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Here Comes the Bride (Part 1) #32
Posted by Viv Wilson on 11th January 2021 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,wedding,bride,groom,vicarage,solicitor,stripper,batchelor,church of the holy angels
HERE COMES THE BRIDE (Part 1): Now my dad was having to move out of the Hall we had decided to bring our wedding forWard so that we could get married in the church in the grounds (the Church of the Holy Angels) and then have the reception afterWards in the Hall, which was after all our family home. The wedding preparations were going quite well and as we knew lots of musicians it wasn’t hard to find a local band and a DJ to do the disco. A friend of my dad’s offered to do the catering and the bar was set up with plenty of kegs from the local brewery in Burton on Trent. I had two bridesmaids and we all went to Birmingham one day to choose our dresses and...Here comes the bride (Part 1) #27
Posted by Viv Wilson on 15th November 2021 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,Meynell,bride,bridegroom,wedding,solicitor,stag do,hen do,ghost,vicar
Now my dad was having to move out of Hoar Cross Hall we had decided to bring our wedding forWard so that we could get married in the church in the grounds and then have the reception afterWards in the Hall, which was after all our family home. The wedding preparations were going quite well and as we knew lots of musicians it wasn’t hard to find a local band and a DJ to do the disco. A friend of my dad’s offered to do the catering and the bar was set up with plenty of kegs from the local brewery in Burton on Trent. I had two bridesmaids and we all went to Birmingham one day to choose our dresses and shoes – it was all kept very simple really as I had no hel...
Behind the Green Baize Door #41
Posted by Viv Wilson on 28th February 2022 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,Meynell,green baize,servants,butler,housekeeper,downton abbey,keeping up with the aristocrats,upstairs downstairs
“The green baize door - dividing line betwix servant and master.”
All stately homes had at least one green baize door and Hoar Cross Hall was no different. This was the door used by the servants to access the main part of the house unobtrusively and silently so they could go about their work without disturbing the family. The Hall had a spiral staircase at each end of the house for the servants to use and the green baize door on the ground floor opened onto the Garden corridor which led to the Chapel and the main house, as well as the garden. The green baize door on the first floor opened onto the east wing corridor and guest bedrooms and from this corrid...Behind the green baize door #47
Posted by Viv Wilson on 23rd March 2023 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,Meynell,servants,baize,snooker table,England,bays,my dad bought a mansion,the crown,downton abbey
"The green baize door - dividing line betwix servant and master.”
All stately homes had at least one green baize door and Hoar Cross Hall was no different. This was the door used by the servants to access the main part of the house unobtrusively and silently so they could go about their work without disturbing the family. The Hall had a spiral staircase at each end of the house for the servants to use and the green baize door on the ground floor opened onto the Garden Corridor which led to the Chapel and the main house, as well as the garden. The green baize door on the first floor opened onto the east wing corridor and guest bedrooms and from this corridor t...