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"He's Behind You" #22
Posted by Viv Wilson on 17th June 1976 in Early Days | hoar cross hall,pantomime,amazon,parrot,maynell,prince charles,queen's,silver jubilee,lord
...he said a banquet coach must have backed into it, which is why she’d asked us to move it – this was very strange as there hadn’t been a banquet that night; it was obvious that someone had deliberately attacked it with an axe! Now we had to buy a new boot lid and light fittings – this car was supposed to be making us money, not costing us! After we’d fixed it up we decided to take it back to our friend whilst it was still in one piece and say we couldn’t find a buyer. A week or so later, he took Kev to one side in the pub and asked him what had happened to the car – he’d noticed that the rear lights had been replaced. He assumed that Kev...
Suits You Sir! #23
Posted by Viv Wilson on 25th June 1976 in Early Days | hoar cross hall,suits of armour,antiques,divorce,ballroom,banquet,gallery,pistols
...from the banquets and he felt he’d been cheated by her.
When we got back home from the solicitors he hatched a plan. He would swap all the paintings and suits of armour for reproduction versions so he could sell the real ones on and still make money, whilst my mum wouldn’t realise what was happening as she would see that everything was still in it’s place! This was now war! My dad was friendly with a chap from Coventry who was an armourer. This was still a trade back in the day and I believe he did his training in the Tower of London - there are still armourers today who work for the military or the Police and look after all the modern weapons. M...
Panto Pranks! #23
Posted by Viv Wilson on 25th March 2019 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,matt munro,Meynell,Lord Killearn,rolls royce,parrot
...he said a banquet coach must have backed into it, which is why she’d asked us to move it – this was very strange as there hadn’t been a banquet that night; it was obvious that someone had deliberately attacked it with an axe! Now we had to buy a new boot lid and light fittings – this car was supposed to be making us money, not costing us! After we’d fixed it up we decided to take it back to our friend whilst it was still in one piece and say we couldn’t find a buyer. A week or so later, he took Kev to one side in the pub and asked him what had happened to the car – he’d noticed that the rear lights had been replaced. He assumed that Kev...Panto Pranks! #22
Posted by Viv Wilson on 2nd February 2020 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,meynell arms,UK,pantomime,matt munro,parrot,rolls royce,david matthews
...he said a banquet coach must have backed into it, which is why she’d asked us to move it – this was very strange as there hadn’t been a banquet that night; it was obvious that someone had deliberately attacked it with an axe! Now we had to buy a new boot lid and light fittings – this car was supposed to be making us money, not costing us! After we’d fixed it up we decided to take it back to our friend whilst it was still in one piece and say we couldn’t find a buyer. A week or so later, he took Kev to one side in the pub and asked him what had happened to the car – he’d noticed that the rear lights had been replaced. He assumed that Kev...Panto Pranks #21
Posted by Viv Wilson on 1st November 2020 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,Meynell,Lord Killearn,david matthews,pantomime,Christmas,Prince Charles,Queens Silver Jubilee,Meynell Ingram Arms,Amazon parrot
...he said a banquet coach must have backed into it, which is why she’d asked us to move it – this was very strange as there hadn’t been a banquet that night; it was obvious that someone had deliberately attacked it with an axe! Now we had to buy a new boot lid and light fittings – this car was supposed to be making us money, not costing us! After we’d fixed it up we decided to take it back to our friend whilst it was still in one piece and say we couldn’t find a buyer. A week or so later, he took Kev to one side in the pub and asked him what had happened to the car – he’d noticed that the rear lights had been replaced. He assumed that Kev had gone...Panto Pranks! #30
Posted by Viv Wilson on 5th December 2021 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,Meynell,pantomime,Rolls Royce,Amazon,David Matthews,Matt Munro,Lord Killearn,Alexandra Meynell
...he said a banquet coach must have backed into it, which is why she’d asked us to move it – this was very strange as there hadn’t been a banquet that night; it was obvious that someone had deliberately attacked it with an axe! Now we had to buy a new boot lid and light fittings – this car was supposed to be making us money, not costing us! After we’d fixed it up we decided to take it back to our friend whilst it was still in one piece and say we couldn’t find a buyer. A week or so later, he took Kev to one side in the pub and asked him what had happened to the car – he’d noticed that the rear lights had been replaced. He assumed that Kev had gone...