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The Ballroom #70
Posted by Viv Wilson on 24th November 2023 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,barons eden,hoar cross hall spa hotel,new years eve,Meynell,victorian,Red Cross,drawing room,mediaval,The Crown,Downton Abbey
...in a long ballgown and stay up late!
Dancing at the New Year's Eve Ball
In time we also ran Mediaeval Banquets and this room was filled with over 200 people on a Friday and Saturday night enjoying broth, chicken and orange sorbet whilst being served ale and mead by comely wenches! The entertainment, however, was not quite so refined as in the Meynell family’s day and I shudder to think what they might have made of it as they partook of their witty banter in the Drawing Room!
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A New Year Calamity! #90
Posted by Viv Wilson on 2nd January 2025 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall spa hotel,barons eden,auld lang syne,stately home,history,historic houses,national trust,christmas,scottish piper,black tie,ballgown,my dad bought a mansion
...The New Year’s Eve Balls at Hoar Cross Hall were usually the highlight of the year during the 1970s. 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...