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Motor Racing Days #9
Posted by Viv Wilson on 25th May 2022 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,Meynell,Motor racing,Silverstone,mallory park,donington park,lotus elite,formula 2,Formula 1,Chris Meek,Pat Ferguson,Colditz,Brian Henton
Although my blogs are about living at Hoar Cross Hall, I would just like to give a bit of background about my dad’s racing career in the years leading up to moving to the Hall as this will set the scene for later instalments of my story.
As mentioned in my first blog my dad used to be a racing driver but he actually started off racing motor cycles in the 1930s. Because of this he became a despatch rider during the Second World War and spent a lot of time in North Africa. After the war he started racing motor bikes at nearby Donington Park and he raced there up to the beginning of the 1950s. After that he moved onto cars and drove a Cooper 500cc (which is the...
RACE TRACK ‘AFTER PARTIES’ #27
Posted by Viv Wilson on 25th July 1977 in Early Days | hoar cross hall,racing car,donington park,mallory park,bob gerard,kirkby hall,grand prix,museum,car,racing driver,alvin stardust,joe bugner
...Piers’ godfather, Chris Meek, who raced for my dad back in the sixties. Mallory Park was an estate owned by the Mallory family back in the 1700s where they built a mansion called Kirkby Hall. They eventually called it Kirkby Mallory Hall and it survived until 1952 when it was demolished. A builder bought the estate the following year and built the race track in the grounds, starting first with motor cycle grass track racing until the tarmac race track was built. It’s a very similar story to the Donington Park one actually! The official opening was in 1956 with Bob Gerrard being in the first race. My dad would have been there racing his car too thr...
Race Day Parties! #25
Posted by Viv Wilson on 30th October 2021 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,Meynell,motor racing,motor bike,Bob Gerrard,Tom Wheatcroft,champagne,parties,Lotus Elite,racing cars,VIPS
...Piers’ godfather, Chris Meek, who raced for my dad back in the sixties. Mallory Park was an estate owned by the Mallory family in the 1700s where they built a mansion called Kirkby Hall. They eventually called it Kirkby Mallory Hall and it survived until 1952 when it was demolished. A builder bought the estate the following year and built the race track in the grounds, starting first with motor cycle grass track racing until the tarmac race track was built. It’s a very similar story to the Donington Park one actually! The official opening was in 1956 with Bob Gerrard being in the first race. My dad would have been there racing his car too throughout the 195...
Race Day Parties #27
Posted by Viv Wilson on 21st April 2019 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | mallory park,Silverstone,donington park,hoar cross hall,mediaeval banquets,Bob Gerrard,Tom Wheatcroft
...Piers’ godfather, Chris Meek, who raced for my dad back in the sixties. Mallory Park was an estate owned by the Mallory family back in the 1700s where they built a mansion called Kirkby Hall. They eventually called it Kirkby Mallory Hall and it survived until 1952 when it was demolished. A builder bought the estate the following year and built the race track in the grounds, starting first with motor cycle grass track racing until the tarmac race track was built. It’s a very similar story to the Donington Park one actually! The official opening was in 1956 with Bob Gerrard being in the first race. My dad would have been there racing his car too thr...
Race day parties #26
Posted by Viv Wilson on 2nd March 2020 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | donington park,mallory park,hoar cross hall,graham hill,Jim Clarke,silverstone,bob gerard
...Piers’ godfather, Chris Meek, who raced for my dad back in the sixties. Mallory Park was an estate owned by the Mallory family back in the 1700s where they built a mansion called Kirkby Hall. They eventually called it Kirkby Mallory Hall and it survived until 1952 when it was demolished. A builder bought the estate the following year and built the race track in the grounds, starting first with motor cycle grass track racing until the tarmac race track was built. It’s a very similar story to the Donington Park one actually! The official opening was in 1956 with Bob Gerrard being in the first race. My dad would have been there racing his car too thr...Race Day Parties #25
Posted by Viv Wilson on 30th November 2020 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | donington park,silverstone,mallory park,hoar cross hall,grand prix,Donington Historic Festival,graham hill,Bob Gerrard,Chris Meek
...Piers’ godfather, Chris Meek, who raced for my dad back in the sixties. Mallory Park was an estate owned by the Mallory family back in the 1700s where they built a mansion called Kirkby Hall. They eventually called it Kirkby Mallory Hall and it survived until 1952 when it was demolished. A builder bought the estate the following year and built the race track in the grounds, starting first with motor cycle grass track racing until the tarmac race track was built. It’s a very similar story to the Donington Park one actually! The official opening was in 1956 with Bob Gerrard being in the first race. My dad would have been there racing his car too throughout th...