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moving house to a mansion #1
Posted by Viv Wilson on 1st September 2019 in Growing Up in a Stately Home | meynell,hoar cross hall,Oliver Twist,uttoxeter,chester zoo,donington park
...ry family moving into a huge old house to start a zoo then that is exactly what it was like for us. When I saw that programme it brought back so many memories of those early months at the Hall when we were struggling to get the place back into shape and earn some money from it.
And so the summer passed as we got used to our new living conditions. We lived on the first floor where the caretakers had been as these were the only rooms near to a working bathroom and small kitchenette. I sometimes wonder how my mum coped with a young family in such conditions – my younger brother was only 2 years old and it was my job as big sister to look after him so my pa...
moving Out#32
Posted by Viv Wilson on 28th October 1980 in Early Days | Fools and Horses,lock,oven,washing machine,Ferrari,Derby,Farmhouse,hoar cross hall
...moving OUT: And so the day arrived a month or so after our wedding when my dad had to leave the Hall. Ten years after moving in he was now moving out, leaving his dream home for my mum to live in alone. Gavin moved with him and Piers was away at school most of the time. It was a mammoth task as he had so much stuff to move, especially from the basement. He had some heavy machinery too that he’d brought with him from his alabaster days, including a band saw which we used to saw up logs for the huge fireplaces in the main rooms. He had bought a house in nearby Burton on Trent which had some outbuildings for a workshop and there he moved to start a...
moving Out #32
Posted by Viv Wilson on 27th May 2019 in Growing Up in a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,Ferrari,Police,Derby,burton on trent,£1,Only Fools and Horses
...moving OUT: And so the day arrived a month or so after our wedding when my dad had to leave the Hall. Ten years after moving in he was now moving out, leaving his dream home for my mum to live in alone. Gavin moved with him and Piers was away at school most of the time. It was a mammoth task as he had so much stuff to move, especially from the basement. He had some heavy machinery too that he’d brought with him from his alabaster days, including a band saw which we used to saw up logs for the huge fireplaces in the main rooms. He had bought a house in nearby Burton-on-Trent which had some outbuildings for a workshop and there he moved to st...
moving Out #31
Posted by Viv Wilson on 5th April 2020 in Growing Up in a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,ferrari,burton on trent,electronics engineer,estate agent,only fools and horses,antiques,go-karting
...moving OUT: And so the day arrived a month or so after our wedding when my dad had to leave Hoar Cross Hall. Ten years after moving in he was now moving out, leaving his dream home for my mum to live in alone. Gavin moved with him and Piers was away at school most of the time. It was a mammoth task as he had so much stuff to move, especially from the basement. He had some heavy machinery too that he’d brought with him from his alabaster days, including a band saw which we used to saw up logs for the huge fireplaces in the main rooms. He had bought a house in nearby Burton-on-Trent which had some outbuildings for a workshop and there he moved to start af...moving Out #34
Posted by Viv Wilson on 31st January 2021 in Growing Up in a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,Auction,go-karting,antiques,burton on trent,Ferrari
...moving OUT: And so the day arrived a month or so after our wedding when my dad had to leave Hoar Cross Hall. Ten years after moving in he was now moving out, leaving his dream home for my mum to live in alone. Gavin moved with him and Piers was away at school most of the time. It was a mammoth task as he had so much stuff to move, especially from the basement. He had some heavy machinery too that he’d brought with him from his alabaster days, including a band saw which we used to saw up logs for the huge fireplaces in the main rooms. He had bought a house in nearby Burton-on-Trent which had some outbuildings for a workshop and there he moved to start a...
moving in - to a stately home! #2
Posted by Viv Wilson on 15th June 2020 in Growing Up in a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,Meynell,donington park,shardlow motor racing,fire ladder,weeds,uttoxeter,council tax
...ry family moving into a huge old house to start a zoo then that is exactly what it was like for us. When I saw that programme it brought back so many memories of those early months at the Hall when we were struggling to get the place back into shape and earn some money from it.
Overgrown tennis courts at the Hall
And so the summer passed as we got used to our new living conditions. We lived on the first floor where the caretakers had been as these were the only rooms near to a working bathroom and small kitchenette. I sometimes wonder how my mum coped with a young family in such conditions – my younger brother was only 2 years old and it was my job as bi...