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More Tea Vicar? #12

...off their party poppers. Gavin’s birthday was New Year’s Day so he was allowed to come down just before midnight and everyone would sing Happy Birthday to him.  Not many youngsters of that age had 500 people singing birthday wishes to them and a huge party in their house!   If this is your first visit to my blog site and you would like to read from the beginning of the story, please click here!Don’t miss next week’s instalment:  Skool’s Out For Summer!  - Subscribe now and please feel free to share with any friends that might be interested in my story!...

Here comes the bride (Part 2)

...ever, the party was great and the band a huge success.  Everyone thoroughly enjoyed themselves and drank the bar dry.  My dad brought down the promised bottles of champagne that he had been saving for all those years and put them on our table.  After a while he noticed that everyone was happily drinking the cheaper pomagne, which we had bought for the toast, so he took all the bottles back upstairs to his room!  We didn’t even get one for ourselves! Later on we had the speeches and, as I said, our best man was in the entertainment industry and did a magic act.  As he did his speech, he incorporated some of his tricks into the talk and guests were treated...

Gardeners' World at Hoar Cross

...ited to a party held for them in the Long Gallery.  They were restricted to this area only whenever there was a party or Servants Ball – couldn’t have the servants peeking into the family’s private rooms, even though they must have been curious to see them! Other outdoor staff included the chauffeur who had been employed for many years by the Meynell family.  They had owned a motor car since the very early years of the century and many more cars were owned subsequently.  Mrs Ellen Fisher, widow of the then chauffeur, Albert, recalled how a Maudsley was delivered just after the First World War.  This would have cost around £200, nearly four times the...

More Tea Vicar? #13

...off their party poppers. My brother Gavin’s birthday was New Year’s Day so he was allowed to come down just before midnight and everyone would sing Happy Birthday to him.  Not many youngsters of that age had 500 people singing birthday wishes to them and a huge party in their house! Don’t miss next week’s instalment:  Skool’s out for summer! If you would like to follow my story from the beginning click here and please feel free to share with your friends....

Here comes the Bride (Part 2) #31

...ever, the party was great and the band a huge success.  Everyone thoroughly enjoyed themselves and drank the bar dry.  My dad brought down the promised bottles of champagne that he had been saving for all those years and put them on our table.  After a while he noticed that everyone was happily drinking the cheaper pomagne, which we had bought for the toast, so he took all the bottles back upstairs to his room!  We didn’t even get one for ourselves! Later on we had the speeches and, as I said, our best man was in the entertainment industry and did a magic act.  As he did his speech, he incorporated some of his tricks into the talk and guests were treated...

Gardeners' World at Hoar Cross #36

...ited to a party held for them in the Long Gallery.  They were restricted to this area only, whenever there was a party or Servants Ball – well, you couldn’t have the servants peeking into the family’s private rooms could you?   Although they must have been curious to see them! Other outdoor staff included the chauffeur who had been employed for many years by the Meynell family.  They had owned a motor car since the very early years of the century and many more cars were owned subsequently.  Mrs Ellen Fisher, widow of the then chauffeur, Albert, recalled how a Maudsley was delivered just after the First World War.  This would have cost around £200,...