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Race Day Parties #27

Posted by Viv Wilson on 21st April 2019 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | mallory park,Silverstone,donington park,hoar cross hall,mediaeval banquets,Bob Gerrard,Tom Wheatcroft

RACE DAY PARTIES: My dad used to be a racing driver so he was often invited to parties andSpan> open days at various racing circuits. He naturally knew lots of racing people andSpan> on this particular occasion he was invited to an Open Day at Donington Park. Tom Wheatcroft, a local entrepreneur, had bought Donington Park in the 1970s as he owned the largest collection of GrandSpan> Prix cars in the world at that time. In 1973 he opened a museum there to house them all andSpan> called it the Donington GrandSpan> Prix Exhibition. Donington became the favoured home of the British round of the MotoGP motorcycling championships but he was really hoping to bring Formula 1...

The Schoolroom Maid's Story #34

Posted by Viv Wilson on 9th June 2019 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,Spanish Ambassador,London,Lichfield,Meynell,Earl andSpan> Countess of Bradford,Weston Park,Skegness

THE SCHOOLROOM MAID'S STORY: For the first 75 years of the Hall’s history about 50 servants were employed by the Meynell family in the house andSpan> grounds. Among these was a young girl of fifteen who started work in 1920 as a Schoolroom Maid. Her name was Miss Inez Sophia Large andSpan> she had connections to Hoar Cross through her grandSpan>-parents, William andSpan> Mary Tooth, who lived in the village where William was the blacksmith; his smithy was just along from the Meynell public house. He had worked on the ironwork of the Hall during its construction in the 1860s. Inez’s aunt, Constance Madeley, was the wife of the landSpan>lord at the Buffalo Inn, in ne...

The Schoolroom Maid's Story #33

Posted by Viv Wilson on 19th April 2020 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,lichfield,Meynell,Inez,servants,earl andSpan> countess of bradford

THE SCHOOLROOM MAID’S STORY: For the first 75 years of the Hall’s history about 50 servants were employed by the Meynell family in the house andSpan> grounds. Among these was a young girl of fifteen who started work in 1920 as a Schoolroom Maid. Her name was Miss Inez Sophia Large andSpan> she had connections to Hoar Cross through her grandSpan>-parents, William andSpan> Mary Tooth, who lived in the village where William was the blacksmith; his smithy was just along from the Meynell public house. He had worked on the ironwork of the Hall during its construction in the 1860s. Inez’s aunt, Constance Madeley, was the wife of the landSpan>lord at the Buffalo Inn, in nearby New...

Race Day Parties #25

Posted by Viv Wilson on 30th November 2020 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | donington park,silverstone,mallory park,hoar cross hall,grandSpan> prix,Donington Historic Festival,graham hill,Bob Gerrard,Chris Meek

The Schoolroom Maid's Story #36

Posted by Viv Wilson on 14th February 2021 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,Meynell,Lady Dorothy,Skegness,servant,earl andSpan> countess of bradford,Spanish Ambassador

THE SCHOOLROOM MAID’S STORY: For the first 75 years of Hoar Cross Hall’s history about 50 servants were employed by the Meynell family in the house andSpan> grounds. Among these was a young girl of fifteen who started work in 1920 as a Schoolroom Maid. Her name was Miss Inez Sophia Large andSpan> she had connections to Hoar Cross through her grandSpan>-parents, William andSpan> Mary Tooth, who lived in the village where William was the blacksmith; his smithy was just along from the Meynell public house. He had worked on the ironwork of the Hall during its construction in the 1860s. Inez’s aunt, Constance Madeley, was the wife of the landSpan>lord at the Buffalo Inn, in nearby...

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 andSpan> then have the reception afterwards in the Hall, which was after all our family home. The wedding preparations were going quite well andSpan> as we knew lots of musicians it wasn’t hard to find a local bandSpan> andSpan> a DJ to do the disco. A friend of my dad’s offered to do the catering andSpan> the bar was set up with plenty of kegs from the local brewery in Burton on Trent. I had two bridesmaids andSpan> we all went to Birmingham one day to choose our dresses andSpan> shoes – it was all kept very simple really as I had no hel...

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