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Christmas High Jinks! #29
Posted by Viv Wilson on 27th December 2020 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,Meynell,new years eve,midsummer's eve,grave,candles,verger,bell-ringers,carol service
...near the graves Gavin suddenly lurched forward and fell over.
“What’s up?” asked Viv as Gavin stood up.
“I tripped over a stone or something, buried under the grass,” he answered.
They pulled at the long grass and found that the stone was part of a grave that was quite overgrown. Quickly they yanked the grass away and used an old trowel that they’d found nearby to scrape all the moss off. Before long they saw a name.
“Meynell!” shouted Viv. “It’s one of the Meynell graves.”
“Not surprising, I suppose,” she added.
As they pulled more grass away the stone outline of a grave quickly revealed itself. Viv scraped more moss off the sto...
Christmas High Jinks #72
Posted by Viv Wilson on 6th December 2023 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,hoar cross hall spa hotel,barons eden,new years eve,Midsummer,Christmas,church,carols,bells,Downton Abbey,The Crown,mulled wine
...near the graves Gavin suddenly lurched forward and fell over.
“What’s up?” asked Viv as Gavin stood up.
“I tripped over a stone or something, buried under the grass,” he answered.
They pulled at the long grass and found that the stone was part of a grave that was quite overgrown. Quickly they yanked the grass away and used an old trowel that they’d found nearby to scrape all the moss off. Before long they saw a name.
“Meynell!” shouted Viv. “It’s one of the Meynell graves.”
“Not surprising, I suppose,” she added.
As they pulled more grass away the stone outline of a grave quickly revealed itself. Viv scraped more moss off...
Christmas High Jinks!
Posted by Viv Wilson on 21st December 2019 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | Meynell,Christmas,grave,ghost,bell-ringers,mince pies
...near the graves Gavin suddenly lurched forward and fell over.
“What’s up?” asked Viv as Gavin stood up.
“I tripped over a stone or something, buried under the grass,” he answered.
They pulled at the long grass and found that the stone was part of a grave that was quite overgrown. Quickly they yanked the grass away and used an old trowel that they’d found nearby to scrape all the moss off. Before long they saw a name.
“Meynell!” shouted Viv. “It’s one of the Meynell graves.”
“Not surprising, I suppose,” she added.
As they pulled more grass away the stone outline of a grave quickly revealed itself. Viv scraped more moss off...
Christmas High Jinks! #31
Posted by Viv Wilson on 13th December 2021 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,Meynell,Christmas,New Year's Eve,candle,church,vicar,bellringers,carol service,haunting,grave
...near the graves Gavin suddenly lurched forward and fell over.
“What’s up?” asked Viv as Gavin stood up.
“I tripped over a stone or something, buried under the grass,” he answered.
They pulled at the long grass and found that the stone was part of a grave that was quite overgrown. Quickly they yanked the grass away and used an old trowel that they’d found nearby to scrape all the moss off. Before long they saw a name.
“Meynell!” shouted Viv. “It’s one of the Meynell graves.”
“Not surprising, I suppose,” she added.
As they pulled more grass away the stone outline of a grave quickly revealed itself. Viv scraped more moss off the sto...Christmas High Jinks #87
Posted by Viv Wilson on 6th December 2024 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall spa hotel,Barons Eden,Christmas,New Years Eve,Church,Nativity,Bellringers,Carol singers,Candles,ghost,A Christmas Carol,Mulled wine,christmas cake,haunted house,stately home,mansion
...near the graves Gavin suddenly lurched forward and fell over.
“What’s up?” asked Viv as Gavin stood up.
“I tripped over a stone or something, buried under the grass,” he answered.
They pulled at the long grass and found that the stone was part of a grave that was quite overgrown. Quickly they yanked the grass away and used an old trowel that they’d found nearby to scrape all the moss off. Before long they saw a name.
“Meynell!” shouted Viv. “It’s one of the Meynell graves.”
“Not surprising, I suppose,” she added.
As they pulled more grass away the stone outline of a grave quickly revealed itself. Viv scraped more moss off...
Things that go bump in the Night #3
Posted by Viv Wilson on 9th May 2021 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,Meynell,ghost,haunted,attic,servant girl,suits of armour,grave,churchyard
...found her grave in the local churchyard – I think she was about 8 years old. All very sad but it didn’t stop me being absolutely terrified every time I went to bed. Climbing the huge staircase at night on my own, often using a torch to save leaving the lights on, was no fun! Walking along the bedroom corridor knowing there were all those dark empty rooms nearby, well, your imagination runs wild I can tell you!
My mum next to the grave of the ghost girl
My brother Gavin and I had turned one of the attic rooms into a ‘den’ for us to hang out in. We found an old table and chairs to take up there and I had an ancient typewriter which I used to...