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Eat, Drink and be Merry! #10

...d and the haunted attic!  The Americans would hang on my every word! During that summer my parents auditioned for a King, a jester, entertainers and singers and by August they had a team of ‘am-dram’ actors ready to start rehearsals.  They also advertised for wenches and serving girls of which I became one – at 14 years old this became my new weekend job!  The new King, Jester and Halbadier   But the banquets were about to change all our lives - for better and for worse. Don’t miss next week’s instalment:  The Banquets Begin If you want to follow my story from the beginning, click here and please feel free to share with your friends  ...

Alice - the ghost in the mirror #38

...ALICE – THE GHOST IN THE MIRROR:       Whilst researching the history of my former home, Hoar Cross Hall, I came across this fascinating story from author Graham Phillips who had visited the Hall to do some research into the story of Alice and the mirror that inspired Lewis Carroll. As many of my regular readers will know, Hoar Cross Hall is a very haunted house and so it was incredibly interesting to hear another theory on the ghost of the little girl who haunts the rooms and corridors. In 1865 Lewis Carroll wrote another story about Alice following on from ‘Alice in Wonderland’. It was called ‘Alice through the Looking Glass’. In this story Alic...

Ventures New #9

...d and the haunted attic! The Americans would hang on my every word!   The JCB tankard specially made for the banquet JCB tankard with date During that summer my parents auditioned for a King, a jester, entertainers and singers and by August they had a team of ‘am-dram’ actors ready to start rehearsals. They also advertised for wenches and serving girls of which I became one – at 14 years old this became my new weekend job! But the banquets were about to change all our lives - for better and for worse. Don’t miss next week’s instalment:   Eat, Drink and be Merry! If you want to follow my story from the beginning, click here and pleas...

Ghouls Galore #18

...  The haunted attics   After about 30 minutes we ventured up the spiral staircase a little way to see what was happening. As we couldn’t hear anything we went a little further and peeked around the corner and looked down the long corridor which ran the length of the attic. By now we were all full of ‘dutch courage’ making us brave! We could see the candlelight glowing from one of the rooms and heard a bit of movement when suddenly there was a loud bang and a door slammed shut!  Suddenly a colony of bats flew down the corridor towards us!  It was like something out of a horror film!   We all ran like crazy back down the stairs and not long afte...

Ghouls Galore! #18

...y! The haunted attic corridor   Thank goodness the walls are so thick in those old houses that no-one could hear what was going on! We did feel a bit guilty as we had dared them to try it when we were quite happy to stay at the party, but I have to admit I never thought they would actually hear the same things that I had – maybe our parties had kept the ghosts up!   Don’t miss next week’s instalment:  "Life father, like sons"   If you would like to follow my story from the beginning, click here and please feel free to share with your friends.  Follow me around my childhood home in my 'Tour of the Hall' – click here to view and subscribe...

Meet the Neighbours - Blithfield Hall #78

...s and the haunted attics!   (Photos courtesy of bagothistory.com) OUT NOW!!!  'My Dad Bought a Mansion' is out in book form on Amazon - all my memoirs packed with lots of photographs from the times.  Go check it out and let me know what you think!Would make a great gift!  ...