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Becoming A Rock Chick! #17
Posted by Viv Wilson on 1st February 1975 in Early Days | rock chick,hoar cross hall,doobie brothers,steely dan,steelers wheel,the who,keith moon,easy rider,uttoxeter,burton on trent,hippy,college
...I started college in Burton-on-Trent – another big change for me. It was nice to be in an environment where I was treated a bit more like an adult and I could wear my own clothes and not a uniform! I wore my new afghan coat which was admired by all and sundry along with jeans and cheesecloth tops completing the hippy look that half the college wore. This didn’t go down well with my mum who had just spent a fortune on smart new clothes for me – oh well, I did wear them sometimes! Of course, travelling to Burton each day meant that someone now had to take and fetch me as there was no school bus anymore and no other public transport. Dad would ask t...Becoming a rock chick #18
Posted by Viv Wilson on 18th February 2019 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,easy rider,new year\'s eve,The Who,Dr Feelgood,burton on trent,steelers wheel,doobie brothers
...I started college in Burton-on-Trent – another big change for me. It was nice to be in an environment where I was treated a bit more like an adult and I could wear my own clothes and not a uniform! I wore my new afghan coat which was admired by all and sundry along with jeans and cheesecloth tops completing the hippy look that half the college wore. This didn’t go down well with my mum who had just spent a fortune on smart new clothes for me – oh well, I did wear them sometimes! Of course, travelling to Burton each day meant that someone now had to take and fetch me as there was no school bus anymore and no other public transport. Dad would ask t...Becoming a rock chick #16
Posted by Viv Wilson on 28th September 2020 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | burton on trent,christmas,Morecambe & Wise,76 Club,Steve Miller Band,Doobie Brothers,Steely Dan,hippies
...I started college in Burton-on-Trent – another big change for me. It was nice to be in an environment where I was treated a bit more like an adult and I could wear my own clothes and not a uniform! I wore my new afghan coat which was admired by all and sundry along with jeans and cheesecloth tops completing the hippy look that half the college wore. This didn’t go down well with my mum who had just spent a fortune on smart new clothes for me – oh well, I did wear them sometimes! Of course, travelling to Burton each day meant that someone now had to take and fetch me as there was no school bus anymore and no other public transport. Dad would ask the people...Becoming a Rock Chick #17
Posted by Viv Wilson on 31st August 2021 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,Meynell,Uttoxeter,The Who,Status Quo,burton on trent,The Doobie Brothers,The Steve Miller Band,hippies,downton abbey,Bridgerton,The Crown,Christmas
...I started college in Burton-on-Trent – another big change for me. It was nice to be in an environment where I was treated a bit more like an adult and I could wear my own clothes and not a uniform! I wore my new afghan coat which was admired by all and sundry along with jeans and cheesecloth tops completing the hippy look that half the college wore. This didn’t go down well with my mum who had just spent a fortune on smart new clothes for me – oh well, I did wear them sometimes! Of course, travelling to Burton each day meant that someone now had to take and fetch me as there was no school bus anymore and no other public transport. Dad would ask the people...
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
...RAGS TO RICHES: My parents were married in Derby in July 1952. Mum was 19 and dad was 36 so quite a bit older. They both lived in Derby and were very arty; my dad went to the Derby Sketching Club in his free time and my mum attended art college. I’m not sure where they met but it was either at something art related or at a dance, as was usual in those days. My dad was a sculptor by trade; I think his interest was sparked by seeing all the beautiful alabaster in Italian churches during the war. After the war he set up his own business making alabaster lamps, bowls and candlesticks among other things (see header picture). He would go to the alabast...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
...RAGS TO RICHES: My family originated from Derby and my parents were married there in July 1952. Mum was 19 and dad was 36 so quite a bit older. They both lived in Derby and were very arty; my dad went to the Derby Sketching Club in his free time and my mum attended art college. I’m not sure where they met but it was either at something art related or at a dance, as was usual in those days. My dad was a sculptor by trade; I think his interest was sparked by seeing all the beautiful alabaster in Italian churches during the war. After the war he set up his own business making alabaster lamps, bowls and candlesticks among other things (see hea...