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Ventures New! #10

...rs around Europe’s race tracks. This appealed to the male visitors while the ladies enjoyed the ever increasing collection of Victorian costumes around the house along with an antique sewing machine and a musical box which played lovely tunes when wound up. Apart from the bank holidays though we didn’t get huge amounts of visitors and my parents started to think of other things they could do. They had heard about mediaeval banquets being run at a place called Coombe Abbey near Coventry and went along one night to see what it was all about. It was a banquet serving four or five courses with mediaeval entertainment while you ate. The whole thing was overseen...

Skools out for summer #13

...broad – Europe’s climate and way of life suited me and after two weeks I never wanted to come home but home we did come as we still had our own visitors to attend to in the holidays. Sometimes my friend Janine came round to stay for a few days and this would break the monotony a bit. Once we dressed up in the Victorian dresses that were on show and walked around the grounds and then over to the church in them. People must have thought they were seeing ghosts! Another time we decided to play tricks on the visitors by using the secret door in the Library. There were two secret doors, one which was always open and used by the visitors to wend their way around...

Moving Day Arrives #2

...all over Europe to race at all the famous circuits, so the outbuildings were always full of bits of racing cars and their engines! All this stuff had to be moved and my dad did most of it by travelling back and forth each day with vans and trailers full of the contents of our house and outbuildings – an enormous undertaking! He knew some students and used to pick them up en route to help and they also stayed on to help tame the gardens which were very overgrown, the grass standing about 2 feet high. As I’m sure you can imagine, after nearly 20 years of neglect, the gardens were a sorry sight having once been very grand. Apparently, when the house was built...

Eat, Drink & Be Merry #11

...rs around Europe’s race tracks. This appealed to the male visitors while the ladies enjoyed the ever increasing collection of Victorian costumes around the house along with an antique sewing machine and a musical box which played lovely tunes when wound up. My dad displaying his racing car on the drive   Apart from the bank holidays though we didn’t get huge amounts of visitors and my parents started to think of other things they could do. They had heard about mediaeval banquets being run at a place called Coombe Abbey near Coventry and went along one night to see what it was all about. It was a banquet serving four or five courses with mediaeval ent...

VENTURES NEW #10

...rs around Europe’s race tracks.  This appealed to the male visitors while the ladies enjoyed the ever increasing collection of Victorian costumes around the house along with an antique sewing machine and a musical box which played lovely tunes when wound up. Victorian Costumes in The Ballroom Apart from the bank holidays though we didn’t get huge amounts of visitors and my parents started to think of other things they could do.  They had heard about mediaeval banquets being run at a place called Coombe Abbey near Coventry and went along one night to see what it was all about.  It was a banquet serving four or five courses with mediaeval entertainmen...

Moving into the Manor #2

...all over Europe to race at all the famous circuits, so the outbuildings were always full of bits of racing cars and their engines!  All this stuff had to be moved and my dad did most of it by travelling back and forth each day with vans and trailers full of the contents of our house and outbuildings – an enormous undertaking!  He knew some students and used to pick them up en route to help and they also stayed on to help tame the gardens which were very overgrown, the grass standing about 2 feet high.  As I’m sure you can imagine, after nearly 20 years of neglect, the gardens were a sorry sight having once been very grand.  Apparently, when the house w...