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Summer balls and Garden Parties #97
Posted by Viv Wilson on 25th June 2025 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall spa hotel,barons eden,downton abbey,my dad bought a mansion,champagne,garden party,summer ball,ballroom,ball gown,London,midsummer's eve,new year's eve,Meynell,laughton estate,period drama,history,barings bank,Sir Alec Douglas Home,memoirs
...s up in a ball gown and stay up late! Those days are long gone now and it's not very often that you see occasions such as these – unless it's a charity event or the Oscars on TV !
The Pippa Dee Party with me, my dad (centre) and guests
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Summer balls and Garden Parties #57
Posted by Viv Wilson on 2nd June 2023 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,Meynell-Ingram,Midsummer's Eve ball,New Year's Eve ball,County ball,Bridgerton,Downton abbey,London,Berkeley Square,Laughton Estate,gardens,Alec Douglas-Home,Barings Bank
...s up in a ball gown and stay up late! Those days are long gone now and it's not very often that you see occasions such as these – unless it's a charity event or the Oscars on TV !
The Pippa Dee garden party in 1974
Don't miss next week's instalment: 'Skool's Out for Summer' If you would like to follow my story from the beginning click here and please feel free to share with your friends.Follow me on a personal tour of my childhood home on YouTube.OUT NOW!! 'My Dad Bought a Mansion' book is available on Amazon....
THE GRAND OPENING #5
Posted by Viv Wilson on 1st March 1971 in Early Days | hoar cross hall,suits of armour,ball room,gallery,grand opening
...THE GRAND OPENING: And so into 1971 and the preparation of the house so we could open it to the public by Easter. During the run up to buying the house my dad had been buying furniture, carpets and paintings like crazy and I remember our previous home being jam packed with chaise longues, sideboards and carved chests as well as all the arms and armour that he already had. This furniture was now set out in all the rooms.
The Long Gallery
My mum’s collection of Victorian costumes were on display in the ballroom as well as my dad’s collection of silver plated ‘display’ armour, which hung around the panelled walls; the suits of armour and the m...
The Grand Opening #5
Posted by Viv Wilson on 27th April 2022 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,Meynell,Burmese,Chinese,Racing,Lady Dorothy,Red Cross ball,Midsummer's Eve ball,Bridgerton,keeping up with the aristocrats,The Crown,Downton Abbey,World War Two
...And so we move into 1971 and the preparation of Hoar Cross Hall so we could open it to the public by Easter. During the run up to buying the house my dad had been buying furniture, carpets and paintings like crazy and I remember our previous home being jam packed with chaise longues, sideboards and carved chests as well as all the suits of armour that he already had. This furniture was now set out in all the rooms. My mum’s collection of Victorian costumes were on display in the ballroom as well as my dad’s collection of silver plated ‘display’ armour, which hung around the panelled walls; the suits of armour and the many paintings they had lined the Lon...The Grand Opening #5
Posted by Viv Wilson on 24th May 2021 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,Meynell,brochure,racing cars,suits of armour,balls,silver armour,chaise longue,damask room
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A few months after moving in preparations at Hoar Cross Hall were going well, so that we could open it to the public by Easter. During the run up to buying the house my dad had been buying furniture, carpets and paintings like crazy and I remember our previous home being jam packed with chaise longues, sideboards and carved chests as well as all the suits of armour that he already had. This furniture was now set out in all the rooms. My mum’s collection of Victorian costumes were on display in the ballroom as well as my dad’s collection of silver plated ‘display’ armour, which hung around the panelled walls; the suits of armour and the many paintin...The Grand Opening #5
Posted by Viv Wilson on 11th November 2018 in Blogging | hoar cross hall,Meynell,lady dorothy,Chinese,Burmese,new year's eve,Midsummer,racing car,Japanese
...THE GRAND OPENING: And so we move into 1971 and the preparation of the Hall so we could open it to the public by Easter. During the run up to buying the house my dad had been buying furniture, carpets and paintings like crazy and I remember our previous home being jam packed with chaise longues, sideboards and carved chests as well as all the suits of armour that he already had. This furniture was now set out in all the rooms. My mum’s collection of Victorian costumes were on display in the ballroom as well as my dad’s collection of silver plated ‘display’ armour, which hung around the panelled walls; the suits of armour and the many pai...