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Hoar Cross Hall - A bit of History #54

...Pigou of London in 1819 and their eldest son Hugo Francis was the last of the descendants of Sir Arthur Ingram to inherit Temple Newsam. He married the Hon. Emily Charlotte, daughter of the 1st Viscount Halifax, in 1863 and together they built the present Hoar Cross Hall to be their family home. Old Hall, Hoar Cross   The Hall took nearly 10 years to build and was completed in 1871, although Hugo and Emily had already moved in before that. After their marriage they had lived at Old Hall while a temporary home was being built for them at Cross Hayes, between Yoxall and Hoar Cross. There they lived until the Hall was ready for them as other family members...

Hysterical Productions #15

...r Show at London’s Olympia. This was something we usually went to most year’s due to my dad’s interest in motor racing but I think this was the first time we’d been to the London one, so it was quite exciting particularly as Radio Luxembourg were there sponsoring the show and I got to see all the lovely DJs. Mum wanted to get a pair of evening shoes so we grabbed a taxi which dropped us off outside a coat shop. These coats looked like nothing we’d ever seen before (the London fashion scene was a bit ahead of Hoar Cross!) and we went in to try them on, completely forgetting about the shoes! After a while my mum decided to buy one each for us – they we...

What the Butler Saw! #38

...fits from London firms. With their plush breeches, silk stockings and powdered hair, they were the ‘peacocks’ among domestics. Footmen were responsible for answering the door, delivering messages and waiting-on in the evening. There were numerous footmen in the large houses but probably only two or three at Hoar Cross. They were constantly leaving to better themselves as butlers were usually picked (or ‘head hunted’) from the footmen, but they would only consider men who were tall and well built. John Barnaby was the first footman at this time and his brother George was the second footman.  Both were tall and good looking! When John Barnaby left in 193...

Hoar Cross Hall - a bit of history #14

...Pigou of London in 1819 and their eldest son Hugo Francis was the last of the descendants of Sir Arthur Ingram to inherit Temple Newsam. He married the Hon. Emily Charlotte, daughter of the 1st Viscount Halifax, in 1863 and together they built the present Hoar Cross Hall to be their family home. Old Hall   The Hall took nearly 10 years to build and was completed in 1871, although Hugo and Emily had already moved in before that. After their marriage they had lived at Old Hall while a temporary home was being built for them at Cross Hayes, between Yoxall and Hoar Cross. There they lived until the Hall was ready for them as other family members were also l...

Hysterical Productions #15

...r Show at London’s Olympia. This was something we usually went to most year’s due to my dad’s interest in motor racing but I think this was the first time we’d been to the London one, so it was quite exciting particularly as Radio Luxembourg were there sponsoring the show and I got to see all the lovely DJs. Mum wanted to get a pair of evening shoes so we grabbed a taxi which dropped us off outside a coat shop. These coats looked like nothing we’d ever seen before (the London fashion scene was a bit ahead of Hoar Cross!) and we went in to try them on, completely forgetting about the shoes! After a while my mum decided to buy one each for us – they we...

A Home fit for a King #21

...ecame the London residence of the British monarch on the accession of Queen Victoria in 1837. Buckingham Palace in 1837 showing Marble Arch on the left   In the Middle Ages the site of the future palace formed part of the Manor of Ebury. The marshy ground was watered by the river Tyburn, which still flows below the courtyard and south wing of the palace. Where the river was fordable (at Cow Ford), the village of Eye Cross grew – it seems incredible now that there was a village right in the heart of London! Ownership of the site changed hands many times; owners included Edward the Confessor in late Saxon times, and, after the Norman conquest, William th...