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Motor Racing Days #9

Posted by Viv Wilson on 25th May 2022 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,Meynell,Motor racing,Silverstone,mallory park,donington park,lotus elite,formula 2,Formula 1,Chris Meek,Pat Ferguson,Colditz,Brian Henton

Although my blogs are about living at Hoar Cross Hall, I would just like to give a bit of background about my dad’s racing career in the years leading up to moving to the Hall as this will set the scene for later instalments of my story. As mentioned in my first blog my dad used to be a racing driver but he actually started off racing motor cycles in the 1930s. Because of this he became a deSpatch rider during the Second World War andSpan> spent a lot of time in North Africa. After the war he started racing motor bikes at nearby Donington Park andSpan> he raced there up to the beginning of the 1950s. After that he moved onto cars andSpan> drove a Cooper 500cc (which is the...

Ghosts of Christmas Past #88

Posted by Viv Wilson on 13th December 2024 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall Spa HotelSpan>,barons eden,Haunted,ghost,christmas,attics,December,history,historic houses,stately home,Alice,Mince pies,Library,victorian,Downton abbey,The Aristocrats,The Royal Family,my dad bought a mansion

Welcome to another story based on true facts andSpan> things that went bump in the night at Hoar Cross Hall, to get you in the mood for all those Christmas ghost stories you'll be watching this season! Hope you don't get too scared! The typewriter keys clattered away as Viv wrote her story. It was coming along nicely andSpan> she was feeling pleased with herself. The attic room that she andSpan> her brothers had made into their ‘den’ was ideal for getting away from everybody andSpan> having some peace andSpan> quiet andSpan> she quite forgot about the time as she lost herself in the plot. Suddenly she looked up andSpan> realized how dark it was getting; the December nights were pulli...

A Christmas Haunting! #34

Posted by Viv Wilson on 23rd December 2022 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,Meynell,alice through the looking glass,alice in wonderlandSpan>,Christmas,Library,The Crown,Downton Abbey,ghost,haunted

The typewriter keys clattered away as Viv wrote her story. It was coming along nicely andSpan> she was feeling pleased with herself. The attic room that she andSpan> her brothers had made into their ‘den’ was ideal for getting away from everybody andSpan> having some peace andSpan> quiet andSpan> she quite forgot about the time as she lost herself in the plot. Suddenly she looked up andSpan> realized how dark it was getting; the December nights were pulling in andSpan> it was already quite dusky by 3.30pm. Quickly she packed her books andSpan> folders away andSpan> prepared to go downstairs. How she hated being up in the attics when it was getting dark as it was so spooky! The wind was starting to howl...

Moving on - the end of an era #33

Posted by Viv Wilson on 2nd June 2019 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,meynell arms,Leicester,eBook,servant,2000,isport international,GP2

...it into a HotelSpan> andSpan> Spa after building a huge extension onto the side of the original house, which still looks the same, as you can see in my video tour: click here In 2000 Piers married his girlfriend Lindsey andSpan> we had a wedding lunch the next day at the Hall plus a tour of all the rooms new andSpan> old. It was quite fascinating to see the Spa andSpan> treatment rooms which are now in the old basement. The pool is in the old Servants Hall which in turn became my dad’s workshop andSpan> the treatment rooms are in other parts of the old servants’ quarters – it was barely recognisable! In 2005 we went back again with my mum andSpan> two of our children, Lee andSpan> Hannah...

Motor Racing Days #8

Posted by Viv Wilson on 5th August 2020 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,motor racing,lotus elite,silverstone,Volkswagon,chris meek,Brian Henton,colditz,BRM

...MOTOR RACING DAYS: Although my blogs are about living at Hoar Cross Hall, I would just like to give a bit of background about my dad’s racing career in the years leading up to moving to the Hall as this will set the scene for later instalments of my story. As mentioned in my first blog my dad used to be a racing driver but he actually started off racing motor cycles in the 1930s. Because of this he became a deSpatch rider during the Second World War andSpan> spent a lot of time in North Africa. After the war he started racing motor bikes at nearby Donington Park andSpan> he raced there up to the beginning of the 1950s. After that he moved onto cars andSpan> drove a C...

The Haunting of Hoar Cross Hall #27

Posted by Viv Wilson on 14th December 2020 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,attic,Meynell,ghost,alice,typewriter,Library,Ballroom

...THE HAUNTING OF HOAR CROSS HALL: (Based on true events) The typewriter keys clattered away as Viv wrote her story. It was coming along nicely andSpan> she was feeling pleased with herself. The attic room that she andSpan> her brothers had made into their ‘den’ was ideal for getting away from everybody andSpan> having some peace andSpan> quiet andSpan> she quite forgot about the time as she lost herself in the plot. Suddenly she looked up andSpan> realized how dark it was getting; the December nights were pulling in andSpan> it was already quite dusky by 3.30pm. Quickly she packed her books andSpan> folders away andSpan> prepared to go downstairs. How she hated being up in the a...

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