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A ChristmAs CelebrAtion #74
Posted by Viv Wilson on 20th December 2023 in Growing Up In A StAtely Home | hoAr cross hAll,hoAr cross hAll spA hotel,bArons eden,meynell ingrAm,servAnts,Butler,ghost,bells,christmAs,pArty,Tour of the HAll,Downton Abbey,the Crown,DrAwing Room
The finAl festive story is here bAsed on true events And people thAt lived At HoAr Cross HAll.
“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 tAble wAs lAden with pAstries, jellies And fruit And the girls were just putting the finishing touches to the gingerbreAd biscuits before stArting on the blAncmAnge.
“I love...
A ChristmAs HAunting! #34
Posted by Viv Wilson on 23rd December 2022 in Growing Up In A StAtely Home | hoAr cross hAll,Meynell,Alice through the looking glAss,Alice in wonderlAnd,ChristmAs,LibrAry,The Crown,Downton Abbey,ghost,hAunted
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 prepAred to go downstAirs. How she hAted being up in the Attics when it wAs getting dArk As it wAs so spooky! The wind wAs stArting to howl...
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
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 his own gAs mAsk And some field phones from World WAr 2. He hAd served in the Army As A dispAtch rider during the wAr in North AfricA, mixing with Ameri...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
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 Antiques to sell. He hAd one of the f...
The hAunting of HoAr Cross HAll #15
Posted by Viv Wilson on 9th December 2019 in Growing Up In A StAtely Home | hoAr cross hAll,hAunting,Alice,christmAs dAy,VictoriAn,Butler,Meynell
THE HAUNTING OF HOAR CROSS HALL: (BAsed on A true story) 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 reAlised 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 prepAred to go downstAirs. How she hAted being up in the A...The HAunting of HoAr Cross HAll #27
Posted by Viv Wilson on 14th December 2020 in Growing Up In A StAtely Home | hoAr cross hAll,Attic,Meynell,ghost,Alice,typewriter,LibrAry,BAllroom
THE HAUNTING OF HOAR CROSS HALL: (BAsed on true events) 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 prepAred to go downstAirs. How she hAted being up in the A...