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midnight Pool Parties # 59
Posted by Viv Wilson on 16th June 2023 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,meynell ingram arms,birmingham,sex pistols,76 club,Downton Abbey,The Crown,keeping up with the aristocrats,Bridgerton,Burton-on-Trent,Hoar Cross Hall Spa Hotel
...mes for a midnight swim during the summer months. Usually their parents were away so we were never disturbed. Once we had been to a fancy dress party where Kev had dressed up as a knight with tights and tabard on – these were abandoned at the side of the pool where our friend’s gardener found them next day. Apparently he took our friend to one side and whispered “I think your young lady has left these behind”. His face must have been a picture when Chris said “Oh no, those are Kev’s!”
Kev minus the tights!
The pool parties were great fun and once we’d dried ourselves off we headed for the house to find some food and then to wash...
A New Year Calamity! #75
Posted by Viv Wilson on 29th December 2023 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall spa hotel,barons eden,new years eve,scottish piper,Balloons,christmas,mediaeval banquets,ballroom,my dad bought a mansion,downton abbey,the crown,haunting,ghosts,attics,bell,calamity
...The New Year’s Eve Ball at Hoar Cross Hall was usually the highlight of the year. After twelve months of hard work, especially running the Mediaeval Banquets twice a week through the winter, we were always ready to see out the year in style with a big new year party. In those days it was always black tie for the men and long dresses for the ladies – usually around 500 people bought tickets for an evening of entertainment with a dance band, disco and a meal. At midnight a man dressed in traditional Scottish regalia, including a kilt and sporran, would pipe in the new year with his bagpipes. Down the Long Gallery he would slowly walk and into the Ballr...
Panto Pranks! #76
Posted by Viv Wilson on 23rd January 2024 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,hoar cross hall spa hotel,barons eden,pantomime,amazon parrot,lord killearn,alexandra meynell,david matthews,Rolls Royce,Greek,Police,ATV Today,television,Queen's Silver Jubilee,nursery rhyme,fairy tale
...n time at midnight, so he was whizzing the hands round all night long! Alexandra Meynell’s father, Lord Killearn also got involved by devising anagrams for one of the dance routines along with a local man, Paul Yukes. Kev and I were in control of the sound and we did tape recordings of the whole show which were sold afterwards to raise a bit more money (we still have one tape left!). Everyone gave of their time freely and it was great fun to be involved.
‘ATV Today’ cameras were present for the dress rehearsal and a clip of three or four minutes on the television no doubt helped to boost the ticket sales. The pantomime was on for three nights and...
More Tea Vicar? #12
Posted by Viv Wilson on 20th March 1973 in Early Days | hoar cross hall,meynel,ingram,more tea vicar,ghost,church of the holy angels,churchyard,christmas,vicarage,1973,meynell arms
...uch. At midnight we had a Scottish piper who would walk down the Long Gallery in full Scottish regalia complete with bagpipes to pipe in the new year. Once this was done everyone would sing Auld Lang Syne and then my dad would release a net full of balloons onto the crowd and everyone would set off their party poppers.
Gavin’s birthday was New Year’s Day so he was allowed to come down just before midnight and everyone would sing Happy Birthday to him. Not many youngsters of that age had 500 people singing birthday wishes to them and a huge party in their house!
If this is your first visit to my blog site and you would like to read from the beginn...More Tea Vicar? #13
Posted by Viv Wilson on 13th January 2019 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,New Year's Eve,Scottish,1973,Christmas,Meynell
...uch. At midnight we had a Scottish piper who would walk down the Long Gallery in full Scottish regalia complete with bagpipes to pipe in the new year. Once this was done everyone would sing Auld Lang Syne and then my dad would release a net full of balloons onto the crowd and everyone would set off their party poppers.
My brother Gavin’s birthday was New Year’s Day so he was allowed to come down just before midnight and everyone would sing Happy Birthday to him. Not many youngsters of that age had 500 people singing birthday wishes to them and a huge party in their house!
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Panto Pranks! #23
Posted by Viv Wilson on 25th March 2019 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,matt munro,Meynell,Lord Killearn,rolls royce,parrot
...n time at midnight, so he was whizzing the hands round all night long! Alexandra Meynell’s father, Lord Killearn also got involved by devising anagrams for one of the dance routines along with a local man, Paul Yukes. Kev and I were in control of the sound and we did tape recordings of the whole show which were sold afterwards to raise a bit more money (we still have one tape left!). Everyone gave of their time freely and it was great fun to be involved.
‘ATV Today’ cameras were present for the dress rehearsal and a clip of three or four minutes on the television no doubt helped to boost the ticket sales. The pantomime was on for three nights and...