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The Chinese Room #71
Posted by Viv Wilson on 1st December 2023 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,Meynell,hoar cross hall spa hotel,barons eden,chinese,japanese,armour,mediaval,Yoki Yasutsuna,sword,Burmese,Great Hall,Downton Abbey,The Crown,Covid-19
...uding the tennis courts and woods. In the wall was a small lift which was used to bring the food up from the kitchens below. Apparently, a pantry boy fell down the lift shaft one day and broke his leg quite badly and after that they sealed it up and the food was brought up a different way – up the spiral staircase and across the Entrance Hall. More extra work for the poor servants!
Christmas Day dining for the Meynells in the 1950s
During Mediaeval times the nobility dined in a Great Hall which was a large communal area in the centre of the house or castle. The family sat on a raised dais at the head of the table and the rest of the househo...
Victorian Fashions #95
Posted by Viv Wilson on 29th May 2025 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,my dad bought a mansion,victorian,amazon,historic houses,national trust,Ballroom,Balls,bustle,crinoline,corsets,industrial revolution,hourglass,petticoats,downton abbey,queen victoria,barons eden,hoar cross hall spa hotel
...The Victorian era was roughly from 1830 – 1900 and saw many changes in fashion styles. This was the era of technological advancement and the mass production of sewing machines in the 1850s and the advent of synthetic dyes introduced major changes in fashion. This, coupled with the printing of fashion magazines, allowed the masses to become more fashion conscious – the middle classes were rising up thanks to the Industrial Revolution!
Clothes were an expression of your place in society, therefore upper-class women, who didn’t need to work, could wear more elaborate dresses over layers of petticoats with tightly laced corsets. Men would wear long froc...
Whodunit in the Library? #24
Posted by Viv Wilson on 23rd November 2020 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,Meynell,Library,hercule poirot,rats,Victorian,truncheon,birmingham high court,East End
...WHODUNIT IN THE LIBRARY? When we first moved to Hoar Cross Hall, growing up in a stately home seemed an idyllic way to live – and lots of fun if you’re a child. This rambling old house full of empty rooms and secret doors, wild gardens and woods to explore, was in some ways a dream come true for our family, certainly for my dad. But as we turned from children to teenagers the isolation and lack of public transport was frustrating. Coupled with this was my parents fighting and subsequent split, living at each end of the house and battling for the house and business through their solicitors.
The effect this had on me, as the eldest child who perhaps s...
WHODUNIT IN THE LIBRARY? #25
Posted by Viv Wilson on 10th July 1976 in Early Days | hoar cross hall,library,secret doors,rat,blood,valium,Diazepam,birmingham,high court,chapel,truncheon,Hercule Poirot,church,police
...WHODUNIT IN THE LIBRARY? When we first moved to the Hall. growing up in a stately home seemed an idyllic way to live – and lots of fun if you’re a child. This rambling old house full of empty rooms and secret doors, wild gardens and woods to explore, was in some ways a dream come true for our family, certainly for my dad. But as we turned from children to teenagers the isolation and lack of public transport was frustrating. Coupled with this was my parents fighting and subsequent split, living at each end of the house and battling for the house and business through their solicitors.
The effect this had on me, as the eldest child who perhaps saw more o...Whodunit in the Library? #26
Posted by Viv Wilson on 14th April 2019 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,diazepam,library,xray,chapel hall,rats,Birmingham High court
...WHODUNIT IN THE LIBRARY? When we first moved to Hoar Cross Hall, growing up in a stately home seemed an idyllic way to live – and lots of fun if you’re a child. This rambling old house full of empty rooms and secret doors, wild gardens and woods to explore, was in some ways a dream come true for our family, certainly for my dad. But as we turned from children to teenagers the isolation and lack of public transport was frustrating. Coupled with this was my parents fighting and subsequent split, living at each end of the house and battling for the house and business through their solicitors.
The effect this had on me, as the eldest child who p...Whodunit in the Library #24
Posted by Viv Wilson on 18th October 2021 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,Meynell,Musical box,Valium,diazepam,Library,blood,hercule poirot,truncheon,victorian,vicarage
...When we first moved to Hoar Cross Hall, growing up in a stately home seemed an idyllic way to live – and lots of fun if you’re a child. This rambling old house full of empty rooms and secret doors, wild gardens and woods to explore, was in some ways a dream come true for our family, certainly for my dad. But as we turned from children to teenagers the isolation and lack of public transport was frustrating. Coupled with this was my parents fighting and subsequent split, living at each end of the house and battling for the house and business through their solicitors.
The effect this had on me, as the eldest child who perhaps saw more of it than my brothers, w...