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Coming Of Age #21
Posted by Viv Wilson on 11th June 1976 in Early Days | hoar cross hall,party,hippy venue,1970's,businesses,roman,toga,moat,stately home,swimming,pool,parties,birmingham,sex pistols,punk,music,band
...kbrokers, barristers and local gentry; most of their houses had swimming pools and we would often go back to one or another of their homes for a midnight swim! Once we had been to a fancy dress party where Kev had dressed up as a knight with tights and tabard on – these were abandoned at the side of the pool where our friend’s gardener found them next day. Apparently he took our friend to one side and whispered “I think your young lady has left these behind”. His face must have been a picture when Carl said “Oh no, those are Kev’s!”
All the people renting our apartments were now young men and women and they soon became part of the crowd...
See You In Court! #28
Posted by Viv Wilson on 30th July 1979 in Early Days | hoar cross hall,money,business,divorce,antiques,court,barrister,solicitor,banquet,judge,Caernarfon,boat
...SEE YOU IN COURT - The saga of my parents’ split continued as we grew up in our stately home, although their behaviour was anything but stately for most of the time! Seven years of arguing and fighting were about to come to an end and the solicitors had finally agreed on a date to go to court. We carried on helping my dad to run the Hall and he still went to his boat in Caernarfon at weekends to get away from the house but we were all getting weary of it now. We were young adults and wanting to get on with our own lives. After five years together we were hoping to get married at some point so we were glad that it was finally going to be sorted out one...See you in Court #28
Posted by Viv Wilson on 29th April 2019 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,The Jam,burton on trent,Meynell arms,Birmingham Crown Court,Sothebys Auction House
...ith their barristers on this and that. And then it was time; they called us in and we sat on either side of the room. Then an incredible thing happened – six people, each carrying a huge pile of paperwork and files, all walked in after us and put their loads onto a table at the front. It was unbelievable that so many letters had exchanged hands over the years – a small forest at least! The Judge looked at it all with distaste.
Each barrister gave their speech informing the Judge what their client wanted and how they should go about it. After they had both finished and lots of paper shuffling had happened, the Judge looked at us all and said, “...See you in Court #27
Posted by Viv Wilson on 8th March 2020 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,meynell arms,birmingham,sothebys auction house
...ith their barristers on this and that. And then it was time; they called us in and we sat on either side of the room. Then an incredible thing happened – six people, each carrying a huge pile of paperwork and files, all walked in after us and put their loads onto a table at the front. It was unbelievable that so many letters had exchanged hands over the years – a small forest at least! The Judge looked at it all with distaste.
Each barrister gave their speech informing the Judge what their client wanted and how they should go about it. After they had both finished and lots of paper shuffling had happened, the Judge looked at us all and said, “...See you in Court #31
Posted by Viv Wilson on 11th January 2021 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,Meynell,Legal,solicitor,barrister,birmingham crown court,sothebys auction house,Police
...ith their barristers on this and that. And then it was time; they called us in and we sat on either side of the room. Then an incredible thing happened – six people, each carrying a huge pile of paperwork and files, all walked in after us and put their loads onto a table at the front. It was unbelievable that so many letters had exchanged hands over the years – a small forest at least! The Judge looked at it all with distaste.
Each barrister gave their speech informing the Judge what their client wanted and how they should go about it. After they had both finished and lots of paper shuffling had happened, the Judge looked at us all and said, “There’s on...