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Summer Balls and Garden Parties #97
Posted by Viv Wilson on 25th June 2025 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall spa hotel,barons eden,downton abbey,my dad bought a mansion,champagne,garden party,summer ball,ballroom,ball gown,London,midsummer's eve,new year's eve,Meynell,laughton estate,period drama,history,barings bank,Sir Alec Douglas Home,memoirs
...mp; Co in Leeds. They invoiced 4 dozen bottles of fine claret, 3 bottles of port, one bottle of sherry, 6 bottles of scotch whiskey and 2 bottles of gin. The grand total 'less 10% discount' came to £13.13 shillings (£13.65). Delivery was made to Burton-on-Trent by Midland Railway and no doubt the chauffeur from the Hall would have collected it in the car in time for the supper. No nipping out to Sainsbury's in those days!
Emily Meynell's sister-in-law, Lady Mary wanted to organize an eighteenth birthday and 'coming out' Ball in 1912 for her daughter, Daisy. A Ball at the Ritz in London would have cost at least £600 so Lady Mary (now a widow) decide...