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Panto Pranks! #76

...u!” We should have put him in the pantomime!   Don't miss next month's blog -  "To the Manor Born"   If you would like to follow my story from the beginning, please click here and feel free to share with your friends.  Join me on a Tour of the Hall - click here to follow me on my YouTube channel and see all the rooms mentioned in my blogs - including the secret doors and the haunted attics! 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!      ...

Here comes the bride (Part 1) #27

...oilt what should have been a happy day. She must have visited the vicar to see what he could do as the next thing he was ringing us up and making an appointment to see him at the vicarage. We didn’t know what it was about until we got there and he gave us quite a talking to. He must have thought we were terrible people to try and ban my mother from our wedding but we tried to put our side of the story to him and told him of my dad’s terrible temper and how he might start an argument in the church.  The vicar then told us something that stunned us – he said  that vicars have the power of arrest in their church if anyone causes a disturbance; this is appar...

Ghouls Galore! #85

...Going to sleep in a big old house is quite scary when you’re young but going to sleep in a big old house that’s haunted is even more scary!!  As we approach Hallowe'en my mind has gone back to that first winter at Hoar Cross Hall and all the scary things that happened - and that was without any trick or treaters in those days!  We quickly realised that we weren’t the only inhabitants of the house.  Every time there was a windy night I could hear a window banging in the attic – all night long it kept me awake.  The next day I would go upstairs to the attics to close it but there would be no windows open or even loose.   They were all tightly shut as...

Christmas High Jinks #87

...haps they should have had more tea, vicar?   Don't miss next week's instalment:  "Ghosts of Christmas Past"   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 to my YouTube channel. 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 here and let me know what you think! Buy now for Christmas - would make a great gift!  ...

Ghosts of Christmas Past #88

...room – should she go and investigate or leave it?  Against her better judgement she walked up the corridor towards the noise and checked all the rooms but as usual all the windows were shut tight.  The banging continued along with the familiar prickle down her spine.  She needed to get out of here and quick!  As she turned to go back along the corridor towards the other end she could hear people talking but not clearly, just a general babble of voices.  Viv was in a complete panic now as she knew there was no-one up there and she started to run along the corridor willing the noises to stop, feeling the knot in her stomach and sensing the sheer terror in...

Hallowe'en Hauntings #100

...Going to sleep in a big old house is quite scary when you’re young but going to sleep in a big old house that’s haunted is even more scary!!  As we approach Hallowe'en my mind has gone back to that first winter at Hoar Cross Hall and all the scary things that happened - and that was without any trick or treaters in those days!  We quickly realised that we weren’t the only inhabitants of the house when we moved there in the 1970s.  Every time there was a windy night I could hear a window banging in the attic – all night long it kept me awake.  The next day I would go upstairs to the attics to close it but there would be no windows open or even loose.�...