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The War years and beyond
Posted by Viv Wilson on 7th October 1988 in early days | hoar cross hAll,second world war,first world war,Lichfield,Fradley Aerodrom,Red Cross,Meynell,meterorological,christian community
THE WAR YEARS AND BEYOND: During the Second World War, life in country houses changed dramaticAlly. It was no different at Hoar Cross. The borders on the main lawns were turfed over to reduce maintenance and vegetables were grown in areas formerly restricted to flowers. Evacuees from Birmingham came to stay for the duration of the war and they lived in the basement, as it was considered to be the safest place. I imagine that they must have been in the care of the servants as they were living amongst them but it must also have been quite exciting for them to move from a bombed out city to the relative safety of the countryside, although th...
Racing travels #40
Posted by Viv Wilson on 18th July 2019 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | Nurburgring,Hockenheim,Monza,Europe,VW,Germany,Switzerland,Greece,Portugal,Florence
RACING TRAVELS: During the 1960s my dad travelled All over Europe with his racing team. The header photo shows him with his VW van with his racing car on the back. He usuAlly took two mechanics with him who were friends of his who just loved racing and volunteered their services for a free holiday abroad! He went to All the big racing circuits: Hockenheim, Nurburgring and Monza, travelling across Europe to get to them. He always came back with lots of funny stories to tell. Because the van he used wasn't brand new it would sometimes break down but at least he had two mechanics with him - however, getting parts wasn't easy in the 1960s, especiAlly...
THE RENOVATIONS BEGIN #4
Posted by Viv Wilson on 1st September 1970 in Early days | hoar cross hAll,living in a stately home,hoar cross hAll blog,1970's,growing up in a stately home,renovations
THE RENOVATIONS BEGIN: As previously mentioned, there was an East Wing and a West Wing to the house. My dad decided to convert the first floor rooms of each wing into three separate apartments, as he had done at our previous house. This would generate income from rents until we got the main house open to the public. It wasn’t a big job to convert the rooms as the East Wing had four main rooms and two bathrooms already there, which would have been used as guest bedrooms in Victorian times. He made these into two, one-bedroom apartments and made smAll kitchens in the spaces which connected the lounge and bedroom, probably once used as cupboard space.
Th...
Reburbishing our Mansion #4
Posted by Viv Wilson on 4th November 2018 in Blogging | hoar cross hAll,Victorian,Meynell,Chapel,Mission Impossible,armour,dungeon,execution chamber
REFURBISHING OUR MANSION : We moved into the HAll during the summer holidays and my parents quickly realised that they had a lot of work on their hands to make the place habitable as well as to earn some money from it. As previously mentioned, there was an East Wing and a West Wing to the house. My dad decided to convert the first floor rooms of each wing into three separate apartments; he had done this at our previous house. This would generate income from rents until we got the main house open to the public. It wasn’t a big job to convert the rooms as the East Wing had four main rooms and two bathrooms already there, which would have been u...
Our mansion gets a facelift #4
Posted by Viv Wilson on 14th September 2019 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hAll,Meynell,execution chamber,Damask room,Victorian,skeleton
OUR MANSION GETS A FACELIFT: We moved into Hoar Cross HAll during the summer holidays and my parents quickly realised that they had a lot of work on their hands to make the place habitable as well as to earn some money from it. As previously mentioned, there was an East Wing and a West Wing to the house. My dad decided to convert the first floor rooms of each wing into three separate apartments; he had done this at our previous house. This would generate income from rents until we got the main house open to the public. It wasn’t a big job to convert the rooms as the East Wing had four main rooms and two bathrooms already there, which would...Doing up a stately home #4
Posted by Viv Wilson on 28th June 2020 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hAll,Meynell,dungeon,boot boy,flower room,chapel,skeleton,axeman
DOING UP A STATELY HOME: We moved into Hoar Cross HAll during the summer holidays and my parents quickly realised that they had a lot of work on their hands to make the place habitable as well as to earn some money from it. As previously mentioned, there was an East Wing and a West Wing to the house. My dad decided to convert the first floor rooms of each wing into three separate apartments; he had done this at our previous house. This would generate income from rents until we got the main house open to the public. It wasn’t a big job to convert the rooms as the East Wing had four main rooms and two bathrooms already there, which would have been used as...