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Things that go bump in the night #3
Posted by Viv Wilson on 22nd June 2020 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,Meynell,ghost,attic,basement,butler
...eries and ghosts but when you’re actually in the middle of it in real life, it’s a bit different!
My parents also heard noises from their bedroom. It sounded like a room full of people talking, like at a party. They couldn’t work out if it was birds nesting under the eaves so they slept in another room down the corridor to see if they still heard it – and sure enough, they did! What was going on? Had we disturbed some lost souls forever wandering in the attics?
The haunted attic corridor
One night my mum was woken up by the sight of a little girl ‘floating’ over the bed. She said the girl was wearing a long nightdress and mop cap and seeme...
Things that go bump in the Night #3
Posted by Viv Wilson on 9th May 2021 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,Meynell,ghost,haunted,attic,servant girl,suits of armour,grave,churchyard
...eries and ghosts but when you’re actually in the middle of it in real life, it’s a bit different!
The haunted attic corridor
My parents also heard noises from their bedroom. It sounded like a room full of people talking, like at a party. They couldn’t work out if it was birds nesting under the eaves so they slept in another room down the corridor to see if they still heard it – and sure enough, they did! What was going on? Had we disturbed some lost souls forever wandering in the attics?
One night my mum was woken up by the sight of a little girl ‘floating’ over the bed. She said the girl was wearing a long nightdress and mop cap and s...Things that go bump in the night #3
Posted by Viv Wilson on 13th April 2022 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,Meynell,ghost,haunted,attic,typewriter,suits of armour,Bridgerton,keeping up with the aristocrats,Downton Abbey
...eries and ghosts but when you’re actually in the middle of it in real life, it’s a bit different!
The haunted attic corridor
My parents also heard noises in their bedroom. It sounded like a room full of people talking, like at a party. They couldn’t work out if it was birds nesting under the eaves so they slept in another room down the corridor to see if they still heard it – and sure enough, they did! What was going on? Had we disturbed some lost souls forever wandering in the attics?
One night my mum was woken up by the sight of a little girl ‘floating’ over the bed. She said the girl was wearing a long nightdress and mop cap and seemed...
Victorian Fashions #95
Posted by Viv Wilson on 29th May 2025 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,my dad bought a mansion,victorian,amazon,historic houses,national trust,Ballroom,Balls,bustle,crinoline,corsets,industrial revolution,hourglass,petticoats,downton abbey,queen victoria,barons eden,hoar cross hall spa hotel
...re seeing ghosts as we glided by!
Another of my mum's Victorian dresses
Dresses showing long trains behind
As the end of the century approached bodices became longer and tighter and dresses stuck out more at the back as now they had a bustle under the cloth. Trains became longer with ribbons and bows all over them until in the 1880s a movement called the ‘Victorian dress reform’ tried to advocate simpler styles, no tightlacing and lightweight underwear, so clothes would be more comfortable and practical. Ladies’ pursuits such as cycling and tennis were also becoming popular which demanded a greater ease in movement in clothing. Of...