Story Search Results
73 results for music
found
within the Story
1 displayed out of 73 (0.04seconds)Page 13 of 13
Summer Balls and Garden Parties #97
Posted by Viv Wilson on 25th June 2025 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall spa hotel,barons eden,downton abbey,my dad bought a mansion,champagne,garden party,summer ball,ballroom,ball gown,London,midsummer's eve,new year's eve,Meynell,laughton estate,period drama,history,barings bank,Sir Alec Douglas Home,memoirs
...gramme of music on the terrace. Tea was served in the afternoon and by 6pm guests were making their way home having enjoyed a thoroughly good day out, something which they probably talked about for weeks afterwards!
Celebrating the marriage of Hugo and Jean Meynell
When my family bought the Hall in 1970 we held Midsummer's Eve Balls, New Year's Eve Balls and people often hired the Hall to put on their own functions including Red cross Balls and County Show Balls. Occasionally a local business would hire the house and grounds for a garden party during the summer months, one such local business being Pippa Dee clothing. It was certainly a lovel...