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See You In Court! #28
Posted by Viv Wilson on 30th July 1979 in Early Days | hoar cross hall,money,business,divorce,antiques,court,barrister,solicitor,banquet,Judge,Caernarfon,boat
...! The Judge looked at it all with distaste.
Each Barrister gave their speech informing the Judge what their client wanted and how they should go about it. After they had both finished and lots of paper shuffling had happened, the Judge looked at us all and said, “There’s only two people in this courtroom that are going to make anything out of this sorry state – and that’s you (dad’s Barrister) and you (mum’s Barrister)”. He pointed at them both as he said it, as if they hadn’t already made a lot of money out of it!
“Now go outside and sort it out between you. I’m going for lunch now and I want to see it all sorted when I get back”...See you in Court #27
Posted by Viv Wilson on 4th November 2022 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,Meynell,birmingham crown court,Police,burton-on-trent,sothebys auction house,Downton Abbey,The Crown,Judge,Barrister,keeping up with the aristocrats
...east! The Judge looked at it all with distaste.
So much paperwork!
Each barrister gave their speech informing the Judge what their client wanted and how they should go about it. After they had both finished and lots of paper shuffling had happened, the Judge looked at us all and said, “There’s only two people in this courtroom that are going to make anything out of this sorry state – and that’s you (dad’s barrister) and you (mum’s barrister)”. He pointed at them both as he said it, as if they hadn’t already made a lot of money out of it! “Now go outside and sort it out between you. I’m going for lunch now and I want to see it all so...See you in Court #28
Posted by Viv Wilson on 29th April 2019 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,The Jam,burton on trent,Meynell arms,Birmingham Crown Court,Sothebys Auction House
...! The Judge looked at it all with distaste.
Each barrister gave their speech informing the Judge what their client wanted and how they should go about it. After they had both finished and lots of paper shuffling had happened, the Judge looked at us all and said, “There’s only two people in this courtroom that are going to make anything out of this sorry state – and that’s you (dad’s barrister) and you (mum’s barrister)”. He pointed at them both as he said it, as if they hadn’t already made a lot of money out of it!
“Now go outside and sort it out between you. I’m going for lunch now and I want to see it all sorted when I get back”...See you in Court #27
Posted by Viv Wilson on 8th March 2020 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,meynell arms,birmingham,sothebys auction house
...! The Judge looked at it all with distaste.
Each barrister gave their speech informing the Judge what their client wanted and how they should go about it. After they had both finished and lots of paper shuffling had happened, the Judge looked at us all and said, “There’s only two people in this courtroom that are going to make anything out of this sorry state – and that’s you (dad’s barrister) and you (mum’s barrister)”. He pointed at them both as he said it, as if they hadn’t already made a lot of money out of it!
“Now go outside and sort it out between you. I’m going for lunch now and I want to see it all sorted when I get back”...See you in Court #31
Posted by Viv Wilson on 11th January 2021 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,Meynell,Legal,solicitor,barrister,birmingham crown court,sothebys auction house,Police
...east! The Judge looked at it all with distaste.
Each barrister gave their speech informing the Judge what their client wanted and how they should go about it. After they had both finished and lots of paper shuffling had happened, the Judge looked at us all and said, “There’s only two people in this courtroom who are going to make anything out of this sorry state – and that’s you (dad’s barrister) and you (mum’s barrister)”. He pointed at them both as he said it, as if they hadn’t already made a lot of money out of it!
“Now go outside and sort it out between you. I’m going for lunch now and I want to see it all sorted when I get back”. Wel...
Hickleton Hall and the Meynells #43
Posted by Viv Wilson on 16th March 2022 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | Hickleton Hall,Hoar Cross Hall,Meynell,second world war,Dunkirk,brewhouse,Sue Ryder Home,Earl of Halifax,Viscount,Baronet,keeping up with the aristocrats,Downton Abbey
...This lovely Grade II listed Georgian house in South Yorkshire was once the childhood home of The Honourable Emily Charlotte Meynell who married Hugo Meynell of Hoar Cross and who, together with Hugo, built Hoar Cross Hall to be their family home in 1873.
The original house was called Hickleton Palace and had been built for Judge Francis Rodes in the 16th century but in 1745 Hickleton Hall was built just to the south of this house after the estate was bought by Godfrey Wentworth in about 1730. Thirty years later he extended the house and added two low wings, one either side, and a servants wing.
Emily's father, Charles Wood, 3rd Baronet, inherited the house in...