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LET THE BANQUET COMMENCE! #11

...rving the beer and wine all evening which was included in the price – however, I think we served too much as everyone was completely sloshed by the end of the evening!  They’d also had a cup of mead at the start of the meal.  Things started to get out of hand as people were throwing apples across the room, instead of eating them with their cheese. Then four ladies stood on the tables and started dancing and provocatively swinging their scarves around.  The silver armour, which was hanging on the Ballroom walls, was knocked off and people were trying it on for fun. Halfway through the evening I had my big moment when I ran from one end of the room to the o...

Hysterical Productions #16

...HYSTERICAL PRODUCTIONS: By the end of 1974 we had done about 40 banquets and they were still going strong.  Most of the original cast were still with us but we were on our second king now and also doing our own catering and bar, whereas when we first started, we had got a catering firm in to do it all.  Every weekend over 200 people came to sample our Noble Brose, Roast Lambe and Saracen’s Delight and sing along to ‘I’m Henry VIII I am’ whilst drinking beer, wine and mead.  But it was a very adult environment for 15 year old girls to work in; a few of my school friends also worked at the banquets as wenches and we were constantly being chatted up by...

See You In Court! #28

...d have a 'beer' fight.  A Typical Tueday Night At The Meynell Arms They piled all the furniture up at each end of the pub to make a barricade then used fire extinguishers and soda syphons to squirt water and throw beer at each other until one side ‘won’.  As you can imagine, the mess was horrendous; water was everywhere!  Every week the cleaner resigned and they would have to find another one.  What a place! But all this jollity didn’t put off the inevitable day in court.   Birmingham Crown Court was where we all met to finally sort out this miserable mess that my parents had got themselves into.   On the one side was my dad with his solicit...

Mediaeval Mayhem! #12

...rving the beer and wine all evening which was included in the price – however, I think we served too much as everyone was completely sloshed by the end of the evening!  They’d also had a cup of mead at the start of the meal.  Things started to get out of hand as people were throwing apples across the room, instead of eating them with their cheese. Then four ladies stood on the tables and started dancing and swinging their scarves around.  The silver armour, which was hanging on the Ballroom walls, was knocked off and people were trying it on for fun. Halfway through the evening I had my big acting moment when I ran from one end of the room to the other wi...

Hysterical Productions #17

...HYSTERICAL PRODUCTIONS:           By the end of 1974 we had done about 40 banquets at the Hall and they were still going strong.  Most of the original cast were still with us but we were on our second King now and also doing our own catering and bar, whereas when we first started, we had a catering firm in to do it all.  Every weekend over 200 people came to sample our Noble Brose, Roast Lambe and Saracen’s Delight and sing along to ‘I’m Henry VIII’ whilst drinking beer, wine and mead.  But it was a very adult environment for 15 year old girls to work in; a few of my school friends also worked at the banquets as wenches and we were constantly be...

Hysterical Productions! #13

...HYSTERICAL PRODUCTIONS:     By the end of 1974 we had done about 40 banquets at Hoar Cross Hall and they were still going strong.  Most of the original cast were still with us but we were on our second King now and also doing our own catering and bar, whereas when we first started, we had a catering firm in to do it all.  Every weekend over 200 people came to sample our Noble Brose, Roast Lambe and Saracen’s Delight and sing along to ‘I’m Henry VIII’ whilst drinking beer, wine and mead.  But it was a very adult environment for 15 year old girls to work in; a few of my school friends also worked at the banquets as wenches and we were constantly bein...