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Victorian Courtship - gloves #92
Posted by Viv Wilson on 26th March 2025 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall spa hotel,barons eden,victorian era,history,women,gloves,hands,Henry Wehman,nudity,queen victoria,French,buttons,Downton Abbey,historic houses,glove box,my dad bought a mansion,national trust
This is the second blog in the series on Victorian courtship and is all about the use of gloves.
During the Victorian era, gloves were deeply connected to the notion of the “perfect hand” which were to be “shapely, finely made, white with blue vein, taper fingers, rosy nails and slightly arched”. They were seen as social markers and accordingly, ladies wore gloves which were too small for them in order to shrink their hands.
Following an old French practice, glove length was traditionally measured in buttons based on the distance between the base of the thumb and the top edge of the glove. Until Queen Victoria’s reign gloves were quite short. F...
"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
...rking the hands of the large clock that stood to one side of the stage! I felt really sorry for him as he had to stand behind the clock and no-one could see him – however, the clock was a major part of the story which involved the lead actors going back in time at midnight, so he was whizzing the hands round all night long! Alexandra Meynell’s father, Lord Killearn also got involved by devising anagrams for one of the dance routines along with a local man, Paul Yukes. Kev and I were in control of the sound and we did tape recordings of the whole show which were sold afterwards to raise a bit more money (we still have one tape left!). Everyone gave of...
Panto Pranks! #23
Posted by Viv Wilson on 25th March 2019 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,matt munro,Meynell,Lord Killearn,rolls royce,parrot
...rking the hands of the large clock that stood to one side of the stage! I felt really sorry for him as he had to stand behind the clock and no-one could see him – however, the clock was a major part of the story which involved the lead actors going back in time at midnight, so he was whizzing the hands round all night long! Alexandra Meynell’s father, Lord Killearn also got involved by devising anagrams for one of the dance routines along with a local man, Paul Yukes. Kev and I were in control of the sound and we did tape recordings of the whole show which were sold afterwards to raise a bit more money (we still have one tape left!). Everyone gave of...Panto Pranks! #22
Posted by Viv Wilson on 2nd February 2020 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,meynell arms,UK,pantomime,matt munro,parrot,rolls royce,david matthews
...rking the hands of the large clock that stood to one side of the stage! I felt really sorry for him as he had to stand behind the clock and no-one could see him – however, the clock was a major part of the story which involved the lead actors going back in time at midnight, so he was whizzing the hands round all night long! Alexandra Meynell’s father, Lord Killearn also got involved by devising anagrams for one of the dance routines along with a local man, Paul Yukes. Kev and I were in control of the sound and we did tape recordings of the whole show which were sold afterwards to raise a bit more money (we still have one tape left!). Everyone gave of...Panto Pranks #21
Posted by Viv Wilson on 1st November 2020 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,Meynell,Lord Killearn,david matthews,pantomime,Christmas,Prince Charles,Queens Silver Jubilee,Meynell Ingram Arms,Amazon parrot
...rking the hands of the large clock that stood to one side of the stage! I felt really sorry for him as he had to stand behind the clock and no-one could see him – however, the clock was a major part of the story which involved the lead actors going back in time at midnight, so he was whizzing the hands round all night long! Alexandra Meynell’s father, Lord Killearn also got involved by devising anagrams for one of the dance routines along with a local man, Paul Yukes. Kev and I were in control of the sound and we did tape recordings of the whole show which were sold afterwards to raise a bit more money (we still have one tape left!). Everyone gave of their t...Panto Pranks! #30
Posted by Viv Wilson on 5th December 2021 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,Meynell,pantomime,Rolls Royce,Amazon,David Matthews,Matt Munro,Lord Killearn,Alexandra Meynell
...rking the hands of the large clock that stood to one side of the stage! I felt really sorry for him as he had to stand behind the clock and no-one could see him – however, the clock was a major part of the story which involved the lead actors going back in time at midnight, so he was whizzing the hands round all night long! Alexandra Meynell’s father, Lord Killearn also got involved by devising anagrams for one of the dance routines along with a local man, Paul Yukes. Kev and I were in control of the sound and we did tape recordings of the whole show which were sold afterwards to raise a bit more money (we still have one tape left!). Everyone gave of their t...