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Becoming A Rock Chick! #17
Posted by Viv Wilson on 1st February 1975 in Early Days | rock chick,hoar cross hall,doobie brothers,steely dan,steelers wheel,the who,keith moon,easy rider,uttoxeter,burton on trent,hippy,college
...re my new afghan coat which was admired by all and sundry along with jeans and cheesecloth tops completing the hippy look that half the college wore. This didn’t go down well with my mum who had just spent a fortune on smart new clothes for me – oh well, I did wear them sometimes! Of course, travelling to Burton each day meant that someone now had to take and fetch me as there was no school bus anymore and no other public transport. Dad would ask the people who rented the apartments if they could give me a lift and when a new person applied to rent an apartment he would ask if they worked in Burton and could they give me a lift to college, before agr...Becoming a rock chick #16
Posted by Viv Wilson on 28th September 2020 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | burton on trent,christmas,Morecambe & Wise,76 Club,Steve Miller Band,Doobie Brothers,Steely Dan,hippies
...re my new afghan coat which was admired by all and sundry along with jeans and cheesecloth tops completing the hippy look that half the college wore. This didn’t go down well with my mum who had just spent a fortune on smart new clothes for me – oh well, I did wear them sometimes! Of course, travelling to Burton each day meant that someone now had to take and fetch me as there was no school bus anymore and no other public transport. Dad would ask the people who rented the apartments if they could give me a lift and when a new person applied to rent an apartment he would ask if they worked in Burton and could they give me a lift to college, before agreeing to...Becoming a rock chick #18
Posted by Viv Wilson on 18th February 2019 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,easy rider,new year\'s eve,The Who,Dr Feelgood,burton on trent,steelers wheel,doobie brothers
...re my new afghan coat which was admired by all and sundry along with jeans and cheesecloth tops completing the hippy look that half the college wore. This didn’t go down well with my mum who had just spent a fortune on smart new clothes for me – oh well, I did wear them sometimes! Of course, travelling to Burton each day meant that someone now had to take and fetch me as there was no school bus anymore and no other public transport. Dad would ask the people who rented the apartments if they could give me a lift and when a new person applied to rent an apartment he would ask if they worked in Burton and could they give me a lift to college, before agr...Becoming a Rock Chick #17
Posted by Viv Wilson on 31st August 2021 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,Meynell,Uttoxeter,The Who,Status Quo,burton on trent,The Doobie Brothers,The Steve Miller Band,hippies,downton abbey,Bridgerton,The Crown,Christmas
...re my new afghan coat which was admired by all and sundry along with jeans and cheesecloth tops completing the hippy look that half the college wore. This didn’t go down well with my mum who had just spent a fortune on smart new clothes for me – oh well, I did wear them sometimes! Of course, travelling to Burton each day meant that someone now had to take and fetch me as there was no school bus anymore and no other public transport. Dad would ask the people who rented the apartments if they could give me a lift and when a new person applied to rent an apartment he would ask if they worked in Burton and could they give me a lift to college, before agreeing to...
Mediaeval Weaponry #84
Posted by Viv Wilson on 27th September 2024 in Growing Up In a Stately Home | hoar cross hall,hoar cross hall spa hotel,barons eden,History,mediaeval banquets,mediaeval weaponry,swords,halberds,suits of armour,daggars,Tudors,stately homes,downton abbey,aristocracy,middle ages,my dad bought a mansion
...When we moved to Hoar Cross Hall in the 1970s, my father owned the largest private collection of arms and armour in the UK at that time! He owned about 20 suits of armour and numerous items of ‘arms’, which is another word for weapons. The word ‘arms’ comes from the Latin ‘arma’ which means ‘tools of war’; this word passed into the English language from the French in 1200.
Mediaeval weapons consisted of halberds, double-edged swords, daggers, battle axes, crossbows and longbows to name but a few, these being the most common. Knives were also used but mainly for eating and repairing, although I’m sure they got to be used as weapons too...