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Alice - the ghost in the mirror #38

ALICE – THE GHOST IN THE MIRROR:       Whilst researching the history of my former home, Hoar Cross Hall, I came across this fascinating story from author Graham PHillips who had visited the Hall to do some research into the story of Alice and the mirror that inspired Lewis Carroll. As many of my regular readers will know, Hoar Cross Hall is a very haunted house and so it was incredibly interesting to hear another theory on the ghost of the little girl who haunts the rooms and corridors. In 1865 Lewis Carroll wrote another story about Alice following on from ‘Alice in Wonderland’. It was called ‘Alice through the Looking Glass’. In this story Alic...

Like Father, Like Sons #21

...l, son of Graham Hill who my dad had raced with during his time on the racing circuits – how strange is that!   Gavin racing      At the end of 1987 he finished racing and went into engineering in Formula 3, then onto Formula Ople working for teams in Norfolk.  Here he ran drivers to British and European championship success then went onto Formula 3000 (Formula 1 support) and won the championship in 2001 with the Williams Junior team based in Norfolk. In 2005 he set up iSport and started to do Formula 2 (GP support series).  This ran for 10 years before commercial pressures forced it to close. During that time however they got 7 drivers to...

Like Father, Like Sons #19

...l, son of Graham Hill who my dad had raced with during his time on the racing circuits – how strange is that! Gavin in his FF2000    At the end of 1987 he finished racing and went into engineering in Formula 3, then onto Formula Ople working for teams in Norfolk. Here he ran drivers to British and European championship success then went onto Formula 3000 (Formula 1 support) and won the championship in 2001 with the Williams Junior team based in Norfolk. In 2005 he set up iSport and started to do Formula 2 (GP support series). This ran for 10 years before commercial pressures forced it to close. During that time however they got 7 drivers to Formula 1...

Motor Racing Days #9

...likes of Graham Hill and Sterling Moss.  At the end of the 1950s he moved into Formula 2.  Of course in those days it was completely different and much more ‘fun’, unlike more recent times where it has become a big money business.  My dad didn’t have a rich family to support him or financial backers and probably did it all on a shoestring knowing him!  He told me that he would always ‘take it easy’ and wasn’t too bothered about winning; drivers always got their ‘start’ money and he was satisfied with that.  Accidents meant expensive repairs!   My dad (Bill Jones) with his first racing car   During the 1960s he raced Lotus Elites a...

Race day parties #26

...s such as Graham Hill and Jim Clarke.  So it seemed appropriate that his ex-driver should buy the track that he used to race round! Chris decided to hold a party there when he re-opened it and so we all went along to celebrate.  It was similar to the Donington party with lots of different races and marquees full of free food and drink!  They went on all day and my friend Janine came along to join in the fun.  We went into one of the marquee parties and pretended to be Swedish aux pair girls (this is what we did for fun in those days!).  I could hardly speak any English so Janine would ‘translate’ for me, then we would jabber away in jibberish to each o...

Race Day Parties #25

...s such as Graham Hill and Jim Clarke. So it seemed appropriate that his ex-driver should buy the track that he used to race around! Chris decided to hold a party there when he re-opened it and so we all went along to celebrate. It was similar to the Donington party with lots of different races and marquees full of free food and drink! They went on all day and my friend Janine came along to join in the fun. We went into one of the marquee parties and pretended to be Swedish aux pair girls (this is what we did for fun in those days!). I could hardly speak any English so Janine would ‘translate’ for me, then we would jabber away in jibberish to each other pret...