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Hickleton Hall and the Meynells #43
Posted by Viv Wilson on 16th March 2022 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | Hickleton Hall,Hoar Cross Hall,Meynell,second world war,Dunkirk,brewhouse,Sue Ryder Home,Earl of Halifax,Viscount,Baronet,keeping up with the aristocrats,Downton Abbey
...d unsafe. Servants might enjoy as much as one gallon per person a day, although the brew was weaker than that of today!
The Brewhouse at Hickleton Hall
The Halifax family preferred their estate at Garrowby to Hickleton and in 1947 sold the contents of Hickleton Hall and leased the premises as a girls' school, St Hilda's Church of England school run by members of the Order of the Holy Paraclete Convent. From 1961 to 2012 the hall and the immediate parkland were run by Sue Ryder Care as a Sue Ryder Home. The house was offered for sale in 2015.
Hickleton Hall sadly requires major restoration at the moment as it has been empty for a number of years an...
An Edwardian Schoolroom Maid #40
Posted by Viv Wilson on 4th February 2023 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,Meynell,earl and countess of lichfield,schoolroom,governess,earl and countess of bradford,skegness,spanish
...ristmas.
Servants had little time for leisure, but occasionally a dance was held at Hoar Cross School, although there were very few young people in the village as most had to leave to find work.
Inez left Hoar Cross for a better position with the Earl and Countess of Bradford at Weston Park. She worked again as a schoolroom maid for their two young daughters, but without the responsibility of serving meals. Various posts followed but not all of them in service. Eventually she retired to Skegness where she spent her time tending to her garden but still doing a part-time job - in her eighties!
Inez at her home in Skegness in the 1980s
Accustomed to a l...
The War Years and Beyond #38
Posted by Viv Wilson on 8th July 2019 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,Meynell,Hollybush Park,Burton General Hospital,F W Lycett,Fradley aerodrome,Second world war,first world war,Lichfield
...THE WAR YEARS AND BEYOND: During the Second World War, life in country houses changed dramatically. It was no different at Hoar Cross. The flower 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, althoug...The War Years and Beyond #40
Posted by Viv Wilson on 14th March 2021 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,Meynell,fradley aerodrome,first world war,second world war,Auxiliary Red Cross Hospital,Hollybush Park,monks
...THE WAR YEARS AND BEYOND: During the Second World War, life in country houses changed dramatically. It was no different at Hoar Cross. The flower 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 they must ha...The War Years and Beyond #39
Posted by Viv Wilson on 14th February 2022 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,Meynell,Second World War,barometric,First World War,London,Red Cross,downton abbey,Hotel and Spa,fradley aerodrome,keeping up with the aristocrats
...During the Second World War, life in country houses changed dramatically. It was no different at Hoar Cross Hall. The flower 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 they must have missed their parents of c...
Moving On - the end of an era #33
Posted by Viv Wilson on 13th December 2022 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,Meynell,burton on trent,Morzine,meynell ingram arms,mediaeval banquets,Devon,Abbey Park Festival,victorian,The Crown,Downton Abbey,Haunting,christmas
...n the old Servants Hall which in turn became my dad’s workshop and the treatment rooms are in other parts of the old Servants’ quarters – it was barely recognisable!
In 2005 we went back again with my mum and two of our children, Lee and Hannah. Again, it was great fun to explore the house and grounds and show my children where I had lived as a child. I was particularly fascinated to see the attic rooms as these had always looked so spooky and were obviously haunted – how strange to see those dusty old rooms decorated and carpeted!
The Terrace in 2005
In 2018 we were back again to make the video for the tour of the house to accompany my blog...