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The Origan class='highlight'>inan>s of the Stately home #39

Why are stately homes so called? Stately home actually means 'a large impressive old house with an class='highlight'>inan>terestan class='highlight'>inan>g history and usually visited by the public.' Well, I suppose they do look very 'stately' for a start but these houses were also a status symbol for the great families of England, who competed with each other to provide hospitality for the royal household who would travel around England meetan class='highlight'>inan>g their subjects. Stately homes were huge mansions which were always beautiful and the epitome of perfect architecture, often designed by famous architects of the day. The gardens too would be perfectly landscaped to show balance, variety, sequence and colour. One of t...

The origan class='highlight'>inan>s of the stately home #43

So why are stately homes so called? Stately home actually means 'a large impressive old house with an class='highlight'>inan>terestan class='highlight'>inan>g history and usually visited by the public.' Well, I suppose they do look very 'stately' for a start but these houses were also a status symbol for the great families of England, who competed with each other to provide hospitality for the royal household who would travel around England meetan class='highlight'>inan>g their subjects. Stately homes were huge mansions which were always beautiful and the epitome of perfect architecture, often designed by famous architects of the day. The gardens too would be perfectly landscaped to show balance, variety, sequence and colour. One o...

Skools out for Summer! #58

...) and for an class='highlight'>livan class='highlight'>inan>gan> an class='highlight'>inan> a stately home. (This was from the teachers too!) My concentration was awful and I tended to daydream a lot, then I wouldn’t know what was goan class='highlight'>inan>g on an class='highlight'>inan> the lessons. as a child my maths was terrible so my mum got a private tutor an class='highlight'>inan> to help me out. If I didn’t know the answer to a question I would just ‘clam up’ and not speak – this particular time was too much for the tutor and he lost his temper and beat me with his ruler until my legs were black and blue. Needless to say, he was asked to leave and not come back – imagan class='highlight'>inan>e what would happen to him nowadays! The teachers at school would often hit the kids over the head with books or...

Rags to Riches #14

...Before we moved to Hoar Cross Hall an class='highlight'>inan> Staffordshire we lived an class='highlight'>inan> Derbyshire.  My family origan class='highlight'>inan>ated from Derby and my parents were married there an class='highlight'>inan> July 1952. Mum was 19 and dad was 36 so quite a bit older. They both lived an class='highlight'>inan> Derby and were very arty; my dad went to the Derby Sketchan class='highlight'>inan>g Club an class='highlight'>inan> his free time and my mum attended art college. I’m not sure where they met but it was either at somethan class='highlight'>inan>g art related or at a dance, as was usual an class='highlight'>inan> those days. My dad was a sculptor by trade; I than class='highlight'>inan>k his an class='highlight'>inan>terest was sparked by seean class='highlight'>inan>g all the beautiful alabaster an class='highlight'>inan> Italian churches duran class='highlight'>inan>g the war. after the war he set up his own busan class='highlight'>inan>ess makan class='highlight'>inan>g alabaster lamps, bowls and...

Skools out for Summer #98

...et or for an class='highlight'>livan class='highlight'>inan>gan> an class='highlight'>inan> a stately home. (This was from the teachers too!) so when it was time for 'skools out for summer' I was more than ready to leave!    By now the Mediaeval Banquets, which my parents ran an class='highlight'>inan> the house, were provan class='highlight'>inan>g a huge success and as package holidays were becoman class='highlight'>inan>g very popular my parents decided to book a two week holiday abroad.  My dad had always wanted to go to Greece to see all the temples but was a bit disappoan class='highlight'>inan>ted when he got there.  Most of the temples were an class='highlight'>inan> ruan class='highlight'>inan>s and once you’ve seen one ruan class='highlight'>inan> you’ve pretty much seen them all!  The acropolis was quite impressive though.  I loved bean class='highlight'>inan>g abroad – the weather was so hot and...

Rags to Riches #16

...RaGS TO RICHES:        My family origan class='highlight'>inan>ated from Derby and my parents were married there an class='highlight'>inan> July 1952.  Mum was 19 and dad was 36 so quite a bit older.  They both lived an class='highlight'>inan> Derby and were very arty; my dad went to the Derby Sketchan class='highlight'>inan>g Club an class='highlight'>inan> his free time and my mum attended art college.  I’m not sure where they met but it was either at somethan class='highlight'>inan>g art related or at a dance, as was usual an class='highlight'>inan> those days.  My dad was a sculptor by trade; I than class='highlight'>inan>k his an class='highlight'>inan>terest was sparked by seean class='highlight'>inan>g all the beautiful alabaster an class='highlight'>inan> Italian churches duran class='highlight'>inan>g the war.  after the war he set up his own busan class='highlight'>inan>ess makan class='highlight'>inan>g alabaster lamps, bowls and candlesticks among other than class='highlight'>inan>gs (see hea...