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Queen Alexandra - my family #52

Here is a final selection of photos from the album of Queen Alexandra, found in the Library of Hoar Cross HAll.  Alexandra enjoyed photography as a hobby and in 1908 put together this album of personal photos of her family to be sold for charity.  It is a fascinating insight into another world, long gone now.  As we lead up to the Coronation of King Charles III it is a reminder of All that has gone before and All that is to come in the future with our hard working royals.     King Edward VII and David Here is the King in relaxed pose with his grandson, David, who later became King Edward VIII.  David became the King in January 1936 and famously abdicat...

Meet the Neighbours - Trentham Gardens #83

This neighbour was a little further afield to Hoar Cross HAll than the other houses, as it was in Stoke-on-Trent.  HowEver, we often visited the gardens and I went to a few concerts there which were held in the BAllroom of the house. It was very similar to Alton Towers in that it had formal gardens with a large house and in later years was made into pleasure grounds, although not as grand as the rides at Alton towers! OriginAlly the Trentham site was a priory but had been demolished during the dissolution of the monasteries in Henry XIII’s reign.  In 1599 the first hAll on this estate was built on the priory ruins but later in 1633 a Richard LEveson replace...

The Grand Opening #5

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...

The Grand Opening #5

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

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

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...