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The Grand Opening #5
Posted by Viv Wilson on 24th May 2021 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,Meynell,brochure,racing cars,suits of armour,balls,silver armour,chaise longue,damask room
...See the brochure that the visitors bought when they came to visit our house - click here
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The Grand Opening #5
Posted by Viv Wilson on 5th July 2020 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,Meynell,Japanese mapel tree,midsummer's eve,new year's eve,parachute,red cross
...original brochure from 1971.
https://growingupinastatelyhome.uk/page/1970s-hall-brochure.html
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Race Day Parties #27
Posted by Viv Wilson on 21st April 2019 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | mallory park,Silverstone,donington park,hoar cross hall,mediaeval banquets,Bob Gerrard,Tom Wheatcroft
...RACE DAY PARTIES: My dad used to be a racing driver so he was often invited to parties and open days at various racing circuits. He naturally knew lots of racing people and on this particular occasion he was invited to an Open Day at Donington Park. Tom Wheatcroft, a local entrepreneur, had bought Donington Park in the 1970s as he owned the largest collection of Grand Prix cars in the world at that time. In 1973 he opened a museum there to house them all and called it the Donington Grand Prix Exhibition. Donington became the favoured home of the British round of the MotoGP motorcycling championships but he was really hoping to bring Formula 1...
Calendar Girls and Front Covers #7
Posted by Viv Wilson on 1st January 1973 in Early Days | calendar girls,hoar cross hall,hoar cross hall blog,glamour photography,ha ha wall,staffordshire,magazine,period drama
...n for the brochure that we sold to the visitors but it was good fun and I can now say that I’ve been on the cover of a magazine!
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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
...70's Hall brochure
To us children though it didn’t seem like an unusual way to live. Our homes were always full of antique furniture and suits of armour so we didn’t think anything of it. My bedroom had a tiger skin rug on the floor and when a workman came to the house to check the electrics he wouldn’t go in my room – he was terrified of it! Well, it did have the tiger’s head on it too with its mouth wide open displaying a large set of fangs! In another room 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...
Race Day Parties! #25
Posted by Viv Wilson on 30th October 2021 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,Meynell,motor racing,motor bike,Bob Gerrard,Tom Wheatcroft,champagne,parties,Lotus Elite,racing cars,VIPS
...My dad used to be a racing driver so he was often invited to parties and open days at various racing circuits. He naturally knew lots of racing people and on this particular occasion he was invited to an Open Day at Donington Park. Tom Wheatcroft, a local entrepreneur, had bought Donington Park in the 1970s as he owned the largest collection of Grand Prix cars in the world at that time. In 1973 he opened a museum there to house them all and called it the Donington Grand Prix Exhibition. This sadly closed in 2018. Donington became the favoured home of the British round of the MotoGP motorcycling championships but he was really hoping to bring Formula 1 racing b...