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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
...be lovely carol services and again we would go back to the vicarage afterwards to hear a group of hand bell ringers. They would stand all down the staircase and ring out various carols on their bells. It did sound quite nice and as usual there would be a lovely spread of food on the table. One of the posh ladies asked me once if I would “be a dear and pass some of the food around”. “What did your last slave die of?” I thought and as we were in the middle of a game I didn’t want to do her bidding so we hid under the table and undid the shoelaces of people standing nearby! We were so naughty – hopefully the vicar forgave us, as vicars should!...More Tea Vicar? #12
Posted by Viv Wilson on 18th July 2021 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,Emily Meynell,Meynell Ingram Arms,church of the holy angels,vicar,Cathedral of the Midlands,New Years Eve,New Years Day
...be lovely carol services and again we would go back to the vicarage afterwards to hear a group of hand bell ringers. They would stand all down the staircase and ring out various carols on their bells. It did sound quite nice and as usual there would be a lovely spread of food on the table. One of the posh ladies asked me once if I would “be a dear and pass some of the food around”. “What did your last slave die of?” I thought and as we were in the middle of a game I didn’t want to do her bidding so we hid under the table and undid the shoelaces of people standing nearby! We were so naughty – hopefully the vicar forgave us, as vicars should!
Peop...More tea vicar? #12
Posted by Viv Wilson on 10th November 2019 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,church of the holy angels,meynell arms,Bodley,world war 2,famours five,vicar,gas masks,new years eve
...be lovely carol services and again we would go back to the vicarage afterwards to hear a group of hand bell ringers. They would stand all down the staircase and ring out various carols on their bells. It did sound quite nice and as usual there would be a lovely spread of food on the table. One of the posh ladies asked me once if I would “be a dear and pass some of the food around”. “What did your last slave die of?” I thought and as we were in the middle of a game I didn’t want to do her bidding so we hid under the table and undid the shoelaces of people standing nearby! We were so naughty – hopefully the vicar forgave us, as vicars should!...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
...be lovely carol services and again we would go back to the vicarage afterwards to hear a group of hand bell ringers. They would stand all down the staircase and ring out various carols on their bells. It did sound quite nice and as usual there would be a lovely spread of food on the table. One of the posh ladies asked me once if I would “be a dear and pass some of the food around”. “What did your last slave die of?” I thought and as we were in the middle of a game I didn’t want to do her bidding so we hid under the table and undid the shoelaces of people standing nearby! We were so naughty – hopefully the vicar forgave us, as vicars should!
People o...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
...be lovely carol services and again we would go back to the vicarage afterwards to hear a group of hand bell ringers. They would stand all down the staircase and ring out various carols on their bells. It did sound quite nice and as usual there would be a lovely spread of food on the table. One of the posh ladies asked me once if I would “be a dear and pass some of the food around”. “What did your last slave die of?” I thought and as we were in the middle of a game I didn’t want to do her bidding so we hid under the table and undid the shoelaces of people standing nearby! We were so naughty – hopefully the vicar forgave us, as vicars should!
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Change and the Country House #61
Posted by Viv Wilson on 7th July 2023 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,meynell ingram,new years eve,mediaeval banquets,queen victoria,The National Trust,Historic Houses Association,industrial revolution,Edwardian era,victorian era,downton abbey,The Royal Family,aristocracy,Hoar Cross Hall Spa Hotel,Barons Eden
...Hoar Cross Hall was clearly a very different house in the Victorian era compared to today. Like other country houses it has not been immune from the social and economic changes affecting all walks of life over the last hundred years.
At the beginning of Queen Victoria’s reign in 1837 the local landowner with his country house and estate was the focal point of the community, often dispensing law, charity and education. The estate would also provide employment for the local people and over fifty locals were employed on the Hoar Cross estate in the house and grounds plus many more on Home Farm along with carpenters, electricians and plumbers to keep the esta...