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The tax man cometh! #29
Posted by Viv Wilson on 6th May 2019 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,meynell arms,burton on trent,Duchy of Cornwall,lotus elite,tax office,HMRC
THE TAX MAN COMETH: My parents’ court case was finally over and my dad had six months to leave the house. In the meantime my mum had to find the funds to buy him out and he had to find another house to live in. He also had an awful lot of stuff to move too! He eventually found a house in nearby Burton-on-Trent but as it was obviously a lot smaller he had to get rid of a lot of his possessions and one of the first things to go was his Lotus Elite. He advertised it in the local paper but instead of getting a phone call from a likely buyer, the first call was from the local tax office. Back in those days they used to check advertisements in the news...
More tea vicar? #12
Posted by Viv Wilson on 10th November 2019 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,church of the holy angels,meynell arms,Bodley,world war 2,famours five,vicar,gas masks,new years eve
MORE TEA VICAR? Life at Hoar Cross Hall was always busy but during the long summer holidays it was easy to get bored. As there was no public transport from Hoar Cross and no other families living nearby, we three children had to make our own entertainment and we were always having adventures and getting up to mischief – a bit like the Famous Five but without a dog! We would roam around the village or explore the basement. My dad was a hoarder and had kept all sorts of stuff over the years including his own gas mask and some field phones from World War 2. He had served in the army as a dispatch rider during the war in North Africa, mixing with Ameri...The Tax Man Cometh! #28
Posted by Viv Wilson on 15th March 2020 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,meynell arms,april fools day,duchy of cornwall,prince of wales,tax man,vicar,wedding,bride
THE TAX MAN COMETH: My parents’ court case was finally over and my dad had six months to leave the family home, Hoar Cross Hall. In the meantime my mum had to find the funds to buy him out and he had to find another house to live in. He also had an awful lot of stuff to move too! He eventually found a house in nearby Burton-on-Trent but as it was obviously a lot smaller he had to get rid of a lot of his possessions and one of the first things to go was his Lotus Elite. He advertised it in the local paper but instead of getting a phone call from a likely buyer, the first call was from the local tax office. Back in those days they used to check adverti...The Tax Man Cometh! #26
Posted by Viv Wilson on 7th December 2020 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,meynell ingram Arms,Lotus Elite,Prince Charles,duchy of cornwall,Christmas,mediaeval banquets
THE TAX MAN COMETH: My parents’ court case was finally over and my dad had six months to leave the family home of Hoar Cross Hall. In the meantime my mum had to find the funds to buy him out and he had to find another house to live in. He also had an awful lot of stuff to move too! He eventually found a house in nearby Burton-on-Trent but as it was obviously a lot smaller he had to get rid of quite a few of his possessions and one of the first things to go was his Lotus Elite. He advertised it in the local paper but instead of getting a phone call from a likely buyer, the first call was from the local tax office! Back in those days they used to check a...The Tax Man Cometh! #26
Posted by Viv Wilson on 8th November 2021 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,Meynell,meynell ingram arms,april fools day,Bride,wedding,duchy of cornwall,knighthood,fire brigade
My parents’ court case was finally over and my dad had six months to leave the family home, Hoar Cross Hall. In the meantime my mum had to find the funds to buy him out and he had to find another house to live in. He also had an awful lot of stuff to move too! He eventually found a house in nearby Burton-on-Trent but as it was obviously a lot smaller he had to get rid of a lot of his possessions and one of the first things to go was his Lotus Elite. He advertised it in the local paper but instead of getting a phone call from a likely buyer, the first call was from the local tax office. Back in those days they used to check advertisements in the newspapers and...More Tea Vicar? #12
Posted by Viv Wilson on 15th June 2022 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,Meynell,grave,vicarage,vicar,1973,Christmas,Bridgerton,Downton Abbey,The Crown
During the long summer holidays it was easy to get bored. As there was no public transport from Hoar Cross and no children living nearby, we three children had to make our own entertainment and we were always having adventures and getting up to mischief – a bit like the Famous Five but without the dog! We would roam around the village or explore the basement. My dad was a hoarder and had kept all sorts of stuff over the years including gas masks and field phones from World War 2.
The old Servants Hall was now my dad’s workshop and he spent a lot of time down there restoring antiques to sell. He had one of the field phones in his workshop and the other one w...