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a Christmas Haunting! #34

Posted by Viv Wilson on 23rd December 2022 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,Meynell,alice through the looking glass,alice in wonderland,Christmas,Library,The Crown,Downton abbey,ghost,haunted
...NOW!!!  'an class='highlight'>Myan> an class='highlight'>Dadan> an class='highlight'>Boughtan> a Mansion' is out in book form on amazon - all an class='highlight'>Myan> memoirs packed with lots of photographs from the times.  Go check it out here and let me know what you think!   Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!   ...
 

The Kitchen Maid's Tale #41

Posted by Viv Wilson on 8th February 2023 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,Meynell,laughton estate,rolls royce,ducks,glasgow university,second world war,London,Spa Hotel,Butler,debutante,the season
...NOW!!  'an class='highlight'>Myan> an class='highlight'>Dadan> an class='highlight'>Boughtan> a Mansion' book is available on amazon.all an class='highlight'>Myan> memoirs packed with lots of original photographs from the times.Go check it out here and let me know what you think!...
 

Royal Visitors at Hoar Cross Hall #49

Posted by Viv Wilson on 6th April 2023 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,Meynell,first world war,Queen Mary,queen mother,silver jubilee,Golden Jubilee,Platinum jubilee,Queen alexandra,king george vi,King George V,second world war,Downton abbey,The Crown,Royal Family,King Charles,Prince Harry,Coronation
...NOW!!  'an class='highlight'>Myan> an class='highlight'>Dadan> an class='highlight'>Boughtan> a Mansion' book is available on amazon.  all an class='highlight'>Myan> memoirs packed with lots of original photographs from the times.Go check it out and let me know what you think!...
 

aristocratic travels Part 2

Posted by Viv Wilson on 23rd July 2019 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | Meynell,hoar cross hall,ariadne,african,mediterranean
...aRISTOCRaTIC TRaVELS PaRT 2:    During the latter part of the 1800s Emily Charlotte Meynell travelled around the Mediterranean on board her schooner, ariadne, recording her travels in her many diaries and drawing books, as mentioned in an class='highlight'>Myan> previous blog.  I have now found the photo of her yacht and one of her paintings; she was a skilled water colour artist as you can see but had a particular affection for nautical subjects.  One particular holiday around Nice in the South of France with her brother Charles is documented by the water-colour paintings they both made.  Soon after her husband Hugo's death in 1871, she embarked on a Mediterranean tour with her...
 

Mediaeval Mayhem! #12

Posted by Viv Wilson on 6th January 2019 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,banquets,chinese,daggar,silver armour,ballroom
...MEDIaEVaL MaYHEM!         It was the end of the summer season at the Hall in 1973 and rehearsals had started for the new venture of Mediaeval Banquets.  all the cast would come round to the house each week for rehearsals and an class='highlight'>Myan> mum and one or two other ladies were busy making the skirts and blouses for the wenches.   an class='highlight'>Myan> 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 an class='highlight'>Myan> parents decided to hold a Press Reception about a month before and so we al...
 

The Schoolroom Maid's Story #34

Posted by Viv Wilson on 9th June 2019 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,Spanish ambassador,London,Lichfield,Meynell,Earl and Countess of Bradford,Weston Park,Skegness
...THE SCHOOLROOM MaID'S STORY:       For the first 75 years of the Hall’s history about 50 servants were employed by the Meynell family in the house and grounds.  among these was a young girl of fifteen who started work in 1920 as a Schoolroom Maid.  Her name was Miss Inez Sophia Large and she had connections to Hoar Cross through her grand-parents, William and Mary Tooth, who lived in the village where William was the blacksmith; his smithy was just along from the Meynell public house.  He had worked on the ironwork of the Hall during its construction in the 1860s.  Inez’s aunt, Constance Madeley, was the wife of the landlord at the Buffalo Inn, in ne...
 
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My Dad bought a Mansion

I have been saying for some time now that my book is about to hit the Amazon market -well, the time has finally come and
'My Dad Bought a Mansion' is out now for all to see and buy!

A compilation of all my blogs plus a few spicy extras! Along with over 100 original photos’ including some historical pics over 100 years old.

Hope you take the time to check it out and give me some feedback, and if you buy it, then a big 'Thank-you' from me - Enjoy!

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