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suits you Sir! #22
Posted by Viv Wilson on 23rd September 2022 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,Meynell,Bodley,suits of armour,Long Gallery,downton abbey,The Crown,Queen,Parrot,banquet,breastplate,church of the holy angels
...tings and suits of armour for reproduction versions so he could sell the real ones on and still make money, whilst my mum wouldn’t realise what was happening as she would see that everything was still in it’s place! This was now war! My dad was friendly with a chap from Coventry who was an armourer. This was still a trade back in the day and I believe he did his training in the Tower of London - there are still modern armourers today who work for the military or the Police and look after all the weapons. My dad asked him to make reproduction pieces of armour and helmets so he could swap them with the real thing. The plan was that he would swap things over wh...
suits you Sir! #22
Posted by Viv Wilson on 9th November 2020 in Growing Up In Stately Home | hoar cross hall,Meynell,mediaeval banquets,suits of armour,Christmas,Police,parrot,Coventry,armourer,tower of london
...me of the suits of armour on display
When we got back home from the solicitors he hatched a plan. He would swap all the paintings and suits of armour for reproduction versions so he could sell the real ones on and still make money, whilst my mum wouldn’t realise what was happening as she would see that everything was still in it’s place! This was now war! My dad was friendly with a chap from Coventry who was an armourer. This was still a trade back in the day and I believe he did his training in the Tower of London - there are still modern armourers today who work for the military or the Police and look after all the weapons. My dad asked him to make...
suits you sir! #23
Posted by Viv Wilson on 7th February 2020 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,Meynell,suits of armour,Chapel,bodley organs,Mediaeval banquets,Tower of London,Coventry
...tings and suits of armour for reproduction versions so he could sell the real ones on and still make money, whilst my mum wouldn’t realise what was happening as she would see that everything was still in it’s place! This was now war! My dad was friendly with a chap from Coventry who was an armourer. This was still a trade back in the day and I believe he did his training in the Tower of London - there are still modern armourers today who work for the military or the Police and look after all the weapons. My dad asked him to make reproduction pieces of armour and helmets so he could swap them with the real thing. The plan was that he would swap things...
suits you Sir! #22
Posted by Viv Wilson on 5th October 2021 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,Meynell,parrot,banquets,suits of armour,electronics,rats,bridgerton,downton abbey,the crown
...ne of his suits of armour!
When we got back home from the solicitors my dad, Kev and myself sat down and talked about what we could do – and my dad decided on a cunning plan! He would swap all the paintings and suits of armour for reproduction versions so he could sell the real ones on and still make money, whilst my mum wouldn’t realise what was happening as she would see that everything was still in it’s place! This was now war! My dad was friendly with a chap from Coventry who was an armourer. This was still a trade back in the day and I believe he did his training in the Tower of London - there are still modern armourers today who work for the m...
suits You Sir! #23
Posted by Viv Wilson on 25th June 1976 in Early Days | hoar cross hall,suits of armour,antiques,divorce,ballroom,banquet,gallery,pistols
...tings and suits of armour for reproduction versions so he could sell the real ones on and still make money, whilst my mum wouldn’t realise what was happening as she would see that everything was still in it’s place! This was now war! My dad was friendly with a chap from Coventry who was an armourer. This was still a trade back in the day and I believe he did his training in the Tower of London - there are still armourers today who work for the military or the Police and look after all the modern weapons. My dad asked him to make reproduction pieces of armour and helmets so he could swap them with the real thing. The plan was that he would swap things...suits you sir! #24
Posted by Viv Wilson on 1st April 2019 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,Bodley organs,Meynell,Electronics engineer,police,rats
...tings and suits of armour for reproduction versions so he could sell the real ones on and still make money, whilst my mum wouldn’t realise what was happening as she would see that everything was still in it’s place! This was now war! My dad was friendly with a chap from Coventry who was an armourer. This was still a trade back in the day and I believe he did his training in the Tower of London - there are still modern armourers today who work for the military or the Police and look after all the weapons. My dad asked him to make reproduction pieces of armour and helmets so he could swap them with the real thing. The plan was that he would swap things...