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Eat, drink and be merry! #10
Posted by Viv Wilson on 15th August 2020 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,radio interview,King,Jester,mediaeval banquets,mead,wine,armour,apples
EAT, DRINK AND BE MERRY! It was the end of the summer season at Hoar Cross Hall in 1973 and rehearsals had started for the new venture of Mediaeval Banquets when the cast would come round to the house each week to practice their routines. My mum and one or two other ladies were busy making the skirts and blouses for the wenches; my mum also made about 200 bibs which the guests were going to be wearing as eating five courses with a dagger can be quite messy! We had a King, a Jester, a Fire-eater, a Halberdier, an organist and various wenches and serving ladies. To launch the banquets my parents decided to hold a Press Reception about a month before and...