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NEW YEAR JINKS #26
Posted by Viv Wilson on 16th July 1976 in Early Days | hoar cross hall,new year's eve,bagpipes,ball,band,conga,bar,ballroom,Auld Lang Syne
...in their dinner jackets, even though they still wore long hair!Â
When the buffet was served later on the caterers put all the food out at once but there weren’t enough people around to staff it properly. The first guests that went up to help themselves took platefuls of food away so by the time the rest of the guests got their food there was hardly anything left! This nearly caused a riot and my poor dad ended up being surrounded by all these angry men demanding their money back! He had to give it back too – it was the only way to calm them down.
The evening was going from bad to worse. My friends and I were serving on the bar, even though weâ€...New Year jinks! #11
Posted by Viv Wilson on 30th December 2018 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,Scottish,Lichfield,new year's eve
...in their dinner jackets, even though they still wore long hair!
Kev (on keyboard) and his band
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When the buffet was served later on the caterers put all the food out at once but there weren’t enough people around to staff it properly. The first guests that went up to help themselves took platefuls of food away so by the time the rest of the guests got their food there was hardly anything left! This nearly caused a riot and my poor dad ended up being surrounded by all these angry men demanding their money back! He had to give it back too – it was the only way to calm them down.
The evening was going from bad to worse. My friends and I were...
Becoming a rock chick #18
Posted by Viv Wilson on 18th February 2019 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,easy rider,new year\'s eve,The Who,Dr Feelgood,burton on trent,steelers wheel,doobie brothers
...BECOMING A ROCK CHICK:    My schooldays were coming to an end now and I absolutely couldn’t wait to leave. The school itself was an old Victorian grammar school in Uttoxeter which still had wooden desks with inkwells in them! Even the teachers wore their mortar boards and gowns just like the ones at Eton and Harrow – or the Beano!  However, in the last two years there I had made a few good friends and we would go into town every lunch time to meet up with a group of guys that worked at the local J. C. Bamford firm. They were all into motor bikes and one of the first films I watched was â€Easy Rider’. They also went to a lot of concerts...A New Year Calamity!
Posted by Viv Wilson on 27th December 2019 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,New Year's Eve,Scottish piper,auld lang syne,hokey cokey,Ball
...in their dinner jackets, even though they still wore long hair!
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Kev (on the left) with his band
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When the buffet was served later on the caterers put all the food out at once but there weren’t enough people around to staff it properly. The first guests that went up to help themselves took platefuls of food away so by the time the rest of the guests got their food there was hardly anything left! This nearly caused a riot and my poor dad ended up being surrounded by all these angry men demanding their money back! He had to give it back too – it was the only way to calm them down.
The evening was going from bad to worse. My friends and I...A New Year Calamity! #30
Posted by Viv Wilson on 3rd January 2021 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,Meynell,new years eve,auld lang syne,dancing,band,Lichfield,70s,Scottish
...in their dinner jackets, even though they still wore long hair!
Kev and his band
Â
When the buffet was served later on the caterers put all the food out at once but there weren’t enough people around to staff it properly. The first guests that went up to help themselves took platefuls of food away so by the time the rest of the guests got their food there was hardly anything left! This nearly caused a riot and my poor dad ended up being surrounded by a bunch of angry men demanding their money back! He had to give it back too – it was the only way to calm them down.
The evening was going from bad to worse. My friends and I were serving on the bar, e...Becoming a Rock Chick #17
Posted by Viv Wilson on 31st August 2021 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,Meynell,Uttoxeter,The Who,Status Quo,burton on trent,The Doobie Brothers,The Steve Miller Band,hippies,downton abbey,Bridgerton,The Crown,Christmas
...My schooldays were coming to an end now and I absolutely couldn’t wait to leave. The school itself was an old Victorian grammar school in Uttoxeter which still had wooden desks with inkwells in them! Even the teachers wore their mortar boards and gowns just like the ones at Eton and Harrow – or the Beano! However, in the last two years there I had made a few good friends and we would go into town every lunch time to meet up with a group of guys that worked at the local J. C. Bamford firm. They were all into motor bikes and one of the first films I watched was â€Easy Rider’. They also went to a lot of concerts to see live music, something which was totally...