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"He's behind you!" #66
Posted by Viv Wilson on 15th September 2023 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,meynell ingram,meynell ingram arms,matt munro,pantomime,midnight,david matthews,ATV Today,Amazon,Amazon parrot,lord killearn,alexandra meynell,barons eden,hoar cross hall spa hotel
...quired an Amazon parrot! (From the jungle, not the online store!) Apparently he came as part of an antique deal from a dealer who owed my dad some money. My dad agreed to take the parrot as settlement believing he could make a profit on him as parrots were worth quite a lot of money back then – however, he never got sold as my dad became quite attached to him; perhaps he thought it would keep him company when Gavin was at school. I had pretty much left home now, returning at weekends and Piers lived with my mum, so we were all in different parts of the house – good job it’s a big place I hear you say!
Around this time my dad had also acquired an o...
Panto Pranks! #30
Posted by Viv Wilson on 5th December 2021 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,Meynell,pantomime,Rolls Royce,Amazon,David Matthews,Matt Munro,Lord Killearn,Alexandra Meynell
...quired an Amazon parrot (from the jungle, not the online store!) Apparently he came as part of an antique deal from a dealer who owed my dad some money. My dad agreed to take the parrot as settlement believing he could make a profit on him as parrots were worth quite a lot of money back then – however, he never got sold as my dad became quite attached to him; perhaps he thought it would keep him company when Gavin was at school. I had pretty much left home now, returning at weekends and Piers lived with my mum, so we were all in different parts of the house – good job it’s a big place I hear you say!
'Percy' the Amazon parrot
Around this time my...
Panto Pranks! #76
Posted by Viv Wilson on 23rd January 2024 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,hoar cross hall spa hotel,barons eden,pantomime,Amazon parrot,lord killearn,alexandra meynell,david matthews,Rolls Royce,Greek,Police,ATV Today,television,Queen's Silver Jubilee,nursery rhyme,fairy tale
...quired an Amazon parrot! (From the jungle, not the online store!) Apparently he came as part of an antique deal from a dealer who owed my dad some money. My dad agreed to take the parrot as settlement believing he could make a profit on him as parrots were worth quite a lot of money back then – however, he never got sold as my dad became quite attached to him; perhaps he thought it would keep him company when Gavin was at school. I had pretty much left home now, returning at weekends and Piers lived with my mum, so we were all in different parts of the house – good job it’s a big place, I hear you say!
Percy the parrot
Around this time my...Panto Pranks #21
Posted by Viv Wilson on 1st November 2020 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,Meynell,Lord Killearn,david matthews,pantomime,Christmas,Prince Charles,Queens Silver Jubilee,Meynell Ingram Arms,Amazon parrot
...quired an Amazon parrot! (From the jungle, not the online store!) Apparently he came as part of an antique deal from a dealer who owed my dad some money. My dad agreed to take the parrot as settlement believing he could make a profit on him as parrots were worth quite a lot of money back then – however, he never got sold as my dad became quite attached to him; perhaps he thought it would keep him company when Gavin was at school. I had pretty much left home now, returning at weekends and Piers lived with my mum, so we were all in different parts of the house – good job it’s a big place I hear you say!
Percy the Amazon parrot
Around this time my...
Panto Pranks! #23
Posted by Viv Wilson on 25th March 2019 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,matt munro,Meynell,Lord Killearn,rolls royce,parrot
...quired an Amazon parrot! (From the jungle, not the online store!) Apparently he came as part of an antique deal from a dealer who owed my dad some money. My dad agreed to take the parrot as settlement believing he could make a profit on him as parrots were worth quite a lot of money back then – however, he never got sold as my dad became quite attached to him; perhaps he thought it would keep him company when Gavin was at school. I had pretty much left home now, returning at weekends and Piers lived with my mum, so we were all in different parts of the house – good job it’s a big place I hear you say!
Percy the parrot who loved being chauffeur...Panto Pranks! #22
Posted by Viv Wilson on 2nd February 2020 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,meynell arms,UK,pantomime,matt munro,parrot,rolls royce,david matthews
...quired an Amazon parrot! (From the jungle, not the online store!) Apparently he came as part of an antique deal from a dealer who owed my dad some money. My dad agreed to take the parrot as settlement believing he could make a profit on him as parrots were worth quite a lot of money back then – however, he never got sold as my dad became quite attached to him; perhaps he thought it would keep him company when Gavin was at school. I had pretty much left home now, returning at weekends and Piers lived with my mum, so we were all in different parts of the house – good job it’s a big place I hear you say!
Percy the swearing parrot!
Around...