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Hysterical Productions #15
Posted by Viv Wilson on 21st September 2020 in Growing Up In Stately Home | mediaeval banquets,King,fire eater,long gallery,birmingham,londons olympia,afghan,New Years Eve
...terest in motor racing but I think this was the first time we’d been to the London one, so it was quite exciting particularly as Radio Luxembourg were there sponsoring the show and I got to see all the lovely DJs. Mum wanted to get a pair of evening shoes so we grabbed a taxi which dropped us off outside a coat shop. These coats looked like nothing we’d ever seen before (the London fashion scene was a bit ahead of Hoar Cross!) and we went in to try them on, completely forgetting about the shoes! After a while my mum decided to buy one each for us – they were beautiful embroidered afghan coats – all the rage in 70s Britain. They cost an absolute fortune a...Hysterical Productions #15
Posted by Viv Wilson on 21st July 2022 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,Meynell,Chinese room,Fire-eater,banquets,mead,Henry VIII,Christmas,afghan,monk
...terest in motor racing but I think this was the first time we’d been to the London one, so it was quite exciting particularly as Radio Luxembourg were there sponsoring the show and I got to see all the lovely DJs. Mum wanted to get a pair of evening shoes so we grabbed a taxi which dropped us off outside a coat shop. These coats looked like nothing we’d ever seen before (the London fashion scene was a bit ahead of Hoar Cross!) and we went in to try them on, completely forgetting about the shoes! After a while my mum decided to buy one each for us – they were beautiful embroidered afghan coats – all the rage in 70s Britain. They cost an absolute fortune a...
The Grand Opening #5
Posted by Viv Wilson on 24th May 2021 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,Meynell,brochure,racing cars,suits of armour,balls,silver armour,chaise longue,damask room
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A few months after moving in preparations at Hoar Cross Hall were going well, so that we could open it to the public by Easter. During the run up to buying the house my dad had been buying furniture, carpets and paintings like crazy and I remember our previous home being jam packed with chaise longues, sideboards and carved chests as well as all the suits of armour that he already had. This furniture was now set out in all the rooms. My mum’s collection of Victorian costumes were on display in the Ballroom as well as my dad’s collection of silver plated ‘display’ armour, which hung around the panelled walls; the suits of armour and the many paintin...The Grand Opening #5
Posted by Viv Wilson on 27th April 2022 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,Meynell,Burmese,Chinese,racing,Lady Dorothy,Red Cross Ball,Midsummer's Eve Ball,Bridgerton,keeping up with the aristocrats,The Crown,Downton Abbey,World War Two
...And so we move into 1971 and the preparation of Hoar Cross Hall so we could open it to the public by Easter. During the run up to buying the house my dad had been buying furniture, carpets and paintings like crazy and I remember our previous home being jam packed with chaise longues, sideboards and carved chests as well as all the suits of armour that he already had. This furniture was now set out in all the rooms. My mum’s collection of Victorian costumes were on display in the Ballroom as well as my dad’s collection of silver plated ‘display’ armour, which hung around the panelled walls; the suits of armour and the many paintings they had lined the Lon...
The Grand Opening #5
Posted by Viv Wilson on 11th November 2018 in Blogging | hoar cross hall,Meynell,lady dorothy,Chinese,Burmese,new year's eve,Midsummer,racing car,Japanese
...THE GRAND OPENING: And so we move into 1971 and the preparation of the Hall so we could open it to the public by Easter. During the run up to buying the house my dad had been buying furniture, carpets and paintings like crazy and I remember our previous home being jam packed with chaise longues, sideboards and carved chests as well as all the suits of armour that he already had. This furniture was now set out in all the rooms. My mum’s collection of Victorian costumes were on display in the Ballroom as well as my dad’s collection of silver plated ‘display’ armour, which hung around the panelled walls; the suits of armour and the many pai...The Grand Opening #5
Posted by Viv Wilson on 21st September 2019 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,Meynell,Burmese,Chinese,racing,Butler,Victorian
...THE GRAND OPENING: And so we move into 1971 and the preparation of Hoar Cross Hall so we could open it to the public by Easter. During the run up to buying the house my dad had been buying furniture, carpets and paintings like crazy and I remember our previous home being jam packed with chaise longues, sideboards and carved chests as well as all the suits of armour that he already had. This furniture was now set out in all the rooms. My mum’s collection of Victorian costumes were on display in the Ballroom as well as my dad’s collection of silver plated ‘display’ armour, which hung around the panelled walls; the suits of armour and the ma...