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Moving house to a mansion #1
Posted by Viv Wilson on 1st September 2019 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | meynell,hoar cross hall,Oliver Twist,uttoxeter,chester zoo,donington park
...hing from Oliver Twist, trying to make the man feel sorry for us.
And so they set off as if on an expedition. Dad showed him the main rooms on the ground floor then they started up the spiral staircase at one end of the house, the rates man studying his plan and asking where he was. I think they went across the top floor in the attic and back down the spiral staircase at the other end of the house, briefly popping their heads out on the first floor to see a few rooms in the East Wing and then back down to the Ground Floor. Somehow dad managed to confuse him so much that he missed out two floors altogether and he actually thought the house was half the s...An Englishman's Home is his Mansion! #2
Posted by Viv Wilson on 2nd May 2021 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,Meynell,shardlow motor racing,chester zoo,Bonnie Prince Charlie,Victorian,council tax,ghost,Oliver Twist
...hing from Oliver Twist, trying to make the man feel sorry for us
A break from unpacking in the Entrance Hall
And so they set off as if on an expedition. Dad showed him the main rooms on the ground floor then they started up the spiral staircase at one end of the house, the rates man studying his plan and asking where he was. I think they went across the top floor in the attic and back down the spiral staircase at the other end of the house, briefly popping their heads out on the first floor to see a few rooms in the East Wing and then back down to the Ground Floor. Somehow dad managed to confuse him so much that he missed out two floors altogether...
Moving Into a Mansion #67
Posted by Viv Wilson on 15th July 1970 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,barons eden,hoar cross hall spa hotel,bonnie prince charlie,Oliver Twist,Council tax,donington park,mallory park,silverstone,downton abbey,meynell ingram,Meynell ingram arms pub
...hing from Oliver Twist, trying to make the man feel sorry for us. And so they set off round the house, as if on an expedition.
Dad showed him the main rooms on the ground floor then they started up the spiral staircase at one end of the house, the rates man studying his plan and asking where all the rooms where. I think they went across the top floor in the attic and back down the spiral staircase at the other end of the house, briefly popping their heads out on the first floor to see a few rooms in the West Wing and then back down to the Ground Floor. Somehow dad managed to confuse him so much that he missed out 2 floors altogether and actually thought...
Moving in - to a stately home! #2
Posted by Viv Wilson on 15th June 2020 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,Meynell,donington park,shardlow motor racing,fire ladder,weeds,uttoxeter,council tax
...hing from Oliver Twist, trying to make the man feel sorry for us.
And so they set off as if on an expedition. Dad showed him the main rooms on the ground floor then they started up the spiral staircase at one end of the house, the council man studying his plan and asking where he was. I think they went across the top floor in the attic and back down the spiral staircase at the other end of the house, briefly popping their heads out on the first floor to see a few rooms in the East Wing and then back down to the Ground Floor. Somehow dad managed to confuse him so much that he missed out two floors altogether and he actually thought the house was half the size it...Moving Day Arrives #2
Posted by Viv Wilson on 6th April 2022 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | Hoar Cross Hall,Meynell,Victorian,Chester Zoo,ghost,Bridgerton,keeping up with the aristocrats,Downton Abbey,pumping station
...hing from Oliver Twist, trying to make the man feel sorry for us.
And so they set off as if on an expedition. Dad showed him the main rooms on the ground floor then they started up the spiral staircase at one end of the house, the rates man studying his plan and asking where he was. I think they went across the top floor in the attic and back down the spiral staircase at the other end of the house, briefly popping their heads out on the first floor to see a few rooms in the East Wing and then back down to the Ground Floor. Somehow dad managed to confuse him so much that he missed out two floors altogether and he actually thought the house was half the size it r...Moving into the Manor #2
Posted by Viv Wilson on 21st October 2018 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,Shardlow Motor Racing,Donington Park,Chester Zoo,Victorian,Uttoxeter
...hing from Oliver Twist, trying to make the man feel sorry for us.
And so they set off as if on an expedition. Dad showed him the main rooms on the ground floor then they started up the spiral staircase at one end of the house, the rates man studying his plan and asking where he was. I think they went across the top floor in the attic and back down the spiral staircase at the other end of the house, briefly popping their heads out on the first floor to see a few rooms in the East Wing and then back down to the Ground Floor. Somehow dad managed to confuse him so much that he missed out two floors altogether and he actually thought the house was half the s...