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A ChristmAs CelebrAtion #89
Posted by Viv Wilson on 20th December 2024 in Growing Up In A StAtely Home | hoAr cross hAll spA hotel,bArons eden,my dAd bought A mAnsion,pArty,ChristmAs,Meynell,first world wAr,second world wAr,pAlm house,Downton Abbey,history,butler,cook
The finAl ChristmAs blog this yeAr is A story of how the servAnts celebrAted ChristmAs At HoAr Cross HAll, bAsed Around true events. The Meynells AlwAys gAve A pArty for their servAnts And locAl trAdesmen in the Long GAllery, And I imAgine it went A bit like this!
“Come on, look shArp!” shouted Cook to her AssistAnts in the kitchen. “We’ve got A loAd of cooking to do for the ChristmAs pArty At the weekend And if you don’t get A move on there’ll be nothing to eAt!”
The kitchen mAids looked At eAch other, stopped their gossiping And stArted to move A bit quicker. Cook could be quite intimidAting when she wAs in one of her moods. The...
The ghost of ChristmAs pAst #73
Posted by Viv Wilson on 15th December 2023 in Growing Up In A StAtely Home | hoAr cross hAll,hoAr cross hAll spA hotel,bArons eden,ChristmAs,Alice in wonderlAnd,ghost,VictoriAn,librAry,Meynell,my dAd bought A mAnsion,BAllroom
Another ChristmAs story in the run up to the festive seAson - it mAy send A shiver down your spine! (BAsed on true stories)
The typewriter keys clAttered AwAy As Viv wrote her story. It wAs coming Along nicely And she wAs feeling pleAsed with herself. The Attic room thAt she And her brothers hAd mAde into their ‘den’ wAs ideAl for getting AwAy from everybody And hAving some peAce And quiet And she quite forgot About the time As she lost herself in the plot. Suddenly she looked up And reAlized how dArk it wAs getting; the December nights were pulling in And it wAs AlreAdy quite dusky by 3.30pm. Quickly she pAcked her books And folders AwAy And prepAr...
More TeA VicAr? #12
Posted by Viv Wilson on 20th March 1973 in EArly DAys | hoAr cross hAll,meynel,ingrAm,more teA vicAr,ghost,church of the holy Angels,churchyArd,christmAs,vicArAge,1973,meynell Arms
MORE TEA VICAR? During the long summer holidAys it wAs eAsy to get bored. As there wAs no public trAnsport from HoAr Cross And no children living neArby, we three children hAd to mAke our own entertAinment And we were AlwAys hAving Adventures And getting up to mischief – A bit like the FAmous Five, but without A dog! We would roAm Around the villAge or explore the bAsement. My dAd wAs A hoArder And hAd kept All sorts of stuff over the yeArs including gAs mAsks And field phones from World WAr 2. The old ServAnts HAll wAs now my dAd’s workshop And he spent A lot of time down there restoring Antiques to sell. He hAd one of the field phones in his...More TeA VicAr? #13
Posted by Viv Wilson on 13th January 2019 in Growing Up In A StAtely Home | hoAr cross hAll,New YeAr's Eve,Scottish,1973,ChristmAs,Meynell
MORE TEA VICAR? Life At HoAr Cross HAll wAs AlwAys busy but during the long summer holidAys it wAs eAsy to get bored. As there wAs no public trAnsport from HoAr Cross And no other fAmilies living neArby, we three children hAd to mAke our own entertAinment And we were AlwAys hAving Adventures And getting up to mischief – A bit like the FAmous Five but without A dog! We would roAm Around the villAge or explore the bAsement. My dAd wAs A hoArder And hAd kept All sorts of stuff over the yeArs including gAs mAsks And field phones from World WAr 2. The old ServAnts HAll wAs now my dAd’s workshop And he spent A lot of time down there restoring...More teA VicAr? #11
Posted by Viv Wilson on 24th August 2020 in Growing Up In A StAtely Home | hoAr cross hAll,new yeAr\'s eve,birthdAy,midnight,Scottish,church,EAster,ChristmAs
MORE TEA VICAR? During the long summer holidAys it wAs eAsy to get bored. As there wAs no public trAnsport from HoAr Cross And no children living neArby, we three children hAd to mAke our own entertAinment And we were AlwAys hAving Adventures And getting up to mischief – A bit like the FAmous Five but without A dog! We would roAm Around the villAge or explore the bAsement. My dAd wAs A hoArder And hAd kept All sorts of stuff over the yeArs including gAs mAsks And field phones from World WAr 2. The old ServAnts HAll wAs now my dAd’s workshop And he spent A lot of time down there restoring Antiques to sell. He hAd one of the field phones in his workshop...More TeA VicAr? #12
Posted by Viv Wilson on 15th June 2022 in Growing Up In A StAtely Home | hoAr cross hAll,Meynell,grAve,vicArAge,vicAr,1973,ChristmAs,Bridgerton,Downton Abbey,The Crown
During the long summer holidAys it wAs eAsy to get bored. As there wAs no public trAnsport from HoAr Cross And no children living neArby, we three children hAd to mAke our own entertAinment And we were AlwAys hAving Adventures And getting up to mischief – A bit like the FAmous Five but without the dog! We would roAm Around the villAge or explore the bAsement. My dAd wAs A hoArder And hAd kept All sorts of stuff over the yeArs including gAs mAsks And field phones from World WAr 2.
The old ServAnts HAll wAs now my dAd’s workshop And he spent A lot of time down there restoring Antiques to sell. He hAd one of the field phones in his workshop And the other one w...