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Rags to Riches #14
Posted by Viv Wilson on 14th September 2020 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,second world war,first world war,boer War,Tiger skin,bearskin,Tony Blackburn,Meynell,mediaeval banquets
...oom was a bearskin rug complete with head – we had no chance of getting the electrics fixed! Because of all the space we had a table tennis table in a spare bedroom and a pinball machine in another room that my dad had bought at a sale. This all seemed completely normal to us although in hindsight it was obviously anything but normal.
I think that my dad felt that he had ‘made it’ once we were at the Hall. It was the classic rags to riches story and he had worked hard all his life to make it happen, always being careful with his money and investing it in things he could sell in the future. However, my mum found living at the Hall difficult with a young fa...Rags to Riches #15
Posted by Viv Wilson on 8th August 2021 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,Jamaica,alabaster,Derby walk of fame,Olympics,Louis Martin,first world war,second world war,Downton Abey,Bridgerton,period drama
...oom was a bearskin rug complete with head – we had no chance of getting the electrics fixed! Because of all the space we had a table tennis table in a spare bedroom and a pinball machine in another room that my dad had bought at a sale. This all seemed completely normal to us although in hindsight it was obviously anything but normal.
I think that my dad felt that he had ‘made it’ once we were at the Hall. It was the classic rags to riches story and he had worked hard all his life to make it happen, always being careful with his money and investing it in things he could sell in the future. However, my mum found living at the Hall difficult with a young fa...Rags to Riches #14
Posted by Viv Wilson on 1st July 2022 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,Meynell,Italian,Derby,first world war,second world war,Bridgerton,Downton Abbey,tony blackburn,Michaelangelo
...oom was a bearskin rug complete with head – we had no chance of getting the electrics fixed! Because of all the space we had a table tennis table in a spare bedroom and a pinball machine in another room that my dad had bought at a sale. This all seemed completely normal to us although in hindsight it was obviously anything but normal.
The bearskin rug
I think that my dad felt that he had ‘made it’ once we were at the Hall. It was the classic rags to riches story and he had worked hard all his life to make it happen, always being careful with his money and investing it in things he could sell in the future. However, my mum found living at the Hall...Rags to Riches #63
Posted by Viv Wilson on 18th July 2023 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,meynell ingram,mediaeval banquets,Boer War,first world war,second world war,louis martin,derby walk of fame,olympics,Jamaica,The Meynell Ingram Arms,Downton abbey,The Crown,Bridgerton,Tony Blackburn,Radion 1,michaelangelo
...oom was a bearskin rug complete with head – we had no chance of getting the electrics fixed! Because of all the space we had a table tennis table in a spare bedroom and a pinball machine in another room that my dad had bought at a sale. This all seemed completely normal to us although in hindsight it was obviously anything but normal.
The bearskin rug
I think that my dad felt that he had ‘made it’ once we were at the Hall. It was the classic rags to riches story and he had worked hard all his life to make it happen, always being careful with his money and investing it in things he could sell in the future. However, my mum found living at...RAGS TO RICHES! #15
Posted by Viv Wilson on 3rd June 1973 in Early Days | hoar cross hall,alabaster,sculpture,suits of armour,stately home,sex,drugs,pink floyd,derby,second world war,first world war,1920's
...oom was a bearskin rug complete with head – we had no chance of getting the electrics fixed! Because of all the space we had a table tennis table in a spare bedroom and a pinball machine in another room that my dad had bought at a sale. This all seemed completely normal to us although in hindsight it was obviously anything but normal.
I think that my dad felt that he had ‘made it’ once we were at the Hall. It was the classic rags to riches story and he had worked hard all his life to make it happen, always being careful with his money and investing it in things he could sell in the future. However, my mum found living at the Hall difficult with a...Rags to Riches #16
Posted by Viv Wilson on 3rd February 2019 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | Meynell,hoar cross hall,mediaeval banquets,suits of armour,first world war,Louis Martin,second world war,olympics
...oom was a bearskin rug complete with head – we had no chance of getting the electrics fixed! Because of all the space we had a table tennis table in a spare bedroom and a pinball machine in another room that my dad had bought at a sale. This all seemed completely normal to us although in hindsight it was obviously anything but normal.
I think that my dad felt that he had ‘made it’ once we were at the Hall. It was the classic rags to riches story and he had worked hard all his life to make it happen, always being careful with his money and investing it in things he could sell in the future. However, my mum found living at the Hall difficult with a...