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Moving Out #31
Posted by Viv Wilson on 5th April 2020 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,ferrari,burton on trent,electronics engineer,estate agent,only fools and horses,antiques,go-karting
...th the go-karting with Gavin and this kept them busy at weekends. However, the whole experience had left him very bitter and he would constantly talk about it whenever we went round to see him, making visits fraught with tension!
However, we carried on with our lives as newly-weds and bought a house in a nearby village. It was completely empty and needed an oven and washing machine amongst other things. My dad was keen to help and offered to buy anything he saw at a sale room as he knew he could get them cheap; and that was how we ended up with a 1950s style twin tub washing machine! Well, it matched the age of the house I suppose! Many a week whilst washing, I...
Moving Out #34
Posted by Viv Wilson on 31st January 2021 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,Auction,go-karting,antiques,burton on trent,Ferrari
...th the go-karting with Gavin and this kept them busy at weekends. However, the whole experience had left him very bitter and he would constantly talk about it whenever we went round to see him, making visits fraught with tension!
However, we carried on with our lives as newly-weds and bought a house in a nearby village. It was completely empty and needed an oven and washing machine amongst other things. My dad was keen to help and offered to buy anything he saw at a sale room as he knew he could get them cheap; and that was how we ended up with a 1950s style twin tub washing machine! Well, it matched the age of the house I suppose! Many a week whilst washing, I...
Moving Out #29
Posted by Viv Wilson on 29th November 2021 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,Meynell,go-karting,antiques,Derby,Ferrari,Burton-on-Trent,Police
...th the go-karting with Gavin and this kept them busy at weekends. However, the whole experience had left him very bitter and he would constantly talk about it whenever we went round to see him, making visits fraught with tension!
However, we carried on with our lives as newly-weds and bought a house in a nearby village. It was completely empty and needed an oven and washing machine amongst other things. My dad was keen to help and offered to buy anything he saw at a sale room as he knew he could get them cheap; and that was how we ended up with a 1950s style twin tub washing machine! Well, it matched the age of the house I suppose! Many a week whilst washing, I...
Moving On #35
Posted by Viv Wilson on 7th February 2021 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,meynell ingram arms,BMX,Morzine,haunted,Servants Hall,Victorian
...th the go karting along with Gavin and also got very involved with BMX stunts, even having a half pipe in their yard to practice on!
After a couple of years my dad moved to a much bigger house in Burton which had been an old doctors’ surgery that Kev and his family had gone to when Kev was young, ironically! He continued to buy and sell antiques and his interest in motor racing never waned; he often went to local races with his friends. Gavin eventually moved out to live near Norwich with his girlfriend Helen, and they married in 1991. He joined a motor racing team over there and went on to have a very successful career in racing, eventually running his own G...Moving Out #32
Posted by Viv Wilson on 7th December 2022 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,Meynell,burton on trent,Leicester,Derbyshire,GP2,Downton abbey,the crown,harry & meghann,antiques
...th the go-karting with Gavin and this kept them busy at weekends. However, the whole experience had left him very bitter and he would constantly talk about it whenever we went round to see him, making visits fraught with tension!
Dad at an antique fair in fancy dress!
However, we carried on with our lives as newly-weds and bought a house in a nearby village. It was completely empty and needed an oven and washing machine amongst other things. My dad was keen to help and offered to buy anything he saw at a sale room as he knew he could get them cheap; and that was how we ended up with a 1950s style twin tub washing machine! Well, it matched the age of th...Moving Out#32
Posted by Viv Wilson on 28th October 1980 in Early Days | Fools and Horses,lock,oven,washing machine,Ferrari,Derby,Farmhouse,hoar cross hall
...th the go-karting with Gavin and this kept them busy at weekends. However, the whole experience had left him very bitter and he would constantly talk about it whenever we went round to see him, making visits fraught with tension!
However, we carried on with our lives as newly weds and bought a house in a nearby village. It was completely empty and needed an oven and washing machine amongst other things. My dad was keen to help and offered to buy anything he saw at a sale room as he knew he could get them cheap; and that was how we ended up with a 1950s style twin tub washing machine! Well, it matched the age of the house I suppose! Many a week whils...