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The War Years and Beyond #36

...Red Cross Hospital during the war but nothing came of this, probably owing to the lack of mains water. However, during the First World War, the Meynell home in London was offered to the War Office and the Red Cross and became a Military Hospital for officers, being used by Francis Meynell himself who was wounded in action. View from the Deer Park (the copse is on the right)   One feature at the Hall was the daily barometric readings; these had been taken since 1880 up until the Second World War, when readings ceased. The Clerk of Works at Hoar Cross, namely one F W Lycett, had kept a meticulous Meteorological Register in the early years of the century. H...

The War Years and Beyond #38

...Red Cross Hospital during the war but nothing came of this, probably owing to the lack of mains water.  However, during the First World War, the Meynell home in London was offered to the War Office and the Red Cross and became a Military Hospital for officers, being used by Francis Meynell himself who was wounded in action.   The deer park,  where the secret airfield was hidden   One feature at the Hall was the daily barometric readings; these had been taken since 1880 up until the Second World War, when readings ceased.  The Clerk of Works at Hoar Cross, namely one F W Lycett, had kept a meticulous Meteorological Register in the early years of the...

The War Years and Beyond #40

...Red Cross Hospital during the war but nothing came of this, probably owing to the lack of mains water. However, during the First World War, the Meynell home in London was offered to the War Office and the Red Cross and became a Military Hospital for officers, being used by Francis Meynell himself who was wounded in action. The deer park with copse (right) which hid the plane   One feature at the Hall was the daily barometric readings; these had been taken since 1880 up until the Second World War, when readings ceased. The Clerk of Works at Hoar Cross, namely one F W Lycett, had kept a meticulous Meteorological Register in the early years of the century....

Whodunit in the Library? #25

...WHODUNIT IN THE LIBRARY?       When we first moved to Hoar Cross Hall, growing up in a stately home seemed an idyllic way to live – and lots of fun if you’re a child.  This rambling old house full of empty rooms and secret doors, wild gardens and woods to explore, was in some ways a dream come true for our family, certainly for my dad.  But as we turned from children to teenagers the isolation and lack of public transport was frustrating.  Coupled with this was my parents fighting and subsequent split, living at each end of the house and battling for the house and business through their solicitors. The effect this had on me, as the eldest child who p...

The War Years and Beyond #37

...Red Cross Hospital during the war but nothing came of this, probably owing to the lack of mains water. However, during the First World War, the Meynell home in London was offered to the War Office and the Red Cross and became a Military Hospital for officers, being used by Francis Meynell himself who was wounded in action. One feature at the Hall was the daily barometric readings; these had been taken since 1880 up until the Second World War, when readings ceased. The Clerk of Works at Hoar Cross, namely one F W Lycett, had kept a meticulous Meteorological Register in the early years of the century. He kept them in two large leather-bound volumes, the last entr...

Victorian Society #93

...nd Street Hospital, which was set up in 1852 to particularly help children and she also became patron of the Royal Victoria Military Hospital after seeing the huge need for men returning from the wars.  Before then healthcare was pretty much non-existent and many people died from diseases that nowadays we would just take a course of antibiotics for.  Child mortality was particularly high, with 25% of children dying before the age of five. The childrens home at Hoar Cross     c.1920s   Even at Hoar Cross Hall, Emily Meynell was doing her bit for society and in 1888 she founded ‘The Home of the Good Shepherd’, a childrens’ home made in their for...