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Hallowe'en Hauntings #100
Posted by Viv Wilson on 29th October 2025 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall spa hotel,barons eden,ghosts,ghostbusters,Hallowe'en,paranormal activity,spooks,attic,candles,seance,ouija board,ghouls,scary,the exorcist,nightmare,All Hallows Eve,All saints day,period drama,history,downton abbey,my dad bought a mansion
...my worst nightmare came true when one night, whilst saying goodnight to my boyfriend at the front door, I saw a man in a dark suit standing behind us. As I wondered aloud who it was, the man just faded away and disappeared! Needless to say, we never 'celebrated' Hallowe'en ever again!
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A Bit Of Background #1
Posted by Viv Wilson on 11th June 1970 in Early Days | moving in,hoar cross hall
...A BIT OF BACKGROUND:
It was the summer of 1970, Mungo Jerry was at the top of the hit parade and we were about to move house. But not to any old house – to a 70 roomed mansion in 20 acres of grounds! For years my dad had collected antiques, ever since he was a young boy of 12, and it was his dream to own a large house where he could put them on show to the general public. In the 1970s he owned the largest private collection of arms and armour in the country and his dream was about to be realised; but little did we know what a nightmare would unfold before us.
Hoar Cross Hall was the home of the Meynell Ingram family who originated from Leicestershire....
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
...ecoming a nightmare as the banquets took their toll on the house and on my parents’ marriage. I was also growing up now and hated being stuck at home all the time – I vowed that if I had children I would never bring them up in such a remote place! The local pub, The Meynell, started having a disco every week which my friend and I went to but which my dad soon put a stop to when he saw the type of ‘long haired yobbos’ that went to it! I was furious. These were different times now and my dad, being so much older than me, couldn’t cope with it. He always dressed in a shirt, tie and waistcoat every day and hated the new look for men of jeans, tee...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
...ecoming a nightmare as the banquets took their toll on the house and on my parents’ marriage. I was also growing up now and hated being stuck at home all the time – I vowed that if I had children I would never bring them up in such a remote place! The local pub, The Meynell, started having a disco every week which my friend and I went to but which my dad soon put a stop to when he saw the type of ‘long haired yobbos’ that went to it! I was furious. These were different times now and my dad, being so much older than me, couldn’t cope with it. He always dressed in a shirt, tie and waistcoat every day and hated the new look for men of jeans, tee...Rags to Riches #12
Posted by Viv Wilson on 24th November 2019 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | first world war,second world war,alabaster,Chellaston mines,Derby,Italian,louis martin,suits of armour,Olympics
...ecoming a nightmare as the banquets took their toll on the house and on my parents’ marriage. I was also growing up now and hated being stuck at home all the time – I vowed that if I had children I would never bring them up in such a remote place! The local pub, The Meynell, started having a disco every week which my friend and I went to but which my dad soon put a stop to when he saw the type of ‘long haired yobbos’ that went to it! I was furious. These were different times now and my dad, being so much older than me, couldn’t cope with it. He always dressed in a shirt, tie and waistcoat every day and hated the new look for men of jeans, tee...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
...ecoming a nightmare as the banquets took their toll on the house and on my parents’ marriage. I was also growing up now and hated being stuck at home all the time – I vowed that if I had children I would never bring them up in such a remote place! The local pub, The Meynell, started having a disco every week which my friend and I went to but which my dad soon put a stop to when he saw the type of ‘long haired yobbos’ that went to it! I was furious. These were different times now and my dad, being so much older than me, couldn’t cope with it. He always dressed in a shirt, tie and waistcoat every day and hated the new look for men of jeans, tee-shirts an...