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Ghostbusters! #8
Posted by Viv Wilson on 13th October 2019 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,ghost,bat,dracula,Kenny Ball and his Jazzmen,midnight,gothic,Meynell,horror
...host or a bat flying around like the one I’d just seen in the Dracula film – I was terrified and rang my mum at the venue where they had gone that night. She immediately thought that the house was on fire or had been broken into and was quite exasperated when I told her that it was only a scary movie that was the reason for the phone call! Fortunately, they were about to leave and were soon home; I have never been so glad to see them in all my life!
Many years later when I visited the Hall with my mum and two of my children, the staff were telling us about a room in the basement that always had a chilly atmosphere and where the door always got stuck for...
Ghostbusters! #8
Posted by Viv Wilson on 14th June 2021 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,Meynell,ghost,attic,bells,long gallery,peter cushing,Dracula,kenny ball and his jazzmen,bat,Hammer house of horror,horror,basement,safe,100 yrs
...host or a bat flying around like the one I’d just seen in the Dracula film – I was terrified and rang my mum at the venue where they had gone that night. She immediately thought that the house was on fire or had been broken into and was quite exasperated when I told her that it was only a scary movie that was the reason for the phone call! Fortunately, they were about to leave and were soon home; I have never been so glad to see them in all my life!
Many years later when I visited the Hall with my mum and two of my children, the staff were telling us about a room in the basement that always had a chilly atmosphere and the noise of a crying child inside. I r...
Ghostbusters! #7
Posted by Viv Wilson on 27th July 2020 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,ghost,Meynell,spooky,100 years,Dracula,Peter Cushing,Motor racing
...host or a bat flying around like the one I’d just seen in the Dracula film – I was terrified and rang my mum at the venue where they had gone that night. She immediately thought that the house was on fire or had been broken into and was quite exasperated when I told her that it was only a scary movie that was the reason for the phone call! Fortunately, they were about to leave and were soon home; I have never been so glad to see them in all my life!
Many years later when I visited the Hall with my mum and two of my children, the staff were telling us about a room in the basement that always had a chilly atmosphere and where the door always got stuck for no...Ghostbusters #8
Posted by Viv Wilson on 1st February 1973 in Early Days | hoar cross hall,hoar cross hall blog,viv wilson,ghostbusters,scary,movie,story,ghost,ghost hunters,meynell,ghost stories
...host or a bat flying around like the one I’d just seen in the Dracula film – I was terrified and rang my mum at the venue where they had gone that night. She immediately thought that the house was on fire or had been broken into and was quite exasperated when I told her that it was only a scary movie that was the reason for the phone call! Fortunately, they were about to leave and were soon home; I had never been so glad to see them in all my life!
Many years later when I visited the Hall with my mum and two of my children, the staff were telling us about a room in the basement that always had a chilly atmosphere and where the door always got stuck fo...Ghostbusters! #8
Posted by Viv Wilson on 3rd December 2018 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,attic,ghost hunters,Meynell,spooky,kenny ball,peter cushing,new years eve
...host or a bat flying around like the one I’d just seen in the Dracula film – I was terrified and rang my mum at the venue where they had gone that night. She immediately thought that the house was on fire or had been broken into and was quite exasperated when I told her that it was only a scary movie that was the reason for the phone call! Fortunately, they were about to leave and were soon home; I had never been so glad to see them in all my life!
Many years later when I visited the Hall with my mum and two of my children, the staff were telling us about a room in the basement that always had a chilly atmosphere and where the door always got stuck for...Ghouls Galore #18
Posted by Viv Wilson on 6th September 2021 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,Meynell,ghosts,ghouls,attic,basement,Downton Abbey,Bridgerton,The Crown,meynell ingram arms,seance,candlelight,bats
...One of the great things about living in a stately home is that you can have a wild party with the loudest of music – and no-one will hear it! I was now going out with Kev, whom I had met at college. Mum was a bit disappointed that my sensible boyfriend and I had parted company after 18 months of an on/off relationship but she accepted Kev into the fold and eventually met all the other members of the band. I think she wanted to put her mind at rest that they were a bunch of nice lads and not a drug crazed rock band eating bats! Which of course they were! No – I’m only kidding! After the awful split up at Christmas my parents were now living at each end of t...