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Panto Pranks! #76
Posted by Viv Wilson on 23rd January 2024 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,hoar cross hall spa hotel,barons eden,pantomime,amazon parrot,lord killearn,alexandra meynell,david matthews,Rolls Royce,Greek,Police,ATV Today,television,Queen's Silver Jubilee,nursery rhyme,fairy tale
During the 1970s Hoar Cross 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 don’t reside in t...
Alice - the ghost in the mirror
Posted by Viv Wilson on 17th December 2019 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | Meynell,Alice through the looking glass,Lewis Carroll,Charles Dodgson,ghost,hoar cross hall,Spa Hotel
ALICE – THE GHOST IN THE MIRROR: In 1865 Lewis Carroll wrote another story about Alice following on from ‘Alice in Wonderland’. It was called ‘Alice through the Looking Glass’. In this story Alice climbs onto the mantlepiece over the fireplace in her lounge and finds that she can climb through the mirror into another world which is reversed, just like a reflection. Once again, she encounters strange figures in a world dominated by a chess set and nursery rhyme characters, among others. But what inspired Lewis Carroll to write about a little girl having lots of adventures?
In the 1850s Charles Dodgson (Carroll’s real name) studied...
Alice - the ghost in the mirror #38
Posted by Viv Wilson on 25th May 2020 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,lewis carroll,Christ Church,Oxford,emily meynell,Hickleton Hall,Alice in Wonderland
...s set and nursery rhyme characters, among others. But what inspired Lewis Carroll to write about a little girl having lots of adventures?
Alice climbing through the Library mirror
In the 1850s Charles Dodgson (Carroll’s real name) studied at Christ Church in Oxford. A new dean, Henry Liddell, began working there around about that time and brought with him his wife and young family. One of his daughters was called Alice and this little girl was widely thought to be the inspiration behind his stories but Carroll always denied this.
In 1852 he became a tutor for the children of Charles Wood of Hickleton Hall in Yorkshire. During the summer a friend of...Alice - the ghost in the mirror #28
Posted by Viv Wilson on 20th December 2020 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,Meynell,alice through the looking glass,alice in wonderland,hickleton hall,Charles Wood,lewis carroll,Christ Church
...ALICE – THE GHOST IN THE MIRROR: (Based on true events) In 1865 Lewis Carroll wrote another story about Alice following on from ‘Alice in Wonderland’. It was called ‘Alice through the Looking Glass’. In this story Alice climbs onto the mantlepiece over the fireplace in her lounge and finds that she can climb through the mirror into another world which is reversed, just like a reflection. Once again, she encounters strange figures in a world dominated by a chess set and nursery rhyme characters, among others. But what inspired Lewis Carroll to write about a little girl having lots of adventures?
In the 1850s Charles Dodgson (Carroll’s rea...Alice - the ghost in the mirror #32
Posted by Viv Wilson on 29th December 2021 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,Meynell,emily meynell,hickleton hall,ghost,alice through the looking glass,alice in wonderland
...Here is another ghost story for the Christmas season associated with Hoar Cross Hall. By an amazing co-incidence Lewis Carroll and Emily Meynell (who built the Hall) became acquainted when she was a child. This is their story -
In 1865 Lewis Carroll wrote another story about Alice following on from ‘Alice in Wonderland’. It was called ‘Alice through the Looking Glass’. In this story Alice climbs onto the mantlepiece over the fireplace in her lounge and finds that she can climb through the mirror into another world which is reversed, just like a reflection. Once again, she encounters strange figures in a world dominated by a chess set and nursery rhyme c...Alice - the ghost in the mirror #26
Posted by Viv Wilson on 28th October 2022 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,Meynell,Mansion,lewis carroll,alice through the looking glass,alice in wonderland,Graham Phillips,Hickleton Hall,The Crown,Downton Abbey,Halloween,ghost
...In 1865 Lewis Carroll wrote another story about Alice following on from ‘Alice in Wonderland’. It was called ‘Alice through the Looking Glass’. In this story Alice climbs onto the mantlepiece over the fireplace in her lounge and finds that she can climb through the mirror into another world which is reversed, just like a reflection. Once again, she encounters strange figures in a world dominated by a chess set and nursery rhyme characters, among others. But what inspired Lewis Carroll to write about a little girl having lots of adventures?
In the 1850s Charles Dodgson (Carroll’s real name) studied at Christ Church in Oxford. A new dean, Henry Liddell,...