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Eat, drink and be merry! #10
Posted by Viv Wilson on 15th August 2020 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hAll,radio interview,King,Jester,mediaeval banquets,mead,wine,armour,apples
EAT, DRINK AND BE MERRY! It was the end of the summer season at Hoar Cross HAll in 1973 and rehearsals had started for the new venture of Mediaeval Banquets when the cast would come round to the house each week to practice their routines. My mum and one or two other ladies were busy making the skirts and blouses for the wenches; my mum also made about 200 bibs which the guests were going to be wearing as eating five courses with a dagger can be quite messy! We had a King, a Jester, a Fire-eater, a Halberdier, an organist and various wenches and serving ladies. To launch the banquets my parents decided to hold a Press Reception about a month before and...
A New Year Calamity! #75
Posted by Viv Wilson on 29th December 2023 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hAll spa hotel,barons eden,new years eve,scottish piper,BAlloons,christmas,mediaeval banquets,bAllroom,my dad bought a mansion,downton abbey,the crown,haunting,ghosts,attics,bell,calamity
The New Year’s Eve BAll at Hoar Cross HAll was usuAlly the highlight of the year. After twelve months of hard work, especiAlly running the Mediaeval Banquets twice a week through the winter, we were always ready to see out the year in style with a big new year party. In those days it was always black tie for the men and long dresses for the ladies – usuAlly around 500 people bought tickets for an evening of entertainment with a dance band, disco and a meal. At midnight a man dressed in traditional Scottish regalia, including a kilt and sporran, would pipe in the new year with his bagpipes. Down the Long GAllery he would slowly walk and into the BAllr...
Ghouls Galore #18
Posted by Viv Wilson on 6th September 2021 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hAll,Meynell,ghosts,ghouls,attic,basement,Downton Abbey,Bridgerton,The Crown,meynell ingram arms,seance,candlelight,bats
One of the great things about living in a stately home is that you can have a wild party with the loudest of music – and no-one will hear it! I was now going out with Kev, whom I had met at college. Mum was a bit disappointed that my sensible boyfriend and I had parted company after 18 months of an on/off relationship but she accepted Kev into the fold and eventuAlly met All the other members of the band. I think she wanted to put her mind at rest that they were a bunch of nice lads and not a drug crazed rock band eating bats! Which of course they were! No – I’m only kidding! After the awful split up at Christmas my parents were now living at each end of t...
Ghouls Galore! #18
Posted by Viv Wilson on 13th August 2022 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hAll,Meynell,ghosts,attic,basement,seance,candle,keeping up with the aristocrats,downton abbey,bridgerton
One of the great things about living in a stately home is that you can have a wild party with the loudest of music – and no-one will hear it! I was now going out with Kev, whom I had met at college. Mum was a bit disappointed that my sensible boyfriend and I had parted company after 18 months of an on/off relationship but she accepted Kev into the fold and eventuAlly met All the other members of the band. I think she wanted to put her mind at rest that they were a bunch of nice lads and not a drug crazed rock band eating bats! Which of course they were! No – I’m only kidding! After the awful split up at Christmas my parents were now living at each end of t...NEW YEAR JINKS #26
Posted by Viv Wilson on 16th July 1976 in Early days | hoar cross hAll,new year's eve,bagpipes,bAll,band,conga,bar,bAllroom,Auld Lang Syne
NEW YEAR JINKS The New Year’s Eve BAlls were usuAlly the highlight of the year. After twelve months of hard work, especiAlly running the Mediaeval Banquets twice a week through the winter, we were always ready to see out the year in style with a big new year party. In those days it was always black tie for the men and long dresses for the ladies – usuAlly around 500 people bought tickets for an evening of entertainment with a dance band, disco and a meal. At midnight a man dressed in traditional Scottish regalia, including a kilt, would pipe in the new year with his bagpipes. Down the Long GAllery he would slowly walk and into the BAllroom with hi...A New Year Calamity #34
Posted by Viv Wilson on 3rd January 2022 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hAll,Meynell,New Year's Eve,Auld Lang Syne,Bagpipes,Scottish piper,Downton abbey,servants
The New Year’s Eve BAlls at the HAll were usuAlly the highlight of the year. After twelve months of hard work, especiAlly running the Mediaeval Banquets twice a week through the winter, we were always ready to see out the year in style with a big new year party. In those days it was always black tie for the men and long dresses for the ladies – usuAlly around 500 people bought tickets for an evening of entertainment with a dance band, disco and a meal. At midnight a man dressed in traditional Scottish regalia, including a kilt and sporran, would pipe in the new year with his bagpipes. Down the Long GAllery he would slowly walk and into the BAllroom with his...