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The War Years and Beyond #36
Posted by Viv Wilson on 6th January 2023 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,Meynell,Red Cross,christian community,Hotel and Spa,hollybush park,burton general hospital,consultant,Doctor,Birmingham,evacuees,second world war,hospital,fradley aerodrome,Lichfield,War Office
During the Second World War, life in country houses changed dramatically. It was no different at Hoar Cross Hall. The flower borders on the main lawns were turfed over to reduce maintenance and vegetables were grown in areas formerly restricted to flowers. Evacuees from Birmingham came to stay for the duration of the war and they lived in the basement, as it was considered to be the safest place. I imagine that they must have been in the care of the servants as they were living amongst them but it must also have been quite exciting for them to move from a bombed out city to the relative safety of the countryside, although they must have missed their parents of c...The War Years and Beyond #38
Posted by Viv Wilson on 8th July 2019 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,Meynell,Hollybush Park,Burton General hospital,F W Lycett,Fradley aerodrome,Second world war,first world war,Lichfield
THE WAR YEARS AND BEYOND: During the Second World War, life in country houses changed dramatically. It was no different at Hoar Cross. The flower borders on the main lawns were turfed over to reduce maintenance and vegetables were grown in areas formerly restricted to flowers. Evacuees from Birmingham came to stay for the duration of the war and they lived in the basement, as it was considered to be the safest place. I imagine that they must have been in the care of the servants as they were living amongst them but it must also have been quite exciting for them to move from a bombed out city to the relative safety of the countryside, althoug...The War Years and Beyond #40
Posted by Viv Wilson on 14th March 2021 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,Meynell,fradley aerodrome,first world war,second world war,Auxiliary Red Cross hospital,Hollybush Park,monks
THE WAR YEARS AND BEYOND: During the Second World War, life in country houses changed dramatically. It was no different at Hoar Cross. The flower borders on the main lawns were turfed over to reduce maintenance and vegetables were grown in areas formerly restricted to flowers. Evacuees from Birmingham came to stay for the duration of the war and they lived in the basement, as it was considered to be the safest place. I imagine that they must have been in the care of the servants as they were living amongst them but it must also have been quite exciting for them to move from a bombed out city to the relative safety of the countryside, although they must ha...
Whodunit in the Library? #25
Posted by Viv Wilson on 23rd February 2020 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,hospital,diazepam,divorce,hercule poirot,east end,london,birmingham,rats
...ed off to hospital with suspected appendicitis! After a full examination I was told there was nothing wrong but that it was probably my nerves affecting me. After a visit to my GP he prescribed Valium tablets (now known as Diazepam) which was a drug to relax you when you felt under stress. Both my parents were already on this medication and we would often borrow each other’s tablets if one of us ran out! I now realise what a ridiculous situation this was – Valium was a powerful drug to be taken for 2-3 months but back in the 70s I was freely given it (aged 17) and was not monitored at all by the GP. I took it for well over a year and mixed it w...The War Years and Beyond #37
Posted by Viv Wilson on 17th May 2020 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,Meynell,hollybush park,Victorian,burton general hospital,Bishops,evacuees,Birmingham,second world war
...THE WAR YEARS AND BEYOND: During the Second World War, life in country houses changed dramatically. It was no different at Hoar Cross Hall. The flower borders on the main lawns were turfed over to reduce maintenance and vegetables were grown in areas formerly restricted to flowers. Evacuees from Birmingham came to stay for the duration of the war and they lived in the basement, as it was considered to be the safest place. I imagine that they must have been in the care of the servants as they were living amongst them but it must also have been quite exciting for them to move from a bombed out city to the relative safety of the countryside, although they mu...
Victorian Society #93
Posted by Viv Wilson on 24th April 2025 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,hoar cross hall spa hotel,barons eden,the Home of the Good Shepherd,Great Ormond St hospital,victorian,Music Halls,light bulb,history,Meynell,Royal Victoria Military hospital,charity,Downton Abbey,period drama,Victoria,Victoria and Albert,royal family
...long with hospitals and orphanages, of which there was much need. Queen Victoria herself was patron of Great Ormond Street hospital, which was set up in 1852 to particularly help children and she also became patron of the Royal Victoria Military hospital after seeing the huge need for men returning from the wars. Before then healthcare was pretty much non-existent and many people died from diseases that nowadays we would just take a course of antibiotics for. Child mortality was particularly high, with 25% of children dying before the age of five.
The childrens home at Hoar Cross c.1920s
Even at Hoar Cross Hall, Emily Meynell was doing her...