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Race Day Parties #25
Posted by Viv Wilson on 30th November 2020 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | Donington park,silverstone,mallory park,hoar cross hall,grand prix,Donington Historic Festival,graham hill,Bob Gerrard,Chris Meek
...ed ‘The Donington Historic Festival’.
Mallory Park was another local race track near to us and was bought by Piers’ godfather, Chris Meek, who raced for my dad back in the sixties. Mallory Park was an estate owned by the Mallory family back in the 1700s where they built a mansion called Kirkby Hall. They eventually called it Kirkby Mallory Hall and it survived until 1952 when it was demolished. A builder bought the estate the following year and built the race track in the grounds, starting first with motor cycle grass track racing until the tarmac race track was built. It’s a very similar story to the Donington Park one actually! The official opening wa...
Race Day Parties! #25
Posted by Viv Wilson on 30th October 2021 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,Meynell,motor racing,motor bike,Bob Gerrard,Tom Wheatcroft,champagne,parties,Lotus Elite,racing cars,VIPS
...ed ‘The Donington Historic Festival’.
Mallory Park was another local race track near to us and was bought by Piers’ godfather, Chris Meek, who raced for my dad back in the sixties. Mallory Park was an estate owned by the Mallory family in the 1700s where they built a mansion called Kirkby Hall. They eventually called it Kirkby Mallory Hall and it survived until 1952 when it was demolished. A builder bought the estate the following year and built the race track in the grounds, starting first with motor cycle grass track racing until the tarmac race track was built. It’s a very similar story to the Donington Park one actually! The official opening was in...
Race Day Parties #27
Posted by Viv Wilson on 21st April 2019 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | mallory park,Silverstone,Donington park,hoar cross hall,mediaeval banquets,Bob Gerrard,Tom Wheatcroft
...ed ‘The Donington Historic Festival’.
Mallory Park was another local race track near to us and was bought by Piers’ godfather, Chris Meek, who raced for my dad back in the sixties. Mallory Park was an estate owned by the Mallory family back in the 1700s where they built a mansion called Kirkby Hall. They eventually called it Kirkby Mallory Hall and it survived until 1952 when it was demolished. A builder bought the estate the following year and built the race track in the grounds, starting first with motor cycle grass track racing until the tarmac race track was built. It’s a very similar story to the Donington Park one actually! The official op...
RACE TRACK ‘AFTER PARTIES’ #27
Posted by Viv Wilson on 25th July 1977 in Early Days | hoar cross hall,racing car,Donington park,mallory park,bob gerard,kirkby hall,grand prix,museum,car,racing driver,alvin stardust,joe bugner
...ed ‘The Donington Historic Festival’.
Mallory Park was another local race track near to us and was bought by Piers’ godfather, Chris Meek, who raced for my dad back in the sixties. Mallory Park was an estate owned by the Mallory family back in the 1700s where they built a mansion called Kirkby Hall. They eventually called it Kirkby Mallory Hall and it survived until 1952 when it was demolished. A builder bought the estate the following year and built the race track in the grounds, starting first with motor cycle grass track racing until the tarmac race track was built. It’s a very similar story to the Donington Park one actually! The official op...Race day parties #26
Posted by Viv Wilson on 2nd March 2020 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | Donington park,mallory park,hoar cross hall,graham hill,Jim Clarke,silverstone,bob gerard
...ed ‘The Donington Historic Festival’.
Mallory Park was another local race track near to us and was bought by Piers’ godfather, Chris Meek, who raced for my dad back in the sixties. Mallory Park was an estate owned by the Mallory family back in the 1700s where they built a mansion called Kirkby Hall. They eventually called it Kirkby Mallory Hall and it survived until 1952 when it was demolished. A builder bought the estate the following year and built the race track in the grounds, starting first with motor cycle grass track racing until the tarmac race track was built. It’s a very similar story to the Donington Park one actually! The official op...
Moving On - the end of an era #33
Posted by Viv Wilson on 13th December 2022 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,Meynell,burton on trent,Morzine,meynell ingram arms,mediaeval banquets,Devon,Abbey Park Festival,victorian,The Crown,Downton Abbey,Haunting,christmas
...After ten years of growing up in a stately home (Hoar Cross Hall), I have come to the end of my story. After my parents’ divorce it was agreed that my mum bought out my dad's half of the house and he had to leave his dream home forever. He and Gavin moved out to live in Burton-on-Trent and my mum carried on running Mediaeval Banquets for a few more years. She and the singer eventually got together much to my dad’s chagrin. The singer spent a lot more time at the Hall helping my mum run the banquets; however, Piers didn’t really get on with him. When he was about 14 years old my dad received a phone call from Piers – he had run away from home and was ring...