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The Library #69
Posted by Viv Wilson on 17th November 2023 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall spa hotel,barons eden,meynell ingram,amazon,secret,Chapel,Library,Robert Adam,Earl of Worcester,Lichfield Cathedral,my dad bought a mansion,Downton Abbey,The Crown,Royal Family
...rooms. Robert Adam designed elegant neo-classical libraries in the later part of the century, although some of these were later converted to dining rooms due to lack of books – no bibliomania there then! It is said that libraries were a good place for courting couples to meet up under the guise of ‘looking for a book to read’ and even couples who were married to other people would use the library as a place of assignation!
When our house was open to the public the shelves were filled with books and ornaments and also some of my father’s alabaster carvings and portrait busts. I also had my doll collection on display which consisted of traditionall...
Calendar Girls and Front Covers #7
Posted by Viv Wilson on 25th November 2018 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,Derbyshire,Robert Bakewell,ha ha wall,gentleman's evening,Staffordshire Building society,The Staffordshire Magazine,Christmas Day,Ghostbusters!
...CALENDAR GIRLS AND FRONT COVERS: During our time at the Hall people would occasionally hire the house for a day’s filming or whatever. During the summer of 1973 a photographer from London hired the place for a day and he brought two models with him, one English and one German, and they were taking photos for a glamour calendar. We were told to keep right out of the way as they were taking photos in the gardens as well as the house. Naturally we wanted to see everything that was going on and my younger brother Gavin especially was very keen to watch – so much so that he found a pair of binoculars to follow all the proceedings! We managed...Calendar Girls and Front Covers #7
Posted by Viv Wilson on 7th October 2019 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,the staffordshire magazine,Christmas,military,Robert bakewell
...CALENDAR GIRLS AND FRONT COVERS: During our time at Hoar Cross Hall people would occasionally hire the house for a day’s filming or whatever. During the summer of 1973 a photographer from London hired the place for a day and he brought two models with him, one English and one German, and they were taking photos for a glamour calendar. We were told to keep right out of the way as they were taking photos in the gardens as well as the house. Naturally we wanted to see everything that was going on and my younger brother Gavin especially was very keen to watch – so much so that he found a pair of binoculars to follow all the proceedings! We m...
Calendar Girls and Front Covers #7
Posted by Viv Wilson on 11th May 2022 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,Meynell,Robert bakewell,French,Calendar Girls,Front Covers,gentleman's evening,staffordshire building society,staffordshire magazine,Bridgerton,keeping up with the aristocrats,Downton Abbey
...During our time at Hoar Cross Hall people would occasionally hire the house for a day’s filming. Calen During the summer of 1973 a photographer from London hired the place for a day and he brought two models with him, one English and one German, and they were taking photos for a glamour calendar. We were told to keep right out of the way as they were taking photos in the gardens as well as the house. Naturally we wanted to see everything that was going on and my younger brother Gavin especially was very keen to watch – so much so that he found a pair of binoculars to follow all the proceedings! We managed to find all sorts of hiding places eventually settl...
Hoar Cross Hall - a bit of history! #14
Posted by Viv Wilson on 2nd June 1973 in History | Meynell,First World War,Second World War,Newborough,Hugo Meynell,William the Conqueror,hoar cross hall,red cross,George VI,Queen mother
...HOAR CROSS HALL - A BIT OF HISTORY: Due to many requests asking about the history of the house, this week I'm taking a break from my family's story to look back a few hundred years of what happened before we lived there! Hoar Cross was part of Needwood Forest, the 11th century lands of Henry de Ferrers. The land was passed down to Henry’s son and subsequent various people over the course of 500 years ending with the Webb family, around the 1730s, who bought the land and house known as the Manor of the Cross. This was quite a large house built on a hill near Yoxall (which is the village next to Hoar Cross). In 1740 the manor house was demolished...
"He's Behind You" #22
Posted by Viv Wilson on 17th June 1976 in Early Days | hoar cross hall,pantomime,amazon,parrot,maynell,prince charles,queen's,silver jubilee,lord
...“HE’S BEHIND YOU!” During the 1970s the Hall was used from time to time for local community activities and one such event was the production in 1978 of a traditional pantomime, ‘Midnight and a Journey back to Happiness’. It was written by local people, Robert Leighton from Yoxall and the Hon. Alexandra Meynell, daughter-in-law of Mrs Jean Meynell whom we had purchased the Hall from. The words and music were written by local songwriter, David Matthews, who had written songs for quite a few pop artists during the 1960s, his most famous being Matt Munro’s ‘We’re gonna change the world’. So off to a good start there!
For those of you who d...