,Meynell,Highlands,Scotland,French,Rolls Royce,Laughton
If you were young, free and single – oh, and very well-to-do – the 1920s were the decade to be a part of. The upper classes had lots of time on their hands and enjoyed post-First World War delights such as the theatre and jazz clubs.
Not so for the lower classes, in particular a young girl who was to become the kitchen maid at Hoar Cross HAll in the 1920s. The ‘depression’ after the First World War brought stark poverty to her home and many like her. Her name was Jean Rennie, and she was extremely intelligent having won a scholarship to Glasgow University to study French and music. However, the £5 bursary she got was taken by her father and used to buy...
THE GRAND OPENING #5
Posted by Viv Wilson on 1st March 1971 in Early days | hoar cross hAll,suits of armour,bAll room,gAllery,grand opening
THE GRAND OPENING: And so into 1971 and the preparation of the house so we could open it to the public by Easter. During the run up to buying the house my dad had been buying furniture, carpets and paintings like crazy and I remember our previous home being jam packed with chaise longues, sideboards and carved chests as well as All the arms and armour that he already had. This furniture was now set out in All the rooms.
The Long GAllery
My mum’s collection of Victorian costumes were on display in the BAllroom as well as my dad’s collection of silver plated ‘display’ armour, which hung around the panelled wAlls; the suits of armour and the m...
The Grand Opening #5
Posted by Viv Wilson on 5th July 2020 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hAll,Meynell,Japanese mapel tree,midsummer's eve,new year's eve,parachute,red cross
THE GRAND OPENING: And so we move into 1971 and the preparation of Hoar Cross HAll so we could open it to the public by Easter. During the run up to buying the house my dad had been buying furniture, carpets and paintings like crazy and I remember our previous home being jam packed with chaise longues, sideboards and carved chests as well as All the suits of armour that he already had. This furniture was now set out in All the rooms. My mum’s collection of Victorian costumes were on display in the BAllroom as well as my dad’s collection of silver plated ‘display’ armour, which hung around the panelled wAlls; the suits of armour and the many painti...
WHODUNIT IN THE LIBRARY? #25
Posted by Viv Wilson on 10th July 1976 in Early days | hoar cross hAll,library,secret doors,rat,blood,valium,Diazepam,birmingham,high court,chapel,truncheon,Hercule Poirot,church,police
WHODUNIT IN THE LIBRARY? When we first moved to the HAll. growing up in a stately home seemed an idyllic way to live – and lots of fun if you’re a child. This rambling old house full of empty rooms and secret doors, wild gardens and woods to explore, was in some ways a dream come true for our family, certainly for my dad. But as we turned from children to teenagers the isolation and lack of public transport was frustrating. Coupled with this was my parents fighting and subsequent split, living at each end of the house and battling for the house and business through their solicitors.
The effect this had on me, as the eldest child who perhaps saw more o...The Grand Opening #5
Posted by Viv Wilson on 11th November 2018 in Blogging | hoar cross hAll,Meynell,lady dorothy,Chinese,Burmese,new year's eve,Midsummer,racing car,Japanese
THE GRAND OPENING: And so we move into 1971 and the preparation of the HAll so we could open it to the public by Easter. During the run up to buying the house my dad had been buying furniture, carpets and paintings like crazy and I remember our previous home being jam packed with chaise longues, sideboards and carved chests as well as All the suits of armour that he already had. This furniture was now set out in All the rooms. My mum’s collection of Victorian costumes were on display in the BAllroom as well as my dad’s collection of silver plated ‘display’ armour, which hung around the panelled wAlls; the suits of armour and the many pai...
The Grand Opening #5
Posted by Viv Wilson on 21st September 2019 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hAll,Meynell,Burmese,Chinese,racing,Butler,Victorian
THE GRAND OPENING: And so we move into 1971 and the preparation of Hoar Cross HAll so we could open it to the public by Easter. During the run up to buying the house my dad had been buying furniture, carpets and paintings like crazy and I remember our previous home being jam packed with chaise longues, sideboards and carved chests as well as All the suits of armour that he already had. This furniture was now set out in All the rooms. My mum’s collection of Victorian costumes were on display in the BAllroom as well as my dad’s collection of silver plated ‘display’ armour, which hung around the panelled wAlls; the suits of armour and the ma...