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Skools out for summer! #12
Posted by Viv Wilson on 1st September 2020 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,Meynell,Europe,Spain,Portugal,Library,streaker,Caves of Drach,Radio 1,ghost
...flamenco dancing and they pulled me up onto the stage to join in which was fun, if unexpected! We also went on a day trip to Morocco and walked round the Kasbah, which was the local market. I remember hoards of children following us around trying to sell us things. My dad noticed one of the stallholders smiling at me and said for a joke “You can have her for two camels”. Well, the man never left our side after that – he took it very seriously and followed us all round the market trying to negotiate with my dad who was getting more and more irritated by the minute! I’m afraid not everyone understood my dad’s sense of humour, which could be very dry....Skools out for summer #13
Posted by Viv Wilson on 26th July 2021 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,Meynell,Greece,Spain,Portugal,Caves of drach,Victorian,Library,camels,bullfight,Bridgerton,Downton Abbey
...flamenco dancing and they pulled me up onto the stage to join in which was fun, if unexpected! We also went on a day trip to Morocco and walked round the Kasbah, which was the local market (see header picture). I remember hoards of poor children following us around trying to sell us things. My dad noticed one of the stallholders smiling at me and said for a joke “You can have her for two camels”. Well, the man never left our side after that – he took it very seriously and followed us all round the market trying to negotiate with my dad who was getting more and more irritated by the minute! I’m afraid not everyone understood my dad’s sense of humou...
A New Year Calamity #34
Posted by Viv Wilson on 3rd January 2022 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,Meynell,New Year's Eve,Auld Lang Syne,Bagpipes,Scottish piper,Downton abbey,servants
...ests were dancing to the band which happened to be Kev’s band this year. They seemed to go down well and looked completely different in their dinner jackets, even though they still wore long hair!
When the buffet was served later on the caterers put all the food out at once but there weren’t enough people around to staff it properly. The first guests that went up to help themselves took platefuls of food away so by the time the rest of the guests got their food there was hardly anything left! This nearly caused a riot and my poor dad ended up being surrounded by all these angry men demanding their money back! He had to give it back too – it was the only w...
Skools out for Summer #16
Posted by Viv Wilson on 28th July 2022 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,Meynell,camels,morocco,kasbah,holidays,portugal,spain,majorca,greece
...flamenco dancing and they pulled me up onto the stage to join in which was fun, if unexpected! We also went on a day trip to Morocco and walked round the Kasbah, which was the local market. I remember hoards of poor children following us around trying to sell us things. My dad noticed one of the stallholders smiling at me and said for a joke “You can have her for two camels”. Well, the man never left our side after that – he took it very seriously and followed us all round the market trying to negotiate with my dad who was getting more and more irritated by the minute! I’m afraid not everyone understood my dad’s sense of humour, which could be very dr...A New Year Calamity! #35
Posted by Viv Wilson on 30th December 2022 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,Meynell,New Year's Eve,Hogmany,auld lang syne,scottish piper,christmas,downton abbey,The Crown
...ests were dancing to the band which happened to be Kev’s band this year. They seemed to go down well and looked completely different in their dinner jackets, even though they still wore long hair!
Kev and his band
When the buffet was served later on the caterers put all the food out at once but there weren’t enough people around to staff it properly. The first guests that went up to help themselves took platefuls of food away so by the time the rest of the guests got their food there was hardly anything left! This nearly caused a riot and my poor dad ended up being surrounded by all these angry men demanding their money back! He had to give it back...
Skools out for Summer! #58
Posted by Viv Wilson on 9th June 2023 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,Meynell Ingram,emily meynell,hugo meynell,Spain,Portugal,Majorca,Greece,Uttoxeter,The Home of the Good Shepherd,victorian,midnight,Library,ghosts
...flamenco dancing and they pulled me up onto the stage to join in which was fun, if unexpected! We also went on a day trip to Morocco and walked around the Kasbah (see header picture), which was the local market. I remember hoards of poor children following us around trying to sell us things. My dad noticed one of the stallholders smiling at me and said for a joke “You can have her for two camels”. Well, the man never left our side after that – he took it very seriously and followed us all round the market trying to negotiate with my dad who was getting more and more irritated by the minute! I’m afraid not everyone understood my dad’s sense of humour,...